It is a cage with ten doors, and the birds inside are silent. What wonder did the remaining ones feel, and what surprise did the departed ones bring?

When Kabir speaks of this cage, he is using a beautiful metaphor for the worldly constraints and societal dogma. The ten doors represent the numerous ways we try to limit or rationalize truth, and the silent birds symbolize souls that have lost their natural, spontaneous expression. The Shayar challenges us to consider the difference between the remaining and the departed: what wonder did those who stayed feel, and what surprise did those who left bring? It is a profound reflection on the cost of conformity versus the freedom of realization.