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Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 177 — the hailstone melts and flows away
ਕਬੀਰ ਭਲੀ ਭਈ ਜੋ ਭਉ ਪਰਿਆ ਦਿਸਾ ਗਈ ਸਭ ਭੂਲਿ ॥
kabeer bhalee bha-ee jo bha-o pari-aa disaa ga-eeN sabh bhool.
Kabir, it is good that I feel the Fear of God; I have forgotten everything else.
ਓਰਾ ਗਰਿ ਪਾਨੀ ਭਇਆ ਜਾਇ ਮਿਲਿਓ ਢਲਿ ਕੂਲਿ ॥੧੭੭॥
oraa gar paanee bha-i-aa jaa-ay mili-o dhal kool. ||177||
The hail-stone has melted into water, and flowed into the ocean. ||177||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: it is good that the fear of the One, a deep awe, has filled me; I have forgotten everything else.
The hailstone has melted into water and flowed away into the ocean.
In holy awe, the hard self melts like hail into water.
Holy awe melts the hard self, the way warmth melts a hailstone.
Bhalee bha-ee jo bha-o pari-aa: it is good that bha-o came, a deep awe of the One. Disaa ga-ee sabh bhool: every other direction was forgotten. Oraa gar paanee bha-i-aa: the hailstone melted and became water. Jaa-ay mili-o dhal kool: it ran down and joined the flowing water, never to be a hard little stone again.
A Question to Sit With
When have you felt small in a good way, part of something huge?
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