314 F. S. Growse — Sri Swdmi Hari Das of Brinddlan. [No. 3, 



^qfe? ^K 3Tt ^C% W ^V* ^T¥H W* W\ Ii 



m^x w<r src Tf%^f wrq if^re <ft ii 



which may be thus translated : 



Tell we now of Hari Das, the pride of Asdhfr, who sealed the list of the saints; 

 who, bound by a vow to the perpetual repetition of the two names of Kunj-bihari, was 

 ever beholding the sportive actions of the god, the lord of the G-opis' delights ; ' who 

 was a very Gandharv in melodious song and propitiated Syama and Syama, presenting 

 them with the daintiest food in daily sacrifice and feeding the peacocks and monkeys 

 and fish ; at whose door a king stood waiting in hope of an interview ; Hari Das, the 

 pride of Asdhir, who sealed the list of the saints. 



In most MSS. of the Bhakt-Mala each stanza of the text, or mul, is 

 followed by the tiled of Priya Das composed in the Sambat year 1769 ; the 

 word tiled in this case being more appropriately translated by ' supplement', 

 rather than ' commentary' ; as the later writer gives no explanation of the 

 original text, but adds entirely new matter of his own. The following is 

 his encomium on Hari Das : 



z\m i 



Tf^^rTT^ wr ^tt mm i?f«I ^TT^ II 

 srnir ^rar %?n ^mj ^f?r **r itrer *t!t 

 ^k^t # g^f*r ^ tot f%*r ^n^? ii 



^f ^it vs ^ «r "^tt^ ii 

 msmfa ^Tx m^ ^^TTf^r 

 f%"??T ere f?m ^°5rT»fT f^f^r jitt^ ii 



which may be thus rendered : 



Who can tell all the perfections of Sri Swamf Hari Das, who by ever muttering 

 m prayer the sacred name, came to be the very seal of devotion. Some one brought 

 him perfume that he valued very highly ; he took and threw it down on the bank • the 

 other thought it wasted. Said the sage knowing his thoughts : Take and shew 'him 

 the god : he slightly raised the curtain ; all was drenched with perfume. The philoso 

 pher's stone he cast into the water, then gave instruction : many are the legends of the 



Probably few will deny that at least in this particular passage the 

 disciple is more obscure than his master; and the obscurity, which is a 



