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G. A. Grierson — A specimen of the Padumaivati. [No. 2, 
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14. 1. Id so saja. 2. Ia hai ki rdnu , Is hai gai saina. U hai maimanti 
calai. Ia parabata phiiti hoi sama dhuri. Ib uthahi hoi, Is parabata phiiti , K tuti 
jhikati. 3. Ia sura rainu hoi dinahi gardsd. Ib parahi rainu , Is K raini renu, Id 
omits this line. 3. K pauchhi. 4. lac U K upara hoi chdwai brahamandd. Ia 
dolai dharati au brahamandd, U nawa Ichddi dharati sakala brahamandd, K khandai 
dharati bhau sata khandd. 5. Ia transposes this and the next line. U patdlahi jlidpd, 
lac K patarahi jhapa. 6. Is bhai jdlil. 7. U ghara batd. K kharha kdtd. Ia 
pdchai para so kddau, Id kaha nahi, K lcaha kddau nahi dtd. 8. Ia giri tariwara kahd 
na rahd calata hota saba cura. Id hohi so cura. Is saina calata giri tariwara hohi 
sabai sata cura. U jo gadlia naai na ndai calata hohi te cura. K jo giri tarai na kdhu 
te calata hoi sabha cura. 9. las U K jaba-hi. Ia calai. 
14. I tell of tlie heroism of this king, Lord of the world, the 
weight of whose array is greater than the world can hear. When his 
army fall of horsemen advanceth, covering the earth, mountains crash 
and fly away in powder, night cometh from the clouds of dust which 
eclipse the sun, so that man and bird alike goeth home to bed. The 
land taketh flight, and goeth up into the firmament ; eartli-dust adornetk 
each continent, — yea the world, the whole creation and the universe. 1 
The Heavens tremble, andlndra quaketli in fear ; the snake-god "Vasuki 
fleetli and hideth himself in the lowest Hell. 3 Meru becometh a 
quagmire, the oceans dry up, and the forests break and are mingled 
with the dust. (When his army marchetli to a halting place) some of 
his advance guard may receive a share of water and of grass, but for 
none of his rear guard is there even sufficient mud. 
Citadels which have never bowed to anyone, when he advanceth 
all become dust,— when the Lord of the World, Slier Shah, the Sun of 
the Universe attacketli them. 
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1 The -v/ mand has two meanings, either ‘to adorn’ ( mandana ) or ‘to crush,’ 
( mardana ). The passage here is corrupt in all MSS., and the reading is very 
doubtful. 
3 See note to line 5 of the first stanza. 
