Verse 254 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 196 — the drop that cannot be separated again
ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਬੂੰਦ ਅਕਾਸ ਕੀ ਲੀਨੀ ਭੂਮਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥
kabeer nirmal boond akaas kee leenee bhoom milaa-ay.
Kabir, the pure drop of water falls from the sky, and mixes with the dust.
ਅਨਿਕ ਸਿਆਨੇ ਪਚਿ ਗਏ ਨਾ ਨਿਰਵਾਰੀ ਜਾਇ ॥੧੯੬॥
anik si-aanay pach ga-ay naa nirvaaree jaa-ay. ||196||
Millions of clever people may try, but they will fail - it cannot be made separate again. ||196||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: a pure drop of water falls from the sky and mixes into the dust.
Countless clever people may try and try, but it cannot be separated out again.
What has merged into the One cannot be pulled apart.
Once the drop has merged, nothing can pull it out again.
Nirmal boond akaas kee: a clean drop from the sky. Leenee bhoom milaa-ay: the earth takes it in. Anik si-aanay pach ga-ay: many clever people wear themselves out trying. Naa nirvaaree jaa-ay: it cannot be pulled apart. Many read the drop as a soul that has merged into the One.
A Question to Sit With
What two things can you think of that, once mixed, stay together?
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