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Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 192 — a house without service is like a cremation ground
ਕਬੀਰ ਜਾ ਘਰ ਸਾਧ ਨ ਸੇਵੀਅਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
kabeer jaa ghar saaDh na sayvee-ah har kee sayvaa naahi.
Kabir, those houses in which neither the Holy nor the Lord are served
ਤੇ ਘਰ ਮਰਹਟ ਸਾਰਖੇ ਭੂਤ ਬਸਹਿ ਤਿਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧੯੨॥
tay ghar marhat saarkhay bhoot baseh tin maahi. ||192||
- those houses are like cremation grounds; demons dwell within them. ||192||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: in houses where holy people are not served, and no service is done for the One,
those houses are like cremation grounds, the places where the dead are burned, and ghosts live inside them.
Service and love for the One make a house a home.
A home without love and service for the One is as cold and empty as a cremation ground.
Jaa ghar saaDh na sayvee-ah: houses where holy people are not served. Har kee sayvaa naahi: no service for the One. Tay ghar marhat saarkhay: such houses are like marhat, cremation grounds. Bhoot baseh tin maahi: ghosts live in them. The ghosts are a picture of an empty, cold home, nothing to be scared of at night.
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