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Translation op the JTa'g jS° NGS - 
Sung in the rains by low caste women as they go about begging , to 
propitiate snalees. 
a) 
The mill, the mill was of stone, and the handle, the handle of 
Bel and Babul wood. The Brahman’s daughter sat down to grind, and 
the serpent hissed, (0 Serpent, sweet Sir). If I had known that a snake 
would be ground up, I would have swept the mill-stone with my body- 
cloth, (0 Serpent, sweet Sir). She who gives alms of wheat for the sake 
of the serpent, will play with a lovely, lovely son, (0 my sweet Serpent). 
She who hides alms from the serpent, will lament throughout the months 
of Sraban and Bhado, (0 my sweet Serpent). She who gives alms of Marud 
(a cheap grain) for the sake of the serpent, will play with an ugly, ugly 
son, (0 my sweet Serpent). 
( 2 ) 
1. The serpent went off. to bathe in the Ganges, and his wife conn 
menced to weep, (My sweet snake). 
2. His wife collects the refuse of the rolls of betel, which the serpent 
eats, (My sweet snake). 
3. The serpent sleeps on a lovely bed, and his wife lies on the ground 
near his feet, (My sweet snake). 
4. His wife collected the cloves from the clove tree on which the 
serpent sat, (My sweet snake). 
(3) 
I go, and go, and my feet are weary, and the proud lady gives me 
no alms. Where is the yillage Batwdri and what has become of him ? 
