Padmapuran-Gujarati (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Parva 15 - Anjnasundri ane Pavananjaykumarna vivahnu varnan; Parva 16

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sarva jīvo pratya kṣhamābhāv, prabhāt, madhyāhna ane sāyaṅkāḷ chha chha ghaḍī tathā chār chār
ghaḍī ane babbe ghaḍī avashya karavī, proṣhadhopavās eṭale banne āṭham, banne chaudas ek
māsamān chār upavās soḷ pahoranā poṣhā sahit karavā, soḷ pahor sudhī sansāranā
kāryano tyāg karavo, ātmachintavan ane jinabhakti karavī. atithi samvibhāg eṭale
parigraharahit muni āhār nimitte āve tyāre vidhipūrvak bahu ja ādarathī yogya āhār
āpavo ane āyuṣhya pūrṇa thavā samaye anashan vrat dhāraṇ karī samādhimaraṇ karavun te
sallekhanān vrat chhe. ā chār shikṣhāvrat chhe. ā pramāṇe pāñch aṇuvrat, traṇ guṇavrat, chār
shikṣhāvrat e bār vrat jāṇavān. je jinadharmī chhe temane madya, māns mākhaṇ, undubarādi
ayogya phaḷ, rātribhojan, saḍelun anna, aḷagaṇ pāṇī parastrī, dāsī ke veshyāsaṅgam
ityādi ayogya kriyāno sarvadā tyāg hoy chhe. ā shrāvakano dharma pāḷīne samādhimaraṇ
karī, uttam dev thaīne pachhī uttam manuṣhya thaīne siddhapad pāme chhe ane je shāstrokta
ācharaṇ karavāne asamartha hoy, na shrāvakanā vrat pāḷe, na yatinā, parantu jinavachananī
draḍh shraddhā hoy te paṇ nikaṭ sansārī chhe, samyaktvanā prasādathī vrat dhāraṇ karī mokṣha pāme
chhe. sarva lābhamān shreṣhṭha evā samyagdarshananā lābhathī ā jīv durgatinā trāsathī chhūṭe chhe. je
prāṇī bhāvathī shrī jinendradevane namaskār kare chhe te puṇyādhikārī pāpanā kaleshathī nivr̥utta
thāy chhe ane je prāṇī bhāvathī sarvagnadevane smare chhe te bhavya jīvanān karoḍo bhavanā
upārjit ashubh karma tatkāḷ kṣhay pāme chhe ane je mahābhāgya traṇ lokamān sār evā
arahant devane hr̥udayamān dhāraṇ kare chhe te bhavakūpamān paḍatā nathī. tene nirantar sarva bhāv
prashasta chhe, tene ashubh svapna āvatān nathī, shubh shukan ja thāy chhe. je uttam jan
“arhate namaḥ” evun vachan bhāvathī bole chhe tene shīghra ja malin karmano nāsh thāy chhe,
emān sandeh nathī. muktiyogya jīvone param nirmaḷ vītarāg jinachandranī kathārūp shravaṇathī
temanān chittarūp kumud praphullit thāy chhe. je vivekī arahant siddha sādhuone namaskār kare
chhe te sarva jinadharmīone priy chhe. tene alpa sansārī jāṇavo. je udārachitta jīv shrī
bhagavānanān chaityālay banāvarāve, jinabimb padharāve, jinapūjā kare, jinabhakti kare temane
ā jagatamān kharekhar kāī durlabh nathī. rājā hoy ke kheḍūt hoy, dhanāḍhay hoy ke garīb
hoy, je manuṣhya dharmayukta hoy te sarve traṇ lokamān pūjya chhe. je nar mahāvinayavān chhe,
karavā yogya ane na karavā yogyanā vichāramān pravīṇ chhe, teno vivek kare chhe te
gr̥uhasthomān mukhya chhe. je jīv madya, māns ādi abhakṣhyano sansarga karato nathī tenun jīvan
saphaḷ chhe. shaṅkā eṭale jinavachanomān sandeh, kāṅkṣhā eṭale ā bhav ke parabhavamān bhoganī
vāñchhā, vichikitsā eṭale rogī athavā duḥkhīne dekhī dhr̥uṇā karavī, ādar na karavo,
jinadharmathī parāṅamukh mithyādraṣhṭionī prashansā karavī ane hinsāmārganā sevanārā nirday
mithyādraṣhṭinī pāse jaī temanī stuti karavī e pāñch samyagdarshananā atichār chhe. temanā tyāgī
gr̥uhasthomān mukhya chhe. je man, vachan, kāyāthī shuddha thaī, pr̥ithvī upar joīne nirvikārapaṇe

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mandiramān jāy chhe, shubh kāryomān udyamī chhe tene puṇyano pār nathī. je pārakānān dravyane
tr̥uṇ samān dekhe chhe, parajīvane potānā samān dekhe chhe, paranārīne mātā samān dekhe chhe
te dhanya chhe. je jīvane evo bhāv rahe chhe ke evo divas kyāre āvashe ke hun jinendradīkṣhā
laī, mahāmuni thaī, pr̥ithvī par nirdvandva vihār karun, ā karmashatru anāditā chhe, teno kṣhay
karī kyāre siddhapad prāpta karun, āvā nirmaḷ chittavāḷāne karma kevī rīte rahe? bhayathī
bhāgī ja jāy. keṭalāk vivekī sāt-āṭh bhavamān mukti jāy chhe, keṭalāk be-traṇ
bhavamān sansārasamudrathī pār thāy chhe, keṭalāk charamasharīrī ugra tapathī shuddhopayoganā
prasādathī tadbhav mukta thāy chhe. jem koī mārgano jāṇanār manuṣhya jhaḍapathī chāle to
jhaḍapathī potānā sthāne pahoñche ane koī dhīme dhīme chāle to ghaṇā divase pahoñche, parantu
je mārge chāle te pahoñche kharo ane je mārga na jāṇato hoy ane so so yojan chāle
to paṇ bhamyā ja kare, iṣhṭasthānamān pahoñche nahi tem mithyādraṣhṭi ugra tap kare to paṇ
janma-maraṇarahit avināshī pad pāme nahi, sansāravanamān ja bhaṭake. sansāravan moharūp
andhakārathī āchchhādit chhe ane kaṣhāyarūp sarpothī bharelun chhe. je jīvane shīl nathī, vrat
nathī, samyaktva nathī, tyāg nathī, vairāgya nathī, te sansārasamudra kevī rīte tare? jem
vindhyāchaḷ parvatathī nīkaḷelā nadīnā pravāhamān parvat samān ūñchā hāthī taṇāī jāy tyān
ek sasalun kem na taṇāy? tem janmajarāmaraṇarūp bhramaṇanā pravāhamān mithyāmārgī
agnānī tāpas vagere ḍūbe chhe to pachhī temanā bhaktonun to shun kahevun? jem shilā jaḷamān
taravā samartha nathī. tem parigrahadhārī kudraṣhṭi sharaṇāgatone tāravā samartha nathī. je
tattvagnānī, tapathī pāpane bhasma karanār halakān thaī gayā chhe karma jemanān te upadeshathī
prāṇīone tāravā samartha chhe. ā sansār-sāgar mahābhayānak chhe. āmān ā manuṣhyakṣhetra
ratnadvīp samān chhe te mahākaṣhṭathī prāpta thāy chhe māṭe buddhimānoe ā ratnadvīpamān
niyamarūp ratna grahavā avashya yogya chhe. prāṇī ā dehane tyajī parabhavamān jashe. jem koī
mūrkha doro meḷavavā māṭe, mahāmaṇinā hārano doro levā mahāmaṇiono chūro kare tem ā
jaḍabuddhi jīv viṣhayane arthe dharmaratnano chūro kare chhe. gnānī jīvoe sadā bār bhāvanānun
chintavan karavun. ā sharīrādi sarva anitya chhe. ātmā nitya chhe. sansāramān anya koī
jīvanun sharaṇ nathī, potāne pote ja sharaṇ chhe tathā vyavahārathī pañchaparameṣhṭhīnun sharaṇ chhe.
ā sansār mahāduḥkharūp chhe, chār gatimān kyāy sukh nathī, ek sukhanun dhām siddhapad chhe.
ā jīv sadā ekalo chhe, eno koī sāthī nathī. sarva dravyo judān judān chhe, koī koīne
maḷatun nathī. ā sharīr mahā ashuchi chhe, maḷamūtranun bharelun pātra chhe. ātmā nirmaḷ chhe.
mithyātva, avrat, kaṣhāyayog, pramādathī karmano āsrav thāy chhe. vrat, samiti, gupti,
dashalakṣhaṇadharma, anuprekṣhāonun chintavan, pariṣhahajyathī samvar thāy chhe, āsravane rokavā te
samvar. tapathī pūrvopārjit karmanī nirjarā thāy chhe. ā lok ṣhaṭdravyātmak, anādi,
akr̥utrim, shāshvat chhe, lokanā shikhare siddhalok chhe, lokālokano gnāyak ātmā chhe.
ātmasvabhāv te ja dharma chhe, jīvadayā

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dharma chhe. jagatamān shuddhopayog durlabh chhe te ja nirvāṇanun kāraṇ chhe. ā pramāṇe bār
anuprekṣhānun vivekī jīv sadā chitamvan kare. ā pramāṇe muni ane shrāvakanā dharmanun kathan karyun.
potānī shakti pramāṇe je jīv utkr̥uṣhṭa, madhyam ke jaghanya dharmanun sevan kare te suralokādimān
tevun ja phaḷ meḷave chhe. kevaḷī bhagavāne ā pramāṇe kahyun tyāre kumbhakarṇe pharī vār pūchhayunḥ he
nāth! hun bhed sahit niyamanun svarūp jāṇavā ichchhun chhun. tyāre bhagavāne kahyun ke, he kumbhakarṇa!
niyamamān ane tapamān bhed nathī. niyam sahit jīvane tapasvī kahe chhe māṭe buddhimānoe
niyamano sarvathā prayatna karavo. jeṭalā adhik niyam pāḷe teṭalun bhalun; ane jo bahu na bane
to alpa niyam pāḷavā, paṇ niyam vinā na rahevun. jem bane tem sukr̥utanun upārjan karavun.
jem meghanān ṭīpāothī mahānadīno pravāh thaī jāy chhe ane te samudramān jaīne maḷe chhe tem
je puruṣh divasamān ek muhūrtamātra paṇ āhārano tyāg kare to ek māsamān ek upavāsanun
phaḷ pāmī svargamān ghaṇo kāḷ sukh bhogavī manavāñchhit phaḷ pāme. je jīv jinamārganī shraddhā
karato thako yathāshakti tapaniyam kare te mahātmāne dīrdhakāḷ sudhī svargamān sukh maḷe chhe; ane
svargamānthī chyavīne manuṣhyabhavamān uttam bhog pāme chhe.

