खल-अघ-अगुन साधू-गुन-गाहा । उभय अपार उदधि अवगाहा ॥
तेहि तेँ कछु गुन दोष बखाने । सङ्ग्रह त्याग न बिनु पहिचाने ॥
khala-agha-aguna sādhū-guna-gāhā | ubhaya apāra udadhi avagāhā ||
tehi tem̐ kachu guna doṣa bakhāne | saṅgraha tyāga na binu pahicāne ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 6: A world of mixed good and bad
6 verses · 6 of 361
What happens in this chapter
A world of mixed good and bad
Tulsidas explains why he has described both saints and the wicked. The virtues of the one and the faults of the other are each a boundless ocean, and one cannot keep the good and drop the bad without knowing them apart. The Creator made both, and the Vedas sorted them. Veda, Itihasa and Purana agree that creation is a mixture. He lists the pairs: sorrow and joy, sin and merit, day and night, gods and demons, nectar and poison, maya and Brahman, the Ganga and the Karmanasha, heaven and hell. The doha concludes that the world of moving and unmoving things is full of good and bad, and the saint, like the swan, drinks the milk and leaves the water.
भलेउ पोच सब विधि उपजाये । गनि गुन दोष बेद बिलगाये ॥
कहहिँ बेद इतिहास पुराना । बिधि-प्रपञ्च गुन अवगुन साना ॥
bhaleu poca saba vidhi upajāye | gani guna doṣa beda bilagāye ||
kahahim̐ beda itihāsa purānā | bidhi-prapañca guna avaguna sānā ||
दुख-सुख पाप-पुन्य दिन-राती । साधु-असाधु सुजाति-कुजाती ॥
दानव-देव ऊँच अरु नीचू । अमिय सुजीवनु माहुर मीचू ॥
dukha-sukha pāpa-punya dina-rātī | sādhu-asādhu sujāti-kujātī ||
dānava-deva ūm̐ca aru nīcū | amiya sujīvanu māhura mīcū ||
माया ब्रह्म जीव-जगदीसा । लच्छि-अलच्छि रङ्क-अवनीसा ॥
कासी-मग सुरसरि-क्रमनासा । मरु-मारव महिदेव-गवासा ॥
māyā brahma jīva-jagadīsā | lacchi-alacchi raṅka-avanīsā ||
kāsī-maga surasari-kramanāsā | maru-mārava mahideva-gavāsā ||
सरग-नरक अनुराग-बिरागा । निगम-अगम गुन-दोष-विभागा ॥
saraga-naraka anurāga-birāgā | nigama-agama guna-doṣa-vibhāgā ||
जड़-चेतन गुन-दोष मय, बिस्व कीन्ह करतार ।
सन्त हंस गुन गहहिँ पय, परिहरि बारि बिकार ॥
jar̤a-cetana guna-doṣa maya, bisva kīnha karatāra |
santa haṃsa guna gahahim̐ paya, parihari bāri bikāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0