48 J. Beames — Translations from Cliand Bardai's Epic. [No. 1. 
Notes to l.s/ Selection. 
1. Or “ supporting the earth,” if trrC'rf be meant for VOift, which is 
quite possible. 
2. This line is extra-metral, and is probably meant as a note. 
3. A conjectural rendering, which does not satisfy me. I can propose 
no better. 
4. I read Another reading is ijqapsj, which seems to have arisen 
from an omission of the vowel by the copyist. 
5. 
6. This strange line I read as if for =l’t5T QW 'jTWI 
7. I do not know what the allusion is here. 
8. These words are probably a corruption, 'acRTT*! ^nT«J being for 
more than earthly, from 'g'cr, over, and Tjfkpft, earth, and 
charioteer. It is an allusion to Krishna’s acting as charioteer to Arjuna in 
the great war. 
9. I cannot understand this line. 
10. Of the many senses of *n«(r, the one here given is the only one that 
will yield any meaning. 
11. This seems to be an allusion to the Sanskrit poem called Kumara 
Sambhava, or the “Birth of the Wargod” Kartikeya, whose emblem is the 
peacock. Chand may have written a paraphrase of that work, as he seems 
to have been well acquainted with Sanskrit literature. 
12. is still the common Panjibi for “ a word.” Many of these 
Panjabi words occur in Chand, which is natural, as he was a native of Labor. 
13. Literally, wife without the quality i. e., unqualified by) — of 
heavy, bad qualities. 
14. I do not pretend to understand what the poet means by these 
four lines, which I have translated as literally as I could. 
15. I read SHOT'S ^TtT (for but there is another reading 
^3qifV, which is not intelligible. ^3 and vT are often written for one another in 
the MSS. 
16. rsifsr WTT, literally 1 dawn of night,’ which would convey a dif- 
ferent meaning to our minds. 
17. having no Kalas, or the 16 digits into which the moon is 
divided. 
18. This line is not intelligible, it contains some allusion to Sita’s 
rape, but the meaning is not clear. 
(To be continued .) 
