Lakhi subesh jag banchak jeu

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 7 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

लखि सुबेष जग बंचक जेऊ। बेष प्रताप पूजिअहिं तेऊ॥ उघरहिं अंत न होइ निबाहू। कालनेमि जिमि रावन राहू॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

lakhi subeṣa jaga baṃcaka jeū। beṣa pratāpa pūjiahiṃ teū॥ ugharahiṃ aṃta na hoi nibāhū। kālane mi jimi rāvana rāhū॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Those who are deceivers, even when wearing a good, saintly appearance, are honored by the world because of the power of their guise; but sooner or later they are exposed, and their deceit does not last to the end, as happened with Kalanemi, Ravana, and Rahu.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, 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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