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II ^ II 
^ *r i 
Til 1TTOH wt %T3i q^?J Hfl «T*?T II 
TO «fgri HTqt TJTW ITtl HUT I 
3f71 TOTq qTTOT ^cfi^T II 
qfT^T %H qiTqrr THWTkI qfT% I 
^THT^ f?U q itrft 5iq« II 
Translation. 
“ Come, my soul, adore Nand-lala ( i. e. Krishna) whether living in the 
house or in the woods (i. e. whether a man of the world or a hermit) there 
is no other help to lay hold of. 
“ The Veda, the Puranas and the Law declare that nothing is better 
than this ; every day honour increases four-fold, like the moon in its de¬ 
grees. 
“ Who has wealth P who has house and fortune P who has son and 
wife ? says Damodar, nought will remain secure in the world, it is gone in 
a moment.” 
The third piece, an encomium of the blooming Spring, is too simple to 
require any translation. 
*T*T 3*TcT II 
qqn 3TO I 
C\ C\ 
hI sfiU? qqn qq qrq't Trtigsj II 
qq# fliq qqi 3TOI Wl l 
toith qqn ?w i 
The only divinities who are now popularly commemorated at the Holi 
Festival are Kadha, Krishna and Balarama ; but its connection with them 
can only he of modern date. The institution of the Ban-jatra and the 
