126 Hiraldl Kavyopadhyaya and G. A. Grierson — [No. 2 
Under his arm he carries a white calf, which butts with its 
horns. (12). 
When a man tends cattle in low ground,* his body becomes 
much troubled. 
5 The ring on his thinnest finger, slips up to his wrist. (13). 
In front I call out ‘ beat, boat,’ behind I raise my bow. 
But the cow which I call white, kills the tiger and eats its 
grass. ( 14) . 
10 aiT II 11 
A prophet in his own country. 
The sandal tree is on the hill, but fools call it hamur. They do 
not recognize the leaves of the tree, and cut it down by the roots. 
(15). 
15 IITT I 
fjresTT *t II M n 
Practise virtue ; perform not austerities. 
You may worship, and you may pound your body to flour 
(with austerities), but, saith Kabir Das, the thirst of desire never 
20 dies. (16). 
Wit stf^ I 
II II 
There were five Piin^avas. Whose name was Jahadis ? 
He who hit the mark of the fish in the pan, and won Draupadi.t 
25 (17). 
Tiasr i 
ii ii 
Three brothers, strong as Ravana, Mahiravana, and Kumbha- 
karan, and a son as strong as Meghanada, peeled, and set up a pillar. 
30 (18). 
^ gn 'Sfrt ^ ii ^<j ii 
Christmas comes hut once a year. 
The Piwdli comes quickly ; and once it goes, it is a long way off 
* Ndchan is low ground near a village, where rain oolleots and is impound- 
ed in the rainy season. 
t But this was Arjnna. 
