Akhar arath alankriti nana

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 9 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

आखर अरथ अलंकृति नाना। छंद प्रबंध अनेक बिधाना॥ भाव भेद रस भेद अपारा। कबित दोष गुन बिबिध प्रकारा॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

ākhara aratha alaṃkṛti nānā। chaṃda prabaṃdha aneka bidhānā॥ bhāva bheda rasa bheda apārā। kabita doṣa guna bibidha prakārā॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

There are many kinds of letters, meanings, and ornaments of poetry; many forms of metrical composition; limitless distinctions of moods and rasas; and various sorts of virtues and faults in poetry.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 9 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Tulsidas's Humility and Devotional Poetry”. The episode describes Tulsidas's humble self-surrender and the purifying glory of Rama-devoted poetry.

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