Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c29.26

c29.26

ek acṃbbau sunahu tum bhāi | dekhata siṃha carāvata gāi || jal kī machulī tarvar vyāi | dekhata kutrā lai gai bilāi || talere vaisā ūpar sūlā | tiskai peḍ lāge ṕkala phūlā || ghorai cari bhais carāvan jāi | bāhar bail goni ghar āi || kahata kabīr yo is pada bujhai | rām ramata tisu sav kichu sūjhai || ² “Hear of some thing strange, O my brother,—I have seen a lion tending a cow. The fish of water have given birth to the young ones upon the tree and while the dog was looking at, the cat took them away. There is something untoward beneath the tree and a trident on the top of it, and such a tree also bears fruits and flowers. Somebody rode on the horse and went to tend the buffalo; outside remained the bullock and the sack returned home. Says Kabīr, he who understands this poem, always dwells in Rāma and everything becomes clear to him.”¹