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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
(OCTOBER, 1931
Chas kenh na ta deas kerhnay,
Keihnay, kerhnas kesh na id kerk gom tarit keth Shiva puzum wuchum Naran,
Kerhnay keihnas kerh na ta kenh gom tarit kath. I am nothing and I was nothing, No, into my nothingness (i.e., transitory existence) something or other
penetrated. I worshipped Sive, I saw Vienu, No, into my nothingness (i.e., transitory existence) something or other
penetrated.
Chuh kuney. Chuh nd kuney?
Uchum or yor nd luney. Dayi phal, tay möl nd kundy;
Tsay tsento gdrun na kunty. (God) is somewhere. Is He not anywhere!
I saw Him neither here nor there. God's fruit, and it has no prioe (i.e., it is free),
Take thou a hint, thou hast not to search [for) (Him) anywhere (He being Omnipresent).
Göras pritshom adsih lafay
Yas na kerk wandn tas lydk ndo? Pritshdn pritshan thacis ta visas
"Reihnas nishe kyahıdni dndo." I asked the Guru a thousand times
What is the name of Him who is not called anything! I got wearied and tired by inquiring (and) inquiring"Something came out of something" (i.o., this was the answer, meaning that God
was incomprehensible).
Kandyo Ilarak kanda, landby;
Kandyo I karak kandi vilde Bhogay mithiy ditit yał kanday
At kandi rozi sur na ta ade. Somanah gdrun manz yat kandty,
Yath kandi dapdn Sarup ndo. Lob moh taaliy, shob yiyi kandey,
Yath kandi tez tay sor praldsh. O thou, possessed of body! If thou wilt talk of body, body
O thou possessor of body! If thou wilt adorn this bodyThou hast given sweet feasts to this body
Of this body there will remain neither dust nor ashes. With a good heart search (God) within this body,
The name of this body is the Impersonal Supreme Being. When greed [and] ignorance will be dispelled, (then) this body will acquire beauty,
To this body (will then come] light and all lustre,
