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Ang 1366 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngBhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਐਸੇ ਮਰਨੇ ਜੋ ਮਰੈ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਮਰਨਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੨੯॥
aise marane jo marai bahur na maranaa hoe |29|
Let those who die, die such a death, that they shall never have to die again. ||29||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਮਾਨਸ ਜਨਮੁ ਦੁਲੰਭੁ ਹੈ ਹੋਇ ਨ ਬਾਰੈ ਬਾਰ ॥
kabeer maanas janam dulanbh hai hoe na baarai baar |
Kabeer, it is so difficult to obtain this human body; it does not just come over and over again.
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ਜਿਉ ਬਨ ਫਲ ਪਾਕੇ ਭੁਇ ਗਿਰਹਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਲਾਗਹਿ ਡਾਰ ॥੩੦॥
jiau ban fal paake bhue gireh bahur na laageh ddaar |30|
It is like the ripe fruit on the tree; when it falls to the ground, it cannot be re-attached to the branch. ||30||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰਾ ਤੁਹੀ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਤੂ ਤੇਰੋ ਨਾਉ ਕਬੀਰੁ ॥
kabeeraa tuhee kabeer too tero naau kabeer |
Kabeer, you are Kabeer; your name means great.
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ਰਾਮ ਰਤਨੁ ਤਬ ਪਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਤਜਹਿ ਸਰੀਰੁ ॥੩੧॥
raam ratan tab paaeeai jau pahile tajeh sareer |31|
O Lord, You are Kabeer. The Jewel of the Lord is obtained, when the mortal first gives up his body. ||31||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਝੰਖੁ ਨ ਝੰਖੀਐ ਤੁਮਰੋ ਕਹਿਓ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
kabeer jhankh na jhankheeai tumaro kahio na hoe |
Kabeer, do not struggle in stubborn pride; nothing happens just because you say so.
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ਕਰਮ ਕਰੀਮ ਜੁ ਕਰਿ ਰਹੇ ਮੇਟਿ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੩੨॥
karam kareem ju kar rahe mett na saakai koe |32|
No one can erase the actions of the Merciful Lord. ||32||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਕਸਉਟੀ ਰਾਮ ਕੀ ਝੂਠਾ ਟਿਕੈ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
kabeer ksauttee raam kee jhootthaa ttikai na koe |
Kabeer, no one who is false can withstand the Touchstone of the Lord.
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ਰਾਮ ਕਸਉਟੀ ਸੋ ਸਹੈ ਜੋ ਮਰਿ ਜੀਵਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੩੩॥
raam ksauttee so sahai jo mar jeevaa hoe |33|
He alone can pass the test of the Lord's Touchstone, who remains dead while yet alive. ||33||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਊਜਲ ਪਹਿਰਹਿ ਕਾਪਰੇ ਪਾਨ ਸੁਪਾਰੀ ਖਾਹਿ ॥
kabeer aoojal pahireh kaapare paan supaaree khaeh |
Kabeer, some wear gaudy robes, and chew betel leaves and betel nuts.
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ਏਕਸ ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਧੇ ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਜਾਂਹਿ ॥੩੪॥
ekas har ke naam bin baadhe jam pur jaanhi |34|
Without the Name of the One Lord, they are bound and gagged and taken to the City of Death. ||34||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਬੇੜਾ ਜਰਜਰਾ ਫੂਟੇ ਛੇਂਕ ਹਜਾਰ ॥
kabeer berraa jarajaraa footte chhenk hajaar |
Kabeer, the boat is old, and it has thousands of holes.
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ਹਰੂਏ ਹਰੂਏ ਤਿਰਿ ਗਏ ਡੂਬੇ ਜਿਨ ਸਿਰ ਭਾਰ ॥੩੫॥
harooe harooe tir ge ddoobe jin sir bhaar |35|
Those who are light get across, while those who carry the weight of their sins on their heads are drowned. ||35||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਹਾਡ ਜਰੇ ਜਿਉ ਲਾਕਰੀ ਕੇਸ ਜਰੇ ਜਿਉ ਘਾਸੁ ॥
kabeer haadd jare jiau laakaree kes jare jiau ghaas |
Kabeer, the bones burn like wood, and the hair burns like straw.
