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ਕਬੀਰਾ ਜਹਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਤਹ ਧਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਜਹਾ ਝੂਠੁ ਤਹ ਪਾਪੁ ॥ ਜਹਾ ਲੋਭੁ ਤਹ ਕਾਲੁ ਹੈ ਜਹਾ ਖਿਮਾ ਤਹ ਆਪਿ ॥੧੫੫॥

Kabeeraa jahaa giaan tah dharam hai jahaa jhooth tah paap. Jahaa lobh tah kaal hai jahaa khimaa tah aap.

Meaning Transliteration
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji · Ang 1372 · Salok Kabir · Bhagat Kabir Ji
Verified · BaniDB

ਕਬੀਰਾ ਜਹਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਤਹ ਧਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਜਹਾ ਝੂਠੁ ਤਹ ਪਾਪੁ ॥ ਜਹਾ ਲੋਭੁ ਤਹ ਕਾਲੁ ਹੈ ਜਹਾ ਖਿਮਾ ਤਹ ਆਪਿ ॥੧੫੫॥

Kabeeraa jahaa giaan tah dharam hai jahaa jhooth tah paap. Jahaa lobh tah kaal hai jahaa khimaa tah aap.

Meaning · GurVichaar explanation, not a scholarly translation

Where there is wisdom, there is righteousness; where there is falsehood, there is wrongdoing. Where there is greed, there is death; where there is forgiveness, there is the Divine itself.

ਜਿੱਥੇ ਗਿਆਨ ਹੈ, ਉੱਥੇ ਧਰਮ ਹੈ; ਜਿੱਥੇ ਝੂਠ ਹੈ, ਉੱਥੇ ਪਾਪ ਹੈ। ਜਿੱਥੇ ਲੋਭ ਹੈ, ਉੱਥੇ ਮੌਤ ਹੈ; ਜਿੱਥੇ ਖਿਮਾ ਹੈ, ਉੱਥੇ ਰੱਬ ਆਪ ਹੈ।

Context

This line is by Bhagat Kabir Ji.

It is from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 1372, in Salok Kabir.

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Sources

  1. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 1372
  2. Gurmukhi text and Ang checked against BaniDB (Khalis Foundation) on 2026-09-27

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