ek agnānī tāpasīnī putrī vanamān rahetī. te khūb duḥkhī hatī, bor vagere khāīne

ājīvikā pūrṇa karatī. teṇe satsaṅgathī ek muhūrtamātra bhojanano niyam karyo. tenā prabhāvathī
ek divas koī rājāe tene joīne tenī sāthe lagna karyān. teṇe ghaṇī sampatti meḷavī. te
dharmamān khūb sāvadhān thaī, anek niyam ādaryā, je prāṇī saraḷ chittavāḷā hoy,
jinavachan aṅgīkār kare te sadā sukhī thāy chhe paralokamān paṇ uttam gati pāme chhe. je jīv
pratidin be muhūrta bhojanano tyāg kare tene ek mahināmān be upavāsanun phaḷ maḷe chhe. traṇ,
muhūrtanā ek divas rāt thāy chhe. ā pramāṇe jeṭalā niyam adhik teṭalun adhik phaḷ maḷe.
niyamanā prasādathī ā prāṇī svargamān adbhut sukh bhogave chhe. tyānthī chyavīne adbhut
cheṣhṭānā dhārak manuṣhya thāy chhe. je prāṇī rātribhojanano tyāg kare chhe, jaḷamātra paṇ chhoḍe
chhe, tenā puṇyathī teno pratāp vadhe chhe, ane je samyagdraṣhṭi vrat dhāraṇ kare tenā phaḷanī to
shī vāt karavī? māṭe sadā dharmarūp rahevun ane sadā jinarājanī upāsanā karavī. je
dharmaparāyaṇ chhe temane jinendranun ārādhan ja shreṣhṭha chhe. jinendranā samosaraṇanī bhūmi
ratnakāñchanathī rachāyelī hoy chhe. temān jinendradev āṭh prātihārya, chotrīs atishay, mahāsundar
rūpathī netrone sukh āpatān birāje chhe. je bhavya jīv bhagavānane bhāvathī praṇām kare chhe te
vichikṣhaṇ puruṣh thoḍā ja kāḷamān sansārasamudrane tare chhe.

shrī vītarāgadev sivāy jīvone kalyāṇanī prāptino bījā koī upāy nathī. māṭe

jinendradevanun sevan ja yogya chhe, bījā hajāro mithyāmārga unmārga chhe. pramādī jīv temān bhūl
khāy chhe, te kumatione samyaktva nathī. madyamānsādikanā sevanathī dayā nathī. jainamatamān param
dayā chhe, rañchamātra paṇ doṣhanī prarūpaṇā nathī. agnānī jīvonī e moṭī jaḍatā chhe ke divase

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to āhārano tyāg kare ane rātre bhojan karīne pāp upajāve. chār pahor divase anashan
karyun tenun phaḷ rātribhojanathī chālyun jāy chhe, ulaṭo pāpano bandh thāy chhe. rātribhojan adharma
chhe chhatān jemaṇe tene dharma mānyo chhe te kaṭhor chittavāḷāone pratibodh karavo bahu kaṭhaṇ chhe.
jyāre sūryāsta thaī jāy chhe tyāre jīvajantu najare chaḍatān nathī. te vakhate viṣhayanā lālachu je
jīvo bhojan kare chhe te durgatinān duḥkh bhogave chhe. te yogya-ayogyane jāṇatā nathī. je
avivekī rātribhojan kare chhe te mākhī, kīḍī, kesh vagerenun bhakṣhaṇ kare chhe. je rātribhojan
kare chhe te shvān, bilāḍī, undar ādi malin prāṇīonī eṇṭhano āhār kare chhe. vadhu
vistārathī sho lābh? ek ja kahevānun ke je rātribhojan kare chhe te sarva ashuchinun bhojan
kare chhe, sūryāsta thayā pachhī kāī najare paḍe nahi māṭe be muhūrta divas bākī hoy tyārathī
māṇḍīne be muhūrta divas chaḍe tyān sudhī vivekīoe chāre prakārano āhār na karavo. ashan,
pān, khādya, svādya e chārey prakāranā āhār chhoḍavā. je rātribhojan kare chhe te manuṣhya
nathī, pashu chhe. jinashāsanathī vimukh, vrataniyamathī rahit je rātadivas bhojan kare chhe te
paralokamān kevī rīte sukhī thāy? je dayārahit jīv jinendradevanī, jinadharmanī ane
dharmātmāonī nindā kare chhe te parabhavamān narakamān jāy chhe ane tyānthī nīkaḷīne tiryañch ke
manuṣhya thāy to durgandhayukta mukhavāḷo thāy chhe. māns, madya, madh, rātribhojan, chorī ane
paranārīnun sevan kare chhe te banne janma khove chhe. rātribhojan karanār hīn āyuṣhyavāḷo,
vyādhipīḍit, sukharahit thāy chhe. rātribhojananā pāpathī ghaṇo kāḷ janmamaraṇanān duḥkh
bhogave chhe, rātribhojī anāchārī bhūṇḍ, kūtaro, gadheḍo, bilāḍī, kāgaḍo thaī anek yonimān
ghaṇo kāḷ bhramaṇ kare chhe, je kubuddhi rātribhojan kare chhe te nishāchar samān chhe ane je
bhavya jīv jinadharma pāmīne niyamamān rahe chhe te samasta pāp bāḷīne mokṣhapad pāme chhe. je
vrat laīne teno bhaṅg kare chhe te duḥkhī ja chhe. je aṇuvratomān parāyaṇ ratnatrayadhārak shrāvak
chhe te divase ja bhojan kare chhe, doṣharahit yogya āhār kare chhe. je dayāvān rātribhojan na
kare te svargamān sukh bhogavī tyānthī chyavīne chakravartī ādinān sukh bhogave chhe. chakravartī,
kāmadev, baḷadev, mahāmāṇḍaḷik, mahārājā, rājādhirāj, udārachitta, dīrdhāyuṣhī, jinadharmanā
marmī, jagatanā hitakar, anek nagar grāmādikanā adhipati, sarva lokanā vallabh, dussah
tejanā dhārak, rājāonā mantrī, purohit, senāpati, rājashreṣhṭhī vagerenān uchcha pad
rātribhojananā tyāgī meḷave chhe. sūrya sarakhā pratāpī, chandra sarakhā saumya darshanavāḷā, jemano
pratāp asta na pāme evā te ja thāy chhe jeo sūryāsta pachhī bhojan karatā nathī.
rātribhojananā pāpathī strī anāth, abhāginī, shok ane dāridhrathī pūrṇa, rūkṣha sharīravāḷī,
nindya aṅgopāṅgavāḷī, rogiyal, eṇṭh khānār, majūrī karanār thāy chhe. teno pati kurūp,
kushīl, koḍhī, dhanakuṭumbarahit hoy chhe. rātribhojanathī vidhavā, bāḷavidhavā, apamānit,
mahāduḥkhe peṭ pūratun bhojan meḷavanār, nindānān vachanothī khinna chittavāḷī strī thāy chhe, je
nārī shīlavān chhe, shānt chittavāḷī chhe, dayāḷun chhe, rātribhojanano tyāg kare chhe te svargamān
manavāñchhit bhog pāme chhe. anek devadevī

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temanī āgnā mastake chaḍāve chhe. svargamān manavāñchhit bhog bhogavīne shrīmant kuḷavānane
gher janme chhe. shubh lakṣhaṇ sahit, sarvaguṇamaṇḍit, sarva kaḷāmān pravīṇ, saunān netra ane
manane haranār, amr̥ut samān vāṇī bolanār, saune ānand upajāvanār thāy chhe. je
dayāḷu rātribhojan na kare te shrīkānt, suprabhā, subhadrā, lakṣhmītulya thāy chhe māṭe strī ke
puruṣh jenun chitta niyamamān rat chhe te rātribhojanano tyāg kare. ā rātribhojananā
tyāgamān ati alpakaṣhṭa chhe ane enun phaḷ utkr̥uṣhṭa chhe māṭe vivekī ā vrat ādare.
potānun kalyāṇ koṇ na ichchhe? dharma to sukhanī utpattinun mūḷ chhe ane adharma duḥkhanun
mūḷ chhe ām jāṇīne dharmane bhajo, adharmane tajo. lokamān ābāḷagopāḷ sau jāṇe chhe ke
dharmathī sukh thāy chhe ane adharmathī duḥkh thāy chhe. dharmanun māhātmya juo. dharmathī devalok
maḷe. tyānthī chyavīne uttam manuṣhya thāy, jaḷasthaḷamān utpanna ratnonā svāmī thāy,
jagatanī māyāthī udās, parantu thoḍo samay mahāvibhūtinā svāmī thaī gr̥uhavās bhogave
chhe. tyān temane anek utkr̥uṣhṭa anukūḷatāo maḷe chhe. sakaḷ sukhanun mūḷ dharma chhe e vāt
keṭalāk mūrkhāo jāṇatā nathī, temane dharmano prayatna hoto nathī. keṭalāk manuṣhyo
sāmbhaḷīne jāṇe chhe ke dharma bhalo chhe, parantu pāpakarmanā vashe akāryamān pravarte chhe, dharmanun
sevan karatā nathī. keṭalākane ashubh karma upashamatān teo shrī gurunī najīk jaī, udyamī
thaīne dharmanun svarūp pūchhe chhe. teo gurunā vachanaprabhāvathī vastunun rahasya jāṇī shreṣhṭha
ācharaṇ kare chhe. je dharmātmā pāpakriyāthī rahit thaī niyamanun pālan kare chhe te guṇavān
puruṣh svargamān adbhut sukh pāme chhe ane paramparāe mokṣha pāme chhe. je munirājane
nirantar āhār āpe chhe, jene evo niyam hoy ke muninā āhārano samay vītyā pachhī
bhojan karavun te pahelān na karavun temane dhanya chhe, temane jovā devo paṇ talase chhe. dānanā
prabhāvathī manuṣhya indranun pad pāme athavā manavāñchhit sukhano bhoktā indra samān dev
thāy chhe jem vaḍanun bīj nānun hoy chhe te moṭun thaīne vr̥ukṣharūpe pariṇame chhe tem dān, tap
alpa hoy to paṇ moṭun phaḷ āpe chhe. ek sahastrabhaṭ nāmanā yoddhāe evun vrat līdhun
hatun ke muninā āhāranī veḷā vītyā pachhī hun bhojan karīsh. ek divase tene tyān
r̥uddhidhārī munirāj āhārārthe āvyā ane temane nirantarāy āhār maḷ‌yo tyāre tene gher
pañchāshcharya pragaṭ thayā. te sahastrabhaṭ dharmanā prasādathī kuberakānt sheṭh thayo. tene jotān
badhāne ānand thato, dharmamān tenī buddhi āsakta hatī, pr̥ithvī par tenun nām vikhyāt hatun,

tene anek sevako hatā, te pūnamanā chandra jevo kāntimān hato, sarva shāstromān pravīṇ hato.
te sansārathī virakta thaī muni thayā ane chhevaṭe sansārathī pār thayā. je sādhunā āhāranā
samay pahelān āhār na karavāno niyam le chhe te hariṣheṇ chakravartīnī jem mahān utsav
pāme chhe. hariṣheṇ chakravartī ā ja vratanā prabhāvathī mahān puṇya upārjīne lakṣhmīnā nāth
banyā. e ja pramāṇe je samyagdraṣhṭi bhavya jīv muninī pāse jaī ek vār bhojanano
niyam kare chhe te ek bhuktinā prabhāvathī svarga vimānamān ūpaje chhe. jyān sadā

