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thaI gayun; hajI AtmAnun gnAn to tene thayun na hatun, eTale ArttadhyAnanA bhUnDA bhAvathI
marIne te pashugatimAn janmyo, ne sammedashikharanI najIkanA ek vanamAn moTo hAthI thayo.
[priy pAThak! hAthI thayelo A pArasanAth bhagavAnano jIv, A hAthInA
bhavamAn ja AtmagnAn pAmavAno chhe. tenI sundar kathA AvatA ankamAn tame vAnchasho. paN
te pahelAn, kamaThanun tathA rAjA aravindanun shun thayun te jANI laIe.]
kamaThe potAnA bhAIne patthar vaDe chhUndI nAnkhyo–e vAt jyAre AshramanA
tApasoe jANI tyAre temaNe kamaThane pApI jANIne tyAnthI kADhI mUkyo. pApI kamaTh chor
loko sAthe rahevA lAgyo ne chorI karavA lAgyo. chorI karatAn pakaDAyo tyAre tene khUb
mAryo. te ghaNo dukhI thayo, paN teNe potAnA bhAv sudhAryA nahIn, ante krodhamAn marIne te
kukkaT nAmano bhayankar jherI sarpa thayo.
marUbhUti to marIne hAthI thayo chhe, paN A bAju rAjA aravindane tenI kAI
khabar nathI; te to chintA kare chhe ke marUbhUti hajI kem pAchho na Avyo? evAmAn tyAn
ek avadhignAnI munirAj padhAryA, temane upadesh sAmbhaLIne rAjA ghaNo khushI thayo.
pachhI pUchhayun ke mAro mantrI marUbhUti kyAn chhe? te hajI kem pAchho Avyo nathI?
tyAre munirAje kahyun ke he rAjA! marUbhUtine to tenA bhAI kamaThe mArI nAnkhyo
chhe... dukhathI kumaraN karIne te hAthI thayo chhe.
e sAmbhaLatAn ja rAjAne khed thayo; te vichAravA lAgyo ke are! A sansAr kevo
chhe! duShTano sang karavAthI marUbhUti dukhI thayo.
munirAje vairAgyathI samajAvyun ke he rAjA! A sansAranA janma–maraNane koI
mithyA karI shakatun nathI. AtmAnun gnAn jyAn sudhI na kare tyAn sudhI jIvane AvA janma–
maraN thayA ja kare chhe. potAnA hitane mATe jIve duShTa puruShono sang chhoDI gnAnI
dharmAtmAono sang karavA jevo chhe.
rAjA udAsachitte gher Avyo; ekavAr rAjamahelanI agAshImAn beTho hato ne
munirAjanA upadeshane yAd karIne vairAgyanA vichAr karato hato, evAmAn ek ghaTanA
banI. AkAshamAn sundar rangaberangI vAdaLAn bhegA thavA lAgyA, ne thoDIvAramAn to ek
atyant sundar jinamandir hoy evun drashya banI gayun. eno dekhAv adbhut hato!
ahA,