The legends of the Panjâb

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434 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAb.
215 Rani ka aisA Raja ki cbhati par para, ji.
Bflnd pare Raja ke ^nkh khul gae, ji.
Bole Basak Mali§,rajaj Padma Dai se kare jaw&b
" Indar na garji, ganir na ghori : meri chMti par bAnd
kaise pare, " ji
Boli Padma Dai R^ni, " R^j^, apni ksiya ko dekho, jl
220 Teri kanchan ki kaya ko kusht lag gaya, ji.
Tain pancbon kaniyan ki gawwan dasi, ji :
lag gaya, ji."
Dekhkar Raja Basak apni kaya ko roya, ji.
Sri Thakur pai donon bath jorke ^araz lagai, ji
" He Tbakur, kaun kari bat, ji
225 Mere kancban si kayS, ko kusbt lagayS,, ji.
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tujb ko sarlip
Rani, mere Bbag ki likbi bai mere bag gai, ji."
"R§ja, tiita manjS, bicba lo ; cbaukbandi men baitbo, ji;
Kacbe bhande mangao ; ua men rasoi jimo, ji."
Basak R&ja kabne se cbaukbandi men ave, ji.
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215 The Rani's tears fell on the Raja's breast.
As the drops fell the Raja opened his eyes.
Said Basak, the Maharaja, to Rani Padma Dai.
" The heavens spake not : the clouds have not thundered
bow then fell drops on my breast "
Said Rani Padma Dai, " Raja, see thy own body.
220 Leprosy has attacked thy golden-hued body.
Thou didst bite the yaks of the five maidens, and they
have cursed thee."
When Raja Basak saw his own body he wept.
With joined hands he prayed to the Holy God
" God, what hast thou done
225 Leprosy has attacked my golden-haed body.
Rani, the decree of my Pate hath been passed upon me.''
"R^ja, take a broken bedstead, go to a separate cell:*
Send for unbaked pots, and eat from them."
Raja B^sak, as he was bidden, went to a cell.
* The chaukhanM is the mound marking a village boundary. Here
the translation gives the obvious sense.