[salok] Bhagat Kabeer Jeo Kae

[lowest of the low singhni]

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

ਕਬੀਰ ਸਮੁੰਦੁ ਨ ਛੋਡੀਐ ਜਉ ਅਤਿ ਖਾਰੋ ਹੋਇ ॥

kabeer samund na chhodee-ai ja-o at khaaro ho-ay.

Kabeer, do not leave the ocean, even if it is very salty.

ਪੋਖਰਿ ਪੋਖਰਿ ਢੂਢਤੇ ਭਲੋ ਨ ਕਹਿਹੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੫੦॥

pokhar pokhar dhoodh-tay bhalo na kahihai ko-ay.

If you poke around searching from puddle to puddle, no one will call you smart.

ਸਮੁੰਦੁ = ocean; ਨ ਛੋਡੀਐ = do not leave; ਖਾਰੋ = salty; ਪੋਖਰਿ = puddle/pond; ਢੂਢਤੇ = searching (or is this poking?) ਭਲੋ = great, smart; ਕਹਿਹੈ = say,

Bhagat Kabeer Ji is continuing with the metaphor of the fish being caught by a fisherman. Bhagat Ji is saying that it is stupid for the fish to jump from puddle to puddle in an effort to escape the fisherman's net. It will eventually be caught if there isn't enough space or time for the fish to swim away quickly. The fish would be safer in the vast ocean or sea, even if there is a salty taste to the water.

Bhagat Kabeer Ji is talking about us as the fish, always searching around for temporary happiness. We go from person to person seeking comfort and support, or we go from place to place enjoying various distractions. In the end we will always get bored with the materialistic things we go after. We get tired of continuously leaning on people and expecting them to help or lift our burdens away - but still we don't give up. We have so much faith in Maya, even when it constantly lets us down. But we doubt Maharaj, not even setting aside our pride a little in an effort to ask for help with full faith that He *will* help.

Is true greatness becoming a millionaire through business investments? Being a 'good person'? Or maybe wearing a Baana and decorating our Dastaaran with Shastar and calling ourselves Daas? We have to realise that it's more than this. Plenty of people think it's okay to live a decent life being a generally good person, but is that really all we're here for? In Akaal Purakh's Darbar we won't be praised for making money or anything else. We chase after materialistic things for self-satisfaction - a mother is attached to her family, proud of her sons. A shopkeeper aims to make a fat profit. But we have to recognise our place in the bigger picture, where ultimately there is only Maharaj.

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vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

[sss]

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

ਕਬੀਰ ਸਮੁੰਦੁ ਨ ਛੋਡੀਐ ਜਉ ਅਤਿ ਖਾਰੋ ਹੋਇ ॥

kabeer samund na chhodee-ai ja-o at khaaro ho-ay.

Kabeer, do not leave the ocean, even if it is very salty.

ਪੋਖਰਿ ਪੋਖਰਿ ਢੂਢਤੇ ਭਲੋ ਨ ਕਹਿਹੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੫੦॥

pokhar pokhar dhoodh-tay bhalo na kahihai ko-ay.

If you poke around searching from puddle to puddle, no one will call you smart.

ਸਮੁੰਦੁ = ocean; ਨ ਛੋਡੀਐ = do not leave; ਖਾਰੋ = salty; ਪੋਖਰਿ = puddle/pond; ਢੂਢਤੇ = searching (or is this poking?) ਭਲੋ = great, smart; ਕਹਿਹੈ = say,

Bhagat Kabeer Ji is continuing with the metaphor of the fish being caught by a fisherman. Bhagat Ji is saying that it is stupid for the fish to jump from puddle to puddle in an effort to escape the fisherman's net. It will eventually be caught if there isn't enough space or time for the fish to swim away quickly. The fish would be safer in the vast ocean or sea, even if there is a salty taste to the water.

Bhagat Kabeer Ji is talking about us as the fish, always searching around for temporary happiness. We go from person to person seeking comfort and support, or we go from place to place enjoying various distractions. In the end we will always get bored with the materialistic things we go after. We get tired of continuously leaning on people and expecting them to help or lift our burdens away - but still we don't give up. We have so much faith in Maya, even when it constantly lets us down. But we doubt Maharaj, not even setting aside our pride a little in an effort to ask for help with full faith that He *will* help.

Is true greatness becoming a millionaire through business investments? Being a 'good person'? Or maybe wearing a Baana and decorating our Dastaaran with Shastar and calling ourselves Daas? We have to realise that it's more than this. Plenty of people think it's okay to live a decent life being a generally good person, but is that really all we're here for? In Akaal Purakh's Darbar we won't be praised for making money or anything else. We chase after materialistic things for self-satisfaction - a mother is attached to her family, proud of her sons. A shopkeeper aims to make a fat profit. But we have to recognise our place in the bigger picture, where ultimately there is only Maharaj.

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vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

[sss]

These words are fabulous just fabulous – WahaGuru

[_GURSIKH_]

WOWWW!!! so true :TH: