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You have quoted this Shabad, may be in another “thread” I couldn’t help going deep into its application
The following Shabad is highly metaphoric, Kabir Ji uses word “wife” “mother” for Maya, Husband and son for “the mind” that establishes relations with Maya as a owner and consumer. This fact is made clear by Kabir ji in the end where he expresses that the mind that has no feet or mouth but jumps and expresses pleasure it has occasionally. If this metaphoric expression is kept in mind while pondering over the Shabad, every thing becomes clear. Let’s look at it that way. First Kabir ji defines the real “being awake” by comparing it with other worldly terms that suggest to be awake to succeed financially.
ਜਾਗਤ ਸੋਵਤ ਬਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ॥
jaagath sovath bahu prakaar ||
There are many ways of being awake, and sleeping.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਗੈ ਸੋਈ ਸਾਰੁ ॥
guramukh jaagai soee saar ||
To be awake as Gurmukh is the most excellent way.
People sleep and remain awake for different reasons but that is not what a devotee of the Lord does, for the devotee, it is important to alert from the Maya influence and staying attentive towards meditation of the Lord. This is real rest/sleep unlike the Maya influenced people have who are in sleep under the intoxication of Maya.
ਇਸੁ ਦੇਹੀ ਕੇ ਅਧਿਕ ਕਾਮ ॥
eis dhaehee kae adhhik kaam ||
The most sublime of all the actions of this body,
ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਭਜਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ॥੩॥੨॥
kehi kabeer bhaj raam naam ||3||2||
says Kabeer, is to meditate and vibrate on the Lord's Name. ||3||2||
There are many deeds done but real deed is to meditate on the Lord
ਜੋਇ ਖਸਮੁ ਹੈ ਜਾਇਆ ॥
joe khasam hai jaaeiaa ||
The wife gives birth to her husband.
ਪੂਤਿ ਬਾਪੁ ਖੇਲਾਇਆ ॥
pooth baap khaelaaeiaa ||
The son leads his father in play.
Here wife is Maya, it creates her own owner, Khasm word also indicates that wife is owned like a commodity, an ugly aspect of this relation is also becomes visible. Kabir ji uses that to express his views how Maya creates its own owners. Son is used for the mind and the soul for the father. So the mind has involved the father in its own play. Instead of the soul being a leader, mind leads it to mind’s own temptations.ਬਿਨੁ ਸ੍ਰਵਣਾ ਖੀਰੁ ਪਿਲਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
bin sravanaa kheer pilaaeiaa ||1||
Without breasts, the mother nurses her baby. ||1||
Mind has nothing of its own but what mind does is like milking without breast since mind has got the soul involved into mind satisfying deeds.
ਦੇਖਹੁ ਲੋਗਾ ਕਲਿ ਕੋ ਭਾਉ ॥
dhaekhahu logaa kal ko bhaao ||
Behold, people! This is how it is in the Dark Age of Kali Yuga.
ਸੁਤਿ ਮੁਕਲਾਈ ਅਪਨੀ ਮਾਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
suth mukalaaee apanee maao ||1|| rehaao ||
The son marries his mother. ||1||Pause||
Kabir ji expresses how surprising is this that son-mind marries Maya-mother. All this happened due to bad influence of the time. In the next Vakas, the mind is defined
ਪਗਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਹੁਰੀਆ ਮਾਰਤਾ ॥
pagaa bin hureeaa maarathaa ||
Without feet, the mortal jumps.
ਬਦਨੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਖਿਰ ਖਿਰ ਹਾਸਤਾ ॥
badhanai bin khir khir haasathaa ||
Without a mouth, he bursts into laughter.
Wow, the mind has no feet but it jumps, it has no mouth but it burst into laughter. How? It is always on the run to have this or that. It involves in pleasures and temporarily expresses being pleased but then again runs for another pleasure.
ਨਿਦ੍ਰਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਰੁ ਪੈ ਸੋਵੈ ॥
nidhraa bin nar pai sovai ||
Without feeling sleepy, he lays down and sleeps.
ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਸਨ ਖੀਰੁ ਬਿਲੋਵੈ ॥੨॥
bin baasan kheer bilovai ||2||
Without a churn, the milk is churned. ||2||
Mind doesn’t have its own eyes that can get tired but it sleeps. How? It sleeps due to intoxication of Maya –pleasure, and it doesn’t remain aware at all from Maya influences. It is just like expecting some thing from unexpected. Hint is at mind being under control of Maya but still it boasts around about being free from it. As we are coming close to the ending of the Shabad, Kabir ji hints at self created miserable life due to mind and its actions.
ਬਿਨੁ ਅਸਥਨ ਗਊ ਲਵੇਰੀ ॥
bin asathhan goo lavaeree ||
Without udders, the cow gives milk.
Maya is like a cow without breast; however, it provides some thing to the mind to remain attached to it. The mind gets temporary pleasures not the eternal peace but still this Maya Cow is dear to the mind. Due to this, what happens?
ਪੈਡੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਟ ਘਨੇਰੀ ॥
paiddae bin baatt ghanaeree ||
Without travelling, a long journey is made.
The life which can be better if devoted to the Lord, since it is not, life seems like a long hard journey. Here comes the vital point, the need of Guru Guidance in life.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬਾਟ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥
bin sathigur baatt n paaee ||
Without the True Guru, the path is not found.
ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਸਮਝਾਈ ॥੩॥੩॥
kahu kabeer samajhaaee ||3||3||
Says Kabeer, see this, and understand. ||3||3|| Sant Kabir
Ang 1194
Kabir Ji concludes that strange things happen because mind is deeply drowned into Maya and it keeps running to various directions to seek pleasures. It gets them but all are temporary. The eternal peace is missing and life remains miserable, the soul suffers heavily. Why it is so? Answer is given. Due to lack of Guru Guidance, mind keeps misleading the soul.
You have quoted this Shabad, may be in another “thread” I couldn’t help going deep into its application
The following Shabad is highly metaphoric, Kabir Ji uses word “wife” “mother” for Maya, Husband and son for “the mind” that establishes relations with Maya as a owner and consumer. This fact is made clear by Kabir ji in the end where he expresses that the mind that has no feet or mouth but jumps and expresses pleasure it has occasionally. If this metaphoric expression is kept in mind while pondering over the Shabad, every thing becomes clear. Let’s look at it that way. First Kabir ji defines the real “being awake” by comparing it with other worldly terms that suggest to be awake to succeed financially.
ਜਾਗਤ ਸੋਵਤ ਬਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ॥
jaagath sovath bahu prakaar ||
There are many ways of being awake, and sleeping.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਗੈ ਸੋਈ ਸਾਰੁ ॥
guramukh jaagai soee saar ||
To be awake as Gurmukh is the most excellent way.
People sleep and remain awake for different reasons but that is not what a devotee of the Lord does, for the devotee, it is important to alert from the Maya influence and staying attentive towards meditation of the Lord. This is real rest/sleep unlike the Maya influenced people have who are in sleep under the intoxication of Maya.
ਇਸੁ ਦੇਹੀ ਕੇ ਅਧਿਕ ਕਾਮ ॥
eis dhaehee kae adhhik kaam ||
The most sublime of all the actions of this body,
ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਭਜਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ॥੩॥੨॥
kehi kabeer bhaj raam naam ||3||2||
says Kabeer, is to meditate and vibrate on the Lord's Name. ||3||2||
There are many deeds done but real deed is to meditate on the Lord
ਜੋਇ ਖਸਮੁ ਹੈ ਜਾਇਆ ॥
joe khasam hai jaaeiaa ||
The wife gives birth to her husband.
ਪੂਤਿ ਬਾਪੁ ਖੇਲਾਇਆ ॥
pooth baap khaelaaeiaa ||
The son leads his father in play.
