1873.] F. S. Growse —A Metrical Version of the Prithirdj Bdsau. 331 
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II. From the seed of Revelation, 
Watered by Law divine, 
Sprang with thrice six spreading branches 
Faith, a straight and goodly pine, 
Each leaf a lettered sign. 
Rich in fruit of lovely colour 
And honied flowers of song, 
Sweet to taste, to see and handle, 
For the poets, parrot throng. 
In the first line I have divided the unknown word Sruta viya into 
Sruti viya ; Sruti being the highest Revelation as distinct from Smriti, 
mentioned in the next line, divine Law or Tradition. Viya, if allowed to 
stand, is of course 4 seed \ hut it might he better to read boya, 4 to he 
sown the difference between the two words in Nagari writing being almost 
imperceptible. The fifth line is probably corrupt ; hut baran certainly 
means not 4 colour,’ hut 4 letters of the alphabetwhich, according to the 
Mimansa Philosophy are supposed to he eternal and immutable. In line 7 
amir is not the familiar Persian word meaning 4 a noble,’ hut is for amrit, 
4 nectar.’ In the last line the word as is a little doubtful, but dsan unquest-, 
ionably means simply 4 eating.’ 
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III. The prose translation : 
“ First having indeed proclaimed a blessing , having honoured the sacred writings, 
whose beginning is the Veda, whose tliree-fold branches in all four directions arc 
possessed of colour and leaves like letters, ltcligion, having sprouted out through the 
bark, flowered fair in all four directions : its fruit, virtuous deeds springing out im¬ 
mortal, dwelling amidst mortals; firm as counsel of kings, or as tho earth ; the wind 
shakes it not, giving to lifo the flavour of nectar, the kali-yug affixes no stain to it, 
containing truth, wisdom, and perpetual freshness” 
