Saturday 19 February 2022

सत का सबदु कबीरा कहै

   - SGGS 343

   ਬਾਵਨ ਅਖਰ ਜੋਰੇ ਆਨਿ 
   बावन अखर जोरे आनि ॥
   The fifty-two letters have been joined together.

ਸਕਿਆ ਨ ਅਖਰੁ ਏਕੁ ਪਛਾਨਿ 
सकिआ न अखरु एकु पछानि 
But people cannot recognize the One Word of God.

ਸਤ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਬੀਰਾ ਕਹੈ 
सत का सबदु कबीरा कहै ॥
Kabeer speaks the Shabad, the Word of Truth.

ਪੰਡਿਤ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਅਨਭੈ ਰਹੈ 
पंडित होइ सु अनभै रहै ॥
One who is a Pandit, a religious scholar, must remain fearless.

ਪੰਡਿਤ ਲੋਗਹ ਕਉ ਬਿਉਹਾਰ 
पंडित लोगह कउ बिउहार ॥
It is the business of the scholarly person to join letters.

ਗਿਆਨਵੰਤ ਕਉ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰ 
गिआनवंत कउ ततु बीचार ॥
The spiritual person contemplates the essence of reality.

ਜਾ ਕੈ ਜੀਅ ਜੈਸੀ ਬੁਧਿ ਹੋਈ 
जा कै जीअ जैसी बुधि होई ॥
According to the wisdom within the mind,

ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਜਾਨੈਗਾ ਸੋਈ ॥੪੫॥
कहि कबीर जानैगा सोई ॥४५॥
says Kabeer, so does one come to understand. ||45||