Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir set aside his weaving to give his heart fully to the One.
A weaver from a humble family became a vast ocean of goodness.
Kabir began as a weaver from a humble family, and he became an ocean of goodness.
Guru Arjan honors Kabir next. Bunnaa tannaa ti-aag kai — setting aside the weaving and the stretching of thread. Kabir gave his love to the One's lotus feet, a loving way of saying the One's presence.
Neech kulaa jolaaharaa bha-i-o guneey gaheeraa — a weaver from a family the world called low became deep with goodness. Picture an ocean: deep, wide, and full. People still draw from Kabir's wisdom centuries later.
The point is the change. Low birth, a plain trade, no worldly status. And yet, through love of the One, he became something huge and lasting. Nobody starts out as an ocean. You become one by pouring your heart into love of the good. The humblest start puts no limit on how deep a soul can grow.
What does it mean to become 'an ocean of goodness'? How might someone grow that deep?
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