Lakhi subesh jag banchak jeu
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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