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Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 168 — plain bread that no one boasts about is good
ਕਬੀਰ ਭਲੀ ਮਧੂਕਰੀ ਨਾਨਾ ਬਿਧਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਜੁ ॥
kabeer bhalee maDhookree naanaa biDh ko naaj.
Kabir, even dry bread, made of various grains, is good.
ਦਾਵਾ ਕਾਹੂ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਬਡਾ ਦੇਸੁ ਬਡ ਰਾਜੁ ॥੧੬੮॥
daavaa kaahoo ko nahee badaa days bad raaj. ||168||
No one brags about it, throughout the vast country and great empire. ||168||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: plain bread, made from many kinds of grain, is good.
No one boasts about it, anywhere in a big country or a great kingdom.
Plain bread with nothing to boast about is good.
Plain bread, with nothing to boast about, is good.
Bhalee maDhookree: maDhookree is the simple food a wandering holy person gathers from many homes, a little grain from each. Naanaa biDh ko naaj: many kinds of grain, mixed together. Daavaa kaahoo ko nahee: no one brags about it or claims it as theirs, while badaa days bad raaj, a big country and a great kingdom, are full of claims and boasting.
A Question to Sit With
What simple thing in your day is good just as it is?
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