The legends of the Panjâb

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Gbore se niche utarke jawab kare, ji
" Rani, tu jo bhala chahe, bahir i ja, ji
PEINCESS NIWAL DAI. 451
Parag ghork mdrke a gayti, ji.
P3,rag Raja phir-ghirke to dekha thei.
Indvi wa ghard man pe dharS, ji.
E^ja Peirag pair ki jAti ko dekhe.
460 Man men soch kare, ji.
Lave dhore pkii'-phirke jangal men dekhe.
Nahin pati phir khAen pe chal-chalke five ji,
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465 Nahin to bichhu ka rup sidharun, ji !
Tob-tobke tujh ko babir nikalAn, ji.
TA to sahansar Nagan ki beti poti ;
Tain ne aisa rftp sidhara, ji,
Kfien men barke tn baith gai, ji.
470 Main to Dhanthar Baid ka chela, ji
Flogging his horse Raja Parag came up.
Raja Parag searched hither and thither.
Saw the pad and the pitcher placed on the platform.
Raja Parag saw the sandals of her feet,
460 He pondered in his mind.
He searched in the forest hither and thither and
round
about.
Not finding her he came again and again to the well.
He came down off his horse and spake (to her).
" PrincesSj if thou seek thy good, come out (of the
well)
465 Or else I will put on a scorpion's form t *
By degrees I will bring thee out.
Thou art the daughter of a thousand N3.gs,
Thou hast put on such a form,
That thou canst enter into the well,
470 I am a follower of Dhanwantar, the Leech :
* Scorpions are supposed to kill snakes. See Adventures of Raj^
Basalu.