Joro Kalang Sathi ...




(a prophetic song from the Bisnoi oral tradition)


1. Vishnu will be face to face with Kalinga.

2. He will create a dust storm and winds.

3. He will establish his throne in Delhi and Multan. [3]

4. The earth will be as if made of copper, the sound of steps will resound.

5. The sun will shine with a thousand rays and will burn.

6. He will protect the righteous ones and destroy the others.

7. Clouds will gather and produce a thick shade.

8. Riding Duldul he will become infuriated.

9. Holding a triple-edged sword Vishnu will fight with its help.

10. Nikalank will come and bring his army from the north-western quarter.

11. With the fifty-six crores of Yadavas the god with the plough (Balarama) will come.

12. Taking with him five crores Prahlad will arrive.

13. Harishchandra with seven and with Rohidas.

14. With the five Pandavas Ahmad (the Prophet Muhammad) will come.

15. Riding a bull Mahadeva will come.

16. Riding the divine goose (hansa) Brahma will come.

17. Seated on the back of Garuda Vishnu will come.

18. With one thousand and eighty-eight Siddhas Nemnath will come.

19. With one thousand billion and eighteen Angad will come.

20. With the Siddhas and Sadhs of the four yugas Gorakh will come.

21. He will call the virs (Bhairavas) along with the sixty-four yoginis.

22. With the thundering sound of drums he will fight the last battle.

23. Having broken Kalinga's head he will destroy the earth.

24. He will come to wed Vasudha Kunvari (the Virgin Earth).

25. The Mahdi Shah Salem[4] will join their hands (or Shah Salem will dye their hands with henna?).

26. Having uttered the Atharvan Veda[5] he will perform the wedding.

27. Innumerable Raises and Sayyids will be invited with the others.

28. With the thirty-three crores Prahlad will participate.

29. Vishnu will have arati performed by the hand of the Goddess.

30. Countless crores of deities will arrive in heavenly chariots.

31. The one who helps us to cross the ocean of births, Narasimha, will come.

32. Having reached Prayag, he will establish the Vaikuntha.

33. Said Lakha the Sadh, this prophecy will come true.




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