Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even the greatest and wisest beings couldn't measure the One or reach its edges.
You could read forever and still not get there that way.
Kabir opens by humbling even the mightiest seekers — Sanak and Sanand, the legendary sons of Brahma, could not find the Lord's limits, and Brahma himself wore his life away reading the Vedas without arriving. It's not a put-down of study; it's a clue: reading and measuring aren't the road to the One. If the greatest minds couldn't think their way to God, then the way must be something other than accumulating knowledge. Kabir is about to reveal what that something is — and it turns out to be humble, homely, and available to anyone, no matter how unlearned. The door the scholars couldn't find opens by a completely different key.
If the smartest people can't just think their way to the deepest things, what other way might there be?
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