Tahi kabhu bhal kahai na koi

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 44 · Uttar Kand

Chaupai Text

ताहि कबहुँ भल कहइ न कोई। गुंजा ग्रहइ परस मनि खोई॥ आकर चारि लच्छ चौरासी। जोनि भ्रमत यह जिव अबिनासी॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tāhi kabahuṃ bhala kahai na koī। guṃjā grahai parasa mani khoī॥ ākara cāri laccha caurāsī। joni bhramata yaha jiva abināsī॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

No one ever calls it wise if someone loses a touchstone and takes a guñjā seed in exchange. This imperishable soul wanders through the four types of birth and eighty-four lakh species.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 44 from Uttar Kand, in the episode “Rama Teaches the Citizens”. The episode describes Rama's divine teachings on dharma, detachment, and devotion to his grateful citizens.

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