माला तो कर में फिरे

माला तो कर में फिरे, जीभ फिरे मुख माहीं, मनवा तो चहुँ दिशा फिरे, यह तो सिमरन नाहीं

The rosary rotates in the hand,tongue rotates in the mouth , mind rotates all around , Come on !this is not the way God ought to be remembered.

जिन दूंढा तिन प।ईयां

जिन दूंढा तिन प।ईयां, गहिरे पानी पैठ | मैं बपुरा बूढन डरा, रहा किनारे बैठ ||

Cdr Manoj Kumar
survey the uncharted waters..!

Arvind Mishra
Those who waded into deep waters and searched, found Him; I , the unfortunate, sat at the water bank scared of the drops

हस्ती चडिये ज्ञान की

हस्ती चडिये ज्ञान की, सहज दुलिजा डार | स्वान रूप संसार है, भूंकन दे झक मार ||

Be simple and natural and climb the elephant of knowledge. This world is like ignorant dogs, let them bark in frustration.

जा घट प्रेम न संचरे

जा घट प्रेम न संचरे, सो घट जान मसान | जैसे खाल लुहार की, साँस लेत बिन प्रान ||

The heart which does not have love is like a crematorium. Like a blacksmith's bellows which breathes without life.

जाती न पूछो साधू की

जाती न पूछो साधू की, पूछ लीजो ज्ञान | मोल करो तलवार का, पङी रहन दो म्यान ||

Arvind Mishra

Do not ask for a good person's caste, check out his knowledge (of the ultimate reality);value the sword rather than the sheath

Bhagwadgeeta says in chapter 4 verse 42 "O Arjuna , with the sword of transcendental knowledge, cut through the doubts in the heart , born of ignorance of the self and take shelter in the science of yoga

Kabir suggests that we must value this sword of transcendental knowledge in a person to know his worth.

Dilip Donde
Having a bird's eye view for the last three yrs of the way we function I can modify that as,"Don't bother about the nationality or colour of the skin, check the knowledge, don't bother about the rank, care for the abilities!"

जहाँ दया वहां धर्म है

जहाँ दया वहां धर्म है, जहाँ लोभ तहं पाप | जहाँ क्रोध वहां काल है, जहाँ क्षमा वहं आप ||

Where there is compassion there is dharma,where there is greed there is sin;where there is anger there is death and where forgiveness is, there is God

When the Kleshas or afflictions remain at the root of actions the result is birth, age and experience of life.The quality of these three i.e. birth,age and experience depend upon the virtue and vice or punya and paap in ones actions.Hence greed and anger have bad results and mercy and forgiveness have good results.Ignorance is the principal affliction of the mind and results in the above three consequences.ignorance of the ultimate reality of Absolute consciousness leads to anger and if we can remove this ignorance and so win over anger,the ensuing absence of afflictions will lead to yoking with God and therefore here kshama or forgiveness plays an important contextual role in eliminating anger.Compassion also helps the same process of avoiding the effects of ignorance like greed , anger,attachment and desire.

However compassion and forgiveness will come into play only by the practice of तप, स्वाध्याय , ईश्वर प्रणिधान or austerity and control,proper studies of scriptures and devotion and faith in God.

Arvind Mishra

रहिमह ओछे नरन सो

रहिमह ओछे नरन सो, बैर भली ना प्रीत। काटे चाटे स्वान के, दोउ भाँति विपरीत॥

Neither love nor enmity with bad people is any good ;Both a dog's lick as well as bite have only reverse(bad) effect.

सीत हरत, तम हरत नित

सीत हरत, तम हरत नित, भुवन भरत नहि चूक।रहिमन तेहि रबि को कहा, जो घटि लखै उलूक।।

सूर्य शीत को भगा देता है, अंधकार का नाश कर देता है और सारे संसार को प्रकाश से भर देता है। पर सूर्य का क्या दोष यदि उल्लू को दिन में दिखाई ही नहीं देता

The sun takes away the cold and darkness and fills the earth with light without fail;how can we blame the sun if the owl sees less?

If the mind's mirror or eye has impurities we are not able to see the reflection of God there.The resplendent and powerful image of God and His powers are manifested quickly once we are able to dissociate the mind from the enjoyment of the senses and are able to cleanse the impressions it has had on the mind plate.The God is more than willing to oblige and is very compassionate in that way but we are busy in trivial and useless pursuits and thereby closing the mind's eyelid to the almighty.

रहिमन कठिन चितान तैं

रहिमन कठिन चितान तैं, चिन्ता को चित चेत।चिता दहति निर्जीव को, चिन्ता जीव समेत।।

चिन्ता चिता से भी भंयकर हैं। सो तू चेत जा। चिता तो मुर्दे को जलाती है, और चिन्ता जिन्दा को ही जलाती रहती हैं

Worry is more problematic than funeral pyre so be it known in your heart; the latter burns the dead body whereas the former does in the living body