Padmapuran-Gujarati (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Parva 6

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40 pāñchamun parva padmapurāṇ
kāy, parākram, ghaṭatān gayā hatān. jagatamān kām, lobhādinī pravr̥utti vadhatī gaī hatī. pachhī
īkṣhvāku kuḷamān r̥uṣhabhadevanā ja vanshamān ayodhyā nagaramān rājā dharaṇīdhar thayā. teno putra
tridashajay devone jītanār hato, tenī indrarekhā rāṇīne jitashatru nāme putra thayo. te
podanapuranā rājā bhavyānandanī rāṇī ambhodamāḷānī putrī vijayāne paraṇyo. jitashatrune
rājya āpīne rājā tridashajay kailās parvat upar nirvāṇ pāmyā. rājā jitashatrunī
rāṇī vijayādevīnī kūkhe ajitanāth tīrthaṅkar janmyā. temanā janmābhiṣhekanun varṇan
r̥uṣhabhadevavat jāṇavun. temano janma thatān ja rājā jitashatrue sarva rājāone jītī līdhā
tethī bhagavānanun nām ajitanāth pāḍavāmān āvyun. ajitanāthane sunayā, nandā ādi
anek rāṇīo thaī. temanā rūpanī samānatā indrāṇī paṇ karī shakatī nahi. ek divas
bhagavān ajitanāthe rājalok sahit prabhātanā samayamān vanakrīḍā karī. tyān kamaḷonun
khīlelun van ane sūryāsta samaye te ja vanane saṅkochāī gayelun joīne, lakṣhmīnī
anityatā jāṇīne param vairāgya pāmyā. mātāpitādi sarva kuṭumb pratye kṣhamābhāv karāvīne
r̥uṣhabhadevanī peṭhe ja temaṇe dīkṣhā aṅgīkār karī. temanī sāthe dash hajār rājā nīkaḷ‌yā.
bhagavāne be upavāsanī pratignā karī. brahmadatta rājāne gher pāraṇānā divase āhār līdho.
temaṇe chaud varṣha sudhī tap karīne kevaḷagnān pragaṭ karyun. temane chotrīs atishay ane
āṭh prātihārya pragaṭ thayā. bhagavānane nevun gaṇadhar hatā, ek lākh muni hatā.

ajitanāthanā kākā vijayasāgar, jemanī jyoti sūrya samān chhe. temanī rāṇī

sumaṅgalāe sagar nāmanā bījā chakravartī putrane janma āpyo. temane paṇ navanidhi, chaud
ratna ādi vibhūti bharat chakravartī jeṭalī ja hatī. temanā samayamān ek ghaṭanā banī, te he
shreṇik! tun sāmbhaḷ. bharat kṣhetranā vijyārdhanī dakṣhiṇ shreṇīmān chakravāl nāme nagar hatun.
tyān vidyādharono adyipati rājā pūrṇadhan mahāprabhāvamaṇḍit, vidyābaḷanī adhikatāvāḷo
rājya karato. teṇe vihāyatilak nagaranā rājā sulochananī kanyā utpalamatīnī māgaṇī
karī. rājā sulochane nimittagnānīnā kahevāthī tene na āpī ane sagar chakravartīne
āpavāno vichār karyo. āthī pūrṇadhan rājā sulochan upar chaḍī āvyo. sulochanano putra
sahastranayan potānī bahenane laīne bhāgyo ane vanamān chhupāī gayo. pūrṇadhan yuddhamān
sulochanane mārīne nagaramān jaī kanyānī shodh karavā lāgyo parantu tene maḷī nahi. eṭale
te potānā nagaramān chālyo gayo. sahastranayan nirbaḷ hato eṭale te potānā pitānā
vadhanī vāt sāmbhaḷī pūrṇadhan upar gusse to thayo, paṇ kāī karī na shakyo. te
gahanavanamān ghumī rahyo. te van sinh, vāgh, aṣhṭāpadādithī bharelun hatun. pachhī chakravartī ek
māyāmayī ashva laīne ūḍayā ane je vanamān sahastranayan hato tyān āvyā. utpalamatīe
chakravartīne joīne bhāīne kahyun ke chakravartī pote ja ahīn padhāryā chhe. tethī bhāīe prasanna
thaīne chakravartī sāthe potānī bahen paraṇāvī. ā utpalamatī chakravartīnī paṭarāṇī strīratna
thaī. chakravartīe kr̥upā karīne sahastranayanane banne shreṇīno adhipati banāvyo. pachhī

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sahastranayane pūrṇadhan upar chaḍāī karī, yuddhamān pūrṇadhanane māryo ane bāpanī hatyānun ver
līdhun. chakravartī chha khaṇḍ pr̥ithvīnun rāj karatā hatā ane chakravartīno sāḷo sahastranayan
vidyādharanī banne shreṇīnun rājya karato hato. pūrṇadhanano putra meghavāhan bhayathī bhāgyo.
sahastranayananā yoddhā māravā māṭe pāchhaḷ doḍayā eṭale meghavāhan samosaraṇamān shrī
ajitanāthane sharaṇe āvyo. indre bhayanun kāraṇ pūchhayun, tyāre meghavāhane kahyun ke mārā
pitāe sulochanane māryo hato ane sulochananā putra sahastranayane chakravartīno sāth laī
mārā pitāne māryā ane amārān sagāono nāsh karyo ane mane māravāno prayatna kare
chhe tethī hun gherathī hansonī sāthe ūḍīne shrī bhagavānanā sharaṇamān āvyo chhun. ām kahīne
manuṣhyonā koṭhāmān beṭho. sahastranayananā yoddhā tene māravā māṭe āvyā hatā te ene
samosaraṇamān āvelo jāṇīne pāchhā gayā ane sahastranayanane badhī hakīkat jaṇāvī.
eṭale e paṇ samosaraṇamān āvyo. bhagavānanā charaṇāravindanā prasādathī banne nirvair
thaīne beṭhā. te vakhate gaṇadhare bhagavānane enā pitānun charitra jaṇāvavā pūchhayun. bhagavāne
kahyun ke jambūdvīpanā bharatakṣhetramān sadgati nāmanun nagar chhe. tyān bhāvan nāmano ek
vepārī raheto hato. tene ātakī nāmanī strī ane haridās nāmano putra hato. te bhāvan
chār karoḍ dravyano svāmī hato topaṇ lobhathī vyāpāranā hetue paradeshamān gayo. teṇe
jatī vakhate putrane badhun dhan āpyun ane jugār vagere vyasan na sevavānī shikhāmaṇ
āpī. teṇe kahyun ke “hai, putra ā dyūtādi kuvyasan badhā doṣhanun kāraṇ chhe, eno sarvathā
tyāg karavo,” e prakāranī shikhāmaṇ āpīne pote dhanatr̥uṣhṇāne kāraṇe jahāj dvārā bījā
dvīpamān gayo. pitānā gayā pachhī putre badhun dhan veshyā, jugār, madyapān ītyādi
kuvyasanamān gumāvī dīdhun. jyāre badhun dhan khalās thaī gayun ane pote jugārīno deṇadār
thaī gayo tyāre te dravya meḷavavā suraṅg banāvīne rājānā mahelamān chorī karavā gayo. have
te rājānā mahelamānthī dravya lāvato ane kuvyasan sevato. keṭalāk divaso pachhī bhāvan
paradeshathī pāchho āvyo ane gharamān putrane na joyo. teṇe potānī strīne pūchhayun eṭale
strīe javāb āpyo ke ā suraṅgamān thaīne rājānā mahelamān chorī karavā gayo chhe.
āthī pitāne putranā maraṇanī āshaṅkā thavāthī tene lāvavā māṭe suraṅgamān peṭho. have ānun
javun ane putranun sāmethī āvavun. ene joīne putre jāṇyun ke ā koī verī āve chhe
eṭale teṇe verī jāṇīne tene khaḍgathī mārī nākhyo. pachhī aḍakatān khabar paḍī ke ā to
mārā pitā chhe eṭale khūb duḥkhī thaīne ḍarīne bhāgyo ane anek deshomān bhramaṇ karato
maraṇ pāmyo. te pitā-putra banne kūtarā thayā, pachhī bilāḍā, pachhī shiyāḷ, pachhī rīñchh,
pachhī noḷiyā, pachhī pāḍā, pachhī baḷad thayā. āṭalā janmomān paraspar ghāt karīne maryā.
pachhī videhakṣhetramān puṣhkalavatī deshamān manuṣhya thayā. tyānthī ugra tap karīne agiyāramān
svargamān uttar anuttar nāmanā dev thayā. tyānthī āvīne je bhāvan nāmano pitā hato
te pūrṇamegh vidyādhar thayo ane haridās nāmano putra hato te sulochan nāmano vidyādhar
thayo. ā verathī ja pūrṇadhane sulochanane māryo.

