Verse 152 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 94 — the One fills the world
ਕਬੀਰ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਚੇਤਿਓ ਜਾਨਿ ਕੈ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਸਮਾਇ ॥
kabeer jag meh chayti-o jaan kai jag meh rahi-o samaa-ay.
Kabir, I contemplate the Lord in the world; I know that He is permeating the world.
ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਿਓ ਬਾਦਹਿ ਜਨਮੇਂ ਆਇ ॥੯੪॥
jin har kaa naam na chayti-o baadeh janmayN aa-ay. ||94||
Those who do not contemplate the Name of the Lord - their birth into this world is useless. ||94||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: I remember the One in this world, knowing that the One fills the whole world.
Those who do not remember the Naam of the One: their coming into the world goes to waste.
The One fills the world, and remembering this is what life is for.
The One fills the whole world, and a life that never remembers this misses what it came for.
Jag meh chayti-o jaan kai: Kabir remembers the One here, in this world, knowing that jag meh rahi-o samaa-ay, the One is present everywhere in it.
Then the hard word: those who har kaa naam na chayti-o, do not remember the Naam, are born baadeh, in vain. Kabir means a life that walks past the One every day without noticing.
A Question to Sit With
Where did you notice the One today?
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