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II. 87. Kabîr kab se bhaye vairâgî

Gorakhnath asks Kabîr:

"Tell me, O Kabîr, when did your vocation begin? Where did your

love have its rise?"

Kabîr answers:

"When He whose forms are manifold had not begun His play: when

there was no Guru, and no disciple: when the world was not

spread out: when the Supreme One was alone—

Then I became an ascetic; then, O Gorakh, my love was drawn to

Brahma.

Brahma did not hold the crown on his head; the god Vishnu was not

anointed as king; the power of Shiva was still unborn; when I

was instructed in Yoga.

I became suddenly revealed in Benares, and Râmânanda illumined

me;

I brought with me the thirst for the Infinite, and I have come

for the meeting with Him.

In simplicity will I unite with the Simple One; my love will

surge up.

O Gorakh, march thou with His music!"