Dohas By Kabir

Sayeen Itna Deejiye,
Ja Mein Kutumb Samaye.
Main Bhi Bhookha Na Rahun,
Sadhu Na Bhookha Jaye.

Kabir is saying God is a hunger, a thirst within us. It cannot be satisfied by theories. No scriptures can quench this thirst….

The divine is a hunger, a thirst within us. It cannot be satisfied by theories. No scriptures can quench this t…[Read more]

Dheere Dheere Re Mana,
Dheere Sub Kutch Hoye.
Mali Seenche So Ghara,
Ritu Aaye Phal Hoye.

Kabir says – Patience is the greatest religious quality.

The disciple who can wait will find all his questions answered at the right moment. But waiting is a great quality: it is deep patience, it is great trust. The mind cannot wait, it is always in…[Read more]

Aisee Vani Boliye,
Mun Ka Aapa Khoye.
Apna Tan Sheetal Kare,
Auran Ko Sukh Hoye.

Kabir says – LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF SILENCE.

You have always remained just casually related, and when you are formally related to someone, you can go on chattering about a thousand and one nonsensical things because nothing matters it is just a pastime.

But…[Read more]

Kaal Kare So Aaj Kar,
Aaj Kare So Ub.
Pal Mein Pralaya Hoyegi,
Bahuri Karoge Kub.

Kabir says – Postponement is simply stupid. Tomorrow you will also have to decide, so why not today? And do you think that tomorrow you will be wiser than today? Do you think that tomorrow you will be livelier than today? Do you think that tomorrow you will be…[Read more]

Bura Jo Dekhan Main Chala,
Bura Naa Milya Koye.
Jo Munn Khoja Apnaa,
To Mujhse Bura Naa Koye

Kabir says – don’t judge yourself. Accept humbly your imperfection, your failures, your mistakes, your frailties. There is no need to pretend otherwise. Just be yourself: “This is how I am, full of fear. I cannot go into the dark night, I cannot go…[Read more]

Dharti karte ek pag,
karte samudra fal.
Hantho parvat kaulte,
tevi khaye kaal.

Vaman measured the earth in one step, Hanuman crossed the sea in one leap.
Krishna weighed the mountain from one hand, even such of them were eaten by death.

Kabir says death is inevitable. He says Understand the Fear of Death.
We are all going to die. Each…[Read more]

Taruvar paat so yon kahai,
suno paat ek baat.
Ya ghar yahi reeti hai,
ek aavat ek jaat.

The tree is saying this to leaves, o hear you this one thing
This is the custom in this house, one comes in and the other leaves.

Kabir says Life and death: Two aspects of existence.

When the old leaves fall, they make space for the new leaves to…[Read more]

Jhootha sukh ko sukh kaahai,
manat hai man mod.
Jagat chabena kaal ka,
katchhu muthi katchhu god.

False pleasure is mistaken for happiness when its only mindly comfort
The world is being chewed with death, keeping some in palm and some in lap.

Kabir says – what you call happiness is just misery in disguise. What you call happiness is…[Read more]

Chaki chali Gupal ki,
sab jag peesa jhaar.
Rura sabd Kabir ka,
daara paat ukhaar.

Everyone in the world is being grinded completely in the grinding mill of God.
The discourse of Kabir is very unpleasing but it removes the curtain of illusions.

When Kabir says – Everyone in the world is being grinded completely in the grinding mill of God…[Read more]

Ghari jo bajae raaj dar,
sunta hain sab koye.
Aayu ghataye jowan khisai,
kushal kahan te hoye.

When the watch strikes in the king’s court, everybody hears it.
The age is decreasing, youth is slipping, how can there be well being.

Kabir is saying there is a great difference between maturity and ageing, a vast difference. Everybody is a…[Read more]

Guru jahaaj ham pabna,
Guru mukh pari parai.
Guru jahaaj jane bina,
Robai ghat kharai.

I have got the ship of Guru, whosoever gets one will cross over the worldly sea
One who doesn’t have the ship of Guru will weep standing on the bank.

Kabir is talking regarding – Role Of The Guru In This World Of Maya.

This world of MAYA is not a w…[Read more]

Chalti chakki dekhi ke,
diya Kabira roye.
Do patan bitch aaye ke,
sabut gaya na koye.

On seeing the moving grinding mill, Kabir started weeping
In between the two mill stone, none can remain complete.

Looking at a woman grinding wheat, Kabir said: No one can remain whole between the two slabs of the millstone. Kabir was telling his…[Read more]

Chahun this thadhe soorma,
hath liye hathiyar.
Sab hi yeh tan dekhta,
kal le gaya mar.

The brave are standing on all the four sides, weapons in their hands.
Everybody is seeing his body, that the death has taken away with a blow.

Kabir says death is that there is no bigger lie than death. And yet, death appears to be true. It not only…[Read more]

Jaata hai so jaan de,
teri dasi na jaye.
Dariya kere naw jyon,
ghana milange aaye.

One who goes, let him go, what is your concern.
As the boat in the river, many more will come to you.

Kabir says that Be An Observer, without any judgement.

The observer is observed only when we are observing ourselves alone. So long as we observe…[Read more]

Kaal firay sir uprai,
hathon dhari kaman.
Kahain Kabir gahu nam ko,
chhor sakal abhimaan.

The death is encircling over the head, with bow and arrow in the hand
Kabir says grab the name of God, keeping off all the pride.

Kabir says – The death of ego happens only through surrender. People ask, ‘How do we not be egoistic?’ But you can…[Read more]

Kal paye jag upjo,
kal paye sab jaye.
Kal paye sab binasi hain,
kal kal kahn khaye.

The world is created at its own time, every thing goes at its time.
Everything is destroyed at the proper time, the time is also eaten by death.

Kabir says – Each moment you are dying, and each moment you are resurrecting. Each moment goes on becoming…[Read more]

Kushal jo puchho asal ki,
aasha lagi hoye
Nam bihuna jag mua,
kushal kahan te hoye.

If you really ask for wellbeing, hope and attachment is always binding.
The world is dying without the name of God, how then is wellbeing possible.

Kabir says – That is the simple secret of happiness. Whatever you are doing, don’t let past move your m…[Read more]

Kushal kushal jo puchhta,
jag me raha na koye.
Jara muai na bhay mua,
Kushal kahan te hoye.

You repeatedly ask others their well being when no body remains in the world
Ageing has not died, fear is not dead, how can then there be any wellbeing.

Kabir is saying – If you are interested in yourself, then this is precisely the place for you.…[Read more]

Kal kal sab koi kahe,
kal na chinhai koyee.
Jeti man ki kalpana,
kal kahabai soyee.

Everybody repeats the fact of death, no one knows what is death
As is the imagination of one’s mind, so does he think of death.

Kabir says instead of talking about death experience death in life.

An Experience of Death in Life:
The whole of life is y…[Read more]

Kaal hamare sang hai,
kas jeevan ki aas.
Das din nam sambhar le,
jab lagi pinjar sansh.

The death is always with us, there is no hope of this life.
Remember the name of God for ten days till there breath is in the body.

Kabir says nobody has lost God, nobody can. It is impossible. God is your very being, how can we lose him? And if we…[Read more]