Je prakat kabi param sayane

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 14 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

जे प्राकृत कबि परम सयाने। भाषाँ जिन्ह हरि चरित बखाने॥ भए जे अहहिं जे होइहहिं आगें। प्रनवउँ सबहि कपट सब त्यागें॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

je prākṛta kabi parama sayāne। bhāṣāṃ jinha hari carita bakhāne॥ bhae je ahahiṃ je hoihahiṃ āgeṃ। pranavauṃ sabahi kapaṭa saba tyāgeṃ॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

I bow, giving up all deceit, to those very wise vernacular poets who have narrated the deeds of Hari in their own language; to those who have been in the past, those who are present now, and those who will come in the future.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 14 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Salutation to Poets”. The episode describes Tulsidas humbly honoring great past poets and resolving to compose Raghupati's story.