The heart that does not flow with love is equal to any other heart. It is like the skin of a blacksmith, which loses life without breath.

Kabir shares a profound lesson here, emphasizing that true life resides in the flow of love (prem). He compares a heart devoid of this divine affection to the mere skin of a blacksmith. Just as the skin is an empty husk, lifeless without the breath, a heart without love is merely an outer shell, lacking any true spirit or essence. This is Kabir’s powerful reminder that spiritual vitality is everything.