Akar chari lakh chaurasi

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 8 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

आकर चारि लाख चौरासी। जाति जीव जल थल नभ बासी॥ सीय राममय सब जग जानी। करउँ प्रनाम जोरि जुग पानी॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

ākara cāri lākha caurāsī। jāti jīva jala thala nabha bāsī॥ sīya rāmamaya saba jaga jānī। karauṃ pranāma jori juga pānī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

There are 8.4 million species of life, dwelling in water, on land, and in the sky. Seeing this entire world, filled with all such beings, as Sri Sita-Rama himself, I bow with both hands joined.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 8 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Saluting All Beings as Rama”. The episode describes the poet bowing to all 8.4 million beings as manifestations of Sita-Rama.

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