1 SMva as Mahdsti.
2 405
3 Dohd (couptet).
4 Puttar dutch duJchid bhau
5 Partial abalddj,
6 Satti ko sat jdt hai ,
7 Bdkho , Ishwar, Idj .
8 a I was distressed at the loss of my sons.
9 To-day I am a woman in another's power.
10 A chaste woman whose chastity is like to be lost,
11 O God, keep my chastity ! 99
12 After this she took her way home, and by the power of God the
13 demon's sight was affected, eo that Kirfcakd became invisible to him as
14 she passed. She then told the story to her husband, saying with clasp¬
15 ed hands that Durga Devi would be pleased with her devotion and
16 destroy the demons, for she alone wa3 endowed with the power of avert¬
17 ing such evil. The demons had corrupted religion, outraged chastity
18 and taken men's lives.
19 On hearing this, her husband said they would go and worship
20 Hat-kofi Ishvvari Mata. So Huna went to the goddess with his wife.<
21 He firgt offered her flowers, and then prayed to Hateshwarl Durga with
22 .the eight hands. While he prayed he unsheathed a dagger and was
23 about to cut off his own head with it, when the goddess revealed her
24 spirit to him, caught his hand, and said : — “ I am greatly pleased with
25 thy devotion. Go to the mountains of Kashmir, pray to God, and
26 all thy desires will be fulfilled. Shiv-ji will be pleased and will fulfil
27 thy desires. Go there cheerfully and there will be no obstacle in thy
28 way
29 Obeying the order of the goddess, Huna went at once, and in a
30 few days reached his destination. After his departure, he gave up
31 eating grain and lived on vegetables. He also gave up clothes, using the
32 bark of trees for his dress. He spent most of his time in worship,
33 sometimes standing on one toe. When Shiv-ji waB pleased with him,
34 the spirit of the four-armed image addressed him, saying, ( I am
35 greatly pleased with thee : ask me any boon which thou desirest'.
36 On heaving these words from the god Siva, Huna clasped his
37 hands and said ° O Siva, thou hast power to kill the demons. Thou
38 hast power to repel all enemies and to remove all difficulties. I pray
39 and worship the Ganges, the saviour of the creatures of the three worlds,
40 which looks most beautiful as it rests on thy head. There are no words
41 to describe thy glory. The beauty of thy face, which is so brilliant
42 with the serpents hanging round thy nect, beggars all description. I
43 am highly indebted to the goddess of H&t-koti, at whose feet I bow
44 my head, and by whose favour I and my wife are so fortunate as to see
45 thee in K&K Yug'\
46 Uttar Khan# men rdkshas base , manukhon hi karte dhdr,
47 Kul rnulk barbdd kiya, dhddi hagai ujdr .