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padmapurāṇ chaudamun parva 16p

prakāsh chhe, rātridivas nathī, nidrā nathī tyān sāgaro sudhī apsarāo vachche rame chhe.
motīnā hār, ratnonā kaḍā, kandorā, mugaṭ, bājubandh ityādi ābhūṣhaṇ paheryān hoy, shir
par chhatra jhūlatā hoy, chāmar ḍhoḷātā hoy evā devalokanān sukh bhogavī chakravartī ādi
pad pāme chhe. uttam vratomān āsakta aṇuvratanā dhārak shrāvak sharīrane vināshī jāṇīne
jemanun hr̥uday shānt thayun chhe te āṭham chaudashano upavās shuddha manathī proṣhadh sanyukta kare chhe
te saudharma ādi soḷamā svargamān upaje chhe pachhī manuṣhya thaī bhavavanane tyaje chhe,
munivratanā prabhāvathī ahamindrapad tathā muktipad pāme chhe. je vrat, shīl, tapathī maṇḍit chhe
te sādhu jinashāsananā prasādathī sarvakarmarahit thaī siddhapad pāme chhe. je traṇe kāḷe
jinendradevanī stuti karī man, vachan, kāyāthī namaskār kare chhe ane sumeru parvat sarakhā
achaḷ banī, mithyātvarūp pavanathī ḍagatā nathī. guṇarūp ābhūṣhaṇ pahere chhe, shīlarūp
sugandh lagāve chhe te keṭalāk bhav uttam dev ane uttam manuṣhyanān sukh bhogavīne param
sthānane pāme chhe. jīve ā indriyonā viṣhayo jagatamān anantakāḷ bhogavyā, te viṣhayothī
mohit thayo chhe. virakta bhāvane bhajato nathī, e moṭun āshcharya chhe. ā viṣhayone
viṣhamishrit anna samān jāṇīne puruṣhottam eṭale chakravartī ādi puruṣho paṇ seve chhe.
sansāramān paribhramaṇ karatā ā jīvane jo samyaktva upaje ane ek paṇ niyam vrat
sādhe to e muktinun bīj chhe ane je prāṇadhārī ek paṇ niyam pāḷato nathī te pashu
chhe athavā phūṭelo ghaḍo chhe, guṇarahit chhe. je bhavya jīv sansārasamudrane taravā ichchhe chhe teṇe
pramādarahit thaī guṇ ane vratathī pūrṇa sadā niyamarūp rahevun. je kubuddhi manuṣhya khoṭān kārya
chhoḍato nathī ane vrat-niyam leto nathī te janmāndhanī jem anantakāḷ bhavavanamān bhaṭake
chhe. ā pramāṇe traṇ lokanā chandramā evā anantavīrya kevaḷīnān vachanarūp kiraṇanā
prabhāvathī dev vidyādhar bhūmigocharī manuṣhya tathā tiryañch ānand pāmyā. keṭalāk uttam
mānav muni thayā, shrāvak thayā ane samyaktva pāmyā. keṭalāk uttam tiryañch paṇ
samyagdraṣhṭi shrāvak aṇuvratadhārī thayā. chaturnikāyanā devomān keṭalāk samyagdraṣhṭi thayā, kem ke
devone vrat nathī.

pachhī ek dharmarath nāmanā munie rāvaṇane kahyun ke he bhadra! tun paṇ tārī shakti

anusār kāīk niyam le. ā dharmaratnano dvīp chhe ane kevaḷī bhagavān mahāmaheshvar chhe.
ā ratnadvīpamānthī tun kāīk niyamarūp ratna le. shā māṭe chintānā bhārane vash thāy chhe?
mahāpuruṣhone tyāg khedanun kāraṇ nathī. jem koī ratnadvīpamān pravesh kare ane tenun man
nakkī na karī shake ke hun kevun ratna laun tem rāvaṇanun man vyākuḷ thayun ke hun kevun vrat laun.
rāvaṇ bhogamān āsakta chhe tethī tenā manamān evo vichār āvyo ke mārān khānapān to
sahaj ja pavitra chhe, mānsādi malin vastunā prasaṅgathī rahit chhe ane ahinsādi shrāvakanā
ek paṇ vrat levānī mārāmān shakti nathī. jyān hun aṇuvrat ja laī shakato nathī to
mahāvrat kevī rīte laun? matta hāthīnī peṭhe mārun man sarva vastuomān bhaṭakyā kare chhe. hun
ātmabhāvarūp aṅkushathī tene vash karavāne samartha

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nathī. je nirgranthanun vrat le chhe te agninī jvāḷā pīe chhe ane pavanane vastramān bāndhe chhe
tathā pahāḍ hāthathī ūñchake chhe. hun mahāshūravīr chhun, paṇ tapavrat dhāraṇ karavāne samartha nathī.
je munionān vrat pāḷe chhe te narottamane dhanya chhe. hun ek ā niyam laun ke parastrī
game teṭalī rūpāḷī hoy to paṇ tene baḷātkārathī na ichchhun. ākhā lokamān evī kaī
rūpavatī strī chhe, je mane joīne kāmanī pīḍāthī vikaḷ na thāy athavā evī kai parastrī
chhe je vivekī jīvonā manane vash kare? parastrī parapuruṣhanā sanyogathī dūṣhit aṅgavāḷī chhe.
svabhāvathī ja durgandhamay viṣhṭānī rāshi chhe temān kyo rāg upaje? ām manamān vichārīne
bhāvasahit anant vīrya kevaḷīne praṇām karī dev, manuṣhya, asūronī sākṣhīe ām kahyun
ke he bhagavān! ichchhārahit paranārīne hun sevīsh nahi, ā māro niyam chhe. kumbhakaraṇe
arhant, siddha, sādhu, kevaḷībhāṣhit dharmanun sharaṇ aṅgīkār karī evo niyam līdho ke hun
prātaḥ kāḷe ūṭhīne pratidin jinendra devanā abhiṣhek, pūjā, stuti karīne munine vidhipūrvak
āhār āpīne āhār karīsh, te pahelān nahi karun. muninā āhāranī veḷā pahelān kadī
paṇ bhojan nahi karun. bījā puruṣhoe paṇ sādhuone namaskār karī, bījā ghaṇā niyam
līdhā. pachhī dev, asur ane vidyādhar manuṣhyo kevaḷīne namaskār karīne potānā ṭhekāṇe
gayā. rāvaṇ paṇ indra jevī līlā karato laṅkā taraph javā lāgyo ane ākāshamārge
laṅkāmān dākhal thayo. samasta naranārīoe rāvaṇanān guṇonun varṇan karyun. laṅkā paṇ
vastrādithī shaṇagāravāmān āvī hatī. rājamahelamān praveshīne te sukhapūrvak rahevā lāgyo.
rājamahel sarva sukhothī bharel chhe. puṇyādhikār jīvane jyāre puṇyano uday hoy chhe tyāre
jātajātanī sāmagrīo maḷe chhe. gurunā mukhe dharmano upadesh sāmbhaḷīne paramapadanā
adhikārī jīvo jinashrutamān udyam kare chhe, vāramvār nijaparano vivek karī dharmanun sevan
kare chhe. vinayapūrvak jinavāṇī sāmbhaḷanāranun gnān ravisamān prakāsh dhāraṇ kare chhe,
mohatimirano nāsh kare chhe.

e pramāṇe shrī raviṣheṇāchārya virachit mahāpadmapurāṇ sanskr̥it granthanī sva. pt..

daulatarāmajīkr̥ut bhāṣhā vachanikānā gujarātī anuvādamān anantavīrya kevaḷīnā dharmopadeshanun
varṇan karanār chaudamun parva pūrṇa thayun.

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pandaramun parva

(añjanāsundarī ane pavanañjayakumāranā vivāhanun varṇan)

pachhī te ja kevaḷīnī pāse hanumāne shrāvakanān vrat līdhān ane vibhīṣhaṇe paṇ vrat

līdhān, bhāvashuddha thaīne vrataniyam dhāraṇ karyān. sumeru parvatathī paṇ adhik draḍhapaṇe hanumāne
līdhelā shīl ane samyaktva khūb prashansā pāmyā. jyāre gautam svāmīe hanumānanā
mahān saubhāgya ādinun varṇan karyun tyāre magadh deshanā rājā shreṇike ānandit thaīne
gautam svāmīne pūchhayunḥ

