Hindi · Devanagari
गुरु गोविंद दोउ खड़े
गुरु गोविंद दोउ खड़े, काके लागूँ पाय। बलिहारी गुरु आपने, गोविंद दियो बताय॥
Kabir
Guru Govind Dou Khaṛe
A beloved couplet on gratitude: the teacher is honored as the one who reveals the divine.
Why return to it: Kabir’s reverence here is practical — the guide matters because they make seeing possible.
Included here: Hindi in Devanagari, English transliteration, Urdu, and an English translation for easier access across scripts and readers.
English Transliteration
Guru Govind Dou Khaṛe
Guru Govind dou khaṛe, kākē lāgū̃ pāy. Balihārī guru āpne, Govind diyo batāy.
Urdu
گرو گووند دوؤ کھڑے
گرو گووند دوؤ کھڑے، کاکے لاگوں پائے۔ بلہاری گرو اپنے، گووند دیو بتائے۔
English Translation
Poetic English rendering
If Guru and Govind stood together before me, whose feet would I touch first? I would bow first to the Guru, for it was the Guru who opened my eyes to Govind.
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