The legends of the Panjâb

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PBINOBSS NIWAL BAL 495
" Woh N&g bawan rftp§, hai : yeh kam us se sarbe, ji."
Bdsak pftchhe, " woli kahan mile, ji
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"BhaicharSi boleii Gokal nagari; 'ilm Qurana pothi
parhori Gokal men, ji."
1155 Sunke Raja ne Jado Vakil ko hukm dia, ji
" Dharke dastana aisa baja do, ji,
Sun p§,ve Bisiyar Nag, ji."
Dastana ki awaz baji, ji.
Sunke Tatig Nag chal para, ji.
1160 'Ilm Qur§.ni pothian parh raha tha, ji.
Larkon men baitha, baitha khara hoja, ji.
Dharke kaya ko sidhari, ji
Chhota sa Nag ban gaya, ji.
Dharke to lave tha udari, ji
1165 Dhartmandal ko chala ave, ji.
"He is a Nag of fifty-two forms: this business will be
accomplished by him.''
Raja Basak asked, " Where will he be found "
Said the kinsfolk, " In Gokal City :* he is reading the
books of the wisdom of the Qurant in Gokal."
1155 Hearing this the Raja ordered Jado the Ambassador
To clap his hands so
That the poisonous Nag (Tatig) should hear.
(Jado) clapped his hands.
Tatig the N4g heard it and came.
1160 He was reading the books of the knowledge of tha
Quran.
Sitting among the boys he stood up.
He changed his form
And became a little Nag.
He put on wings
1165 And came to Dhartmandal.
* Gokula, in the neighbourhood of Mathura, is the scene of Krishna's
boyhood : it is probably introduced merely as being a place famous in
mythological history.
t The scavenger caste in India generally mix up all the religions
current around them in their beliefs.