Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 135 — worship bought and copied
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: some people buy an idol and worship it. Stubborn in their minds, they go on pilgrimages to holy places.
They watch each other and copy the holy costumes, but they are fooled, and they wander lost.
Worship that is only bought or copied leaves a person wandering.
Thaakur poojeh mol lay: they buy a Thaakur, an image of the divine, and worship it. Manhath tirath jaahi: out of stubbornness they go to tirath, places of pilgrimage.
Daykhaa daykhee: watching one another, they put on holy costumes. Kabir is aiming at doing things only to copy others or to look holy. That can happen in any faith. Bhoolay bhatkaa khaahi: they are lost and keep wandering.
When has doing something just to copy others felt empty?
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