Jalu pay saris bikai dekhahu priti

Soratha 57 (b) · Bal Kand

Soratha Text

जलु पय सरिस बिकाइ देखहु प्रीति कि रीति भलि। बिलग होइ रसु जाइ कपट खटाई परत पुनि॥ ५७ (ख) ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jalu paya sarisa bikāi dekhahu prīti ki rīti bhali। bilaga hoi rasu jāi kapaṭa khaṭāī parata puni॥ 57 (b) ॥

Meaning

See the beautiful nature of love: even water, when mixed with milk, is sold as if it were milk; but when the sourness of deceit falls in, the water separates again (the milk curdles), and the taste [of love] is lost.

Context

This is Soratha 57 (b) from Bal Kand, in the episode “Shiva Renounces Sati”. The episode describes Shiva inwardly renouncing Sati and entering deep, unworldly samadhi.