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he bhagavan gaṇādhīsh! hanumān konā putra hatā, kyān janmyā hatā, temanān lakṣhaṇo kevān
hatān? hun nishchayathī, temanun charitra sāmbhaḷavā īchchhun chhun. tyāre satpuruṣhanī kathā kahevāno
jemane pramod chhe evā gautam svāmīe kahyun ke he nr̥up! vijyārdha parvatanī dakṣhiṇ shreṇī
pr̥ithvīthī dash yojan ūñchī chhe, tyān ādityapur nāmanun manohar nagar chhe. tyān rājā
prahalād rājya kare chhe. tenī rāṇī ketumatī chhe ane putra vāyukumār. temanun vakṣhasthaḷ
vistīrṇa ane lakṣhmīno nivās chhe. te sampūrṇa yuvān thayā tyāre pitāne temanān lagnanī
chintā thaī. temane paramparāe potāno vansh vistāravānī ichchhā chhe. bharatakṣhetramān pūrvadakṣhiṇ
dishānī madhyamān dantī nāmano parvat chhe, tenān ūñchā shikharo ākāshane aḍe chhe. te
jātajātanān vr̥ukṣho ane auṣhadhiono bhaṇḍār chhe, pāṇīnān jharaṇāo temān vahyān kare chhe.
tyān indra samān rājā mahendra vidyādhare mahendrapur nāmanun nagar vasāvyun chhe. tenī rāṇī
hr̥udayavegāne arindamādi so putra ane añjanāsundarī nāmanī putrī chhe. traṇ lokanī sundar
strīonān rūp ekatra karīne tene banāvavāmān āvī chhe. nīlakamal jevān tenān netra chhe,
kāmanā bāṇ samān tīkṣhṇa, dūradarshī, kān sudhī pahoñche tevā kaṭākṣha chhe, prashansāyogya
karapallav ane raktakamaḷ samān charaṇ chhe, hāthīnā kumbhasthaḷ samān kuch chhe, sinh
samān keḍ chhe, sundar nitamb, kadalī stambh samān komaḷ jandhā chhe, saṅgītādi sarva kaḷānī
jāṇakārī jāṇe sākṣhāt sarasvatī ja chhe. ek divas sakhīo sāthe daḍāthī ramatī tene
pitāe joī. jem sulochanāne joīne rājā akampanane chintā thaī hatī tem añjanāne
joīne rājā mahendrane chintā upajī. sansāramān mātāpitāne kanyā duḥkhanun kāraṇ chhe. kulīn
puruṣhone evī chintā rahe chhe ke mārī putrīne prashansāyogya pati maḷe, tenun saubhāgya
dīrdhakāḷ sudhī ṭake, kanyā nirdoṣhapaṇe sukhī rahe. rājā mahendre potānā mantrīone kahyun ke
tame badhī bābatomān pravīṇ chho, mane mārī putrīne yogya hoy tevo shreṣhṭha var batāvo.
tyāre amarasāgar mantrīe kahyunḥ ‘ā kanyā rākṣhasonā adhīsh rāvaṇane āpo. sarva
vidyādharonā adhipatino sambandh pāmīne tamāro prabhāv samudrānt pr̥ithvī sudhī phelāshe athavā
indrajit ke meghanādane āpo ane jo ā vāt paṇ āpanā manamān na bese to kanyāno
svayamvar racho, ām kahīne amarasāgar mantrī chūp thayo. tyāre mahāpaṇḍit sumati nāmano
mantrī bolyo ke rāvaṇane to anek strī chhe, vaḷī te mahāahaṅkārī chhe, tene paraṇavāthī
āpasamān adhik prem nahi rahe. te uparānt kanyānī vay nānī chhe ane rāvaṇanī khūb
vadhāre eṭale te na bane. indrajit ke meghanādane paraṇāvīe to e bannemān paraspar
virodh thashe. pahelān rājā shrīṣheṇanā putromān virodh thayo hato. māṭe e na karavun. pachhī
tārādhanya nāmanā mantrīe kahyun ke dakṣhiṇ shreṇīmān kanakapur nāmanun nagar chhe. tyān rājā
hiraṇyaprabhanī rāṇī sumanāno putra saudāminīprabh mahāyashavant, kirtidhārī, yuvān, sarva
vidyākaḷāmān pāragāmī, tenun rūp paṇ atisundar chhe, sarva lokonī āṅkhano tāro, anupam
guṇ ne cheṣhṭāthī ākhā maṇḍaḷane ānandit kare chhe ane evo parākramī chhe ke badhā
vidyādharo ekatra thaīne āve to paṇ tene na jītī

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shake. māṭe ā kanyā tene āpo. jevī kanyā tevo var, yogya sambandh chhe. ā vāt
sāmbhaḷī sandehaparāg nāmanā mantrīe māthun dhuṇāvī, āṅkh mīñchīne kahyun ke te
saudāminīprabh mahābhavya chhe. te nirantar evun vichāre chhe ke ā sansār anitya chhe. te
sansāranun svarūp jāṇī, aḍhār varṣhe vairāgya dhāraṇ karashe. te viṣhayābhilāṣhī nathī.
bhogarūp gajabandhan toḍāvīne gr̥uhasthīno tyāg karashe, bāhyābhyantar parigrah tyāgīne,
kevaḷagnān pāmī mokṣha jashe. jo tene paraṇāvavāmān āve to kanyā pati vinā shobhā na
pāme, jem chandramā vinā rātri shobhe nahi tem. indranā nagar samān je ādityapur nagar
chhe tyān rājā prahalād rājya kare chhe. te mahābhogī, chandra samān kāntino dhārak chhe. tenī
rāṇī ketumatī kāmanī dhajā chhe. tene vāyukumār eṭale pavanañjay nāmano putra chhe. te
rūpavān, shīlavān, guṇanidhān, sarva kaḷāno pāragāmī, shubh sharīravāḷo, mahāvīr, khoṭī
cheṣhṭārahit, tenān guṇ sarva lokonān chittamān vasyā chhe, hun so varṣhe paṇ te pūrā na kahī
shakun evo chhe, māṭe āp tene ja joī lyo. pavanañjayanā āvā guṇ sāmbhaḷīne badhā ja
harṣha pāmyā. kevo pavanañjay? devo samān jenī sundar dyuti chhe. jem chandranān kiraṇothī
kumudinī praphullit thāy chhe tem kanyā paṇ ā vāt sāmbhaḷī praphullit thaī.

pachhī vansatar̥utu āvī. strīonān mukhanī lāvaṇyatā haranārī shītar̥utu vītī gaī.

navīn kamaḷonī sugandhathī dashe dishāo sugandhamay banī gaī kamaḷo upar bhamarā guñjārav
karavā lāgyā. vr̥ukṣha par navān pallav, patra, puṣhpādi prakaṭ thayān. jāṇe ke vasantanī lakṣhmīnā
vilāpathī harṣhanā aṅkuro ja phūṭayān. āmbā upar mahor āvyo. tenā par bhamarā pharī rahyā
chhe. lokonān man kāmabāṇathī vīndhāyān. koyalonā avāj māninī nāyikāonā mānanun
mochan karavā lāgyān. vasantamān paraspar naranārīono sneh vadhato gayo. haraṇo ghāsanā
aṅkuro ukhāḍīne haraṇīnān mukhamān āpavā lāgyā. tene te amr̥ut samān lāgatā hatā.
temanī prīti vadhī gaī. velo vr̥ukṣhone vīṇṭaḷāī gaī. dakṣhiṇ dishāmānthī pavan vāvā
lāgyo, je badhāne sohāmaṇo lāgyo. pavan vāvāthī kesaranā samūh jamīn par paḍayā, te
jāṇe ke vasantarūpī sinhanā keshanā samūh ja hoyane! atyant nibiḍ kaurav jātinān vr̥ukṣho
par bhamarāo gūñje chhe, jāṇe viyoginī nāyikānā manane khed upajāvavā vasante preryā
hoy! ashok jātinān vr̥ukṣhonī navī kumpaḷo lāl lāl chamake chhe, jāṇe ke saubhāgyavatī
strīonā rāganī rāshi ja bolī rahī hoy. vanamān kesūḍānān phūlo khīlī uṭhayān chhe, te
jāṇe ke viyoginī nāyikānā manane dāh upajāvanār agni samān chhe. dashe dishāmān
puṣhponā samūhanī sugandhī raj evī phelāī rahī chhe, jāṇe ke vasant abīl vagere sugandhī
chūrṇathī mahotsav karī rahyo chhe. ek divas paṇ strī-puruṣh paraspar viyog sahī shakatā
nathī. te r̥utumān videshagaman kevī rīte game? āvī rāgarūp vasantar̥utu pragaṭ thaī. phāgaṇ
sud āṭhamathī pūnam sudhī aṣhṭāhnikānā divaso mahāmaṅgaḷarūp chhe tethī indrādik dev,
shachi ādi devīpūjā māṭe nandīshvaradvīp gayā ane vidyādhar pūjānī sāmagrī laīne kailās
gayā. shrī

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r̥uṣhabhadevanā nirvāṇ kalyāṇakathī te parvat pūjya banel chhe, tyān añjanānā pitā rājā
mahendra samasta parivār sahit gayā. tyān bhagavānanī pūjā karī, stuti karī ane
bhāvasahit namaskār karī suvarṇanī shilā upar sūkhapūrvak birājyā. rājā prahalād
pavanañjayanā pitā paṇ bharat chakravartīnā karāvelān jinamandironī vandanā māṭe kailās parvat
par āvyā hatā. te vandanā karīne parvat par pharatā rājā mahendranī draṣhṭie paḍayā. rājā
mahendrane joine prītithī praphulla man ane netravāḷā rājā prahalād temanī pāse āvyā.
mahendra ubhā thaīne temanī sāme āvyā. banne ek manogna shilā par beṭhā ane paraspar
sharīrādinī kushaḷatā viṣhe pūchhavā lāgyā. rājā mahendre kahyun ke he mitra! māre kushaḷ shenun
hoy? kanyā varayogya thaī chhe. tene paraṇāvavānī chintāthī chitta vyākuḷ rahe chhe. jevī
kanyā chhe tevo var joīe, moṭun ghar joīe, kone kanyā āpavī e bābatamān man
bhamyā kare chhe. rāvaṇane paraṇāvīe to tene ghaṇī strīo chhe ane ummar moṭī chhe. jo
tenā putromānthī koīne āpīe to bhāīomān paraspar virodh thāy hemapuranā rājā
kanakadyutino putra saudāminīprabh eṭale ke vidyutaprabh thoḍā ja divasomān mukti pāmavāno
chhe e vāt ākhī dharatī par jāṇītī chhe, gnānī munioe kahī chhe. ame paṇ amārā
mantrīonān mukhe sāmbhaḷī chhe. have amāro nishchay chhe ke āpano putra pavanañjay kanyāne
varavā yogya chhe, e ja manorathathī ame ahīn āvyā chhīe. tyān āpanā darshan thayā
eṭale atiānand thayo ane kāīk vikalpa maṭayo. tyāre prahalāde kahyun ke mane paṇ putrane
paraṇāvavānī chintā chhe, have hun paṇ āpanā darshan karīne tathā vachan sāmbhaḷīne akalpya
sukh pāmyo chhun. āp je āgnā karo te mane mānya chhe. mārā putranā sadbhāgya ke āpe
kr̥upā karī. pachhī varakanyānān lagna mānasarovaranā kināre karavānun nakkī thayun. banne
senāmān ānandano dhvani ūṭhayo, jyotiṣhīoe traṇ divasanān lagna sthāpyān.

pavanañjayakumār añjanānā rūpanī adbhutatā sāmbhaḷīne tatkāḷ jovā taiyār thayo,

traṇ divas rahī na shakyo. saṅgamanī abhilāṣhāthī e kumār kāmane vash thayo, kāmanā
dash vegothī paravash thayo. pratham viṣhayanī chintāthī vyākuḷ thayo, bījā vegamān jovānī
abhilāṣhā thaī, trījā vegathī dīrgha uchchhvās levā lāgyo, chothā vege kāmajvar thayo
jāṇe ke chandananā vr̥ukṣhane agnilāgī, pāñchamā vegathī aṅg khedarūp thayān, sugandhī puṣhpādi
pratye aruchi jāgī, chhaṭhṭhā vegane kāraṇe bhojan viṣh samān aruchikar lāgyun, sātamā vege
tenī kathānī āsaktithī vilāp upajyo, āṭhamā vegathī unmatta thayo, vibhramarūp anek
cheṣhṭā karavā lāgyo, navamā vegathī mūrchhā āvī gaī ane dasamā vegathī duḥkhanā bhārathī
pīḍāvā lāgyo. joke pavanañjay vivekī hato to paṇ kāmanā prabhāvathī vihvaḷ thayo, te
kāmane dhikkār ho! kevo chhe kām? mokṣhamārgano virodhī chhe. kāmanā vegathī pavanañjaye
dhīraj gumāvī, gāle hāth ṭekavīne shok karato beṭho. tenā gāl parathī parasevo ṭapake chhe,
tenā hoṭh uṣhṇa nishvāsathī karamāī gayā chhe, sharīr dhrūje chhe,

