The Epic of Pabuji

Frontispiece - Parbū Bhopo......Page 2
Title page......Page 3
Dedication v......Page 5
Contents vi......Page 6
Illustrations vii......Page 7
Preface viii......Page 8
Preface to the first edition x......Page 10
The setting 1......Page 13
The subject 3......Page 15
The story 6......Page 18
‘Reading the paṛ’ 8......Page 20
The story-episodes 10......Page 22
The bhopos’ text 11......Page 23
The epic narrative 13......Page 25
Narrative and text 15......Page 27
Textual fixity 16......Page 28
Textual form 17......Page 29
The use of the song-tunes 20......Page 32
The music of the song-tunes 23......Page 35
How and why 25......Page 37
Text example 27......Page 39
Music examples 29......Page 41
Stories and pictures 37......Page 49
Time and place 38......Page 50
Pābūjī’s wedding 39......Page 51
Principles and practice 41......Page 53
The paṛ as a whole 42......Page 54
Origins 44......Page 56
The inflation of history 47......Page 59
Evidence from historical sources 48......Page 60
Evidence from topology 52......Page 64
Envoi: The expedition to Laṅkā 55......Page 67
How to become a god 57......Page 69
The mythology of Pābūjī 58......Page 70
Double accountability 60......Page 72
The split hero and the Goddess 61......Page 73
THE EPIC OF PĀBŪJĪ - Transcription......Page 77
Introduction to the transcription 66......Page 78
जलमपत्री 68......Page 80
सुसिया रो परवाड़ो 69......Page 81
घोड़ी रो परवाड़ो 76......Page 88
पाटण रो परवाड़ो 78......Page 90
पोखर रो परवाड़ो 81......Page 93
गोगाजी रा व्याव रो परवाड़ो 83......Page 95
सांड्यां रो परवाड़ो 95......Page 107
देवनारायण रो परवाड़ो 131......Page 143
सांड्यां रो परवाड़ो (2) 135......Page 147
पाबूजी रा व्याव रो परवाड़ो 137......Page 149
केसर रो परवाड़ो 140......Page 152
पाबूजी रा व्याव रो परवाड़ो (2) 146......Page 158
गायां रो परवाड़ो 162......Page 174
भाटियां रो परवाड़ो 176......Page 188
सतीवाड़ा रो परवाड़ो 180......Page 192
THE EPIC OF PĀBŪJĪ - Translation......Page 209
Introduction to the translation 198......Page 210
Scene 1: Pābūjī takes incarnation in a plot of saffron 200......Page 212
Scene 3: Pābūjī is nursed by his stepmother Kamaḷāde 201......Page 213
Scene 4: Pābūjī in his court at Koḷū 203......Page 215
Scene 5: Būṛo in his court at Koḷū 204......Page 216
Scene 6: The Khī̃cī court at Jāyal 205......Page 217
Scene 7: Būṛo and Sārãgde Khī̃cī dispute over the hare 206......Page 218
The episode of the mare 211......Page 223
Scene 8: Deval’s court at Gaḍvāṛo 212......Page 224
Scene 9: The mare Kesar Kāḷamī is brought to Pābūjī 213......Page 225
Scene 10: Pābūjī fights Mirzā Khān 215......Page 227
The episode of Pushkar 217......Page 229
Scene 11: Pābūjī converses with Gogo on the steps of Pushkar Lake 218......Page 230
The episode of Gogo’s wedding 219......Page 231
Scene 12: Kelam rides to the garden in her ox-carriage 221......Page 233
Scene 13: Gogo in the form of a snake bites Kelam as she swings 222......Page 234
Scene 14: Gogo in his court at Sāmbhar 225......Page 237
Scene 15: The god Gaṇeśa 226......Page 238
Scene 17: The god Kṛṣṇa 227......Page 239
Scene 18: The god Rāmdev 228......Page 240
Scene 20: The god Śiva and his consort the Goddess 229......Page 241
Scene 22: Śiva and Pārvatī 230......Page 242
Scene 23: Sarvaṇ Kāvaṛiyo 231......Page 243
Scene 25: The turtle incarnation of Viṣṇu 232......Page 244
Scene 27: The man-lion incarnation of Viṣṇu 233......Page 245
Scene 29: Paraśurāma 234......Page 246
Scene 31: Gogo strikes the toraṇ 235......Page 247
Scene 32: The wedding of Gogo and Kelam 236......Page 248
Scene 33: Gogo is greeted by his mother after his wedding 238......Page 250
Scene 34: The women’s quarters in Gogo’s palace 240......Page 252
Scene 35: Kelam’s sisters-in-law spinning 241......Page 253
Scene 36: Kelam’s maidservant summons the land agent 242......Page 254
Scene 37: Haṛdāno presents Kelam’s letter at Pābūjī’s court 246......Page 258
Scene 38: Harmal at home in his mother’s house 248......Page 260
Scene 39: Guru Gorakhnāth with his disciples 251......Page 263
Scene 40: Harmal in disguise converses with his wife and mother 253......Page 265
Scene 41: Harmal encounters two witches on his way to Laṅkā 256......Page 268
Scene 42: Harmal reaches the sea 257......Page 269
