As I already said here Kabir is one of the people I have been in awe of, I don’t claim to have understand him fully but I feel that his words of wisdom needs to be retold to the world.
Here are 3 couplets of Kabir depicting the great man’s though on God-
Pathar Puje Hari Mile, To Main Pujun Girirai,
Sabse to Chakki Bhalim Pees Pees ke KhayMeaning- Kabir says, If god could have been found by worshiping the idols made of stone, then Kabir would worship the greatest mountain. No stone can have god bigger than that. He reiterates that god cannot be found in the stone idols, the simple chakki (traditional Indian wheat grinder having two round stones rotated and the wheat dropped from above gets grinded between two stones) is more divine at least it bears pain to feed the humanity.
Kubudhi ko Sujhe Nahi, Uth Uth Deval Jaaye,
Dil dehra ki khabar nahi, Pathar Kahan Te Pay
Meaning- The idiots are ignorant, when they can’t think of anything they keep visiting the temple in the search of god. Hardly do they know their own self, that they would realize that if they would have searched their own hearts, they would have find one which they didn’t find in those stone idols
Makke Madine mein gaya, wahan bhi hari ka naam,
Main tujhse poochon he sakhi, Kin dekha kis tham.
Meaning- When you visited Mecca, Medina and everywhere you took the name of the great lord. But I ask you my dear friend did you actually saw the great lord at any of the places of pilgrimage.
I so wish the communally charged people in India would relearn the lessons taught by this great soul.
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Another pearl of wisdom from Kabir-
Kankar pathar jod ke masjid leyi banaye,
ta chadhi mullah bang de, kya bahira hua khudaye.
@Prerna: Awesome!!!
Amen.
Life would be so much better then.
@Meira: Very true!!
A nice one… Love it… I am always a big fan of him….
And I remember his one gr8 excerpt
Dukh mein sumrin sab kare sukh mein kare na koi,
Sukh mein jo sumrin kare dukh kahe ko hoi.
@Vipul: Nice one
if we all understand and follow kabir life would be so much better isnt it
@Monika: It would be but sadly people have forgotten the wise men from the past.
my fave one on religion
“Moko Kahan Dhundhere Bande
Mein To Tere Paas Mein
Na Teerath Mein, Na Moorat Mein
Na Ekant Niwas Mein
Na Mandir Mein, Na Masjid Mein
Na Kabe Kailas Mein
Mein To Tere Paas Mein Bande
Mein To Tere Paas Mein
Na Mein Jap Mein, Na Mein Tap Mein
Na Mein Barat Upaas Mein
Na Mein Kiriya Karm Mein Rehta
Nahin Jog Sanyas Mein
Nahin Pran Mein Nahin Pind Mein
Na Brahmand Akas Mein
Na Mein Prakuti Prawar Gufa Mein
Nahin Swasan Ki Swans Mein
Khoji Hoye Turat Mil Jaoon
Ik Pal Ki Talas Mein
Kahet Kabir Suno Bhai Sadho
Mein To Hun Viswas Mein”
@Reema: Its a lovely verse
Liked your Blog Prateek ! There’s lots of poetry and stories on my blog too.I loe Dinkar,Gulzar,Kabir,Abida and Ghalib…will keep coming.