Ghazal
Akha Bhagat 19
This ghazal, "Akha Bhagat 19", critiques the futility of efforts without true knowledge, likening it to a fool's vain attempts to change a bull into a cow. The poet laments a society where genuine wisdom is scarce, leading to even revered teachers being merely "one-eyed" among the truly blind. It emphasizes the critical need for profound insight to distinguish true guidance from superficial understanding.
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બળદની તે કે મ થાય ગાય
મૂરખ મિથ્યા કરે ઉપાય;
How can an ox ever become a cow?A fool's endeavors are futile, I avow.
How can an ox ever become a cow? A fool's efforts are always in vain and yield no results.
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જ્ઞાનવિના તે સાધન એવા
અખા તેમાં ન લેવાદે વા.
Without true knowledge, such means are they,Akha says, no give and take holds sway.
Without true knowledge, such means or practices are futile. Akha says that no real give and take, meaning no genuine benefit or exchange, holds sway in them.
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સો અંધામાં કાણો રાવ
આંધળાને કાણા પર ભાવ;
Among a hundred blind, the one-eyed reigns supreme,And the sightless hold the one-eyed in esteem;
Among a hundred blind people, a one-eyed person becomes their leader or king. The blind people also show affection and respect towards the one-eyed person.
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સૌનાં નેત્રો ફૂ ટિ ગયાં
ગુરુ આચાર્યજ કાણા થયા;
All eyes were blinded now, alas,Our Guru Acharya lost an eye.
Everyone's eyes burst, and Guru Acharya became one-eyed.
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શાસ્ત્ર તણી છે એકજ આંખ્ય
આ અનુભવની ઉઘડી નહિ ઝાંખ્ય.
The scriptures possess but one eye,This vision of experience has not yet opened.
The scriptures possess only one perspective or "eye"; the vision born of experience has not yet unfolded.
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મુંડ મુંડાવી હરિને કાજ
લોક પૂજે ને કહે મહારાજ;
Having shaved their heads for Hari's cause,People worship and call them 'Maharaj'.
Having shaved their heads for the sake of Hari, people worship them and call them 'Maharaj'.
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