Uttar Kaanda Delineation of Gnosis and Devotion; a description of the Lamp of wisdom and the surpassing glory of Devotion - Dohas
Ramcharitmanas · Uttar Kaanda Delineation of Gnosis and Devotion; a description of the Lamp of wisdom and the surpassing glory of Devotion · Verse Dohas 2192
Sanskrit Original
ब्रह्म पयोनिधि मंदर ग्यान संत सुर आहिं। कथा सुधा मथि काढ़हिं भगति मधुरता जाहिं।।120(क)।। बिरति चर्म असि ग्यान मद लोभ मोह रिपु मारि। जय पाइअ सो हरि भगति देखु खगेस बिचारि।।120(ख)।।
brahma payōnidhi maṃdara gyāna saṃta sura āhiṃ. kathā sudhā mathi kāḍhahiṃ bhagati madhuratā jāhiṃ..120ka.. birati carma asi gyāna mada lōbha mōha ripu māri. jaya pāia sō hari bhagati dēkhu khagēsa bicāri..120kha..
The Vedas are compared to the ocean (of milk); spiritual wisdom plays the role of Mount Mandara; while saints are the gods who churn out nectar in the form of the sacred legends; and Devotion represents its sweetness. Using Dispassion as a shield (for self-defence) and slaying with the sword of wisdom enemies in the form of vanity, greed and infatuation, it is Devotion to Sri Hari that triumphs; ponder and realize this, O king of the birds.