Verse 194 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 136 — trusting a stone
ਕਬੀਰ ਪਾਹਨੁ ਪਰਮੇਸੁਰੁ ਕੀਆ ਪੂਜੈ ਸਭੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥
kabeer paahan parmaysur kee-aa poojai sabh sansaar.
Kabir, someone sets up a stone idol and all the world worships it as the Lord.
ਇਸ ਭਰਵਾਸੇ ਜੋ ਰਹੇ ਬੂਡੇ ਕਾਲੀ ਧਾਰ ॥੧੩੬॥
is bharvaasay jo rahay booday kaalee Dhaar. ||136||
Those who hold to this belief will be drowned in the river of darkness. ||136||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: someone made a stone into the Lord, and the whole world worships it.
Those who lean on this trust will drown in the dark river.
Trust the living One, whom no stone can hold.
Putting all your trust in an object made of stone cannot carry you across.
Paahan parmaysur kee-aa: a stone was made into the Lord. Poojai sabh sansaar: the whole world worships it.
Is bharvaasay jo rahay: those who stay with this trust. Booday kaalee Dhaar: they sink in the dark current. Kabir is pointing to the living One, who cannot be shut inside a stone. He is not mocking the people who worship; he is asking where their trust rests.
A Question to Sit With
Where do you put your trust when things are hard?
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