Bisham bishad toravati dhara
Bisham bishad toravati dhara
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 276 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
बिषम बिषाद तोरावति धारा। भय भ्रम भवँर अबर्त अपारा॥ केवट बुध बिद्या बड़ि नावा। सकहिं न खेइ ऐक नहिं आवा॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
biṣama biṣāda torāvati dhārā। bhaya bhrama bhavaṃra abarta apārā॥ kevaṭa budha bidyā baṛi nāvā। sakaḥi na khei aika nahiṃ āvā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
Terrible despair is the river’s swift current. Fear and delusion are its countless whirlpools and eddies. The learned are the boatmen, and knowledge is the great boat; yet they cannot row it, nor can anyone make sense of it.
Context
This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 276 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Janaka Arrives at Chitrakoot”. The episode describes King Janaka's arrival at Chitrakoot and the loving union of all gathered there.
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