The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND OF GURU GDGGA. 169
Leja resham chir :
phflt gae gagir teri j
Wa mati ki gai :
jao kathor le kalas jhari.
Bole bachaa kathor : nahin lai'zi hai kaya
Yd balak nad-3,n, inhin barjo bban koi.
54-3 Na ia ko kuchh gj^n : kareii man ave soi."
Raja Sanjd.
" He Pandit, sun lijiye : ya mujli ko ablakh.
Cbliariyal Eujkunw&r ka jae karo kahln sak.
Jae karo kahin sak : kahm dekko sundar Eajkunwara,
Ja jaldi se : der karo mat : mano kaha hamara.
550 Hai ik bhlp Des Bagar ka ; aisa Jewar nam ucbara
Ho kul changa silwant : koi acbha ho gharbara.
Age bhag raha beti ka : nahin kisi ka chai^
Take silken cloths : thy pitchers were broken.
They were of earth, go and take pitchers of brass.
Thou hast spoken hard words and thy body does not
tremble J
This is an unthinking child : there is no confidence ia
his deeds.
545 Nor has he any wisdom, however much you warn him."
Haja Sanja.*
" Thou Priest, listen ^ this is my desire.
Ooand find somewhere a match for the Princess Chhariyal.
Go and find her a match ^ seek somewhere a handsome
prince.
Go quickly : delay not; hearken to my words.
550 There is a king of the land of Bagar: they say his
name is Jewar.
He is of a good virtuous line ; his family has some wealth.
The rest is my daughter's fate, (over which) none hath
power,
* Scene changes again. Sanja, king of () Xamrftp in Assam, was
father of Ohhariyai. Sariyai, or Siriyal, wife of GGga. Her namemay be
a cori-uption of Saradya Devi, still worshipped at the Kamakhya shi-me
near Gauhati in Assam. Saradya=Saraswati.
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