OF THE HINDUS. _ ^ 6-9 



80. The ej'es see dimly from incessant babbling, Kabir cries aloud, and says, 

 understand the word that is spoken. 



81. Life is the philosopher's stone, the world is of iron : Parsi (M.&y&,) comes from 

 Paras, (God,) the mintage is of the former. 



82. Affection is the garment in which man dresses for the dance : consign yourself 

 hand and foot to him, whose body and soul are truth. 



83. In the concavity of the mirror, the image is formed : the dog seeing his likeness 

 barks at it till he dies. 



84. But as a man viewing his reflexion in a mirror, knows that it and the original 

 are but one, so should he know that this element, is but that element, and that thus the world 

 proceeds. 



85. Kabir cries aloud to his fellows, ascend the sandal ridge; whether there be a road 

 prepared or not ; what matters it to me. 



86. Truth, provided there be truth in the heart, is the best of all; there can be no 

 happiness without truth, let man do as he will. 



87. Let truth be your rate of interest, and fix it in your heart ; a real diamond should 

 be purchased, the mock gem is waste of capital. 



88. Truth is the best of all, if it be known for truth — when truth combines with truth 

 then a real union is effected. 



89. No act of devotion can equal truth ; no crime is so heinous as falsehood ; in the 

 heart where truth abides, there is my abode. 



90. The net of error catches the heron ; the simpleton falls into the snare : Kabir de- 

 clares, that he will escape the toils, who has discrimination in his heart. 



91. Like the harlot companion of the minstrel is life, (Jiv) associated with intellects 

 (man) at his command, she dances various steps, and is never separated from him. 



92. This pride of intellect is manifold ; now a swindler, now a thief; now a liar, now 

 a murderer ; men, sages, gods, have run after it in vain ; its mansion has a hundred 

 gates. 



93. The snake of separation has attached itself to the body, and darted its fangs into 

 the heart : into the body of the Sdd'h, it finds no admission : prepare yourself for what may 

 happen. 



94. How is it possible to reach the city when the guide cannot point out the road : 

 ■when the boat is crazy, how shall the passengers get clear of the Ghdt, 



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