May 08, 2026
May 08, 2026
Dheere Dheere Re Mana, Dheere Sub Kucch Hoye
Mali Seenche So Ghara, Ritu Aaye Phal Hoye
Translation
Slowly slowly O mind, everything in own pace happens
Gardener may water with a hundred pots, fruit arrives only in its season
My understanding
Nature never works in haste. Picking up from this eternal law of Mother Nature, Kabir elucidates the state of our daily hurried lives. We are always in a rush to achieve, acquire and be victorious. It is like a mad race. This brings us under pressure causing ill-health, fatigue and frustration. More than that, it breeds indiscipline. We get forced into a habit pattern whereby we find ourselves either negligent or indulgent.
All this can be corrected if one understands the Doha. Kabir, addressing the Doha to the mind which is chanchal or monkeying around, brings about the importance of a relaxed mind, a quiet mind. By relaxed mind, one should not imply lethargy. A very active mind can also be very relaxed. Relaxation comes through awareness and acceptance.
It is a known fact that a seed sprouts into a sapling only after some time and the sapling gradually grows into a tree with its fruits arriving in their own season. The gardener pouring “a hundred pots of water” (extensive irrigation) will not hasten the arrival of the fruits, rather will ruin the process.
Kabir thus makes us realize that one must do one’s best but should have the patience for the results to manifest in their own appropriate time as Nature does not work in haste.