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The King spake. 
67. “ List 0 Mayana. Take heed to my words. Place the knife 
for sacrificing goats upon my bed. 68. When that cuckold Yama 
cometh, like a Daitya, or a Danava, him will I strike and slay with the 
sacrificial knife.” 69. As soon as the Lady Mayana took the vessel in her 
hands, many men were heard to sneeze,* and many death-watches sounded, 
70. Just as the Lady Mayana passed outside the house, seven men from 
the seven quarters came in with a noise like thunder. 71. They tied him 
with leathern thongs, and with an iron mallet they began to heat him. 
The King spake. 
72. “ Who beateth me so often ? The Lady Mayana hath gone 
to fetch me water. Let me fill my belly with one vessel of water.” 
The Yama spake. 
73. “ Thy wife hath got a boon from Gorakh Nath. If Mayana 
meet us, little good will it bode us. She will kneel upon us, and beat us this 
very midday.” 74. Being unable to bear the beating of Yama, the king 
gave up the ghost, uttering the name of Mayana. 75. That ghost took 
Goda Yama and tied it up in his languti , and to the seven quarters went 
oft the seven men. 
76. But Mayana went to the banks of the Gangaf and spake “ Hear, 
0 Ganga, I make known unto thee my petition. 77. There is a king whose 
worship thou hast enjoyed for these twelve years; give one vessel of 
water and save his life. 78. For one vessel of water thou shalt have 
forty-two vessels ; therefore do thou restore to life a pious king.” 
Ganga spake. 
79. “ For whom thou art taking thy vessel full of water ; that pious 
king hath himself been taken away.” 80. On hearing this Mayana be¬ 
gan to weep, and hurled away her vessel worth a lakh of rupees. 81. 
Mayana dived fourteen fathoms beneath the water, and sat in contempla¬ 
tion, and saw that the vermilion on her forehead had become discoloured. 
82. She saw that her shell bracelets had turned black, and she broke on 
her head the two bracelets worth a lakh of rupees. 
The biteden of hee song. 
83. “ I have lost my Lord. How many days must I wait and watch 
for him.” 
84. Mayana walked to the palace. When the Lady Mayana entered 
the temple, she lit both the front and the rear lamps, 85. Mayana walked 
* Sneezing is a sound of ill omen, 
f See note to v. 159. 
