ਮੁਕਤਿ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਠਾਕ ਨ ਅਵਘਟ ਘਾਟ ॥੨੩੧॥ mukat padaarath paa-ee-ai thaak na avghat ghaat. ||231|| He obtains the treasure of liberation, and the difficult road to the Lord is not blocked. ||231|| (But once we are blessed with such company), we obtain the commodity of salvation and face no obstruction in any difficult or
ਹਾਥ ਪਾਉ ਕਰਿ ਕਾਮੁ ਸਭੁ ਚੀਤੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੨੧੩॥ haath paa-o kar kaam sabh cheet niranjan naal. ||213|| With your hands and feet, do all your work, but let your consciousness remain with the Immaculate Lord. ||213|| with your hands and feet do your (worldly) chores, but keep your mind attuned to God.||213|| ਹੱਥ ਪੈਰ
ਬਿਨੁ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਇਉ ਮਾਂਨਈ ਹੋਇ ਗਈ ਭਠ ਛਾਰ ॥੧੯੫॥ bin sangat i-o maaNn-ee ho-ay ga-ee bhathchhaar. ||195|| You must acknowledge this, that without the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, it turns into burnt ashes. ||195|| and without the company (of a fertile land it becomes a waste like) the ash of a furnace. (Similar is the
ਓਰਾ ਗਰਿ ਪਾਨੀ ਭਇਆ ਜਾਇ ਮਿਲਿਓ ਢਲਿ ਕੂਲਿ ॥੧੭੭॥ oraa gar paanee bha-i-aa jaa-ay mili-o dhal kool. ||177|| The hail-stone has melted into water, and flowed into the ocean. ||177|| It was (as if the fear of God has acted like heat, due to which) the hail has melted into water and has gone and
ਤਾਸੁ ਪਟੰਤਰ ਨਾ ਪੁਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਕੀ ਪਨਿਹਾਰਿ ॥੧੫੯॥ taas patantar naa pujai har jan kee panihaar. ||159|| But she is not equal to the water-carrier of the Lord’s humble servant. ||159|| doesn’t equal the water carrier maid of a devotee of God. ||159|| ਜੋ ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਪਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਦਾ ਭਜਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਾਂ ਦਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਭਰਨ
ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਕੀ ਤਿਉ ਤਿਉ ਰਾਮ ਨਿਵਾਸ ॥੧੪੧॥ ji-o ji-o bhagat kabeer kee ti-o ti-o raam nivaas. ||141|| The more Kabeer worships Him, the more the Lord abides within his mind. ||141|| More they progress in God’s devotion, more they become close to God (and He) comes and resides (in their hearts). ||141||
ਕਬੀਰ ਚੁਗੈ ਚਿਤਾਰੈ ਭੀ ਚੁਗੈ ਚੁਗਿ ਚੁਗਿ ਚਿਤਾਰੇ ॥ ਜੈਸੇ ਬਚਰਹਿ ਕੂੰਜ ਮਨ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਮਤਾ ਰੇ ॥੧੨੩॥ kabeer chugai chitaarai bhee chugai chug chug chitaaray. jaisay bachrahi kooNj man maa-i-aa mamtaa ray. ||123|| Kabeer, the flamingo pecks and feeds, and remembers her chicks. She pecks and pecks and feeds, and remembers them always. Her chicks
ਆਪ ਡੁਬੇ ਚਹੁ ਬੇਦ ਮਹਿ ਚੇਲੇ ਦੀਏ ਬਹਾਇ ॥੧੦੪॥ aap dubay chahu bayd meh chaylay dee-ay bahaa-ay. ||104|| He himself is drowning in the four Vedas; he drowns his disciples as well. ||104|| (Such false saints not only) drown themselves in the (false rituals of) four Vedas but also get their followers washed away (and
ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨੁ ਪੰਖੀ ਭਇਓ ਉਡਿ ਉਡਿ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਜਾਇ ॥ kabeer man pankhee bha-i-o ud ud dah dis jaa-ay. Kabeer, the mind has become a bird; it soars and flies in the ten directions. O’ Kabir, this mind of ours is like a bird, it flies in all the ten directions, (ਹੇ ਕਬੀਰ! ਇਹ ਜਾਣਦਿਆਂ
ਜਬ ਦੇਖਿਓ ਬੇੜਾ ਜਰਜਰਾ ਤਬ ਉਤਰਿ ਪਰਿਓ ਹਉ ਫਰਕਿ ॥੬੭॥ jab daykhi-o bayrhaa jarjaraa tab utar pari-o ha-o farak. ||67|| When I saw that my boat was rotten, then I immediately got out. ||67|| but when he saw that the boat (of his body in which he was riding) was very weak he (detached himself