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<blockquote data-quote="pk70" data-source="post: 91877" data-attributes="member: 5889"><p><strong><span style="color: black">aad jio</span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: black">You have quoted this Shabad, may be in another “thread” I couldn’t help going deep into its application</span></strong><span style="color: darkred"></span></p><p><span style="color: darkred"></span><strong><span style="color: black">The following Shabad is highly metaphoric, Kabir Ji uses word “wife” “mother” for Maya, Husband and son for “the mind” that establishes relations with Maya as a owner and consumer. This fact is made clear by Kabir ji in the end where he expresses that the mind that has no feet or mouth but jumps and expresses pleasure it has occasionally. If this metaphoric expression is kept in mind while pondering over the Shabad, every thing becomes clear. Let’s look at it that way. First Kabir ji defines the real “being awake” by comparing it with other worldly terms that suggest to be awake to succeed financially.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਗਤ ਸੋਵਤ ਬਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">jaagath sovath bahu prakaar ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">There are many ways of being awake, and sleeping.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਗੈ ਸੋਈ ਸਾਰੁ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">guramukh jaagai soee saar ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">To be awake as <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank">Gurmukh</a> is the most excellent way</span></strong><span style="color: darkgreen">.</span></p><p><span style="color: darkgreen"></span><strong><span style="color: black">People sleep and remain awake for different reasons but that is not what a devotee of the Lord does, for the devotee, it is important to alert from the Maya influence and staying attentive towards meditation of the Lord. This is real rest/sleep unlike the Maya influenced people have who are in sleep under the intoxication of Maya.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਇਸੁ ਦੇਹੀ ਕੇ ਅਧਿਕ ਕਾਮ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">eis dhaehee kae adhhik kaam ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">The most sublime of all the actions of this body,</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਭਜਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੩</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੨</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">kehi kabeer bhaj raam naam ||3||2||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">says Kabeer, is to meditate and vibrate on the Lord's Name. ||3||2||</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="color: black">There are many deeds done but real deed is to meditate on the Lord</span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜੋਇ ਖਸਮੁ ਹੈ ਜਾਇਆ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">joe khasam hai jaaeiaa ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">The wife gives birth to her husband.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪੂਤਿ ਬਾਪੁ ਖੇਲਾਇਆ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">pooth baap khaelaaeiaa ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">The son leads his father in play.</span><span style="color: black"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black">Here wife is Maya, it creates her own owner, Khasm word also indicates that wife is owned like a commodity, an ugly aspect of this relation is also becomes visible. Kabir ji uses that to express his views how Maya creates its own owners. Son is used for the mind and the soul for the father. So the mind has involved the father in its own play. Instead of the soul being a leader, mind leads it to mind’s own temptations.</span></strong><strong><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਿਨੁ ਸ੍ਰਵਣਾ ਖੀਰੁ ਪਿਲਾਇਆ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੧</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: green"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: green">bin sravanaa kheer pilaaeiaa ||1||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: green">Without breasts, the mother nurses her baby. ||1||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: green"></span><span style="color: black">Mind has nothing of its own but what mind does is like milking without breast since mind has got the soul involved into mind satisfying deeds.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਦੇਖਹੁ ਲੋਗਾ ਕਲਿ ਕੋ ਭਾਉ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">dhaekhahu logaa kal ko bhaao ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">Behold, people! This is how it is in the Dark Age of Kali Yuga.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੁਤਿ ਮੁਕਲਾਈ ਅਪਨੀ ਮਾਉ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੧</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਹਾਉ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">suth mukalaaee apanee maao ||1|| rehaao ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">The son marries his mother. ||1||Pause||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span><span style="color: black">Kabir ji expresses how surprising is this that son-mind marries Maya-mother. All this happened due to bad influence of the time. In the next Vakas, the mind is defined</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪਗਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਹੁਰੀਆ ਮਾਰਤਾ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">pagaa bin hureeaa maarathaa ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">Without feet, the mortal jumps.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਦਨੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਖਿਰ ਖਿਰ ਹਾਸਤਾ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">badhanai bin khir khir haasathaa ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">Without a mouth, he bursts into laughter.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span><span style="color: black">Wow, the mind has no feet but it jumps, it has no mouth but it burst into laughter. How? It is always on the run to have this or that. It involves in pleasures and temporarily expresses being pleased but then again runs for another pleasure.