: 12 : Atmadharma : bhAdaravo :
san. 1626mAn kharagasen AgrA AvIne vepAr karavA lAgyA ne temanI pAse
sArUn dhan ekaThun thayun; pharI teo jonapur AvyA. meraThanagaranA suradAsajInI kanyA sAthe
tenA lagna thayA. Aj ApaNA charitranAyakanA mAtA–pitA. san. 163p mAn temane ek
putra thayo, paN te mAtra AThadas divas ja jIvI shakyo, thoDA divas pachhI kharagasen
putralAbhanI IchchhAthI rohatakapur ek satInI yAtrA karavA sahakuTumba chAlyA, paN
rastAmAn chAroe temane lUnTI lIdhA. A prasang upar pt.. banArasIdAsajI lakhe chhe ke satI
pAse putra mAngavA jatAn rastAmAn ulaTA lUnTAI gayA; Avun pragaT dekhavA chhatAn mUrakh
loko samajatA nathI ane vyartha dev–devInI mAnatA kare chhe. kharagasenajI pharIne pAchhA san.
1643 mAn putralAbhanI IchchhAthI satInI yAtrA karavA gayA. tyAnthI AvyA bAd thoDA
vakhate temane putra thayo; enun nAm vikram. A vikram e ja ApaNA pt.. banArasIdAsajI
(vi. san. 1643 nA mahAsud agiAras ne ravivAre temano janma thayo.)
bAlak vikram jyAre chha mahinAno thayo tyAre kharagasenajI sakuTumb pArshvanAth
prabhunI yAtrAe kAshI gayA. bhAvapUrvak pUjan karIne bALak vikramane prabhucharaNamAn
namaskAr karAvyA; tyAre tyAnnA pUjArIe kapaTathI kahyun ke pArshvaprabhuno bhakta yakSha mane
dhyAnamAn AvIne kahI gayo chhe ke pArshvaprabhunI A janmanagarInun je nAm chhe (बनारस)
te ja nAm A bALakanun rAkhavun, tethI te chiranjIvI thashe. A uparathI kuTumbIjanoe e
bALakanun बनारसीदास nAm rAkhyun. pAnchamA varShe tene sangrahaNI rog thayelo, jem tem
karIne te shAnt thayo tyAn shItaLAe ghero ghAlyo. A rIte ek varSha sudhI bALake atIv
kaShTa bhogavyun. sAt varShanI vaye shALAmAn pAnDe rUpachandajI pAse vidyAbhyAs sharU thayo.
betraN varShamAn kushaL thaI gayA.
lagabhag chAraso varSha pahelAnAn je samayano A ItihAs chhe te samaye deshamAn
musalamAnonun rAjya hatun ne bAlavivAhano ghaNo prachAr hato; 9 varShanI vaye kherAbAdanA
kalyANamalajI sheThanI kanyA sAthe bAlak banArasInI sagAI thaI ne 11 varShanI vaye
(san. 16pa4 nA mAh sud 12) vivAh thaI gayA. je divase navavadhu gharamAn AvI te ja
divase kharagasenane tyAn ek putrIno janma thayo ne te ja divase tenI vRuddha nAnI maraN
pAmI. e ja divase ek ja gharamAn traN prasang banatAn panDitajI lakhe chhe:–
yah sansAr viDambanA dekh pragaT dukh ved
chatur–chitta tyAgI bhaye, mUDh na jANe bhed.
soL varShanI yuvAvasthAmAn temane koDhano rog thayo, ne sharIr glAnijanak banI
gayun; te rog mAnDamAnD maTayo. yuvAvasthAmAn durAchAranA sanskArathI hajAr chopAI–dohAnI
ek shRungArapoShak pothI temaNe banAvelI, paN pAchhaLathI sadbuddhi thatAn e pothI pashchA–