Here wife is Maya, it creates her own owner, Khasm word also indicates that wife is owned like a commodity, an ugly aspect of this relation is also becomes visible. Kabir ji uses that to express his views how Maya creates its own owners. Son is used for the mind and the soul for the father. So the mind has involved the father in its own play. Instead of the soul being a leader, mind leads it to mind’s own temptations.ਬਿਨੁ ਸ੍ਰਵਣਾ ਖੀਰੁ ਪਿਲਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
bin sravanaa kheer pilaaeiaa ||1||
Without breasts, the mother nurses her baby. ||1||
Mind has nothing of its own but what mind does is like milking without breast since mind has got the soul involved into mind satisfying deeds.
ਦੇਖਹੁ ਲੋਗਾ ਕਲਿ ਕੋ ਭਾਉ ॥
dhaekhahu logaa kal ko bhaao ||
Behold, people! This is how it is in the Dark Age of Kali Yuga.
ਸੁਤਿ ਮੁਕਲਾਈ ਅਪਨੀ ਮਾਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
suth mukalaaee apanee maao ||1|| rehaao ||
The son marries his mother. ||1||Pause||
Kabir ji expresses how surprising is this that son-mind marries Maya-mother. All this happened due to bad influence of the time. In the next Vakas, the mind is defined
ਪਗਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਹੁਰੀਆ ਮਾਰਤਾ ॥
pagaa bin hureeaa maarathaa ||
Without feet, the mortal jumps.
ਬਦਨੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਖਿਰ ਖਿਰ ਹਾਸਤਾ ॥
badhanai bin khir khir haasathaa ||
Without a mouth, he bursts into laughter.
Wow, the mind has no feet but it jumps, it has no mouth but it burst into laughter. How? It is always on the run to have this or that. It involves in pleasures and temporarily expresses being pleased but then again runs for another pleasure.
ਨਿਦ੍ਰਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਰੁ ਪੈ ਸੋਵੈ ॥
nidhraa bin nar pai sovai ||
Without feeling sleepy, he lays down and sleeps.
ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਸਨ ਖੀਰੁ ਬਿਲੋਵੈ ॥੨॥
bin baasan kheer bilovai ||2||
Without a churn, the milk is churned. ||2||
Mind doesn’t have its own eyes that can get tired but it sleeps. How? It sleeps due to intoxication of Maya –pleasure, and it doesn’t remain aware at all from Maya influences. It is just like expecting some thing from unexpected. Hint is at mind being under control of Maya but still it boasts around about being free from it. As we are coming close to the ending of the Shabad, Kabir ji hints at self created miserable life due to mind and its actions.
ਬਿਨੁ ਅਸਥਨ ਗਊ ਲਵੇਰੀ ॥
bin asathhan goo lavaeree ||
Without udders, the cow gives milk.
Maya is like a cow without breast; however, it provides some thing to the mind to remain attached to it. The mind gets temporary pleasures not the eternal peace but still this Maya Cow is dear to the mind. Due to this, what happens?
ਪੈਡੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਟ ਘਨੇਰੀ ॥
paiddae bin baatt ghanaeree ||
Without travelling, a long journey is made.
The life which can be better if devoted to the Lord, since it is not, life seems like a long hard journey. Here comes the vital point, the need of Guru Guidance in life.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬਾਟ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥
bin sathigur baatt n paaee ||
Without the True Guru, the path is not found.
ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਸਮਝਾਈ ॥੩॥੩॥
kahu kabeer samajhaaee ||3||3||
Says Kabeer, see this, and understand. ||3||3|| Sant Kabir
Ang 1194
Kabir Ji concludes that strange things happen because mind is deeply drowned into Maya and it keeps running to various directions to seek pleasures. It gets them but all are temporary. The eternal peace is missing and life remains miserable, the soul suffers heavily. Why it is so? Answer is given. Due to lack of Guru Guidance, mind keeps misleading the soul.
