ਹਮ ਦੇਖਤ ਜਿਨਿ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਲੂਟਿਆ ॥
ham daykhat jin sabh jag looti-aa.
Before my very eyes, she has plundered the entire world.
ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਮੈ ਰਾਮ ਕਹਿ ਛੂਟਿਆ ॥੩॥੩੦॥
kaho kabeer mai raam kahi chhooti-aa. ||3||30||
Says Kabir, chanting the Lord's Name, I have escaped her. ||3||30||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Right in front of me, I watched this clinging quietly rob everyone of their peace.
Says Kabir: by keeping the Beloved's Name in my heart, I slipped free of it.
What force cannot cut, remembrance quietly loosens.
Here is the release. What cutting could not do, remembrance did. Holding the Name — keeping the One present in the mind — is what loosens the grip of clinging. Not force, but a fuller love that leaves less room for the smaller ones.
A Question to Sit With
When your mind is full of something you love, do the small worries lose their grip?
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