Jag bahu nar sar sari sam
Chaupai 7, Under Doha 8 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
जग बहु नर सर सरि सम भाई। जे निज बाढ़ि बढ़हिं जल पाई॥ सज्जन सकृत सिंधु सम कोई। देखि पूर बिधु बाढ़इ जोई॥ ७ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jaga bahu nara sara sari sama bhāī। je nija bāṛhi baṛhahiṃ jala pāī॥ sajjana sakṛta sindhu sama koī। dekhi pūra bidhu bāṛhai joī॥ 7 ॥
Meaning
O brother, in this world there are many people like ponds and rivers, who rise only by their own swelling when they get water—that is, they delight in their own growth. Like the ocean, however, there is only a rare noble person who swells in joy when he sees the moon become full—that is, when he sees others’ excellence.
Context
This is Chaupai 7, Under Doha 8 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Saluting All Beings as Rama”. The episode describes the poet bowing to all 8.4 million beings as manifestations of Sita-Rama.