atyant karuN vilAp karavA lAgyA.. koI amane bachAvo re bachAvo! Avo karuN
chitkAr dvArakAmAn kadI thayo na hato. bAL–vRuddha–strI, pashu ne pankhI badhA agnimAn baLavA
lAgyA... devoe rachelI dvArakAnagarI bhaDabhaD baLavA lAgI.
bachAvI nahi?
devo shun kare? jo devo na chAlyA jAy ne nagarInI rakShA kare to te kem saLage? jyAn
nagarI saLagavAno samay Avyo tyAn devo chAlyA gayA. ane badhA loko bhayabhIt
thaIne baLadev–vAsudevanA sharaNe AvIne atishay vyAkuLatAthI pokAr karavA lAgyA–he
nAth! he kRiShNa! amArI rakShA karo, agnimAnthI amane bachAvo.
lAgavA mAnDI. tyAre Agane ThAravAnun asAdhya jANIne te banne bhAI mAtA–pitAne
nagar bahAr kADhavAnA udyamI thayA. rathamAn mAtA–pitAne besADIne ghoDA joDayA paN te
na chAlyA; hAthI joDayA te paN na chAlyA; rathanA paiyA pRithvImAn khUnchI gayA.. ante
hAthI–ghoDAthI rath nahi chAle em dekhIne te shrIkRiShNa ane balabhadra banne bhAIo pote
rathamAn jutyA ane jor karIne khenchavA lAgyA... parantu rath to na chAlyo te na ja
chAlyo... e to tyAn ne tyAn ja khoDAI gayo. jyAre baLadev jor karavA lAgyA tyAre
nagarInA daravAjA ApoAp bIDAI gayA. banne bhAIoe pATu mArI mArIne daravAjA
toDayA, tyAn to AkAshamAnthI devavANI thaI ke mAtra tame be bhAIo ja dvArakAmAnthI
nIkaLI shakasho, trIjun koI nahi. mAtA–pitAne paN tame nahi bachAvI shako.
tame jAo... tame yaduvanshanA tilak chho. tame jIvasho to badhun thaI raheshe.