Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 52 — where you are matters
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: even the dog in a devotee's home is well off, while the mother of someone who has turned away from the One is badly off.
The dog hears the praise of the Lord's Naam every day, while the other goes off to collect wrongs.
What fills a home every day shapes everyone in it.
Kabir makes a sharp comparison on purpose. Even the kookar, the dog, of a baisna-o, a devotee, is bhalee, well off. Oh nit sunai har naam jas: every day it hears the praise of the One's Naam.
The saakat is someone who has turned away from the One. In that home even the maa-ay, the mother, is buree, badly off, because paap bisaahan jaa-ay, she goes off to buy and gather wrongs. The picture is about what a home is filled with, never about anyone being worth less.
Think of a plant by a sunny window and one in a dark closet. Same plant, different light.
How does what you hear every day at home change how you feel and act?
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