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THE WISE SAYINGS OF NAND RISHI
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WISE SAYINGS OF NAND RISHI
BY PANDIT ANAND KOUL
(Continued from vol. LIX, p. 32) Kaliyuga apazer dițhim tosan ;
Santěn handi ghari dyűthum pasun wáv. Mahazanan bharut bhatta dyúthum na pośdn ;
Kozanan dyúthum myúth maz ta pulav. Páz dithim jath kanan kasan;
Raza-hamsas runan dishim káv. During this Iron Age I found liars prospering;
In the house of the pious I found grief born of poverty. I did not find the good getting full meals;
I found delicious mutton and curry being served to wicked people. I found hawks tearing out feathers from their own ears ;
I found crows pecking at the swans. Kasiri pheryas andi andiy;
Kansi na hitum bränday nav. Jandas yěli hětsam karani paiwandiy,
Téli lokav dupum Nandey ndu. Mana yeli hyrutum, kath gayam banday.
Bu na kénh ta mě kyd nav. Akhir kanh chu na kansi hunduy
Khět zan tsalán prápiun käv. I wandered round Kashmir (doing no work);
Nobody asked my name from the door-step. When I began to mend my ragged quilt (i.e., began to work),
Then people called me by the name of Nand. When I remembered [God) in my mind, my speech stopped.
I am nothing. What is my name ? (nothing). In the end there remains no one attached to any other Just as crows fly away after eating the offering of food [so all depart from
this world). Khev ti mudiy, na ktheu ti mudiy.
Yemi zuvi karinam ziv děh náv. Yimau na khěv yim wanan rúdiy,
Timanay ada dráv Nandey náv. Having eaten food we die ; having fasted we die.
This life called me soul and body, Those who fasted (and) those who lived in forests,
They then were called by the name of Nand. Kodar phalis war-haji ganey
Påtsi-khaney kydh dima lat Hutimatis bhatas worzi-raney
Yiman pántsan che kuniy gat. Grape-seed, a knotty block of wood,
A linen quilt-why should I kick to press (and wash) it! Boiled rice turned putrid, & remarried wife
These five are of the same nature.
