Nij kabitt kehi lag na nika

Chaupai 6, Under Doha 8 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

निज कबित्त केहि लाग न नीका। सरस होउ अथवा अति फीका॥ जे पर भनिति सुनत हरषाहीं। ते बर पुरुष बहुत जग नाहीं॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nija kabitta kehi lāga na nīkā। sarasa hou athavā ati phīkā॥ je para bhaniti sunata haraṣāhīṃ। te bara puruṣa bahuta jaga nāhīṃ॥ 6 ॥

Meaning

Whether it is flavorful or extremely bland, whose own poetry does not seem good to him? But those who rejoice on hearing another’s composition are rare noble persons in this world.

Context

This is Chaupai 6, Under Doha 8 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Saluting All Beings as Rama”. The episode describes the poet bowing to all 8.4 million beings as manifestations of Sita-Rama.

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