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Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 167 — drowning in what people think
ਕਬੀਰ ਡੂਬਹਿਗੋ ਰੇ ਬਾਪੁਰੇ ਬਹੁ ਲੋਗਨ ਕੀ ਕਾਨਿ ॥
kabeer doob-higo ray baapuray baho logan kee kaan.
Kabir, you shall drown, you wretched being, from worrying about what other people think.
ਪਾਰੋਸੀ ਕੇ ਜੋ ਹੂਆ ਤੂ ਅਪਨੇ ਭੀ ਜਾਨੁ ॥੧੬੭॥
paarosee kay jo hoo-aa too apnay bhee jaan. ||167||
You know that whatever happens to your neighbors, will also happen to you. ||167||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: you will drown, poor one, worrying about what so many people think.
Whatever happened to your neighbor, know that it will happen to you too.
Worrying about what everyone thinks can pull you under.
Worrying about what everyone thinks can pull you under, and every life comes to the same end.
Doob-higo ray baapuray: you will drown, poor one. Baho logan kee kaan: in caring about what many people think.
Paarosee kay jo hoo-aa: what happened to the neighbor. Too apnay bhee jaan: know it for yourself too. The neighbor's life came to an end, and so will yours. Kabir uses that plain fact to loosen the grip of other people's opinions.
A Question to Sit With
Whose opinion do you give too much power over you?
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