870 : 511
Raag Gond, The Word Of The Devotees.

870 : 512
Kabeer Jee, First House:

870 : 513
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

870 : 514
When you meet a Saint, talk to him and listen.

870 : 515
Meeting with an unsaintly person, just remain silent. ||1||

870 : 516
O father, if I speak, what words should I utter?

870 : 517
Speak such words, by which you may remain absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

870 : 518
Speaking with the Saints, one becomes generous.

870 : 519
To speak with a fool is to babble uselessly. ||2||

870 : 520
By speaking and only speaking, corruption only increases.

870 : 521
If I do not speak, what can the poor wretch do? ||3||

870 : 522
Says Kabeer, the empty pitcher makes noise,

870 : 523
but that which is full makes no sound. ||4||1||

870 : 524
GOND:

870 : 525
When a man dies, he is of no use to anyone.

870 : 526
But when an animal dies, it is used in ten ways. ||1||

870 : 527
What do I know, about the state of my karma?

870 : 528
What do I know, O Baba? ||1||Pause||

870 : 529
His bones burn, like a bundle of logs;

870 : 530
his hair burns like a bale of hay. ||2||

870 : 531
Says Kabeer, the man wakes up,

870 : 532
only when the Messenger of Death hits him over the head with his club. ||3||2||

870 : 533
GOND:

870 : 534
The Celestial Lord is in the Akaashic ethers of the skies, the Celestial Lord is in the nether regions of the underworld; in the four directions, the Celestial Lord is pervading.

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870 : 535
The Supreme Lord God is forever the source of bliss. When the vessel of the body perishes, the Celestial Lord does not perish. ||1||

870 : 536
I have become sad,

870 : 537
wondering where the soul comes from, and where it goes. ||1||Pause||

870 : 538
The body is formed from the union of the five tatvas; but where were the five tatvas created?

870 : 539
You say that the soul is tied to its karma, but who gave karma to the body? ||2||

870 : 540
The body is contained in the Lord, and the Lord is contained in the body. He is permeating within all.

870 : 541
Says Kabeer, I shall not renounce the Lord's Name. I shall accept whatever happens. ||3||3||

870 : 542
Raag Gond, The Word Of Kabeer Jee, Second House:

870 : 543
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

870 : 544
They tied my arms, bundled me up, and threw me before an elephant.

870 : 545
The elephant driver struck him on the head, and infuriated him.

870 : 546
But the elephant ran away, trumpeting,

870 : 547
"I am a sacrifice to this image of the Lord."||1||

870 : 548
O my Lord and Master, You are my strength.

870 : 549
The Qazi shouted at the driver to drive the elephant on. ||1||Pause||

870 : 550
He yelled out, "O driver, I shall cut you into pieces.

870 : 551
Hit him, and drive him on!"

870 : 552
But the elephant did not move; instead, he began to meditate.

870 : 553
The Lord God abides within his mind. ||2||

870 : 554
What sin has this Saint committed,

870 : 555
that you have made him into a bundle and thrown him before the elephant?

870 : 556
Lifting up the bundle, the elephant bows down before it.

870 : 557
The Qazi could not understand it; he was blind. ||3||

870 : 558
Three times, he tried to do it.

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