saphaLatA na maLI shakI. tethI tene muni upar atishay krodh utpanna thayo. koI ek divas jyAre
muni AhAr mATe nagaramAn gayA hatA tyAre brahmadatte avasar joIne te shilAne agnithI bALI
nAkhI. e daramyAn munirAj paN tyAn pAchhA AvyA ane jhaDapathI te baLatI shilA upar besI
gayA. temaNe dhyAn chhoDyun nahi, tethI temane kevaLagnAnanI prApti thaI. teo antakRut kevaLI thaIne
mukti pAmyA. ahIn brahmadatta rAjA shikAranA vyasan ane muninA tIvradveShanA kAraNe sAtamI
narakamAn nArakI thayo. tyAr pachhI vachche vachche krUr hinsak tiryanch thaIne kramapUrvak chhaThThI ane pAnchamI
Adi bAkInI narakabhUmimAn paN gayo. shikAranA vyasanamAn Asakat hovAthI prANIone AvA
ja bhayAnak kaShTa sahan karavA paDe chhe.
pRithvI par ‘satyaghoSh’ nAme prasiddha thaI gayo hato. teNe potAnI yagnopavItamAn ek chharI bAndhI
rAkhI hatI. te kahyA karato ke jo hun kadAch jUThun bolun to A chharIthI mArI jIbh kApI nAkhIsh.
A vishvAsathI ghaNA mANaso enI pAse sAchavavA mATe potAnun dhan rAkhatA hatA. koI ek divase
padmapurathI ek dhanapAL nAmano sheTh Avyo ane enI pAse potAnA atyant kimmatI chAr ratno
rAkhIne vyApAr mATe paradeshamAn chAlyo gayo. te bAr varSha videshamAn rahIne ane ghaNun dhan kamAIne
pAchho AvI rahyo hato. rastAmAn tenI nAv DUbI gaI ane badhun dhan nAsh pAmyun. A rIte te
dhanahIn thaIne banAras pAchho pahonchyo. teNe shivabhUti purohit pAse potAnA chAr ratno pAchhA
mAgyAn. purohite gAnDo gaNAvIne tene gharamAnthI bahAr kaDhAvI mUkyo. gAnDo samajIne ja tenI vAt
rAjA vagere koIe paN na sAmbhaLI. ek divas rANIe tenI vAt sAmbhaLavA mATe rAjAne Agrah
karyo. rAjAe tene pAgal kahyo te sAmbhaLIne rANIe kahyun ke pAgal te nathI paN tame ja chho.
tyAr pachhI rAjAnI AgnA pramANe rANIe tene mATe k kupAy vichAryo. teNe purohit sAthe
jugAr ramatAn tenI vInTI ane chharI sahit yagnopavIt paN jItI lIdhI ane tene oLakhANanI
nishAnI tarIke purohitanI strI pAse mokalIne te chArey ratno mangAvI lIdhA. rAjAne shivabhUtinA
A vyavahArathI khUb dukh thayun. rAjAe tene chhANanun bhakShaN, muShTiono prahAr athavA potAnA
dravyanun samarpaN A traNamAnthI koI paN ek danD sahan karavAnI pharaj pADI. te pramANe te chhAN
khAvA taiyAr thayo parantu khAI na shakyo. tethI muShTinA prahAranI ichchhA pragaT karI. te pramANe malloe
muShTiono prahAr karatAn te marI gayo ane rAjAnA bhanDAramAn sarpa thayo. A rIte tene chorInA
vyasananA kAraNe A kaShTa sahan karavun paDyun.