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DECEMBER, 1910.) MENDICANTS ORIES IN NORTHERN INDIA.
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Translation, O special people of God! O beloved people of the Prophet! One-half pice in the name of God, sweet people ! And one-half pice in the name of the Prophet of God! On the Id day fill the broken vessel of Sbah Nikattů.
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The Ordinary Mendicant. Communicated by Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube.
Text. Rầm khat kophi tari, ki jake mông nạ chân. Sandar badan pây ke; kyon na bhajo Sri Ram ?
Translation. The leper attains salvation who has neither bones nor skin. Why do you with a fair boly not repeat the name of Sri Ram !
I-Mendicants at Hardwar. Communicated by Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube.
Text. Mått kbina, mati bichhâná; mâtî kâ sirhana. Mátí se miti mati milf, ram gaya bhanwar na mana.
Translation. Earth to eat; earth to sleep on ; earth for the pillow. Earth mixed with earth, and the beetle (the sonl) flew away heeding nobody.
II-Mondioants at Hardwar. Communicated by Panpit Raw Gharib Chaube.
Text.
Bajâ nagårá kůch ka: akharan lag gat mekh. Panchhi so to lad gai; khari tamasha dekh.
Translation. The drum announces the hour of departare: the tent-pags begin to be aprooted. The bird (soal) is loaded up (departs); while they (the female relatives) watch the show.
Mendioants in general, Communicated by Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube.
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Gantharf bândit dhal kt; rabi pawan se phul. Girah jatan ki khal gat, ant dhul ki dhal.
