Dhiraj dharm mitra aru nari

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 5 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

धीरज धर्म मित्र अरु नारी। आपद काल परिखिअहिं चारी॥ बृद्ध रोगबस जड़ धनहीना। अंध बधिर क्रोधी अति दीना॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

dhīraja dharma mitra aru nārī। āpada kāla parikhi'ahiṃ cārī॥ bṛddha rogabasa jaḍa dhanahīnā। aṃdha badhira krodhī ati dīnā॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Fortitude, righteousness, a friend, and a woman—these four are tested in times of calamity. An old man, one weakened by illness, the dull-witted, the penniless, the blind, the deaf, the angry, and the extremely forlorn—

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 5 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Anasuya Instructs Sita”. The episode describes Sita's meeting with Anasuya and her teaching on the sacred vow of wifely devotion.

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