Voice of the Guru

 Voice of the guru 

Kabir's mystic dohas translated: 

“The wise Guru’s voice is being heard —  
from the vast sky, words begin to appear.” 

First came the Nāda-Bindu —  
the primal sound, the luminous point —  
born amidst the ether’s waters, 
those subtle, formless currents of creation. 

These divine waters fill all vessels, 
flowing as the sacred speech 
of the Alakha Puruṣa —  
the Unknowable One, the Nameless. 

This wisdom descended from There —  
was known, recorded, and shared. 
It quenched the thirst of the seeker. 

But alas! 
Leaving behind Amṛta, the nectar of truth, 
you ran after the Vishayas — the poisons of the senses. 

Now behold! 
The noose of desire has encircled your neck. 

A cow of Guru’s speech emerged from the heavens, 
and spilled her curds upon the earth. 

The saints churned it and savored the butter of essence, 
while the common folk 
rejoiced only in the thin whey that remained. 

 

A centre without support appeared in the sky. 
A lake without water shimmered there. 
The sky itself began to melt —  
thus spoke the Guru’s voice. 

Echoes of “Aham” (I am) and “Soham” (I am That) 
resound throughout the Trikuṭi —  
the mystic triangle of the Ājñā Chakra. 
The channels Ida, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumṇā 
are brimming with light. 

So says Kabir —  
listen, O seeker (sādho!): 

Know the voice of the Pathless One, 
the deathless, decayless, 
who watches over you day and night. 

Let That — only That — be your target. 

In this cosmic riddle, Kabir weaves the ineffable into sound — turning Nāda, the first vibration, into a living Guru’s voice. He mocks the superficial, praises the essence, and beckons us inward —  
from the noise of sensory indulgence to the silent fullness of realization. 
The Guru-vāṇī is not a sermon but a resonance — a soundless sound (Anāhata Nāda) echoing in the Trikuṭi, where seeker and Truth meet.