Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Set aside the special poses and the breath control, silly one.
Drop the pretending, and keep the One in mind every day, silly one.
Drop the tricks and the pretending, and just remember the One.
It is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the one the shabad turns on. Aasan pavan door kar bavray — set aside the aasan, special body poses, and the pavan, breath control. Kabir means that fancy technique is not what brings you to the One. He is not scorning practice itself.
Chhod kapat nit har bhaj bavray — drop kapat, pretending, and keep the One in mind every day. Bavray means "silly one." It is a fond word, the way a grandparent might call you "you goose." Think of trying to reach a friend with a complicated secret code, when you could just call their name.
What is something you overcomplicated that turned out to be simple?
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