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vāramvār bagāsān khāy chhe ane atyant abhilāṣhā shalyathī chintā karavā lāgyo. strīnā
dhyānathī indriyo vyākuḷ banī, manogna sthaḷ par aruchikar lāgatun, chitta shūnya banī
gayun, teṇe samasta shaṇagārādi kriyā chhoḍī dīdhī. te ghaḍīkamān ābhūṣhaṇo paherato ane
ghaḍīkamān kāḍhī nākhato. te lajjārahit thayo. jenān samasta aṅg kṣhīṇ thayān chhe evo te
vichāravā lāgyo ke evo samay kyāre āve ke hun te sundarīne mārī pāse beṭhelī joun
ane tenān kamaḷatulya gātrano sparsha karun. athavā kāminīnā rasanī vāto karun. tenī vāt
ja sāmbhaḷatān mārī āvī dashā thaī chhe koṇ jāṇe bījun shuny thashe? te kalyāṇī jenā
hr̥udayamān vase chhe tenā hr̥udayamān duḥkharūp agnino dāh kem thāy? strī to svabhāvathī ja
komaḷ chittavāḷī hoy chhe to mane duḥkh devā māṭe tenun chitta kaṭhor kem thayun? ā kām
duniyāmān anaṅg kahevāy chhe, jene aṅg nathī te aṅg vinā ja mane sharīrarahit kare chhe,
mārī nākhe chhe to ene jo aṅg hoy to koṇ jāṇe shuny kare? mārā sharīr par ghā nathī,
paṇ vedanā ghaṇī chhe. hun ek jagyāe beṭho chhun ane man anek ṭhekāṇe bhaṭake chhe. ā traṇ
divas tene joyā vinā mane kushaḷatā nahi rahe. māṭe ene maḷavāno upāy karun, jethī mane
shānti thāy. sarva kāryomān mitra samān ānandanun kāraṇ jagatamān bījun koi nathī, mitrathī
sarva kāryo siddha thāy chhe. ām vichārīne teṇe potānā vishvāsanā bhājanarūp prahasta
nāmanā mitrane kahyun ke he mitra! tun mārā mananī badhī vāt jāṇe chhe. te shun kahun? parantu
mārī ā duḥkhaavasthā mane bolāve chhe. he sakhe! tārā vinā ā vāt kone kahevāy? tun
ākhā jagatanī rīt jāṇe chhe. jem kisān potānun duḥkh rājāne kahe, shiṣhya gurune kahe,
strī patine kahe, rogī vaidyane kahe ane bāḷak mātāne kahe to duḥkh chhūṭe tem buddhimān
potānā mitrane kahe tethī hun tane kahun chhun. te rājā mahendranī putrīnī vāt sāmbhaḷatān ja
kāmabāṇathī mārī vikaḷ dashā thaī chhe, tene joyā vinā hun traṇ divas vitāvavā samartha
nathī, māṭe koī evo yatna kar ke jethī hun tene joun, tene joyā vinā mane sthiratā nahi
thāy ane mārī sthiratāthī tane prasannatā thashe. prāṇīone badhāy kām karatān jīvan
priy chhe, kem ke jīvan hoy to ātmalābh thāy chhe. pavanañjaye ām kahyun tyāre mitra
prahasta hasyo, jāṇe ke mitranā manano abhiprāy jāṇīne kāryasiddhino upāy karavā
lāgyo. prahasta tenī pāse ja beṭho chhe. jāṇe tenun ja sharīr vikriyā karīne bījun sharīr
thaī rahyun chhe. teṇe kahyunḥ ke mitra! ghaṇun kahevāthī sho lābh? āpaṇāmān judāī nathī. je
karavun hoy temān ḍhīl na karavī. ā pramāṇe te banne vachche vārtālāp thāy chhe tyān ja sūrya
jāṇe ke tenā upar upakār karavā asta pāmyo. sūryanā viyogathī dishāo kāḷī paḍī
gaī, andhakār phelāī gayo, kṣhaṇamātramān kāḷān vastro paherīne nishā pragaṭ thaī. tyāre
rātrinā samaye pavanañjaye mitrane utsāhathī kahyunḥ he mitra! ubhā thāv, chālo tyān jaīe,
jyān mananun haraṇ karanār prāṇavallabhā rahe chhe. pachhī banne mitro vimānamān besī
ākāshamārge chālyā, jāṇe ākāsharūp samudranā machchha ja chhe. teo kṣhaṇamātramān añjanānā

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saptakoṇ mahel upar chaḍī, jharūkhāmān motīnā paḍadā pāchhaḷ chhupāīne beṭhā. pavanañjayakumāre
añjanāsundarīne joī. jenun mukh pūnamanā chandra samān chhe, mukhanī jyotithī dīpakanī
jyoti jhāṅkhī paḍe chhe, netra shyām, shvet ane aruṇ em trividh raṅgasahit hovāthī
mahāsundar chhe, jāṇe kāmanān bāṇ ja chhe, kuch shr̥uṅgāraras bharelā kaḷash chhe, hasta navīn
kūmpaḷ samān lāl chhe, nakhanī kānti lāvaṇyane pragaṭ karatī shobhe chhe, kaṭi atinājuk chhe
e kuchonā bhārathī jāṇe bhāṅgī jatī hoy tevī shaṅkāthī jāṇe trivalīrūp dorīthī bāndhelī
chhe, tenī jāndh keḷanā thaḍathīy vadhu komaḷ chhe, jāṇe ke kāmanā mandiranā stambh ja chhe, te
kanyā chāndanī rāt ja chhe. pavanañjayakumār netra ekāgra karī, añjanāne sārī rīte joī
sukhī thayā. te ja samaye vasantatilakā nāmanī añjanānī mahābuddhimatī sakhī kahevā lāgīḥ
he surupe! tun dhanya chhe ke tārā pitāe tane vāyukumārane āpī. vāyukumār mahāpratāpī chhe.
tenā guṇ chandramānān kiraṇ samān ujjavaḷ chhe. temanān guṇo viṣhe sāmbhaḷīne anya
puruṣhanā guṇ mand bhāse chhe. jem samudramān laher rahe tem tun te yoddhānā aṅgamān rahīsh. tun
mahāmiṣhṭabhāṣhī, chandra ane ratnanī kāntine jītanārī, tun ratnanī dharā ratnāchaḷ parvatanā
taṭ par paḍī chhe, tamāro sambandh prashansāyogya thayo chhe tenāthī badhān ja kuṭumbījano rājī
thayān chhe. sakhīe jyāre ā pramāṇe patinā guṇ varṇavyā tyāre te lajjāthī bharelī
paganā nakh taraph jovā lāgī, ānandarūp jaḷathī tenun hr̥uday bharāī gayun ane
pavanañjayakumār paṇ atyant harṣha pāmyā.

te vakhate ek mishrakeshī nāmanī bījī sakhīe hoṭh dābīne, mastak halāvīne kahyun

ke, aho, tārun agnān moṭun chhe! ten pavanañjay sāthenā sambandhanī prashansā karī, paṇ jo
vidyutaprabhakumvar sāthe sambandh thayo hot to atishreṣhṭha hatun. jo puṇyanā yogathī vidyutaprabh
kanyāno pati thayo hot to āno janma saphaḷ thāt. he vasantamālā! vidyutaprabh ane
pavanañjayamān samudra ane khābochiyā jeṭalo taphāvat chhe. vidyutaprabhanī kathā moṭā moṭā
māṇasonān mukhe sāmbhaḷī chhe. jem meghanān būndonī saṅkhyā nathī tem tenān guṇono pār
nathī. te navā yauvanavāḷo, mahāsaumya, vinayavān, dedīpyamān, pratāpavān, guṇavān,
rūpavān, vidyāvān, baḷavān, sarva jagatane darshanīy chhe, badhā em ja kahe chhe ā kanyā
tene ja āpavā jevī hatī, paṇ kanyānā bāpe sāmbhaḷ‌yun ke te thoḍā ja varṣhamān muni thaī
javāno chhe tethī sambandh na karyo, te ṭhīk na karyun vidyutaprabhano ek kṣhaṇamātrano paṇ bhalo
ane tr̥uchchha puruṣhano sanyog ghaṇā kāḷano hoy to paṇ shā kāmano? ā vāt sāmbhaḷīne
pavanañjay krodharūp agnithī prajvalit thayā, kṣhaṇamātramān bījun ja rūp banī gayun.
rasamānthī viras āvī gayo, āṅkho lāl thaī gaī, hoṭh karaḍīne talavār myānamānthī
kāḍhīne mitra prahastane kahevā lāgyo ke āne mārī nindā game chhe. ā dāsī āvān
nindānā vachano bole chhe ane ā sāmbhaḷe chhe. māṭe ā bannenān mastak kāpī nākhun.
vidyutaprabh enā hr̥udayano pyāro chhe te kevī rīte sahāy karashe. pavanañjayanā ā vachan sāmbhaḷīne