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gaṇadharadeve sahastranayan ane meghavāhanane kahyun ke tame potānā pitānun ā

prakāranun charitra jāṇīne, sansāranun ver chhoḍī samatābhāv dhāraṇ karo. tyāre sagar
chakravartīe gaṇadharadevane pūchhayun ke he mahārāj! meghavāhan ane sahastranayanane ver kem
thayun? te vakhate bhagavānanī divya dhvanimān em āvyun ke jambūdvīpanā bharatakṣhetramān padmak
nāmanun nagar chhe tyān ārambh nāmano aṅk gaṇitashāstrano pāṭhī mahādhanavān raheto hato.
tene be shiṣhya hatā. ek chandra, bījo āvalī. ā banne vachche maitrī hatī. banne
dhanavān, guṇavān, vikhyāt hatā. emanā guru ārambhe ke je anek nītiomān ati
vichakṣhaṇ hatā temaṇe manamān vichāryun ke kadāch ā banne mārun pad laī leshe. ām jāṇīne
e bannenān chitta judān karī nākhyān. ek divas chandra gāy vechavā māṭe gopāḷane gher
gayo, te gāy vechīne gher āvato hato ane āvalīne te ja gāy govāḷiyā pāsethī
kharīdīne lāvato joyo. āthī chandre āvalīne mārgamān mārī nākhyo. te mlechchha thayo ane
chandra marīne baḷad thayo. te mlechchhe baḷadane mārīne khādho. mlechchha narak, tiryañch yonimān
bhramaṇ karīne undar thayo ne chandrano jīv bilāḍī thayo. bilāḍī undarane khāī gaī. ām,
banne pāpakarmanā yogathī anek yoniomān bhramaṇ karīne kāshīmān sambhramadevanī dāsīnā
putra bey bhāī thayā. ekanun nām kūṭ ane bījānun nām kārpāṭik. ā bannene sambhramadeve
chaityālayanī ṭahel karavā mokalyā. te marīne puṇyanā yogathī rūpānand ane svarūpānand
nāmanā vyantaradev thayā. rūpānand chandrano jīv hato ane svarūpānand āvalīno jīv hato.
pachhī rūpānand chyavīne kanlūbīno putra kulandhar thayo ane svarūpānand purohitano putra
puṣhpabhūt thayo. ā banne parasparanā mitra ek strīne māṭe verī banyā. kulandhar
puṣhpabhūtane māravā doḍayo. tyān ek vr̥ukṣhanī nīche sādhu virājatā hatā. temanī pāsethī
dharmanun shravaṇ karī kulandhar shānt thayo. rājāe ene sāmant jāṇīne khūb ūñche chaḍāvyo.
pūṣhpabhūt kulandharane jainadharmanā prasādathī sampattivān thayelo joīne jainī thayo ane vrat
dhāraṇ karī trījā svargamān gayo. kulandhar paṇ marīne trījā svargamān gayo. svargamānthī
chyavīne banne dhātakī khaṇḍanā videhakṣhetramān arijay pitā ane jayāvatī mātānā putra
thayā. ekanun nām amarashrut, bījānun nām dhanashrut. ā banne bhāī mahān yoddhā hatā.
te hajār senānā nāyak jagaprasiddha thayā. ek divas rājā hajār sūṇḍhovāḷā hāthīne
pakaḍavā vanamān gayo. ā banne bhāī paṇ sāthe gayā. vanamān bhagavān kevaḷī birājatā
hatā. temanā pratāpathī sinh, haraṇādi jātivirodhī jīvone ek jagyāe beṭhelā joīne
rājā āshcharya pāmyo. āgaḷ vadhīne kevaḷīnā darshan karyā. rājā to muni thaī nirvāṇ
pāmyā ane ā banne bhāī muni thaī agiyāramān svargamān gayā. tyānthī chyavīne
chandrano jīv amarashrut to meghavāhan thayo ane āvalīno jīv dhanashrut sahastranayan
thayo. ā bannenā veranun vr̥uttānta chhe. have sagar chakravartīe bhagavānane pūchhayun ke he prabho!
sahastranayanathī mārun je atihit thayun to emān shun kāraṇ chhe? tyāre bhagavāne kahyun ke
ārambh nāmano gaṇitashāstrano pāṭhī munine āhāradān daīne

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devakuru bhogabhūmimān gayo. tyānthī pratham svargamān dev thaī pachhī chandrapuramān rājā hari
ane rāṇī dharādevīno pyāro putra vratakīrtan thayo ane munipad dhāraṇ karī svarge gayo
ane pāchho videhakṣhetramān ratnasañchayapuramān mahāghoṣh pitā, chandrāṇī mātāno prayobral
nāmano putra thaī, munivrat dhārī chaudamā svargamān gayo. tyānthī chyavīne bharatakṣhetramān
pr̥ithvīpur nagaramān yashodhar rājā ane rāṇī jayāne gher jayakīrtan nāmano putra thayo. te
pitānī pāse jinadikṣhā laī, vijay vimānamān gayo. tyānthī chyavīne tun sagar chakravartī
thayo. āvalīnā bhavamān āvalī shiṣhya pratye tāro sneh hato tethī atyāre āvalīnā
jīv sahastranayan pratye tāro adhik sneh chhe. ā kathā sāmbhaḷī chakravartīne visheṣh dharmanī
ruchi thaī ane meghavāhan tathā sahastranayan banne potānā pitānā ane potānā
pūrvabhav sāmbhaḷīne nirvair thayā, paraspar mitra thayā ane temane dharmamān khūb ruchi thaī.
bannene pūrvabhav yād āvyā, mahāshraddhāvān banīne banne bhagavānanī stuti karavā lāgyā
ke he nāth! āp anāthanā nāth chho, ā sansāranān prāṇī mahāduḥkhī chhe, temane dharmano
upadesh āpīne upakār karo chho. āpane koīnī sāthe kāī prayojan nathī, āp jagatanā
niṣhkāraṇ bandhu chho, āpanun rūp upamārahit chhe, āp apramāṇ baḷanā dhārī chho, ā
jagatamān āpanā samān bījun koī nathī. āp pūrṇa paramānand chho, kr̥utakr̥utya chho, sadā
sarvadarshī ane sarvanā vallabh chho, koīnā chintavanamān āvatā nathī, jemaṇe sarva padārthone
jāṇī līdhā chhe evā sarvanā antaryāmī, sarva jagatanā hitakar chho, he jinendra! sansārarūpī
andhakūpamān paḍelān ā prāṇīone dharmopadesharūp hastāvalamban ja chho. ītyādi ghaṇī stuti
karī. e banne meghavāhan ane sahastranayan gadagad vāṇīthī, ānsuthī bhīñjāyel netrothī
param harṣha pāmyā ane vidhipūrvak namaskār karīne beṭhā. sinhavīryādik muni, indrādik, dev,
sagar ādi rājā sarva param āshcharya pāmyā.

