242 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIII, 



But the most illustrious of all Jeta Si's achievements was 

 the victory he obtained over the army of Kamran, the son of 

 Babar, who after taking Bhatanera had marched over Bikaner. 

 The victory was achieved bv means of a nocturnal assault, in 

 which the forces of Kamran were surprised unprepared, and 

 completely routed. This happened in the year Samvat 1591, 

 and the event is commemorated not only in several minor ex- 

 temporaneous songs, but also in two big poems in chandm, 

 whereof one has already been mentioned above. 



The song given below is one of those which commemorate 

 the afore-mentioned victory. It consists of three cliappaya 

 kavittaa, each of which contains an independent simile of its 

 own. In the first, Jeta Si is represented as a goldsmith, who 

 melts in the crucible, and beats, and weighs, and cuts the gold 

 of the army of Kamran. In the second, Jeta Si is described as 

 making the enemy army dance like an acrobat. In the third, 

 he is represented as a sacrificing brahmin, who makes a sacrifice 

 of the enemy army in the fire. The song is in Pingala, The 

 name of its author is Sivo, probably a (a rami. 



The text is derived from the same MS. 15 (p. \{)a) of Duet. 

 Cat. of Bar. and Hist MSS., Sect, ii. pt. i. 



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