1917.] Bardic and Butt. Survey of Rajjmtana. 24 



Bhiva Raja, was not slow in joining Ylrama De at the imperial 

 court, and according to the chronicles, had a principal pari in 

 inducing Ser Sah to undertake against Marwar that expedition 

 which ended in the complete rout of Mala De and the suhji 

 tion of Jodhpnr. The date given by the Jodhpur chronic* 

 for the last-mentioned event is Samvat 1600. 



The gita given below is a psean of triumph and exultation 

 for the punishment thus inflicted by the imperial forc< on tin 

 arrogant Mala De, and the crushing of Jodhpur. The imperial 

 army is likened to an immense rock, and the credit of bringing 

 it over Jodhpur is all attributed to rava Kalvana Mala. 



The song must have enjoyed a certain popularity in pre 

 vious times, for I have found it contained in no less than four 

 manuscripts. These are : A-Descr. Cat., ii i. MS. 8, p. Ha ; 

 v>-Descr. Gat., i. ii, MS. 30, pp. 161&-6 ; c = De$cr. Cat., ii, i. 

 MS. 21, p. 120a; i^Descr. CaL. ii ; i. MS. II. p. 466. Th- 

 name of the author is given as (Vvrana Hamira in MS. A, but in 

 Ms. C the song is attributed to [Vlthu ?] Siljo Na[ga]rajdta, 



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