Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Why were you made and sent into this world? What have you gained from this life?
The One is the boat that carries you across the wide, frightening ocean of the world, the jewel that grants every wish of the heart.
Yet you have not turned your mind to the One, not even for a moment.
What are you here for? It is an honest question to ask about your own life.
Kavan kaaj sirjay jag bheetar — for what purpose was I made and sent into the world? It is a clear-eyed look at your own life, not a way of putting yourself down.
The verse calls the One a boat that carries a heart across the hard waters of life. Kabir's ache is the gap between knowing that help is there and turning toward it. It is like having a friend ready to help with homework and never asking. The help was there all along.
If you paused right now, what would you say you are here to do?
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