Saints have described God-realization as the soul's wedding, the happiest event in the soul's journey from species to species in the cycle of eighty-four. Kabir describes the joy of the soul's union with the divine bridegroom. The five virtues are the wedding party, and in the crystal lake of Mansarovar the wedding altar is erected; Brahma, the lord of creation, chants the Vedic hymns. The wedding is depicted by Kabir against a vast canvas; it has to be so, for the bridegroom is none other than Kabir's beloved Lord, the Supreme Being.

Sing, come sing, O happy brides,
Wedding songs of joy and bliss.
My royal Bridegroom, the Lord himself
Has come to my home today.
Sing, O brides, songs of joy and bliss!

I'll dye my body,
I'll sleep my mind
In the colour of his love.
The five virtues will be
The wedding party.
The Lord has arrived
— My long awaited Guest —
And I am aflame
With the youth of my devotion.

Sing, O brides, songs of joy and bliss;
To my home has come my royal Bridegroom.

In the lake within my body
I'll set up the wedding altar;
Brahma himself will chant
Nuptial hymns from the Vedas.
I'll circle the altar
With my beloved Lord,
And all the sages, gods and deities
Will look on in wonder.
I am indeed fortunate;
Unbounded is my joy.

Sing, come sing, O happy brides,
Wedding songs of joy and bliss.

The Everlasting One
Has wed me, O Kabir;
And He is taking me Home with Him.

Sing, O brides, sing the songs
Of joy and bliss,
For today, my Husband,
My beloved Lord,
I meet!

K.G., p. 69:1
Dulahani gāvahu mangalāchār