Sumati bhumi thal hriday agadhu

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 36 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

सुमति भूमि थल हृदय अगाधू। बेद पुरान उदधि घन साधू॥ बरषहिं राम सुजस बर बारी। मधुर मनोहर मंगलकारी॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sumati bhūmi thala hṛdaya agādhū। beda purāna udadhi ghana sādhū॥ baraṣahiṃ rāma sujasa bara bārī। madhura manohara maṅgalakārī॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

Good and pure understanding is the ground, the heart its deep place; the Vedas and Puranas are the ocean, and the saints are the clouds. Those saintly clouds rain down the beautiful, sweet, delightful, and auspicious waters of Rama's fame.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 36 from Bal Kand, in the episode “The Form of the Manas and Its Greatness”. The episode describes the allegorical lake imagery, inner meanings, and spiritual glory of the Manas.

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