The Bengali Poem , Candl . 
21 
We have next a curious chapter describing the charms which the mother 
employs in order to secure her daughter’s influence over her husband 
after her marriage. She takes the cord from a buffalo’s nose, and a lamp 
sacred to Durga, which the servant had previously buried in the ground; 
this will ensure his being as docile as any animal whose nose is pierced.* 
The entrails (?) of a snake are next procured from a snake-catcher’s house, 
and the gall of a rohit fish caught on a Tuesday. A cow’s skull is brought 
from a cotton-field, on which the merchant is to be made to stand for 
twice twenty minutes; he will then be dumb as a cow, however Khullana 
may scold him; and a friend of hers, a brahman woman, brings her some 
asses’ milk and curds f in a half-baked dish to complete the charm. 
Meanwhile, like Kama’s self impersonate, 
In his own house the merchant sits in state; 
Brahmans recite their praise, the wa^A-girls sing, 
And with the shouts of friends the buildings ring; 
All that can bring good luck you there might view, 
Each good old custom’s honoured as was due, 
Unbounded is the hospitality, 
And every Brahman gets an ample fee. 
Then at the hour when the sun’s rays decline, 
And, raising dust, return the homeward kine, 
With jewelled neck and wrists and flower-crowned head, 
And all his limbs with saffron overspread, 
He mounts the dooley; loud the dance and song, 
And bards sing praises while it moves along; 
The slow procession streams a mile or more, 
The city’s deafened with the wild uproar ; 
Loud boom the elephant-drums, as on they go 
In battle order as to meet a foe. 
Meanwhile, advancing from the other side, 
The followers of the brother of the bride 
Come in strong force; the two processions meet, 
And loud the crash and jostling in the street. 
* Two other ingredients are mentioned about which I am doubtful, pakudi-gachhe 
(or, as in the other edition, kdkadi-gdchh) and hdi dmaldti ; they may mean ‘ hemp-stalks ’ 
(pdkdti) and some preparation of myrobalans. 
t The second edition has ‘ snakes’ curds.’ 
