Verse 169 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 111 — a family made good by a servant of the One
ਕਬੀਰ ਸੋਈ ਕੁਲ ਭਲੀ ਜਾ ਕੁਲ ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਦਾਸੁ ॥
kabeer so-ee kul bhalee jaa kul har ko daas.
Kabir, that family is good, in which the Lord's slave is born.
ਜਿਹ ਕੁਲ ਦਾਸੁ ਨ ਊਪਜੈ ਸੋ ਕੁਲ ਢਾਕੁ ਪਲਾਸੁ ॥੧੧੧॥
jih kul daas na oopjai so kul dhaak palaas. ||111||
But that family in which the Lord's slave is not born is as useless as weeds. ||111||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: good is the family in which a servant of the One is born.
A family in which no servant of the One is born is like the wild dhaak tree, of no use.
A family is made good by the love for the One that grows in it.
What makes a family good is a heart in it that serves the One.
So-ee kul bhalee: that family is good, jaa kul har ko daas, where a daas, a servant of the One, is born.
So kul dhaak palaas: any other family is like the dhaak, a wild tree with showy flowers that give no fragrance and seeds no one eats. Kabir measures a family not by its name, wealth or caste, but by whether love for the One grows there.
A Question to Sit With
What good quality would you most like to grow in your family?
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