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mitra prahaste roṣhathī kahyun, he mitra! āvān ayogya vachan bolavāthī sho phāyado? tārī
talavār to moṭā sāmantanā shir par paḍe, strī abaḷā chhe, avadhya chhe, tenā upar kevī
rīte paḍe? ā duṣhṭa dāsī enā (añjanānā) abhiprāy vinā ām kahe chhe. tame āgnā
karo to ā dāsīne lākaḍīnā ek prahārathī mārī nākhun, parantu strīhatyā, bāḷahatyā,
pashuhatyā, durbaḷ manuṣhyanī hatyā ityādine shāstramān varjya kahī chhe. mitranān vachan
sāmbhaḷīne pavanañjay krodh bhūlī gayā ane mitrane dāsī par krūr banel joī kahevā
lāgyā, he mitra! tun anek saṅgrāmano jītanār, yashano adhikārī, matta hāthīonā
gaṇḍasthaḷ vidāranār, tāre dīn par dayā ja karavī joīe. are, sāmānya puruṣh paṇ
strīhatyā na kare to tame kevī rīte karo. je puruṣh uchcha kuḷamān janmyā hoy, guṇathī
prasiddha ane shūravīr hoy temano yash ayogya kriyāthī malin thāy chhe māṭe uṭho, je mārge
āvyā te ja mārge chālo. jem chhānāmānā āvyā hatā tem ja chālo. pavanañjayanā
manamān bhrānti thaī ke ā kanyāne vidyutaprabh ja priy chhe tethī tenī prashansā sāmbhaḷe chhe
ane mārī nindā sāmbhaḷe chhe. jo ene na gamatun hoy to dāsī shā māṭe kahe? ām
manamān roṣh rākhīne potānā sthānake pahoñchī gayā. pavanañjayakumār añjanā pratye virakta
thaī gayā, manamān em vichāravā lāgyā ke jene bījā puruṣhano anurāg chhe evī
añjanāne vikarāḷ nadīnī peṭhe dūrathī ja chhoḍavī. kevī chhe añjanārūp nadī? sandeharūp
viṣham bhamvar dhāre chhe ane khoṭā bhāvarūp magarathī bharelī chhe. te nārī jaṅgal samān chhe,
je agnānarūp andhakārathī bharel chhe, īndriyarūp sarpane rākhe chhe, paṇḍitoe kadāpi tenun
sevan na karavun. khoṭā rājānī sevā ane shatrunā āshraye javun, shithil mitra ane
anāsakta strīthī sukh kyāthī maḷe? juo, je vivekī chhe te iṣhṭa bandhu, suputra, prativratā
strīno paṇ tyāg karī mahāvrat dhāraṇ kare chhe ane shudra puruṣh kusaṅg paṇ chhoḍatā nathī.
madya pānār vaidya, shikṣhārahit hāthī, niṣhkāraṇ verī, krūr jan, hinsārūp dharma, mūrkhāo
sāthe charchā, maryādānun ullaṅghan, nirday desh, bāḷak rājā, parapuruṣh-anurāginī strī; ā
badhānno vivekīe tyāg karavo. ā pramāṇe chintavan karatā pavanañjayakumāranā manamānthī
jem kanyā pratyenī prīti ūḍī gaī tem rātri paṇ pūrī thaī ane pūrva dishāmān sandhyā
pragaṭ thaī, jāṇe pavanañjaye añjanāno rāg chhoḍayo te bhamato rahe chhe.

bhāvārtha evo chhe ke rāganun svarūp lāl chhe ane ānāthī (añjanāthī) je rāg

maṭayo te sandhyārūpe pūrva dishāmān praveshyo chhe. sūrya evo lālachoḷ ugyo, jem strīnā
kopathī pavanañjayakumār kopyā. sūryanun bimb taruṇ chhe. jagatanī pravr̥uttinun kāraṇ chhe. pachhī
pavanañjayakumār mitra prahastane kahevā lāgyo ke he mitra! ahīn āpaṇo paḍāv chhe tyāthī
tenun sthān najīk chhe māṭe ahīn sarvathā na rahevun. tene sparshīne je pavan āve te paṇ
mane gamato nathī māṭe chālo, āpaṇā nagaramān jaīe, ḍhīl karavī uchit nathī. kāraṇ ke
pavanañjayakumāranun man añjanāthī vimukh thayun hatun. tyāre mitre kumāranī āgnā pramāṇe
senānā lokone prayāṇanī āgnā āpī.

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samudra samān senānā rath, ghoḍā, hāthī, pyādānno khūb moṭo avāj thayo. kanyāno
nivās najīk ja hato eṭale senānā prayāṇanā shabda kanyānā kānamān paḍayā. kumāranī
kūch jāṇīne kanyā khūb duḥkhī thaī. jem vajranī shilā kānamān pravesh kare ane uparathī
hathoḍānā ghā paḍe tem ā shabdo tenā kānane būrā lāgyā. te manamān vichāravā lāgī.
hāy hāy! pūrvopārjit karme mane mahānidhān āpyun hatun te chhinavāī gayun, hun shun karun?
have shun thashe? mārī ichchhā hatī ke ā kumār sāthe krīḍā karīsh te have bījun ja najare paḍe
chhe. āmān aparādh shun thayo te kāī jaṇātun nathī, parantu mārī verī evī mishrakeshīe
nindya vachan kahyān hatān tenī khabar kumārane pahoñchī hoy ane mārā pratye aṇagamo karyo
hoy. ā vivekahīn, kaṭubhāṣhiṇīne dhikkar chhe, jeṇe mārā prāṇavallabhane mārā prati dveṣhī
banāvyā! have jo mārā bhāgya hoy ane mārā pitā mārā upar kr̥upā karīne prāṇanāthane
pāchhā vāḷe ane tenī mārā upar sudraṣhṭi thāy to mārun jīvan ṭakashe ane jo nāth māro
parityāg karashe to hun āhārano tyāg karī sharīr chhoḍīsh. ām vichār karatī te satī
mūrchhā khāī dharatī par paḍī. jem velanun mūḷ kheñchī kāḍhavāmān āve ane te āshrayarahit
thaī karamāī jāy tem te karamāī gaī. badhī sakhīo ā shun thayun, em kahīne atyant
bhayabhīt thaī, shītaḷ upachārathī tene sachet karavāmān āvī ane tene mūrchhānun kāraṇ
pūchhayun. paṇ te lajjāthī kahī na shakī, tenī āṅkho nishchaḷ thaī gaī.

ā taraph pavanañjayanī senānā māṇaso manamān ākuḷit thayā ane vichār karavā

lāgyā ke niṣhkāraṇ kūch shā māṭe? ā kumār vivāh karavā āvyā hatā te kanyāne
paraṇīne kem nathī jatā? ene gusso sheno thayo chhe, sarva sāmagrī hājar chhe, koī
vastunī kamī nathī. enā sasarā moṭā rājā chhe, kanyā paṇ atisundar chhe, to ā vimukh
kem thayā? tyāre keṭalāk hasīne bolyā, enun nām pavanañjay chhe, te potānī chañchaḷatāthī
pavanane paṇ jīte chhe. to keṭalāk em kahevā lāgyā ke hajī e strīnun sukh jāṇatā nathī
tethī āvī kanyāne chhoḍīne javāne taiyār thayā chhe. ā pramāṇe senānā sāmanto vāto
karatā hatā ke ene ratikāḷano rāg hoy to jem vanahasti premanā bandhanathī bandhāy chhe
tem e bandhāī jāy. pavanañjay shīghragāmī vāhan par besī chālavā taiyār thayā tyāre
kanyānā pitā rājā mahendra kumāranī kūchanī vāt sāmbhaḷī khūb vyākuḷ banyā ane
samasta sagāo sāthe rājā prahalād pāse āvyā. prahalād ane mahendra banne āvī
kumārane kahevā lāgyāḥ he kalyāṇarūp! amane shok utpanna karanār ā kūch shā māṭe karo
chho? koṇe āpane kāī kahyun chhe? he shobhāyamān! tame kone apriy chho? je tamane na
game te badhāne na game. tamārā pitā ane amārun vachan jo doṣhavāḷun hoy to paṇ
tamāre mānavun joīe ane ame to samasta doṣharahit kahyun chhe tethī tamāre avashya
svīkāravun yogya chhe. he shūravīr! kūchane roko ane amārā bannenun manavāñchhit siddha karo.
ame tamārā vaḍīl chhīe, tamārā jevā sajjanone to vaḍīlanī āgnā ānandanun kāraṇ
chhe. jyāre rājā mahendra ane prahalāde ām kahyun

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174 soḷamun parvapadmapurāṇ

ane jyāre bannee ghaṇā ādarathī teno hāth pakaḍayo tyāre dhīravīr, vinayathī jenun
mastak namyun chhe evā ā kumār vaḍīlonī gurutāne ullaṅghavā ashakta banyā. temanī
āgnāthī pāchhā pharyā. teṇe manamān vichāryun ke āne paraṇīne chhoḍī daish ke jethī te duḥkhamān
jīvan pūrun kare ane ene bījāno sanyog paṇ na thaī shake.

prāṇavallabhane pāchhā āvelā joīne kanyā atyant harṣhit thaī, tene romāñch

ullasit thayān. lagnasamaye emanā vivāh-maṅgaḷ thayān, jyāre kanyānun pāṇigrahaṇ
karāvavāmān āvyun tyāre ashokanān pallav samān lāl, atyant komaḷ kanyānā hāthane
eno sparsha virakta chittanā agniīnī jvāḷā samān lāgyo. īchchhā vinā ja kumāranī
draṣhṭi kanyānā sharīr par achānak gaī te kṣhaṇamātra sahan na thaī, jem koī vidyutpāt
sahan na karī shake tem. kanyānī prīti ane varanī aprīti e ānā bhāvane jāṇatī
nathī em samajīne jāṇe ke agni hasī rahyo hato, taḍataḍāṭ karī rahyo hato. mahān
vidhān vaḍe emanān lagna karāvīne sarva bandhujano ānand pāmyā. mānasarovaranā taṭ par
vivāh thayā. nānā prakāranān vr̥ukṣha, latā, phaḷ, puṣhpothī shobhatā sundar vanamān khūb
ullāsathī badhā ek mās rahyā. banne sambandhīoe paraspar atihitanān vachan kahyān,
paraspar vakhāṇ karyān, sanmān karyun, putrīnā pitāe khūb dān āpyun ane potapotānān
ṭhekāṇe gayā.

he shreṇik! je vastunun svarūp jāṇe nahi ane samajyā vinā bījānā doṣh kāḍhe

te mūrkha chhe. e bījānā doṣh kāḍhavāthī potānā upar ja doṣh āve chhe e badhun pāpakarmanun
phaḷ chhe. pāp ātāpakārī chhe.

e pramāṇe shrī raviṣheṇāchārya virachit mahāpadmapurāṇ sanskr̥it granthanī sva. pt..

daulatarāmajī kr̥ut bhāṣhā vachanikānā gujarātī anuvādamān añjanā ane pavanañjayanā
vivāhanun varṇan karanār pandaramun parva pūrṇa thayun.

