OF THE HINDUS. Q5 



.X8. Why comes the feeble doe to the green pool ; numerous foes lie in wait for her ; 

 how should she escape. 



19. The three worlds form a cage ; vice and -virtue spread a net ; life is the prey ; 

 and time the fowler. 



20. The half of a Sdk'hi is sufficiently arduous, if duly investigated ; of what avail are 

 the books of the Pandit, or incessant study. 



21. Having combined the five elements, I found one offspring ; now I ask the Pandit^ 

 whether life or the word be the greater. 



22. Of the five elements, the body was formed : when the body was formed 

 what was done : subservient to action, it is called life, but by action, life is 

 destroyed. 



23. The offspring of the five elements is called Mati ; if one element be withdrawn* 

 the whole compound is destroyed. 



24. With the five elements is the abode of a great mystery ; when the body is decom- 

 posed, has any one found it ; the word of the teacher is the guide. 



25. Colour proceeds from colour, yet behold all are but one : of what colour then 

 is life : think well of this. 



26. Life is wakefulness : the word is like Borax, white : who has seen the yellow drop, 

 salth Kabir, that has turned the water of that colour. 



21. There is a mirror in the heart ; but the face is not visible in it : then only will the 

 face be reflected there, when doubleness of heart shall disappear. 



28. The dwelling of Kabir is on the peak of a moimtain, and a narrow path leads to 

 it, an ant cannot put its foot upon it, but the pious man may drive up an ox. 



29. The blind man talks of a district, which he has not seen ; they ^re possessed of a 

 salt pit, and offer camphor for sale. 



30. The road that Sanaka and his brethren, that Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesa 

 have travelled, is still traversed by mankind : what advice can I bestow. 



31. The plough ascends the hill ; the horse stops in the village: the bee seeks for 

 honey, where there are no flowers : declare the name of the plant. ^ 



32. Sandal ! restrain thy fragrance : on thy account, the wood is cut down ; the living 

 slay the livmg, and regard only the dead. 



33. The sandal (the soul,) is guarded by serpents, (passion;) what can it effect? every 

 hair is unpregnated with venom ; where shall Ambrosia enter. 



S 