pachhī bhagavānanā samosaraṇamān rākṣhasonā indra bhīm ane subhīm meghavāhan pratye

prasanna thaīne kahevā lāgyā ke he vidyādharanā putra meghavāhan! tane dhanya chhe ke tun
bhagavān ajitanāthanā sharaṇamān āvyo. ame tārā upar atyant prasanna thayā chhīe.
ame tane tārī sthiratānun kāraṇ batāvīe chhīe te tun sāmbhaḷ. ā lavaṇasamudramān
atyant viṣham mahāramaṇīy hajāro antardvīp chhe. lavaṇasamudramān magaramachchhādikanā samūh rame
chhe, te antardvīpamān kyāṅk to gandharva krīḍā kare chhe, kyāṅk kinnaronā samūh rame chhe, kyāṅk
yakṣhonā samūh kolāhal kare chhe, kyāṅk kimpuruṣh jātinā dev keli kare chhe. emanī vachche
ek rākṣhasadvīp chhe. te sātamo yojan pahoḷo ane sātaso yojan lāmbo chhe. tenī vachche
trikūṭāchal parvat chhe, tenī andar praveshavun ghaṇun mushkel chhe, sharaṇanun sthaḷ chhe. parvatanān
shikharo sumerunān shikhar samān manohar chhe. parvat nav yojan ūñcho, pachās yojan
pahoḷo chhe, vividh prakāranān ratnonī jyotithī maṇḍit chhe, tenā taṭ suvarṇamay chhe.
jātajātanī velothī vīṇṭaḷāyelān kalpavr̥ukṣhothī pūrṇa chhe. tenī taḷeṭīmān

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trīs yojan pramāṇ laṅkā nāmanī nagarī chhe. je ratna ane survaṇanā mahelathī atyant
shobhe chhe, tyān manohar udyāno chhe, kamaḷothī shobhatān sarovaro chhe, moṭān moṭān chaityālayo
chhe. te nagarī indrapurī samān chhe ane dakṣhiṇ dishānī shobhā chhe. he vidyādhar! tun samasta
bāndhavo sahit tyān vasīne sukhethī rahe. ām kahīne bhīme-rākṣhasonā indre tene ratnamayathī
hār āpyo. te hār potānān kiraṇothī atyant udyot phelāve chhe ane rākṣhasono indra
meghavāhanano janmāntaramān pitā hato tethī snehathī hār āpyo ane rākṣhasadvīp āpyo
tathā dharatīnī vachche pātāl laṅkā, jemān chha yojan ūṇḍun ane ekaso sāḍī ekavīs
yojan ane doḍh kaḷā pahoḷun evun alaṅkāroday nāmanun nagar chhe te paṇ āpyun. te
nagaramān shatruonun man paṇ praveshī shake tem nathī, je svarga samān manohar chhe.
rākṣhasonā indre kahyun, “kadāch tane dushmanono bhay lāgato hoy to ā pātāḷalaṅkāmān
sakaḷ vanshavāraso sāthe sukhethī rahe. laṅkā rājadhānī ane pātāḷalaṅkā bhayanivāraṇanun
sthān chhe.” ā pramāṇe bhīm subhīme pūrṇadhananā putra meghavāhanane kahyun.

āthī meghavāhan atyant harṣha pāmyo. bhagavānane namaskār karīne te ūbho thayo

eṭale rākṣhasonā indre tene rākṣhasavidyā pātī te laīne ākāshamārge vimānamān chaḍī laṅkā
gayo. jyāre sarva bhāīoe sāmbhaḷ‌yun ke meghavāhanane rākṣhasonā indre atiprasanna thaīne
laṅkā āpī chhe eṭale samasta bandhuvarganān man praphulit thayān. jem sūryanā udayathī samasta
kamaḷo praphullit thāy chhe tem badhā ja vidhādhar meghavāhan pāse āvyā. temanāthī shobhato
meghavāhan chālyo. keṭalāk rājā āgaḷ chālatā hatā. keṭalāk pāchhaḷ, keṭalāk jamaṇī
bājue, keṭalāk ḍābī bājue, keṭalāk hāthī upar chaḍīne, keṭalāk ghoḍā upar besīne
ane keṭalāk rathamān besīne jatā hatā. keṭalāk pālakhīmān besīne ane keṭalāk page
chālatā gayā. jay jayakāranā shabdo thaī rahyā chhe, dandubhi vājān vāge chhe, rājā upar chhatra
rākhyun chhe, chamar ḍhoḷāy chhe, anek dhvaj āgaḷ chāle chhe, anek vidyādhar mastak namāve
chhe. ā pramāṇe rājā chālatā chālatā lavaṇasamudra pāse āvyā. te samudra ākāsh samān
vistīrṇa, pātāl samān ūṇḍo ane tamālavan samān shyām chhe, taraṅgonā samūhathī
bharelo chhe, anek magaramachchha jemān kallol kare chhe te samudra joīne rājā harṣhit thayo.
parvatanā adhobhāgamān koṭ, daravājā ane khāīothī sanyukta laṅkā nāmanī mahāpurī chhe
tyān pravesh karyo. laṅkāpurīmān ratnonī jyotithī ākāsh sandhyāsamān lāl thaī rahyun chhe,
mogarānān phūl jevān ujjavaḷ ūñchā bhagavānanān chaityālayothī bharelī nagarī shobhe chhe,
chaityālayo upar dhajā laherāī rahī chhe. chaityālayonī vandanā karī rājāe mahelamān pravesh
karyo ane bījān paṇ dharomān rahelān ratnonī shobhāthī tenun man ane netra prasanna thayān.

tyārapachhī kinnaragītā nāmanā nagaramān rājā ratimayūkh ane rāṇī anumatīnī

suprabhā nāmanī kanyā, netra ane manane, choranārī, kāmanun nivās, lakṣhmīrūp, kumudinīne
praphullit karavā māṭe chandramānī chāndanī samān, lāvaṇyarūp jaḷanī sarovarī, ābhūṣhaṇonun
ābhūṣhaṇ. īndriyone

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pramod karanārī hatī te rājā meghavāhanane mahāutsāhathī paraṇī. tene mahārakṣha nāmano putra
thayo. jem svargamān indra indrāṇī sahit rahe chhe tem rājā meghavāhane rāṇī suprabhā sahit
laṅkāmān ghaṇo kāḷ rāj karyun.

ek divas meghavāhan bhagavān ajitanāthanī vandanā māṭe samosaraṇamān gayo.

