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1893.] G. A. Grierson — A specimen of the Padumdwati. 
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17. Here Is resumes the correct numbering. 1. Iabc U dal , Is daiwa, U dad . 
U badi, asi, ddni. 2. led K transpose ahe and kahe. led U Bali an Bikrama ddni , 
K Bali au K&rna data bada. Is Hetama, U Hotama, K Hetima. 3. U sara-puji , 
Is K ghatai. U sumeru bhaddrl dole. 4. Is ddlca ddna. U ddna daylca. Ia samuda 
kai, lb U samundara para. 5. U kancana barasi aura kali. K kancana barisa sara 
kali. 6. Ia bdra eka mdgd. Other bira or biri. lac janama na hui bhzikha 
au ndgd. U janama hoi nahi bhukhd naga. 7. Ibcs jo klnhd. U K dasi asimeda 
jagya jo. Ia tinha-hil su7'asari ddna na dlnhd. Ib dana punna sari tahu na dlnhd. 
Id sari sauhi. Is se-u na } U sd uni clnhd. K unha sabha ke dlnhd. 8. UK jaga 
upara. 9. U kou dai asi. 
17. Again God hath made him so greatly generous, that none in 
the world hath ever given gifts like unto him. Bali 1 and Vikramadi- 
tya a were famed for their generosity, and Hatim Tae 8 and Karna 4 were 
described as lavish ; bnt none of them equalletli Sher Shah, for the very 
ocean and even Mount Meru, are ever minishing (as they give up their 
jewels and gold). The kettle-drum of his generosity soundeth at his 
court, and the fame thereof hath gone even across the ocean. The 
world touched this Sun, 6 and became of gold compact, so that poverty 
fled and went beyond the borders of his kingdom. He who but once 
approacheth him and asketh, for all his life is free from hunger and 
from nakedness. Even that (King of old) who performed ten horse- 
sacrifice, — even he gave not holy gifts like him. 
So genei’ous hath Sultan Sher Shah been born upon the world, 
that none hath e’er been like him, or will be, nor doth anyone give 
such gifts. 
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fthi fr fftrr i ^ 3 art wtfft w (hkhk Fftn 11 
1 The well-known Daitya, who gave Visnu hia famous three paces of ground. 
2 “ Clarum et venerabile uomen.” 
8 Familiar to readers of the Bagh-o-Bahar (story of the second Darwesh.) 
■1 The famous Hero of the Mahablnirata. The son of Kunti by Siirya. He 
was more famous for his chivalry than for his generosity. 
6 Again the triple pun on the word sura. Sher Shah is compared to a philo- 
sopher’s stone which changed all that touched it into gold. 
