mati kahe kumhar se tu kya roundhe mohe
ik din aisa aayega main roundungi toye
"the soil asks the potter what is your status that you crush me
a day will come when I will crush you (when you will die). "
aayen hain to jayenge raja rank sabhi
ek singhashan chadhi chale ek bandhe zanzir
"If they have come ,they will go .
Either it is the King who sits on the throne or a beggar
who is bound from the chain ."
durbal ko na sataiye jaki moti haaye
bina jeebh ke haaye ke loha bhasm hoyi jaye
"Do not persecute the weak whose curse is so strong,
without use of the tounge (means without speaking any wrong word)
it burns a strong thing as iron to ashes."
chalti chakki dekh ke diya kabira roye
do patan ke beech mein sabut bacha na koye
"Kabirdas ji says that he cries seeing the moving trademill
where between the two slabs nothing remained unbroken
Sense : He cries to see the the cycle of the time
that engulfs everything slowly ."
haad jale ju lakadi kesh jale ju ghas
sab jag jalta dekh ke bhaye kabir udaas
"Kabirdas ji says :at the end of life the bone burns like the wood
and the hair burns as grass
Seeing all world set on fire he gets sad ."
kabira khai kot ki paani pive na koye
jaayi mile jab gang se to gangotak hoye
"Kabirdas ji says that nobody drinks the dirty water of the trench
but when it meets to the Ganga then it becomes as pious as the water from Gangotri .
Sense: when the human being lives lost in this world it is like the dirty water
but as he meets with the God he becomes as pious as ganga ."
tulsi tulsi sab kahe tulsi ban ki ghas
ho gayi kirpa ram ki to ban gayen tulsidas
"Tulsidas ji says :Everyone is speaking tulsi tulsi ,tulsi is the shrub of jungle
but as he got the favour of lord Ram , he became Tulsidas."
saanch barabar tap nahi jhoot barabar pap
jake hirdaya sanch hai take hirdaya prabhu
"There is no penance as the truth .There is no sin as a lie .
Where there is truth , there you resides Oh Lord ."
dukh mein sumiran sab karen sukh mein kare na koyi
jo sukh mein sumiran kare to dukh
"Everyone remembers Lord in sorrow .No body remembers in happiness.
Why there remains sorrow when one remembers lord during happiness?"
rahiman badan ko dekh ke laghu na dije dari
jahan kaam aaye sui kya kare talwaar
"Rahim Says dont forget the smaller finding the bigger
both have their own values.What is the use of the sword there where we need a neddle?"
rahiman dhaga prem ka na todo chitkaye
toote se phir na jude jude to gaanth pad jaaye
"Rahim adresses the human saying don't break harshly the thread of love
it could not be joined further and if joins ,a knot appears there ."
the best three paras of this song that lures me the most are -
Rahim was a a Krishna devotee .He was a great donor .He used to gaze downcast when he donated the charity to anyone.At this his contemporary Tulsidas ji send him a message asking these words-
aisi deni den ju, kit sikhe hosain
jyu jyu kar uncho karyo tyun tyun niche nain
"Sir , where have you learnt from such a type of donation
where you keep downcasting your gaze while raising your hands to donate?"
Then Rahim replies him saying
"denhaar koi aur hai bhejat jo din rain
log bharam humpar karen taso niche nain"
"the donor is someone else who sends all this to me
people are confused with me (that donor to be Rahim) so my gaze is downcasted . "
Tulsi is sansaar mein sabse miliye dhayi
na jaane kis roop mein Narayana mil jaayen
'Tulsidas ji says rush to meet everyone in this world
because it is not known that in which guise you meet the lord Narayana ."