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Pothi padhi padhi jag mua pandit bhaya na koy

Doha byKabir

Hinglish

pothi padhi padhi jag mua, pandit bhaya na koi ekai akhar peev ka, padh su pandit hoi

— Kabir

Hindi (original)

पोथी पढ़ि पढ़ि जग मुवा, पंडित भया न कोइ। एकै अषिर पीव का, पढ़ सु पंडित होइ॥

English translation

The whole world died reading books, yet no one became wise; whoever reads the one letter of the Beloved is the truly learned.

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