Aisi Vani Boliye - Kabir on How to Speak

A sweet Kabir Doha

Aisi vani boliye, man ka aapa khoye
Auran ko sheetal kare, aaphu sheetal hoye

ऐसी वाणी बोलिए, मन का आपा खोय |
औरन को शीतल करे, आपहु शीतल होय ||

Speak such words so your mind loses "you"
Others will be soothed, and you'll be calmed too

EXPLANATION (from an anonymous source)
In speech use such words that your ego is eliminated. Don't boast, don't gloat, don't make yourself out to be big, important, rich or anything else that the ego attaches to. Building the Ego takes energy from the body, takes away the bodies composure. If ego is lost in ones speech, the listener finds peace from listening to it

This reminds me of Kabir's Tu Tu Karta Tu Hua which I produced a few years ago in which Bhagat Kabir says, "By saying 'you you' I have lost myself; now wherever I look I see you."

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