Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One formed your body and kept you safe and warm before you were even born.
You were cradled and protected all that time — and then, out in the world, it's so easy to get swept up in chasing things.
Kabir opens with tenderness about how carefully you were made and kept: the One formed the body and protected it in the womb for ten months — cradled, warm, safe, before you ever drew a breath. It's a gentle reminder that your very existence was an act of care. And then the soft note of caution: after you were born, you became attached to Maya — out in the world, it's so easy to get swept up in chasing and grasping and forget the One who made and kept you. Kabir isn't scolding; he's inviting gratitude and a little wakefulness: you were lovingly made — so live like it, and don't lose yourself in the chase.
Does it change anything to think that your very existence began as an act of care?
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