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❝The clay said to the potter, "Why do you tread on me?
One day shall come, and I shall tread on thee."❞
One day shall come, and I shall tread on thee."❞
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🔗माटी कहे कुम्हार से, तू क्या रौंदे मोय, — Kabir Das | Dohe Shayari
About Kabir Das
Kabir Das was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and Sikhism. He composed in simple Hindi-Braj Bhasha, making his wisdom accessible to all. His dohe (couplets) are timeless gems of wisdom.
Born: Varanasi, India · Era: 1440–1518 · Specialty: Dohe, Bhakti Poetry
📚 Famous Works
BijakKabir GranthavaliAdi Granth (Compositions)
About Dohe Shayari
Dohe are a centuries-old form of two-line couplets carrying practical, moral wisdom — most famously from Kabir Das and Rahim Das, given here with meaning in both Hindi and English. They are often quoted while teaching, counseling, or making a sharp point in conversation.
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❝I went out searching for the wicked one,
But no one wicked did I find to shun.
When I searched deep within my heart instead,
I found none worse than me, as the light spread.❞
But no one wicked did I find to shun.
When I searched deep within my heart instead,
I found none worse than me, as the light spread.❞
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❝Do tomorrow's work today, today's work now,
For the moment may end — then when and how?
Delay not what must be done, for time won't wait,
The moment fleets away — act before it's late.❞
For the moment may end — then when and how?
Delay not what must be done, for time won't wait,
The moment fleets away — act before it's late.❞
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🔗❝Speak such words, losing your ego's pride,
That cool the others' hearts alongside,
And in the speaking cool your own heart too —
Let gentle speech be all that flows from you.❞
That cool the others' hearts alongside,
And in the speaking cool your own heart too —
Let gentle speech be all that flows from you.❞
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🔗❝One who sows thorns for you — sow flowers for them instead,
Yours is the flower, while theirs is a trident's dread.❞
Yours is the flower, while theirs is a trident's dread.❞
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❝The world died reading books, yet no one became wise,
Whoever reads the two-and-half letters of Love, the scholar prize.❞
Whoever reads the two-and-half letters of Love, the scholar prize.❞
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🔗❝O seeker, this is a village of the dead,
Saints have died, prophets have died, the living too have fled.
Rivers have died, oceans have died, feet have stopped their tread.
O seeker, this is a village of the dead.❞
Saints have died, prophets have died, the living too have fled.
Rivers have died, oceans have died, feet have stopped their tread.
O seeker, this is a village of the dead.❞
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❝Guru and God both stand before me, whose feet shall I touch first,
I sacrifice myself to my Guru, who revealed God to me.❞
I sacrifice myself to my Guru, who revealed God to me.❞
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❝Reading scriptures upon scriptures the world has died, none grew wise,
whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of love becomes truly wise.❞
whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of love becomes truly wise.❞
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❝Do tomorrow's task today, and today's task now,
if ruin comes in an instant, when else will you do it.❞
if ruin comes in an instant, when else will you do it.❞
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❝The thread of love, O Rahim, do not snap it apart,
once broken it joins not again, and if it does, a knot remains.❞
once broken it joins not again, and if it does, a knot remains.❞
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❝Seeing the turning millstone, Kabir wept aloud,
between its two stones nothing whole remains.❞
between its two stones nothing whole remains.❞
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❝Preserve your water, O Rahim, without it all is empty,
once water is lost none can be restored - pearl, man, or flour.❞
once water is lost none can be restored - pearl, man, or flour.❞
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❝Tulsi, in this world people are of every kind,
greet all with a smile, for it is like the meeting of river and boat.❞
greet all with a smile, for it is like the meeting of river and boat.❞
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🔗❝If I made ink of all seven seas and pens of every forest tree,
And turned the whole earth into paper, still God's glory could not be written.❞
And turned the whole earth into paper, still God's glory could not be written.❞
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