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G. A. Grierson —The battle of Kanarpi Ghat. 
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crows and ants A Tlie correct custom is to make one offering for each 
of these six classes whilst repeating the mantra, but in practice a very 
small portion is placed on the ground with the ejaculation :—‘ Om , glory 
to Yislinu.’ The food is then eaten whilst with the first five mouthfuls 
( pancha-grasi ) the following mantra is recited mentally :— Om, salutation 
to the five kinds of vital air, viz., prana, apana, samdna, vyana and uddna.’ 
Then a little water is poured over the bali with the mantra :—Om salu¬ 
tation to the bali, 1 and at the end of the meal the same is repeated with 
the versef : c May the giver of the meal have long-life and the eater 
thereof ever be happy.’{ 
The battle of Kanarpi Ghat, edited and translated by S'ri Narayan 
Singh, and G. A. Grierson. 
Introduction. 
The following poem, written by a Maithil Brahman at the end of 
the last century, in the Baiswari dialect, is perhaps the most popular of 
its kind in Tirhut. A copy of it in MS. can be obtained in almost any 
large village in Darbhanga. Owing, however, to the complexity of some 
of the metres, they are generally very corrupt. Babu STi Narayan 
Singh, of Jogiyara, has joined me in endeavouring to prepare a transla¬ 
tion and fairly correct edition of the text. 
The poem describes a victory won by Narendra Singh, an ancestor of 
the present Maharaj of Darbhanga over Ram Narayan Bhup, the well- 
known Suba of Bihar. § The following is the genealogy of the present 
Maharaj: 
Maharaj Narendra Singh. 
,, Pratap Singh. 
,, Raghab Singh.. 
,, Madhab Singh. 
,, Chhatra Singh. 
,, Maheswar Singh. 
,, Lakslnniswar Singh, the present holder of the 
title. 
The Baksi or Bakhshi mentioned in Doha 5, line 9, and Doha 19, 
1. 1, was Gokul Nath Jha, of Dhanga, Haripur, Pargana Jarail, in the 
* S'undm cha patitdndm cha svapachdm paparogindm, vdyasdnam Itrimindm dm 
sahatair nirvapet bhuvah. 
•f Annaddtd diiranjivi anndbholdd sada sulchi. 
J [The reading of some of the mantras was too corrupt to admit of thorough 
correction. — E d.] 
§ See note to verse 1 of the translation. 
