The legends of the Panjâb

24 LEGENDS OP THE PANJAB.
"I only found an arrow and these cups in the hamr. The
arrow I could not pull out of the ground, but the cups I have
brought."
Then Raja Hari Ohand knew by these signs that RaJEl,
Rasalu had been born, so he sent a servant to find out all aqout
him. The servant went and found the Raja fast asleep in
Ra,ja Hari Ohand's garden, and came back to his master and
said.
" Raja RasSiia is certainly born, and is fast asleep in your
garden."
" I don't believe it," said Raja Hari Ohand, "there are
many who can shoot well with bow and arrows. However,
there is a mango tree in the garden, and on it there are two
mangoes which never fall, growing on a branch which never
rots, but is always green. The people say that when the real
Raja Rasi-lu comes he will knock them down. Go and see."
So the servant went into the garden again, and then he
found the two mangoes lying
in Raja Rasalu's skirt as he lay
asleep. One of them was whole, but the other was partly
eaten, and he took up the partly eaten one and brought it to
Raja Hari Ohand, saying,
" Protector of the world, the mangoes have^ fallen, but I
cannot say whether they fell of themselves or have been knocked
down. I found them lying in Raja Rasalu's skirt, and one of
them partly eaten. This one I have brought you to see."
Then Raja Hari Ohaad knew for certain that RajS, RasalA
had come, and made preparations for marrying him to his
daughter Saunkhni. He made the tlkd mark on R§ja Rasalu's
forehead with some rungti^ that was in a cup, and the music
for the marriage of Raja Rasalu and Rani Saunkhni began to
sound. Then all the women of the city of Hodinagari escorted
Raja Rasalu to Raja Hari Ohand's house, and the learned men
were collected together to fix an auspicious time for the
marriage. But these could not be got to agree about '
it, and
at last Hari Ohand asked a poor Brahman to tell it to him, who
replied.
* Powdered liquid saffron.