गुर धोबी सिख कपडा

गुर धोबी सिख कपडा, साबु सिरजन हार| सुरती सिला पर धोइए, निकसे ज्योति अपार|

Guru is the washerman, disciple the cloth,soap is the supreme creator's knowledge;when (the Guru)washes on the stone of shrutis or vedas, elicits the boundless light (of knowledge).

Kabir was great votary of the oral tradition being used to impart knowledge to the disciples by the Guru under the Guru shishya tradition.He has proposed that by means of Guru alone the knowledge of the eternal Self can be imparted in the best manner so as to ensure the escape from karmas and cycle of birth and death. Here he says that the disciple should be washed clean of the impurities of desire , attachment, hatred, sorrow and other mental and physical problems related to perception, by imparting Gods knowledge in the oral tradition as prescribed in the Vedas which show the way to the light .

Translation by Arvind Mishra