Analysis of When He Himself Reveals Himself
When he himself reveals himself,
Brahma brings into manifestation
That which can never be seen.
As the seed is in the plant,
as the shade is in the tree,
as the void is in the sky,
as infinite forms are in the void-
So from beyond the Infinite,
the Infinite comes;
and from the Infinite the finite extends.
The creature is in Brahma,
and Brahma is in the creature:
they are ever distinct,
yet ever united.
He Himself is the tree, the seed, and the germ.
He Himself is the flower, the fruit, and the shade.
He Himself is the sun, the light, and the lighted.
He Himself is Brahma, creature, and Maya.
He Himself is the manifold form, the infinite space;
He is the breath, the word, and the meaning.
He Himself is the limit and the limitless:
and beyond both the limited and the limitless is He,
the Pure Being.
He is the Immanent Mind in Brahma and in the creature.
The Supreme Soul is seen within the soul,
The Point is seen within the Supreme Soul,
And within the Point, the reflection is seen again.
Kabîr is blest because he has this supreme vision!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 11010010 1111011 1011001 1011001 1011001 110011001 11010100 01001 0101000101 010101 0110010 111001 110010 10110101001 101101001001 101101010010 1011110010 1011010101001 1101010010 101101000100 001101000010011 0110 11010010100010 0011110101 0111010011 0010100101101 1111011110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,048 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 4, 6, 3, 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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