Verse 237 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 179 — without the Guru, bodies return to dust
ਕਬੀਰ ਸੂਰਜ ਚਾਂਦ ਕੈ ਉਦੈ ਭਈ ਸਭ ਦੇਹ ॥
kabeer sooraj chaaNd kai udai bha-ee sabh dayh.
Kabir, bodies are like the rising and setting of the sun and the moon.
ਗੁਰ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਕੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਮਿਲੇ ਪਲਟਿ ਭਈ ਸਭ ਖੇਹ ॥੧੭੯॥
gur gobind kay bin milay palat bha-ee sabh khayh. ||179||
Without meeting the Guru, the Lord of the Universe, they are all reduced to dust again. ||179||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: bodies come and go like the sun and the moon rising and setting.
Without meeting the Guru, the Lord of the World, they all turn back into dust.
Without meeting the Guru, a life just turns back to dust.
Bodies rise and set like the sun and moon; without meeting the Guru, they simply go back to dust.
Gur gobind kay bin milay: without meeting the Guru, the Lord of the World. Palat bha-ee sabh khayh: everything turns back into dust. Kabir speaks of the Guru and Gobind in one breath, as one light.
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