Kabir doha · Choose Wisely · Level 4
साँच बराबर तप नहिं, झूठ बराबर पाप।
जाके हिरदय साँच है, ताके हिरदय आप।
Saanch barabar tap nahin, jhooth barabar paap
Jaake hirday saanch hai, taake hirday aap
Saanch barabar tap nahin means: no discipline or effort is as great as truthfulness, and no wrong is as bad as a lie. Kabir says the divine lives in a heart that holds truth. For children, it puts honesty at the centre, as something that makes the heart feel light and clear.
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Meaning in English
No prayer is as powerful as truth.
No wrong is as bad as a lie.
When your heart is honest
God lives right inside it.
अर्थ (हिंदी में)
सच बोलने से बड़ी कोई तपस्या नहीं और झूठ से बड़ा कोई पाप नहीं। जिसके दिल में सच्चाई है, उसके दिल में भगवान बसते हैं।
This doha is also one of the eight in the chapter Kabir ke Dohe in NCERT's Class 8 Hindi textbook, Malhar.
Yusuf breaks the handle of his mother's favourite cup while she is out.
He hides the pieces behind the flowerpot. All afternoon his stomach feels heavy, as if he has swallowed a stone.
When she comes home, he takes her hand and shows her. She is sad about the cup, but she hugs him, and the stone is gone.
Keep it light. Let the child answer in their own words, draw it, or hum the line again.
Try this: Make it safe to be honest at home: when your child tells a hard truth, thank them for the truth first, before talking about what happened.
Children can place a hand on their heart on "jaake hirday saanch hai". Ask them to notice how it feels to say something true out loud.
It means: there is no discipline equal to truth and no wrong equal to a lie. The divine lives in the heart of someone who is truthful.
Tap means austerity or discipline, the hard effort people make to become better. Kabir says being truthful is greater than any of it.
Yes. It is one of the eight dohas in the chapter Kabir ke Dohe in NCERT's Class 8 Hindi textbook, Malhar.