- Literally
- The water-ghat is indeed the decrease of life, water-ghat is a crooked name; Tulsidas says, how can life remain at the place of its decrease?
- What it means
- A play on words warning that visiting places of worldly temptation or indulgence gradually erodes one's spiritual vows and life force.
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