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THE PRITHIRAJA RASAU
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“ In the neighbourhood of Yoginipur,* on the Siva. "May the fragments of my body become banks of the river, I have come and drunk water, I a hundred and eight men upon earth." Thus am called Dhundha and Bisalnripati. By a curse his body being burned with fire, his splenI have assumed a Daitya's body. To abandon dour Gjyoti, soul) went to Devasthân. Amidst it and to behold Ganga I am desirous, to wash the Apsarasas he began to sing. Thus obtainaway my sins, and again to rule in Ajaypur.t O ing the restoration of his body, he took birth Rishi Raja! going to Ganga I will destroy this upon the earth: that matter says Kavi Chand body with my sword. Will my release be thus relating I will describe. effected ? O Raja Rishi ! instruct me that I To the cave of Nigambodh, the daughter of may accomplish it."
Anang Påla and her maidens again having gone, The Rishi smiling said, “Without penance found there an image of stone, which they washroyalty cannot be obtained. Food, wealth, wife, ed with water and worshipped with pure souls, and children, all the happiness of the world, may
with sandal, incense, and lamps, with pure bodies. be obtained by penance.” The Rakshasa, receiv- Bisal gave a boon, "you shall give birth to a ing this instruction, began to call Hari to mind. great warrior, with whom no man shall be able In the Rishi cave he continued performing
to fight, also to a Bhat powerful in tongue. austerity. The Rishi went away to a tirtha,
From the boon granted by Dhundha Narind, saying-" Until I return, having visited all and his having cut his body into fragments at tirthas, do you remain here penance-performing."
Käsi-from his tongue sprung a Bhat, twenty The demon, performing penance, continued for
Kshatris were born at Ajmer, of whom one was three hundred and eighty years. His body
Somesvara, whose son was Prithiraja; the began to be without pain in consequence of others arose in other places. Nidar arose in meditating on Vishnu. At this time Anang of
Kanoj, Jait and Salakh in Abugash; in the race of the Pandavs ruled at Hastinapur. Mandovar the Parihar ; in Karaki Kangur On the banks of the Yamuna he founded a city
Háhuli; in Nagor Balibhadra ; Chand arose Anang PAL Tuar founded there Dilli. The in Lehor; in Dilli Atatâya; in other places King, the subjects, men and women, dwelt there,
sixteen Samants. At Jhalor, Rama Deva; all of them in peace. Anang Pal Tuar Narind
at Govindgarh, Dham; [the Dahima arose at the virtuous King : his daughter was very
is very Biyana.] In Prithiraja's service, they all rebeautiful, eight years of age, with her companions, ! ma
mained. chasto and full of good qualities like Sitâ, she
[The birth and dwelling of the nobles, Chand came in Shrawan and Bhadrapadt to worship
sings sweetly in the Padhari metre]:-In JesalGauri. At Nigambodh on the banks of Kalindi
mer, dwells Achalesa like the sun; Pajjun (Yamuna) they all went to worship the Gauri.
dwells in Chittod; Hari Sing arose in Gad At that time the rain fell with great violence,
Bayâna; in Kalikand arose Jangår Bhim; in the maidens began to be wet. Anang Pal's
Samiyangarh, Narsing Rái. Jangar Bhim who daughter, with five hundred maidens and a
dwelt in Junagash and fought many days with daughter of a Purohit, went all together to bathe
Bhim who was wounded; Sarang Rái rose, the on Yamuna's banks. They entered the cave
Mori King; Bârad-Rai, who dwelt in Asirgash where Dhundhi was performing penance, look
and fought with Kanhai Rai the Chahuvân ing the image of death. All of them worshipped
warrior—the servant of Prithirâja. Tejpal of him. He enquired of them who they were, and
the Dor race lived at Junaur ; Kaimas, a for what purpose they had come. They an
very powerful warrior, who did obeisance to swered—“We seek as a boon from you that we
the Chahuvân; Bhobâ Chandel of Gajni, who, may all have good warriors for our husbands, and
when wounded, was protected by a Samant, may dwell in one place." The Dânava Raja
and who afterwards did good service here. made them this promise, and rising in the air
When Arsi Chandel was slain, the royalty he flew towards Kasi; he reached the banks of
was given to Bhobâ. The Raja of Dilli gave Ganga to perform sacrifice. Of his body making
to Bboba Chandel a country by the sea road. a hundred and eight fragments, the offered them
With the Raja of Kanoj fighting, he kept his in burnt sacrifice. He asked for a boon from name in the Kalyug. On the throne of the • An old name of Delhi.
pad-a month. + Ajmer, the old name of which is Ajayameru.-J.B.
This is the poet himself, and this passage is usually That is the last half of Shrawan and first of Bhadra quoted to prove that he was a native of LahorJ.B.
