Note 3 — The Story of Mādampē-rāla

Thereupon he says, “Don’t seize me. There being no paddy for me to cut, a little paddy of my father-in-law’s has ripened; to cut that little and return, I am going [after] tying also five pingo loads [of presents for my father-in-law]. I am unable3 to stay to cut paddy [for you],” he said.