Shanta

दिवाने मन, भजन बिना दुख पैहौ

Diwane Man, Bhajan Bina Dukh Paihau

Kabir

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दिवाने मन, भजन बिना दुख पैहौ ॥

पहिला जनम भूत का पै हौ, सात जनम पछिताहौउ। काँटा पर का पानी पैहौ, प्यासन ही मरि जैहौ ॥ १॥

दूजा जनम सुवा का पैहौ, बाग बसेरा लैहौ । टूटे पंख मॅंडराने अधफड प्रान गॅंवैहौ ॥ २॥

बाजीगर के बानर होइ हौ, लकडिन नाच नचैहौ । ऊॅंच नीच से हाय पसरि हौ, माँगे भीख न पैहौ ॥ ३॥

तेली के घर बैला होइहौ, आॅंखिन ढाँपि ढॅंपैहौउ । कोस पचास घरै माँ चलिहौ, बाहर होन न पैहौ ॥ ४॥

पॅंचवा जनम ऊॅंट का पैहौ, बिन तोलन बोझ लदैहौ । बैठे से तो उठन न पैहौ, खुरच खुरच मरि जैहौ ॥ ५॥

धोबी घर गदहा होइहौ, कटी घास नहिं पैंहौ । लदी लादि आपु चढि बैठे, लै घटे पहुँचैंहौ ॥ ६॥

पंछिन माँ तो कौवा होइहौ, करर करर गुहरैहौ । उडि के जय बैठि मैले थल, गहिरे चोंच लगैहौ ॥ ७॥

सत्तनाम की हेर न करिहौ, मन ही मन पछितैहौउ । कहै कबीर सुनो भै साधो, नरक नसेनी पैहौ ॥ ८॥

इति

The Poet

कबीर

Kabir

1398 · 1518

To speak of Kabir within the ordinary parameters of literary biography is almost impossible. Born in the fifteenth century to a Muslim weaver's family in the sacred Hindu city of Banaras, he became a voice that refused to be domesticated by any temple, mosque, or scholarly apparatus. Kabir claimed no scripture, no caste, and no sacred language as his exclusive property. He stood at the loom of reality and wove his dohas (devastating two-line couplets) from the raw thread of direct spiritual encounter. His critique was not merely religious but civilizational. He asked with the serene ferocity of an awakened mind why human beings had chosen the architecture of division over the open sky of the divine. Centuries have passed, empires have crumbled, and languages have shifted. Yet, Kabir's couplets are still recited in village squares and debated in universities today. He requires no temple because he built one inside language itself. He is the conscience of the Indian soul.