Ghazal
Kabir 91-95
Kabir's verses advocate finding the divine within oneself, comparing the futile external search to a musk deer seeking its own scent. They highlight devotional practices like 'katha-kirtan' as a means to spiritual liberation and suggest dedicating the transient human body to serving saints or praising God. The restless yet powerful nature of the mind, capable of both deep wisdom and distraction, is also a key theme.
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तेरा साँई तुझमें , ज्यों पहुपन में बास। कस्तूरी का हिरन ज्यों , फिर-फिर ढ़ूँढ़त घास॥ 95॥
Your Lord in you resides, like a scent in the wild. Like a deer for musk, forever searching for grass.
Your Lord resides within you, like a scent in the wild. Like a musk deer, it constantly searches for grass.
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कथा-कीर्तन कुल विशे , भवसागर की नाव। कहत कबीरा या जगत में नाहि और उपाव॥ 96॥
The lineage of stories and devotional singing, the boat of this ocean of existence. Kabir says that in this world, there is no other remedy.
The lineage of stories and devotional singing is the boat of this ocean of existence. Kabir says that in this world, there is no other remedy.
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कबिरा यह तन जात है , सके तो ठौर लगा। कै सेवा कर साधु की , कै गोविंद गुन गा॥ 97॥
Kabira, this body will perish, if you can find a resting place for it. What service can you render to the saint, or sing the praises of Govinda?
Kabira, this body will perish; if you can find a resting place for it. What service can you render to the saint, or sing the praises of Govinda?
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तन बोहत मन काग है , लक्ष योजन उड़ जाय। कबहु के धर्म अगम दयी , कबहुं गगन समाय॥ 98॥
The body is much, the mind is restless, the goal is far away.
Sometimes the dharma is unreachable, sometimes it dwells in the sky.
The body is much, the mind is restless, the goal is far away. Sometimes the dharma is unreachable, sometimes it dwells in the sky.
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जहँ गाहक ता हूँ नहीं , जहाँ मैं गाहक नाँय। मूरख यह भरमत फिरे , पकड़ शब्द की छाँय॥ 99॥ कहता तो बहुत मिला , गहता मिला न कोय। सो कहता वह जान दे , जो नहिं गहता होय॥ 100॥
Where the buyer is not present, there I am not. Where I am not the buyer, there I am not. This fool wanders in delusion, chasing the shadow of words. Though he says much, he gains nothing. Let him say what he does not possess.
Where the buyer is not, I am not. Where I am not the buyer, I am not. This fool wanders in delusion, chasing the shadow of words. Though he speaks much, he gains nothing. He should speak what he does not possess.
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