The legends of the Panjâb

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34 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
Where is tliy city where is thy home
What king's son art thouj jogi what is thy name f
Answered the jogi—
Sidlhot hamdri nagari : woM hamdrd thdon
Bdjd Sdlwdhan kd main hetrd : Land pari merd mdoii.
Pinde hhasam lagde, dehhan terijdoh.
Tainun dekhke chalid :
Bdjd Basdlu merd ndon.
Sialkot is my city : that is my home :
I am E§,ja Salwahan's son : the fairy Lona is my mother.
Ashes are on my body, (my desii'e was) to see thy abode.
Having seen thee I go away : RajS, Rasalu is my name.
Saying this, the jogi ran off to his master, and said,
" Here is the cooked food, get up and eat."
But when the master saw it he said to his pupil^
"You have been robbing some confectioner's shop.
Take
these back to where you got them."
The pupil thought him mad, and in order to test his power
he struck him two or three blows with a cane. Finding he
had no power to retaliate the pupil said,
" It is such a long time since you had your ears bored that
you have forgotten who you are,"
and with that he ran away,
for he feared that since Eani Sundran knew who he was and
all about him she might make a prisoner of him.
Meanwhile Rani Sundran dressed herself and went to see the
Guru. When she reached him she asked him where his pupil was.
" Oh/' said the jog'i, " I have eaten him up."
" But," said the Rani, " I sent you a plate of jewels and a
plate of sweets.
off your pupil satisfy you ''
If these have not satisfied you, will your meal
" I do not know," said the jogi, " all I know is that I put
ihim on a spit, roasted him and eat him up."
" Then roast and eat me too," said the Rani, and she jumped
into the sacred fire and became sati for the love of R&ja RasaM.
After this Raja Rasalu determined to try for a while what
it was to be a king, so he snatched the throne from Raj^ Hari
Chand, One day some one said to Raja Rasalu