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Ang 1161Raag BhairaoBhagat Kabir

ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ਚਲਨ ਕਹਤ ਹੈ ਊਹਾਂ ॥

sabh koee chalan kehat hai aoohaan |

Everyone speaks of going there,

ਨਾ ਜਾਨਉ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੁ ਹੈ ਕਹਾਂ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

naa jaanau baikuntth hai kahaan |1| rahaau |

but I do not even know where heaven is. ||1||Pause||

ਆਪ ਆਪ ਕਾ ਮਰਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਾਂ ॥

aap aap kaa maram na jaanaan |

One who does not even know the mystery of his own self,

ਬਾਤਨ ਹੀ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੁ ਬਖਾਨਾਂ ॥੧॥

baatan hee baikuntth bakhaanaan |1|

speaks of heaven, but it is only talk. ||1||

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

jab lag man baikuntth kee aas |

As long as the mortal hopes for heaven,

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸ ॥੨॥

tab lag naahee charan nivaas |2|

he will not dwell at the Lord's Feet. ||2||

ਖਾਈ ਕੋਟੁ ਨ ਪਰਲ ਪਗਾਰਾ ॥

khaaee kott na paral pagaaraa |

Heaven is not a fort with moats and ramparts, and walls plastered with mud;

ਨਾ ਜਾਨਉ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਦੁਆਰਾ ॥੩॥

naa jaanau baikuntth duaaraa |3|

I do not know what heaven's gate is like. ||3||

ਕਹਿ ਕਮੀਰ ਅਬ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

keh kameer ab kaheeai kaeh |

Says Kabeer, now what more can I say?

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੮॥੧੬॥

saadhasangat baikuntthai aaeh |4|8|16|

The Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is heaven itself. ||4||8||16||