Kari na jai sar majjan pana

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 39 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

करि न जाइ सर मज्जन पाना। फिरि आवइ समेत अभिमाना॥ जौं बहोरि कोउ पूछन आवा। सर निंदा करि ताहि बुझावा॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kari na jāi sara majjana pānā। phiri āvai sameta abhimānā॥ jauṃ bahori kou pūṃchan āvā। sara niṃdā kari tāhi bujhāvā॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

There he is unable to bathe in the lake or drink its water, and returns full of pride. Then if someone comes asking him about it, he does not speak of his own failure; instead, he denounces the lake and talks the matter away.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 39 from Bal Kand, in the episode “The Form of the Manas and Its Greatness”. The episode describes the allegorical lake imagery, inner meanings, and spiritual glory of the Manas.

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