Indian Antiquary Vol 59

SR No.: 032551
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 380
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

Page 41

FEBRUARY, 1930)
A LIFE OF NAND RISHI
I saw pretty damsels singing songs there ;
They were sweeping the dust with yaks' tails. There I now observed cotton being sown.
I saw, O Nasar, thou mightest also go to see it. Nasru'd-dîn was one of the four disciples of Nand Risbi, namely, Nasru'd-dîn (Autár), Bamu'd-din (Bbm Sadbu), Zainu'd-dîn (Zaya Singh) and Latifu'd-din (Adit Raina).
Nasar Baba, bozto gurah sandi watsan.
Sorah sandih wudih asih morah sund taj; Vethah arah hukhan henar grazan ;
Adah, ha malih, asi wandar ráj.. Nasar Baba, listen to the word of your preceptor.
The crest of the peacock will be on the head of a pig; The Jehlam and its tributaries will dry up and the drains will roar;
Then, O father, will be the reign of monkeys. Nand Risbi advised seeking good company and shunning the bad, contrasting the two in forcible torms. He shows that the rogue will wrong the good, attacking him with crooked words, if be is not careful.
Nunden satin doh din bharize
Lagiyo shih wulge kanz. Badan satin zah tih no phirze
Atsizih nak tamanen búnan manz. Spend tby days with the good
The shah wulga [one of the best kinds of rive) will get pounded. Nover go about with the wicked
Do not walk close to pots covered with soot [else thou shalt get soiled). On man's attempts to secure worldly objects, which, of course, result in disappointment, Nand Rishi observed :
Sun trávil sarlalik riwum ;
kurlal pheutram karimas dráti. Dol luy darah tai bánbari pedum ;
Agun tshiwum búnah nah wodti. I cast off gold and hankered after brass ;
I broke a sword and made a sickle of it. The day began to end, and in haste I commenced to light a fire (on the
hearth);
The flame went out, but the cooking pots were not ready. In regard to the imperative necessity of devotion to God, Nand Rishi observed
Yin gharák, galshani glaráh;
Kangard gatsham tapani kitsai. Gura ! kun todtah nah pilih nah nardh ;
Sat chham cháni akhir buh tsai. Thore is a moment for coming [birth) and a moment for going (death)
A moment I want for devotion. O Preceptor! I cannot reach anywhere nor can (my) arm reach thee :
1 bave faith in thee that I am thou after all. Onoe Nand Rishi spoke about the futility of performing namaz without concentrating the mind on God :
Puz yud bozak pánts numrak ;
Natah mdz ai numrak rachhi nah mdz ;