Mukti janma mahi jani gyan khani

Soratha 1 · Kishkindha Kand

Soratha Text

मुक्ति जन्म महि जानि ग्यान खानि अघ हानि कर। जहँ बस संभु भवानि सो कासी सेइअ कस न॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

mukti janma mahi jāni gyāna khāni agh hāni kara। jahāṃ basa saṃbhu bhavāni so kāsī seia kasa na॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Knowing Kashi, where Shiva and Parvati dwell, as the birthplace of liberation, the mine of knowledge, and the destroyer of sins, why should one not serve it?

Context

This is Soratha 1 from Kishkindha Kand, in the episode “Invocation”. The episode describes the auspicious opening invocation of Kishkindha Kand praising Rama, Shiva, and Kashi.