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to dAnamAn shUravIr chho, mATe A kabutar mane dAnamAn ApI do; tenun mAns khAIne mArI
bhUkh maTADIsh jo nahi Apo to bhUkhanA dukhathI ahIn ja hun marI jaIsh.
kabutar bhayathI dhrujI rahyun hatun....ne potAne bachAvavA mATe dInatAthI rAjA sAme
joI rahyun hatun. rAjA megharathanI sAthe tenA nAnA bhAI draDharath paN beThA hatA. A drashya
joIne teNe potAnA moTAbhAIne pUchhayun–he pUjya! A bannene pUrva bhavanun koI ver chhe,
ke mAtra jAtiver chhe?
tyAre megharathe potAnA avadhignAnavaDe temanA pUrvabhav jANIne kahyun ke A banne
jIvo pUrvabhavamAn vaNikaputro hatA, banne bhAI hatA, dhananA lobhI hatA; dhananA tIvra
lobhathI ekavAr laDavA lAgyA, ne bannee ekabIjAne mArI nAnkhyA. kumArgagAmI evA
te banne bhAIo marIne atyant dukhI evA A be pakShI (gIdh ane kabutar) thayA
chhe.–paN have temanA uddhArano prasang najIk Avyo chhe.
Am vAt chAlatI hatI, evAmAn tyAn ek dev Avyo. tene dekhIne draDharathe
pUchhayun–he pUjya bandhu! A koN chhe? ahIn kem AvyA chhe?
megharathe kahyun–bandhu! te ek halako jyotiShI dev chhe. pUrvabhave teNe agnAnapUrvak
mithyAmArgamAn tap karyo, tethI te halako dev thayo chhe. ekavAr te IshAnasvargamAn IndrasabhA
jovA gayelo, te vakhate tyAn IndrasabhAmAn mArI prashansA sAmbhaLIne te mane jovA ane
parIkShA karavA Avyo chhe. ane te mATe A gIdh tathA kabutarano prasang paN teNe ja
Ubho karyo chhe. (em kahIne te devanA pUrvabhavanI vAt karI.)
gIdh bhUkhathI taraphaDatun kabutar mAngI rahyun hatun, teNe kahyun–he rAjan! tAre
kabutaranI rakShA karavI hoy to tenA bhArobhAr mAns tun mane Ap! tAre bIjA jIvane
na haNavo hoy to tArA sharIramAnthI teTalun mAns kApIne mane Ap–mAns ja mAro
khorAk chhe, tenA vagar hun marI jaIsh.
tyAre rAjA megharath kahe chhe ke he gIdh! mAnsabhakShaN e mahA pAp chhe. ane mAnsanun
dAn devun te paN mahA pAp chhe. mAns e kAI dAnamAn devAyogya vastu nathI. mAnsabhakShI
jIv dAnane mATe pAtra nathI. mAns bhale potAnA sharIranun hoy – topaN te dAn devAne
yogya vastu nathI.