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Ang 1372 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngBhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਕੀ ਤਿਉ ਤਿਉ ਰਾਮ ਨਿਵਾਸ ॥੧੪੧॥
jiau jiau bhagat kabeer kee tiau tiau raam nivaas |141|
The more Kabeer worships Him, the more the Lord abides within his mind. ||141||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਗਹਗਚਿ ਪਰਿਓ ਕੁਟੰਬ ਕੈ ਕਾਂਠੈ ਰਹਿ ਗਇਓ ਰਾਮੁ ॥
kabeer gahagach pario kuttanb kai kaantthai reh geo raam |
Kabeer, the mortal has fallen into the grip of family life, and the Lord has been set aside.
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ਆਇ ਪਰੇ ਧਰਮ ਰਾਇ ਕੇ ਬੀਚਹਿ ਧੂਮਾ ਧਾਮ ॥੧੪੨॥
aae pare dharam raae ke beecheh dhoomaa dhaam |142|
The messengers of the Righteous Judge of Dharma descend upon the mortal, in the midst of all his pomp and ceremony. ||142||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਸਾਕਤ ਤੇ ਸੂਕਰ ਭਲਾ ਰਾਖੈ ਆਛਾ ਗਾਉ ॥
kabeer saakat te sookar bhalaa raakhai aachhaa gaau |
Kabeer, even a pig is better than the faithless cynic; at least the pig keeps the village clean.
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ਉਹੁ ਸਾਕਤੁ ਬਪੁਰਾ ਮਰਿ ਗਇਆ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਲੈਹੈ ਨਾਉ ॥੧੪੩॥
auhu saakat bapuraa mar geaa koe na laihai naau |143|
When the wretched, faithless cynic dies, no one even mentions his name. ||143||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਕਉਡੀ ਕਉਡੀ ਜੋਰਿ ਕੈ ਜੋਰੇ ਲਾਖ ਕਰੋਰਿ ॥
kabeer kauddee kauddee jor kai jore laakh karor |
Kabeer, the mortal gathers wealth, shell by shell, accumulating thousands and millions.
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ਚਲਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਨ ਕਛੁ ਮਿਲਿਓ ਲਈ ਲੰਗੋਟੀ ਤੋਰਿ ॥੧੪੪॥
chalatee baar na kachh milio lee langottee tor |144|
But when the time of his departure comes, he takes nothing at all with him. He is even stripped of his loin-cloth. ||144||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਬੈਸਨੋ ਹੂਆ ਤ ਕਿਆ ਭਇਆ ਮਾਲਾ ਮੇਲੀਂ ਚਾਰਿ ॥
kabeer baisano hooaa ta kiaa bheaa maalaa meleen chaar |
Kabeer, what good is it to become a devotee of Vishnu, and wear four malas?
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ਬਾਹਰਿ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਬਾਰਹਾ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਭਰੀ ਭੰਗਾਰ ॥੧੪੫॥
baahar kanchan baarahaa bheetar bharee bhangaar |145|
On the outside, he may look like pure gold, but on the inside, he is stuffed with dust. ||145||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਰੋੜਾ ਹੋਇ ਰਹੁ ਬਾਟ ਕਾ ਤਜਿ ਮਨ ਕਾ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥
kabeer rorraa hoe rahu baatt kaa taj man kaa abhimaan |
Kabeer, let yourself be a pebble on the path; abandon your egotistical pride.
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ਐਸਾ ਕੋਈ ਦਾਸੁ ਹੋਇ ਤਾਹਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਭਗਵਾਨੁ ॥੧੪੬॥
aisaa koee daas hoe taeh milai bhagavaan |146|
Such a humble slave shall meet the Lord God. ||146||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਰੋੜਾ ਹੂਆ ਤ ਕਿਆ ਭਇਆ ਪੰਥੀ ਕਉ ਦੁਖੁ ਦੇਇ ॥
kabeer rorraa hooaa ta kiaa bheaa panthee kau dukh dee |
Kabeer, what good would it be, to be a pebble? It would only hurt the traveller on the path.
