ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਤਿਪਦੇ ॥
ga-orhee kabeer jee tipday.
Gauree, Kabir Jee, Ti-Padas:
ਕੰਚਨ ਸਿਉ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਹੀ ਤੋਲਿ ॥
kanchan si-o paa-ee-ai nahee tol.
He cannot be obtained by offering your weight in gold.
ਮਨੁ ਦੇ ਰਾਮੁ ਲੀਆ ਹੈ ਮੋਲਿ ॥੧॥
man day raam lee-aa hai mol. ||1||
But I have bought the Lord by giving my mind to Him. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You could pile up your own weight in gold and still not buy the Beloved — no amount of treasure reaches that high. But I found the price: I gave my mind, my whole attention, and the One was mine.
The One cannot be bought with treasure — only by giving your mind, freely.
Kabir plays with the language of buying and price. The One cannot be bought with gold — with anything external. The only "price" that works is man, the mind itself, given fully. The image points away from material bargaining toward devotion.
A Question to Sit With
What is something valuable that no amount of money could ever buy?
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