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Il. “ham tau jani_mata kakar pathar aré kikar pathar, 
nikari hai Adhi Bhawani bali jat, nikari hai jagat 
bakhani, bali jat.”’ 
12. “abti bér tum paljhau Bhawani aré paljhau Maharani 
ab nahi parbat aib, bali jat, ab nahi parbat aib, bali 
at.” 
“ sowau ki jagau mori Adhi Bhawani, jagat kéri rani, 
Akabar tharhé duar ho, bali jaw.” 
Translation. 
A song in praise of Bhawani. 
Note 1.—Bhawani is one of the seven powerful goddesses. 
She is sometimes also identified with Bhawani, Siva’s wife. 
Her abode is on the hills. The story goes that once Akbar 
thought of throwing her image (usually of stone) out and so he 
went to the temple of the goddess. The present song is the 
dialogue between the two. 
N. 
3.—The language of songs is often somewhat bor- 
rowed and archaic. For instance in verse 8 above we have the 
obl. inf. in -an (katan) side by side with -ai form (jarai), 
|. “ Are you sleeping or waking, my Adhi Bhawani, queen 
of the world, Akbar stands before your door, I bow to you.” 
2. “Akbar, have you come here for the sake of parchan 
or for darsan ?,” I bow t you. 
3. ‘My mother, I have come here neither to do par- 
chan, yes to do parchan nor to have your darsan, I bow to 
you.” 
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4. “My mother, I have come here to have a fight with 
you, ves to have a fight, why not come out and fight, I bow 
you.”’ 
_5. “ You Akbar, you have many armies, yes many armies, 
while I have the solitary Negula,” I bow to you. ; 
6. “ You Akbar, you have shields and swords, yes rifles 
and guns, I have only the garland of flowers,” I bow to you. 
7. “Go! before sister Durga, before Angarmata, yes before 
all the seven sisters and ask them to set fire to the tents,” I 
bow to you. . 
8. “ When the tents begin to be burnt, when the strings 
begin to be cut down, yes to be cut down, then shall I me 
Adhi Bhawani,” I bow to you. 
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1 Bhawani now sends her messengers to her sisters and it is not long 
before they arrive to help her. 



