The legends of the Panjâb

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It is the will of God which way the three dice fall !
I'ttE LEGEND OP SIlA DaI. 313
Mahita.
"Sila ke hain panch do, satriih tera dao;
Paun baraii haigi meri : phansa lia uthao.
Phansa nachkai'i age ave.
Ab jhathl kyikn batoii ko phir chalave
875 Phansa die phenk, bachan ham ne mani,
Qadrat ke khel pa;e tinoii kani,"
Harhhaj Sdh.
" Sil4, sat ko yad kar le, le phansa hath,
Jo tera sat sach raha^ to paro panch do sat.
Sat pare, an rahe laj tumhari.
880 Hai phanse ke h4th aj bat hamari.
Phansa le h4th, Narankar manave:
Jo sacha hai sil tere age ave,"
Mah ita
" For Sila the five and two } for thee seventeen ;
For me the ace and twelve : take up the dice.
The dice shall decide the truth.
Why invent untruths now
875 I throw the dice and accept the challenge.
Harlhaj Sdh.
" Sila, remember thy virtue, taking the dice in thy
hand.
If thy virtue be true, then throw ' the five and two's
seven.'
If the seven fall,
thy honor will be .established.
880 Our life to-day is the power of the dice.
Take the dice in thy hand and call on God.*
If
thy virtue be true it will come out."
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* Lit. The formless one,