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It depletes my capital, and the interest charges only increase. ||Pause||
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Weaving the seven threads together, they carry on their trade.
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They are led on by the karma of their past actions.
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The three tax-collectors argue with them.
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The traders depart empty-handed. ||2||
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Their capital is exhausted, and their trade is ruined.
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The caravan is scattered in the ten directions.
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Says Kabeer, O mortal, your tasks will be accomplished,
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when you merge in the Celestial Lord; let your doubts run away. ||3||6||
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Basant Hindol, Second House:
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One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
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The mother is impure, and the father is impure. The fruit they produce is impure.
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Impure they come, and impure they go. The unfortunate ones die in impurity. ||1||
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Tell me, O Pandit, O religious scholar, which place is uncontaminated?
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Where should I sit to eat my meal? ||1||Pause||
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The tongue is impure, and its speech is impure. The eyes and ears are totally impure.
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The impurity of the sexual organs does not depart; the Brahmin is burnt by the fire. ||2||
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The fire is impure, and the water is impure. The place where you sit and cook is impure.
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Impure is the ladle which serves the food. Impure is the one who sits down to eat it. ||3||
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Impure is the cow dung, and impure is the kitchen square. Impure are the lines that mark it off.
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Says Kabeer, they alone are pure, who have obtained pure understanding. ||4||1||7||
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Raamaanand Jee, First House:
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One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
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Where should I go? My home is filled with bliss.
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My consciousness does not go out wandering. My mind has become crippled. ||1||Pause||
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One day, a desire welled up in my mind.
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I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.
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I went to God's place, and worshipped Him there.
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That God showed me the Guru, within my own mind. ||1||
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Wherever I go, I find water and stones.
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You are totally pervading and permeating in all.
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I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.
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I would go there, only if the Lord were not here. ||2||
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I am a sacrifice to You, O my True Guru.
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You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.
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Raamaanand's Lord and Master is the All-pervading Lord God.
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The Word of the Guru's Shabad eradicates the karma of millions of past actions. ||3||1||
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Basant, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee:
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One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
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If the servant runs away when his master is in trouble,
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he will not have a long life, and he brings shame to all his family. ||1||
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I shall not abandon devotional worship of You, O Lord, even if the people laugh at me.
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The Lord's Lotus Feet abide within my heart. ||1||Pause||
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The mortal will even die for the sake of his wealth;
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in the same way, the Saints do not forsake the Lord's Name. ||2||
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Pilgrimages to the Ganges, the Gaya and the Godawari are merely worldly affairs.
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