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One Hundred Poems by Kabir/2

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3683576One Hundred Poems by Kabir — 2Rabindranath TagoreKabir

II

I. 16. santan jāt na pūcho nirguṇiyāṉ

It is needless to ask of a saint the caste to which he belongs;

For the priest, the warrior, the tradesman, and all the thirty-six castes, alike are seeking for God.

It is but folly to ask what the caste of a saint may be;

The barber has sought God, the washerwoman, and the carpenter—

Even Raidas was a seeker after God.

The Rishi Swapacha was a tanner by caste.

Hindus and Moslems alike have achieved that End, where remains no mark of distinction.