Dohas 5-8] The Relation of God 89 attributed to Ramanand. Compare the humility in कीला कहे न कोय '. 6 2. Contrast the superiority of Kamal's reply to Kabir in the second Doha with the tradition that Kamal was a bad boy to begin with or that he led a sinful life. Kabir has been supposed to have ejaculated वूड़ा वंश कबीर का, उपजा पून कमाल', but this has also another interpretation viz. that after Kabir, Kamal was himself liberated thus putting a stop to the lineage of Kabir. i 3. The two Dohas under consideration have got only an ironic value. Kabir did really believe that God was the central, pivot of all existence. एक न भुला दोइ न भूला, भूला सब संसार । एक न भूला दास कवरा, जाके राम अधार ॥ - cf. " 7 कूता Another reading is कूकर ( Sk. कुक्कर ). Corrupt form of the word ' नाउँ 1 जेवड़ी (not ³) - God's name. 1- " = TEAT A rope made of cotton or hemp. Contrast शृंखला = जंजीर an iron chain. 8 ते == ते तुलसी == I cf. Sk. exactly. Another reading is . The pl. form shows that the Doha must have been composed by some other person to describe Tulsidas. If the Doha be attributed to the Tulsidas then must be understood as equal to . रामसहाय - Is a compound. Note:--For the idea in the Doha, cf. the follow- ing autobiographical verse from. कवितावली. 12
