. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . nd, lo ! theheel-ropes bound the giants, and the sword cut themin pieces. Still, seven giants who were left tried to brazen itout, saying, Aha ! We have eaten many Rasaluslike you ! When the real man comes, his arrow willpierce seven girdles placed one behind the other. So they took seven iron girdles for baking bread,and placed them one behind the other, as a shield, andbehind them stood the seven giants, who were ownbrothers, and, lo! when Raja Rasalu twanged hismighty bow, the arrow pierced through the sevengirdles, and spitted the seven giants i
. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . nd, lo ! theheel-ropes bound the giants, and the sword cut themin pieces. Still, seven giants who were left tried to brazen itout, saying, Aha ! We have eaten many Rasaluslike you ! When the real man comes, his arrow willpierce seven girdles placed one behind the other. So they took seven iron girdles for baking bread,and placed them one behind the other, as a shield, andbehind them stood the seven giants, who were ownbrothers, and, lo! when Raja Rasalu twanged hismighty bow, the arrow pierced through the sevengirdles, and spitted the seven giants in a row ! But the giantess, their sister, escaped, and fled to acave in the Gandgari mountains. Then Raja Rasaluhad a statue made in his likeness, and clad it in HOW RAJA RASALU KILLED THE GIANTS 249 shining armour, with sword and spear and he placed it as a sentinel at the entrance of thecave, so that the giantess dared not come forth, butstarved to death inside. So this is how he killed the giants. HOW RAJA RASALU BECAME A JOGI. HEN, after a time, Rasalu went toHodinagari. And whenhe reached the house ofthe beautiful far-famedQueen Sundran, he sawan old Jogi sitting at thegate, by the side of hissacred fire. Wherefore do you sitthere, father? asked Raja Rasalu. My son, returned the Jogi, for two-and-twentyyears have I waited thus to see the beautiful Sundran,yet have I never seen her ! Make me your pupil, quoth Rasalu, and I willwait too. You work miracles already, my son, said theJogi ; so where is the use of your becoming oneof us ? Nevertheless, Raja Rasalu would not be denied,so the Jogi bored his ears and put in the sacred ear-rings. Then the new disciple put aside his shiningarmour, and sat. by the fire in a Jogis loin-cloth, wait-ing to see Queen Sundran. Then, at night, the old Jogi went and begged alms HOW RAJA RASALU BECAME A JOGI 251 from four houses, and half of what he got he gave toRasalu and half he ate himself. Now Raja Rasalu,being a very holy man,
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