Nar tan sam nahim kawaniu dehi

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 121 · Uttar Kand

Chaupai Text

नर तन सम नहिं कवनिउ देही। जीव चराचर जाचत तेही॥ नरक स्वर्ग अपबर्ग निसेनी। ग्यान बिराग भगति सुभ देनी॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nara tana sama nahiṃ kavaniu dehī। jīva carācara jācata tehī॥ naraka svarga apabarga nisenī। gyāna birāga bhagati subha denī॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

There is no body equal to the human body. All beings, moving and unmoving, long for it. It is the ladder to hell, heaven, and liberation, and it grants knowledge, detachment, and devotion.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, 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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