shAntaras varasI rahyo chhe... enI bhavyamudrA upar vItarAgatA chhavAI gaI chhe... enA
samasta pApo gaLI gayA chhe. aho! enA AtmAnI pavitratAnI to shI vAt! –parantu
enA dehanA charaNathI sparshAyelI raj paN evI pavitra chhe ke asAdhya rogane paN te
naShTa karI nAnkhe chhe. emanA darshan mAtrathI mAnavInun man pavitra thaI jAy chhe ne tenA
hRudayamAn pApo dhovAI jAy chhe. e ratnatrayadhArak yogIrAjanA Atmatej pAse A
padmarAgamaNinA tej jhAnkhA lAgatA hatA.
udgAr nIkaLI gayA; “ahA! Aje mArA bhAgya khIlyAn chhe. Aje hun kRutArtha thayo
chhun...” “he prabho! he mahAmunirAj! ApanA charaNakamaLathI Aje hun pAvan thayo... mArun
ghar pavitra thayun... mArA bhavobhavanA pAp dhovAI gayA. he nAth! padhAro... padhAro...
padhAro...” em munirAjane paDagAhan karIne navadhAbhaktipUrvak angArake AhAradAn
karyun. AhAradAn vakhate gharamAnthI ek jhabakAro UDIne AkAsh taraph chAlyo, paN tenun
tene lakSha na rahyun. AhAr bAd shrI munirAj to pAchhA udyAnamAn chAlyA gayA ne
AtmadhyAnamAn lIn thayA. AvA pavitrAtmA, vishuddhopayogI sAdhushiromaNIne
AhAradAn devAthI Aje angArak kharekhar kRutArtha thayo... dhanya thayo... tenun chitta ghaNun
prasanna thayun.
dekhavAthI tenI Ankhe ekadam andhArA AvI gayA.. tenun magaj jANe chakkar chakkar pharavA
lAgyun... are, paN eTalI vAramAn e padmarAgamaNi jAy kyAn? shun ene pAnkh AvIne
e UDI gayo? shun koI ene chorI gayun? –nahi, e munirAj sivAy bIjun to koI
gharamAn Avyun ja nathI. to e maNi gayo kyAn? kAI samajamAn nathI Avatun ke e maNi
ekAek kyAn gUm thaI gayo?