You are the caretaker of your own senses, and grace can settle every account today.
The Arc
This shabad unfolds Kabir's village allegory. The body is a village, the soul its farmer, and the five senses are farm-hands who do not obey. The farmer no longer wishes to live carelessly here, knowing every moment leaves its mark and is remembered. When the time comes to look honestly at how a life was lived, the senses that chased every pleasure are suddenly nowhere to be found, our actions quietly follow us. And then the good news: accounts can be settled right here, in this very field, in this very life. Turn to the One with an open heart, and grace forgives and frees, no need to keep going in circles.
Key Vocabulary
Dayhee gaavaa / panch kirsaanaa the body as village, the five senses as unruly farm-hands
Gharee gharee kaa laykhaa every passing moment leaving its mark and remembered
Khayt hee karahu nibayraa settle your accounts right here in the field, now
Ab kee baar bakhas the plea for grace in this very life
Bahur na bha-ojal fayraa no more going round in circles
Themes and Cross-Connections
The heart of this shabad is hope: the reckoning it names is not a distant courtroom but the honest, natural truth that actions follow us, and the remedy is available today, grace forgiving freely. The senses-as-farm-hands allegory gives children a vivid, gentle handle on self-mastery. Grace received, not earned, does the freeing.
For Raag Maaroo
Maaroo's theme of accounting and reckoning is met here with the project's steady gentleness: no judge, no arrest, no terror, only the invitation to set things right now, held by grace.
Translation Notes
Pauri 1: the mythic scribes Chitar and Gupt (Chitragupta) recording every moment rendered simply as moments mattering and being remembered, no fearful audit.
Pauri 2: the courtroom of Dharam Rai (the Righteous Judge), the 'heavy balance,' the fleeing farm-hands, and the soul being seized are all set aside per Alaahnian-level care; kept only the natural truth that actions follow us and unruly senses give no help.
Pauri 3: 'bakhas bandey ka-o' (forgive Your slave) rendered as turning with an open heart to grace; 'terrifying world-ocean' softened to going in circles; forgiveness-available-now foregrounded.
You are the caretaker of your own senses, and grace can settle every account today.
The Arc
This shabad unfolds Kabir's village allegory. The body is a village, the soul its farmer, and the five senses are farm-hands who do not obey. The farmer no longer wishes to live carelessly here, knowing every moment leaves its mark and is remembered. When the time comes to look honestly at how a life was lived, the senses that chased every pleasure are suddenly nowhere to be found, our actions quietly follow us. And then the good news: accounts can be settled right here, in this very field, in this very life. Turn to the One with an open heart, and grace forgives and frees, no need to keep going in circles.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The heart of this shabad is hope: the reckoning it names is not a distant courtroom but the honest, natural truth that actions follow us, and the remedy is available today, grace forgiving freely. The senses-as-farm-hands allegory gives children a vivid, gentle handle on self-mastery. Grace received, not earned, does the freeing.
For Raag Maaroo
Maaroo's theme of accounting and reckoning is met here with the project's steady gentleness: no judge, no arrest, no terror, only the invitation to set things right now, held by grace.
Translation Notes
Last updated: 2026-07-09