Katehim pai kadari pharai koti jatan
Katehim pai kadari pharai koti jatan
Doha 58 · Sundar Kand
Doha Text
काटेहिं पइ कदरी फरइ कोटि जतन कोउ सींच। बिनय न मान खगेस सुनु डाटेहिं पइ नव नीच॥ ५८ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kāṭehiṃ pai kadarī pharai koṭi jatan koau sīṃca। binaya na māna khagesa sunu dāṭehiṃ pai nava nīca॥ 58 ॥
Meaning
[Kakabhushundi says—] Listen, Garudji: however many millions of ways one may try to water it, a banana tree bears fruit only when it is cut. The lowly do not heed gentleness; they bow only when scolded.
Context
This is Doha 58 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Ram's Anger, Ocean Submits”. The episode describes Rama's righteous wrath at the unyielding ocean and the ocean's humble submission and guidance.
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