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ing grasses had the appesrenes | of flowing waters. Under the 
delusion that the river had overflowed its banks and that 
e was surrounded by water, be struck out to save himself, 
going through the actions of swimmin Hence ‘‘ kas me 
tirnd’’ is now a saying applied to anyone, so to speak, grovel- 
ling in the dark, or on the wrong trazk, or wrong scent in shikar ; 
while the negative application of the proverb, ie. kas me na 
tirnd, may well be used, and lieve it is applied as a warning 
against marriage outside one’s own sept. 
1. Sone mncuLtcaTiInc ENnpoGamy. 
Oh, Mand! Gehari karsi thé ndo chdlsi 
Aur kajri karsi tho ndo, né chal-ba-bro. : 
Oh, Mana! (invocation) : 
(If you) ta unto yourself a Gehdri then (your) name will 
contin 
And (but), if you take (kar si = do it with) a Kajri (out- 
sider; a not a Gehari), (your or our) name will not 
continu rs 
2. Iw SICKNEss. 
Deo méra rothéro lé jai Manai ké ré, 
Jin pakré thi né b65th ab né chalé thérd Mdné—bhai re ! 
Goddess! for the sake of Mand take away my troubles 
(pain) 
Which you have boosie Fa fit) to give ig Now you remove 
them—To you Ménd!—Oh brother 
3. Is Worsuip (Thanksgiving). 
Dat, M@’réni barro gad-st pakharo 
Jaggo M aggé cholna Ko kat 
Aur Ldl Mid Tar-bar ! peel Magge cholna 
Katsi, etc., repeat ad lib. 
Oh Mother! Great Queen! (invocation) : 
Go (thou) and bring a real (well made) spear 
And bring golden cymbals. 
(And) awake! and like a thread (which breaks) (your 
And proclaim Lalmia?® victo 
(In the sense that Lalmia will opera). 
1 Chal-ba-bro. This i ass veg inflection (instead of chalst in the 
first gee eae meet the req ts of the chant. Chalsi-chalnd to go. 
—The cdc or.** opepntital one ’’—a heroic title for Mana 
