SongsofKabirCHAPTERXXIX

chapterxxix

ii.87.kabîrkabsebhayevairâgî

gorakhnathaskskabîr:

"tellme,okabîr,whendidyourvocationbegin?wheredidyour

lovehaveitsrise?"

kabîranswers:

"whenhewhoseformsaremanifoldhadnotbegunhisplay:when

therewasnoguru,andnodisciple:whentheworldwasnot

spreadout:whenthesupremeonewasalone—

thenibecameanascetic;then,ogorakh,mylovewasdrawnto

brahma.

brahmadidnotholdthecrownonhishead;thegodvishnuwasnot

anointedasking;thepowerofshivawasstillunborn;wheni

wasinstructedinyoga.

ibecamesuddenlyrevealedinbenares,andrâmânandaillumined

me;

ibroughtwithmethethirstfortheinfinite,andihavecome

forthemeetingwithhim.

insimplicitywilliunitewiththesimpleone;mylovewill

surgeup.

ogorakh,marchthouwithhismusic!"