Atmadharma magazine - Ank 316 (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Page: 26.

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sompavun? vichāratān tene yād āvyun ke–hā, mārā pahelā thayelā bharat chakravartīe

kailāsaparvat upar mahāratnothī 24 arihantonā mandir ane jinabimbo banāvyā chhe;

tenī rakṣhā māṭe chāre bāju khāī khodīne tene gaṅgānadīnā pāṇīthī bharī dīdhī hoy to

te mandironī rakṣhā thāy.–ām vichārīne rājāe putrone te kām karavānun sompyun

pitānī āgnā māthe chaḍāvīne te rājaputro daṇḍaratna laīne te kām karavā

kailāsaparvat par gayā; ane atyant bhaktipūrvak bharate karāvelā te jinabimbonān darshan

karyān. ahā! āvā adbhut ratnamay jinabimb ame kadī joyā na hatā, amane āvā

bhagavānanī sevā karavānun bhāgya maḷ‌yun. em param ānandit thaīne temaṇe traṇ chovīsī

bhagavantonā darshan karyā; ane bhaktipūrvak potāne sompelun kārya karavā lāgyā.

ā taraph chakravartīnā mitra maṇiketudev pharīne rājāne samajāvavā māṭe āvyā.

ā vakhate teṇe navo ja upāy vichāryo. keṭalāk vachano hitarūp temaj mīṭhān hoy chhe,

keṭalāk vachano hitarūp paṇ kaḍavā hoy chhe. temaj ahit vachanomān paṇ keṭalāk mīṭhān

ne keṭalāk kaḍavā hoy chhe. te banne prakāranān ahitavachan to chhoḍavā jevā chhe. rājāne

atyāre hitarūp paṇ kaḍavā vachanothī samajāvī shakāshe–em vichārīne maṇiketudeve

rājānā hit māṭe ek yukti karī.

teṇe ek moṭā jherī nāganun rūp līdhun, ane kailāsaparvat par jaīne te badhā

rājakumārone karaḍīne temane bebhān karī dīdhā, ane jāṇe ke te marī gayā hoy evo

dekhāv karyo. rājānā mantrīo jāṇatā hatā ke putra upar tene ghaṇo sneh chhe, tethī tenā

maraṇanā samāchār te sāmbhaḷī nahīn shake. eṭale putronā maraṇanā samāchār rājāne

kahevānī koīnī himmat chālī nahīn.

ā taraph maṇiketudev ek vr̥uddha brāhmaṇanun rūp dhāraṇ karīne sagar chakravartī pāse

āvyo, ane atyant shokapūrvak kahyun ke he mahārāj! māro ekano ek yuvān putra marī

gayo chhe, yamarāj tene harī gayo chhe; āp to samasta lokanā pālak chho, māṭe mārā

putrane pāchho lāvī āpo, tene jīvato karī do, jo mārā ekanā ek putrane tame jīvato

nahīn karī dyo to mārun paṇ mr̥utyu ja thashe.

brāhmaṇanī vāt sāmbhaḷīne rājāe kahyun–are brāhmaṇ! shun tun e nathī jāṇato ke

yamarāj to ekamātra siddhabhagavān vaḍe ja jītī shakāy chhe, sansāramān bījun koī tene

jītī shakatun nathī. ek siddha bhagavān ja maraṇarahit chhe, bījā to badhā jīvo

maraṇasahit chhe–e vāt sau koī jāṇe chhe. jenun āyuṣhya khalās thaī