72 ii. Kaharavā (of the water-carriers) [The Hague in the Netherlands, 1966]
I.
jala bhara ke jānakī lāvata hai
II.
kethuvana ke terī gagarī ghäilavā, kethuvana ke deharī bajāvata hai - jala bhara ke...
III.
sonana ke more gagarī ghäilavā, raghuvara ke dehrī bajāvata hai - jala bhara ke...
I.
Sītā fills and fetches water.
II.
- Of what are your pitcher and vessel2 (made) (and) at whose doorstep do they keep sound3?
III.
- Of gold are my pitcher and the vessel; they keep sound at the doorstep of the best of Raghus (i.e. Rāma).
2Gagarī is a metal pitcher, ghaṛā is made of clay.
3Bajānā idiomatically also means to have one's presence registered in the course of a duty. ‘At whose doorstep do you carry out the duty of fetching water?’
