Dhum kusangati karikh hoi
Dhum kusangati karikh hoi
Chaupai 6, Under Doha 7 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
धूम कुसंगति कारिख होई। लिखिअ पुरान मंजु मसि सोई॥ सोइ जल अनल अनिल संघाता। होइ जलद जग जीवन दाता॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dhūma kusaṃgati kārikha hoī। likhia purāna maṃju masi soī॥ soi jala anala anila saṃghātā। hoi jalada jaga jīvana dātā॥ 6 ॥
Meaning
Because of bad association, smoke is called soot; the very same smoke, [in good association,] becomes fine ink and is used to write the Puranas, and the same smoke, in association with water, fire, and wind, becomes a cloud and turns into a giver of life for the world.
Context
This is Chaupai 6, Under Doha 7 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Saints and the Unsaintly”. The episode describes the contrasting natures of saints and the wicked, and the value of virtue over vice.
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