Jaum chhabi sudha payonidhi hoi

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 247 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

जौं छबि सुधा पयोनिधि होई। परम रूपमय कच्छपु सोई॥ सोभा रजु मंदरु सिंगारू। मथै पानि पंकज निज मारू॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jaũ chabi sudhā payonidhi hoī। parama rūpamaya kacchapu soī॥ sobhā raju mandaru siṅgārū। mathai pāni paṅkaja nija mārū॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

If beauty were an ocean of nectar, then the supreme, form-filled tortoise would be there as well. If beauty were the rope, Mount Mandara the ornament, and Kāma himself, with his lotus hand, were to churn it, then...

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 247 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Vishvamitra Enters the Assembly”. The episode describes Vishvamitra entering the great assembly with Rama and Lakshmana, each beholder seeing the princes according to their own devotion.

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