* mAtAnI ek sharat *
ek mAtA ane tenA putra vachche charchA chAlI rahI chhe.
banne dharmanA sanskArI chhe. putra nAnI vayamAn dIkShA levA mATe mAtA pAse rajA mAgI
mAtAnun dil mAnatun nathI. nAnI vayamAn dIkShA na levA ghaNI dalIl kare chhe.
paN jenun man sansAramAnthI UThI gayun chhe evo putra, mAtAnI badhI dalIlanA sundar
putrano Avo vairAgya ane AvI uttam dharmabuddhi dekhIne mAtA to Arshchay pAmI gaI......
hRudayamAn gaurav thayun. UnDe UnDe to potAno putra muni thaIne AtmAne sAdhe–temAn te prasanna hatI,
paN putranI kasoTI karavA teNe ek chhellI dalIl ajamAvI.
mAtAe kahyun–beTA, tArI bhAvanA uttam chhe, tArA jevA dharmI putranI mAtA thaIne hun dhanya
banI; tArA vairAgyamAn hun vighna karavA mAngatI nathI; hun tane khushIthI dIkShA levAnI rajA Apun,–
paN ek sharate?
putrane thayun–mA koN jANe kevI AkarI sharat mukashe? paN draDhabhAvanAthI putre kahyun–mA,
putranI draDhatAthI mAtA rAjI thaI; ane kahyun–beTA sAmbhaL! tArA jevo mahAn putra
sansAramAn koIk ja mAtAne maLe chhe; tane pAmIne hun dhanya banI. tun khushIthI sAdhudIkShA le. mArI
sharat eTalI ja chhe ke sAdhu thaIne tun evI AtmasAdhanA kar ke jethI tAre pharIne bIjI mAtA
karavI na paDe.... ne A sansAramAn hun tArI chhellI ja mAtA houn. bas, A sharat pUrI karavA taiyAr
ho to tun khushIthI dIkShA le....tane mArA AshISh chhe.
putre atyant prasannatAthI kahyun–vAh mAtA! ten uttam sharat mukI. tArI A sharat hun jarUr
pUrI karIsh. ahA, mokShanA AvA AshIrvAd ApanArI mAtA mane maLI, have bIjI mAtA hun nahi
karun......mAtA! kolakarAr chhe ke apratihatapaNe Aj bhavamAn kevaLagnAn ane mokShane sAdhIsh......
he vIrajananI! putra tAro jAy chhe siddhadhAmamAn
nahi mAt bIjI dhArashe, dhAro na shankA lesh tyAn.
[dhanya te putra! dhanya te mAtA!]