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਿਦ੍ਰਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਰੁ ਪੈ ਸੋਵੈ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">nidhraa bin nar pai sovai ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">Without feeling sleepy, he lays down and sleeps.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਸਨ ਖੀਰੁ ਬਿਲੋਵੈ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੨</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">bin baasan kheer bilovai ||2||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">Without a churn, the milk is churned. ||2||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span><span style="color: black">Mind doesn’t have its own eyes that can get tired but it sleeps. How? It sleeps due to intoxication of Maya –pleasure, and it doesn’t remain aware at all from Maya influences. It is just like expecting some thing from unexpected</span></strong><span style="color: black">. <strong>Hint is at mind being under control of Maya but still it boasts around about being free from it. As we are coming close to the ending of the Shabad, Kabir ji hints at self created miserable life due to mind and its actions.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><strong></strong></span><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਿਨੁ ਅਸਥਨ ਗਊ ਲਵੇਰੀ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">bin asathhan goo lavaeree ||</span></strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: darkgreen"><strong>Without udders, the cow gives milk.</strong></span><strong><span style="color: black"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black">Maya is like a cow without breast; however, it provides some thing to the mind to remain attached to it. The mind gets temporary pleasures not the eternal peace but still this Maya Cow is dear to the mind. Due to this, what happens?</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪੈਡੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਟ ਘਨੇਰੀ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">paiddae bin baatt ghanaeree ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">Without travelling, a long journey is made.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span><span style="color: black">The life which can be better if devoted to the Lord, since it is not, life seems like a long hard journey. Here comes the vital point, the need of Guru Guidance in life.</span></strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: darkgreen"></span><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬਾਟ ਨ ਪਾਈ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">bin sathigur baatt n paaee ||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">Without the True <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank">Guru</a>, the path is not found.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਸਮਝਾਈ </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੩</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੩</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: darkgreen"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">kahu kabeer samajhaaee ||3||3||</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">Says Kabeer, see this, and understand. ||3||3|| Sant Kabir</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen">Ang 1194</span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: black">Kabir Ji concludes that strange things happen because mind is deeply drowned into Maya and it keeps running to various directions to seek pleasures. It gets them but all are temporary. The eternal peace is missing and life remains miserable, the soul suffers heavily. Why it is so? Answer is given. Due to lack of Guru Guidance, mind keeps misleading the soul.</span></strong></p><p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pk70, post: 91877, member: 5889"] [B][COLOR=black]aad jio[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=black]You have quoted this Shabad, may be in another “thread” I couldn’t help going deep into its application[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=darkred] [/COLOR][B][COLOR=black]The following Shabad is highly metaphoric, Kabir Ji uses word “wife” “mother” for Maya, Husband and son for “the mind” that establishes relations with Maya as a owner and consumer. This fact is made clear by Kabir ji in the end where he expresses that the mind that has no feet or mouth but jumps and expresses pleasure it has occasionally. If this metaphoric expression is kept in mind while pondering over the Shabad, every thing becomes clear. Let’s look at it that way. First Kabir ji defines the real “being awake” by comparing it with other worldly terms that suggest to be awake to succeed financially.[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=darkred] [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਗਤ ਸੋਵਤ ਬਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] jaagath sovath bahu prakaar || There are many ways of being awake, and sleeping. [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਗੈ ਸੋਈ ਸਾਰੁ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] guramukh jaagai soee saar || To be awake as [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"]Gurmukh[/URL] is the most excellent way[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=darkgreen]. [/COLOR][B][COLOR=black]People sleep and remain awake for different reasons but that is not what a devotee of the Lord does, for the devotee, it is important to alert from the Maya influence and staying attentive towards meditation of the Lord. This is real rest/sleep unlike the Maya influenced people have who are in sleep under the intoxication of Maya. [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਇਸੁ ਦੇਹੀ ਕੇ ਅਧਿਕ ਕਾਮ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] eis dhaehee kae adhhik kaam || The most sublime of all the actions of this body, [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਭਜਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]੩[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]੨[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] kehi kabeer bhaj raam naam ||3||2|| says Kabeer, is to meditate and vibrate on the Lord's Name. ||3||2||[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=darkgreen] [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=black]There are many deeds done but real deed is to meditate on the Lord[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਜੋਇ ਖਸਮੁ ਹੈ ਜਾਇਆ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] joe khasam hai jaaeiaa || The wife gives birth to her husband. [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਪੂਤਿ ਬਾਪੁ ਖੇਲਾਇਆ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] pooth baap khaelaaeiaa || The son leads his father in play.