Ban bahu bisam moh mad mana

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 38 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

बन बहु बिषम मोह मद माना। नदीं कुतर्क भयंकर नाना॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

bana bahu biṣama moha mada mānā। nadīṃ kutarka bhayaṃkara nānā॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

Delusion, pride, and conceit are many a wild forest, and various kinds of sophistry are terrifying rivers.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 38 from Bal Kand, in the episode “The Form of the Manas and Its Greatness”. The episode describes the allegorical lake imagery, inner meanings, and spiritual glory of the Manas.

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