The son thinks himself better than his father,

The daughter-in-law no longer respects her mother-in-law.

The wife fights with her husband.

The English have made the railways and telegraphs;

The people wondered at the silver rupees and all the country prospered.

The following is a song about the Nerbudda at Mandla, Rewa being another name for the river:

The stream of the world springs out breaking apart the hills;

The Rewa cuts her path through the soil, the air is darkened with her spray.

All the length of her banks are the seats of saints; hermits and pilgrims worship her.

On seeing the holy river a man’s sins fall away as wood is cut by a saw;