The legends of the Panjâb

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PBIKOESS NIWAL DAL 489
Ua se nak se lagakar sftnge, ji.
Bisiyar ne dang lagaya, ji.
Raj^ bebosh ho gaya, ji.
1060 Mg rfip badalke chala gayi, ji.
Jado Vakil pe ja khabar lagai, ji
" Main to P^rag iii4r gaiiwdya, ji,"
Bote, "Jado Vakil, ji;
E^ja Parag ko phunkke chaleii, ji."
1065 Jab E^ja Parag gira, ji,
Rona pitna makilori men para, ji.
M^ta us ki zar-aar roi, ji
" Yeh kaun kare, Sri Bhagw^n, ji "
Ra'iyat ri'aya sab roe tha, ji.
1070 Niwal Dai kljabaran sab ko gai, ji.
Boll, "jhanja doli karke yehan lao, ji."
Daure khusMmadi aaek, ji.
And put it to his nose to smell it.
The (poisonous) serpent (Nig) bit him.
The Raja became senseless.
1060 The Nag changing his form went away.
Going to Jado the Ambassador he told him;
" I have slain Raj& Parag."
Said he *' Jado, thou Ambassador,
They are taking Raja P^rag to the burning."
1065 When Raja Hrag fell,
There was weeping and wailing in the palace.
His mother wept bitterly
" Holy God, what hast thou done "
All the people wept.
1070 Niwal Dai heard all about it.
Said she " Get ready the palanquin and bring it
Running they saluted her.
here."*
* " And take me to the corpse." A line evidently omitted here.
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