tyān bījī vāto pūrī thaī tyāre sagare bhagavānane namaskār karī pūchhayun ke he prabho! ā
avasarpiṇī kāḷamān dharmachakranā svāmī āpanā jevā jineshvaro keṭalā thayā ane keṭalā
thashe? āp traṇe lokane sukh āpanār chho, āpanā jevā puruṣhono janma lokamān
āshcharyakārī chhe. e uparānt chakraratnanā svāmī tathā vāsudev, prativāsudev, baḷabhadra keṭalā
thashe? ām sagare prashna karyo. te vakhate bhagavāne divya dhvanithī vyākhyān karyun. te vakhate
bhagavānanā hoṭh hālyā nahi, e mahān āshcharya hatun. divya dhvani sāmbhaḷī shrotāonā
kānamān utsāh jāgyo. utsarpiṇī, avasarpiṇī pratyek kāḷamān chovīs tīrthaṅkar hoy chhe.
jyāre moharūp andhakārathī samasta jagat āchchhādit thayun hatun te vakhate dharmano vichār
nahoto ane bījā koī rājā nahotā te vakhate bhagavān r̥uṣhabhadev janmyā. temaṇe
karmabhūminī rachanā karī tyārathī kr̥utayug kahevāyo. bhagavāne kriyānā bhedathī traṇ varṇa
sthāpyā ane emanā putra bharate vipra varganī sthāpanā karī. bharatanun tej paṇ r̥uṣhabh
samān hatun. bhagavān r̥uṣhabhadeve jinadīkṣhā dhāraṇ karī ane bhavatāpathī pīḍit bhavya
jīvone shamabhāvarūp jaḷathī shānt karyā. shrāvak ane muninā bannenā dharma pragaṭ karyā.
jemanā guṇanī upamāne lāyak jagatamān koī padārtha nathī evā te r̥uṣhabhadev kailās parvat
uparathī nirvāṇ padhāryā r̥uṣhabhadevanun sharaṇ pāmīne anek munio siddha thayā ane keṭalāk
svarganun sukh pāmyā. keṭalāk bhadra pariṇāmī manuṣhyabhav pāmyā ane keṭalāk marīchādi
mithyātvanā rāgathī sanyukta atyant ujjavaḷ bhagavānanā mārgane avalokī na shakyā.
jem ghuvaḍ sūryaprakāshane na jāṇe tem teo kudharmane aṅgīkār karī kudev thayā ane narak
tiryañch gatine pāmyā. bhagavān r̥uṣhabhadevane muktimān gaye pachās lākh karoḍ sāgar
thayā tyāre sarvārthasiddhithī chyavīne bījā tīrthaṅkar ame ajitanāth thayā. jyāre dharmanī
glāni thāy, mithyādraṣhṭino adhikār jāme, āchārano abhāv thāy tyāre bhagavān
tīrthaṅkar janme chhe ane dharmano udyot kare chhe, bhavya jīvo dharma pāmī siddha thāy chhe. amārā
mokṣha gayā pachhī bījā bāvīsh tīrthaṅkaro thashe. traṇ lokamān udyot karanārā te sarva mārā
jevā kānti, vīrya, vibhūtinā dhaṇī trilokapūjya gnānadarshanarūp thashe. temān traṇ tīrthaṅkar
shāntināth, kunthunāth, aranāth, e traṇ chakravartīpadanā paṇ dhārak thashe. te chovīse ya
tīrthaṅkaranān nām sāmbhaḷo. 1. r̥uṣhabh, 2. ajit, 3. sambhav, 4. abhinandan, pa. sumati,
6. padmaprabh, 7. supārshva, 8. chandraprabh, 9. puṣhpadant, 10. shītaḷ, 11. shreyāns, 12.
vāsūpūjya, 13. vimaḷ, 14. anant, 1p. dharma, 16. shānti, 17. kunthu, 18 ar, 19.
malli, 20. muni suvrat, 21. nami, 22. nemi, 23. pārshva, 24. mahāvīr ā badhā ja
devādhidev jināgamanā dhurandhar thashe ane

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sarvanā garbhāvatāramān ratnonī varṣhā thashe. sarvanā janmakalyāṇak sumeru parvat par
kṣhīrasāgaranā jaḷathī thashe, te sarva upamārahit, tejarūp, sukh ane baḷavān thaī sarva
karmashutrano nāsh karashe. mahāvīr svāmīrūpī sūryano asta thayā pachhī pākhaṇḍarūp agnānī
chamatkār karashe. te pākhaṇḍī sansārarūp kūvāmān pote paḍashe ane bījāone pāḍashe.
chakravartīomān pratham bharat thayā, bījo tun sagar, trījā sanatkumār, chothā madhavā, pāñchamā
shānti, chhaṭhṭhā kunthu, sātamā ar, āṭhamā subhūm, navamā mahāpadma, dashamā hariṣheṇ,
agiyāramā jayasen, bāramā brahmadatta. ā bār chakravartī, nav vāsudev, nav prativāsudev
ane nav baḷadev thashe. temanun chitta dharmamān sāvadh raheshe. ā avasarpiṇīnā mahāpuruṣh
kahyā. e ja pramāṇe utsarpiṇīmān bharat airāvatamān jāṇavā. ā pramāṇe mahāpuruṣhonī
vibhūti ane kāḷanī pravr̥utti tathā karmone vash thavāthī sansāranun bhramaṇ, karmarahit
thanārāone muktinun nirupam sukh, e sarvakathan meghavāhane sāmbhaḷ‌yun. e vichakṣhaṇ puruṣh
manamān vichāravā lāgyo ke arere! je karmothī ā jīv ātāp pāme chhe te ja karmone
mohamadirāthī unmatta thayelo ā jīv bāndhe chhe. ā viṣhayo viṣhanī jem prāṇanun haraṇ
karanārā, kalpanāmātra manogna chhe. duḥkh utpanna karanārā chhe. emān rati shā māṭe karavī?
ā jīve dhan, strī, kuṭumbādimān anek bhavomān rāg karyo, parantu e parapadārtha enā thayā
nahi. ā sadāy ekalo ja sansāramān paribhramaṇ kare chhe ane sarva kuṭumbādik tyān sudhī ja
tenā taraph sneh rākhe chhe, jyān sudhī dānathī e temanun sanmān kare chhe. jem kūtarānā
bachchāne jyān sudhī roṭalāno ṭūkaḍo pheṅkīe tyān sudhī ja te āpaṇun hoy chhe. antakāḷe
putra, strī, bāndhav, mitra, dhanādikanī sāthe koṇ gayun ane e konī sāthe gayā? ā
bhog chhe te kāḷā sarpanī pheṇ samān bhayānak chhe, narakanān kāraṇ chhe, teno saṅg kyo
buddhimān kare? aho! ā mahān āshcharya chhe. lakṣhmī ṭhag chhe, potānā āshritone ṭhage chhe,
enā jevī bījā duṣhṭatā kaī chhe? jem svapnamān koīno samāgam thāy chhe tem kuṭumbano
samāgam jāṇavo. jem indra dhanuṣhya kṣhaṇabhaṅgur chhe, tem parivāranun sukh kṣhaṇabhaṅgur jāṇavun.
ā sharīr pāṇīnā parapoṭā samān asār chhe ane ā jīvan vījaḷīnā chamakāranī peṭhe
asār, chañchaḷ chhe māṭe ā sarvano tyāg karī ek dharmanī ja sahāy aṅgīkār karun. dharma
sadā kalyāṇakārī chhe, kadāpi vighnakārī nathī. sansār, sharīr, bhogādik chār gatinān
bhramaṇanān kāraṇ chhe, mahāduḥkharūp chhe. sukh indradhanuṣhyavat ane sharīr jaḷabudabudavat kṣhaṇik
chhe, em jāṇī te rājā meghavāhane jene mahāvairāgya ja kavach chhe teṇe mahārakṣha nāmanā
putrane rājya āpīne bhagavān shrī ajitanāthanī pāse dīkṣhā aṅgīkār karī. rājānī
sāthe bījā ekaso das rājā vairāgya pāmī ghararūp bandīkhānāmānthī chhūṭayā.

meghavāhanano putra mahārakṣha rājagādī par beṭho te chandramā samān dānarūpī kiraṇothī

kuṭumbarūpī samudrane pūrṇa karato thako laṅkārūpī ākāshamān prakāsh phelāvavā lāgyo. moṭā moṭā
vidyādhar rājāo svapnamān paṇ tenī āgnā pāmī ādarapūrvak pratibodh pāmī hāth joḍī

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namaskār karatā hatā. te mahārakṣhane prāṇ samān pyārī vimalaprabhā rāṇī hatī. te chhāyā
samān patinī anugāminī hatī. tene amararakṣha, udadhirakṣha, bhānurakṣha e traṇ putra thayā.
te putro nānā prakāranān shubhakarmothī pūrṇa jagatamān chāre taraph prasiddhi pāmyā, jāṇe ke traṇ
lok ja na hoy!

