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“ When you came to this world, the world smiled and you cried,
Accomplish such deeds so that when you leave, you smile and the
world mourns.”
Here are a few of his verses from his ""Bijak"
Bijak",
Bijak", from the section called
"sakhi".
|| hIrA soi srAhiye
sahai ghanan kI choT
kapaT kurangI mAnavA
parakhat nikrA khot ||
--Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a chisel.
Many deceptive preachers when critically scrutinized, turn out to
be false.
{A seed that contains oil is like any other seed unless it is ground
and processed.Similarly a stone only when rubbed hard creates
fire-in the same way you have divinity within you-but you should
wake and realise}
--Do tomorrows work today, today's now. If the moment is lost, the
work be done how.
{Avoid procrastination. We usually delay things for a little later,
but all we have control over is this moment. So grasp this moment}
|| Dheere Dheere Re Mana, Dheere Sub Kutch Hoye
Mali Seenche So Ghara, Ritu Aaye Phal Hoye ||
--In
In vain is the eminence, just like the date tree
No shade for travellers, fruit is hard to reach.
--Reading
Reading and reading verses everyone perished, none became any
wiser- only the ones who read the letters of Love, became wise.
{This Doha seems very relevant in the present scenario, were all
the information we need is at our fingertips.This can make us feel
that we have mastered the universe-
universe but how many of us can claim
a clear and
d articulate mind.Hence realise this-
this information alone
cannot make you wise-your
wise your heart has to be cleansed with love to
yeild wisdom}
|| Vishaya Vasana Uljhikar
Jaanam Gavaya Baat
Ab Pachatava Kya Kare
Nij Karani Kar Yaad ||
--You were entangled in the sensual pleasures-
Your life has been spent.What can repentance acheive now-
so be reminded of your deeds.
{The mind is the harbor of all and any thoughts and we have little
control over its wandering-but
wandering but what we have control over is which
thoughts to hold on to-that
to makes the difference}
|| Sheel Shama Jab Upaje
Alakh Drishti Tab Hoye
Bin Sheel Pahuche Nahi
Laakh Kathe Jo Koye ||
--When one experiences pure qualities like good character and
compassion- his vision begins to change-unless that path is reached
there is no approach to the Truth.
--It
It is always desirable to be humble. Humility makes anything
possible. The Moon of the second day (after no moon) mesmerizes
all.
|| Kabira Dheeraj Ke Dhare
Haathi Man Bhar Khaaye
Tuk Tuk Bekar Me
Svan Ghare Ghar Jaaye ||
--The patient elephant eats till its mind is satisfied.
But the impatient dog runs here and there searching in vain.
{In Indian philosophy 'Aham' means 'I' or 'The Self' and 'Aham-
baavam' or the 'preponderance of the feeling of 'I'' implicates ego or
Self-centrism which is the biggest obstacle in the path to
Enlightenment. So Kabir requests us not to let ego take over our
words in order to embrace the beloved within you}
--The
The words of the wise is like an ocean, a
an
n ocean full of gems,
but the foolish person comes out of it with a handful of sand.
|| Sadhu Bhookha Bhav Ka
Dhan Ka Bhookha Nahi
Dhan Ka Bhookha Jo Phire
So To Sadhu Naahi ||
--A good teacher starves for your faith, not money
one who starves for money is not a good teacher.
--You should have considered this earlier. Now that it’s done why
repent.
You had sown seeds of babul tree. Now, how can you pluck
mangoes.
--Kabira asks to admire the oyster in the ocean-it does not take the
salty water of the ocean,instead it takes the pure water of the rain
and imparts brilliance to the ocean.
|| Kabira Yeh Sansar Hai
Jaisa Semal Phool
Din Das Ke Vyavahar Me
Jhoote Rang Na Bhool ||
--Kabira
Kabira says that this world is like the flower of Semal tree.
Don’t be mesmerized, it’s only colour, don’t forget.