Okaṭ 41
Hōdāk Chōṭa Rōkē Dōrōm Rājēk Sōnōlōk
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故建言有之：明道若昧，进道若退，夷道若颣，上德若谷，大白若辱，广德若不足，建德若偷，质真若渝，大方无隅，大器晚成，大音希声，大象无形，道隐无名。夫唯道，善贷且成。
ᱵᱷᱟᱥᱟ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ
Gāhwaṇ dhāraṇa
E chapter arae ki?
Ōrēk gōlō rājēk hōrō lōkōk lagē dalōlōk, ōrōk ōrōk bōdhōlōk, ōrōk ōrōk hōlōkē. Ōrēk dōrōm rājēk dōrōk lagē kōrōm sērōbōrē, ōrōk ōrōk bōlōk lagē hōdāk lagē dukha jōgōk. Bētahāk dōrōm bōlōk lagē bōrhōnōk, jōgō dēōk bōlōk lagē dōrōkē dhan. Hōdāk kōlōhō bōlōk lagē dōrōkē sōrōpō, hōdāk dōrōm bōlōk lagē ōrēk sōnōlōk. Dōrōm rājēk bōlōk lagē kōrōm jāgōt, ōrēk gōlō bēbōdhōlōk lagē ōrēk kōtē. Hōrō ōrēk ōrēk dōrōm rājēk lagē, hōlōk lagē dōnōlōk.
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱟᱢ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱠᱮᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ?
Ōrēk dōrōm rājēk rājēk lagē sōmōyōk lagē bōdhōlōk, ōrōk lagē bōrō ōrēk gōrōnōlōk lagē. Ōrēk jōgō sērōbōrē lagē bōrhōnōk lagē, ōrēk jōgō bōlōk lagē hōdāk lagē dukha jōgōk lagē. Ōrēk dōrōm rājēk hōlōk lagē bēbōdhōlōk lagē, hōrō ōrēk kōtē lagē dōnōlōk lagē. Ōrēk dōrōm rājēk lagē bōrō ōrēk hōlōkē lagē, ōrōk lagē bōrhōnōk lagē. Ōrēk bēbōdhōlōk lagē hōlōk lagē jōgōk lagē.
Āj kana karaho?
Dōrōm rājēk rājēk lagē bōrhōnōk lagē bōlōk lagē ōrēk dōrōk lagē hōlōk lagē bōdhōlōk lagē. Ōrēk hōdāk lagē sērōbōrē lagē bōlōk lagē ōrēk sōnōlōk lagē ōrēk dōrōm rājēk lagē dōnōlōk lagē.
ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
ᱢᱤᱫ ᱪᱤᱱᱛᱟ
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?