pachhī ajitanāth svāmī anek bhavya jīvono nistār karīne sammedashikharathī

siddhapad pāmyā. sagaranī indrāṇī tulya chhannun hajār rāṇīo ane sāṭh hajār putro koī
ek veḷā kailās parvatanī vandanā karavā āvyā. tyān bhagavānanān chaityālayonī vandanā
karīne daṇḍaratnathī kailās parvatanī chāre taraph khāī khodavā lāgyā. nāgendre temane
krodhadraṣhṭithī joyā tethī te badhā baḷīne bhasma thaī gayā. temanāmānthī be āyuṣhyakarma sheṣh
hovāthī bachī gayā. ekanun nām bhīmarath ane bījānun bhagīrath. tyāre badhāe vichāryun ke

achānak jo ā samāchār chakravartīne kaheshun to chakravartī tatkāl mr̥utyu pāmashe. ām
jāṇīne emane maḷavā ane samāchār āpavānī paṇḍitoe nā pāḍī. sarva rājāo ane
mantrīo je rīte āvyā hatā te ja pramāṇe āvyā ane vinayapūrvak chakravartīnī pāse
potapotānā sthān upar besī gayā. te vakhate ek vr̥uddha brāhmaṇe kahyun ke ‘he sagar! jo
ā sansāranī anityatā, jene jotān bhavya jīvonun man sansāramān pravartatun nathī. agāu
tamārā jevā ja parākramī rājā bharat thayā hatā, jeṇe chha khaṇḍanī pr̥ithvī dāsī samān vash
karī hatī. temane arkakīrti nāme putra hato. te mahāparākramī hato, jenā nām parathī
sūryavansh pravartyo. āvī rīte je anek rājāo thayā te sarve kāḷane vash thayā. te
rājāonī vāt to dūr ja raho paṇ svargalokanā mahāvaibhavayukta je indra te paṇ kṣhaṇamān
vilay pāme chhe ane traṇe lokane ānand āpanār je bhagavān tīrthaṅkar chhe te paṇ
āyuṣhya pūrun thatān sharīr chhoḍīne nirvāṇ pāme chhe. jem pakṣhī ek vr̥ukṣha upar rātre āvīne
rahe chhe ane savār thatān judī judī dishāomān gaman kare chhe tevī ja rīte ā prāṇī
kuṭumbarūpī vr̥ukṣha par āvīne vase chhe sthiti pūrī thatān potānā karmavashe chār gatimān gaman
kare chhe. sauthī baḷavān ā kāḷ chhe, jeṇe mahān baḷavānone paṇ nirbaḷ banāvī dīdhā
chhe. are! e moṭā āshcharyanī vāt chhe ke moṭā puruṣhono vināsh joīne paṇ amārun hr̥uday
phāṭī jatun nathī. ā jīvonān sharīr, sampadā ane īṣhṭanā sanyogane indradhanuṣhya, svapna,
vījaḷī ke phīṇanā parapoṭā samān jāṇavun. ā jagatamān evu koī nathī, je kāḷathī bachī
shake. ek siddha ja avināshī chhe. je puruṣh hāthathī pahāḍanā chūrechūrā karī nākhe, samudra
shoṣhī le, te paṇ kāḷanā mukhamān paḍe chhe. ā mr̥utyu alandhya chhe. ā traṇe lok mr̥utyune
vash chhe, kevaḷ mahāmuni ja jinadharmanā prasādathī mr̥utyune jīte chhe. āvā anek rājā
kāḷavash thayā tem āpaṇe paṇ kāḷavash thaīshun. traṇe lokano e ja mārga chhe em jāṇīne
gnānī puruṣho shok karatā nathī. shok sansāranun kāraṇ chhe, ā pramāṇe vr̥uddha puruṣhe kahyun ane
e ja rīte sabhānā badhā lokoe vāt karī. te ja vakhate chakravartīe potānā be ja putro
joyā eṭale e manamān vichāravā lāgyā ke mārā sāṭhe hajār putro sadā

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bheḷā ja hoy chhe. teo sāthe ja bhegā thaīne mārī pāse āve chhe ane namaskār kare chhe
ane āje ā be ja dīn mukhe āvelā dekhāy chhe tethī lāge chhe ke bījā badhā kāḷavash
thayā chhe. ā rājāo mane anyokti vaḍe samajāve chhe, teo mārun duḥkh joī shakavāne
asamartha chhe, ām jāṇīne rājāe shokarūpī sarpathī ḍans pāmavā chhatān paṇ prāṇ tyajyā
nahi. mantrīonān vachanathī shokane dabāvī, sansārane keḷanā garbha samān asār jāṇī,
indriyonān sukh chhoḍī, bhagīrathane rājya āpī jinadīkṣhā grahaṇ karī. ā ākhīye chha
khaṇḍanī dharatīne jīrṇa ghās samān jāṇīne chhoḍī dīdhī. temaṇe bhīmarath sahit shrī
ajitanāth bhagavānanī nikaṭ muni thaī, kevaḷagnān upajāvīne siddhapadanī prāpti karī.

tyārapachhī ek vakhat sagaranā putra bhagīrathe shrutasāgar munine pūchhayun ke he

prabho! amārā bhāīo ek sāthe ja maraṇ pāmyā temānthī phakat hun ja bachyo, to te
kayā kāraṇathī? tyāre munirāj bolyā ke ek vakhat chaturvidhasaṅgh vandanā nimitte
sammedashikhar jato hato. te chālatān chālatān antik grām pāse āvī pahoñchyo. temane
joīne antik grāmanā loko durvachan bolavā lāgyā ane mashkarī karavā lāgyā. tyān ek
kumbhāre temane rokayā ane munionī stuti karavā lāgyo. pachhī te gāmanā ek māṇase
chorī karī eṭale rājāe ākhā gāmane bāḷī nākhyun. te divase te kumbhār koī bīje
gām gayo hato tethī te bachī gayo. te kumbhār marīne vaṇik thayo ane gāmanā bījā je
loko maraṇ pāmyā hatā te beīndriy koḍī thayā. kumbhāranā jīv mahājane te sarva koḍī
kharīdī līdhī. pachhī te mahājan marīne rājā thayo ane koḍīnā jīv marīne kīḍīo thaī
te hāthīnā pag nīche kacharāī gaī. rājā muni thaīne dev thayo ane devamānthī tun bhagīrath
thayo ane gāmanā loko keṭalāk bhav karīne sagaranā putro thayā. temaṇe munisaṅghanī
nindānā kāraṇe janmojanma kugati prāpta karī ane tun stuti karavānā kāraṇe āvo thayo.
ā pūrvabhav sāmbhaḷīne bhagīrath pratibodh pāmyo. teṇe munirājanān vrat dhāraṇ karyān ane
ante paramapadanī prāpti karī.

gautamasvāmī rājā shreṇikane kahe chhe - ‘he shreṇik! ā sagaranun charitra tane kahyun.

