aisa lo nahin taisa lo main kehi widhi kithon ganbhira
aisā lo nahiñ taisā lo maiñ kehi vidhi kithoñ gañbhīrā
bhītar kahūñ to jag mai lājai bāhar kahūñ to jhūThā lo
bāhar-bhītar sakal nirantar chit-achit do.ū pīThā lo
dishti na mushTī na pargaT agochar bātan kahā na jaa.ī lo
O How may I ever express that secret word?
O how can I say He is not like this, and He is like that?
If I say that He is within me, the universe is ashamed:
If I say that He is without me, it is falsehood.
He makes the inner and the outer worlds to be indivisibly one;
The conscious and the unconscious, both are His footstools.
He is neither manifest nor hidden; He is neither revealed nor unrevealed:
There are no words to tell that which He is.
aisa lo nahin taisa lo main kehi widhi kithon ganbhira
bhitar kahun to jag mai lajai bahar kahun to jhuTha lo
bahar-bhitar sakal nirantar chit-achit dou piTha lo
dishti na mushTi na pargaT agochar baatan kaha na jai lo
O How may I ever express that secret word?
O how can I say He is not like this, and He is like that?
If I say that He is within me, the universe is ashamed:
If I say that He is without me, it is falsehood.
He makes the inner and the outer worlds to be indivisibly one;
The conscious and the unconscious, both are His footstools.
He is neither manifest nor hidden; He is neither revealed nor unrevealed:
There are no words to tell that which He is.
- Book : Kabir Samagra (Pg. 756)
- Author : Kabeer
- Publication : Hindi Pracharak Publication PVT, Varansi (2001)
- Edition : 5th
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