A rhymed couplet
From Prakrit/Apabhramsha 'doha', a traditional two-line rhymed meter widely used in Hindi and Awadhi devotional poetry.
A compact, self-contained two-line verse — hymns like the Hanuman Chalisa open and close on a doha, framing the main verses with a focused statement of intent or blessing.
This is a short devotional couplet (a doha) from the Bhakti tradition that declares the Guru to be greater than even God (Govind), because the Guru is the one who shows the way to the divine.
1 verseA popular couplet attributed to Kabir: seeking the bad in others he found none, but searching his own heart he found no one worse than himself.
1 verseThis is a short devotional couplet from the saint-poet Kabir, teaching that gentle, ego-free speech brings peace to others and to oneself.
1 verseThis is a short, urgent verse from the poet Kabir, calling on the listener to act without delay because life can end at any moment.
1 verseA Kabir doha teaching that spiritual growth unfolds in its own time, like a tree that bears fruit only when its season arrives.
1 verseKabir's well-known doha (Dohavali 210): the world wore itself out reading books, but only one who reads the two and a half letters of love is wise.
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