“माटी कहै कुम्हार को तू क्या रूँदै मोहिं। इक दिन ऐसा होइगा मैं रूँदूँगी तोहि॥”English meaning: The clay asks the potter why he tramples it; one day, it says, the earth will cover him.
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“माटी कहै कुम्हार को तू क्या रूँदै मोहिं। इक दिन ऐसा होइगा मैं रूँदूँगी तोहि॥”English meaning: The clay asks the potter why he tramples it; one day, it says, the earth will cover him.
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