Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 106 — busy to the end
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: you left behind remembering the One, and spent your life raising a big family.
You stayed busy with worldly work to the very end, and in the end no brother or relative stayed with you.
Family and work matter, and still remembering the One is what stays with you at the end.
Har kaa simran chhaad kai: leaving behind remembering the One. Paali-o bahut kutamb: raising a big family. Dhandhaa kartaa reh ga-i-aa: busy with work until the end.
Then bhaa-ee rahi-aa na bandh: no brother, no relative remained. Kabir does not say family is bad. He says that trading remembrance for busyness leaves a person empty-handed at the end.
Where could a moment of remembering fit into your busiest day?
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