Bechahim bedu dharamu duhi lehim

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 168 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

बेचहिं बेदु धरमु दुहि लेहीं। पिसुन पराय पाप कहि देहीं॥ कपटी कुटिल कलहप्रिय क्रोधी। बेद बिदूषक बिस्व बिरोधी॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

bechahiṃ bedu dharamu duhi lehīṃ। pisuna parāya pāpa kahi dehīṃ॥ kapaṭī kuṭila kalahapriya krodhī। beda bidūṣaka bisva birodhī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Those who sell the Vedas, milk out religion for their own gain, are slanderers, and speak of others’ sins; those who are deceitful, crooked, quarrelsome, and angry, and those who mock the Vedas and oppose the world;

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 168 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Bharata and Kaushalya, Dashrath's Funeral Rites”. The episode describes Bharata's grief-filled meeting with Kaushalya and King Dasharatha's funeral rites guided by sage Vashishtha.

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