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ਐਸਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਦਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਉ ਧਰਨੀ ਮਹਿ ਖੇਹ ॥੧੪੭॥
aisaa teraa daas hai jiau dharanee meh kheh |147|
Your slave, O Lord, is like the dust of the earth. ||147||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਖੇਹ ਹੂਈ ਤਉ ਕਿਆ ਭਇਆ ਜਉ ਉਡਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਅੰਗ ॥
kabeer kheh hooee tau kiaa bheaa jau udd laagai ang |
Kabeer, what then, if one could become dust? It is blown up by the wind, and sticks to the body.
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ਹਰਿ ਜਨੁ ਐਸਾ ਚਾਹੀਐ ਜਿਉ ਪਾਨੀ ਸਰਬੰਗ ॥੧੪੮॥
har jan aisaa chaaheeai jiau paanee sarabang |148|
The humble servant of the Lord should be like water, which cleans everything. ||148||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਪਾਨੀ ਹੂਆ ਤ ਕਿਆ ਭਇਆ ਸੀਰਾ ਤਾਤਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
kabeer paanee hooaa ta kiaa bheaa seeraa taataa hoe |
Kabeer, what then, if one could become water? It becomes cold, then hot.
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ਹਰਿ ਜਨੁ ਐਸਾ ਚਾਹੀਐ ਜੈਸਾ ਹਰਿ ਹੀ ਹੋਇ ॥੧੪੯॥
har jan aisaa chaaheeai jaisaa har hee hoe |149|
The humble servant of the Lord should be just like the Lord. ||149||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਊਚ ਭਵਨ ਕਨਕਾਮਨੀ ਸਿਖਰਿ ਧਜਾ ਫਹਰਾਇ ॥
aooch bhavan kanakaamanee sikhar dhajaa faharaae |
The banners wave above the lofty mansions, filled with gold and beautiful women.
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ਤਾ ਤੇ ਭਲੀ ਮਧੂਕਰੀ ਸੰਤਸੰਗਿ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਇ ॥੧੫੦॥
taa te bhalee madhookaree santasang gun gaae |150|
But better than these is dry bread, if one sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord in the Society of the Saints. ||150||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਪਾਟਨ ਤੇ ਊਜਰੁ ਭਲਾ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤ ਜਿਹ ਠਾਇ ॥
kabeer paattan te aoojar bhalaa raam bhagat jih tthaae |
Kabeer, the wilderness is better than a city, if the Lord's devotees live there.
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ਰਾਮ ਸਨੇਹੀ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਜਮ ਪੁਰੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਭਾਂਇ ॥੧੫੧॥
raam sanehee baaharaa jam pur mere bhaane |151|
Without my Beloved Lord, it is like the City of Death for me. ||151||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਗੰਗ ਜਮੁਨ ਕੇ ਅੰਤਰੇ ਸਹਜ ਸੁੰਨ ਕੇ ਘਾਟ ॥
kabeer gang jamun ke antare sehaj sun ke ghaatt |
Kabeer, between the Ganges and Jamunaa Rivers, on the shore of Celestial Silence,
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ਤਹਾ ਕਬੀਰੈ ਮਟੁ ਕੀਆ ਖੋਜਤ ਮੁਨਿ ਜਨ ਬਾਟ ॥੧੫੨॥
tahaa kabeerai matt keea khojat mun jan baatt |152|
there, Kabeer has made his home. The silent sages and the humble servants of the Lord search for the way to get there. ||152||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਜੈਸੀ ਉਪਜੀ ਪੇਡ ਤੇ ਜਉ ਤੈਸੀ ਨਿਬਹੈ ਓੜਿ ॥
kabeer jaisee upajee pedd te jau taisee nibahai orr |
Kabeer, if the mortal continues to love the Lord in the end, as he pledged in the beginning,
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ਹੀਰਾ ਕਿਸ ਕਾ ਬਾਪੁਰਾ ਪੁਜਹਿ ਨ ਰਤਨ ਕਰੋੜਿ ॥੧੫੩॥
heeraa kis kaa baapuraa pujeh na ratan karorr |153|
no poor diamond, not even millions of jewels, can equal him. ||153||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰਾ ਏਕੁ ਅਚੰਭਉ ਦੇਖਿਓ ਹੀਰਾ ਹਾਟ ਬਿਕਾਇ ॥
kabeeraa ek achanbhau dekhio heeraa haatt bikaae |
Kabeer, I saw a strange and wonderful thing. A jewel was being sold in a store.
