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Explanation & Discussion:
What has been said in the previous stanza is made more explicit in this stanza. It states that the aspirants on their own cannot grasp the true nature of the omniscient state. The worldly soul has always identified itself with the body and its relations. How can he comprehend the bodiless state of the liberated souls or the state of the omniscient Lords? Though being embodied, the omniscient Lords stay beyond the bodily sense. It is very difficult to comprehend the state of those Lords, unless it is explained by an enlightened Guru. The following verse of the saint Kabir is relevant in this respect:
Ätmasiddhi
Guru Gobind Dono Khade, Kisako Lägun Päy? Balihäri Gurudevaki, Jinhe Gobind Diyo Batäy.
It means: Whose feet shall I fall at if God and Guru are both standing before me? The higher beneficence comes from the Guru, because he helped recognize God.
A devotee may pray and worship the omniscient Lords. He may also think that the Lords have rendered obligation by describing the true path, and recite the appropriate verses in token of his devotion. Does he get benefit merely from that? The whole purpose of worship is to get on the path treaded by the Lords. But if one does not know the true state of the Lords, how can he understand the path treaded by Them? What benefit would he then get by merely worshipping the Lords?
If he comprehends the state of the omniscient Lords by explanation from a true Guru, he can also understand the path of liberation laid down by the Lords. Then he will surely go ahead on that path and attain liberation. In other words, he will attain the state that the Lords have attained. It is therefore stated here that right understanding will ultimately lead to omniscience.
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