Je na mitra dukh hohin dukhari
Je na mitra dukh hohin dukhari
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 7 · Kishkindha Kand
Chaupai Text
जे न मित्र दुख होहिं दुखारी। तिन्हहि बिलोकत पातक भारी॥ निज दुख गिरि सम रज करि जाना। मित्रक दुख रज मेरु समाना॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
je na mitra dukha hohiṃ dukhārī। tinhahi bilokata pātaka bhārī॥ nija dukha giri sama raja kari jānā। mitraka dukha raja meru samānā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
Those who do not feel sorrow at a friend’s sorrow incur great sin merely by looking at them. Regard your own mountain-like sorrow as dust, and regard your friend’s dust-like sorrow as Meru (the great mountain).
Context
This is Chaupai 1, 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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