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Ethé 6thé dúin jahânân Baur Báléya shéra Mérá kar kasmânâ
Vich bihishti jhanda térâ, Jhulda lal nishana
Ethe othé doen jahânân Rakhin nál imânâ,
Bála Shah Santokh Bikh då, Santokh Rikh Sharap Dit Rikh dâ, Sharap Dit Rikh Ainak dá,
Ainak Rikhi dá,
Rikht Bikhi dâ,
Bikhi Mahadev dá,
Mahadev Bhagwan Aut Khandé dâ, Aut Khanda Alakh Purkh dâ, Alakh Purkh Sakt dá,
Saket Agam dá.
Alif Allah nun yad kar,
Dhan surjanhárâ,
THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
Té baithôn târî lâké,
Jal dhundhú kârâ
But Adam da sajjia.
[DECEMBER, 1903.
O Bâlâ brave, and there, in both the worlds For us. Thy flag flies high in heaven. 'Tis red! Behold! It waves triumphantly on high Mid both the worlds. Let us keep this with Faith.
The congregation then say, Amin.
Another genealogy.
Khák mitti gará
Té ráh dhôya vich but dé,
Var andar vara.
Daréa ruh andher thin
All now seat themselves, and then the ght having been burnt and hom thus offered, the charman made of flour, sugar and ght, is distributed to the worshippers. The changera, or basket, is carried round. Some of the churman is given to the dogs, some to the crows, some to the cows, some to the old women, and then the people eat, beginning with the most wealthy and respectable. The wrestler for Shah Eli gets a share. The remainder is given to friends in the neighbourhood who are absent. A collection of money is also taken.
Kaun karé guzara. Tainú itthon kaḍhsán Nál qaul garárá Nichh đt jad but n Kull rachiya sara. Utthon vadhiya prithwi Kull álam sârá.
While they are seated, two stools are placed by the altar, and near them four cakes of dried cowdung are lighted, so that the drummer may dry his rabbana (tambourine) when it becomes limp. It being evening the two chelas sing to the rabbana (tambourine) and the dotára (fiddle). The drum is heated until it gives a ringing sound when beaten, the dotára goes (as one of the men expressed it) bin, bin, bin, bin, the rabbana, gham, gham, gham, gham, and all are ready. Bulanda comes and says, "Pir Bashk is here and so is Nanak, but where is the lame man? He is lying in the house, is he? What will he be able to tell to-morrow morning?" The farmers gather round and ask them what they are singing. They answer: . "Let us sing the five attributes of God, and then we shall have leisure to speak to you,"
Bâlâ Shah is the son of Santôkh Rikh, Santôkh Rikh is the son of Sharap Dit Rikh, Sharap Dit Rikh is the son of Ainak,
Ainak is the son of Rikhi,
Rikhi is the son of Bikhi,
Bikhi is the son of Mahadev, Mahadev or Shiv is the son of Aut Khanda, Aut Khanda is the son of the Holy Person,
The Holy Person is the son of the Almighty Power,
The Almighty Power is the son of the Unknowable.1
c. The Attributes of God.
Praise God the Original, who sat
On waters dark, contemplative. He first
Of yielding clay, with care and wondrous art As sculptor wise began to mould the face And features, form and limbs of Adam. There The image lay all lifeless still, without
Or sense or motion, when to the entrance door Of this new mansion God led up the soul. The voice of God said, "Enter." "Nay, I will Not enter there," the soul cried fearfully,
In house so dark I will not, cannot live." He said, "a promise I do make a day Will come when I will set thee free, and take Thee to myself again." Thus urged the soul Obedient entered: Adam sneezed and woke. Pervading soul now quickened every part,
17 Cf. the genealogy given in Legends of the Panjab, Vol. III. p. 530.
