The legends of the Panjâb

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178 LEGENDS OP THE PANJAB.
Ovgd,
" Pot^ Raja Amar ka, Gard Darera gao6,
Beta Jewar Rao ka, G-iiga mera naon.
Guga mera nS-m : Gorakhnath ne yeh hi tahray^.
'645 HM sagdi liat gai meri. Is karan chal aya.
Sat samundarori par kahiri hairi;
Bihar pare main yad karen hain.
Basalc Nag.
Saoja nam batayL
Is karan chal aya."
" He Tatig, tvim se kahun ; ab suniye man lae
Jo GAge ka hukum hai, abhi karo turn jae.
'650 Abhi karo turn jae ; der pal ki na mati lagao.
Hai Gorakh ka chela piyari, us ka hukum bajao.
Bina hukum jana nahin, Bhai : kyui socho pachhtao
Abhi khabar lao jald se, pas ham§,re ao."
Guga,
" I am grandson of Raja Amar, my village is Gard
Darera.*
I am Raja Jewar's son, my name is Guga.
Giiga is my name, given me by Gorakhnath.
645 My betrothal has been broken off. This is why I have
come.
He (the injurer) lives across seven rivers ; his name
they call Sanja.
I came to the forest to complain. This is why I have
come."
Basak Nag.
" Tatig, I tell you : listen now with all your heart.
Whatever Guga orders go and do thou now.
650 Go and do thou now ! delay not a moment.
He is the beloved follower of Gorakhnath,t obey his orders.
Leave him not without his command, my friend : why do
you hesitate and think
Go now and bring me news of him, and come back to me."
* Probably Darera in Bikaner.
t Gprakhnath is fabled to have had special power over snakes.