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S'ri Narayan Singli —The battle of Kanarpi Ghat. 
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TRANSLATION. 
1. Doha. 
To Ram Narayan Bhup* came an enemy (of Narendra Singli) and 
said, ‘ the Lord of Mithila has cast aside the rale of government.’ So he 
arranged to take Tirhnt under direct management, and Mahtha was ap¬ 
pointed general in company with Salabati Ray. There were, also, Bakht 
Singh, the liberator of his family, courageous Ror Mall, who was the sun 
among the Chaubhans, and Bhanu Sukul, each a greater hero than the 
other. Such men were taken into service, and Mahtha with five thousand 
men at arms crossed the river when diksul and joginif were in front of 
him. 
2. Ghhand Bhujangapraydt. 
The governor’s army proceeded, and the kettle-drums beat. All 
the artillery was brought out at daybreak. Over the black coloured 
elephants flapped the flags, and long muskets, elephant-cannons and 
chandrabansX shone. S'esha, the mountains, the earth, the mundane boar 
and the elephants of the quarters shook from the trampling, and the dust 
arose and filled the sky and covered the sun. Drums, trumpets and 
trombones sounded, and the whole earth quivered, and each continent 
* The well-known Subah of Bihar, who flourished during the last century. He 
was drowned by Mir Kasim on A. D. 1773. 
t An inauspicious planetary conjuncture. Dilcsul is a day on which it is in¬ 
auspicious to go in a certain direction; such as Friday and Sunday for West, and 
Saturday and Monday for East. Compare the proverb 
if one starts when jogini is to his right and Teal behind him, he 
will seize his enemy by the throat and kill him. 
I Different kinds of ancient guns. 
