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Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 243 — whatever path you choose, live it whole-heartedly
ਕਬੀਰ ਜਉ ਗ੍ਰਿਹੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਤ ਧਰਮੁ ਕਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਤ ਕਰੁ ਬੈਰਾਗੁ ॥
kabeer ja-o garihu karahi ta Dharam kar naahee ta kar bairaag.
Kabir, if you live the householder's life, then practice righteousness; otherwise, you might as well retire from the world.
ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਬੰਧਨੁ ਕਰੈ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਬਡੋ ਅਭਾਗੁ ॥੨੪੩॥
bairaagee banDhan karai taa ko bado abhaag. ||243||
If someone renounces the world, and then gets involved in worldly entanglements, he shall suffer terrible misfortune. ||243||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: if you live a family life, live by what is right; otherwise, leave the world behind.
If someone leaves the world and then gets tangled up in it again, great misfortune follows.
Whatever path you choose, live it whole-heartedly.
Whatever path you choose, live it fully and honestly.
Ja-o garihu karahi ta Dharam kar: if you keep a household, practice dharam, right living. Naahee ta kar bairaag: otherwise, let go of the world. Bairaagee banDhan karai: if the one who let go ties himself up again. Bado abhaag: great misfortune.
A Question to Sit With
How can you live your own path well this week?
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