āgaḷ laṅkānī kathā kahīe chhīe te sāmbhaḷ.’ mahārikṣha nāmano vidyādhar ghaṇī sampadā
sahit laṅkāmān niṣhkaṇṭak rājya karato. te ek divas pramad nāmanā udyānamān rājyanā
loko sāthe krīḍā māṭe gayo. pramad udyān kamaḷothī pūrṇa sarovarothī shobhe chhe. nānā
prakāranān ratnothī prabhā dhāraṇ karatā ūñchā parvatothī mahāramaṇīy chhe. suṅgadhī puṣhpo bharelān
vr̥ukṣhothī shobhit ane madhur shabdo bolanār pakṣhīonā samūhathī atisundar chhe, jyān
ratnonī rāshi chhe ane atisaghan patrapuṣhpothī maṇḍit latāonān maṇḍapo jyān ṭheraṭher
chhavāyelā chhe evā vanamān rājāe rājyalok sahit nānāprakāranī krīḍā karī.
ratisāgaramān ḍūbatān teṇe nandanavanamān indra krīḍākare tem krīḍā karī.

tyān sūryāsta thatān kamaḷo biḍāī gayā. temān bhamarāone guṅgaḷāīne marelā joīne

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rājāne chintā thaī. kevo chhe rājā? jene moh mand thayo chhe ane bhavasāgarathī pār thavānī
īchchhā utpanna thaī chhe. rājā vichāre chhe ke juo, puṣhparasamān āsakta ā mūḍh bhamaro
gandhathī tr̥upta na thayo ane mr̥utyu pāmyo. dhikkar ho āvī īchchhāne! jem kamaḷanā rasamān
āsakta ā bhamaro maraṇ pāmyo tem hun strīonā mukharūpī kamaḷano bhramar banīne,
marīne kugatimān jaīsh. jo ā bhramaro ek nāsikā indriyano lolupī nāsh pāmyo to hun
to pāñchey indriyono lobhī chhun. mārī shī dashā thashe athavā ā chaurīndriy jīv agnānī
hovāthī bhūlyo to bhale bhūlyo, paṇ hun gnānasampanna hovā chhatān viṣhayone vash kem thayo?
madh chopaḍelī khaḍganī dhārane chāṭavāmān sukh shānun hoy? jībhanā ja ṭukaḍā thāy chhe. tevā
viṣhayanā sevanamān sukh kyāthī hoy? anant duḥkhonun upārjan ja thāy chhe. viṣhaphaḷ
samān viṣhayothī je manuṣhya parāṅamukh chhe temane hun man, vachan, kāyāthī namaskār karun chhun.
arere! ā atyant khedanī vāt chhe ke hun pāpī ghaṇā divaso sudhī ā duṣhṭa viṣhayothī
ugāī gayo. ā viṣhayono prasaṅg viṣham chhe. viṣh to ek bhavamān prāṇ hare chhe ane ā
viṣhayo anantabhavamān prāṇ hare chhe. jyāre rājāe āvo vichār karyo te vakhate vanamān
shrutasāgar muni āvyā. te muni potānā rūpathī chandramānī chāndanīne jīte chhe ane
dīptithī sūryane jīte chhe, sthiratānā sumeruthī adhik chhe. jemanun man ek dharmadhyānamān ja
āsakta chhe ane jemaṇe rāgadveṣh beyane jītī līdhā chhe tathā man, vachan, kāyānā
aparādh jeṇe tajyā chhe, chār kaṣhāyone jītanār, pāñch īndriyone vash karanār, chha kāyanā
jīv pratye dayāḷu, sāt bhayavarjit, āṭh madarahit, nav nayanā vettā, shīlanī navavāhanā
pāḷanār, das lakṣhaṇ dharmasvarūp, param tapane dhāraṇ karanār, sādhuonā samūh sahit
svāmī padhāryān. teo jīvajanturahit pavitra sthān joīne vanamān rahyā. temanā sharīranī
jyotithī dashe dishāmān udyot thaī gayo.

vanapāḷanā mukhethī svāmī āvyānā samāchār sāmbhaḷīne rājā mahārikṣha vidyādhar

vanamān āvyā. kevā chhe rājā? jemanun man bhaktibhāvathī vinayarūp banyun chhe. te rājā
āvīne muninā pagamān paḍayā. te muninun man atiprasanna chhe, temanān charaṇakamaḷ
kalyāṇanā denār chhe. rājāe samasta saṅghane namaskār karī, kushaḷ pūchhī, ek kṣhaṇ besīne,
bhaktibhāvathī munine dharmanun svarūp pūchhayun. muninā hr̥udayamān shāntabhāvarūpī chandramā prakāsh
pātharī rahyo hato. te vachanarūpī kiraṇothī udyot karatā thakā vyākhyān karavā lāgyā ke he
rājā, dharmanun lakṣhaṇ jīvadayā ja chhe ane satya vachanādi sarva dharmano ja parivār chhe. ā
jīv karmanā prabhāvathī je gatimān jāy chhe te ja sharīramān mohit thāy chhe māṭe jo koī
traṇ lokanī sampadā āpe to paṇ te prāṇī potāno prāṇ tyāgato nathī. badhā jīvone
prāṇ samān bījun kāī vhālun nathī. badhā ja jīvavānī īchchhā rākhe chhe. maravāne koī
īchchhatun nathī. ghaṇun kahevāthī shun? jem āpaṇane āpaṇā prāṇ vhālā chhe, tevī ja rīte
badhāne vhālā hoy chhe tethī je mūrkha parajīvanā prāṇ hare chhe, te

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pa0 pāñchamun parva padmapurāṇ
duṣhṭakarmī narakamān paḍe chhe tenā jevo bījo koī pāpī nathī. e jīvonā prāṇ harī anek
janmo sudhī kugatimān duḥkh pāme chhe - jem loḍhāno ṭukaḍo pāṇīmān ḍūbī jāy chhe tem
hinsak jīv bhavasāgaramān ḍūbe chhe. je vachanamān mīṭhā bol bole chhe ane hr̥udayamān viṣh
bharyun hoy, īndriyone vash thaīne manathī malin hoy, shubhāchārathī rahit, svechchhāchārī
kāmanā sevanār chhe, te narak, tiryañch gatimān bhramaṇ kare chhe. pratham to ā sansāramān
jīvane manuṣhyadeh durlabh chhe. emān uttam kuḷ, āryakṣhetra, sundaratā, dhananī pūrṇatā, vidyāno
samāgam, tattvanun gnān, dharmanun ācharaṇ, e badhun atidurlabh chhe. dharmanā prasādathī keṭalāk
to siddhapad pāme chhe. keṭalāk svargamān sukh meḷavī paramparāe mokṣha pāme chhe ane keṭalāk
mithyādraṣhṭi agnān tapathī dev thaī, sthāvar yonimān jaī paḍe chhe. keṭalāk pashu thāy chhe,
keṭalāk manuṣhya janma pāme chhe. mātānun garbhasthān maḷamūtrathī bharelun chhe. kr̥umionā
samūhathī pūrṇa chhe. atyant durgandhavāḷun, atyant dussah, temān pitta-kaphanī vachche chāmaḍīnī
jāḷathī ḍhaṅkāyel ā prāṇī jananīnā āhārano rasānsh chāṭe chhe. tenān sarva aṅg
saṅkochāīne rahe chhe. duḥkhanā bhārathī pīḍit thaī, nav mahinā udaramān vasīne yonidvārathī
bahār nīkaḷe chhe. manuṣhyadeh pāmīne pāpī jīv dharmane bhūlī jāy chhe. mithyādraṣhṭi jīv
niyam, dharma, āchār rahit banī viṣhayonun sevan kare chhe. je gnānarahit thaī, kāmane vash
vartīne strīone vash thāy chhe te mahāduḥkh bhogavatā thakā sansārasamudramān ḍūbe chhe. tethī
viṣhayakaṣhāyanun sevan na karavun. hinsak vachan jemān parajīvane pīḍā thatī hoy tevun na
bolavun. hinsā ja sansāranun kāraṇ chhe. chorī na karavī, satya bolavun, strīno saṅg na karavo,
dhananī vāñchhā na rākhavī, sarva pāpārambh tyajavā, paropakār karavo, parane pīḍā na
pahoñchāḍavī. āvī muninī āgnā sāmbhaḷīne, dharmanun svarūp jāṇīne rājā vairāgya pāmyo.
munine namaskār karī potānā pūrvabhav pūchhayā. chār gnānanā dhārak muni shrutasāgare
saṅkṣhepamān tenā pūrvabhav kahyā. he rājan! podanāpuramān hit nāmanā ek manuṣhyanī mādhavī
nāmanī strīnā kūkhe pratim nāmano tun putra janmyo. te ja nagaranā rājā udayāchaḷ, rāṇī
udayashrī ane putra hemarathe ek divase jinamandiramān mahāpūjā karāvī. te pūjā ānand
karanārī hatī. teno jayajayakār shabda sāmbhaḷīne ten paṇ jayajayakāranun uchchāraṇ karyun ane
puṇya upārjyun. kāḷ prāpta thatān tun marīne yakṣhomān mahāyakṣha thayo. ek divase videhakṣhetramān
kāñchanapur nagaranā vanamān munio upar pūrvabhavanā shatruoe upasarga karyo. te yakṣhe temane
ḍarāvīne bhagāḍī mūkayā ane muninī rakṣhā karī tethī ati puṇyarāshinun upārjan karyun.
keṭalāk divasomān āyuṣhya pūrṇa karī yakṣha taḍīdaṅgad nāmanā vidyādharanī strī shrī prabhānā
peṭe udit nāmano putra thayo. amaravikram vidyādharonā svāmī vandanā nimitte munio
pāse āvyā hatā temane joīne nidān karyun. ane mahātapathī bījā svargamān jaī tyānthī
chyavīne tun meghavāhanano putra thayo. he rājā! ten sūryanā rathanī peṭhe sansāramān bhramaṇ karyun.
jihavāno lolupī ane strīone vash thaīne ten anantabhav karyā. ā sansāramān tārān
eṭalān sharīr thayān ke jo temane bhegān karīe

