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vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

ਕਬੀਰ ਹਾਡ ਜਰੇ ਜਿਉ ਲਾਕਰੀ ਕੇਸ ਜਰੇ ਜਿਉ ਘਾਸੁ ॥

kabeer haad jaray ji-o laakree kays jaray ji-o ghaas

Kabeer, the bones burn like wood, and the hair burns like straw.

ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਜਰਤਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਕੈ ਭਇਓ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਉਦਾਸੁ ॥੩੬॥

ih jag jartaa daykh kai bha-i-o kabeer udaas

Seeing the world burning like this, Kabeer has become sad.

“haad” = bone

“jarey” = burnt

“laakri” = wood

“kes” = hair

“ghaas” = straw

“jag” = world

“bha-i-o” = occurring

“jarta” = burning

In this Salok Bhagat Kabeer Ji uses the image of a body being cremated on a funeral pyre. The bones of the human body will eventually turn to dust, and the hair burns easily like straw. The body is reduced to ashes easily, showing us that our body is only temporary and won’t last, no matter how attached we are to it.

The second line of this Salok could probably mean two (or more) things. Bhagat Kabeer Ji knows that there are very few people in the world who are appreciating the true value of life, and so might as well have their bodies burnt here and now. We were put here to remember Maharaj and to merge back into Him, but if we’re not even making the effort or have no idea of this concept then there’s no point in even living. It could be that knowing this has made Bhagat Kabeer Ji sad for all the lost souls out there. But would Bhagat Ji really be sad about anything?

It could also mean that after seeing a body burn so easily like this, it has made Bhagat Ji realize that life and time is precious. As a result he has given up being attached to worldly things and now constantly meditates on the Maharaj, the King of Kings.

Anyway, the point is that we forget our body is temporary. We think our life revolves around only us and that our life will continue ahead until we’re like 87ish. With this in our heads we live everyday as if we’ll always have tomorrow to Jap Naam. Instead we should be living everyday as if it were our last. So often we forget that death could be tomorrow or today or even now. Maharaj can make anything happen. Although Sikhi is not only about remembering death, it can help us a lot in doing simran and eventually, hopefully, falling in love with Maharaj.

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vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

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