Vol. iN ay 10.|' Miniature Tank Worship in Bengal. 493 
Ponya Puxor. 
Punya pukur puspa mala 
Ke pijere dupur bela ? 
Ami sati gunavati 
Bhayer bon bhigyavati, 
Habe putra marbe na, 
Prthibite dharbe na ; 
Svamir kole putra dole, 
n hay yena Ganga jale. 
Ganga jale sankher dhvani, 
Brahman kule janma paba, 
Sitar mata sati haba, 
Ramer mata svami paba, 
Laksmaner mata debar paba, 
Durgar mata sohagi haba, 
Karttik Ganeé bhai paba, 
Kuberer dhan paba, 
Abirer bar paba. 
TRANSLATION. 
“Who is worshipping the tank with garlands of flowers- 
at noon? It is I, chaste and virtuous, fortunate sister of a 
brother. May I have sons who will not die and (so many) 
that earth shall not contain them. May I die in the Ganges 
i son rocks in my husband’s bosom. The conch sounds 
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family of a Brahman. May I be chaste like Sits, may I have 
a husband like Ram, a brother-in-law like Lakgman, a father- 
in-law like Dagarath, a mother-in-law like Kanuéalya, a father 
like Giriraj,| a mother like Menaka. May I be beloved like 
Durga; may I have Karttik and Ganes as brothers; may I 
obtain the wealth of Kuber and the boon of Abir.” 
Tug Tugalu. of new paddy (tus) mixed with cowdung, 
darbba grass and mustard (Sarisa) and radish (mula) flowers. 
Four of the balls are worshipped each morning with similar: 
flowers. On the last day of the month six buri and six (126) 
1 Literally “king of mountains,” i.e, Himalaya, the husband of- 
Menaka, father of Darga and father-in-law of Siva. 