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padmapurāṇ pāñchamun parva pa1

to traṇ lokamān paṇ na samāy ane svargamān tārun āyuṣhya sāgaronun thayun, jyān
svarganāy bhogathī tun dharāyo nahi to vidyādharonā alpabhogathī tun kyāthī tr̥upta thavāno?
have tārun āyuṣhya āṭh divasanun bākī chhe māṭe svapnanī indrajāḷ samān je bhog chhe
tenāthī tun nivr̥utta thā. ā sāmbhaḷīne potānun maraṇ jāṇavā chhatān paṇ te viṣhād na
pāmyo. pratham to teṇe jinachaityālayomān moṭī pūjā karāvī, pachhī anant sansāranā
bhramaṇathī bhayabhīt thaīne potānā moṭā putra amararakṣhane rājya āpī. nānā putra
bhānurakṣhane yuvarāj pad āpī, pote parigrahano tyāg karī, tattvagnānamān magna thaī,
pāṣhāṇanā stambh samān nishchaḷ thaī dhyānamān sthit thayā. te lobharahit banī,
khānapānano tyāg karī, shatrumitramān samān buddhi dhārī, nishchaḷ thaīne maunavrat dhāraṇ
karī, samādhimaraṇ karīne svargamān uttam dev thayā.

kinnaranād nāmanī nagarīmān shrīdhar nāmano vidyādhar rājā hato. tene vidyā nāmanī

rāṇī hatī ane ariñjay nāmanī putrī hatī. te kanyā amararakṣhane paraṇī. gandharvagīt nāmanā
nagaranā rājā surasannibhanī rāṇī gāndhārīnī putrī gandharvā bhānurakṣhane paraṇī. moṭābhāī
amararakṣhane das putro thayā ane devāṅganā samān chha putrī thai. te putroe potapotānā
nāmanān nagar vasāvyān. te putro shatrune jītanārā, pr̥ithvīnā rakṣhak hatā. he shreṇik! te nagaronān
nām sāmbhaḷ. 1. sandhyākār, 2. suvel, 3. manohalād, 4. manohar, pa. hansadvīp, 6, hari, 7.
yodh 8. samudra, 9. kāñchan ane 10. ardhasvarga. ā das nagar to amararakṣhanā putroe
vasāvyān ane 1 āvartanagar, 2. vighaṭ, 3. ambhād, 4. utkaṭ, pa. sphuṭ, 6. ritugrah, 7.
taṭ, 8. toy, 9. āvalī ane 10. ratnadvīp. ā das nagar bhānurakṣhanā putroe vasāvyān.
e nagar kevān chhe? jemān bhinnabhinna prakāranān ratnothī prakāsh thaī rahyo chhe. suvarṇanī jem
chamakatān te nagar krīḍā māṭe rākṣhasonā nivās banyā. anya deshonā rahevāsī moṭāmoṭā
vidyādharo tyān āvīne khūb utsāhathī rahevā lāgyā.

pachhī amararakṣha ane bhānurakṣha e banne bhāīo putrone rājya āpī, muni thaī,

mahāvratatap pāḷī mokṣhapadane pāmyā. ā pramāṇe rājā meghavāhananā vanshamān moṭāmoṭā
rājāo thayā. te nyāyavān, prajāpālak banī, sakaḷ vastuothī virakta thaī muninā vrat
dhārīne keṭalāk mokṣhamān gayā, keṭalāk svargamān dev thayā. te vanshamān ek mahārakṣha nāmano
rājā thayo. tenī rāṇī manovegāno putra rākṣhas nāmano rājā thayo. tenā nāmathī
rākṣhasavansh kahevāyo. e vidyādhar manuṣhya hatā, rākṣhas jāti nahi. rājā rākṣhasanī rāṇī
suprabhāne be putro thayā. moṭo ādityagati ane nāno br̥uhatkīrti. e banne chandra-sūrya
samān anyāyarūp andhakār dūr karatā hatā. rājā rākṣhas te putrone rājya āpī, muni
thaīne devalok gayā. rājā ādityagati rājya karato ane nāno bhāī yuvarāj hato.
moṭābhāī ādityagatinī strī sadanapadmāne bhīmaprabh nāme putra thayo. br̥uhatkīrtinī
strīnun nām puṣhpanakhā hatun. bhīmaprabhane devāṅganā samān ek hajār rāṇī ane

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pa2 pāñchamun parva padmapurāṇ
ekaso āṭh putra thayā. te pr̥ithvīnā stambh samān hatā. temānthī moṭā putrane rājya āpī
rājā bhīmaprabh vairāgya pāmī paramapadane pāmyo. pūrve rākṣhasanā indra bhīm ane subhīme
kr̥upā karīne meghavāhanane rākṣhasadvīp āpyo hato te meghavāhananā vanshamān moṭāmoṭā rājāo
rākṣhasadvīpanā rakṣhak thayā. bhīmaprabhāno moṭo putra pūjārha potānā putra jitabhāskarane
rājya āpī muni thayo ane jitabhāskar samparikīrti nāmanā putrane rājya āpī muni
thayā ane samparikīrti sugrīv nāmanā putrane rājya āpī muni thayo. sugrīv harigrīvane
rājya āpī ugra tap karīne devalokamān gayā ane harigrīv shrīgrīvane rājya āpī
vairāgya pāmyā. shrīgrīv sumukh nāmanā putrane rājya āpī muni thayā, pote vaḍīlono
mārga aṅgīkār karyo ane sumukh paṇ suvyaktane rājya āpī pote paramar̥uṣhi thayā.
suvyakta amr̥utavegane rājya āpī vairāgī thayā ane amr̥utaveg bhānugatine rājya āpī
yati thayā. te chintāgatine rājya āpī nishchint thayā, munivrat ādaravā lāgyā.
chintāgati indrane rājya āpī muni thayā. ā pramāṇe rākṣhasavanshamān anek rājā thayā.
rājā indrane indraprabh, tene megh, tene mr̥ugāridaman, tene pavi, tene indrajit, tene
bhānuvarmā, tene sūrya samān tejasvī bhānu, tene murāri, tene trijit, tene bhīm, tene
mohan, tene uddhārak, tene ravi, tene chākar, tene vajramadhya, tene prabodh tene sinhavikram,
tene chāmuṇḍ, tene māraṇ, tene bhīṣhma tene dyupabāhu, tene aridaman, tene nirvāṇabhakti,
tene ugrashrī, tene arhadbhakta, tene anuttar, tene gatabhram, tene anil, tene laṅk, tene
chaṇḍ, tene mayuravān, tene mahābāhu tene manoramya, tene bhāskaraprabh, tene br̥uhadgati, tene
arisantrās, tene chandrāvarta, tene mahārav tene meghadhvān, tene grahashobh, tene nakṣhatradaman,
ā pramāṇe karoḍ rājā thayā. mahān vidyādhar, mahābalavān, mahākāntidhārī parākramī,
paradārānā tyāgī, nij strīmān santoṣhī evā laṅkānā svāmī mahāsundar,
astrashastrakaḷānā dhārak, svargalokathī āvīne anek rājā thayā. te potānā putrone
rājya āpī, jagatathī udās thaī, jinadīkṣhā laīne keṭalāk to karmano nāsh karīne
nirvāṇ gayā ane keṭalāk rājā puṇyanā prabhāvathī pratham svargathī māṇḍīne sarvārthasiddhi
paryant prāpta thayā. ā pramāṇe anek rājā chālyā gayā. jem svargamān indra prasiddha chhe tem
laṅkānā adhipati dhanaprabh ane tenī rāṇī padmāno putra kīrtidhaval prasiddha thayo. jem
svargamān indra rājya kare chhe tem laṅkāmān kīrtidhaval rāj karavā lāgyo. anek vidhādharo
tenā āgnākārī hatā. ā pramāṇe pūrvabhavamān karelā tapanā baḷathī ā jīv devagatinān
tathā manuṣhyagatinān sukh bhogave chhe ane sarva tyāg karī, mahāvrat dhārī, āṭh karma bhasma
karī siddha thāy chhe ane je pāpī jīv kharāb kāryomān āsakta thāy chhe te ā ja bhavamān
lokanindya thaī marīne kuyonimān jāy chhe ane anek prakāranān duḥkh bhogave chhe. ām
jāṇīne pāparūp andhakārane dūr karavāmān sūrya samān shuddhopayogane bhajo.

