The pundits, priests and the orthodox mostly look upon Saints and devotees as deluded, lost and even mad. The orthodox claim that God resides in temples, mosques and churches; the Saints say the human body is the real temple of God. The priests propound various forms of rituals and worship to find Him; the Saints only ask their disciples to go within the body and meet Him there. Holy men give assurances of salvation after death; Saints give little value to such promises and ask the seeker to attain the goal while living. Kabir accepts the charge of the orthodox that he is mad, but adds that his 'madness' came to him as a divine gift when his Master destroyed all his delusions. He ends by saying that the object of human birth is in fact to become mad in the Lord's love and if one fails to develop this love, he wastes this glorious opportunity.

I am not learned,
I am no adept at debates;
Listening and dwelling
Upon God's virtues,
Yes, I have become mad.

My friend,
I am indeed mad,
The entire world is sane,
Only I am mad.
Yes, I am past cure;
Let others not be ruined
By my example.

I am not mad of my own choice —
It is God who has made me mad,
And my Master burned
Whatever traces of delusion I had.

Yes, I have gone astray,
But it's my own sanity I have lost;
Let others not become mad
By accepting my 'delusions'.

He is mad who knows not
His own true self;
Had he known his self,
He would have known the One.

If now you don't become
Mad in divine love,
You never will, my friend.
Says Kabir: I am dyed
In the glorious hue
Of God's love.

A.G., Bilawal, p. 855
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