خلاصه ماشینی:
"!" This utteranceof Kabir-draws a curtain over human factors, play• ·ing· a part in his birth and brings him out as a gift of God. 2 Against the background of such an utterance, one · of the traditions handed down to us alludes to the story of his birth and parentage thus:- 3 There · lived a certain Brahman in the sacred city of Banaras, -who had a daughter, a virgm-widow.
" By tearing off the veil from the eyes of those who believed in the law of caste, Kabir, the weaver, made them sense and feel the signifi• cance' of a living faith in God in comparison to a dead belief in caste which had thriven on preferential treatment of man in a hierarchical order of society.
The struggle between Mammon and the divine spirit in Kabir is describedin the following lines : "Sovereign of the world, Lord of the earth, Mammon · hath caused me to forget Thy feet.
Kabir was, in fact, saved by him : "On meeting the guru enlightenment and divine knowledge entered my heart, and I meditated on God in my brain; The disease of deadly sins, fear, and worldly entanglements fled · away, and my soul knew .
"· ''"Saith Kabir, I now know God; the guru hath explained divine knowledge to me; · I have met God who dwelleth in the heart; my mind shall now no more wander.
" In his quest for God, Kabir had to struggle hard and to suffer the hardships of a truth-seeker.