Gagan charhai raj pawan prasanga
Chaupai 5, Under Doha 7 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
गगन चढ़इ रज पवन प्रसंगा। कीचहिं मिलइ नीच जल संगा॥ साधु असाधु सदन सुक सारीं। सुमिरहिं राम देहिं गनि गारीं॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
gagana caṛhai raja pavana prasaṃgā। kīcahiṃ milai nīca jala saṃgā॥ sādhu asādhu sadana suka sārīṃ। sumirahiṃ rāma dehiṃ gani gārīṃ॥ 5 ॥
Meaning
Dust rises up into the sky in the company of the wind, and the same dust joins the mud in the company of low, downward-flowing water. In the home of the saint, parrots and mynas repeat Rama’s name; in the home of the unsaintly, parrots and mynas count out abuses.
Context
This is Chaupai 5, 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.