Par hit saris dharm nahi bhai

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 41 · Uttar Kand

Chaupai Text

पर हित सरिस धर्म नहिं भाई। पर पीड़ा सम नहिं अधमाई॥ निर्नय सकल पुरान बेद कर। कहेउँ तात जानहिं कोबिद नर॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

para hita sarisa dharma nahiṃ bhāī। para pīṛā sama nahiṃ adhamāī॥ nirnaya sakala purāna beda kara। kāheuṃ tāta jānahiṃ kobida nara॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

O brother, there is no dharma like doing good to others, and no baseness like causing suffering to others. O dear one, this is the settled conclusion of all the Puranas and the Vedas, and learned men know it.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 41 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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