Nadi panach sar sam dam dana
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 133 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
नदी पनच सर सम दम दाना। सकल कलुष कलि साउज नाना॥ चित्रकूट जनु अचल अहेरी। चुकइ न घात मार मुठभेरी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nadī panaca sara sama dama dānā। sakala kaluṣa kali sāuja nānā॥ citrakūṭa janu acala aherī। cukai na ghāta māra muṭhabherī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
The river (Mandakini) is like the bowstring, and restraint, self-control, and charity are the arrows. All the sins of Kali Yuga are its many wild beasts and targets. Chitrakoot is as if an immovable hunter, whose aim never misses and who strikes face to face.
Context
This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 133 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Settling at Chitrakoot, Kol and Bhil Service”. The episode describes Rama settling at Chitrakoot and the devoted service of Kol and Bhil tribes.