Mi ^ HINDU EELIGION • 



MOTE. 



, lI)^=I-ows id ihe leOTning of NatA Nags.ra, s prioce of Sumanap on Madura^ well known to 

 JOTf coafdrymen in this part of the world fur liis merit aail modesty, the most esseutial portion of 

 l&e ancient history and literature of tliese islands contaiaed ia (his, piper. Nata Nagara has the 

 arngiilar merit of being the only native lu our possessions, who understands the ancient character in 

 which Ihe iSfflaJi is written, or who has made any proficiency in the knowledge of -that language 

 itself, ^rtzoi learning has been hereditsry in the family of Nata Nagara for 80 years, one of his 

 arBcestors kiving beeMliistructed ia it, hy & lefiiges from .Bali, long after it had been u^&rly extiact 



^xiraclfrom the Brafa Yoda or Kawi Mahabarat, describing a nocturn(El 

 c^sombal belweeuKARtiA arid GatotkachAc 



%3rika ts san Gatoikacha kk)on, niapag Arkasuta 

 Tkap ira Krisna parta manohor moji aaktinira 

 Sao iiiojaran vfawaa masamu garjita harsa marak 

 Mawachana bagy* yau ana pakon ripalik; nrapatE 



Pakanan iki Una-tnarak} jam haji yogya nika 

 "Dadaha ri kalaneu bayahaturnya matoh hapatt 

 JC.m»n apao iffuh hanr^katani gafi harya tammani 



Si tutuwa tan panuuguha m&uae sigagati s^ikaim 



Est, huwusi san Galotkaclii lumaci &«■ kesawa mae 

 'Ikap ira yan «iru yojara »alap manikin wradaya 

 -Httul hunj ualania tnasira san pan^an nar(!a tjnnym 



•Mulati rare nkam iuBaawaniQ san A,«r7aiQga p^ti 



: Ya karanakrisna FariaEiawuwtJS da manneh s^kataQ 

 fiasanamu kamauusan kalupuuji tkapin pamiutus 

 ,Kun«n iki sao Ga'otkacha.maff.an iSJra s^graKmasqb 

 Jilapagipzmukflaa Atkasutataa duhaiaandak araa ; 



ApUuwi sarwisapjatft wjsesamaba s<f antra 

 MijiU tauiau dudan mijili Qhaufe^sa anuVma"oha 



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