Bhaniti mori sab gun rahit biswa

Doha 9 · Bal Kand

Doha Text

भनिति मोरि सब गुन रहित बिस्व बिदित गुन एक। सो बिचारि सुनिहहिं सुमति जिन्ह कें बिमल बिबेक॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

bhaniti mori saba guna rahita bisva bidita guna eka। so bicāri sunihahiṃ sumati jinha keṃ bimala bibeka॥ 9 ॥

Meaning

My composition is devoid of all merits; it has only one quality, well known throughout the world. Reflecting on that, those of good understanding, whose discernment is pure, will listen to it.

Context

This is 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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