1875.] J. Beames — T7ie Rhapsodies of Gambhir Edi. 209 



The idea of the women miscarrying through fear, is the same as that in 

 the Tiarnayan of Tulsi Das (Sundara Kand), where Hanuman is leaving 

 Lanka — 



Going he roared with, mighty sound ; 



Hearing it, the wombs of the she-fiends melted. 



4. There is one Hari and Hara, one wish-granting tree of desire, 

 One sun, this one, in whom is warmth and light, 



One comet in the sky, (one) Seshnag weighed down by the earth ; 



(Who) hound the further limits of the sea in this Kali (yug). 



One manly Jagat Singh, terrible in strength, 



"When abandoning the sword, virtuous, in whom is worship of the lord* 



One sky, one air, why should I describe a second, 



One Patsah, one Raja, in the Patsahi. 



The object is clearly to extol Jagat as the one unrivalled hero of his 

 time. V^ cTTTT I take for ^f^ff <TKT = *ffi^<J comet. "Sf?T *JT*JT is a puzzle ; if 

 «PJT is for "SJ?J or ^^ ' earth', then *IT^T is a verb 1K*TT, which can only mean 

 ' weighed down, or loaded', but the rendering is scarcely satisfactory on gram- 

 matical grounds, and the fourth line is also difficult to make sense of. The 

 sixth line probably means that, though terrible in war, yet when he laid 

 aside his sword, Jagat was mild and pious, and the last contains the oft-re- 

 peated sentiment that, though Skahjahan was sole Emperor, yet Jagat was 

 no less an independent Raja. 



5. Jagat Singh hath made such mighty wars in the world ; 

 Arrows were discharged from countless tight-drawn bows ; 

 The armies were crushed, and all the camps were broken up ; 

 This camp has dealt how many wounds to all. 



Saith Gambhir, great hero, son of Basudev, 



The elephant lords have been smitten, they have remained dwelling in the forest, 



Rending the deer, stripping the skin, taking the hide to wear 



An elephant's head (hanging) from his neck ; Shiva danced laughing. 



6. He who took Makhayala, placed a king therein, 

 The fame of it was in every land, this is certain ; 

 Whose army going up (to war), shaking castles and forts, 

 As cattle (eat up) grass, with all goes fighting. 



King, son of Basudev, saith Gambhir Rai, 

 The city of thy enemies is fainting with alarm. 



7. Smitten by bullets, with trembling steps the armies retire, 

 And the news hath pierced the heart of the Patshah. 

 The hero is sitting in the plain (by) the pillar of victory, 

 Planting it in the midst of boulders by reason of the mud and blood, 

 Heroes and chiefs were slain, all the corpses were torn ; 



Hara took rejoicing, he seized the garland of corpses. 

 Fighting with the Shah, he sits in the land of Mau ; 

 The world was shaken, Jagata alone was not shaken. 



