The legends of the Panjâb

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458 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
Brahman ko Raja ne bulaya, ji.
" Dada, paM lagM."
" Sukhi raho jajman, ji."
'675 Bolta Parag, "Dada, turn sakha parho, ji.'
Brahman Kishn ko manave, ji
Sakha parhne laga, ji.
Khise men hiith Raj§. Parag pave thaj ji.
Us men se pathari nik^li, ji
580 Sokhta men lagai, ji.
Sokhti men ag lagake jhar ko lagai, ji.
Jh§,r phuiike phere lie, ji.
Sone ka taka Brahman ko dia tha, ji.
Parag ne hukm di4 tha, ji.
585 Char kahar dola mahil se mangave, ji.
Leke dola jangal men ae baithe, ji.
Niwal Dai to dola men baithi thi, ji
The R^ja called the Brahman
" Father, I fall at thy feet."
" Be at peace, my client."
576 Said RajS. Parag, " Father, perform the marriage."
The Brahman called on Krishna,
And began to perform the marriage.
Raja P§,rag put his hand in his pocket,
And took out of it a flint.
680 He applied it to the tinder.
Striking fire into the tinder he lighted a bush.
Lighting the bush
he performed the circuit (round the
fire).*
He gave golden coins to the Brahman.
Raja Pirag gave orders,
585 And sent for four (palanquin) bearers from the palace.
They came with the palanquin into the wilds.
Niwal Dai sat in the palanquin,
* The crowning ceremony of an orthodox marriage.