442 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July, 1911.] 
4. Orpryary WorsHIP, PROPITIATION IN A SPIRIT 
or HumMILIry. - 
Manda théri rahéné gijargai Mana ! 
Théri dain Kalka, bain — 
Simar ké chailo! Mana 
Mana! (invocation) : 
Your s ae hon aa as to oneself) is fleeting (literally 
“6 hase , 
On your eat (you have the support of) Kdlkd, 
On your left (you have) the ‘‘ Queen of the East.” 
And (supported by these) you (we) should o forward, 
or continue, in (our) life with proper humility Oh 
Mané! (invocation). 
Mana Be irae no less than three times in this song; and 
I read it as being an invocation, and not that the warning — 
Reeaira is addressed to Mand. It is, I believe, the suppliant 
who feels that his protestations will not nd weight —_ 
he propitiates Mans by using his nam 
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