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G. A. Grierson— Twenty-one Vaislinava Hymns. 
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Translation 5. 
1. They took off their garments, and laid them (on the shore,) and 
Murari climbed with them into the kadami tree. 
2. ‘ Take an ornament from me, bnt, O Hari, give me my wearing 
apparel. 
3. ^ All my companions have got their garments. Why dost thou 
delay me only so long ? 
4. ^ I know thine object. 0 Hari, do now what is in thy heart. 
5. ‘To my face comes fire. O Hari, thou art doing this to make 
me angry with thee.’ 
6. The poet Handipati sings ; Hari the son of Handa knoweth a 
nature full of sentiment. 
VI. 
In the following hymn the first occasion on which a soul gives itself 
unreservedly up to God, and its misgivings, are described under the 
similitude of a bridal night. The bridegroom represents the deity, and 
the bride the soul. 
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Translation 6. 
I. The weight of my tresses, 0 friend, is on the point of breaking 
my naturally slim body. When I first met my husband, a great love 
sprang up within my heart. 
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