It is better to glimpse ghee, but not to eat the oil. Grain is beneficial to the enemy; what connection does a fool have?

Kabir suggests that merely witnessing the essence of something—like the glimpse of ghee—is enough, and participating in the messy reality (the oil) is unnecessary. Just as grain is useful to everyone, even the enemy, a fool's associations are equally useless. He advises that wisdom and detachment are the keys to a meaningful life.