Indian Antiquary Vol 04

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 65

FEBRUARY, 1875.]
LEGENDS FROM DINAJPUR.
55
tating on it, so his men-servants and maid father, and if Chandra had gone to try and find servants and the prince came to him with folded the dream he would go too. Durani replied, hands and invited him to rise, but he paid no "My child, you are the only wealth I have in attention to any of them, and still continued my poverty, if you go away I cannot bear to to think about the dream. Meanwhile the prime live alone without you : moreover, how can von minister, divan, and other officers of state were support yourself? You cannot go." Siva Das waiting in court, and wondering why the king paid no attention to his mother's words, but dewas so late in coming-they thought he must termined that as he was the king's son he would be angry with some of them : so the prime go to him and obtain his consent to search for minister said he would go and call the king. He the dream. So he went to court, but, not having entered the palace and asked the king why he sufficient courage to approach the king, ho sent was so late in rising, and requested him to be a message through an attendant to say what good enough to tell him about what he was his request was. When the king heard it he said, meditating. The king told him he was medi. "Why has Durani's son come to me? he may tating on a very wonderful dream which he go if he likes: I shall not be sorry if he dies; he had seen in the night, and said, "I thought is no child of mine." Siva Das was satisfied I saw a large two-storied house surrounded on with that, and went to his mother to ask for all sides by all kinds of flowers. A very beauti- her consent, and told her that his father had ful woman was lying inside it,- her beauty was
agreed to let him go; she would not at first such that it lighted up the whole house ; at consent, but at last gave him leave to go. So every breath she took while she slept, a flame he took his sword and went into a field, and like a flower issued from her nostril, and when sat on the sword and said, “Sword given by she drew in her breath the flower of flame was
Siva, take me to the place where Chandra again withdrawn. I have been thinking of this and the prime minister now are." The sword dream ever since, and it will be well for you if
instantly lifted him up and took him to the you can show it me, for if you do not I will pat place where thoy were, finishing a six-months' you to death." The prime minister replied
journey in one day. Siva Dâs went to Chandra that, since the king had seen the dream, it must
and saluted him, and asked whether he had exist somewhere, and he would take the prince
succeeded in finding the dream; but he replied and go in search of it, and meanwhile the king that they had come across the jungle, and, not must rise and go to court. So the king rose
finding a road through it, had been unable to and washed his hands and face and went to discover anything concerning the dream, and court, but the whole day he did nothing but that the jungle was full of Rakshasas, and the talk about the dream, so that the business of the
more they cut it the more it grew. kingdom was entirely stopped. The king then | Siva Dis said he would go to the west of the appointed a day, and the prime minister and jungle and see if there was any road or not. So Chandra started to find the dream, taking with he went a little way, but saw nothing but jungle them abundance of provisions, elephants, horses, on every side; he then cut a road with his sword silver sticks, flags, weapons, and soldiers. They till he came to the other side, but the jungle travelled for six months towards the south,
grew up behind him as fast as he cut it. All when they came to a terrible jungle which they
this time Chandra was in the same place, were unable to penetrate : it was full of Rák- still clearing jungle. When Siva Das came shasas, and there was no road in it. They set into the open country he could see village a great many labourers to work, but the more or people, so he travelled on to the west for jungle they cut, the more there seemed to be five days till he came to a village, which he left.
entered, and inquired who was the king of the Meanwhile Durâni's son, Siva Das, heard of country and whether there was any bazár. the dream and asked his mother about it, and The people told him there was a great king she told him all the king had seen, and how the there, and also a bazár: so he went to the prime minister and Chandra had gone in search bazâr and bought a house, in which he lived, of it. Siva Das said that although the king and after he had eaten he bought a shield and could not bear to look on him, still he was his a necklace of beads and put on the dress of an