[/COLOR][COLOR=black] Here wife is Maya, it creates her own owner, Khasm word also indicates that wife is owned like a commodity, an ugly aspect of this relation is also becomes visible. Kabir ji uses that to express his views how Maya creates its own owners. Son is used for the mind and the soul for the father. So the mind has involved the father in its own play. Instead of the soul being a leader, mind leads it to mind’s own temptations.[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=green][FONT=Raavi]ਬਿਨੁ ਸ੍ਰਵਣਾ ਖੀਰੁ ਪਿਲਾਇਆ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=green][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=green][FONT=Raavi]੧[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=green][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=green] bin sravanaa kheer pilaaeiaa ||1|| Without breasts, the mother nurses her baby. ||1|| [/COLOR][COLOR=black]Mind has nothing of its own but what mind does is like milking without breast since mind has got the soul involved into mind satisfying deeds. [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਦੇਖਹੁ ਲੋਗਾ ਕਲਿ ਕੋ ਭਾਉ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] dhaekhahu logaa kal ko bhaao || Behold, people! This is how it is in the Dark Age of Kali Yuga. [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਸੁਤਿ ਮੁਕਲਾਈ ਅਪਨੀ ਮਾਉ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]੧[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਰਹਾਉ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] suth mukalaaee apanee maao ||1|| rehaao || The son marries his mother. ||1||Pause|| [/COLOR][COLOR=black]Kabir ji expresses how surprising is this that son-mind marries Maya-mother. All this happened due to bad influence of the time. In the next Vakas, the mind is defined [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਪਗਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਹੁਰੀਆ ਮਾਰਤਾ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] pagaa bin hureeaa maarathaa || Without feet, the mortal jumps. [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਬਦਨੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਖਿਰ ਖਿਰ ਹਾਸਤਾ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] badhanai bin khir khir haasathaa || Without a mouth, he bursts into laughter. [/COLOR][COLOR=black]Wow, the mind has no feet but it jumps, it has no mouth but it burst into laughter. How? It is always on the run to have this or that. It involves in pleasures and temporarily expresses being pleased but then again runs for another pleasure. [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਨਿਦ੍ਰਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਰੁ ਪੈ ਸੋਵੈ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] nidhraa bin nar pai sovai || Without feeling sleepy, he lays down and sleeps. [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਸਨ ਖੀਰੁ ਬਿਲੋਵੈ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]੨[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] bin baasan kheer bilovai ||2|| Without a churn, the milk is churned. ||2|| [/COLOR][COLOR=black]Mind doesn’t have its own eyes that can get tired but it sleeps. How? It sleeps due to intoxication of Maya –pleasure, and it doesn’t remain aware at all from Maya influences. It is just like expecting some thing from unexpected[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black]. [B]Hint is at mind being under control of Maya but still it boasts around about being free from it. As we are coming close to the ending of the Shabad, Kabir ji hints at self created miserable life due to mind and its actions. [/B][/COLOR][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਬਿਨੁ ਅਸਥਨ ਗਊ ਲਵੇਰੀ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] bin asathhan goo lavaeree ||[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=darkgreen] [B]Without udders, the cow gives milk.[/B][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black] Maya is like a cow without breast; however, it provides some thing to the mind to remain attached to it. The mind gets temporary pleasures not the eternal peace but still this Maya Cow is dear to the mind. Due to this, what happens? [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਪੈਡੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਟ ਘਨੇਰੀ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] paiddae bin baatt ghanaeree || Without travelling, a long journey is made. [/COLOR][COLOR=black]The life which can be better if devoted to the Lord, since it is not, life seems like a long hard journey. Here comes the vital point, the need of Guru Guidance in life.[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=darkgreen] [/COLOR][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬਾਟ ਨ ਪਾਈ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] bin sathigur baatt n paaee || Without the True [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"]Guru[/URL], the path is not found. [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਸਮਝਾਈ [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]੩[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Raavi]੩[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=darkgreen] kahu kabeer samajhaaee ||3||3|| Says Kabeer, see this, and understand. ||3||3|| Sant Kabir Ang 1194[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=black]Kabir Ji concludes that strange things happen because mind is deeply drowned into Maya and it keeps running to various directions to seek pleasures. It gets them but all are temporary. The eternal peace is missing and life remains miserable, the soul suffers heavily. Why it is so? Answer is given. Due to lack of Guru Guidance, mind keeps misleading the soul.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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