Karahim ahar sak phal kanda

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 144 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

करहिं अहार साक फल कंदा। सुमिरहिं ब्रह्म सच्चिदानंदा॥ पुनि हरि हेतु करन तप लागे। बारि अधार मूल फल त्यागे॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

karahiṃ ahāra sāka phala kandā। sumirahiṃ brahma saccidānandā॥ puni hari hetu karana tapa lāge। bāri adhāra mūla phala tyāge॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

They ate leaves, fruits, and roots, and remembered Brahman, who is existence, consciousness, and bliss. Then, for the sake of Hari, they undertook austerity and gave up roots and fruits, subsisting only on water.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 144 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Manu and Shatarupa's Penance and Boon”. The episode describes Manu and Shatarupa's intense penance and the Lord's boon to be born as their son.

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