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G. A. Grierson —Song of Go pi Ghand. 
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and the sound fell upon (the ear) took care concerning his food. In 
of his sister Birna. file meantime Gopi Chand played 
upon his flute. ‘ My sister hath, of surety, eaten and drunk. May 
my virtue increase by a fourth (if she hath not). She hath, of a 
surety eaten her meal and forgotten me. May all the food that is 
in the larder be burned to ashes. Then, even if she fill nine 
dishes, I will neither eat it, nor will my caste be affected (by ac¬ 
cepting food from a maid-servant).’ In the meantime his sister heard 
the sound of the flute. 
10. Quickly she calls the dam¬ 
sel Mugiya saying ‘ An ascetic is 
fasting at the door. Quickly, 
0 damsel, call the Brahman boy, 
and tell him the state of affairs 
about the food.’ # The damsel 
goeth and calleth the Brahman. 
There were thirty-six dishes of 
thirty-six kinds (of food), not one 
was empty. She said, i if thou 
desire, 0 Brahman, thou canst feed 
a hundred princes. What diffi¬ 
culty is there about one ascetic ?’ 
11. The Brahman washed his 
feet, and opened the larder, and, lo, 
all the food in the dishes was burnt 
to ashes.t The Brahman boy thin- 
keth in his mind, £ what a wonderful 
thing is this that hath come to pass.’ 
By the damsel Mugiya he sent the 
burnt foodj of those dishes saying, 
‘ conceal the name of the king’s 
palace. Say “ it is the food of my 
poor hovel.” ’ The damsel Mugiya 
took it away, saying, ‘ Ascetic, may 
fire seize thy luck. The food of 
the house of my king is burnt up.’ 
t ashes. 
X the latter is the 
B. word. It means burnt food of any 
kind adhering to the bottom of a dish. 
10. ‘ 0 Mu'ga, all in my village 
have eaten, and the ascetic is fast¬ 
ing.’ Saith the damsel Mu'ga, 
‘ what do I know ?’ She sent for 
Barua the Brahman and said to 
him, c serve the food quickly to 
the ascetic.’ Saith Barua, ‘ what 
difficulty is there about one ascetic ? 
I can feed fifty-six hundred 
princes.’ 
11. He putteth on sandals of 
gold, and goeth and openeth the 
larder, and seeth that fire hath 
consumed the contents of the fifty- 
six dishes. If you were to squeeze 
out the contents of the fifty-six 
dishes, then only a fistful of burnt 
food would come out. Saith Barua 
the Brahman, 4 0 Mu'ga, give the 
ascetic his food.’ Mu'ga was by 
caste an eater of broken food, but 
in her language she was intelligent. 
So she arrangeth cocoa-nuts, al¬ 
monds, dates, raisins, and five 
