The legends of the Panjâb

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sawaya, ji !
PRINCESS NIWAL DAI. 429
150 " Sukhl raho, jujm§.n ; tertl nichal tikd, jug jug 14j
" Pusbtak bancho, Bed sunao, ji
Tin bachan kl haty4 kaisi uijare
Tin bacban main ne die/ji.
Puabtak bancbo. Bed sunao, ji.
155 Tin bacban ke lamb ka bacban batSiO, ji."
Pusbtak bancbe, Bed sunave, jape Kisbn ka nam, ji.
" Sacb kabun tu dije gbora : jbAtbe ko gardan dije
A -A
mar, ji.
Je Eaja durlamb utare jag leo sarodh, ji.
Saw^ ser dlidb suran gawwan ka le ko, jag men pao, ji
160 Jab lekba lag jave, ji."
1 50 " Be at peace my client ;
* may tby son succeed tbee and
tby bonour increase tbrougb the ages !"
" Read tby books, expound tbe Vedas :
How sball I escape tbe vengeance of an oatb thricerepeated
Thrice I gave my oatb.
Eead tby book, and expound tbe Vedas.
155 Tell me tbe antidote to a thrice-repeated oath."
He ^ead the books, be expounded the Vedas, be repeated
the name of Krishna.
" If I tell thee sooth, give me a horse : if I tell thee a
lie,
strike at my neck.
If tbe Eaja would escape vengeance he should divinet
by sacrifice.
Procure
a ser and a quarter J of yak's§ milk and throw
it on the sacrifice.
160 Then will fate be propitious, Eaja."
* As far as this the expressions are stereotyped and are interesting
as showing the usual salutation between priest and client.
t sarodh or sarodhd is a species of divination by breathing through
the nose.
t 2i lbs.
§ So in the text, but I think that merely a saci-ed cow is meant.