The legends of the Panjâb

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64 LEGENDS OP THB PAN.TaB.
As he spoke Rajallodi's bow broke in half, and he said to
Rajl Rasalu—
Thuman nezd merd ghar rahd, Bdjd : gliar rahd talwdr,
Sau pag toieh sarddr huii : hhdt hain ham char.
Aj roz turn mu'df Icaro, phir na dun tere dwdr.
My standard is at home, Raja : my
sword, too, is at home.
I. am head of a hundred clans : we are four brothers.
Forgive me to-day and I will come .to thy doors no more.
Then said R^ja RasUlu, "You wretch, have you come on
such an evil errand and have brought nothing to fight with
will only shoot at you with this little arrow,—be careful that it
does not hurt you I And then you can be master of the arrow
and everything else for that matter, for I will leave this place
for ever."
And with that he shot the arrow at Raja Hodi, who fell senseless,
and Raja Rasalu tore out his heart with his hands and
stuck it on the spit which had no meat on it. For his own
spit had meat on it, but the Rani's was empty. He took both
spits to Rani Kokilan into the palace, and the Rani' asked him
"what makes my lord so pleased to-day "
And the RSj3 said, " Let us have a great feast. We have
hitherto roasted each his own food on his own spit, but to-day
I will roast your food and you must roast mine." And saying this
he gave the RAni the spit with venison on it and the Raja's
heart he put on the spit he had kept for himself. When the
roasting was over they exchanged meat and began to eat, and
before the RS,ni had finished her food she said, "How very
good the meat is to-day " and ! the Raja replied
Jiundidn maujdn mdnidit, Bam :
muidn Madye mas.
Jinhdn ndljo maujdn mdnidn, un he gosht hyuii na dewe suwdd
I
Living thou didst enjoy him. Rani :
flesh.
dead thou hast eaten his
- Why
shouldst thou not relish his flesh who did enjoy thee
The Rani threw down the remainder of the meat quickly, and
said, " What are you saying*"