The legends of the Panjâb

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470 LEGENDS OP THE PANJAB.
Sir ka tukra urke juti men para, ji.
Raja Parag jilti kojab pahine, ji.
Sir ke tukre ne guntte men dang mara, ji.
760 Uchhalke Eaja Parag zamin pe gira tha, ji
Pai-de pavde ki jan alag ho gal, ji I
Sam^ Pali gawwan ko wahan lave, ji.
Sama Pali pkir-ghirke dekhe tha, ji
Jaisa ghoia Raja Parag ka khara, ji.
765 Ghore ke pas mirg para, ji.
Dekhe aur sikra mara para, ji
Sikre ke pas Nkg ke tukre pare, ji.
Agari dekhe Parag mara paia, ji.
Rota hua mahil men chala, ji.
770 Basanti Rani Mata Parag pe gaya, ji.
Parag ki Mata ke pas khara hokar rove, ji.
Parag ki Mata Sami Pali se puchhi, ji
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The head flew up and fell into his shoe.
When Raja Parag put on his shoe,
The head bit his great toe.
up Raja Parag fell on the ground,
And as he lay his life left him.
Sama the neat-herd brought his cows there.
SamS, the neat-herd looked about him^
And saw a horse like Raja Parag's standing there.
765 Near the horse lay the deer.
And again he saw the falcon lying dead,
And near the falcon the pieces of the N^g were lying.
Further on he saw Raja Parag lying dead.
Weeping he went to the palace.
770 He went to Rani Basanti,* Raja Parag's mother.
Standing before Raja Parag's mother he wept.
Raja Parag's mother asked S^ma the neat-herd
* According to the Classics her name was Uttara, and she was
daughter of the Raja of Virata (Baii-at near Jaypflr). Ought not the
name in the text to be Biranti p