Jaum apne avgun sab kahaum

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 12 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

जौं अपने अवगुन सब कहऊँ। बाढ़इ कथा पार नहिं लहऊँ॥ ताते मैं अति अलप बखाने। थोरे महुँ जानिहहिं सयाने॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jaṃū apane avaguna saba kahauṃ। bāṛhai kathā pāra nahiṃ lahauṃ॥ tāte maiṃ ati alapa bakhāne। thore mahaṃ jānihahiṃ sayāne॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

If I were to tell of all my own faults, the story would grow long and I would never reach the end. So I have described only a few. The wise will understand even from a little.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 12 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Tulsidas's Humility and Devotional Poetry”. The episode describes Tulsidas's humble self-surrender and the purifying glory of Rama-devoted poetry.

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