[nukkad] clarification

["Mahesh chandra gupta" <>]

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Dr. Vasudevak asked:

He who has understood letters half and two>>
shd it read "He who has understood letters half and two in love"
meaning a little of love?
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The context of the above is given below:


Kabir said [and, rightly so]:

  >Pothi parh parh jag mua,
  Pandit bhaya na koi;
  Dhai acchar prem ka,
  Parhe so pandit hoi.<

"Volumes we read day in, day out,
Yet I say without a doubt;
He who has understood letters half and two,
Is the most erudite man I know."

[Plain meaning: All knowledge acquired through reading tons of
books does not make a man learned. The really learned is he who
has learnt the lesson of love].





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