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JULY, 1926 ) SONGS AND SAYINGS ABOUT THE GREAT IN NORTHERN INDIA
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An elephant that had strayed from its herd. Then he threw down the howdah, threw it on to the ground, and broke off the heal And sent it off to Delhi. Says Suján Bali 25 : -Blessed art thou, Raja Chhatrasal, Who shall survive a blow from thy sword ?”
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In Praise of Akbar. (By Ram Das Kachhadha-in Notes and Comments on the "Setubandh Kavya of Kalidas."
Communicated by Ramgharib Chaube.) Ram Das Kachhwaha described himself as the servant of Akbar in every way.
Text. Amero r& samudrawati yasumatin yah prat&pe na tawat, Dare gåshyati mệtyo, rapi karam muchattirath banijya břityoh ; Apya shraushit Purkņam, japati cha din krimam, yogam bidhate; Gangâm bho bhinna mambho na piwati Jallala-dindra. Angam, Bangam, Kalingam, Silhat, Tipura, Kamta, Kamrûpå ; Nándhram, Karnat, LAT, Dravin, Marhat, Dwarika, Chol, Pandyan ; Bhotânnam, Maruwarôt, Kal, Malay, Khurasan, Khandhår, Jámbu; Kashi, Kashmir, Dhakka, Balakh, Badaksha, Kabilan, yah prashash. Kaliyug mahima a pohiya mana shruti surabhi dwijdharm raksh ndy; Dhřit Bugun tanum ; tam prameyam purush Makabbar Shah mantosmi,26
Translation. He, who supports the earth from the ocean to Mount Meru, And saves the kine from slaughter, and has exempted the sacred places and traders
from taxes; Who has heard the Puranas recited, repeats the name of the Sun-goda7, and performs
yoga; Who drinks no water other than the Ganges, is JallAlu'ddin28, (Who rules over) Anga, Banga, Kalinga, Silhat, Tipura, Kamti and Kamarapa. Nandhra, Karnata, Lata, Dravina, Marhata, Dwarika, Chola, Pandya ; Bhota, Marwar, Urissa, Malaya, KhurAsân, Khandhar, and Jambu; Kashi, Kashmira, Dhakka, Balkh, Badash an and Kabul:9-may he prosper. He who incarnated himself in the Kaliyug to protect the Scriptures, the cow and the
twice-born, And virtue, the sanctity of which is danger of warning; That is the personage to whom I bow in obeisance-Akbar Shah.
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A Hindu Legend of Naurang Shah (Aurangzeb). (Told by Kewal Ram, goldomith and Recorded by Jamiyat 'Ali, teacher, Saharanpur District.)
There is a popular legend that Aurangzeb caused a palace to be built on the surface of the Jumna at Agra, in order to lower the sacred river in the estimation of the Hindus, and went to live in it with his queens. But soon there came up a fire ont of the river and the Emperor and his queens were afraid of being burnt, and the Emperor himself went blind, which made the queens beg him to leave the place. And that is why he went to Delhi.
35 The name of the writer of the poem.
* The text is exactly as transliterated by the Brahman, Ramghartb Chaube, and is given as a Specimen of the modern idea of a Sanskrit text.. 37 That is, Surya Narayana.
3. The personal name of the Emperor Akbar * This liat purports to name the principal districta ip Akbar's Empire,
