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title: "Uttar Kand Doha 99b"
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# Uttar Kand · Doha 99b

**चौ०** 
> नारि बिबस नर सकल गोसाईं। नाचहिं नट मर्कट की नाईं॥  
> सूद्र द्विजन्ह उपदेसहिं ग्याना। मेलि जनेऊ लेहिं कुदाना॥ १॥

**चौ०** 
> सब नर काम लोभ रत क्रोधी। देव बिप्र श्रुति संत बिरोधी॥  
> गुन मंदिर सुंदर पति त्यागी। भजहिं नारि पर पुरुष अभागी॥ २॥

**चौ०** 
> सौभागिनीं बिभूषन हीना। बिधवन्ह के सिंगार नबीना॥  
> गुर सिष बधिर अंध का लेखा। एक न सुनइ एक नहिं देखा॥ ३॥

**चौ०** 
> हरइ सिष्य धन सोक न हरई। सो गुर घोर नरक महुँ परई॥  
> मातु पिता बालकन्हि बोलावहिं। उदर भरै सोइ धर्म सिखावहिं॥ ४॥

Meaning: “Dominated by women, my lord, all men dance to their tune like a monkey controlled by its trainer. Śūdras instruct the Brāhmaṇas (the twice-born) in spiritual wisdom and, wearing the sacred thread, accept impious gifts. (1)

“All men are given over to sensuality and greed and irascible, too, and are hostile to the gods, the Brāhmaṇas, the Vedas as well as the saints. Unfortunate wives desert their accomplished and handsome husband and bestow their heart on a paramour. (2)

“ ‘Suhāgina’ ladies have no ornament on their person, while widows adorn themselves in the latest style. The disciple and the preceptor resemble a deaf man and a blind man: the one would not listen, while the other cannot see. (3)

“A spiritual guide who robs his disciple of money but fails to rid him of his sorrow is cast into a terrible hell. Parents call their children and teach them such religious tenets (worldly knowledge) as may fulfil their (insatiable) desires (lit. appetite). (4)

**दो०** 
> ब्रह्म ग्यान बिनु नारि नर कहहिं न दूसरि बात।  
> कौड़ी लागि लोभ बस करहिं बिप्र गुर घात॥ ९९ (क)॥

**दो०** 
> बादहिं सूद्र द्विजन्ह सन हम तुम्ह ते कछु घाटि।  
> जानइ ब्रह्म सो बिप्रबर आँखि देखावहिं डाटि॥ ९९ (ख)॥

Meaning: “Men and women talk of nothing else than the Knowledge of Brahma; while in their greed they would kill a Brāhmaṇa, or, for the matter of that, even their own spiritual guide for the sake of a few shells. (99 A)

“Śūdras argue with the twice-born: ‘Are we in any way inferior to you? A good Brāhmaṇa is he who knows the truth of Brahma!’ and defiantly glower at them. (99 B)

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