The legends of the Panjâb

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516 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
Jis waqti khabarai hui thi^
Janmeji Eaja kMshiari kare, ji.
1495 Bole Raja Brahmau se, ji
" Meri 'araz suno, ji ;
Kaun kaunse EajS, ae, ji
Mujhe nam bata do, ji."
Bole, " tera Dlna ke pandit, ji :
1500 Kali Singh, Bhdre Singh, nahin ae, ji
N& Raja Basak wa Nyoji Nag ae, ji.
Siitak, Patak, Jado Vakil ae, ji."
Sunke R&ja ne hukm dandia ko die, ji
Tel ki karahi dhar die, ji.
1505 Bhari bhari lakkar jorke tel khadh-badh pake, ji.
Sub faujan ko mahil men bulave, ji.
Jab faujen, mahil men bar gain, ji,
As soon as he heard of this
Raja Jaumeji rejoiced greatly.
1495 Said the Raja to the Brahmans :
" Hear me
What Raja hath come
Tell me his name."
Said they, "The priests of thy grandfather (are we),
1500 K^ili Singh and Bhure Singh came not,
Nor Raja Basak, nor Nyogi the Ntlg
But Siitak .and Patak and J§,do the Ambassador have
come*."
Hearing this the Raja gave orders to the messenger.
And put a caldron of oil (on the fire).
1505 Collecting large logs he boiled the oil.
He called all the army (of the Nags) into the palace.
When the army entered the palace,
* It is not clear who Nyogi represents. The other names have been
alluded to above.