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NOVEMBER, 1933
THE WISE SAYINGS OF NAND RISHI
217
Asiye la buchis bhojan dizey.
Nanis pritsh zi na kya chay zát. Tava sate, sisa gun puni pravizey.
Há Nandi ! sukry râviy na záh. If thou canst afford, provide the hungry with food. Do not inquire from the nude what his caste is (i.e., of whatever caste he
may be, clothe him). By doing so, thou shalt obtain virtue one thousand times over.
O Nand! a virtuous deed shall never be lost.
(5)
wwal bhangi-kon wopun maidanay;
Chis kághaz karán dasit kyět ; 'Ilmuk kalima likhuk ada tasay.
Su kath zats av wasit kyět ? In the beginning the hemp plant grew on a plain ;
It was beaten down and made into paper; Then (after undergoing such affliction) the word of learning was written on it. Which class was it degraded to ? (i.e., on the contrary, it became elevated
and eonsecrated). Butha chalit, bânga parit;
Kawa zana, Rishi ! kyah chuy wasawas. Desham rust 'umrá bharat ; . Daftam tce namáz karal kas. Having washed thy face, thou hast called the believers to prayer; llow can I kuow, O Fishi! what thou feelest in thy heart, or what thy
bows are for? Thou hast lived a life without seeing (God);
Tell ine to whom didst thou offer prayer. 1. c. a hypocrite). Gin!h kyil zai yiru wasun,
Khar lyik zani sala sund zyuth. Shint kyůh záni lolun ta rasun,
Hanth kyih pini prasun kyuth. What does a kite know of swimming ?
What does an ass know of the prey of a tiger? What does a pious woman know of murmuring and being disploased ?
Does a barren woman know what labour is?
(7)
Grah yeli asiy kúsun Shahas
Téli ho sapadiy Tázi Bhalli kin.
When the King (God) wills to remove ill-luck from thee,
Then it will be like Tazi Bhatt's arrow.
Explanation.-Tazi Bhatt rose to high position under King, Zainu'l-abidin (1421-72 A.D.). He was originally a poor man. The King once placed a ring upon a wall and issued a proclamation that whoever could shoot an arrow from a certain distance struight through the ring
