Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, there is one thing you truly came here to do, and it is still waiting.
You have not yet turned, quietly and fully, toward the One who is your true home.
This one says: there is one task you came here for, and it is still waiting.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line at the center of the shabad. Kabir speaks to his own mind: man ray sari-o na aykai kaajaa. O mind, the one task is not done yet. That aykai kaajaa, the one task, is the whole reason for the trip.
Think of a class trip to a science museum. You buy snacks, take photos, and visit the gift shop. Then the bus leaves, and you never saw the exhibit you came for.
The task is to remember raghoopat raajaa, the King of all. It is a loving name for the One, first used for Raam. Kabir says it warmly, not as a scolding. All the busy outside effort skipped the simplest thing: turning the heart toward the One.
What is the one thing that matters most to you that keeps getting pushed to 'later'?
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