: shrAvaN–bhAdra : rapa00 Atmadharma : 11 :
are jIv! tane ek taNakhalAnAn karkash sparsha vaDe paN dukh lAge chhe, to bIjA
jIvo upar tun shastra kaI rIte chalAve chhe?–shun tun nirdayI chho! are, nirdayarUp hinsAne to
jagatanA badhA vidvAnoe sadAy nindI chhe, kem ke te narakanun kAraN chhe ne dukhanI denAr
chhe. evI pApamay hinsAne chhoD...ne jIvo upar dayA kar...akaShAyabhAv kar.
he prabho! ahinsAvratanA pAlanamAn koN prasiddha chhe? ane tene shun uttam phaL
maLyun? tenI kathA kaho!
sAmbhaL, he vatsa! ahinsAvratanA pAlanamAn yamapAl–chanDALanI kathA prasiddha chhe.
podanapuranagaramAn mahAchal rAjA; tene balanAmano putra; te rAjakumAr duShTa–
pApI–mAnsabhakShI hato. te rAjyamAn yamapAl–chanDAL gunhegAr jIvone phAnsI devAnun kAm
karato hato.
have ekavAr nandIshvar–aShTAhanikAnA pavitra divasomAn rAjAe AgnA karI ke
ATh divas mahAmangaL divaso chhe, temAn saue dharmanI yathAshakti ArAdhanA karavI; ane
A ATh divas daramyAn koIe jIvone hinsA karavI nahIn.
–Am chhatAn rAjAnI AgnAno bhang karIne, te pApI rAjakumAre rAjAnA gheTAne
mArIne tenun mAns khAdhun.–parantu mALI te dekhI gayo, ane teNe rAjAne te vAt karI.
AthI rAjA gusse thayo, ne AvI jIvahinsA karanAr, tathA rAjyanI AgnAno bhang
karanAr rAjakumArane phAnsI devAno hukam karI dIdho. rAjaputrane phAnsI devAnun kAm
yamapAl–chanDAlane sompavAmAn Avyun.
te divase chaudas hatI.
have,–rAjakumArane phAnsI devA mATe sipAIo yamapAlane teDavA AvyA.
rAjakumArane phAnsI devAthI tenA sharIr uparanA kimmatI AbhUShaNo tathA vastro yamapAlane
maLashe, ne te ghaNo khushI thashe–em samajIne sipAIoe tenA ghare jaIne sAd pADayo.
dUrathI A vAt dekhIne, yamapAl to gharamAn santAI gayo; ne strIne kahI rAkhyun ke
rAjAnA mANaso teDavA Ave to kaheje ke hun ghare nathI, bahAragAm gayo chhun. (vAnchak!
yamapAl santAI kem gayo!–shun te sipAIothI Darato hato? nA; tenun santAI javAnun
kAraN bIjun ja hatun. e vAtanI hamaNAn khabar paDashe.)
sipAIo AvyA, ne yamapAlane sAd pADayo.
tenI strIe javAb Apyo ke te to bahAragAm gayA chhe, ghare nathI.