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soḷamun parva

(añjanā ane pavanañjayakumāranun milan)

pachhī pavanañjayakumāre añjanāsundarīne paraṇīne evī rīte chhoḍī dīdhī ke kadī vāt

na kare. te sundarī patinā maunathī ane tene kr̥upādraṣhṭithī na jovāne kāraṇe atyant duḥkhī
thaī. te rātre ūṅghatī paṇ nahi, tenī āṅkhamānthī nirantar ānsu kharyān karatān. tenun sharīr
melun thaī gayun, tene pati upar atyant prem hato, patinun nām atyant gamatun, pati āve
to paṇ atipriy lāgatun, patinun rūp to vivāhanī vedī par joyun hatun. tenun manamān dhyān
karyā kare ane nishchaḷ āṅkhothī sarva cheṣhṭārahit thaīne besī rahetī. antaraṅg dhyānamān
patinun rūp joīne bahārathī paṇ tenun

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rūp jovā ichchhatī paṇ te banatun nahīn. āthī te shokamān besī rahetī, chitrapaṭamān patinun
chitra doravā lāgatī tyān hāth dhrūjīne kalam paḍī jatī. tenān sarva aṅg durbaḷ thaī gayā,
ābhūṣhaṇo ḍhīlān paḍavāthī nīkaḷī jatān, dīrdha uṣhṇa uchchhvāsathī tenā gāl karamāī gayā,
sharīr par tene vastrano paṇ bhār lāgato, potānān ashubh karmone te nindatī,
mātāpitāne vāramvār yād karatī, tenun hr̥uday shūnya banī gayun hatun, sharīr kṣhīṇ thayun hatun,
te mūrchhit banī jatī, nishcheṣhṭa thaī jatī, roīroīne tenun gaḷun rūndhāī gayun hatun. vihvaḷ
thaīne te pūrvopārjit karmane ṭhapako detī, chandranān kiraṇothī paṇ tene dāh thato, mahelamān
pharatān te paḍī jatī ane potānā manamān ja patine ā pramāṇe kahetī ke he nāth!
āpanān manohar aṅg mārā hr̥udayamān nirantar rahe chhe, mane shā māṭe āp santāpo chho? men
āpano koi aparādh karyo nathī, vinā kāraṇe āp mārā par kem kop karo chho? have
prasanna thāv. hun tamane bhajun chhun, mārā chittano viṣhād dūr karo, jem antaramān darshan āpo
chho tem bahār paṇ āpo, hun hāth joḍīne āpane vinantī karun chhun. jem sūrya vinā
divasanī shobhā nathī ane chandra vinā rātrinī shobhā nathī, dayā, kṣhamā, shīl, santoṣhādi
guṇ vinā vidyā shobhatī nathī tem āpanī kr̥upā vinā mārī shobhā nathī. ā pramāṇe te
chittamān vaselā patine sambodhatī. tenān motī samān moṭān netromānthī ānsunān binduo
kharatān. tenī komaḷ shayyā par sakhīo anek sāmagrī lāvatī, paṇ tene kashun gamatun
nahi. chakranī jem tanai manamān viyogathī bhram upajyo hato, snānādi sanskār, kesh
oḷavā gūnthavānun paṇ te karatī nahi, vāḷ paṇ lūkhā banī gayā hatā, te sarva kriyāmān
jaḍ jāṇe ke pr̥ithvī jevī banī gaī hatī, āṅkhamān nirantar ānsu vahevāne kāraṇe jāṇe ke
te jaḷarūp ja thaī rahī chhe, hr̥udayanā dāhanā yogathī jāṇe ke agnirūp ja thaī rahī chhe,
nishchaḷ chittanā yogathī jāṇe ke vāyurūp thaī rahī chhe, shūnyatānā yogathī jāṇe ke
gaganarūp ja thaī rahī chhe. mohanā yogathī tenun gnān ḍhaṅkāī gayun chhe, teṇe potānā sarva
aṅg bhūmi par pheṅkī dīdhān chhe, te besī shakatī nahi, bese to ūbhī thaī shakatī nahi,
ūbhī thāy to sharīrane ṭekāvī shakatī nahotī, te sakhīono hāth pakaḍī chālatī, jethī
pag ḍage nahi, chatur sakhīo sāthe vāt karavānī te ichchhā karatī, paṇ bolī shakatī
nahi ane hansalī, kabūtarī ādi sāthe krīḍā karavā ichchhatī, paṇ krīḍā karī shakatī nahi.
e bichārī badhāthī judī besī rahetī. tenun man ane netra to patimān ja lāgī rahyān chhe,
tenun kāraṇ vinā pati dvārā apamān thayun hatun. eno ekek divas ek varas jevo thato
hato. tenī āvī avasthā joīne ākhun kuṭumb duḥkhī thayun. badhā vichāratā hatā ke āne
vinā kāraṇe āṭalun duḥkh kem āvyun? ā koī pūrvopārjit pāpakarmano uday chhe.
pāchhaḷanā bhavamān āṇe koīnā sukhamān antarāy karyo hashe tethī ene paṇ sukhano
antarāy paḍayo. vāyukumār to nimittamātra chhe. ā khūb bhoḷī ane nirdoṣh chhe. āne
paraṇīne kem chhoḍī dīdhī? āvī kanyā sāthe dev samān bhog kem na bhogavyā? āṇe

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pitāne gher kadī rañchamātra paṇ duḥkh bhogavyun nathī ane ahīn ā karmanā anubhavathī
duḥkhano bhār pāmī chhe. enī sakhīo vichāre chhe ke sho upāy karavo? ame bhāgyahīn
chhīe, ā kārya amārā prayatnathī sādhya nathī, ā koī ashubh karmanī chāl chhe, have
evo divas kyāre āvashe, e shubh muhūrta ane shubh veḷā kyāre āvashe ke jyāre teno
prītam potānī priyānī samīpamān besashe, kr̥upādraṣhṭithī joshe, madhur vachano bolashe; āvī
abhilāṣhā badhānnān manamān thaī rahī chhe.

have rājā varuṇane rāvaṇ sāthe virodh thayo. varuṇ atyant abhimānī hato. te

rāvaṇanī sevā karato nahi. rāvaṇe dūt mokalyo. dūte jaīne varuṇane kahyunḥ aho
vidyādharādhipate varuṇ! sarvanā svāmī rāvaṇe tamane ā āgnā karī chhe ke tame mane praṇām
karo athavā yuddhanī taiyārī karo. tyāre varuṇe hasīne kahyunḥ he dūt! rāvaṇ koṇ chhe, te kyān
rahe chhe ke mane dabāve chhe? hun indra nathī ke jethī vr̥uthā garviṣhṭha lokanindya thāun. hun veshravaṇ,
yam, sahastrarashmi ke marut nathī. rāvaṇane devādhiṣhṭhit ratnothī mahāgarva ūpajyo chhe,
tenāmān sāmarthya hoy to āve, hun enā garvanun khaṇḍan karīsh. tenun mr̥utyu najīk chhe tethī
amārī sāthe āvī rīte vāt kare chhe. dūte jaīne rāvaṇane badho vr̥uttānt kahyo. rāvaṇe
gussāthī samudra jevaḍī senā sāthe jaīne varuṇanun nagar gherī līdhun ane pratignā karī ke hun
ene devādhiṣhṭhit ratna vinā ja vash karīsh, mārīsh athavā bāndhīsh. tyāre varuṇanā putro
rājīv, puṇḍarikādi krodhāyamān thaī rāvaṇanī senā upar āvyā. temanī ane rāvaṇanī
senā vachche moṭun yuddha thayun, paraspar shastronā samūho chhedāyā. hāthī hāthīo sāthe, ghoḍā
ghoḍāo sāthe, rath ratho sāthe ane subhaṭo subhaṭo sāthe mahāyuddha karavā lāgyā. lāmbo
samay saṅgrām chālyo. varuṇanī senā rāvaṇanī senāthī thoḍīk pāchhaḷ haṭhī. potānī
senāne haṭhatī joī varuṇ pote rākṣhasonī senā par kālāgni samān tūṭī paḍayo. durnivār
varuṇane raṇabhūmimān sāme āvelo joī rāvaṇe yuddha karavānī taiyārī karī. rāvaṇ ane
varuṇ vachche yuddha thavā lāgyun, varuṇanā putro kharadūṣhaṇ sāme yuddha karatā hatā. te
mahābhaṭono pralay karanār ane anek matta hāthīonā kumbhasthaḷ vidāre tevā shaktishāḷī
hatā. rāvaṇ krodhathī varuṇ par bāṇ chalāvavā jato hato tyān varuṇanā putroe rāvaṇanā
banevī kharadūṣhaṇane pakaḍī līdho. tyāre rāvaṇe manamān vichāryun ke jo hun varuṇ sāthe yuddha
karīsh ane kharadūṣhaṇanun maraṇ thashe to te uchit nahi thāy, māṭe saṅgrām karavānun aṭakāvī
dīdhun. je buddhimān chhe te mantrakāryamān bhūl khātā nathī. pachhī mantrīoe vichāravimarsha
karīne badhā deshanā rājāone bolāvyā, shīghragāmī puruṣhone mokalyā, badhāne lakhyun ke
moṭī senā sāthe tarat ja āvo. rājā prahalād upar paṇ patra laīne dūt āvyo. rājā
prahalāde svāmīnī bhaktithī rāvaṇanā sevakanun khūb sanmān karyun, ūbhā thaīne khūb
ādarathī patra līdho ane vāñchyo. te patramān ā pramāṇe lakhyun hatun ke pātālapur samīp
kalyāṇarūp sthānamān rahetā mahākṣhemarūp vidyādharonā adhipationā adhipati sumālīnā

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putra ratnashravāno putra, rākṣhasavansharūp ākāshamān chandramā evo rāvaṇ ādityanagaranā rājā
prahalādane āgnā kare chhe. kevā chhe prahalād? kalyāṇarūp chhe, nyāyane jāṇanār chhe, desh
kāḷanun vidhān jāṇe chhe, amane atyant priy chhe. pratham to temanī shārīrik kushaḷatā pūchhe
chhe ane jaṇāve chhe ke amane sarva khechar, bhūchar praṇām kare chhe, paṇ ek durbuddhi varuṇ
pātāḷanagaramān rahe chhe te āgnāthī parāṅamukh thaīne laḍavāne taiyār thayo chhe, hr̥udayane
vyathā pahoñchāḍe tevā vidyādharothī yukta chhe, samudranī madhyamān dvīp hovāthī te duṣhṭa
abhimānī banyo chhe tethī ame tenā upar chaḍāī karī chhe. mahān yuddha thayun temān varuṇanā
putroe kharadūṣhaṇane jīvato pakaḍayo chhe. mantrīoe vichāraṇā karīne kharadūṣhaṇanā maraṇanī
shaṅkāthī yuddha rokī dīdhun chhe, have kharadūṣhaṇane chhoḍāvavāno chhe ane varuṇane jītavāno chhe māṭe
tame shīghra āvo, ḍhīl na karasho. tamārā jevā puruṣho kartavyamān chūke nahi. have badhī vāt
tamārā āvavā upar chhe. joke sūrya tejano puñj chhe to paṇ tene aruṇ jevo sārathi
joīe. rājā prahalād patranā samāchār jāṇī, mantrīo sāthe vichāraṇā karī rāvaṇ pāse
javā taiyār thayā. rājā prahalādane jatā sāmbhaḷīne pavanañjayakumāre hāth joḍī, temanā
charaṇasparsha karī vinantī karī he nāth! mārā jevo putra hoy ane āp jāv te yogya
nathī. pitā putranun pālan kare chhe ane putrano e ja dharma chhe ke te pitānī sevā kare. jo
sevā na kare to jāṇavun ke putra thayo ja nathī. māṭe āp kūch na karasho, mane āgnā
āpo. tyāre pitāe kahyun ke he putra! tame kumār chho, hajī sudhī tame koī yuddha joyun
nathī, māṭe tame ahīn raho, hun jaīsh. pavanañjayakumāre kanakāchalanā taṭ samān chhātī
phūlāvīne tejasvī vachan kahyun, he tāt! mārī shaktinun lakṣhaṇ tame joyun nathī. jagatane
bāḷavāmān agninā taṇakhānā vīryanī shī parīkṣhā karavānī hoy? āpanī āgnārūp
āshiṣhathī jenun mastak pavitra banyun chhe evo hun indrane paṇ jītavāne samartha chhun emān
shaṅkā nathī. ām kahīne pitāne namaskār karī atyant harṣhathī ūbhā thaī snān,
bhojanādi sharīranī kriyā karī ane kuḷanā vr̥uddhonī ādarapūrvak āshiṣh līdhī. bhāv
sahit arahant, siddhane namaskār karī, param kānti dhāraṇ karatā, mahāmaṅgaḷarūp pitā pāse
vidāy levāne āvyā. pitāe ane mātāe amaṅgaḷanā bhayathī ānsu na āvavā dīdhā,
āshīrvād āpyā. he putra! tāro vijay thāv. chhātīe lagāḍīne tenun mastak chūmyun.
pavanañjayakumār shrī bhagavānanun dhyān karī, mātāpitāne praṇām karī, parivāranān lokone
page lāgī tathā temane dhairya bandhāvī, vidāy thayā. pahelān potāno jamaṇo pag āgaḷ
mūkīne chālyā. temano jamaṇo hāth pharakayo, temanī draṣhṭi jenā mukh par lāl pallav chhe
te pūrṇa kaḷash upar pratham ja paḍī tathā thāmbhalāne aḍīne dvār par ūbhelī añjanāsundarī,
jenān netra ānsuothī bhīñjāī gayā chhe, jenā adhar tāmbūlādirahit malin banī gayā
chhe, jāṇe ke thāmbhalā par kotarelī pūtaḷī ja chhe, tenā par kumāranī draṣhṭi paḍī ane
kṣhaṇamātramān draṣhṭi saṅkochīne gussāthī kahyunḥ he durīkṣhaṇe! ā sthānathī chālī jā, tārī draṣhṭi
ulkāpāt samān chhe, te hun

