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Taruvar phal nahi khat hai sarvar piyahi na pan

Doha byRahim · 1556–1627

Hinglish

taruvar phal nahin khaat hain, sarvar piyahin na paan kahi Rahim par kaaj hit, sampati sanchahin sujaan

— Rahim

Hindi (original)

तरुवर फल नहिं खात हैं, सरवर पियहिं न पान। कहि रहीम पर काज हित, सम्पति सँचाहिं सुजान॥

English translation

Trees do not eat their own fruit, nor do lakes drink their own water; says Rahim, the good gather wealth for the sake of others.

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