Padas 2-4] Pilgrimage 39 Note :-Probably Kabir here by means the physiological sound as the gastric fire in the Upanishad which says: i यदिदमन्नमद्यते तस्यैष घोषो भवति । Also cf. ' अनहदह मरि जाय ' and Kabir's contrast between अनहत and शब्द. करम करै ...... दिखावै - He shows the art of remain- ing actionless in the midst of activity. त्रास = (१) डर, भय: (cf. त्रास in Sk. ). अधर (२) कष्ट, तकलीफ़ (ci. त्रास in Marathi ). - without support; in the intermundane region Foundationless cottage. अधर मढ़या जमावै = - स्थिर करता है । - भीतर रहा सो बाहर देखे Another reading suggested is बाहर रहा सो भीतर देखे । . बाहर भीतर एक हि जानो । हंसा = , - नानक । (१) हंसवतः (२) आत्मा में - ( 1 ) Like a swar; (2) Atman both individual and supreme. For this double meaning of हंस, of the follow- ing verse irom Naishadhiya- Charit. III : हंसं तनौ सन्निहितं चरन्तम्, मुनर्मनोवृत्तिरिव स्विकायाम् । ग्रहीतुकामादरिणाशेयन, यत्नाइसौ निश्चलतां जगाम ॥ बसा हंसा may also mean - 'He makes him sit like a ( motionless ) swan The Nirgun school of Hindi poets always speaks of आत्मन् as हंस. सुरत ( From Sk. स्मृति ) 4 Concentration, preferable in the present context to Self on account of its length,
