Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Look, people, at the way things go in this dark age!
The son weds his own mother — everything is turned upside down.
In a mixed-up age, the mind clings to the very world it came from.
This is the rahaa-o, the pause line, the center of the shabad. Daykhhu logaa kal ko bhaa-o: look, people, at the way of kal, the dark age. Sut muklaa-ee apnee maa-o: the son weds his own mother. The picture is meant to shock. In Kabir's upside-down riddles it stands for the mind, which is born from Maya, the world's shine, and then holds on to Maya as if it belonged to it. The world is turned upside down.
What is something people hold onto tightly even though it does not help them?
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