If you pluck the thorny weed, plant a flower instead. For your flower is a flower, but yours is a trident (weapon).

Kabir uses the metaphor of plucking a thorny weed and planting a flower to illustrate transformation. He suggests that just as we remove pain, we must replace it with something beautiful and positive. However, the core insight is that the 'flower' Kabir refers to is not merely decorative; it is a trident—a powerful spiritual weapon. This emphasizes that true change requires establishing something profound and transformative, not just something superficial.