The legends of the Panjâb

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to take him away as lie was giving Eaja RasalA advice. And
the slaves did so, and when the horse was being taken away
he began to weep, and Eaja RasaW was in great grief, and then
the horse said again to the EajS.
Na ro, Edjid hholid ; nd main charsdn ghdh,
Nd main tursdn rah.
Dahnd dasi uthdehe jeh de wieh pdh !
Weep not, foolish Eaja, I shall not eat their grass,
Nor shall I go away.
Take thy right hand and put it in thy pocket.
Then the Eaja understood something of what he meant,
and
the slave took him away. So the Eaja put his hand on his thigh
and the kitten started up, and the Raja said to Raja Sarkap.
"Leave my horse and arms here for the present; you can
take them away when you have won my head."
Raja Sarkap agreed, and gave an order to all the women of
his palace to dress themselves up and stand before Raja
Rasalu to distract his attention, so that their lord and master
might win the last game. But Raja Rasalu paid them no
attention at all, and said to Raja Sarkap.
" We have been playing with your pieces all this while,
suppose we play with mine now.'^
And they began to play with Raja RasMd's pieces. Meanwhile
the kitten went up and sat by the window where the rat
Dhol Raja used to come from.
After a while Raja RasalA began to win, and the Raja
Sarkap called his rat, Dhol Raja, who came to the window,
looked out, and went back. He then sent his mother, who
came out, but, being afraid of the cat, she went back too. While
this
was going on Raja Rasalu won the first stake, and took his
arms back, and then he won the second stake and took his
horse back. On this Raja Sarkap said
Dhal, we^pdsd dhalwen, ithe hasantd lolc !
Sardn dhardn han hdzidn, jehri Sarlcap hare so ho !
O moulded pieces, favor me : a man is here !
Heads and bodies are at stake : as Sarkap does so let it be !
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