Kunji Kulaf Praan Kar Karte Baar Na Lai
The creator put both lock and key in breath without delay
Kunji - Key
Kulaf - Lock
Praan - Breath (see below for more detail from Wikipedia)
Both lock and key in our breath.
We have the choice to do good or not.
While in most poems, we are encouraged to open the locked mind. In this shabad, Bhagat Kabir implies its best to lock the mind so the five thieves don't enter. The five thieves are kaam krodh lobh moh ahankar ... lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego.
From Wikipedia on Praan:
In Hindu philosophy including yoga, Indian medicine and Indian martial arts, prana (प्राण, prāṇa; the Sanskrit word for breath, "life force", or "vital principle") permeates reality on all levels including inanimate objects. In Hindu literature, prana is sometimes described as originating from the Sun and connecting the elements.
Five types of prana, collectively known as the five vāyus ("winds"), are described in Hindu texts. Ayurveda, tantra and Tibetan medicine all describe praṇā vāyu as the basic vāyu from which the other vāyus arise.
Pranayama, one of the eight limbs of yoga, is intended to expand prana.
Original Shabad by Bhagat Kabir:
ਗਉੜੀ ॥
गउड़ी ॥
Ga▫oṛī.
Gauree:
ਖਟ ਨੇਮ ਕਰਿ ਕੋਠੜੀ ਬਾਂਧੀ ਬਸਤੁ ਅਨੂਪੁ ਬੀਚ ਪਾਈ ॥
खट नेम करि कोठड़ी बांधी बसतु अनूपु बीच पाई ॥
Kẖat nem kar koṯẖ▫ṛī bāʼnḏẖī basaṯ anūp bīcẖ pā▫ī.
He fashioned the body chamber with six rings, and placed within it the incomparable thing.
ਕੁੰਜੀ ਕੁਲਫੁ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਕਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਕਰਤੇ ਬਾਰ ਨ ਲਾਈ ॥੧॥
कुंजी कुलफु प्रान करि राखे करते बार न लाई ॥१॥
Kunjī kulaf parān kar rākẖe karṯe bār na lā▫ī. ||1||
He made the breath of life the watchman, with lock and key to protect it; the Creator did this in no time at all. ||1||
ਅਬ ਮਨ ਜਾਗਤ ਰਹੁ ਰੇ ਭਾਈ ॥
अब मन जागत रहु रे भाई ॥
Ab man jāgaṯ rahu re bẖā▫ī.
Keep your mind awake and aware now, O Sibling of Destiny.
ਗਾਫਲੁ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਓ ਚੋਰੁ ਮੁਸੈ ਘਰੁ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
गाफलु होइ कै जनमु गवाइओ चोरु मुसै घरु जाई ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Gāfal ho▫e kai janam gavā▫i▫o cẖor musai gẖar jā▫ī. ||1|| rahā▫o.
You were careless, and you have wasted your life; your home is being plundered by thieves. ||1||Pause||
ਪੰਚ ਪਹਰੂਆ ਦਰ ਮਹਿ ਰਹਤੇ ਤਿਨ ਕਾ ਨਹੀ ਪਤੀਆਰਾ ॥
पंच पहरूआ दर महि रहते तिन का नही पतीआरा ॥
Pancẖ pahrū▫ā ḏar mėh rahṯe ṯin kā nahī paṯī▫ārā.
The five senses stand as guards at the gate, but now can they be trusted?
ਚੇਤਿ ਸੁਚੇਤ ਚਿਤ ਹੋਇ ਰਹੁ ਤਉ ਲੈ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ਉਜਾਰਾ ॥੨॥
चेति सुचेत चित होइ रहु तउ लै परगासु उजारा ॥२॥
Cẖeṯ sucẖeṯ cẖiṯ ho▫e rahu ṯa▫o lai pargās ujārā. ||2||
When you are conscious in your consciousness, you shall be enlightened and illuminated. ||2||
ਨਉ ਘਰ ਦੇਖਿ ਜੁ ਕਾਮਨਿ ਭੂਲੀ ਬਸਤੁ ਅਨੂਪ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥
नउ घर देखि जु कामनि भूली बसतु अनूप न पाई ॥
Na▫o gẖar ḏekẖ jo kāman bẖūlī basaṯ anūp na pā▫ī.
Seeing the nine openings of the body, the soul-bride is led astray; she does not obtain that incomparable thing.
ਕਹਤੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਨਵੈ ਘਰ ਮੂਸੇ ਦਸਵੈਂ ਤਤੁ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੩॥੨੨॥੭੩॥
कहतु कबीर नवै घर मूसे दसवैं ततु समाई ॥३॥२२॥७३॥
Kahaṯ Kabīr navai gẖar mūse ḏasvaiʼn ṯaṯ samā▫ī. ||3||22||73||
Says Kabeer, the nine openings of the body are being plundered; rise up to the Tenth Gate, and discover the true essence. ||3||22||73||
Singing oneness!
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