Sadho Ye Murdon Ka Gaon [Bhajan]

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SADHO YE MURDON KA GAON
Performed by Ravindra Sathe
Based on the words of Kabir
Translated and explained by Maalok

Ahhhh...
Sadho Ye Murdon Ka Gaon
Sadho Ye Murdon Ka Gaon
Sadho.

Oh Sadhu, this is the village of the dead.

Peer Mare, Pygambar Mari Hain
Peer Mare, Pygambar Mari Hain
Mari Hain Zinda Jogi
Raja Mari Hain, Parja Mari Hain,
Mari Hain Baid Aur Rogi.

The Saints Have Died, The God-Messengers Die
The Life-Filled Yogis Die Too
The Kings Die, The Subjects Die
The Healers and the Sick Die Too.

Sadho Ye Murdon Ka Gaon
Sadho.

Oh Sadhu, this is the village of the dead.

Chanda Mari Hain, Suraj Mari Hain
Chanda Mari Hain, Suraj Mari Hain
Mari Hain Dharni Akasa
Chaudan Bhuvan Ke Chaudhry Mari Hain
In Hun Ki Ka Asa.

The Moon Dies, The Sun Dies
The Earth and Sky Die Too
Even the Caretakers of the Fourteen Worlds Die
Why Hope For Any of These.

Sadho Ye Murdon Ka Gaon
Sadho.

Oh Sadhu, this is the village of the dead.

Nauhun Mari Hain, Dus Hun Mari Hain
Nauhun Mari Hain, Dus Hun Mari Hain
Mari Hain Sahaj Athasi
Tethis Koti Devata Mari Hain,
Badi Kaal Ki Bazi.

The Nine Die, The Ten Die
The Eighty Eight Die Easily Too
The Thirty Three Crore Devatas (Enlightened Beings) Die
It's a Big Game of Time.

Sadho Ye Murdon Ka Gaon
Sadho.

Oh Sadhu, this is the village of the dead.

Naam Anam Anant Rehat Hai
Naam Anam Anant Rehat Hai
Duja Tatva Na Hoi
Kahe Kabir Suno Bhai Sadho
Kahe Kabir Suno Bhai Sadho
Bhatak Maro Mat Koi.

The Un-Named Naam Lives Without Any End
There is No Other Truth
Says Kabir, "Listen, Oh Sadhu
Don't Get Lost and Die."

Sadho Ye Murdon Ka Gaon
Sadho Ye Murdon Ka Gaon
Sadho
Sadho
Sadho
Sadho...

Oh Sadhu, this is the village of the dead.

Explanation by Maalok:
The reality as we experience it every day is dynamic in nature - i.e., if there is one thing that is constant is the fact that everything is changing all the time. Whatever takes birth must die too, and vice-versa, what dies must be born also (the former is easier to see, while the latter is not obvious from our daily experience - try reflecting on why that is the case). Nothing escapes the tentacles of this "Kala Chakra" or the "Wheel of Time", whether it is an ant, a peasant, a king, the ten avataras, the sages, the cosmic entities or the pantheon of gods and goddesses.

Kabir tells us that the internal power of attention in each of us is the primary driving force. Wherever we focus our attention is the place where we eventually end up. A poor man who really wants to be a king will surely, over time, become one, even though it may take multiple time-windows (called lifetime) to achieve the goal. The same holds true for the goal of reaching/uniting with a God or Goddess.

Kabir warns us of the limitation of these goals or destinations as they are still intrinsically caught in the virtuoso game of time. The velocity and momentum of movement for each of these entities may be different giving an appearance of relative stability/magnificence, but the fact is that each is basically working within the tenets of the same dynamic, time-driven framework.

Looking at all this from a perspective that is beyond time, Kabir tell us that if the desire is not to keep going around in circles of time, we should seek what is end-less (and begin-less). Guru Nanak summarizes this beautifully - Jaki Chinta Karo Jo Anhoni Hoi - meditate/focus on that that never happened. In his inimitable way, the great master, Kabir, urges us to break away from the shackles of this village of the dead ruled by Kala or time. Kabir then explains that the sound of Naam is the only true substance of value, which takes us to the absolute source beyond all destinations of birth and death. [October 21, 2001 Maalok] SOURCE

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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Kabir, Ravindra Sathe and Maalok.

"Naam Anam Anant Rehat Hai

Duja Tatva Na Hoi

The Un-Named Naam Lives Without Any End

There is No Other Truth"

--Kabir

"8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, 
who is and who was and who is to come, 
the Almighty."

--Revelation 1: 8 | The Bible. New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare