106 - परमार्थसोपान - टिप्पणी [ Part II Ch. V वरात ( from Sk. वरयात्रा ): The procession of वरपक्ष to 's house (in Hindi) and the procession from the 's house to the bridegroom's (in -Marathi ).. फीकी परी वरात - The marriage party has finislied its raison-de-etra when the bride and bridegroom have met. cf. The proverb गुजरा गवाही (one who has given evidence) लौटा वराती. मोतियाबिंद - Cataract. 2 - Cataract. Contrast the blurred vision from cataract with total blindness. सब जग अन्धा. है नियंरे सझे नहीं cf. Ramdas: 86 - देव जवळीं अन्तरीं । भेटि नाहीं जन्मवरी ॥ मूर्ति त्रैलोकीं संचली । दृष्टि विश्वाची चुकली ॥ लानत ( Arabic ) धिक्कार | = 3 - छुड़ाए = छुड़ाकर; छुड़ाना = extricate causal of छोड़ना: cf. Marathi सोडण हिरदय से जब जाडुगे -- It must be remembered that the blind Surdas had yet a supersensuous vision of God. cf. 'आँधे को सब कुछ दरसाई'. Also cf. Audition by a deaf secker, ( बहिरो सुने ). बड़ोंगो ( Future of वद ) - Not only say but acknow- ledge. ( There is a slight sense of challenge. ) - Note : For illustrations of various kinds of seemingly antithetical spiritual experience, com- pare the following song from Kabir, current in Maharashtra : वाहवा वाहवा साहब जी, खूब हि ख्याल तुम्हाराजी । गंगा बहिरा राग अलापे, अंधा कुरान वाँचे । जब थोटे ने मृदंग बजाया, लंगडा क्या खूब नाचे | "1
