Nahim daridra sam dukh jag mahim

Chaupai 7, Under Doha 121 · Uttar Kand

Chaupai Text

नहिं दरिद्र सम दुख जग माहीं। संत मिलन सम सुख जग नाहीं॥ पर उपकार बचन मन काया। संत सहज सुभाउ खगराया॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nahiṃ daridra sama dukha jaga māhīṃ। santa milana sama sukha jaga nāhīṃ॥ para upakāra bacana mana kāyā। santa sahaja subhāu khagarāyā॥ 7 ॥

Meaning

In the world there is no sorrow like poverty, and in the world there is no joy like meeting the saints. And, O king of birds, doing good to others by mind, speech, and body is the saints' natural disposition.

Context

This is Chaupai 7, Under Doha 121 from Uttar Kand, in the episode “Garuda's Seven Questions Answered”. The episode describes Kakbhushundi's spiritual answers to Garuda's seven questions on dharma and inner life.

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