Jimi thal binu jal rahi na

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 119 · Uttar Kand

Chaupai Text

जिमि थल बिनु जल रहि न सकाई। कोटि भाँति कोउ करै उपाई॥ तथा मोच्छ सुख सुनु खगराई। रहि न सकइ हरि भगति बिहाई॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jimi thala binu jala rahi na sakāī। koṭi bhāṃti kou karai upāī॥ tathā moccha sukha sunu khagarāī। rahi na sakai hari bhagati bihāī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Just as water cannot remain without land, however many millions of remedies one may try, so too, O king of birds, listen: the bliss of liberation cannot remain apart from devotion to Hari.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 119 from Uttar Kand, in the episode “Glory of Knowledge and Devotion”. The episode describes the nature of knowledge and bhakti, showing devotion as the effortless path to the Lord.

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