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' ojQ<S?; beware of the artful use of ^! after JJ^S it signifies here: say! (contracted from ^); otheruisc it is used = o^Oa; TTo? is = cTTon. a paternal uncle. Tliese lines are very perple.xing. ' o/Qa ^- ^ is here not the sign of the Genitive, but a conjunction = or.

EAG GAUrI; THE BHAGAT KABIR, XLII.— XLIV. 471

Patise. Settle (this) one dispute, 0 Earn! If thou art more beautiful ' than thy people?

(1). Is this (human) mind great" or (he), ■with whom the mind is conciliated? Is Eam great or he, (by -whom) Earn is known? (2). Is Brahma great or he, by whom he is produced? Is the Yeda great or he, from whom it has come? (3). Kablr says: I have become dispirited. Is the Tirtha great or the servant of Hari?

See, 0 brother, a storm of divine knowledge has come!

All the matted shutters, made by the Maya, are blo-wn away, they do not remain (any longer). (1). The two posts of double-miadedness are pulled down, the ridge-pole of spiritual blindness is broken.

The roof of (worldly) thirst has fallen on the ground, the vessel of foUy has burst. (2). By the water, that is falling after the storm, the large pitcher ^ is wetted. Kablr says: light has arisen in (my) mind, when the rise of the sun was known.

(1). They do neither hear the praise of Hari nor do they sing the excellences of Hari. "With words only they pull down the heaven.

Pause. What shall be said to such people?

Who are made destitute of devotion, of them one should always remain afraid. (2). They themselves do not give a handful of water. They censure him, by whom the Ganga is brought (down). (3). Sitting and rising they walk in perverseness. They themselves are lost and ruin also others. (4). They know nothing else but wicked talk. The order of Brahma even they do not obey. (.5). They themselves are lost and ruin others also. Having applied fire to (their) mansion they sleep in it. (6). They laugh at others and are themselves one-eyed. Seeing them Kabir is ashamed.

' 57^^ 's here adjective: lovely, beautiful (Sansk. ^I^); it also occurs already in Tulsi Das' Ramayan. ^ Here of course used iu the sense of a comparative. ^ diTiO = HtTS (Hindi), a large pitcher.

(1). Some one does not obey his living father, (but) ^vhen he has died, he causes a Shradh to be

'^X^Vl'hdl the helpless defunct fathers also obtain (the offering)? the crow and the dog eat it.

Pause. Wouldthat some one would show me welfare!,, •,,

Saying: welfare, welfare! the world passes away, how should welfare be obtained fJ) Having made a Devi (or) Deva of earth, thou sacrificest before them an animal (a he-goat). Such are called thy forefathers, what is called their own, they do not take. (^^ An animate being they slaughter and worship (therewith) a lifeless th.ng, which proves a

""Vsllvrn'by the name of K.m is not known (by them), the worldly people are sunk in fear. W Ttey worship D.vis and D.vas and vacHlate about, (but) the Supreme Brahm is not known

^'' xli- says: the Omnipresent one ■ is not thought of, they cliug to the outward objects of the senses.

(1) Who, whilst living, goes on dying, he lives again, in this wise he is absorbed in tl^^Jacuum. If one regains in the darkness » exempt from darkness, he is not thrown again into the water of existence. p_^^^^^

O mv dear, such milk should be churned!.... • j i

Keep steady the mind by means of the instruction of the Guru! in this wise nectar is drunk^

(2). By the arrow of the Guru the Kali-yug, hard like a diamond, is pierced, the station of light

'^ '' Twtkness of the Sakti (^.y.), the rope of error is cut off, perpetual welfare dwells in the house. (3) By him, (though) the bow is strung without an arrow, this world is pierced, 0 brother The.vfnd swings the paper-kite in the ten dii-ections, (but) he keeps his attention on the string (bj

^'''\:l ';irrnd sunk mto contemplation (of the Supreme) is absorbed in the Vacuum, the foUy of '"' KablTs!ys': the Fearless one alone is seen, (if) deep meditation is applied to the name of Ram.

Gaiiri Bairugain; Tripadas. III. XLVII. (1). (Whose) breath is returning (through) the six (mystical) spheres^ (of the human body),

(whose) thought is intent on the Vacuum: „,. ^ -„,

He neither comes nor goes, he neither dies nor lives; seek for him, 0 Bairag..

. W^ = Sansk. m^^ = IT^. the brimf..l or omnipresent one, an epithet of the Supreme.

"■ The Jh"^7J, coUvium or figT.ratively darkness, designates here the Maya.

' vT^ y^ ^ = tfZH? t% (Pl>"-- F«™-t.), the si.v mystical spheres of the human body, according to tbe aoSy!.f.r„:^^lb!si.. spheres are: 1) ^^^,tbe pelvis; 2) ^^^T:-^^ of generation; 3) ^H^^. the spbere of the navel; 4) fr^^, the sphere of the heart,.) ^3^^.

RAG GAUai; THE BHAGAT KABIR, XLVIII. XLIX. 4/3