II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

राम तेरी माया दुन्द मचावै I
गति मति वाकी समुझि परे नाहिं, सुर नर मुनिहि नचावै II
क्या सेमर तेरि शाखा बढाये, फूल अनुपम बानी I
के तेक चातृक लागि रहे हैं, देखत रुवा उडानी II
काह खजूर बडाई तेरी, फल कोई नहिं पावै I
ग्रीष्म ऋतु जब आनि तुलानि, तेरी छाया काम न आवै II
आपन चतुर और को सिखवै, कनक कामिनी सयानी I
कहहिं कबीर सुनो हो सन्तो, राम चरण ऋतु मानी II

A narrow-necked pot, filled with grains and other eatables that monkeys love, is placed on the ground as a bait. As a monkey comes to take the grains, he puts his hand into the narrow-necked pot and grab hold of the grains. Now, since his hand is full of grains, he cannot take his hand out of the narrow-necked pot and escape. In greed, thus, the foolish monkey does not open his hand and let go of the grains so that he can escape. On account of his greed, the monkey gets trapped and caught. Consequently, the monkey loses the freedom he had in the forest of abundance of grains and fresh fruits of his liking. In other words, for a few grains he loses his entire world! Now caught and bound, he cannot freely play and enjoy life to his heart’s liking. Instead, he is made to dance door to door by his captive!
Similarly, the monkey-mind of humans have chained itself to the narrow-necked pot of the body-consciousness. This is dance of the mind attached to Maya — attachment to worldly temptations and their corrupting influences.

Kabir says, Maya means “that which is not”. Flowers of cotton tree are attractive but fragrance-less.Its flower turned fruit disappoints birds when they find only cotton inside.
Fruits of a tall Date Palm tree are high above and beyond the ordinary reach. Besides its branches do not provide canopy to the traveller from the scorching sun.

People who do not help others without any reason and do not give without the expectation of receiving anything in return not only immerse themselves into accumulating material wealth and enjoying sensual pleasures but also advocate others to follow suit. Kabir inquires about what kind of devotion it is when such materialistic people fall at the feet of Lord Ram?

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II