The legends of the Panjâb

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Kwslnama Pirdn da.*
Awwal Pir Asa
Dom Pir Khasa
Som Pir Safa
Charamf Pir Giljhapia.
Jis din Miran Shah janamia, chaudah tabaq hoi rushnai
Thapi mili Muhammadon
Barhai mili Paighanibaron !
maqtuloii bang sunai.
" Kholo bawan topi-chiraj" huran mangal gai
THE GENEALOGIES OF LAL BEG. 631
5 Hare k4 mal, jite ka pahilwaiij Sarjan ummat pai !
Sachche Shahe kala tikai
10 Jhota jamia ban-khande men ; chhuta phira Dargah men
Tale bage Jinda Dariyao, jithe pire ashnan lagai.
Uchhe daliche satranjil,rij jithe pire mal pai.
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Sone ki- tokri ! Eupe ka jharu !
15 KyS, kahti hai tokri kya kahtS. hai jharu '(
Tokri kahti hai, " pak dar pak
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Eishabha the father of Bharata and well known in modem times as
E/ikhab Der in tlie Hindi rescensions of the Bhdgavata Purdna. The
Bikhi De which has been made to jingle with the preceding Eiihi De
is probably merely the classical bhikshu, the Brahman in his fourth or
mendicant stage. MahSdeo is of course Biva, and the name Sri Maharaj
is very often applied to him as a title. Atal Pm-akh, or the Immortal
Man, meaning God, is a central iigure in the Sikh Eeligion, and the
hymn in his praise, the alcdl usiut, immediately follows the japji or
chief prayer in Guri^ Govind Singh's Granth (Scripture) : the sect of
Akalis are his especial followers : hence no doubt his presence here.
Andkan.de I guess to be made to jingle with the more familiar Markande
following : it may mean Siva in his character of Anda or Brahmanda,
the egg principle of life. M^rkanda is the reputed author of
the Mdrkan deya Purdn a, one of the most popular of the purdn as, because
the most fiill of unalloyed folklore. The solely Hindfl character of
this " genealogy" is to be remarked.
* Clearly a text made up of fi agments of longer pieces.
t For the Persian ordinals OMwal, doyam, soyam, chuhdram ; all in
common use.