‘All our people have committed some mistakes, but now please save us from this heinous malady.’(33)
The Shah's son said:
Chaupaee
He told the whole thing
Then he narrated the entire story, which people listened attentively.
Gave him another daughter
They gave him another damsel and praised him in various ways.(34)
He freed the entire village and saved (them).
Then the Shah’s son emancipated the whole village.
He got married a second time
He married second time and took the way to his village.(35)(1)
Sixty-eighth Parable of Auspicious Chritars Conversation of the Raja and the Minister, Completed with Benediction. (68)(1220)
Dohira
There was once a great Raja and Raj Kala was his wife.
There was none like her; even, the god Indra fancied her.(l)
That Rani, day in and day out, used to make love with a thief.
She used to call him at her house, and, herself, often went to his residence as well.(2)
One day Raja, when he was proceeding to her house, he saw him.
He beat the thief severely and ordered him to be hanged.(3)
Whenever the pain pinched him, he regained awareness.
But after a few breaths he would become unconscious again.(4)
Chaupaee
When the queen heard this
When the Rani heard this she immediately ran out to see him.
When his blood went up
When the blood spurted out and h~ regained consciousness, he saw the woman.(5)
Then the queen spoke to him.
Then she said, ‘Listen thief, I say it you with love,
I will do whatever you allow (me).
‘That I could not live. Without you, I will kill myself.’(6)
Then the thief said these words
Then the thief spoke, ‘I have a desire in my heart,
To kiss you when I die,
‘That I may kiss you and then go up for hanging.’(7)
When the queen let him kiss
When Rani kissed him, a stream of blood gushed out of the nose.
Then the thief's mouth was closed
The thief’s mouth shut (with force) and the Rani’s nose was cut.(8)
Dohira
Immediately after taking the kiss, his soul departed for heavens.
The cut (piece) of the (Rani’s) nose remained in his mouth, and the Rani became desperate.(9)
Chaupaee
Rani came home after cutting her nose
With the nose cut, the woman came home.
That I have cut the nose and offered it (as food) to Shiva.
She told the Raja that, ‘I cut my nose to present to (Lord) Shiva, because it pleased (Lord) Shiva immensely.’
Then Shiva spoke these words
‘But Shiva Jee spoke thus, “Your nose has been put in the mouth of a thief.”