Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c18.s2.t1.39

v1.c18.s2.t1.39

¹ [The author's prediction has been realized by recent events.] ² Yamaloka. ³ The gunchhor (ungrateful) and satchhor (violator of his faith) are consigned, by the authority of the bard, to sixty-thousand years' residence in hell. Europeans, in all the pride of mastery, accuse the natives of want of gratitude, and say their language has no word for it. They can only know the namak-haram [‘he that is false to his salt’] of the Ganges. Gunchhor is a compound of powerful import, as ingratitude and infidelity are the highest crimes. It means, literally, “abandoner (from chhorna, ‘to quit’) of virtue (gun).” ⁴ Hallam, vol. i. p. 323. ⁵ Of the effects of loyalty and patriotism combined, we have splendid examples in Hindu history and tradition. A more striking instance could