Agam Praman 1

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Attributed to Ramdev Pir (Version collected by S. Bishnoi, 1989: 237 238)

On that day the Lord (Alam) will come, things will happen in this way, 0 brother (Refrain).
Shyam will ride on a white horse, he will become incarnated (take avatar), the Nikalank king, 0 brother (Refrain).

1. He (is the one who) has created the nine lakhs of constellations, the moon and the sun, (as well as) the seven seas, hills and mountains, nine hundred rivers and lakes.

2. He has fixed (the earth) on the homs of the (divine) bull and put it on the lotus head of Vasuki (Vishnu's sacred cobra), He has fixed the sky without pillars, He is the all-powerful Diwan.

3. Nine crores of horses and elephants will bellow, earth and sky will tremble, Indra will shower a heavy rain like ambrosia, waters and lakes will be filled up.

4. He (is the one who) has created the various grains with six saps, vegetable life and mammals, of aIl the eighteen species of plants which bloom and fructify. He is the creator.

5. He (is the one who) has danced on the head of the snake-king after having fathomed the waters, He has filled with joy the house of the Gujari (milkmaid, Radha, the gopi), the one who is famous for his many skills.

6. He (is the one who) has chumed the seven seas and the (great) ocean, using Mount Meru as a chuming rod, He has made a rope with Vasuki and in the vessel he took the fourteen jewels.

7. The virtuous Lakshmana shot an arrow and thus killed Meghanada, having killed Ravana he conquered Lanka and ruined Mandodari.

8. Saturday, on the second day of the bright half of the month and on the third day He will establish his camp, with the five Pandavas and Kama, earth and mountains will tremble.

9. With the five (crores) Prahlad will come, with the seven, king Harishchandra, with the ni ne Yuddhisthira will come, and He Himself, Baba, will take the twelve with him.

10. Fifty crores of horses and elephants, thirty-crore of chariots will come, and the infantry will be countless, thus it will be an infinite maya.

11. The army of Alam will come, the dust from the feet will hide the light of the sun, saints and heroes will fight face to face and will slay Kalinga.

12. Hanuman will accept the invitation (to the wedding), the one who is famous in the nine quarters of the word, in the north, the south, the east, the west, thousands of armies will be seen.

13. The eighty-four Siddhas and the fifty-two Bhairavas will come with the nine Naths, Wise men knowing all kinds of Scriptures, Jangams and Jogis will come will the army of Shyam.

14. The angry Lord (Sahib) will crush his enemy to pieces, the cruel one (the barbarian, mleccha, yavana) will die, having received the tilak (royal consecration) He will sit on the throne, his glory will spread to the nine quarters of the world.

15. His horse will be white, white his club and white his saddle, the army of the Lord will be safe, Kali's armies will be defeated.

16. The (wedding) altar will be at Chittor, the (bridegroom's) camp at Delhi, the auspicious instruments will resound, Hindus and Turks will drink from the same cup, Baba will dispel their illusion.

17. Earth and sky will change, the moon and the sun will change, said Ramdev the Siddha, this is my prophecy.


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