This above-mentioned DOHA is truly one of the most charming and true thoughts expressed by the Saint Kabir. If we go according to the literal translation of the couplet, it would go like this,
"The world has grown old reading but still none of them could become learned,
But the one who has just read the four words of love automatically become the learned"
The true meaning behind the quote is truly vast and profound. In this world, we all are running behind something, it can be money, fame, knowledge, work, family, children etc. Though we are doing almost all the required work but still none of us is happy. With the decreasing technological distance between people, our emotional distance is observing a huge increment day by day and this is leading to pure discontentment in life. Despite of doing so many things everyday, our heart is not happy; despite of studying for so long, we are not becoming good people; crimes and felony are at crescendo; pain and suffering are demeaning each and every human being day by day; the dearth of values in people is truly seen in our society; the number of crooked people using the society for their reprehensible uses is on a high tide while those who truly want to help the society are nowhere to be seen; despite of being in the most technologically advanced century today we feel a dearth of contentment and patience in life, despite of having all the modern gadgets we feel disconnected from our own people.
All these things are happening because, though we have learnt everything else, from connecting people on social media to going to Mars, though we are learning so many languages today but still the language of the mankind has been forgotten by us, we have actually pretermitted the language of love and the peace behind it.
Today our lives have become so fast that we have stopped loving the beautiful things in nature, we have stopped getting close to nature and nature is actually the true abode of peace which consequently means that we have stopped living near peace.
Let me ask you a question, you have two people in front of us, the first one is a very famous, learned and intelligent soul and the second one is an illiterate one; the first one is going to treat you as if you are his slave, you deserve contempt while the second on is going to give you love and treat you as if you are his brother. Who would you choose to accompany you? The answer must be clear you to.
What you chose above is truly the distinction between becoming a man of love and becoming a man of (just superficial) knowledge and let me remind you no knowledge is worth that doesn't carve out a nice human being out of you. If you are a genius without a heart , the world wouldn't care; but if you are a mediocre person with a generous and benevolent attitude, the world would care.
JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT
JAI MA BHARTI
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