# दानही दान करी | Danahi Dan Kari

Source: https://pushtikirtan.com/kirtan/danahi-dan-kari-809

Kirtan ID: 809

Raag: Bilaval · बिलावल

Occasion: Daan Lila · दान लीला

Updated: 2026-08-20

## Original text

दानही दान करी नकमानी कहा पर्यौ मेरे ख्याल लालरे । जो हम यह व्योहार छाँड़िदें दही महीकौ भये कहाँके दानी ॥१॥ कीजै नफा कों होत हानि सोई सोनों जाहु जर जाते टूटें कान । कृष्णजीवन लछीरामके प्रभु प्यारे तुम व्योसै जैसी हम व्यौसान ॥२॥

## English meaning

दानही दान करी | Danahi Dan Kari

(राग बिलावल | Raga Bilaval)

दानही दान करी नकमानी कहा पर्यौ मेरे ख्याल लालरे ।
जो हम यह व्योहार छाँड़िदें दही महीकौ भये कहाँके दानी ॥१॥
“Daan, daan—you keep insisting on daan, Lala! What notion about me has entered Your mind? If I give up this trade, then from whose curd and buttermilk will You collect Your daan?” ॥१॥

कीजै नफा कों होत हानि सोई सोनों जाहु जर जाते टूटें कान ।
कृष्णजीवन लछीरामके प्रभु प्यारे तुम व्योसै जैसी हम व्यौसान ॥२॥
“In seeking profit, You are only bringing Yourself loss; go and trouble someone whose ears will bear it! Krishna-Jivan Lachhiram says: O Pyare Prabhu, Your trade is just like ours—we are both traders alike.” ॥२॥

## Transliteration

daanahee daan karee nakamaanee kahaa paryau mere khyaal laalare |
jo ham yah vyohaar chhaanriden dahee maheekau bhaye kahaanke daanee ||1||

keejai naphaa kon hot haani soee sonon jaahu jar jaate tooten kaan |
krishnajeevan lachheeraamake prabhu pyaare tum vyosai jaisee ham vyausaan ||2||

## Source and usage

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