Verse 205 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 147 — softer than a pebble, like dust
ਕਬੀਰ ਰੋੜਾ ਹੂਆ ਤ ਕਿਆ ਭਇਆ ਪੰਥੀ ਕਉ ਦੁਖੁ ਦੇਇ ॥
kabeer rorhaa hoo-aa ta ki-aa bha-i-aa panthee ka-o dukh day-ay.
Kabir, what good would it be, to be a pebble? It would only hurt the traveller on the path.
ਐਸਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਦਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਉ ਧਰਨੀ ਮਹਿ ਖੇਹ ॥੧੪੭॥
aisaa tayraa daas hai ji-o Dharnee meh khayh. ||147||
Your slave, O Lord, is like the dust of the earth. ||147||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: what good would it be to be a pebble? It would only hurt the traveler on the path.
Your servant, O Lord, is like the dust of the earth.
Be humble in a way that hurts no one.
Humility goes deeper when it hurts no one.
Rorhaa hoo-aa ta ki-aa bha-i-aa: so what if you became a pebble? Panthee ka-o dukh day-ay: it hurts the one walking the path.
Ji-o Dharnee meh khayh: like dust on the ground. Dust lies under every foot and hurts no one. This is the second step of the ladder.
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