Kiehuun kubesh sadhu sanamanu

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 7 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

किएहुँ कुबेषु साधु सनमानू। जिमि जग जामवंत हनुमानू॥ हानि कुसंग सुसंगति लाहू। लोकहुँ बेद बिदित सब काहू॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kīehūṃ kubeṣu sādhu sanamānū। jimi jaga jāmavaṃta hanumānū॥ hāni kusaṃga susaṃgati lāhū। lokahūṃ beda bidita saba kāhū॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Even if one adopts a bad disguise, a saint still receives honor, as happened in the world with Jambavan and Hanuman. Bad company brings loss, and good company brings gain; this is known in both the world and the Vedas, and everyone knows it.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 7 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Saints and the Unsaintly”. The episode describes the contrasting natures of saints and the wicked, and the value of virtue over vice.

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