00:00If you cannot win the love of the Lord, what if you can lord over your neighbour?
00:17What is the good of dressing your hair and donning your feet with jingling jewellery?
00:24What is the value of all your makeup with kajal to your eyelids and vermilion to your
00:31forehead and all the efforts to deck yourself if you are not loyal in your love?
00:39It is all a self-deception and does not touch the Lord at all, says Kabir, if you can surrender
00:47your body, mind and heart to the Lord and remain loyal in love to Him, sans makeup and
00:56ornaments, you will win His favour in whatever state you be.
01:07If you cannot win the love of the Lord, what if you can lord over your neighbour?
01:17What is the good of dressing your hair and donning your feet with jingling jewellery?
01:23What is the value of all your makeup with kajal to your eyelids and vermilion to your forehead
01:31and all the efforts to deck yourself if you are not loyal in your love?
01:36It is all a self-deception and does not touch the Lord at all, says Kabir, if you cannot
01:43win the love of the Lord, what is the value of all your makeup with kajal to your eyelids
01:50and vermilion to your forehead and all the efforts to deck yourself if you are not loyal
01:58Tanman jeevan saunpi sareera, tahi suhagan kahe Kabira
02:07Tanman jeevan saunpi sareera, tahi suhagan kahe Kabira
02:16Full stop, over.
02:20Why do you make me speak?
02:22Just recite this over and over again and again.
02:26Alright, let's elaborate on this one.
02:32So, what is he saying?
02:35He is saying, how do you manage to give yourself the right to celebrate?
02:49Kabir is wondering, how does the ordinary man or woman, when I say man I mean person,
02:59I have clarified that many a times, it's a matter of habit.
03:04How does the ordinary man gather the guts, the dishonest audacity to pretend as if everything is alright?
03:28How do we manage to laugh out so loud?
03:39How do we manage to have such ravishing parties?
03:50How do we manage to sing and yell?
03:58How do we manage to say thumbs up?
04:01All is well.
04:04Wow, that rhymed.
04:12How do we manage to sing and yell?
04:15And how do we say thumbs up?
04:18All is well.
04:22Kabir is astonished at our dishonesty.
04:28He is saying, how do you tolerate yourself smiling?
04:37You have nothing.
04:40You have nothing.
04:41The only thing worth having in life is his companionship, nearness to him.
04:51That you have lost.
04:59You didn't invest your life in earning his nearness.
05:03You lost all that which was precious because you were never determined to earn that.
05:13And now, loveless, sireless.
05:30See how shamelessly you rejoice.
05:46You have vermilion on your forehead.
05:49You have kajal.
05:51What do they call kajal?
05:54The eyeliner.
06:00But there is another.
06:02Kohl?
06:04Not that.
06:07That's what I wanted too.
06:13So, you are using all these things.
06:17As if the season is festive.
06:23As if some great achievement has happened.
06:28As if you are somebody.
06:31Instead of mourning, you are celebrating.
06:49What is this absurdity?
06:55That which is the essence of life you are separated from.
07:06And still you walk on, carry on as if nothing has happened.
07:22The sole purpose of life is getting defeated day by day.
07:28Every passing day is a new defeat.
07:33Time lost.
07:42And yet you keep saying all is well.
07:50Not a trace of melancholy.
07:55Not an iota of regret.
08:26And then he says, had you not had any of these celebrations and happinesses, but you had
08:48him, then your life could be said to be fulfilled.
09:10Kabir talks of the I-sense as the female.
09:22The woman searching for her beloved.
09:29He too talks of all mankind as female.
09:36Because the I-sense is there in both man and woman.
09:40So, he says the I-sense is the female and she is looking for her beloved lord.
09:52She is not finding him and therefore she is restless.
10:01So, at one point he says, pativrata melli bhali.
10:11If you are aiming for him and in the process your looks, your appearances become dusty
10:26and unattractive, that is okay.
10:32But if you have lost him and still look attractive and young and market ready, then you are just
10:53a Vyabhicharini.
10:59Who is a Vyabhicharini in Kabir's jargon?
11:08The I-sense that has not only not attained the beloved but is also not eager to attain
11:21the beloved.
11:22She is lost in the world, in miscellaneous pursuits.
11:30So, Kabir says do not bother about counting your worldly achievements.
11:45Assess yourself on just one parameter.
11:51Do not assess yourself on how much you have progressed in the worldly sense.
12:06Ask yourself just one question.
12:09Do you have him?
12:14If you have him, you have everything.
12:16And if you do not have him, then what is the point of having everything?
12:24So, he is taunting mankind, both men and women.
12:39He is saying you are flaunting your looks, you are brandishing your wares, you are giving
12:50yourself the right to hold festivities, but all that is just self-deception.
13:07You are so dishonest that you want to convince yourself that you are alright when it is very
13:15well certain that things are not alright.
13:24In fact, the more you display your ornaments and makeup, the more it becomes ascertained
13:45that your laughter is all made up.
14:00If you go to Kabir Sahab, he will ask you just one question.
14:04Do you have him?
14:11There is nothing else to discuss.
14:15Point blank, one shot.
14:21What is the question?
14:22Do you have him?
14:25If yes, no more questions.
14:33If no, no more questions.
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