The legends of the Panjâb

THE LEGEND OF s!la DAt. 317
Sab p^p mite apne, yeh dil men thano :
Turn kar do tayyar ;
kahfi, meva mano.
925 Jab lal hove tel, dekh us ko jake :
Phir Sila se hukm karo naliae ake."
Chohdar.
''
Mahita ankhon kholke dekho us ka hal.
Agin jale, loha tape, tel hua hai lal.
Tel hua lal ;
dekh, Mahita piara.
930 Tarn dil ka bhar pftr karo matlab sara.
Turn rakhiyo Bhagwan yad, Is manao.
Jo. sacha hai sil, mati dec lagao
"
!
Slid Bai Kd Do' a.
" Mere sahai kijiye ab, Triloki ke Nath !
Khamb chir Pahlad ko ap lagaya sath !
All my doubts will (then) be blotted out, keep this in
thy mind.
Get it ready and heai'ken to my words.
925 And when the oil is red-hot go and see it (for thyself).
And then tell Sila to come and bathe in it.'^
Herald.
" Mahita, see its (the caldron's) state with thy own eyes.
The fire blazes, the iron is hot and the oil is red-hot.
The oil is red-hot ; see, Mahita, my beloved (master).
930 Do thou now fnlly all that is in thy mind.
Kemember thou God, and call on the Lord.
If her virtue be true, make no delay !
"
S'da Dai's Prayer.
" Protect thou me now. Lord of the Universe !
Bursting the column thou didst save Prahlada !
*
* In allusion to the story of Prahlada in the Vishnu Purdna. Prahlada
praised Vishnu to his father, the atheistic Daitya Hiraiiyakasipu,
whei-eon Ms father enraged asked him if Yishnu, being everywhere, was
in the pillar near him. Prahlada repUed that he was ; his father said
'
then I will kill him' and drew his sword to strike the pillar. On this
Vishnu, is in his man-lion (nrininJia) avatdra, came out of thepiUar and
slew him.