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XLII

I. 79. tîrath men to sab pânî hai

There is nothing but water at the holy bathing places; and I know

that they are useless, for I have bathed in them.

The images are all lifeless, they cannot speak; I know, for I

have cried aloud to them.

The Purana and the Koran are mere words; lifting up the curtain,

I have seen.

Kabîr gives utterance to the words of experience; and he knows

very well that all other things are untrue.