Listening to Bhagat Kabir tonight and remembering Guru Nanak's words Sochai Soch Na Hovai - Cleansing cannot cleanse even if you clean thousands of times.
ਹ੍ਰਿਦੈ ਕਪਟੁ ਮੁਖ ਗਿਆਨੀ ॥
ह्रिदै कपटु मुख गिआनी ॥
Hirḏai kapat mukẖ giānī.
In his heart there is deception, and yet in his mouth are words of wisdom.
"Your heart is deceptive, your words are lofty"
ਝੂਠੇ ਕਹਾ ਬਿਲੋਵਸਿ ਪਾਨੀ ॥੧॥
झूठे कहा बिलोवसि पानी ॥१॥
Jẖūṯẖe kahā bilovas pānī. ||1||
You are false - why are you churning water? ||1||
ਕਾਂਇਆ ਮਾਂਜਸਿ ਕਉਨ ਗੁਨਾਂ ॥
कांइआ मांजसि कउन गुनां ॥
Kāʼniā māʼnjas kaun gunāʼn.
Why do you bother to wash your body?
ਜਉ ਘਟ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਹੈ ਮਲਨਾਂ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
जउ घट भीतरि है मलनां ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Jao gẖat bẖīṯar hai malnāʼn. ||1|| rahāo.
Your heart is still full of filth. ||1||Pause||
ਲਉਕੀ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਈ ॥
लउकी अठसठि तीरथ न्हाई ॥
Laukī aṯẖsaṯẖ ṯirath nĥāī.
The gourd may be washed at the sixty-eight sacred shrines,
ਕਉਰਾਪਨੁ ਤਊ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੨॥
कउरापनु तऊ न जाई ॥२॥
Kaurāpan ṯaū na jāī. ||2||
but even then, its bitterness is not removed. ||2||
ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥
कहि कबीर बीचारी ॥
Kahi Kabīr bīcẖārī.
Says Kabeer after deep contemplation,
ਭਵ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਤਾਰਿ ਮੁਰਾਰੀ ॥੩॥੮॥
भव सागरु तारि मुरारी ॥३॥८॥
Bẖav sāgar ṯār murārī. ||3||8||
please help me cross over the terrifying world-ocean, O Lord, O Destroyer of ego. ||3||8||
Singing oneness!
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