झीनी झीनी बीनी चदरिया

झीनी झीनी बीनी चदरिया ॥
काहे कै ताना काहे कै भरनी,
कौन तार से बीनी चदरिया॥१॥
इडा पिङ्गला ताना भरनी,
सुखमन तार से बीनी चदरिया॥२॥
आठ कँवल दल चरखा डोलै,
पाँच तत्त्व गुन तीनी चदरिया॥३॥
साँ को सियत मास दस लागे,
ठोंक ठोंक कै बीनी चदरिया॥४॥
सो चादर सुर नर मुनि ओढी,
ओढि कै मैली कीनी चदरिया॥५॥
दास कबीर जतन करि ओढी,
ज्यों कीं त्यों धर दीनी चदरिया॥६॥


What is the warp and weft,what is the yarn you used for the weave?
Ida and pingala make up the warp and weft ,happy mind is the yarn I used;
Eight lotus chakras swing the spinning wheel, five elements and three characteristics mark the sheet;
it takes 10 months to sew,gradually is the cloth woven;
All men and masters wear such cloth , and dirty it by wearing;
Kabir wore it with right effort and left it as he had received it

The body and mind structure consists of five major elements(air, water, earth,fire,space) also called the panchbhut,this structure displays a mix of the three gunas at any point of time , which are satva, raj and tamas,the eight lotus chakras are those situated in the body up the spine where the kundali travels from one chakra to other in its progress towards the highest chakra as we meditate the mind.Ida and Pingala are the two main nadis or the invisible veins that carry the prana or the life force up and down the spine enlivening the body in the process.It takes 10 months to sew the body-mind structure to the soul in the womb.

Science has no tests to confirm the above details but it has no way to disprove them too.It appears on the other hand from many scientific observations that probably these facts may hold the truth but there is no sure proof so far.Perhaps there will never will be as science has its limitations in understanding things.
Having said that, the real test is if this structure of the body and mind with all its constituents affects a human being and does he in turn affect it too by engaging with it or is he able to delink from this structure and attain to the absolute.Does the Absolute Conciousness withdraw tortoiselike back into its real shell ?Do we keep the sheets clean or mess with them and get messed up in turn?

"Right Effort" is required which Kabir preaches here in the backdrop of the Hindu philosophical construct.Ashtanga Yoga and extreme devotion to God is that right effort if we may try to extrapolate further based on Kabir's thoughts seen from other verses.
09 March at 02:07 ·