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sahan karī shakato nathī. aho moṭā kuḷanī putrī kuḷavantī! tenāmān āvun ṭhīṭhapaṇun chhe ke
manā karavā chhatān paṇ te nirlajja thaīne ūbhī rahe chhe. patinān āvā krūr vachano sāmbhaḷ‌yān
to paṇ ene ati priy lāge chhe, jem ghaṇā divasanā tarasyā papīhāne (chātakane) meghanān
būnd pyārā lāge. te patinān vachan manathī amr̥ut samān gaṇī pī gaī ane hāth joḍī,
charaṇāravind taraph draṣhṭi karī, gadagad vāṇīthī dhrūjatān dhrūjatān vachan dhīmethī kahevā lāgī-he
nāth! jyāre tame ahīn birājatā hatā tyāre paṇ hun viyoginī ja hatī, parantu ām
nikaṭ chho e āshāe prāṇ kaṣhṭathī ṭakī rahyā hatā, have āp dūr padhāro chho to hun kevī
rīte jīvīsh? hun tamārā vachanarūp amr̥utano āsvād levā atiātur chhun. tame
paradeshagaman karatī vakhate snehathī dayā chittamān lāvīne vasatinān pashupakṣhīone paṇ
āshvāsan āpyun chhe, manuṣhyonī to shī vāt? badhānne amr̥ut samān vachan kahyān, mārun
chitta tamārā charaṇāravindamān chhe, hun tamārī aprāptithī atiduḥkhī chhun, bījāone tamārā
shrīmukhe āṭalo dilāso āpyo, mārā taraph pharī tamārā mukhe dilāso āpyo hot to?
jyāre tame mane chhoḍī chhe, to jagatamān mane koī sharaṇ nathī, maraṇ ja chhe. tyāre kumāre
mukh saṅkochīne krodhathī kahyun ke mar. te vakhate satī khedakhinna thaīne dharatī par paḍī gaī.
pavanakumār tenā pratye aṇagamo batāvīne ja chālyā. hāthī par besīne sāmanto sahit
temaṇe prayāṇ karyun. pahelā ja divase mānasarovar jaīne paḍāv nākhyo. jemanān vāhano puṣhṭa
chhe evī vidyādharanī senā devonī senā samān ākāshamānthī ūtaratī atishay shobhatī
hatī. tyān potapotānān vāhanone yathāyogya snān, khānapānādi karavāmān āvyā.

pachhī vidyānā prabhāvathī ek bahukoṇ, manohar mahel banāvyo. khūb ūñcho ane

pahoḷo. te mahelamān pote mitrasahit birājyā. te jharūkhānī jāḷīnān chhidromānthī sarovaranā
taṭ paranān vr̥ukṣho jovā lāgyā. shītaḷ, mand, sugandhī pavanathī vr̥ukṣha mand mand ḍolatān hatān,
sarovaramān lahero ūṭhatī hatī, sarovaramān kāchabā, māchhalā, magar, anek prakāranān jaḷacharo
garvathī killol karī rahyān chhe. ujjavaḷ sphaṭikamaṇi samān jaḷamān nānā prakāranān kamaḷ
khīlī rahyān chhe, hans, kāraṇḍ, krauñch, sāras ityādi pakṣhīo sundar avāj karī rahyān chhe, jene
sāmbhaḷatān kānamān harṣha upaje chhe, bhamarā guñjārav karī rahyā chhe. tyān ek chakavī, chakavā
vinā ekalī viyogarūp agnithī taptāyamān, ati ākuḷ, nānā prakāranī cheṣhṭā karatī,
astāchaḷ taraph sūrya gayo chhe tenī taraph netra lagāvīne, kamalinīnā patranān chhidro taraph
vāramvār jue chhe, pāṅkho phaphaḍāvatī uḍe chhe ane nīche paḍe chhe. tene kamaḷanī nālano svād
viṣh samān lāge chhe, potānun pratibimb jaḷamān joīne jāṇe chhe ke ā māro prītam chhe
tethī tene bolāve chhe. paṇ pratibimb kevī rīte āve? tyāre aprāptinthī atyant shok pāmī
rahī chhe. senā āvīne ūtarī chhe tethī judā judā deshanā manuṣhyonā shabda ane hāthī, ghoḍā
ādi jātajātanān pashuonā shabda sāmbhaḷīne potānā vallabh chakavānī āshāthī tenun chitta
bhame chhe, tenān lochanamāthī ānsu kharī rahyān chhe, te taṭanā vr̥ukṣha

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par chaḍī chaḍīne dashe dishāomān jue chhe, paṇ prītamane na jotān ati shīghra bhūmi par
āvīne paḍe chhe, pāṅkh halāvīne kamalinīnī je raj sharīr par choṇṭī chhe tene dūr kare chhe.
pavanakumāre ghaṇā lāmbā samay sudhī draṣhṭi māṇḍīne chakavīnī dashā joī. jenun chitta dayāthī
bhīñjāī gayun chhe evā te vichāre chhe ke prītamanā viyogathī ā shokarūp agnimān jale chhe.
ā manogna mānasarovar ane chandramānī chandan samān shītaḷ chāndanī ā viyoginī
chakavīne dāvānaḷ samān chhe, pati vinā āne komaḷ pallav paṇ khaḍga samān bhāse
chhe, chandramānān kiraṇ paṇ vajra samān bhāse chhe, svarga paṇ narakarūp thaīne āchare chhe.
ām vichār karatān enun man priyā taraph gayun. ā mānasarovar par ja lagna thayān hatān
te sthaḷ najare paḍayān ane tene te ati shokanān kāraṇ thayān, marmane bhedanārī tīkṣhṇa
karavat jevā lāgyān. chittamān te vichāravā lāgyā; hāy! hāy! hun krūr, pāpī te sāv
nirdoṣh, teno nakāmo tyāg karyo, chakavī ek rātrino viyog sahan karī shakatī nathī to
te mahāsundarī bāvīs varṣhano viyog kevī rīte sahan kare? tenī sakhīe kaḍavān vachan
kahyān hatān, teṇe to nahotā kahyānne? bījānā doṣhathī men teno kem parityāg karyo?
dhikkār chhe mārā jevā mūrkhane, je vinā vichārye kām kare chhe āvā niṣhkapaṭ jīvane men
vinā kāraṇe duḥkhī karyo, mārun chitta pāpī chhe. mārun hr̥uday vajra samān chhe ke men āṭalān
varṣha āvī prāṇavallabhāne viyog āpyo. have hun shun karun? pitā pāsethī vidāy laīne
gharamānthī nīkaḷ‌yo chhun, have pāchho kevī rīte jāun? moṭī āphat āvī. jo hun ene maḷ‌yā
vinā yuddhamān jaīsh to te jīvashe nahi ane tenā abhāvamān māro paṇ nāsh thashe.
jagatamān jīvan jevo bījo koī padārtha nathī tethī sarva sandehane dūr karanār māro param
mitra prahasta vidyamān chhe tene ja badho bhed kahun. te prītinī badhī rītamān pravīṇ chhe. je
prāṇī vichārapūrvak kārya kare chhe te sukh pāme chhe. pavanakumār ām vichār karī rahyo chhe
tyāre tenā sukhamān sukhī ane duḥkhamān duḥkhī evo teno mitra prahasta tene chintātur
joīne pūchhavā lāgyo ke he mitra! tun rāvaṇane madad karavā varuṇ jevā yoddhā sāthe laḍavā
jāy chhe to tane atyant prasannatā hovī joīe, to ja kāryanī siddhi thāy. āje tārun
mukhakamaḷ karamāī gayelun kem dekhāy chhe? sharam chhoḍīne mane kahe. tane chintātur joīne
mane paṇ vyākuḷatā thāy chhe. tyāre pavanañjaye kahyunḥ he mitra! ā vāt koīne kaheto nahi.
tun mārun badhun rahasya jāṇe chhe tethī tārāthī judāī nathī. ā vāt karatān mane atyant
sharam thāy chhe. tyāre prahaste kahyun ke je tārā chittamān hoy te kahe. tun je āgnā karīsh te
bījun koī jāṇashe nahi. jem garam loḍhā par paḍel pāṇīnun ṭīpun shoṣhāī jāy tem mane
karelī vāt pragaṭ nahi thāy. tyāre pavanakumāre kahyunḥ he mitra! sāmbhaḷ, men kadī paṇ
añjanāsundarī pratye prem batāvyo nathī, tethī have mārun man atyant vyākuḷ thayun chhe, mārī
krūratā jo. amane paraṇyān āṭalān varṣha thayān, paṇ hajī sudhī amāro viyog rahyo chhe.
vinā kāraṇe men tenā taraph aprīti karī chhe. te sadāy shokamān rahī, tenī āṅkhamānthī ānsu

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