The legends of the Panjâb

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PEINOESS NIWAL DAI. 509
Gaddi ka lekh bat§,o, ji."
Pashtak banclie, Bed sunave, ji
1380 Jape Kishn ka nam, ji.
Bolta Panditji Maharaja
" Janmeji, tare aohhi bhag, ji.
Tu to gaddi pe baitbe, ji
Tu kare yehan ka raj, ji
1385 Chandi sone ka dan karo, ji.
Hathi ghore k§, dan karo, ji.
An ka dan karke, bastar ka dan karo, ji.
Jab gaddi pe baitho, ji.
Ikotar sai Brahman mahil men jamao, ji."
] 390 Jaisa Raja baitha tha jori Kachahri, ji
Jaisa Raja gaddi par baitha, ji
Barah baras ki 'umar men, ji.
Jin larkon men kheltS, phire tha,
Woh larke kahen, ji
" Tell me the fate of the throne."
He read the books and expounded the Vedas,
1380 He repeated the name of Krishna.
Said the Priest, the Mahar&,ja *
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" Janmeji, thy fate is propitious.
Thou sittest on the throne.
Thou wilt rule here,
1385 Give me gold and silver in alms.
Give me elephants and horses in alms.
Give me grain in alms, give me clothing in alms.
When thou dost sit on the throne,
Collect one hundred and one Brahmans in the palace !
1390 So the Raja sat and assembled his Court
So the Raja sat on the throne.
In the twelfth year of his age.
When he played about with the boys.
They said to him
* Merely a form of address to priests,