And the Raja answered:—
“Do you, my son, remain standing there,”
And as he sang the water welled out up to his horse’s knee and then to its belly; and he still sang and the water rose to the horse’s back and then to his own waist, and to his chest, and he still sang, and it reached his mouth and then he was completely submerged and the tank was full. Then they all drank their fill and the Raja said to his men “We have sacrificed this Saru prince. I will kill any of you who tells my daughter what has happened” and they promised not to tell, but they forgot that there were two dogs with them. And when they got home each man’s wife brought out water and welcomed him and the princess asked where her husband, the Saru prince, was, and no one answered; then she sang:—
“Oh Father, my father; How far away
Is the Saru Prince, the Gindu Raja?”
and the Raja answered
“My daughter, my darling, the Saru Prince, the Gindu Raja
Is very far away, amusing himself with hunting.”
And she sang to them all, but no one told her anything, and then she sang to the two dogs, who were named Chaura and Bhaura:—