Jatha daridra bibudharu pai

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 149 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

जथा दरिद्र बिबुधतरु पाई। बहु संपति मागत सकुचाई॥ तासु प्रभाउ जान नहिं सोई। तथा हृदयँ मम संसय होई॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jathā daridra bibudharu pāī। bahu saṃpati māgata sakucāī॥ tāsu prabhāu jāna nahiṃ soī। tathā hṛdayaṃ mama saṃsaya hoī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Just as a poor man, even after receiving the wish-fulfilling tree, hesitates to ask for great wealth because he does not know its power, so a doubt arises in my heart.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 149 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Manu and Shatarupa's Penance and Boon”. The episode describes Manu and Shatarupa's intense penance and the Lord's boon to be born as their son.

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