The Music of Hindostan c6.26

c6.26

Get up on the picotta, Pillaiyar¹ made of cow dung, Pillaiyar made of mud. I offer rice, cocoanut, cake, wheat, grain. (counts buckets) . . 9, 10, 11 . . Have I come here, O maiden, only to sleep? The fields all wet are ready to receive seedlings. Get bullocks ready to plough, Reddish brown, with white horns, The central bullock black, with white horns. Harness four together, Drive them over the wet fields; After the ground is prepared The seedlings will grow on the bank of the lake. (counts) . . 27, 28 . . The river is dammed, There are vegetables in the gardens And mangoes on the trees;