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G. A. Grierson — A specimen of the Padumawati. [No. 2, 
poet, the bard, 1 and the lotus full of nectar, are near to what is far and 
far from what is near. That which is near is yet far, like the flower 
and the thorn (so near and yet so different), and that which is far is 
near, like sugar and the ants (who dwell so far from it, yet find it 
out). 
So the bee 2 cometh from the (distant) forest, and findeth the odour 
of the lotus-nectar, while the frog ne’er findeth the odour, though he 
dwelleth (in the pond) close to (the flower). 
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25. 1. Is K gdwau, sundwau, U gSwo, sunawS. Id au bahu padumini, J barana. 
2. U niramala darapana, K badana Icudana (?) jasa bhdnu biselchd, la jo jehi bhdti. 
Ib jehi jasa rupa sot tasa delchd, Id jo jehi , Is jo jasa rupa, U taisahi, K jehi jasa rupa 
so taisahi delchd. 3. Id dhani waha dipa. Is dhanya desa jehi dipaka. K dhanya 
dlpa jehi. Ia dat sawdri, Ib au bidlu padumini autdri, la au jo padumini dai sawdri, 
Is doiya sawdri, U asa padumini dai autdri, K au padumini dad autdri. 4. Icds saba 
baranai (Is baranahi ) logit. Ibe K tehi sari, Id waha sari. 5. Ib wasa nahi uji°, 
U nahi asa, K tasa nahi. U transposes 11. 5 & 6. Is sarada-dipa, U sdraga-dipa, 
K sard-dipa. 6. U sari ndhi. Ia layka-dipa sari pitja na tdhi, Ib laylca-dipa nalii 
pitjai chalii. Ic larjha-dipa piijai parichdhi. Id laylca-dipa pitja parichdhi. U larfcd- 
dipa na pitjai chahi, K larjlcd-dipa na puja parichdhi. 7. Eumbhasathala, so lab 
U, Ick-s-th-1; Id, k-s-sa-h-1 ; Is Mgasthila, K kosathila. Is U pdrd, hard, K dra 
balchdnd. Ia mahasthala, Ib mai asthala, Io mahiisthala, Id U mewasthala, Is mahitsthila, 
K mewasthila. 8. Is K prithimi, U prathyumi, Ia au sdta-u saba dipa, lb au saba sdta-u 
dipa, U aura ju sdto, K au yaha sata-u. 9, Ia na upama, Ib na itpara, Io na pdS, 
U uttama, K dipa tehi sari. 
1 Kabi is one who makes poems, bidsa (yydsa) is one who recites poems. 
2 I. e., a prophet has no honour in his own country. The author means that 
he is aware that his own country-folk, and his own people (the Musalmans)- will not 
care for his poem ; but, on the other hand men of distant lands and of other religions 
(the Hindus) will be attracted by it, as the bee is attracted by the distant lotus. 
