gayo....jemAn senkaDo manuShyo ne hajAro–lAkho pashuo maryA....keTalAy makAno ne
moTAmoTA pUlo paN pANInA pravAhamAn taNAI gayA....pANIno e pravAh dhodhamAr
ghUghavATAvaDe jagatane kaheto gayo ke sansAr anitya chhe....A jIvan kShaNabhangur
chhe....mATe he jIvo! tame cheto....cheto....cheto.
prasutI thaIne e bALak (– putrI ke putra te to tenI mAtAne paN khabar nahi hoy – )
te sIdhun paDayun nIche pANInA samudramAn! te jIv manuShyapaNun to pAmyo paN te na pAmavA
jevun ja thayun ne?
nA....nA, A sharaN–asharaN–sansAramAn bAhyavastu jIvane sharaNarUp thAy e vAt
kudaratane manjur na hatI...pUranA pANI to UchhaLatA–UchhaLatA ghar sudhI AvyA...andar
praveshyA...andaranA mANasonA pag DubyA...hAth DubyA....gaLAn DubyA....ne chhevaTe....pANImAn
gungaLAI maryA....sansAranI anityatAe ne asharaNatAe traNe jIvone emanA ja gharamAn
pANIthI gungaLAvIne potAnI prasiddhi karI ke are jIvo! A sansAranI anityatA tame
juo....A asharaNatA tame dekho....ne sAchA sharaNarUp koI nitya vastune shodho.
rahyA...koIe koIne satAvyA nahi. are, bhayane vash paN A rIte jIvo paraspar
ahinsak banI jAy chhe...to pachhI jyAn param vItarAgatAnI chhAyA chhavAI gaI chhe ne
jyAn sadA abhay chhe evA tIrthankarAdinI samIpamAn sinh–haraN ne mor–sarpa vagere jIvo
shAnt–ahinsak banI jAy–emAn shun Ashcharya chhe!