Rajat sip mahun bhas jimi jatha

Doha 117 · Bal Kand

Doha Text

रजत सीप महुँ भास जिमि जथा भानु कर बारि। जदपि मृषा तिहुँ काल सोइ भ्रम न सकइ कोउ टारि॥ ११७ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

rajata sīpa mahuṃ bhāsa jimi jathā bhānu kara bāri। jadapi mṛṣā tīhuṃ kāla soi bhrama na sakai kou ṭāri॥ 117 ॥

Meaning

Just as silver appears in a shell and water appears in sunbeams, so this illusion is perceived. Although it is false in all three periods of time, no one can remove that delusion.

Context

This is Doha 117 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Shiva-Parvati Dialogue on Rama”. The episode describes Parvati lovingly questioning Shiva about Rama's divine nature and the mystery of His incarnation.

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