‘Never try to attempt such trickery ever again and this time I pardon your transgression.’(11)
Dohira
‘Now, woman, you exonerate me as well, because I don’t want to linger on the dispute.’
She was, then, endowed a pension of twenty thousand takaas every six months. (12) (1)
Twenty-third Parable of Auspicious Chritars Conversation of the Raja and the Minister, Completed with Benediction. (23)(460)
Sortha
The father again sent his son to the prison,
And, as soon as it was morning, he called him back.(1)
Chaupaee
Then the minister told a story
The Minister started narration and said, ‘My Raja, listen to another anecdote.
(I) recite to you a Tria-charitra,
I will tell you another Chritar, which will amuse you -2
There was a great king in the northern country.
In a country up in the North, there lived a Raja who belonged to the revered Sun Clan.
He had a patrani named Chandramati,
Chandra Mati was his principal Rani who was, as if, churned out of milk pudding (3)
A daughter was born in their house,
They were blessed with a daughter, who was endowed in their lap by the God Sun, himself.
The glory of his work was great,
Her beauty had no bounds she was like the serenity of the Moon.(4)
She was named Sameer Kuri.
She was given the name of Sumer Kaur there was none other like her in the world.
(She) was the (greatest) beauty among the three people,
Her beauty prevailed all over the three worlds, as she possessed the Moon like virtues (5)
His work had a lot of image
She was so beautiful that, even, the Cupid ran errands for her.
His beauty cannot be described
Her charm could not be explained as she appeared to be like a bouquet of flowers.( 6)
Dohira
With the awakening of youth, her appendage reflected through her fair complexion,
Like the snowy waves, which jumped up and down in the sea-water.(7)
Chaupaee
She was married to (a) king of the south country
She was married to a southern Raja and she started to enjoy variable carnal pleasures.
(from her womb) two sons and a daughter were born,
She gave birth to two sons and a daughter, who were the epitome of splendour as well.(8)
After some time that king died.
Soon after that Raja died, the crown of sovereignty was put on the son’s head,
Who could avoid his permission?
And then whose orders no body could refute and he could do whatever the way he liked.(9)
A lot of time passed like this.
Long time passed, and the spring season prevailed.
She (the widowed Rani) could not bear without her lover
As her heart was riddled with the arrows of separation.(10)
Dohira
How could she tolerate and contain herself when the arrows of estrangement pinched her?
She talked customarily, but in the heart she was pricked with the for her consort.(11)