Verse 145 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 87 — you became what you were seeking
ਕਬੀਰ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਖੋਜਤੇ ਪਾਇਓ ਸੋਈ ਠਉਰੁ ॥
kabeer jaa ka-o khojtay paa-i-o so-ee tha-ur.
Kabir, you have found that place which you were seeking.
ਸੋਈ ਫਿਰਿ ਕੈ ਤੂ ਭਇਆ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਕਹਤਾ ਅਉਰੁ ॥੮੭॥
so-ee fir kai too bha-i-aa jaa ka-o kahtaa a-or. ||87||
You have become that which you thought was separate from yourself. ||87||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: the place you were searching for, you have found.
You have become the very One you used to call "someone else."
The One you search for is closer than "someone else."
The One you were searching for was never apart from you.
Kabir speaks to himself. He went looking, jaa ka-o khojtay, for the One's place, and found so-ee tha-ur, that very place.
Then the surprise: so-ee fir kai too bha-i-aa, you have become that One, jaa ka-o kahtaa a-or, whom you used to call "other." It is like a wave looking for the ocean and finding it was water all along.
A Question to Sit With
What have you looked for far away that was close all along?
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