Kabir · doha
ऐसी वाणी बोलिए, मन का आपा खोय।
aisī vāṇī bolie, man kā āpā khoy
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“Speak words that shed the ego.”
मूल Original
ऐसी वाणी बोलिए, मन का आपा खोय।
Hindi / Awadhi, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
aisī vāṇī bolie, man kā āpā khoy
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
Speak words that shed the ego.
A thought about kindness.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Kabir (doha)
The 15th-century weaver-poet whose two-line dohas cut through pretence.
Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
When someone asks, “What does your T-shirt say?”
It's from doha, in Hindi / Awadhi. It means: “Speak words that shed the ego.”
That's the whole idea. One line, and a conversation about something that has mattered for a thousand years.
If this stayed with you
Kabir
बड़ा हुआ तो क्या हुआ, जैसे पेड़ खजूर।
“What use is being big like a date palm that gives no shade?”
Kabirबुरा जो देखन मैं चला, बुरा न मिलिया कोय।
“I went looking for the bad, and found none — then I looked within.”
Kabirधीरे-धीरे रे मना, धीरे सब कुछ होय।
“Slowly, mind, slowly — everything happens in its time.”