The legends of the Panjâb

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378 LEGENDS OP THE PANJAB.
" With what face shall we go to Mhan now, Mahi
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Then thus spoke the Lord of NS-han :
" The crop-tailed horses are now (only fit) for (treading
out) grain."*
70 Then next spake the Minister of Mhan :
"Going to the Eaja Kyonthal thou hast taken this
army
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Then thus spoke the Eaja's Queen :
" Raj§,, when thou wast warned thou wouldst not listen
to any one;
Thou hast gone to Kyonthal and what hast thou
done "
75 " I tell thee, my Lady Queen, do not reproach me.
Thou shalt see my revenge. Rani, for the DesA Lhar-
Thou shalt see the affair at RatJpanl, my Queen."
Then the Eajl of Nahan made his preparations :
Twelve hundred horse and a hundred thousandinfantry.f
80 And the Eaja's army reached Eatipani.
The Eaja let off eighteen jiin'isX °f S^^ powder.
Beneath the earth shook and above the heavens trembled.
The white vultures and the black crows collected :
And the struggle was then at Eatipani.
85 Then the gans in exchange thundered like the clouds
And the exchange of arrows was like the chaff from
barley
And the swords in exchange flashed like lightning.
Then thus spake the EajS, of Nahan :
"My brother Eaja (of Kyonthal), thou didst much
damage at the Desd Dhar.
90 The advice of my (Minister) Sidh^, E^ja, is very good.
I (the Eaja) have plenty of milk in my Nahan, I will
bring here khir^
(for thee)."i|
* Bdthii, a species of chenopodium.
t Meaning merely a vague large quantity.
X le., 27 mans or over 2,000 lbs.
§ A pottage of milk-and rice.- || Give thee a plenteous reward.