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1. nishankit–angamAn prasiddha
anjan choranI kathA
anjanachor! te kAI mULathI chor na hato; te to te ja bhave mokSha pAmanAr ek
rAjakumAr hato. enun nAm lalitakumAr. atyAre to te niranjan–bhagavAn chhe, paN
loko ene anjanachor tarIke oLakhe chhe.
te rAjakumAr lalitane dUrAchArI jANIne rAjyamAnthI kADhI mUkyo hato. teNe ek
evun anjan siddha karyun ke je AnjavAthI pote adrashya thaI jAy; te anjanane lIdhe tene
chorI karavAnun sahelun thaI gayun. ane te anjanachor tarIke prasiddha thayo. chorI uparAnt
jugAr ane veshyAsevan jevA mahAn pAp paN te karato hato.
ekavAr tenI premikA strIe rANIno sundar ratnahAr dekhyo ane tene e hAr
paheravAnun man thayun. jyAre anjanachor tenI pAse Avyo tyAre tene kahyun ke jo tamane
mArA upar sAcho prem hoy to te ratnahAr mane AvI Apo.
anjan kahe–devI! mAre mATe to te ramat vAt chhe. –em kahIne te to chaudasanI
andhArI rAte rAjamahelamAn ghUsyo ne rANInA gaLAmAnthI hAr jhUnTavIne bhAgyo.
rANIno amUlya ratnahAr chorAI javAthI chArekor hAhAkAr thaI gayo.
sipAIo doDayA; temane chor to dekhAto na hato paN tenA hAthamAn rahelo hAr
andhArAmAn jhagamagato hato; te dekhIne sIpAIoe teno pIchho pakaDyo. pakaDAI
javAnI bIke hAthamAnno hAr dUr phenkIne anjanachor bhAgyo....ne smashAnamAn jaI
pahonchyo. ek jhAD nIche thAk khAvA Ubho, tyAn to teNe AshcharyakArI ghaTanA dekhI.
jhAD upar sIkun TAngIne ek mANas temAn chaD–Utar karato hato ne k
bolato hato. koN chhe e mANas? ne AvI andhArI rAte ahIn shun kare chhe?
(vAnchak! chAlo, ApaNe anjanachorane thoDIvAr Ubho rAkhIne te ajANyA
mANasane oLakhI laIe.)
amitaprabh ane vidyutprabh nAmanA be devo pUrvabhavanA mitro hatA. amitaprabh
to jainadharmano bhakta hato, ne vidyutprabh hajI kudharmamAn mAnato hato. ek vakhat teo
dharmanI parIkShA mATe nIkaLyA. ek agnAnI tApasane tap karato