Ang 1369

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||

Kabeer, in the Saadh Sangat, love for the Lord doubles day by day. The faithless cynic is like a black blanket, which does not become white by being washed. ||100|| Kabeer, you have not shaved your mind, so why do you shave your head? Whatever is done, is done by the mind; it is useless to shave your head. ||101|| Kabeer, do not abandon the Lord; your body and wealth shall go, so let them go. My consciousness is pierced by the Lord’s Lotus Feet; I am absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||102|| Kabeer, all the strings of the instrument I played are broken. What can the poor instrument do, when the player has departed as well. ||103|| Kabeer, shave the mother of that guru, who does not take away one’s doubt. He himself is drowning in the four Vedas; he drowns his disciples as well. ||104|| Kabeer, whatever sins the mortal has committed, he tries to keep hidden under cover. But in the end, they shall all be revealed, when the Righteous Judge of Dharma investigates. ||105|| Kabeer, you have given up meditating on the Lord, and you have raised a large family. You continue to involve yourself in worldly affairs, but none of your brothers and relatives remain. ||106|| Kabeer, those who give up meditation on the Lord, and get up at night to wake the spirits of the dead, shall be reincarnated as snakes, and eat their own offspring. ||107|| Kabeer, the woman who gives up meditation on the Lord, and observes the ritual fast of Ahoi, shall be reincarnated as a donkey, to carry heavy burdens. ||108|| Kabeer, it is the most clever wisdom, to chant and meditate on the Lord in the heart. It is like playing on a pig; if you fall off, you will find no place of rest. ||109|| Kabeer, blessed is that mouth, which utters the Lord’s Name. It purifies the body, and the whole village as well. ||110|| Kabeer, that family is good, in which the Lord’s slave is born. But that family in which the Lord’s slave is not born is as useless as weeds. ||111|| Kabeer, some have lots of horses, elephants and carriages, and thousands of banners waving. But begging is better than these comforts, if one spends his days meditating in remembrance on the Lord. ||112|| Kabeer, I have wandered all over the world, carrying the drum on my shoulder. No one belongs to anyone else; I have looked and carefully studied it. ||113|| The pearls are scattered on the road; the blind man comes along. Without the Light of the Lord of the Universe, the world just passes them by. ||114|| My family is drowned, O Kabeer, since the birth of my son Kamaal. He has given up meditating on the Lord, in order to bring home wealth. ||115||