: aShADh : 2501 Atmadharma : 31 :
jo–jo!
ra tna phen kI de sho na hi
ek mANas dariyAkinAre beTho hato.
enA hAthamAn achAnak ek thelI AvI. andhakAramAn thelInA goL pAnchikA sAthe
te ramat karavA lAgyo; ek pachhI ek pAnchiko laIne samudramAn phenkavA lAgyo....phenkatA–
phenkatA chhello pAnchiko hAthamAn laIne jyAn phenkavA jAy chhe tyAn to koI sajjan puruShe
avAj karyo; sabur! sabur! phenkI daIsh nahi...tArA hAthamAn chhe te patthar nathI, e to
ghaNo kimmatI hIro chhe!
thoDo prakAsh thayo hato; sajjananA vachan upar vishvAs lAvIne prakAshamAn te
mANase hAthamAn rahel vastu sAme joyun to te Abho ja banI gayo....jhagajhagAT karatun
mahAn ratna tenA hAthamAn hatun. te vichAravA lAgyo–arere, hun kevo mUrkho! AvA ratnonI
to AkhI thelI bharI hatI ne men agnAnapaNe murkhAIthI ramatamAn ne ramatamAn te badhAy
ratno dariyAmAn phendI dIdhA...arere! hAthamAn AvelA amUlya nidhAnane agnAnathI hun
gumAvI beTho!–Am te rUdan karavA lAgyo.
tyAre sajjane tene kahyun: bhAI tun munjhA mA! tun badhun nathI hArI beTho....hajI paN
ek ratna tArA hAthamAn chhe. te ratna paN evun kimmatI chhe ke tun tenI kimmat samajIne
barAbar sadupayog kar to AkhI jIndagI tane sukhasampatti maLI raheshe A ek ratnathI
paN tArun kArya sarI jashe. mATe, je ratno gayA teno aphasos chhoDIne, hajI je ratna
hAthamAn chhe teno sadupayog karI le. ‘jAgyA tyAnthI savAr. ’
[te mANase hAthamAn bachelA ek ratnano sadupayog karyo ne te sukhI thayo.)
vIr bandhuo! A vAt konI chhe–khabar chhe? bIjA koInI nahi paN tamArA
potAnA jIvananI ja A vAt chhe.
‘hen! ’–jI hA! sAmbhaLo –
tame A sansArasamudranA kinAre beThA chho. hajI gnAnasUrya Ugyo nathI eTale
andhArun chhe.