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<p class="C1">&#65279MA&#7748GAL, or MA&#7748GAL R&#256I, one of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's "fifty-two poets", was a native of Pasr&#363r, in present-day Si&#257lko&#7789 district of Pakistan. Ma&#7749gal composed poetry in Hindi, Punjabi and &#7693ogr&#299. His major surviving work is a translation of "&#346alya Parva" of the Mah&#257bh&#257rata in Hindi verse which he completed at Anandpur on Chetvad&#299 13, 1753 Bk/ 10 March 1697. Inthe concluding stanzas, he waxes eloquent about the rich bounties Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh bestowed upon the poets. "The &#346alya Parva", says the poet, "has been rendered into <i>bh&#257kh&#257</i> (Hindi) during the reign of Gur&#363 Gobind (Si&#7749gh), money in millions and billions he distributes to meet the needs of the poets." In some of his Punjabi and Hindi <i>kabitts</i>, too, he sings praises of the Gur&#363's largesse and of the blissful life at Anandpur. A manuscript of "&#346alya Parva" by Ma&#7749gal is preserved in the private collection of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257. A copy of it, said to be in the personal Library of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 of V&#257r&#257&#7751as&#299, has the name of the poet as Ma&#7749gal R&#257i.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Gobind J&#299 de Darb&#257r&#299 Ratan</i>. Patiala, 1976<BR>
<li class="C1"> K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Gurushabad Ratn&#257kar Mah&#257n Kosh</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1981<BR>
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