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1The more Kabeer worships Him, the more the Lord abides within his mind. ||141||

2Kabeer, the mortal has fallen into the grip of family life, and the Lord has been set aside.

3The messengers of the Righteous Judge of Dharma descend upon the mortal, in the midst of all his pomp and ceremony. ||142||

4Kabeer, even a pig is better than the faithless cynic; at least the pig keeps the village clean.

5When the wretched, faithless cynic dies, no one even mentions his name. ||143||

6Kabeer, the mortal gathers wealth, shell by shell, accumulating thousands and millions.

7But when the time of his departure comes, he takes nothing at all with him. He is even stripped of his loin-cloth. ||144||

8Kabeer, what good is it to become a devotee of Vishnu, and wear four malas?

9On the outside, he may look like pure gold, but on the inside, he is stuffed with dust. ||145||

10Kabeer, let yourself be a pebble on the path; abandon your egotistical pride.

11Such a humble slave shall meet the Lord God. ||146||

12Kabeer, what good would it be, to be a pebble? It would only hurt the traveller on the path.

13Your slave, O Lord, is like the dust of the earth. ||147||

14Kabeer, what then, if one could become dust? It is blown up by the wind, and sticks to the body.

15The humble servant of the Lord should be like water, which cleans everything. ||148||

16Kabeer, what then, if one could become water? It becomes cold, then hot.

17The humble servant of the Lord should be just like the Lord. ||149||

18The banners wave above the lofty mansions, filled with gold and beautiful women.

19But better than these is dry bread, if one sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord in the Society of the Saints. ||150||

20Kabeer, the wilderness is better than a city, if the Lord's devotees live there.

21Without my Beloved Lord, it is like the City of Death for me. ||151||

22Kabeer, between the Ganges and Jamunaa Rivers, on the shore of Celestial Silence,

23there, Kabeer has made his home. The silent sages and the humble servants of the Lord search for the way to get there. ||152||

24Kabeer, if the mortal continues to love the Lord in the end, as he pledged in the beginning,

25no poor diamond, not even millions of jewels, can equal him. ||153||

26Kabeer, I saw a strange and wonderful thing. A jewel was being sold in a store.

27Because there was no buyer, it was going in exchange for a shell. ||154||

28Kabeer, where there is spiritual wisdom, there is righteousness and Dharma. Where there is falsehood, there is sin.

29Where there is greed, there is death. Where there is forgiveness, there is God Himself. ||155||

30Kabeer, what good is it to give up Maya, if the mortal does not give up his pride?

31Even the silent sages and seers are destroyed by pride; pride eats up everything. ||156||

32Kabeer, the True Guru has met me; He aimed the Arrow of the Shabad at me.

33As soon as it struck me, I fell to the ground with a hole in my heart. ||157||

34Kabeer, what can the True Guru do, when His Sikhs are at fault?

35The blind do not take in any of His Teachings; it is as useless as blowing into bamboo. ||158||

36Kabeer, the wife of the king has all sorts of horses, elephants and carriages.