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18. 1. Ia jehi for jinha) mohi, Is tinhci moM, TJ te. P (exc. Ia) tinha or 
tehi. 2. Ia lese-M elca pema. Ibd U K prema, Is ptrama (sic). Ib waM joti, TJ ohi jota, 
Id bhai so joti bhd, Io bhai niramala, K bhau niramala. 3. Ib lmta adhera so siijhd, Ic 
hutajo adhera asiijhd, Id illegible, Is mdraga hato adhidra so siijhd, so U but adTwra, 
K mdraga andha hota so siijhd. Ib bhd ujera, Ic TJ jaga jdnd, Id para siijha saba 
jdnd. 4. K rakhu Tcai. 5. N unhi, P ohi or unha. Ia Ic lean, Id ohi Icara 
mdra po° . Is poha Tcai, U paudhi Tcai K unha mori Tcairihara (?) paudhi Tcai gahi 
ghdta jaha, rahi. Ia jaha aha, TJ ghdti. 6. Ib jd Ice, Ic jd Team aisa hohi, Id U K jd 
Icara hohi aisa, Ia gahi bega lei lawai pdrd, Ib K turita begi so utarai, Is turita begi so 
pdwai. U turita ei lai lawai. 8. Is oi cisti, K riipa jai se jaga edda. K oi ati bade 
jagata maha. Ic ham a unha. Ic unha Tcara. 
18. Saiyad Ashraf (Jahangir) 1 was an elect saint, and he it was 
who threw light upon my path. He lit the lamp of love within my 
heart ; the light burned up, and my heart became pure. My way had 
been dark and invisible, and lo ! it became bright and I understood. He 
cast my sins into the salt ocean, and making me as his disciple took 
me into the boat of virtue. He grasped my rudder firmly, 2 * * * * and I reached 
the landing place on the far bank. If a man hath such a steersman, 8 he 
graspeth him and bringeth to the other side. He is a protector, and 
one who succoureth in time of trouble, and, where (the water) is fathom- 
less, there giveth he his hand. 
His family title was Jahangir, pure like the moon. He was the 
Holy Master of the World, and I am the slave of his house. 
1 Saiyad Ashraf was one of the founders of the line of spiritual preceptors, 
whose representative in the first half of the 16th century (Muluu’d-dm) taught the 
poet. For full particulars see note to stanza 20. 
2 This is a difficult passage. Karid is the same as Tcadi, an iron ring, or a beam, 
hence a rudder. Either meaning will do here. Other MSS., and printed editions 
have unha mora Tcara bddata Tcai gdhd, he grasped my hand as I was sinking. Podhi 
Tcai means ‘ firmly.’ 
8 Kanalidra or Tcanadhara is the Sanskrit Tcarnadhdra. 
