The legends of the Panjâb

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PRINCESS KtWAL DAL 431
Main kaunsi gafl ka dildh de dun, ji
Jis k^ dAdh main dAnga us ki hatyS, lage, ji !
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175 Pandit ne di^ jaw§,b :
GLusse hokar mahilon ko k gae, ji.
Bole Basak, " meri 'araz suno :
Siji ki batan mujh ko batlS, do, ji."
" "
Siji Pandit ne dia jaw§,b !
180 Basak Raja ghussa khaya, ji.
Bis ki g&ndal khake tajk palt li :
Bhari Nag ho gaya, ji !
Jangal ko chal para, ji :
Nag banke jangal ko chal para, ji
] 85 Sur^ gawwah ko dhundta phire, ji
Thaliyan ki batik men gawwan mil gai, ji
Sama pali soe tha ;
gaww&,h chug rahi thi
Which cow's (yak's) milk xshall I give to the sacrifice
That (girl's) milk that I give will have vengeance on
me!"
175 The Priest refused them altogether.
In anger they went to the palace.
Said Raja Basak, " Hear me :
Tell me what Siji said."
" Siji, the Priest, refused us."
180 Raja Basak was wrath.
Taking a quantity of poison he changed his body,*
And became a mighty Nag.
He went into the wilds :
Becoming a Nag he went into the wilds,
185 And searched for the yaks.
He met the yaks in a hollow in the wilds.
Sam^, the neatherd, was sleeping : the yaks were
grazing.
* This is a universal attribute of the N&gas.