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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
5 Harnashak ghabbe dar de dhâyâ; Pahlad tateyân thambân de nâl banbâyâ.
Sasst ne Punnû bich thallân de tapâyâ. Milki ne Kimâ bândh Mughalân de pâyâ. Nâm De Chhipâ dhare jhâl phirâyâ.
Hari Chand Chahrân de ghar bikhâyâ.
10 Ram Chand biyah ke Sitâ nûn lâyâ.
Ake ban bich kullâ pâyâ.
Sitâ nûn chhad ke shikâr nûn dhâyâ. Mûrakh ne jogi dâ bhes banâyâ: Dinâsur chhalan Sitâ nun âyâ.
15 Leke bhichchhâ nikli Sitâ; Dinasur ne dagha kamâyâ.
Chukke Sita rath par letlâi; Lanka de rasta pâyâ..
Shikar khelke Ram Chand âyâ; sûni kutiyâ pâyâ.
"Sitâ, ta bich hai?" Nahin! Itthî Râm
Chand ghussâ khâyâ.
Hanuman, Mâi Anjani kâ betâ, Sitâ de bhâl chaṛbâyû.
20 Hanuman ne rûp kâg dâ banâyâ.
Kol Sitâ de âyâ; mundra Râm Chand då jholi Sità di pâyâ.
Utthon urke Râm Chand de kol âgayâ: Sita di khabar lâyâ.
Angad barge sadliye jodhe; Lanka nûn dha karâyâ:
Ram Chand ki bahati faujân pul sam. undar pâyâ.
25 Bich Lanka ke Ram Chand âgaya; âke jnj machâyâ.
Dinasur da sir baddhiâ.
"Rannan da
bhed kisi na pâyâ." Râm Chand, leke Sîtâ nûn, âyâ.
Ranjha maggar majjht de lâyâ: Bhukka mardi put parâyâ; Ranjhe ne Khere jake nad bajâyâ.
30 Sahti ne khir chine dâ pâyâ:
Ranjhe haña, bhau ganwâyâ.
Rodê badh darya men pâyà; mundṛâ Sulaiman nûn thâyâ.
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[JUNE, 1909.
5 It caused Harnashak to be slain upon his threshold, and Pahlâd to be bound to a red-hot pillar.
Sassi made Pannû wander through the deserts.
Milki bound Kimâ and gave him up to the Mughals.
Nâm Dev, the Stamper, became famous through the world.
Hari Chand was sold into the Scavengers' house.
10 Râm Chand brought Sitâ home in marriage.
He went into the wilderness and built a hut. Leaving Sitâ, he went out to hunt. Mûrakh put on the dress of a jogi: Dinâsur came to Sitâ in fraud.2
15 Sitâ came out bringing alms: and Dinasur deceived her.
He picked up Sitâ and laid her in his chariot, and took the road to Lanka. After his hant Ram Chand came home and found his hut empty.
"Art thou within, Sita?" No! Whereon Ram Chand was angered. Hanuman, the son of Mother Anjani, went on the search for Sitâ. 20 Hanumân assumed the form of a crow. He came to Sitâ and threw the ring of Ram Chand into Sita's lap.
Flying from thence he came to Râm Chand, and brought him news of Sitâ, Warriors, like Angad, were collected and Lanka was attacked.
Ram Chand led a great force by a bridge over the ocean.
25 Ram Chand entered Lanka, and joined
battle.
He cut off Dinasur's head. "None ever fathomed the secrets of women. "
Râm Chand took Sîtâ and returned home.
Ranjha was set to graze buffaloes: Dying of hunger he took to begging; Ranjha went to Khera and sounded his conch.
30 Sahti gave him a mess of pulse pottage: Ranjha laughed and broke his cup of metal. Rode was cast into the river, and took the ring to Sulainiân.
a The reference is to Ravana.
