They say there were two brothers.
There were two brothers, elder and younger.
The younger brother was poor.
The younger brother was poor.
The younger brother was poor, but in the elder brother's house there was a big rack of maize.
The maize was stored away in plenty.
Then the younger brother's wife gave birth.
She gave birth.
There was nothing to eat in the house.
There was nothing in the house.
"Now my wife will die.
Now my wife will die, where shall I go, O Narayan!
Where shall I go?
And the newborn baby -- it will die, having nothing to nurse on. The mother has borne a daughter. Getting nothing to eat, the mother will die. Where can I steal --
Where shall I go steal something?"
In the elder brother's house there was a huge rack of maize.
"It hasn't been done -- the ritual bath hasn't been done.
If one begs, they give nothing.
They give nothing." Then he went off, carrying a huge carrying-basket on his shoulders.
He went off with a big basket -- it had become evening.
The elder brother and the sister-in-law were inside the house, see?
His own children -- his wife was at home with the daughter, hungry -- after giving birth that day.
Saying "What should I do?" he went off carrying the basket. He went to the rack and started throwing down the maize.
He started throwing it down.
He started throwing down the maize. He [the elder brother] called out.
He had started throwing it down -- "Hey, who's there?
Who are you? There in my maize, which hasn't been touched," he said.
"It's me."
"You -- don't do that!" He twisted his arms behind his shoulder-blades, tightly.
He tied him up.
"I'm here because of hunger -- your sister-in-law is dying of hunger.
Not knowing what to do, I came up to steal.
I haven't bathed her.
I came up to steal," he said
"If that's so, it won't do.
Did you come because you didn't find anything anywhere?
Did you come in the dark like that with the basket?"
Then he measured out four gillons and poured them out, "There, for you, free!"
-- "'gallons' or 'gillons'?"
-- "'gallons'."
"There, it's a gift ["just like that"] for you, today.
Today it's a gift," he said, giving generously.
Then he [the younger brother] brought it back down and fed his family. The younger brother's wife lived -- the one who had given birth.
That's all.
That's all.
That's all.