Karmanash jalu surasari parai

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 194 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

करमनास जलु सुरसरि परई। तेहि को कहहु सीस नहिं धरई॥ उलटा नामु जपत जगु जाना। बालमीकि भए ब्रह्म समाना॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

karamanāsa jalu surasari paraī। tehi ko kahahu sīsa nahiṃ dharai॥ ulṭā nāmu japata jagu jānā। bālamīki bhae brahma samānā॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

The waters of the Karmanasha flow into the Ganga; then tell me, who would not place it upon his head? The world knows that by chanting the reversed name, Valmiki became like Brahma.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 194 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Bharata Meets Nishadraj”. The episode describes Bharata and Nishadraj's heartfelt meeting and exchange of devotion to Rama.

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