Aagen kah mridu bachan banai
Aagen kah mridu bachan banai
Chaupai 4, Under Doha 7 · Kishkindha Kand
Chaupai Text
आगें कह मृदु बचन बनाई। पाछें अनहित मन कुटिलाई॥ जाकर चित अहि गति सम भाई। अस कुमित्र परिहरेहिं भलाई॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
āgeṃ kaha mṛdu bacana banāī। pācheṃ anahita mana kuṭilāī॥ jākara cita ahi gati sama bhāī। asa kumitra pariharehiṃ bhalāī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning
One who speaks sweetly in front but schemes harm behind, and whose mind is crooked—O brother, whose heart is twisted like the motion of a snake—there is only good in abandoning such a false friend.
Context
This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 7 from Kishkindha Kand, in the episode “Sugriva's Sorrow and Vow to Slay Bali”. The episode describes Sugriva's sorrow before Rama, the vow to slay Bali, and Rama's teaching on true friendship.
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