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Gold, silver, horse and robes are gifts for a Brahman. 
would have given you fertile land i in Balg, where- 
in grows a kharsh of g 
In one step he covered half the earth and in another 
the whole world, 
But there being no room for the half step, Raja Bali 
a bent down his neck for it 
He was cast down into the seventh lower region. Raja 
Bali — Vishnu, saying: ‘‘Do not abolish 
my na 
Give me two days of conjunction and two days of the 
w moon,’’ asked Raja Bali Chan 
“© O Raja Bali Chand, I cannot give you so much, but 
I'll allow you one day of conjunction and one day of 
the new moon,” added Vishnu. 
Bali Chand exclaimed : “ O att when will you 
come?’’ She said, ‘‘in Octo 
** With what greedy desire? - ‘© Qf maidens and 
children. 
ag Diwali, when will you come 2’? <« with the desire 
of walnuts and roasted grai 
And with the desire of pata women and hand- 
some youths 
So much is the Bl4’j Song. 
ted grain and walnuts are divided among friends and rela- 
| Roas 
tions at the fair. 
oi: eh palate Oe TT 
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