Jab kahu kai dekhahi bipati
Jab kahu kai dekhahi bipati
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 40 · Uttar Kand
Chaupai Text
जब काहू कै देखहिं बिपती। सुखी भए मानहुँ जग नृपती॥ स्वारथ रत परिवार बिरोधी। लंपट काम लोभ अति क्रोधी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jaba kāhū kai dekhahiṃ bipatī। sukhī bhae mānahuṃ jaga nṛpatī॥ svāratha rata parivāra birodhī। laṃpaṭa kāma lobha ati krodhī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
And when they see someone in misfortune, they become as happy as though they were rulers of the whole world. They are self-interested, hostile to their own families, lustful, greedy, and exceedingly wrathful.
Context
This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 40 from Uttar Kand, in the episode “Bharata's Question, Rama's Teaching”. The episode describes Bharata's humble questions via Hanuman and Rama's teaching on dharma, devotion, and the nature of saints and sinners.
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