Hohu prasann dehu bardanu

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 14 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

होहु प्रसन्न देहु बरदानू। साधु समाज भनिति सनमानू॥ जो प्रबंध बुध नहिं आदरहीं। सो श्रम बादि बाल कबि करहीं॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

hohu prasanna dehu baradānū। sādhu samāja bhaniti sanamānū॥ jo prabandha budha nahiṃ ādarahīṃ। so śrama bādi bāla kabi karahīṃ॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Please be pleased and grant this blessing: let my composition be honored in the society of the holy. For if wise people do not value a composition, then only foolish poets undertake the useless labor of composing it.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 14 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Salutation to Poets”. The episode describes Tulsidas humbly honoring great past poets and resolving to compose Raghupati's story.