[random] Salok Bhagath Kabeer Jeeo Kae

[lowest of the low singhni]

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

ਕਬੀਰ ਬੇੜਾ ਜਰਜਰਾ ਫੂਟੇ ਛੇਂਕ ਹਜਾਰ ॥

kabeer bayrhaa jarjaraa footay chhayNk hajaar

Kabeer, the boat is old, and it has thousands of holes.

ਹਰੂਏ ਹਰੂਏ ਤਿਰਿ ਗਏ ਡੂਬੇ ਜਿਨ ਸਿਰ ਭਾਰ ॥੩੫॥

haroo-ay haroo-ay tir ga-ay doobay jin sir bhaar

Those who are light get across, while those who carry the weight of their sins on their heads are drowned.

“bayrhaa” = raft, boat

“jarjara” = old, rusty

“footay” = flimsy, broken

“chhaynk” = hole

“hazaar” = 1000

“haroo-ay” = light

“tir” = small

“sir” = head

“bhaar” = heavy

In this Salok Bhagat Kabeer Ji describes the world as being a terrible ocean. We’re all in the same ocean and are all trying to get across it. In order to cross it successfully we need a decent, strong boat full of good deeds. However, whilst trying to survive in the dreadful ocean we don’t often make the time to do good stuff. The majority of us won’t have brewed Maharaj’s love inside our hearts and are too worried about other short-term worldly crazes.

As a result, we grow old and our boat is all cracked and full of holes created by our lack of attention to Maharaj. (ਬੇੜਾ ਜਰਜਰਾ ਫੂਟੇ ਛੇਂਕ ਹਜਾਰ ) We drown in our fear of death, carrying all the weight of our sins on our heads (ਡੂਬੇ ਜਿਨ ਸਿਰ ਭਾਰ). Sometimes we only realize the Truth on our deathbeds or even later than that.

“Good deeds” are not enough to ensure our safety over the ocean. It’s like trying to bake a vegetarian cake without any flour. The true ingredient is not there if we don’t love our King. Only the people who are light, without the burden of sins on their heads will be able to cross the ocean. Those people will see Maharaj in everyone, no matter what their actions, and their minds are not distracted from their Beloved by worldly desires. They will be madly in love of Akaal Purakh, and will probably seem crazy yet beautiful to people around them.

Imagine loving the people who really get on our nerves, or never getting angry when things don’t happen the way we want them to happen. Imagine a forum where no-one attacked each other and people respected each other’s views. Having said that, it would be less amusing. Hukam. I wonder if anyone’s actually reading this.

*vaheguru*vaheguru*vaheguru*

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vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh