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Seeing this, the youngest Princess, who was the only one who could run, fled to her father the King in a great fright, saying 'A mighty Prince, Sarkap! making havoc, rides along, He swung us, seventy maidens fair, and threw us out headlong; He broke the drums you placed there and the gongs too in his pride, Sure, he will kill thee, father mine, and take me for his bride!
Now when morning broke and Rasalu said he must continue his journey, the headless corpse asked him whither he was going, and when he said "to play chaupur with King Sarkap," the corpse begged him to give up the idea saying, "I am King Sarkap's brother, and I know his ways. Every day, before breakfast, he cuts off the heads of two or three men, just to amuse himself.
Next he played for his horse, and once more Raja Sarkap called for his rat; but Dhol Raja, seeing the kitten keeping watch, was afraid. So Rasalu won the second stake, and took back Bhaunr, the Arab steed. Then Sarkap brought all his skill to bear on the third and last game, saying, "Oh moulded pieces! favour me to-day! For sooth this is a man with whom I play.
But King Sarkap replied scornfully 'Silly maiden, thy words make a lot Of a very small matter; For fear of my valour, I wot, His armour will clatter. As soon as I've eaten my bread I'll go forth and cut off his head! Notwithstanding these brave and boastful words, he was in reality very much afraid, having heard of Rasalu's renown.
Give me this child to wife; and if you will vow, by all you hold sacred, never again to play chaupur for another's head, I will spare yours now! Then Sarkap vowed a solemn vow never to play for another's head; and after that he took a fresh mango branch, and the new-born babe, and placing them on a golden dish, gave them to the Prince.
But he never even looked at them; and drawing the dice from his pocket, said to Sarkap, 'We have played with your dice all this time; now we will play with mine. Then the kitten went and sat at the window through which the rat Dhol Raja used to come, and the game began.
Now, before they sat down to play, Raja Sarkap fixed his stakes, on the first game, his kingdom; on the second, the wealth of the whole world; and, on the third, his own head. So, likewise, Raja Rasalu fixed his stakes, on the first game, his arms; on the second, his horse; and, on the third, his own head. Then they began to play, and it fell to Rasalu's lot to make the first move.
'to play chaupur with King Sarkap, the corpse begged him to give up the idea, saying, 'I am King Sarkap's brother, and I know his ways. Every day, before breakfast, he cuts off the heads of two or three men, just to amuse himself. One day no one else was at hand, so he cut off mine, and he will surely cut off yours on some pretence or another.
Then Sarkap vowed a solemn vow never to play for another's head; and after that he took a fresh mango branch, and the new-born babe, and placing them on a golden dish gave them to Rasalu. Now, as he left the palace, carrying with him the new-born babe and the mango branch, he met a band of prisoners, and they called out to him, "A royal hawk art thou, oh King! the rest But timid wild-fowl.
But King Sarkap replied scornfully: "Silly maiden, thy words make a lot Of a very small matter; For fear of my valour, I wot, His armour will clatter. As soon as I've eaten my bread I'll go forth and cut off his head!" Notwithstanding these brave and boastful words, he was in reality very much afraid, having heard of Rasalu's renown.
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