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G. A. Grierson —Translation to Ma^ihodh’s Uaribans. [Sp. No. 
(55) One day it happened that Yasoda laid him in a corner^ (under) 
a waggon, and put him to sleep. Being extremely occupied, she went 
away somewhere on some business, (and forgot all about him). Thus 
lay the Great Lord, in such discomfort gazing and prying about the 
waggon. The Refuge of the refugeless kicked up his feet, and over¬ 
turned the waggon. Who was there who had strength (sufficient) to prop 
it up (against him) ? All the ropes^ were broken, and all the com¬ 
ponent parts^ of the waggon were knocked to pieces. (60) Hearing 
the crash the great people (of the place) ran up, unable to tell who 
could have upset the waggon,^ but the children said “We can take our 
oath; he^ (Hari) has upset it, we have seen it with our own eyes,” 
“ 0 mother, mother”^ cried Yasoda, as she picked up her child, “a 
miracle has happened.” Saith Man’bodh “ Hari found an opportunity, 
and displayed an infinitesimal portion of his might.” 
End op Book II. 
Book III. 
When some days had passed, Hari soon began to be able to use hands 
and feet.'^ What place was there, where he did not go ? How often did 
he go outside^ the court-yard of the house. Gleefully used Madam 
Yasoda to laugh, as she ever and again caught him up and brought 
him back from the outer doorway. How often did‘he attempt to catch 
snakes (thinking them pieces of rope), how often did he eat lime mistak¬ 
ing^ it for curds ! (5) Cleverly he used to beat people and run away^^ and 
of the missing form from which must have descended, appears to have 
been preserved in the Maithil 
^ means ‘ corner,’ not in Bate,—a pure Mth. word. 
2 = ‘ string’, ‘ rope.’ 
= ‘ worthless things’, ‘ nnconsidered trifles’; hence, 
here, the minor pieces which, put together, go to make up a cart. 
Lit. ‘ not having said who had overturned the waggon.’ ^ is for the sign 
of the accusative, and not the interrogative pronoun. 
^ = t, the oblique form used exceptionally, before a transitive verb in 
the past tense, instead of the nominative. 
® An exclamation of astonishment, like the familiar Bap re Bap, ‘ 0 Father,. 
Father! ’ 
^ ‘ able to use his hands.’ ‘ able to use his feet.’ 
8 ^ misprint for 
® ‘ think, imagine.’ 
‘to go.’ 
