Kabir Sahib
The Anurag Sagar or Story of Creation
c. 1450
Prologue
INVOCATION: SATYA SUKRIT, ADI ADLI, AJAR: ACHINT PURUSH, MANINDER, KARUNAMAI, KABIR, SURTI YOG SANTAYAN, DHANI DHARAM DAS, CHUDAMANI NAAM, SUDARSHAN NAAM, KULPATI NAAM, PRAMODH GURU BALA PIR, KEWAL NAAM, AMOL NAAM, SURAT SUNCHI NAAM, HAKK NAAM, PAK NAAM, PRAGAT NAAM, DHIRAJ NAAM, UGRA NAAM, GRACE OF GOD, THE GRACE OF THE LINEAGE OF FORTY-TWO INCARNATIONS.
MANGLACHARAN: HYMN OF GOD'S GRACE
First of all I salute the Satguru, Who showed me the Inconceivable God - Who, lighting the lamp of the Master's Knowledge and opening the veil, made me have His darshan. With Master's grace I have achieved Him, to achieve Whom, scholars worked very hard. His form cannot be described; His soul is the nectar in which I have absorbed myself.
Gurudev is perfect. The Master is an Ocean of Grace, He showers grace on the miserable ones. Rare are those who know His secret: He manifests Himself in those who recognize Him. Who deserves it?
HYMN
Only the connoisseur, who will test the Shabda and listen to the teachings with full attention and within whom these teachings will dwell, only he will understand this. He within whom the Sun of Knowledge will manifest and remove the darkness of attachment - only he will understand this. I am telling you this Anurag Sagar (Ocean of Love) - only rare saints will understand. Without love one cannot achieve it
COUPLET
Any learned saint who thinks over my words and has love in his heart will achieve Nirvana.
THE SIGNS OF A LOVER
Dharam Das said: O Satguru, folding my hands I beg You, please clear up this doubt of mine: How do I recognize the one within whom love manifests? What does a lover look like? Without love the jiva cannot be liberated - O my God, tell me about that love, and give examples to explain it to me. Examples of a lover's qualities
The Satguru said: O Dharam Das, I will explain to you the qualities of the lover; listen attentively so that you may recognize him.
EXAMPLE OF THE DEER INTOXICATED BY THE MUSIC
The deer runs and comes to the hunter. He doesn't have any fear, not even when he sacrifices his head.