Scene 43: Harmal accumulates evidence of the she-camels 258......Page 270
Scene 44: Phatmal the Rebārī seeks Sikotarī’s advice 260......Page 272
Scene 45: Harmal travels back towards Koḷū 261......Page 273
Scene 46: Harmal presents his evidence at Pābūjī’s court 263......Page 275
Scene 47: The ironsmith and his wife prepare Pābūjī’s weapons 265......Page 277
Scene 48: Pābūjī and his companions round up the she-camels 267......Page 279
Scene 49: The battle between Pābūjī and Rāvaṇa 268......Page 280
Scene 50: Pābūjī and his companions drive the she-camels on 269......Page 281
Scene 51: Phulvantī in the palace of Ūmarkoṭ 270......Page 282
Scene 53: The Soḍho court at Ūmarkoṭ 271......Page 283
Scene 54: Pābūjī entertains the Soḍhos in the garden 272......Page 284
Scene 56: Phulvantī with her companions swings in the garden 273......Page 285
The episode of Devnārāyaṇ 275......Page 287
Scene 57: Pābūjī arrives at Sāmbhar to give Kelam the she-camels 278......Page 290
The episode of Pābūjī’s wedding 280......Page 292
Scene 59: The Soḍhos’ brahmin presents the wedding-proposal at Pābūjī’s court 281......Page 293
The episode of the saffron 283......Page 295
Scene 60: Cā̃do drives the pack-oxen back to Koḷū 287......Page 299
The episode of Pābūjī’s wedding (2) 288......Page 300
Scene 61: Pābūjī is anointed as a bridegroom 291......Page 303
Scene 62: Deval halts Pābūjī’s wedding-procession 292......Page 304
Scene 63: Pābūjī’s wedding-procession encounters bad omens 294......Page 306
Scene 64: Ḍhẽbo kills the tiger 295......Page 307
Scene 65: The Soḍhos ride out to greet Pābūjī’s wedding-procession 296......Page 308
Scene 66: Pābūjī, riding Kesar Kāḷamī, strikes the Soḍhos’ toraṇ 298......Page 310
Scene 67: Ḍhẽbo carries a khejaṛī tree into the Soḍho court 299......Page 311
Scene 69: Ḍhẽbo consumes the Soḍhos’ food and opium 300......Page 312
Scene 70: The wedding of Pābūjī and Phulvantī 301......Page 313
Scene 71: Pābūjī prepares to leave after his wedding 303......Page 315
Scene 72: Pābūjī’s wedding-procession returns to Koḷū 304......Page 316
Scene 73: Deval visits Būṛo as he sleeps to demand his help 305......Page 317
Scene 74: Deval and her sister visit Pābūjī to demand his help 306......Page 318
Scene 75: Deval visits the Ḍholī 307......Page 319
Scene 76: Deval visits the Bā̃bī 308......Page 320
Scene 77: Kamaḷāde tries to prevent Pābūjī from fighting Khī̃cī 310......Page 322
Scene 78: Ḍhẽbo disembowels himself 312......Page 324
Scene 79: Ḍhẽbo does battle against the Khī̃cī army 313......Page 325
Scene 80: Ḍhẽbo rounds up Deval’s cattle 314......Page 326
Scene 81: Pābūjī kills Susiyo Pīr 317......Page 329
Scene 82: The Bhāṭī court at Jaisalmer 318......Page 330
Scene 83: Rebārīs from a wedding-procession join Pābūjī’s army 319......Page 331
Scene 84: The final battle 320......Page 332
Scene 85: Pābūjī ascends to heaven 321......Page 333
Scene 86: Deval allows the blood of the warriors to mingle 322......Page 334
The episode of the widows’ pyre 323......Page 335
Scene 87: The camel-rider delivers Būṛo’s turban to Queen Gailovat 324......Page 336
Scene 89: Phulvantī inspects Pābūjī’s empty palace 326......Page 338
Scene 90: Phulvantī goes to Gū̃javo well to become a satī 327......Page 339
Scene 91: The widows’ pyre 328......Page 340
Scene 92: Rūpnāth lies down by the side of the lake 330......Page 342
Scene 93: Rūpnāth breaks the water-pots of Deval and her sister 332......Page 344
Scene 94: Rūpnāth kills Khī̃cī’s buffalo 334......Page 346
Scene 95: Pemā̃ visits Rūpnāth in Khī̃cī’s garden 335......Page 347
Scene 96: Rūpnāth kills Khī̃cī 336......Page 348
Scene 98: Rūpnāth escapes on the mare Ḍhel 338......Page 350
Scene 99: Rūpnāth and a companion play hockey with Khī̃cī’s head 339......Page 351
Scene 100: Rūpnāth presents Khī̃cī’s head at Pābūjī’s court 340......Page 352
Appendices......Page 353
Appendix 1 The story of Pābūjī as told by Mũhato Naiṇasī 342......Page 354
Sāyls 351......Page 363
Scene 103: The sāyl of the khejaṛī tree 352......Page 364
Scene 105: Gulmerī 353......Page 365
Scene 106: Garaṛpaṅkh and Anaṛpaṅkh 354......Page 366
Glossary and key to principal characters 355......Page 367
Bibliography 357......Page 369
Index 360......Page 372