1884.] 
G. A. Grierson— Twenty-one VaisJinava Hymns. 
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2. I slept far from Mm and turned my face away, concealing it 
under my scanty raiment, and when I heard the mere name of young 
dalliance, I rose trembling and said, ‘ No, No.’ 
3. He took off my anklets and cast them aside, and removed all 
my garments. The young bridegroom’s love increased, and I saw him 
very frantic. 
4. Mine eyes filled with tears as I cried; ‘ this is a fine fulfilment 
of thine oaths.’ But, O friend, a lover doth not understand a woman’s 
grief, he only seeketh his own pleasure. 
5. The Poet Nandipati sang, this was proper at the time and place, 
but, with courage, the pangs are light, and the end will be full of 
pleasure. 
VII. 
In the following hymn, a Gopi complains to Yasoda of the wanton¬ 
ness of the infant Krishna. 
• • 
sTBTflftt AT?: I n 
SiTftT q^ 1 qJT ^ II 
%RT I qiT^qi’’5iii*T^ it??; Pf<%Ri ii 
creqqf cii i ftt qf'iq in qiqq qiqi^ ii 
%K Bk 1 q in qwi ik ^ n 
pqq qjKfi qq qti 1 qqqq? qni ii 
q=qtqrq qffq jiiI: i nk 5r%Tnfq qfi qk^itl: ii -s ii 
Translation 7. 
1. 0 Yasoda, it is my calamity. Hari’s actions appear very wicked 
to me. 
2. To-day as I was going to the river Yamuna, the prince appeared 
from the wood. 
3. Thy darling who was born but yesterday, caught the hem of 
my garment. 
4. What am I to say now about my fate, and of how he then con¬ 
ducted himself ? 
5. He sleepeth in thy lap, but do not therefore think that Hari is 
a baby. 
6. Here he drinketh from the body, and there he is able to outwit^ 
a full-grown man. 
7. The poet Nandipati singeth. His mother Yasoda did not be¬ 
lieve her. 
* ^»r ‘ to cut tlie ear,’ lienee ‘ to outwit.’ 
