Abhinav singh

Vachan ved anubhav yugati
aanand ki parchhahi
Bodh roop purush akhandit,
kahbai main kachhu nahi

Sayings of vedas, experiences of skill are only shadows of pleasure
God is the wisdom incarnate indivisible which can never be explained.

Kabir says – Men of knowledge have certain answers, absolute certainty—that is part of their s…[Read more]

Gyani mool gawanyiya
aap bhaye karta
Tate sanasari bhala,
sada rahta darta.

Man of bookish language looses all basics, becomes God (doer) himself
A worldly person is better than Him as at least he is always fearful.

According to Kabir worldly person who is having fear of God is better than the person who has become knowledgeable.

The…[Read more]

Jyon gunga ke sain ko gunga hi pachichan
Tyon gyani ke sukh ko gyani habai so jan

The signs of a dumb can be understood by a dumb only
Likewise the pleasure of a knowledgeable can be known by a wise only.

Kabir is talking regarding language of Silence.

Silence is a profound language. Real communication happens in silence. When you…[Read more]

Aatam anubhav gyan ki,
jo koye puchhai bat
So gunga gur khaye ke,
kahe kaun mukh swad

Knowledge of self experience can not be explained if one asks about it.
If a dumb eats the molasses, how can he explain its taste.

You can not realize God, Love from anywhere. Only way is self-experience. Once you have your own experience you cannot say…[Read more]

Andhe mili hathi chhuwa,
aapne aapne gyan
Apni apni sab kahai,
kis ko deejay kaan

Many blinds touched the elephant explained as per their sense
Everyone told his own, whom should we then believe.

Kabir says everyone is eager to say before knowing. Like all the blindman were right regarding their information but without knowing the whole…[Read more]

Aatam anubhav sukh ki,
jo koi puchaai bat
Kai jo koyee janayee
kai apno ki gat.

If one asks about the experiences of heart, it cannot be explained.
It can be known through one’s own efforts and deeds.

Kabir is saying that God cannot be known through the knowledge or following anyone. One needs to have his own experience through one’s…[Read more]

Aatam anubhav jab bhayo,
tab nhi harsh Vishad.
Chitra deep sam habai rahai,
taji kari bad-Vivad.

When one experiences in heart, there is no pleasure or pain.
He becomes constant like lamp in a picture, there is then no debate or discussion.

Kabir is saying be watcher and everything will disappear. You will find stillness in you.

When…[Read more]

Gyani to nirbhay bhaya,
manai nahi sank
Indrin kere basi para,
bhugte narak nishank

A wise is always fearless, he is never in doubt.
If he comes under the control of sensual desires, he will go to hell without doubt.

Kabir says that a person who has realized himself or Godliness in him, he is never in doubt.
But it is human, once in a…[Read more]

Bhara hoye to reetai,
reeta hoye bhray.
Reeta bhara na paiye,
anubhav soyee kahay.

Full may become empty and empty becomes full.
There is neither full nor empty, experience says that.

Kabir says to experience that there is neither full nor empty one has to live his own life.
Life is in living. It is not a thing, it is a process. There…[Read more]

Bhitar to bheda nahi,
bahir kathai anek.
Jo payi bhitar lakhi parai,
bhitar bhahir ek.

There is no difference inside, there are many outside.
If you see him from inside, it is one from inside and outside.

Kabir is saying that we are searching for God outside and he is inside of you as emptiness.
If God comes to your home and knocks,…[Read more]

Likha likhi ki hai nahi,
dekha dekhi baat
Dulha dulhin mili gaye,
phiki pari barat.

This is not a matter for writing, this is for seeing and experiencing
Once the groom and bride have met, the marriage procession became dull.

Kabir says – God is beyond knowledge, it is intrinsically unknowable. The very effort to know it is a barrier in…[Read more]

Boojh sarikhi bat hain,
kahan sarikhi nahi
Jete gyani dekhiye
tete sansai mahi.

This is a matter of understanding, not about saying
As many wise you see, they are all under grave doubts.

Kabir says we need understanding to realize yourself and Godliness within you.

What is understanding? – Understanding is pure intelligence. That pure…[Read more]

Gyani yukti sunaiya,
ko suni karai vichar
Surdas ki istri,
ka par kare singar.

One should contemplate over what is said by a knowledgeable.
For whom would the wife of a blind decorate herself.

Kabir says that we go to enlighten person. But we never listen to him. We are listening with all kinds of prejudices, that is a wrong way of…[Read more]

Nirjani so kahiye ka,
kahat Kabir lajay
Andhey aage nachte,
kala akarath jaye.

What should be said of an unknown, Kabir is shy in saying
Dancing before a blind, the art also becomes useless.

Why Kabir says I am shy in saying? Because everyone is interested in knowledge but not knowing. Knowledge means of objective world to know others…[Read more]

Nar Nari ke sookh ko,
khansi nahi pahichan
Tyon gyani ke sookh ko,
aagani nahi jan.

The pleasure of men and women, a eunuch can never understand.
So the pleasure of knowledge, a foolish can never know.

Kabir is saying that – Sex is not an ordinary thing. It is one of the most substantial parts of your being. One should not be so unalert…[Read more]

Dooja hain to boliye,
dooja jhagra sohi.
Do andhon ke nach me
ka pai kako mohi.

If there are different Gods, then it can be said, this is root of all quarrels.
In the dance of two blinds, who will get lured or attracted to whom.

Kabir is speaking the difference between Religion and Religions.
The true religion can only be one, just like…[Read more]

Tako lakshan ko kahai,
jako anubhav gyan
Sadh Asadh na dekhiye,
kyon kari karun bakhan.

How can I say the features of Him whose experience is the knowledge
He doesn’t differentiate as saint or wicked, how then can he be described.

Kabir is saying in this Doha for whom doing is knowing. They live their life from experience. One who l…[Read more]

Gyan bhakti vairagya
sukh peev Brahma law dhaye
Aatam anubhav sej sukh,
tahan na dooja jaye.

The happiness of knowledge, devotion and renunciation, takes one near to the God.
But the inner experience makes possible meeting with God where none other can go.

Kabir says that inner journey is a journey of aloneness.

Aloneness is our very…[Read more]

Kaha sikhapna det ho,
samujhi dekh man mahi
Sabai haraf hai dwat mah,
dwat na harfan mahi.

How much I teach you, you understand your mind, All the letters are in the ink pot but the ink pot is not in the letters.

Kabir says that we are identified with the letters created by ink. Ink is not letter means Ink is consciousness, witnessing,…[Read more]

Kagat likhai so kagdi,
Ko vyabhari jeev
Aatam drishti kahan likhai,
Jit dekho tit peev.

What’s written on paper is only a document, it is not a practical experience.
Inner feeling or view is no where written wherever I see I find my loving God.

Kabir in simple words gives distinction between Knowledge and Knowing.

Knowledge and…[Read more]