Without this, all is worthless || Acharya Prashant, on Guru Kabir (2019)

Acharya Prashant

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00:00 If you cannot win the love of the Lord, what if you can lord over your neighbour?

00:17 What is the good of dressing your hair and donning your feet with jingling jewellery?

00:24 What is the value of all your makeup, with kajal to your eyelids and vermilion to your

00:31 forehead and all the efforts to deck yourself if you are not loyal in your love?

00:39 It is all a self-deception and does not touch the Lord at all.

00:45 Says Kabir, if you can surrender your body, mind and heart to the Lord and remain loyal

00:53 in love to Him, sans makeup and ornaments, you will win His favour in whatever state

01:01 you be.

01:06 Coming from Anissa.

01:07 Jo pe piyake man nahi bhaaye, to ka parosen ke dul raye?

01:21 Ka chuda payal jhamkaye, kaha bhaaye bishwa thankaye?

01:28 Kaha kajar sindoor ke diye, solha singar kaha bhaaye kiye?

01:36 Anjan manjan kare thagauri, ka pachi mare thagauri bauri?

01:48 Jo pati brata hvaye nari, kai sahi raho, so piyahi pyari?

02:01 Tan man jeevan saunpi sareera, tahi suhaagan kahe Kabira.

02:08 Tan man jeevan saunpi sareera, tahi suhaagan kahe Kabira.

02:17 Full stop, over.

02:21 Why do you make me speak?

02:23 Just recite this over and over again and again.

02:27 Alright, let's elaborate on this one.

02:33 So what is he saying?

02:36 He is saying how do you manage to give yourself the right to celebrate?

02:50 Kabir is wondering how does the ordinary man or woman, when I say man I mean person, I

02:59 have clarified that many a times, it's a matter of habit, how does the ordinary man gather

03:13 the guts, the dishonest audacity to pretend as if everything is alright?

03:34 How do we manage to laugh out so loud?

03:40 How do we manage to have such ravishing parties?

03:50 How do we manage to sing and yell?

03:58 How do we manage to say thumbs up?

04:02 All is well.

04:06 That rhymed.

04:13 How do we manage to sing and yell?

04:16 And how do we say thumbs up?

04:20 All is well.

04:23 Kabir is astonished at our dishonesty.

04:30 He is saying how do you tolerate yourself smiling?

04:40 You have nothing.

04:41 The only thing worth having in life is his companionship, nearness to him.

04:52 That you have lost.

04:59 You didn't invest your life in earning his nearness.

05:04 You lost all that which was precious because you were never determined to earn that.

05:14 And now, loveless, sireless, see how shamelessly you rejoice.

05:38 You have vermilion on your forehead.

05:50 You have kajal.

05:51 What do they call kajal in…

05:53 The eyeliner.

05:54 No, but there is another.

05:55 Kohl?

05:56 Not that.

05:57 That's what I wanted too.

06:16 So you are using all these things.

06:19 As if the season is festive, as if some great achievement has happened, as if you are somebody.

06:33 Instead of mourning, you are celebrating.

06:50 What is this absurdity?

06:56 That which is the essence of life, you are separated from.

07:07 And still you walk on, carry on as if nothing has happened.

07:23 The sole purpose of life is getting defeated day by day.

07:29 Every passing day is a new defeat, time lost.

07:43 And yet you keep saying all is well.

07:51 Not a trace of melancholy.

07:56 Not an iota of regret.

08:05 You are not aware of it.

08:26 And then he says, had you not had any of these celebrations and happinesses, but you had

08:48 him then your life could be said to be fulfilled.

09:11 Kabir talks of the I-sense as the female.

09:23 The woman searching for her beloved.

09:30 He too talks of all mankind as female because the I-sense is there in both man and woman.

09:40 So, he says the I-sense is the female and she is looking for her beloved Lord.

09:53 She is not finding him and therefore she is restless.

09:58 So, at one point he says, "Pativrata maili bhali".

10:12 If you are aiming for him and in the process your looks, your appearances become dusty

10:27 and unattractive, that is okay.

10:32 But if you have lost him and still look attractive and young and market ready, then you are just

10:57 a Vyabhicarini.

11:00 Who is a Vyabhicarini in Kabir's jargon?

11:09 The I-sense that has not only not attained the beloved but is also not eager to attain

11:22 the beloved.

11:23 She is lost in the world, in miscellaneous pursuits.

11:31 So, Kabir says, "Do not bother about counting your worldly achievements.

11:46 Assess yourself on just one parameter.

11:52 Do not assess yourself on how much you have progressed in the worldly sense.

12:07 Ask yourself just one question.

12:09 Do you have him?

12:14 If you have him, you have everything.

12:17 And if you do not have him, then what is the point of having everything?"

12:31 So he is taunting mankind, both men and women.

12:40 He is saying you are flaunting your looks, you are brandishing your wares, you are giving

12:50 yourself the right to hold festivities, but all that is just self-deception.

13:07 You are so dishonest that you want to convince yourself that you are alright when it is very

13:15 well certain that things are not alright.

13:26 In fact, the more you display your ornaments and makeup, the more it becomes ascertained

13:46 that your laughter is all made up.

14:01 If you'll go to Kabir Sahab, he will ask you just one question.

14:04 Do you have him?

14:11 There is nothing else to discuss.

14:15 One blank, one shot.

14:21 What is the question?

14:22 Do you have him?

14:26 If yes, no more questions.

14:33 If no, no more questions.

14:37 Thank you.

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