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ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਜਰਤਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਕੈ ਭਇਓ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਉਦਾਸੁ ॥੩੬॥
eihu jag jarataa dekh kai bheo kabeer udaas |36|
Seeing the world burning like this, Kabeer has become sad. ||36||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਗਰਬੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੀਐ ਚਾਮ ਲਪੇਟੇ ਹਾਡ ॥
kabeer garab na keejeeai chaam lapette haadd |
Kabeer, do not be so proud of your bones wrapped up in skin.
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ਹੈਵਰ ਊਪਰਿ ਛਤ੍ਰ ਤਰ ਤੇ ਫੁਨਿ ਧਰਨੀ ਗਾਡ ॥੩੭॥
haivar aoopar chhatr tar te fun dharanee gaadd |37|
Those who were on their horses and under their canopies, were eventually buried under the ground. ||37||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਗਰਬੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੀਐ ਊਚਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਅਵਾਸੁ ॥
kabeer garab na keejeeai aoochaa dekh avaas |
Kabeer, do not be so proud of your tall mansions.
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ਆਜੁ ਕਾਲਿੑ ਭੁਇ ਲੇਟਣਾ ਊਪਰਿ ਜਾਮੈ ਘਾਸੁ ॥੩੮॥
aaj kaala bhue lettanaa aoopar jaamai ghaas |38|
Today or tomorrow, you shall lie beneath the ground, and the grass shall grow above you. ||38||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਗਰਬੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੀਐ ਰੰਕੁ ਨ ਹਸੀਐ ਕੋਇ ॥
kabeer garab na keejeeai rank na haseeai koe |
Kabeer, do not be so proud, and do not laugh at the poor.
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ਅਜਹੁ ਸੁ ਨਾਉ ਸਮੁੰਦ੍ਰ ਮਹਿ ਕਿਆ ਜਾਨਉ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥੩੯॥
ajahu su naau samundr meh kiaa jaanau kiaa hoe |39|
Your boat is still out at sea; who knows what will happen? ||39||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਗਰਬੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੀਐ ਦੇਹੀ ਦੇਖਿ ਸੁਰੰਗ ॥
kabeer garab na keejeeai dehee dekh surang |
Kabeer, do not be so proud, looking at your beautiful body.
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ਆਜੁ ਕਾਲਿੑ ਤਜਿ ਜਾਹੁਗੇ ਜਿਉ ਕਾਂਚੁਰੀ ਭੁਯੰਗ ॥੪੦॥
aaj kaala taj jaahuge jiau kaanchuree bhuyang |40|
Today or tomorrow, you will have to leave it behind, like the snake shedding its skin. ||40||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਲੂਟਨਾ ਹੈ ਤ ਲੂਟਿ ਲੈ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਹੈ ਲੂਟਿ ॥
kabeer loottanaa hai ta loott lai raam naam hai loott |
Kabeer, if you must rob and plunder, then plunder the plunder of the Lord's Name.
