Go gochar jahan lagi man jai

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 15 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

गो गोचर जहँ लगि मन जाई। सो सब माया जानेहु भाई॥ तेहि कर भेद सुनहु तुम्ह सोऊ। बिद्या अपर अबिद्या दोऊ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

go gocara jahaṃ lagi mana jāī। so saba māyā jānehu bhāī॥ tehi kara bheda sunahu tumha soū। biddyā apara abiddyā doū॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

Whatever the mind can reach, and all objects of the senses—know all of that as Maya, O brother. Hear now the two divisions of that also: one is knowledge, the other ignorance.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 15 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Dwelling at Panchavati”. The episode describes Rama's profound teaching to Lakshmana on knowledge, detachment, maya, and devotion at Panchavati.

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