Verses
Sing, brother, Ram Govind Hari. Ram Govind Hari, sing, brother, Ram Govind Hari.
Verse 1
No chant, austerity or practice is needed, and nothing is spent from your bundle.
Verse 2
For the sake of the happiness of progeny and wealth, one falls into forgetting Him.
Verse 3
Kabir says: the mouth that has no Ram in it is filled with dust.
Verse 4
Background
A short, singable pad built on a refrain: 'sing, brother, Ram Govind Hari'. Kabir gives plain reasons. It needs no chant or austerity and costs nothing from the bundle, people fall into forgetting Him in pursuit of the comforts of progeny and wealth, and a mouth without Ram is filled with dust. The names Ram, Govind and Hari are used here as names of the one Lord, in Kabir's nirgun usage. The text is from the Kavita Kosh page for this pad, which names no manuscript, book or collection. Because nirgun pads live in singing, other singers' words may differ.
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Author
Attributed to Kabir (traditionally dated c. 1440–1518); the last line carries his signature, 'Kahat Kabir'.
A refrain to sing
'Bhajo re bhaiya Ram Govind Hari' opens the pad and is repeated in the second line.
Cost
The pad says the practice needs no chant or austerity and costs nothing from the bundle.
About this text
Kavita Kosh gives no manuscript or collection. Its Aug 2026 edit only repaired markup and changed no words.
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