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IV.
jhą̄jhara gaṛüā gaṅgā jala pānī
V.
pahile ghų̄tę rām phira se bhüiyą̄ bhavānī
pahile maį...
VI.
laųg ilāycī ke bīṛā juṛāyaų
VII.
pahile kūcaį rām phira se bhüiyą̄ bhavānī
VIII.
phūla nivārī ke seja bichāyaų
IX.
pahile sovaį rām phira se bhüiyą̄ bhavāni
pahile mai...
I.
First I remember Rāma and then Earth (which is) Pārvatī.
II.
I have served a meal in a gold thālī;
III.
First Rāma eats and then Earth (which is) Pārvatī.
First I...
IV.
A jar (and a) pitcher - and for water the (sacred) water of (the river) Gaṅgā;
V.
First Rāma drinks and then Earth (which is) Pārvatī.
First I...
VI.
I have prepared a bīṛā with cloves and cardamom and -
VII.
First Rāma chews and then Earth (which is) Pārvatī.
First I...
VIII.
I have spread a bed of flower-like nīvār;1
IX.
First Rāma sleeps and then Earth (which is) Pārvatī.
First I...
1Four inches wide strips of specially prepared cotton which come in rolls. Beds are then woven out of these. Not known in Surinam.
