The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND OK siLA DA. 359
Pdrbati.
" Ai Pitam, is nagar men kya hM hah^ kar
1400 Rudan ksire nagari sabhi, kar rahi bahot pukar.
Kar raki bahot pukar ; Nathji, kaho sack ki bani.
Kis pe bipafc pari hai bhari
Yeh ham ne na janl
Is ka bhed batao ham koj ap Nath gur gyani.
In kk dukh mitega, Saml, jabhi pMngi pani."
Mah&dev,
1405 "Koi rove, koi hanse, jag men dukh a pas.
Gyan disht kar dekh le jab jag hot binas.
Jab jag hot binas, janiyo dukh sukh ka hai mela.
Pdrbati.*
" My husband,t what is this wailing in this city
1400 All the city is weeping, and crying out greatly.
Crying out greatly : my Lord, tell me the truth.
On whom hath this great sorrow fallen I do not
know of it
Tell me the secret, thou that art a wise saint and teacher.
O Lord| until this sorrow is blotted I will not drink
water-"
Mahddev.
1405 " Some laugh and some weep, troubles come in the world.
See with the eye of knowledge that the world is transitory.
When the world is transitory, know that in it are mixed
joy and sorrow.
* This is a clear case of deus etc machind ; the poet having killed off
all his characters, or rather put them into such difficulties as to ensure
aU their deaths, invokes the supernatural aid of Biva and Parvati to get
them out of their troubles.
t I.e., Siva or Mahadeva. J Sdmi for Swdmi, i.e., ^iva.