on whom the Merciful Lord showers His Graces.103.
When one man is attacked by lakh,
the Generous Lord gives him protection.104.
Just as our hopes lie in your wealth,
I depend upon the Grace of the Lord.105.
You are proud of your kingdom and wealth,
but I take refuge in the Non-Temporal Lord.106.
Do not be careless about this fact that this saraae (resting place)
is not the permanent abode.107.
Look at the time-cycle, which is undependable
It gives a fatal blow to everthing of this world.108.
Do not oppose the lowly and helpless
Do not break the oaths taken on the Quran.109.
If God is friendly, what the enemy can do?
Though he may be inimical in many ways.110.
The enemy may try to give a thousand blows,
but he cannot harm even one hair (if God is friendly).111.
Hikayats
The Lord is One and the Victory is of the True Guru.
Now listen to the Tale of Raja Daleep,
Who was sitting besides the Honourable One (the King).(1)
The King had four sons,
Who had learned the art of fighting and the Royal Court Etiquettes.(2)
In the war they were like the crocodiles and excited lions,
Also they were very proficient horse-riders and adept in the hand-movements.(3)
The King called all his four sons,
And offered them to sit on the gilded chairs.(4)
He, then, asked his prolific ministers,
‘Who among these four is suitable for kingship?‘(5)
When the wise minister heard this,
He raised the flag to answer.(6)
He spoke thus, ‘you are, yourself righteous and wise,
‘You are perceiver and possessor of independent reflections.(7)
‘This, what you have asked, is beyond my faculty.
‘Me suggesting might cause some friction.(8)
‘But, My Sovereign, if you insist, I would say,
‘And present you the reaction (of our council).(9)
‘Because the one who endows helping hand,
‘Gets the (godly) help to gain success.(10)
‘First of all we must test their intelligence,
‘And then we will set them on trial to judge their work.(11)
‘One (boy) should be given ten thousand elephants,
‘And those (elephants) must be intoxicated and tied in heavy chains.(12)
‘To the second one, we will give one hundred thousand horses,
‘On whose backs there will be gilded saddles, as charming as the spring-season.(13)
‘The third one will be given three hundred thousand camels,
‘Whose backs will be adorned with silver trappings.(14)
‘To the fourth one, we will give one seed of moong (lentil) and half a seed of gram,