Once she asked for the blessings of a pious Fakir to have a child. The Holyman blessed her and told her that she would have a male child. She was very happy. But her happiness was short-lived because the Fakir further told her that the child which was to be born to her, will one day slay brother Rai Dyach.

In due course, she gave birth to a male child. Remembering the prophecy made by the Fakir, she was torn between the love of the new born and her brother. However, she decided to get rid of the boy. She put the child in a wooden box set it afloat in the nearby river. The box went floating till it reached the other side of the river. On that side of the river bank, the box was noticed by a bard (Charan). The bard plunged into the river and brought the box ashore. On opening it he found the child inside the box. He immediately decided to bring up the child as his own. The child was named by him Bijal.

When Bijal grew up he learnt to play various instruments from the bard. He also designed a harp (Kumach or Chang) in which he used dried intestines of some animals as the strings. The music emanating from his harp was so enchanting that the human beings apart, birds and animals were enchanted by it.

In the kingdom of Rai Dyach, there used to live a potter named Ratna, who had a beautiful daughter named Sorath. The potter worked for King Anarai who ruled over the territory where Bijal used to stay. When he came to know about the beauty of Sorath, he wanted to marry her. Anarai was a very Iustful man. When he would hear about any beautiful lass, he would feel restless until he got her. But Anarai did not know that Sorath, for whom he was longing so much, was none other than his own daughter who had been discarded by him in her childhood and had brought up by the potter.

Anarai was a coward. He was not able to muster enough courage to enter the territory of Rai Dyach and bring Sorath to his palace. It was a custom in those days that the groom had to go to the place of the bride. Anarai, however, ordered the potter to bring Sorath instead.

On the other hand Sorath wanted to marry King Rai Dyach - the hero of her childhood dreams. When Rai Dyach came to know the maiden's desire from her friends he took Sorath as his queen. On knowing that Sorath had married King Rai Dyach instead of him, he felt insulted and became furious. But he was not capable of declaring a war on King Rai Dyach. He was wicked enough to take revenge by some other means.

He announced in his kingdom that whoever will slay Rai Dyach will receive a fine award from him. He sent a big plate filled with pearls and diamonds along with his proclamation as an advance payment. Bijal's wife, attracted by the fortune, accepted the Thal of pearls and diamonds and promised that her husband will fulfill the ruler's wish.

When Bijal came home and heard about his wife accepting the advance payment in form of pearls and diamonds, he was simply stupefied. He never wanted to be a killer. However, there was hardly any alternative left for him. He could not dare break the promise given to the king. He took his marvelous harp and went to Jhunagadh. When Sorath heard about him and his harp, she ordered the gates of her palace to be closed forthwith. She was very much afraid because she knew Rai Dyach's love for music and that he could do anything to please the Charan.

Bijal started playing upon his harp at the footsteps of Rai Dyach's fort, Girnar. Rai Dyach heard the melodious tunes while he was sitting in his court. He sent for Bijal and was enthralled by his heavenly music. Rai Dyach told Bijal that he was very happy to hear his music. The King then asked Bijal that he may ask for anything. Bijal requested Rai Dyach to think again. What, if he asked for Rai Dyach's head? The King was not even perturbed for a moment. He told Bijal that his music was so precious and rare that even if the king cut off his head a thousand times and gave it to Bijal it would hardly equal the value of Bijal's, music. He therefore urged Bijal to ask for something else. He was prepared to shower all his wealth upon him which will keep Bijal happy for his whole life time.

But since Bijal had come to Rai Dyach with the sole object of getting his head, he did not ask for anything. He was obstinate in his demand for the King's head. Rai Dyach, cut off his head and gave it to Bijal without any hesitation. When Bijal took the slain head to Anarai, Anarai was frightened. He was afraid of his own life. He told Bijal that if he could slay such a powerful King as Rai Dyach, he could as well, one day, kill him also. He ordered that Bijal should be banished from his kingdom. Bijal, not knowing what to do, rushed back to Jhunagadh where Sorath was preparing for self immolation along with the corpse of her beloved husband. Bijal joined Rai Dyach's head with his body and jumped in the same funeral pyre.