Je janme kalikaal karala

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 12 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

जे जनमे कलिकाल कराला। करतब बायस बेष मराला॥ चलत कुपंथ बेद मग छाँड़े। कपट कलेवर कलि मल भाँड़े॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

je janame kalikāla karālā। karataba bāyasa beṣa marālā॥ calata kupaṃtha beda maga chāṃṛe। kapaṭa kalevara kali mala bhāṃṛe॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Those born in the dreadful Kali Yuga, whose deeds are like those of a crow though their dress is that of a swan, who walk the crooked path and abandon the path of the Vedas, are masks of deceit and vessels of the sins of Kali.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, 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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