The legends of the Panjâb

332 LEGENDS 0¥ THE PANjAb.
Jab se bhichari pran, piari :
bbae lage mere tan men."
Kard uthai nath ne, kar Gorakb M dhy^n.
Jog I.
" A, bacha ;
jehka baith ja : chiruii tere Mn.
1095 OMrun tere kan."
Jabhi kanon men phfink lagai.
Kan cbirke mundaran geri, ang bbabhut ramM.
Jogi.
" Gur ka bachan man le ; BacM, tujhe yeb hi samjhai!
Alakh jagake, bbicha lao : jog suphal ho jae I"
" Jog bhek lekar chale, ang bhabhut ramae :
When my life was ruined : fire (misery) entered my
body."
The jogi took ap his
knife, calling on Gorakhnath.
Jogt.
" Come my son ; sit down here : I will bore thy ears.
1095 I will bore thy ears."
Then he blew into his ears.
Bored bis earSj put in the rings and rubbed ashes on his
body.
Jogi.
" Hear the Guru^s words : ray son, I teach thee this !
Call out ' alahh'* and beg food, and may thy saintship
prosper 1"
He put on the jogi's
on his body.t
dress and went, and rubbed ashes
* " The imperisliable name "
: the cry of mendicants begging.
t He thus "became what is generally known as a hanphattd faqifr, or
ear-pierced mendicant. They are followers of Gorakhnath, and are
under a vow of silence. Nothing will make them speak as I know from
experience.