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The version of the legend of Pabu, which follows, was 

 drawn up in accordance with the account in the Khyata of 

 Muhanota Nena Si. 



Dhadhala Rathora, the son of Asathana, from his an- 

 cestral seat in Mahevo went once to Gujarat. There he had 

 the good fortune to surprise some heavenly nymphs who were 

 sporting near a pond, and succeeded in catching one of them. 

 The fair prisoner asked him: " Why do you detain me?" 

 Remain with me" he said. She agreed, but demanded the 

 condition that he should never watch what she was doing when 

 left alone. Dhadhala took her to Kolu, a village where there 

 was a petty ruler, his name Pemo, whom he never cared to pay 

 homage to. There Dhadhala had a separate palace built for 

 the nymph, and in the course of time she made him father of 

 two children, a girl, Sona-bal, and a boy, Pabu. Now, when- 

 ever Dhadhala went to see the nymph, he used to give her 

 notice before. But one day he could not resist the curiosity 

 of spying what she might be doing, when unobserved, and went 

 stealthily into the palace, and what did he see but a lioness 

 giving suck to her cub. On noticing him, the lioness, who 

 was but the nymph, resumed her proper form and disappeared 

 into_the sky. The cub also took his proper form, that is 

 Pabii's, and Dhadhala gave him to a nurse. 



In the_course of a few years, Dhadhala died, leaving 

 besides Pabu and Sona-bal, two other children of an elder age, 

 namely a youth, Buro, and a girl, Pema-bal. Pema-bai was 

 married to the Khfcl Jinda Rava, and Sona-bal to the Devaro 

 ruler oi Slrohl. Being elder in age, Buro inherited all his 

 father's rights and property, and nothing was left to the 

 younger Pabu. He had only a she-caraef in his possession, 



and on this he used to go hunting about and earning his 

 livelihood. 



Somewhere_ south of Kolu there was ruling a Vaghelo 

 chief by name Ano, and he had seven Thoris in his service, 

 their names Cadiyo, Deviyo, Khakhu, Pemalo, Khemalo, 

 Kharigharo, and Vasalo. A famine befell over the country, 

 and these Thoris slew a she-buff alo_ to satisfy their hunger. 

 This aroused the anger of the son of Ano and in I he quarrel 

 that ensued, he was eventually killed. The Thoris had to 

 escape from the country, in consequence, and they were 

 pursued by And, who overreached them and engaged in a fight, 

 in which the father of the seven Thoris lost his life. The 

 seven brothers sought successively refuge in many places, but 

 no one would accept them, out of fear of Ano Vaghelo. 

 At last, they_ went to Pemo, the chief of Kolu, and he sent 

 them to the Dadhala's. The Thoris then went to Buro, and he 

 told them to go to Pabu. Thus at last they went in search of 

 Fabu into the desert, where he was reported to have gone to 

 hunt. There they met a boy, who was hunting a deer, and 



