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Kabeer, I was drowning, but the waves of virtue saved me in an instant. When I saw that my boat was rotten, then I immediately got out. ||67|| Kabeer, the sinner does not like devotion to the Lord; he does not appreciate worship. The fly abandons the sandalwood tree, and goes after the rotten smell. ||68|| Kabeer, the physician is dead, and the patient is dead; the whole world is dead. Only Kabeer is not dead; there is no one to mourn for him. ||69|| Kabeer, I have not meditated on the Lord; such is the bad habit I have developed. The body is a wooden pot; it cannot be put back on the fire. ||70|| Kabeer, it came to pass, that I did whatever I pleased. Why should I be afraid of death? I have invited death for myself. ||71|| Kabeer, the mortals suck at the sugar cane, for the sake of the sweet juice. They should work just as hard for virtue. The person who lacks virtue — no one calls him good. ||72|| Kabeer, the pitcher is full of water; it will break, today or tomorrow. Those who do not remember their Guru, shall be plundered on the way. ||73|| Kabeer, I am the Lord’s dog; Moti is my name. There is a chain around my neck; wherever I am pulled, I go. ||74|| Kabeer, why do you show other people your rosary beads? You do not remember the Lord in your heart, so what use is this rosary to you? ||75|| Kabeer, the snake of separation from the Lord abides within my mind; it does not respond to any mantra. One who is separated from the Lord does not live; if he does live, he goes insane. ||76|| Kabeer, the philosopher’s stone and sandalwood oil have the same good quality. Whatever comes into contact with them is uplifted. Iron is transformed into gold, and ordinary wood becomes fragrant. ||77|| Kabeer, Death’s club is terrible; it cannot be endured. I have met with the holy man; he has attached me to the hem of his robe. ||78|| Kabeer, the physician says that he alone is good, and all the medicine is under his control. But these things belong to the Lord; He takes them away whenever He wishes. ||79|| Kabeer, take your drum and beat it for ten days. Life is like people meeting on a boat on a river; they shall not meet again. ||80|| Kabeer, if I could change the seven seas into ink and make all the vegetation my pen, and the earth my paper, even then, I could not write the Praises of the Lord. ||81|| Kabeer, what can my lowly status as a weaver do to me? The Lord dwells in my heart. Kabeer, the Lord hugs me close in His Embrace; I have forsaken all my entanglements. ||82|| Kabeer, will anyone set fire to his home and kill his five sons (the five thieves) to remain lovingly attached to the Lord? ||83||

Kabeer, will anyone burn his own body? The people are blind — they do not know, although Kabeer continues to shout at them. ||84|| Kabeer, the widow mounts the funeral pyre and cries out, “Listen, O brother funeral pyre. All people must depart in the end; it is only you and I.” ||85|| Kabeer, the mind has become a bird; it soars and flies in the ten directions. According to the company it keeps, so are the fruits it eats. ||86|| Kabeer, you have found that place which you were seeking. You have become that which you thought was separate from yourself. ||87|| Kabeer, I have been ruined and destroyed by bad company, like the banana plant near the thorn bush. The thorn bush waves in the wind, and pierces the banana plant; see this, and do not associate with the faithless cynics. ||88|| Kabeer, the mortal wants to walk on the path, carrying the load of others’ sins on his head. He is not afraid of his own load of sins; the road ahead shall be difficult and treacherous. ||89|| Kabeer, the forest is burning; the tree standing in it is crying out, “Do not let me fall into the hands of the blacksmith, who would burn me a second time.”||90|| Kabeer, when one died, two were dead. When two died, four were dead. When four died, six were dead, four males and two females. ||91|| Kabeer, I have seen and observed, and searched all over the world, but I have found no place of rest anywhere. Those who do not remember the Lord’s Name — why do they delude themselves in other pursuits? ||92|| Kabeer, associate with the Holy people, who will take you to Nirvaanaa in the end. Do not associate with the faithless cynics; they would bring you to ruin. ||93|| Kabeer, I contemplate the Lord in the world; I know that He is permeating the world. Those who do not contemplate the Name of the Lord — their birth into this world is useless. ||94|| Kabeer, place your hopes in the Lord; other hopes lead to despair. Those who dissociate themselves from the Lord’s Name — when they fall into hell, then they will appreciate its value. ||95|| Kabeer has made many students and disciples, but he has not made God his friend. He set out on a journey to meet the Lord, but his consciousness failed him half-way. ||96|| Kabeer, what can the poor creature do, if the Lord does not give him assistance? Whatever branch he steps on breaks and collapses. ||97|| Kabeer, those who only preach to others — sand falls into their mouths. They keep their eyes on the property of others, while their own farm is being eaten up. ||98|| Kabeer, I will remain in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, even if I have only coarse bread to eat. Whatever will be, will be. I will not associate with the faithless cynics. ||99||