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# कबीर; सामान्यतः उद्धृत केला जाणारा दोहा, पहिली ओळ

*कस्तुरी हरणाच्या स्वतःच्या नाभीत असते; हरण ती जंगलात शोधत फिरते.*

कस्तूरी कुंडल बसै, मृग ढूँढै वन माहि।

*kasturi kundala basai, mrga dhundhai vana mahi |*

Musk lives in the deer's own navel; the deer searches the forest.

Kabir on looking outside for what is already near. Psychologically: rumination that hunts elsewhere. Sant tradition; use as image, not as a diagnosis.

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