Verse 171 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 113 — no one belongs to anyone
ਕਬੀਰ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਹਉ ਫਿਰਿਓ ਮਾਂਦਲੁ ਕੰਧ ਚਢਾਇ ॥
kabeer sabh jag ha-o firi-o maaNdal kanDh chadhaa-ay.
Kabir, I have wandered all over the world, carrying the drum on my shoulder.
ਕੋਈ ਕਾਹੂ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੀ ਠੋਕਿ ਬਜਾਇ ॥੧੧੩॥
ko-ee kaahoo ko nahee sabh daykhee thok bajaa-ay. ||113||
No one belongs to anyone else; I have looked and carefully studied it. ||113||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: I have wandered the whole world with my drum on my shoulder.
No one belongs to anyone. I have looked at everything closely and tested it well.
No one in this world is ours to keep.
Look closely, and you see that no person or thing in this world belongs to anyone for keeps.
Sabh jag ha-o firi-o: Kabir wandered the whole world, with a drum kandh chadhaa-ay, up on his shoulder, like a traveling singer.
Ko-ee kaahoo ko nahee: no one belongs to anyone. Thok bajaa-ay means tapping and testing, the way a potter taps a pot to hear whether it is sound. Kabir tested the world like that and heard the same answer everywhere.
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