Raja Rasalu was riding through a forest. He met a hunter who
played the yute to attract animals to himself. Then he would pick an animal to
kill and eat. Rasalu then took him as a disciple with 3 rules: not to tell
anyone about Rasalu, not to shoot arrows on the south side, not to kill the
deer on the south side. He immediately broke rule 1. Leaving to go to the
forest early the next morning, he asked his wife to make breakfast extra early.
The wife had to get goat before the sun came up. The butcher thought she could
be a witch and would not open his doors. The man left without breakfast, and
broke rule 2 by going to the south forest. He then killed the deer in the south
which broke rule 3. Then was bit by a viper and died because he broke all 3
rules. The deer’s wife then wanted to kill herself because she couldn’t live
without her buck husband. The wife gave birth to 2 deer who immediately died.
Then a jackal came and died trying to destroy the man’s bow. The man’s horse
refused to carry the dead body because he broke the 3 rules, so Rasalu asked
the horse to simply show him where the man lived. The man’s wife claimed Rasalu
killed him, and Rasalu was sentenced to trial. Rasalu refused and the king had
to send men to get him. Rasalu won trial and buried the man.
Doe and Buck like in the story
No author given. Found on Wiki
Bibliography:
The Adventures of the Punjab Hero Raja Rasalu by Charles Swynnerton (1884). Link
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