The legends of the Panjâb

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500 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
1230 Niwal Dai soti uthe, ji.
Apne Raja ko jagave, ji.
EajS, mara para^ ji
Niwal Dai Thakur se 'araz lagave, ji
" Jane, kaunse Nag ne kha lia, ji
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1 235 Dharke jantar chalavej ji.
Rani se jantar na chale^ ji.
Zar-zar roe, ji, Niwal Dai
" Yeh kaun kare, Sri Bhagwan, ji "
Sattar kuliyan ko jagavej ji.
1240 Bidiya koi nakin ckali, ji.
Chitthi Rani ne likki, ji
" Dhantkar Baid, ter§. ckela Nagan ne kha lia^ ji
Dandia ckittki leke ckala, ji.
Nag Brahman raste men baitha, ji.
1245 Br&hman dandia se puchke, ji
" Jahan se musafir sack bata de, ji."
1 230 Niwal Dai awoke from her sleep,
And awakened ker Raja.
The Raja lay dead.
Niwal Dai prayed to God :
" Who knows what NS-g hath slain him "
1235 And she at once commenced her charms.
The Princesses charms prevailed not.
Niwal Dai wept bitterly :
''What has thou done, Holy God "
She awakened the seventy families.
1240 No one's sorcery prevailed.
The Princess wrote a letter :
" Dhanwantar, thou Leech, thy disciple hath been
slain by the Nags."
She gave the letter to the messenger.
The Nag (in the form of a) Brahman sat by the way.
1245 Asked the (Nag) Brahman of the messenger,
" Tell me truly whence thou comest "