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BIDYAPATI. 
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Translation of the jS° NGS OF ^idya'pati Jha'kur.* 
CHAPTER I. 
Yoijng Loye. 
(10 
1. 0 pretty one, (haste and) bathe thyself. Lo, love searched for me 
and smote me on the heart. 
2. The limp garments cling to thy body, and thou becomest as one 
who arouseth the passions of saints. 
3. The water falleth down in rivers through the locks of thy hair, 
and it seemeth to me dark as a moonless night. 
4. Thy bosom is like two fair cJiakwas .f Cover them, 0 cover them 
with thy lotus hands. 
5. And if thou dread entangling them in the snare of thy arms, 
(fear not, but) hold them fast. (Else assuredly) will they fly away to 
heaven. 
6. Bidyapati saith, a good husband will never be a fool. 
( 2 .) 
1. In the midst of thorns the flowers are blooming. The bee is 
confounded, and cannot distinguish the odours. 
2. Though the bee wander, and sport everywhere ; without thee, 
0 jasmine, he cannot get rest. 
3. Its life dependeth on honey, and thou art full of honey. Keepest 
thou the honey stored up within thy heart through modesty ? 
4. Consider well in thine heart; If the bee die, who will be guilty 
of his death ? 
5. Bidyapati saith, as long as it sip the nectar of thy lower lip, so 
long will it live. 
(3.) 
1. Who doth not do his own work ? Who doth not serve his own 
master ? 
2. Every one seeketh his own interest; he is a good man who 
carrieth out his task to the end. 
3. 0 friend, his life is precious, who willingly rendereth assistance 
to others. 
* The following translations are not always so literal as the preceding; as all 
difficulties have been explained in the vocabulary. 
f Anas casarca. 
