The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND OP StLA DAi. 331
Jogi.
" Main tujh ko samjhauta, karo gy^n ki rit.
Ja, ghar apna baitli ralio : cLhor jog se prit.
Chhor jog se prit : jan le, Alakh purakh, Abinasi,
Brahma wohi^ Bishn wohij hai woM rup Kailisi
1085 Gbar ko jao : jog na lena; sun, Mahita biswasi
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Chhin men mahilon pran taje teri Sil Kanwari dasi !
Maliita,
" Dasi ka da'wa taj& : ho gae nipat niras
Jab Sila ne ham taje, ae tumhare pas.
Ae tumhare pas, Nathji, jog bhek \enk yehan se :
1090 Ham ko tyag gae babal ke Sil Kahwar hamri dasi.
Kya* tu bhek jog ka de de; nahin, pran tajun ban men.
Jogl.
" I tell thee, consider knowledge well.
Go sit in thy home : give up the desire for the saintship.
Give up the desire for the saintship : know him, the Immortal,
the Imperishable :
Brahma is he, Bishn-f is he, KailasJ is his form.
1085 Go home : thou canst not take the saintship : hear thou
foolish Mahita
Thy wife, the Lady Sila will give up her life at once in
thou become a, jogi.)"
the palace (if
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Mahita.
" I have given up my claim to my wife : I have no hope
of her for ever.
When Sila deserted me, I came to thee.
I came to thee, my Lord, to put on the jogi's dress here.
My wife, the Lady Si]a,has left me for her father's house.
Either you give me the jog'i's dress or I destroy my life
in the forest.
* Kyd = yd. t Vishnu. J 6iva.