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ਬਨਜਨਹਾਰੇ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਕਉਡੀ ਬਦਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੧੫੪॥
banajanahaare baaharaa kauddee badalai jaae |154|
Because there was no buyer, it was going in exchange for a shell. ||154||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰਾ ਜਹਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਤਹ ਧਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਜਹਾ ਝੂਠੁ ਤਹ ਪਾਪੁ ॥
kabeeraa jahaa giaan teh dharam hai jahaa jhootth teh paap |
Kabeer, where there is spiritual wisdom, there is righteousness and Dharma. Where there is falsehood, there is sin.
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ਜਹਾ ਲੋਭੁ ਤਹ ਕਾਲੁ ਹੈ ਜਹਾ ਖਿਮਾ ਤਹ ਆਪਿ ॥੧੫੫॥
jahaa lobh teh kaal hai jahaa khimaa teh aap |155|
Where there is greed, there is death. Where there is forgiveness, there is God Himself. ||155||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਮਾਇਆ ਤਜੀ ਤ ਕਿਆ ਭਇਆ ਜਉ ਮਾਨੁ ਤਜਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਇ ॥
kabeer maaeaa tajee ta kiaa bheaa jau maan tajiaa nahee jaae |
Kabeer, what good is it to give up Maya, if the mortal does not give up his pride?
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ਮਾਨ ਮੁਨੀ ਮੁਨਿਵਰ ਗਲੇ ਮਾਨੁ ਸਭੈ ਕਉ ਖਾਇ ॥੧੫੬॥
maan munee munivar gale maan sabhai kau khaae |156|
Even the silent sages and seers are destroyed by pride; pride eats up everything. ||156||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮੈ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਸਬਦੁ ਜੁ ਬਾਹਿਆ ਏਕੁ ॥
kabeer saachaa satigur mai miliaa sabad ju baahiaa ek |
Kabeer, the True Guru has met me; He aimed the Arrow of the Shabad at me.
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ਲਾਗਤ ਹੀ ਭੁਇ ਮਿਲਿ ਗਇਆ ਪਰਿਆ ਕਲੇਜੇ ਛੇਕੁ ॥੧੫੭॥
laagat hee bhue mil geaa pariaa kaleje chhek |157|
As soon as it struck me, I fell to the ground with a hole in my heart. ||157||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੈ ਜਉ ਸਿਖਾ ਮਹਿ ਚੂਕ ॥
kabeer saachaa satigur kiaa karai jau sikhaa meh chook |
Kabeer, what can the True Guru do, when His Sikhs are at fault?
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ਅੰਧੇ ਏਕ ਨ ਲਾਗਈ ਜਿਉ ਬਾਂਸੁ ਬਜਾਈਐ ਫੂਕ ॥੧੫੮॥
andhe ek na laagee jiau baans bajaaeeai fook |158|
The blind do not take in any of His Teachings; it is as useless as blowing into bamboo. ||158||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਹੈ ਗੈ ਬਾਹਨ ਸਘਨ ਘਨ ਛਤ੍ਰਪਤੀ ਕੀ ਨਾਰਿ ॥
kabeer hai gai baahan saghan ghan chhatrapatee kee naar |
Kabeer, the wife of the king has all sorts of horses, elephants and carriages.
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