The legends of the Panjâb

326 LEGENDS OF THE PANJaB.
1025 Agrohe ke ho lie rasta, lamb^ kunch karae.
Phiv Mahita kare rudan chala jogi se 'araz lagsle.
MuMdl.
Mahitd,
"BidMkihaigatniari!
Soch mujh ko hfii bMri.
Karam rekh balw&n,
1030 Naliiri tarti hai tari ! "
"'Kith, jor age karha, mukh se kahun ades.
Kirpa karo, Gar Deoji; do jogi ka bhes.
Do jogi ka bhes, Nathji ; kanon mundra pdo.
Main jogi hone aya hun, zara der mat lao.
1035 Tan ke bastar utar lo, mere ang bhut ramao.
Jog bhekh dijo, MaharajS,; hamre pr^n bachao."
102 5 They took the road to Agroha, making a long march of it.
And then Mahitd weeping went and besought a jogt.
Be/rain*
Mahitd. f
"This is the wondrous work of Fate!
Great is my sorrow !
Powerful is the line of Pate,
1030 And tarries not for putting off!"
" I stand before thee with joined hands, and make
salutation with my lips.
Have mercy, my holy Gurfi ; put on me the jogi's dress.
Put on me the jogi's dress, my Lord ;
put the {jogi's)
rings into my ears.
I am come (to thee) to be a jogi, delay not at all.
1035 Take the clothes off my body, rub ashes on my body.
Give me dress of a jogi, Mahar§ja,J and save my life."
* Tie muktdl is a piece of four short lines of the nature of a chorus
or refrain.
t To the Jogi.
X Common form of address towards jogis.