The legends of the Panjâb

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122 LEGENDS OP THE PANJAB.
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SwANG GuGE Eajp^t Bagar Des ka.
Sarad Mat^, tu bari ! Dharte tera dhyhn !
Kirpa apni kijtye ! karo chhand ka gy^n !
Karo clihand k§, gjkn, M4t meri ! man ichhEi. bar paM.
Tu hai, Mata, buddh kt data ! Oharnon ab niwauri.
5 Karo buddh parg&sh ! anke nis din tujhe manaiin.
Kar hirde man bashj s^ng Guge kS, cbliand banaun !
Ari Shakumbbari Mai
Teri hai jot siw^i,
Kahta Bansi Lai;
^nke karo sahM!
10 Bagar Des suhauna ; Jewar Raja nam.
Rahe dharm men nit : sada nahm pslp se kam.
TRANSLATION.
The Legend op Guga, the Rajput,
mother Saradf thou art great !
of Bagae.*
Blessed be thy worship
Grant me thy grace ! Give me knowledge of poetry !
Give me knowledge of poetry, Mother mine, that I may
obtain the desire of my heart.
Thou, Mother, art the giver of wisdom !
thy feet.
I lay my head at
5 Grant me the light of wisdom, that day and night I may
come and worship thee !
Dwell in my heart and soul, that I may sing the legend
of GftgEi.
Ah, Mother Shakambharl !f
Excellent is thy light
Saith Bansi Lai, come thou and '
help !'
10 Pleasant was the land of Bagar, Jewar was the Raja's
name.
He dwelt ever in the law and never at all committed sin.
* Bagar is usually placed in Bikauer. It was reaUy however a tract,
occupied by Cliaulian Bajpftts mostly, and situated ia parts of what is
now Gujarat and Malwa.
t I.e. Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning.
J The Herb Cherisher, a name of Devi, the great Goddess.