धरत परिये धर्म न छोड़िये dharat pariyē dharm na chhōṛiyē

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cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

ڌرت پڑيئي، ڌرم نه ڇوڙيئي. · sd · prop.

Earlier definition

Definition

(Sindhi Proverb) Better be swallowed by earth than forsake religion (duty or virtue).
Do what you ought, come what may.
(Bābā) Even if you have to die, you must not renounce your religion.
(Bābā) Godly rules are meant for the self development. Practicing Godly laws is beneficial to the self only. Hence, while practicing the Godly laws, if you face tough situations where you have to leave some Godly rules, then it is better to die than to renounce the religion ie Dharna.

Usual translation

  1. even in the most adverse situations, I will not let go of my religion
  2. whatever happens, I will never leave my religion

Origin of the definition

छोड़ना chhōṛnā (hindi)

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

धरत परिये धर्म न छोड़िये. Even if you have to die, you must not renounce your religion - Godly rules are meant for the self development. Practicing Godly laws is beneficial to the self only. Hence, while practicing the Godly laws, if you face tough situations where you have to leave some Godly rules, then it is better to die than to renounce the religion ie Dharna.

(A Hand Book of Sindhi Proverbs rendered into English) ڌرت پڑيئي، ڌرم نه ڇوڙيئي. Better be swallowed by earth than forsake religion (duty or virtue). c.f. Do what you ought, come what may.

धर्म dharm (sanskrit)

What is to be held or kept: the complex of religious and social obligations which a devout Hindu is required to fulfil, right action, duty; morality; virtue, virtuous life; justice.
Customary observances of community or sect, etc.
The prescriptions or sanctions of religion; moral law.
Religion.
Particular nature or character; walk of life; way of life (e.g. of a woman as opposed to a man, of a man as opposed to a youth); caste.
Spiritual merit, as deriving from the fulfilment of dharma.

धरती dhartī (hindi)

The Earth.
Earth, soil; land.

न na (hindi)

Not (subjunctive or imperative).
Na .. na, Neither .. nor.
Repetitive Compounds of indefinite Pronouns, and of Adverbs formed from them are made by placing the Negative particle between the two words. These Compounds have a pronounced indefinite force. (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi - Appendice III 5-j)

पड़ना paṛnā (hindi)

To fall, to fall down, to drop.
To lie (down).
To occur, to befall.
To be involved; to be hit.
(Following the uninflected infinitive of another verb, paṛnā, like honā, signifies 'have to,' 'must'; e.g. usko jāne paṛā, 'he had to go'; — annexed to the base of some neuter verbs it forms intensives, as gir-paṛnā, 'to fall down'; — annexed to the base of a transitive verb it has generally the sense of honā, as dekh paṛnā, 'to be seen,' 'to become visible').

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Created
Wednesday 26 July 2023
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