That God has given a son to my house.
Whose name was Ghar-jawai; she served him dainty foods.(4)
And (that widow) made food with great respect. 4.
Chaupaee
Thus when a year had passed,
A year had gone by when she felt relieved of all her tribulations.
He (the thief) used to run the chores of his house
The thief used to perform her all the domestic errands, and she never worried for any thing.(5)
Dohira
After some time he trammeled her daughter and took her away.
Crying and wailing she went to the city policeman.(6)
Chaupaee
(They started saying) 'Ghar-jawai' has stolen my daughter.
She cried, ‘Live-in son-in-law has run away with my daughter.
At sunrise (he) has gone, but has not (yet) returned.
‘The Sun has set, but he has not come back. I have no news of them.’(7)
When Qazi and Kotwal heard the talk.
When the Quazi (the justice) and the policeman heard this, they both, laughingly, shook their heads.
To whom you gave your daughter as a gift
‘When you have married your daughter to him, then what if he has taken her to his house.’(8)
Everyone believed him to be a liar
Everybody branded her as a liar without understanding the secret.
Robbed all his (widow's) wealth
Rather she was plundered and banished from the country.(9)(1)
Seventy-sixth Parable of Auspicious Chritars Conversation of the Raja and the Minister, Completed with Benediction. (76)(1308)
Dohira
In Chandra Puri there lived a Raja, called Chandra Sen.
In power and intelligence he was embodiment of Lord Indra.(1)
His wife, Bhagwati, was bestowed with extreme beauty,
Whom, even, the Cupid would bow to pay his obeisance.(2)
Once the Rani invited a very Handsome man,
She made love with him to her full satisfaction of her heart.(3)
Chaupaee
Raja appeared when they were making love.
Rani was very much anguished.
(She thought,) ‘What should I do about him.
Should I kill him and then terminate my life.’( 4)
Dude said:
Then the fellow spoke thus,
Then the paramour narrated, ‘Rani, don’t worry about me.
Cut this watermelon and give it to me.
‘Give this melon to me after eating its pulp yourself.’(5)
Then the queen acted in the same way.
Rani complied and after cutting it let him eat the melon.
He took the (watermelon) skull and put it on his head
Then she replaced the shell on his head and made a whole at the top for breathing.( 6)
Dohira
With shell on the head, he went across swimming.