Janam maran sab dukh sukh bhoga

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 150 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

जनम मरन सब दुख सुख भोगा। हानि लाभु प्रिय मिलन बियोगा॥ काल करम बस होहिं गोसाईं। बरबस राति दिवस की नाईं॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

janama marana saba dukha sukha bhogā। hāni lābhu priya milana biyogā॥ kāla karama basa hohiṃ gosāīṃ। barabasa rāti divasa kī nāīṃ॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Birth and death, the experience of joy and sorrow, gain and loss, meeting and separation from loved ones—all these, O Lord, happen inevitably under the control of time and karma, like day and night.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 150 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Dashrath's Last Words and His Death”. The episode describes Dasharatha's grief-stricken final words to Sumantra and his death from separation from Rama.

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