ਗੋਂਡ ॥
gond.
Gond:
ਗ੍ਰਿਹਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਰੇ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
garihi sobhaa jaa kai ray naahi.
When someone's household has no glory,
ਆਵਤ ਪਹੀਆ ਖੂਧੇ ਜਾਹਿ ॥
aavat pahee-aa khooDhay jaahi.
the guests who come there depart still hungry.
ਵਾ ਕੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਹੀ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ॥
vaa kai antar nahee santokh.
Deep within, there is no contentment.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸੋਹਾਗਨਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਦੋਖੁ ॥੧॥
bin sohaagan laagai dokh. ||1||
Without his bride, the wealth of Maya, he suffers in pain. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When a home has nothing to give, guests come and leave still hungry, and a restless ache sits inside.
The world is sure it needs this getting-and-having to feel whole — and aches without it.
The world aches for the very things it can never keep.
This shabad continues the portrait of Maya, now from the angle of longing. The world feels it needs wealth and things to be complete — a home without them seems joyless, its guests unfed, its heart discontent. Kabir isn't mocking the ache; he's showing how deep the world's hunger for the unkeepable really runs.
A Question to Sit With
When has getting the thing you thought you needed still left you wanting more?
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