Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s8.t1.39

v1.c20.s8.t1.39

“ If the milk is curdled it does not signify. Where there is sense butter may yet be extracted ; and if the butter-milk (chhachh) is thrown away it matters not. But if the milk be curdled and black it will require wisdom to restore its purity. This wisdom is now wanted. The foreigners are the black in the curdled milk of Mewar. At all hazards remove them. Trust to them and the land is lost.
“ In moonlight what occasion for a blue light? (Chandra jot).*
“ Who looks to the false coin of the juggler?
“ Do not credit him who tells you he will make a pigeon out of a feather.
“ Abroad it is said there is no wisdom left in Mewar, which is a disgrace to her reputation.”