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जड़ चेतन गुण दोषमय बिस्व कीन्ह करतार ।संत हंस गुन गहहिं पय परिहरि बारि बिकार
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
jaḍa cetana guṇa doṣamaya bisva kīnha karatāra | saṃta haṃsa guṇa gahahiṃ paya parihari bāri bikāra
मूल पाठ सहायकReading aid for the sourceWord by word (पदच्छेद व अन्वय)पदच्छेद
The world contains both good and bad — this is a fact. The question is: what do you extract from it? Tulsidas uses the beautiful metaphor of the mythological swan (hamsa) that can separate milk from water. Saints have developed this faculty of discrimination — seeing the good, learning from the bad, not being contaminated by either.
करतार (ईश्वर) ने यह जगत जड़-चेतन, गुण-दोषमय बनाया। संत हंस के समान गुण रूपी दूध को ग्रहण करते हैं और दोष रूपी जल को छोड़ देते हैं।
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
The Creator made this world full of both inert matter and conscious beings, full of both virtues and faults. Saints, like swans, take the milk of virtues and leave behind the water of faults.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
परम्परागत भाष्यTraditional commentaryTraditional Commentary (परम्परागत भाष्य)परम्परागत भाष्य
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Classical commentaries represent distinct philosophical darshanas (Advaita, Vishishtadvaita, Dvaita). Dharma Granth presents multiple traditional viewpoints without declaring any single tradition as universal or exclusive.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
जड़ चेतन गुण दोषमय बिस्व कीन्ह करतार । संत हंस गुन गहहिं पय परिहरि बारि बिकार ॥
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
The Creator made this world full of both inert matter and conscious beings, full of both virtues and faults. Saints, like swans, take the milk of virtues and leave behind the water of faults.
Traditional commentary
No reviewed traditional commentary has been added for this verse yet, so there is nothing to compare. Commentaries will appear here only with their commentator, edition and review status.
Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
The world contains both good and bad — this is a fact. The question is: what do you extract from it? Tulsidas uses the beautiful metaphor of the mythological swan (hamsa) that can separate milk from water. Saints have developed this faculty of discrimination — seeing the good, learning from the bad, not being contaminated by either.
The world contains both good and bad — this is a fact. The question is: what do you extract from it? Tulsidas uses the beautiful metaphor of the mythological swan (hamsa) that can separate milk from water. Saints have developed this faculty of discrimination — seeing the good, learning from the bad, not being contaminated by either.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
करतार (ईश्वर) ने यह जगत जड़-चेतन, गुण-दोषमय बनाया। प्रकाश, जल और ताप एक ही प्राकृतिक चक्र के रूप हैं; कोई भी अपने आप अलग सृष्टि नहीं है। यह पंक्ति उन रूपों को एक व्यवस्था के अंग की तरह पढ़ती है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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- Sanskrit text
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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
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