Kabit bibek ek nahiin moren

Chaupai 6, Under Doha 9 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

कबित बिबेक एक नहिं मोरें। सत्य कहउँ लिखि कागद कोरें॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kabita bibeka eka nahiṃ moreṃ। satya kahauṃ likhi kāgada korẽ॥ 6 ॥

Meaning

I have no knowledge whatsoever of any poetic matter; I say this truly, as if writing it on blank paper.

Context

This is Chaupai 6, Under Doha 9 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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