[salok] Bhagat Kabeer Jeo Kae

[lowest of the low singhni]

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

All is quiet in the GV section : )

ਕਬੀਰਗਾਗਰਿਜਲਭਰੀਆਜੁਕਾਲ੍ਹ੍ਹਿਜੈਹੈਫੂਟਿ॥

Kabīr gāgar jal bẖarī āj kāliĥ jaihai fūt.

Kabeer, the pitcher is full of water; it will break, today or tomorrow.

ਗੁਰੁਜੁਨਚੇਤਹਿਆਪਨੋਅਧਮਾਝਿਲੀਜਹਿਗੇਲੂਟਿ॥੭੩॥

Gur jo na cẖīṯeh āpno aḏẖ mājẖ lījhigė lūt.

Those who do not remember their Guru, shall be plundered on the way.

ਗਾਗਰਿ = pitcher; ਜਲ = water; ਭਰੀ = full; ਆਜੁ = today; ਕਾਲ੍ਹ੍ਹਿ = tomorrow; ਫੂਟਿ = break; ਨ ਚੇਤਹਿ = do not remember; ਮਾਝਿ = on the way, in between; ਲੀਜਹਿਗੇ = take; ਲੂਟਿ = loot.

This Salok is similar to one we saw a while ago about a broken boat. The pitcher is our body, which at the moment is functioning reasonably well - full of water, full of life. We think our existence is based on the physical-ness of the world - what we see, hear, feel etc - and for all those things we rely on our bodies. Guru Saheb tells us that life is more than that, and that our body is only a temporary vessel which we have borrowed from Maharaj, in order to get us across this world-ocean. Bhagat Kabeer Ji reinforces this point here.

We know that our lives could end today/tomorrow - if we're knocked down by a car, if we smack our head off a wall, have a heart attack, spontaneously combust etc. But even when we're told so many times, it's rare to actually remember it throughout the day. We're focusing on it now, but as soon as our mind is diverted by food/friends/work, Akaal Purakh and His sweet guidance drifts into the Less-Important/Things-To-Deal-With-Later Compartment of our brains. With Guru Ji's help, we can learn to think outside the box of our worldy business, and to see life as something more important and valuable than just working or playing. we need to try and remember this as often as possible - and Guru Saheb does send us reminders; the key is to recognise them - when a plant dies, a baby is born, a cloud passes by. Any momenet we're going to pass by from this place too - so we better get cracking in making the most of our time here.

Someone once asked me, 'Doesn't being religious interfere with your life?' The point is to make Gursikhi our life, because we would have no life without our King. Our existence and spirituality go hand in hand, with both hands being from the same person. If one hand is missing, it seems incomplete. If we don't recognise this, then we might as well throw ourselves off a glacier here and now. It might sound harsh, but Guru Saheb has taught us to see,speak and hear only the Truth - his Sikhs can handle the Truth.

ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

ਦੁਲਭ ਦੇਹ ਪਾਈ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ॥

Ḏulabẖ ḏėh pā­ī vadbẖāgī.

This human body is so difficult to obtain; it is only obtained by great good fortune.

ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਜਪਹਿ ਤੇ ਆਤਮ ਘਾਤੀ ॥੧॥

Nām na jāpeh ṯė āṯam gẖāṯī.

Those who do not meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are murderers of the soul. ||1||

ਮਰਿ ਨ ਜਾਹੀ ਜਿਨਾ ਬਿਸਰਤ ਰਾਮ ॥

Mar na jāhī jinā bisraṯ rām.

Those who forget the Lord might just as well die.

ਨਾਮ ਬਿਹੂਨ ਜੀਵਨ ਕਉਨ ਕਾਮ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Nām bihūn jīvan ka­un kām.

Without the Naam, of what use are their lives?

ਖਾਤ ਪੀਤ ਖੇਲਤ ਹਸਤ ਬਿਸਥਾਰ ॥

Kẖāṯ pīṯ kẖėlaṯ hasaṯ bisthār.

Eating, drinking, playing, laughing and showing off -

ਕਵਨ ਅਰਥ ਮਿਰਤਕ ਸੀਗਾਰ ॥੨॥

Kavan arath mirṯak sīgār.

what use are the ostentatious displays of the dead?

ਜੋ ਨ ਸੁਨਹਿ ਜਸੁ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦਾ ॥

Jo na suneh jas parmānanḏā.

Those who do not listen to the Praises of the Lord of supreme bliss,

ਪਸੁ ਪੰਖੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਗਦ ਜੋਨਿ ਤੇ ਮੰਦਾ ॥੩॥

Pas pankẖī ṯarigaḏ jon ṯė manḏā.

are worse off than beasts, birds or creeping creatures.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਿ ਮੰਤ੍ਰੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇਆ ॥

Kaho Nānak gur manṯar driṛ­ā­i­ā.

Says Nanak, the GurMantra has been implanted within me;

ਕੇਵਲ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੪੨॥੧੧੧॥

Kėval nām riḏ māhi samā­i­ā.

the Name alone is contained within my heart.

We're wasting our time, wandering aimlessly if we don't do some good, if we don't remember what Guru Saheb tells us. Bhagat Kabeer Ji says that our pitchers will break, before we even realise it - and all the water will spill, out of our reach, lost. Our life is diminshing day by day and, if we don't try to live every breath as if it were our last, we're losing this life game. All the good karams we've had from previous janams are looted, plundered away.

~l~

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

[Akaali]

Vaheguruuuuu

I connected so much with that shabad you posted, amazing stuff! :WW:

[ISingh]

:WW:

[TuhiNirankar]

waheguru waheguru waheguru