Navam saral sab san chhalahina
Chaupai 3, Under Doha 36 · Aranya Kand
Chaupai Text
नवम सरल सब सन छलहीना। मम भरोस हियँ हरष न दीना॥ नव महुँ एकउ जिन्ह कें होई। नारि पुरुष सचराचर कोई॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
navama sarala saba sana chalahīnā। mama bharosa hiyaṃ haraṣa na dīnā॥ nava mahuṃ eku jinha keṃ hoī। nāri puruṣa sacarācara koī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning
The ninth devotion is simplicity and dealing without deceit with everyone, keeping faith in Me in the heart, and having neither exultation nor dejection in any condition. Whoever has even one of these nine qualities—whether woman or man, moving or unmoving...
Context
This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 36 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Grace to Shabari, Ninefold Bhakti”. The episode describes Rama's grace on Shabari, his teaching of ninefold devotion, and departure toward Pampasar.