The legends of the Panjâb

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PRINCBSS NIWAL DA. 421
Pet chak karke kllja nikala.
Phir kliise men Mth ddsre BAjk Basak ne payS,:
Hath paeke dusrl pathavi nikali
Us pathari nikalke sokhta lagayS,.
40 Chugke lakt-i glnthtl* lagaya :
Ginthe men kalja tikayet.
Ginthe men se dhundhMr utha.
Eaja Parag apne maliil ke upar charhd :
Apne shikargah men dhundhkar dekhel.
45 " Kaun jane koi R^ja utara
Kaun jane koi Jogiji "
Pirke ghora ckal par^,
Biha-diini jangal njai- men ayk.
Eaja Parag ko dekhkar Raja Basak hhkg chala, jl.
And ripping up the (deer's) belly he took out the
(liver).
Then Raja Basak put his other hand into his pocket
Putting in his other hand he drew out a flint
Taking out the flint he applied it to fuel.
40 Collecting sticks he made a fire,
And on the fire he placed the (deer's) heart.
A smoke arose from the fire.
heart
Raja Paragt was on his palace roof.
And saw the smoke in his hunting-ground.
45 "Who knows (said he) if it be some Raja that has come
(there)
Who knows if it be aoraejngi"
Saddling his horse he went ofi".
And came into the boundless deserted forest.
Raja Basak seeing Raja Parag ran ofi.J
* For angithd.
t Pariishit.
X From this point nearly every line ends with "ji, sir," wliioh is
addressed to the audience. I have for reasons of convenience omitted
this in the translation.