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 1 Raja  |                            Raja Rasalu~ONCE there lived a great
 2 Raja  |          His name shall be Raja Rasalu, and he shall be known far
 3 Raja  |       against the day when Raja Rasalu should go forth into the
 4 Raja  |       King's son to know.~Young Rasalu lived on, far from the light
 5 Raja  |         once that it was Prince Rasalu come forth before the time,
 6 Raja  |      their own.~But when Prince Rasalu saw the women returning
 7 Raja  |      word in reply.~Then Prince Rasalu called scornfully to him
 8 Raja  |         good and pure!"~So Raja Rasalu was comforted, and began
 9 Raja  |        son is away~Is as dust!"~Rasalu had started off to play
10 Raja  |      corpse seemed company, and Rasalu, sitting down beside it,
11 Raja  |       arose and sat beside Raja Rasalu. And he, nothing astonished,
12 Raja  |          dark and dreary, while Rasalu sat in the graveyard and
13 Raja  |      Now when morning broke and Rasalu said he must continue his
14 Raja  |         he will always win."~So Rasalu took some of the bones lying
15 Raja  |     with the King.~Now, as Raja Rasalu, tender-hearted and strong,
16 Raja  |     tiny cricket. Nevertheless, Rasalu, tender-hearted and strong,
17 Raja  |          as my bride!"~Now when Rasalu replied so gallantly, the
18 Raja  |            Fair sisters!" quoth Rasalu gaily, "give me my task
19 Raja  |       of sand, and giving it to Rasalu, bade him separate the seed
20 Raja  |         life he had saved.~Then Rasalu said, "Separate the millet
21 Raja  | daughters of the king, saw that Rasalu had performed his task,
22 Raja  |        into one swing, and Raja Rasalu, standing in his shining
23 Raja  |         as it swung back again, Rasalu, standing there in his shining
24 Raja  |        was the maiden who loved Rasalu, for she fell out last,
25 Raja  |         to no harm.~After this, Rasalu strode on fifteen paces,
26 Raja  |         afraid, having heard of Rasalu's renown. And learning that
27 Raja  |       brought the trays to Raja Rasalu, he rose up haughtily, saying, "
28 Raja  |      and lo! the dog died.~Then Rasalu was very wroth, and said
29 Raja  |       slaves! and tell him that Rasalu deems it no act of bravery
30 Raja  |         when evening came, Raja Rasalu went forth to play chaupur
31 Raja  |         moved the heart of Raja Rasalu, and, going to the potter,
32 Raja  |      last to sell the kiln, and Rasalu, having searched all the
33 Raja  |       in difficulties." So Raja Rasalu put the kitten in his pocket,
34 Raja  |        head. So, likewise, Raja Rasalu fixed his stakes, - on the
35 Raja  |         to play, and it fell to Rasalu's lot to make the first
36 Raja  |      pieces on the sly, so that Rasalu lost the first game, and
37 Raja  |      rat, upset the pieces; and Rasalu, losing the game, gave up
38 Raja  |        the faithful steed away, Rasalu could not refrain from tears,
39 Raja  |     roused some recollection in Rasalu's mind, and when, just at
40 Raja  |        Now, Raja Sarkap, seeing Rasalu's confident bearing, began
41 Raja  |         attire and stand before Rasalu, so as to distract his attention
42 Raja  |      while, Sarkap, seeing Raja Rasalu was winning, called to his
43 Raja  |        would not go further. So Rasalu won, and took back his arms. '
44 Raja  |   keeping watch, was afraid. So Rasalu won the second stake, and
45 Raja  |         for Sarkap's sake!"~But Rasalu answered back,~"Oh moulded
46 Raja  |       her father ill luck!"~But Rasalu rose up in his shining armour,
47 Raja  |        golden dish gave them to Rasalu.~Now, as be left the palace,
48 Raja  |       for ever blest!"~And Raja Rasalu hearkened to them, and bade
49 Raja  |       began to flower, and Raja Rasalu married the Princess Kokilan,
50 StNote|        good parallel.~XIX. RAJA RASALU.~Source. - Steel-Temple,
51 StNote|          80, omitting "How Raja Rasalu was Born," "How Raja Rasalu'
52 StNote|     Rasalu was Born," "How Raja Rasalu's Friends Forsook Him," "
53 StNote|         Forsook Him," "How Raja Rasalu Killed the Giants," and "
54 StNote|      the Giants," and "How Raja Rasalu became a Jogi." A further
55 StNote|         Four Legends about Raja Rasalu," in Folk-Lore Journal,
56 StNote|          The Adventures of Raja Rasalu, Calcutta, 1884. Curiously
57 StNote|    grows up, is married to Raja Rasalu, and behaves as sometimes
58 StNote|       Objects."~Remarks. - Raja Rasalu is possibly an historic
59 StNote|         the traditional seat of Rasalu on the Indus, not far from
60 StNote|        the earliest part of the Rasalu legend (our part) coming