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ਫਿਰਿ ਪਾਛੈ ਪਛੁਤਾਹੁਗੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਜਾਹਿੰਗੇ ਛੂਟਿ ॥੪੧॥
fir paachhai pachhutaahuge praan jaahinge chhoott |41|
Otherwise, in the world hereafter, you will regret and repent, when the breath of life leaves the body. ||41||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਐਸਾ ਕੋਈ ਨ ਜਨਮਿਓ ਅਪਨੈ ਘਰਿ ਲਾਵੈ ਆਗਿ ॥
kabeer aisaa koee na janamio apanai ghar laavai aag |
Kabeer, there is no one born, who burns his own home,
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ਪਾਂਚਉ ਲਰਿਕਾ ਜਾਰਿ ਕੈ ਰਹੈ ਰਾਮ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗਿ ॥੪੨॥
paanchau larikaa jaar kai rahai raam liv laag |42|
and burning his five sons, remains lovingly attuned to the Lord. ||42||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕੋ ਹੈ ਲਰਿਕਾ ਬੇਚਈ ਲਰਿਕੀ ਬੇਚੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
ko hai larikaa bechee larikee bechai koe |
Kabeer, how rare are those who sell their son and sell their daughter
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ਸਾਝਾ ਕਰੈ ਕਬੀਰ ਸਿਉ ਹਰਿ ਸੰਗਿ ਬਨਜੁ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੪੩॥
saajhaa karai kabeer siau har sang banaj karee |43|
and, entering into partnership with Kabeer, deal with the Lord. ||43||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਚੇਤਾਵਨੀ ਮਤ ਸਹਸਾ ਰਹਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
kabeer ih chetaavanee mat sahasaa reh jaae |
Kabeer, let me remind you of this. Do not be skeptical or cynical.
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ਪਾਛੈ ਭੋਗ ਜੁ ਭੋਗਵੇ ਤਿਨ ਕੋ ਗੁੜੁ ਲੈ ਖਾਹਿ ॥੪੪॥
paachhai bhog ju bhogave tin ko gurr lai khaeh |44|
Those pleasures which you enjoyed so much in the past - now you must eat their fruits. ||44||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਮੈ ਜਾਨਿਓ ਪੜਿਬੋ ਭਲੋ ਪੜਿਬੇ ਸਿਉ ਭਲ ਜੋਗੁ ॥
kabeer mai jaanio parribo bhalo parribe siau bhal jog |
Kabeer, at first, I thought learning was good; then I thought Yoga was better.
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ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਛਾਡਉ ਰਾਮ ਕੀ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਿੰਦਉ ਲੋਗੁ ॥੪੫॥
bhagat na chhaaddau raam kee bhaavai nindau log |45|
I shall never abandon devotional worship of the Lord, even though people may slander me. ||45||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਲੋਗੁ ਕਿ ਨਿੰਦੈ ਬਪੁੜਾ ਜਿਹ ਮਨਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਗਿਆਨੁ ॥
kabeer log ki nindai bapurraa jih man naahee giaan |
Kabeer, how can the wretched people slander me? They have no wisdom or intelligence.
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ਰਾਮ ਕਬੀਰਾ ਰਵਿ ਰਹੇ ਅਵਰ ਤਜੇ ਸਭ ਕਾਮ ॥੪੬॥
raam kabeeraa rav rahe avar taje sabh kaam |46|
Kabeer continues to dwell upon the Lord's Name; I have abandoned all other affairs. ||46||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਪਰਦੇਸੀ ਕੈ ਘਾਘਰੈ ਚਹੁ ਦਿਸਿ ਲਾਗੀ ਆਗਿ ॥
kabeer paradesee kai ghaagharai chahu dis laagee aag |
Kabeer, the robe of the stranger-soul has caught fire on all four sides.
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ਖਿੰਥਾ ਜਲਿ ਕੋਇਲਾ ਭਈ ਤਾਗੇ ਆਂਚ ਨ ਲਾਗ ॥੪੭॥
khinthaa jal koeilaa bhee taage aanch na laag |47|
The cloth of the body has been burnt and reduced to charcoal, but the fire did not touch the thread of the soul. ||47||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਖਿੰਥਾ ਜਲਿ ਕੋਇਲਾ ਭਈ ਖਾਪਰੁ ਫੂਟ ਮਫੂਟ ॥
kabeer khinthaa jal koeilaa bhee khaapar foott mafoott |
Kabeer, the cloth has been burnt and reduced to charcoal, and the begging bowl is shattered into pieces.
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ਜੋਗੀ ਬਪੁੜਾ ਖੇਲਿਓ ਆਸਨਿ ਰਹੀ ਬਿਭੂਤਿ ॥੪੮॥
jogee bapurraa khelio aasan rahee bibhoot |48|
The poor Yogi has played out his game; only ashes remain on his seat. ||48||
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