: kAratak : 2501 Atmadharma : 9 :
puNya–pApanA sAchA nyAyaanusAr
kartA–karmanA svarUpanI sAchI samajaN
samyaggnAnanA nyAyathI sAchA kAraN–kAryane je jANato
nathI, ne ekalA adhakacharA IndriyagnAnathI ja kartA–karmanI ke
kAraN–kAryanI mithyAkalpanA kare chhe, te jIv mithyAkalpanA vaDe
kevI gambhIr bhUl kare chhe? ne sAchun gnAn tenI mithyAkalpanAne
kevI toDI nAnkhe chhe! te Ap A draShTAnt ane siddhAntadvArA josho.
ek hato bAdashAh! tenA gAmamAn ek sheTh raheto hato, te nAstik jevo hato,
paralokane ke puNya–pApane mAnato na hato.
te sheThane tyAn ek bALakano janma thayo. bALak ghaNo sundar, atyant komaL
sharIravALo hato.
ekavAr sheTh honshe–honshe te bALakane laIne bAdashAh pAse laI gayo. bAdashAhe
bALakane dekhIne prasannatA vyakta karI; paN bALakanun atyant komaLarUp dekhIne ekAek
bAdashAhanI buddhi pharI gaI...mAnsAhArI bAdashAhane te bALakanun mAns khAvAnun man thayun;
ne sheThane kahyun: sheThajI! mane atyAre bhUkh lAgI chhe ne A bALakanun mAns rAndhIne
khAvAnI bhAvanA thaI chhe, mATe A bALak ApI do.
bAdashAhanI vAt sAmbhaLatAn ja sheTh to dhrujI UThyo.! are, shun mArA A ekanA
ek putrane bAdashAh khAI jashe? –nA, nA? e to bahu khoTun thAy eNe tarat
bAdashAhane kahyun–
nA, nA, jahAmpanAh! e to bahu khoTun thAy! e kArya tamane na shobhe.
tyAre bAdashAhe kahyun–juo sheTh! puNya–pApane ke parabhavane to tame mAnatA nathI;
ne hun A bALakane khAIsh tethI mArI bhUkh maTIne mane sAtA thashe;–mATe temAn kharAb shun
thayun? kharAb hoy to tenAthI mane dukh thavun joIe.–AmAn to ulaTun mArun bhUkhanun dukh
maTe chhe!