| Kabir Soyee Soorma, Man Soon Maande JhoojhPanch Pyada Paari Le, Door Kare Sab Dooj
 
 TranslationO Kabir, He alone's the Warrior ,who takes on the "mind" 
                head-on
 Crushing the shield of the sensual five, all duality is gone
 ExplanationIn the time period Kabir lived there were lot of wars and fighting 
                taking around. Instead of this fighting and killing outside, Kabir 
                redirects our attention to waging a war inside of us via this verse. 
                The mind is the root of all our troubles. This mind is what creates 
                a myriad of thoughts that drive us everywhere and do not allow us 
                to rest in peace. Thoughts are instigated, fed and driven by our 
                five sensual desires - Lust, Anger, Intoxication with Pride, Attachment 
                and Greed. He calls these as pawns because they are protecting the 
                true enemy that lies behind - The Mind. Here the game is won only 
                when we go beyond the sensual (pawn-like) pleasures and conquer 
                the Mind who has been running the show. Kabir then tells us that 
                removing the mind takes away the root of all misery which is the 
                feeling of the "other". There is no "other" 
                anymore as this distinction comes via a creation of our mind. Once 
                the mind is gone there is nobody else except us ourselves. This 
                feeling of oneness is captured in a verse from a poem:
 Na Hai Koi Gadi Na Hai SawariPahuncha Wahan Jahan Mein Akela Hi Khiladi
 Neither is their a vehicle nor a rider, I have reached a place 
                where I alone am the Only Player. Kabir urges us to duel the dual - the highest teaching from him 
                summarized in such a beautiful way. Vintage Kabir! |