He came to Maharashtra disguised as a mendicant.(3)
Chaupaee
When the Rani saw him, she contemplated in her mind,
That she would ask Raja to fetch the mendicant.(4)
Dohira
She sent some people to catch him and bring him to her house.
Considering him as the Raja of a country she (decided) to marry her daughter to him.(5)
On learning this, the Raja abandoned the meditation of Rama,
And flew into a rage, why had she married the daughter to the man who has no father or mother.(6)
Raja’s Talk
Chaupaee
‘Who has no father or mother, why did she marry the daughter to him?
‘Now tie him, kill him and also terminate the Rani and the daughter.’(7)
She was dreaded hearing the order and she could think nothing more
Than the means to save the son-in-law from death, and contemplated an escape for him and her daughter.(8)
She brought a big basket and asked them both to sit in there.
Then, she brought another large basket and placed the first one inside it.(9)
Dohira
In the first inner basket, she put lot of precious stones,
And in the second one she placed a great number of sweetmeats.(l0)
Chaupaee
‘The second basket in which she had put sweetmeats, nothing else was visible.
Every body thought it was full of sweetmeats and no body knew the secret.(11)
Now she sent a maid to call Raja. Leading him, she took him around the whole household (and said),
‘Aren’t we afraid of you? How could we arrange their engagement without your consent?’(12)
Rani Talk
Dohira
‘Now, Oh my Raja, dislodge all the doubts from your mind and go to the Court.
‘I have prepared sweetmeats for you, come and relish some.’(13)
Chaupaee
After opening the basket she served him viands but he could not comprehend the secret.
‘Now, my Raja, acquiescing to my request, you give out this with blessings.’(14)
When she opened the basket, the son-in-law was terrified,