Where do you search me

Moko Kahan Dhundhere Bande Mein To Tere Paas Mein Na Teerath Mein,

Na Moorat Mein Na Ekant Niwas

Na Mandir Mein,

Na Masjid Mein Na Kabe Kailas

Mein To Tere Paas Mein Bande Mein To Tere Paas

Na Mein Jap Mein,

Na Mein Tap Mein Na Mein Barat Upaas

Na Mein Kiriya Karm Mein Rehta Nahin Jog Sanyas Mein Nahin Pran Mein Nahin Pind

Na Brahmand Akas

Na Mein Prakuti Prawar Gufa

Nahin Swasan Ki Swans

Khoji Hoye Turat Mil Jaoon Ik Pal Ki Talas

Kahet Kabir Suno Bhai Sadho Mein To Hun Viswas

English Translation:

Where do you search me?

I am with

Not in pilgrimage, nor in

Neither in

Not in temples, nor in

Neither in Kaba nor in KailashI am with you O manI am with

Not in prayers, nor in

Neither in

Not in yogic

Neither in

Neither in the vital force nor in the body Not even in the ethereal space Neither in the womb of Nature Not in the breath of the

Seek earnestly and

In but a moment of

Says Kabir,

Listen with

Where your faith is,

I am there.

Kabir reveals in this verse the various search patterns adopted by mankind.

And each one seems to be justifying his chosen method.

Some say God will be realized through pilgrimages while some justify the idol worship.

Some say He is up in the mountains while some believe that He is in places of worship.

Some proclaim prayers and meditation the path, others believe realization through fasting.

Many talk about yogic exercises (activity) and renunciation.

When Kabir says that God is not in any of these things it does not mean that God is not in any of these but that to find God what one needs is but to believe and have faith, and when one will have faith he will find God in a moments search, for God is with him all the time.

In this poem Kabir emphasises the all-pervading, omniscient, omnipresent qualities of God.