318 F. S. Growse — Sri Swami Hari Dds of Brinddban. [No. 3, 



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Translation. 

 "Why boastest thou thyself, mortal man? thy body shall be the prey of dogs 

 and jackals, though without shame or fear thou now goest delicately. This is known 

 throughout the world to be the end of all : a great man was the Brahman Birhar, yet 

 he died,' and at his death the Emperor Akbar was sad of heart, nor himself longer 

 lived nor aught availed. When gods or demons breathe out their life, Death holds 

 them in his maw, suspended, f neither here nor there, but in an intermediate state. 

 All astray and swelling with pride, on whom is thy trust ? Adore Hari's blessed lotus- 

 feet ; to roam and wander about from house to house is all vanity. By the strong aid 

 of Hari Das, Biharini Das has found and laid hold of the Almighty. 



The founder of the sect has himself left only two short poems, filling 

 4tlpatras, entitled Sddhdran Siddhdnt and Bas he pada. The former is 

 here given both in the original text and in a translation. Most of the 

 habitues of the temple know the greater part of it by heart, though I have 

 ascertained that very few of them have more than tfre vaguest general idea of 

 the meaning. Even the best-informed of the Pujaris — Kishori Chand — who 

 went over it carefully with me, supplied an interpretation of some passages 

 which after consultation with other Pandits I could see was quite untenable 

 and was obliged to reject. The connection of ideas and the grammatical 

 construction are often so involved, that it is highly probable my version 

 may still be not altogether free of errors, though I have done my best to 

 eliminate them. The doctrine inculcated does not appear to differ in any 

 essential point from the ordinary teaching of the other Vaishnava sects : 

 the great duties of man, by the practice of which he may have an assured 

 hope of attaining to ultimate salvation, being defined as submission to the 

 divine will, detachment from the world, and an unquestioning faith in the 

 mystery of the incarnation. 



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* One MS. for svdsan nikasat reads trds nikasi na sakat. 



f Routhna has the same meaning as the more common term jugdli karnd, ' to 

 ruminate', like a cow. 



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