Thorehi mahan sab kahau bujhai

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 15 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

थोरेहि महँ सब कहउँ बुझाई। सुनहु तात मति मन चित लाई॥ मैं अरु मोर तोर तैं माया। जेहिं बस कीन्हे जीव निकाया॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

thorehi mahaṃ saba kahauṃ bujhāī। sunahu tāta mati mana cita lāī॥ maiṃ aru mora tora taiṃ māyā। jehiṃ basa kīnhe jīva nikāyā॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

I shall explain everything in a little. Listen, O dear one, with mind and attention fixed. "I" and "mine," "you" and "yours"—this is Maya, by whose power all beings have been brought under control.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, 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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