OF THE HINDUS. 6S 



He^ whose Is the world, and whose are the children of Ali and Uam^ He is my Gurit^ He 

 is my Pir> 



The following Sahda, is peculiarly illustrative of the mystical and un- 

 intelligible style of parts of the Brjek ; the explanation of the terms is taken, 

 from the key above referred to, but the interpreter is, perhaps, the most 

 unintelligible of the two. 



Sabda the 69th. — Who is the (1) magistrate of this city, (2) the meat (3) is exposed, 

 and the (4) Vulture sits guarding it, the (5) Rat is converted into a (6) boat, and the (7) Cat 

 is in charge of the helm ; the (8) Frog is asleep, and the (9) Snake stands sentmel, the (10) 

 Ox bears; the (11) Cow is barren; and the (12) Heifer is milked thrice a day ; the (13) 

 Rhmoceros is attacked by the (14) Jackall ; very few know the (15) station o£ Kabir. (16) 



Key. 1. Man the pride of intellect. 2. The body, 3. The Vedas, or scriptural 

 writings of any sect, which teach the true nature of God. 4. The Pandit, or worldly ex- 

 pounder of divine truths. 5. ilfara or intellect. 6. A mere vehicle for the diffusion of 7. Maya, • 

 illusion and falsehood. 8. The Siddha or saint. 9. Paramesnsoara, the supreme being. 

 10. Vishnu. 11. Mji/d or Devi. 12. Para?»/si:oar<3r, the supreme. 13. A holy man. 14. Intel- 

 lectual or doctrinal pride. 15. The divine nature. 16. God identified with man and nature. 



The SdJc'his of Kahir deserve, perhaps, a more copious exemplification : 

 they are very gradually current even amongst those not his followers, they con- 

 tain much curious matter, and they have often been referred to without their 

 character being duly understood j there are some thousands of them, of which 

 the B\jek comprehends between three and four hundred : one hundred will be 

 sufficient, as a specimen of the whole : they are taken with one or two excep- 

 tions, from the Byek of the Kahir Chaura, in the order in which they occur. 



Sdk'I/is. 

 1 . When man springs from the womb, he is void of every care : pass but the sixth 

 day, and he feels the pains of separation. 