ā pramāṇe shrī raviṣheṇāchārya virachit mahāpadmapurāṇanī sva. pt.. daulatarāmajī kr̥ut

bhāṣhāṭīkānā gujarātī anuvādamān rākṣhasonun kathan jemān chhe te pāñchamo adhikār sampūrṇa thayo.

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padmapurāṇ chhaṭhṭhun parva pa3

chhaṭhṭhun parva

(vānaravanshīonī utpatti)

pachhī gautamasvāmī kahe chhe - he rājā shreṇik! ā rākṣhasavansh ane vidyādharonā

vanshanun vr̥uttānt tane kahyun. have vānaravanshanun kathan sāmbhaḷ. svarga samān vijyārdhagirinī
dakṣhiṇ shreṇīmān ūñchā mahelothī shobhit meghapur nāmanun nagar chhe. tyān vidyādharono rājā
atīndra pr̥ithvī upar prasiddha ane bhogasampadāmān indratulya hato. tene shrīmatī nāmanī rāṇī
lakṣhmī samān hatī. tenā mukhanī chāndanīthī sadā pūrṇamāsī samān prakāsh phelāto. tene
shrīkaṇṭh nāmano putra thayo. te shāstramān pravīṇ hato. tenun nām sāmbhaḷīne vichakṣhaṇ puruṣho
harṣha pāmatā. tenī nānī bahen mahāmanoharadevī nāme hatī, jenān netro kāḷanān bāṇ ja
jāṇe ke hatān.

ratnapur nāmanun ek bījun sundar nagar hatun. tyān puṣhpottar nāmano mahābaḷavān

vidyādhar rājā rājya karato. tene devāṅganā samān padmābhā nāmanī ek putrī ane
padmottar nāmano ek guṇavān putra hato, jene dekhavāthī badhāne atiānand thato. te
rājā puṣhpottare potānā putra māṭe rājā atīndranī putrī devīnī anek vār yāchanā karī
to paṇ shrīkaṇṭhe potānī bahenane laṅkānā svāmī kīrtidhaval sāthe paraṇāvī ane padmottarane
na āpī. ā vāt sāmbhaḷī rājā puṣhpottare atyant krodhit thaīne kahyun ke juo,
amārāmān koī doṣh nahoto, ame daridrī nahotā, māro putra kurūp nahoto tem ja amāre
ane temane kāī ver nathī to paṇ mārā putrane shrīkaṇṭhe potānī bahen na paraṇāvī te shun
yogya karyun chhe?

ek divas shrīkaṇṭh chaityālayonī vandanāne nimitte sumeru parvat upar vimānamān besīne

gayo. te vimān pavan samān vegavāḷun ane atimanohar hatun. te vandanā karīne pāchho
āvato hato tyāre mārgamān puṣhpottaranī putrī padmābhāno rāg sāmbhaḷ‌yo ane vīṇāvādan
sāmbhaḷ‌yun. te man ane kānane haranār rāg sāmbhaḷīne mohit thayo. teṇe avalokan karyun to
guru samīpe saṅgītagr̥uhamān vīṇā vagāḍatī padmābhāne joī. tenā rūpasamudramān tenun man magna
thaī gayun, manane pāchhun vāḷavāmān asamartha thayo, tenī taraph joto rahyo ane e paṇ atyant
rūpāḷo hato tethī ene jotān e paṇ mohit thaī. e banne paraspar premasūtrathī bandhāyān. tenun
man joīne shrīkaṇṭh tene laīne ākāshamārge chālato thayo. te vakhate parivārajanoe rājā
puṣhpottarane pokārīne kahyun ke tamārī putrīne rājā shrīkaṇṭh laī gayo. rājā puṣhpottaranā putrane
shrīkaṇṭhe potānī bahen paraṇāvī nahotī tethī te gussāmān to hato ja. have potānī putrīne
laī javāthī te atyant kruddha banīne, sampūrṇa senā sāthe shrīkaṇṭhane māravā tenī pāchhaḷ paḍayo.
dānt vaḍe hoṭh pīsato, krodhathī jenān netra lāl thaī gayen chhe evā mahābaḷavān rājāne āvato
joīne shrīkaṇṭh ḍarī gayo ane bhāgīne potānā banevī laṅkānā rājā kīrtidhavalanā sharaṇe
āvyo. samay āvye moṭāne sharaṇe javun te nyāyayukta chhe. rājā kīrtidhavale shrīkaṇṭhane joī,
potāno sāḷo jāṇī, ghaṇā snehathī sāme āvī

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pa4 chhaṭhṭhun parva padmapurāṇ
maḷīne chhātīsarasā bheṭīne khūb sanmān āpyun. emanī vachche arasaparas kushaḷ vārtā
chālī rahī hatī. tyān ja rājā puṣhpottar senā sahit ākāshamān āvyo. kīrtidhavale temane
dūrathī joyā ke rājā puṣhpottaranī sāthe anek mahātejasvī vidyādharo chhe, khaḍga,
dhanuṣhyabāṇ ītyādi shastronā samūhathī ākāshamān prakāsh thaī rahyo chhe, vāyu samān
vegavāḷā māyāmayī turaṅg, kāḷī ghaṭā samān māyāmayī gaj, jemanī sūṇḍh ane ghaṇṭaḍīo
halī rahī chhe, māyāmayī sinh ane moṭāmoṭā vimānothī bharelun ākāsh joyun. uttar dishā
taraph senāno samūh joīne rājā kīrtidhavale krodhasahit hasīne mantrīone yuddha karavānī
āgnā āpī. tyāre shrīkaṇṭhe lajjāthī nīche joīne kahyun ke mārī strī ane mārā kuṭumbanun
to āp rakṣhaṇ karo ane hun āpanā pratāpathī yuddhamān shatrune jītī lāvīsh. tyāre
kīrtidhavale kahyun ke tāre āvī vāt karavī yogya nathī, tun sukhethī rahe, yuddha karavā māṭe
ame ghaṇā chhīe. jo ā durjan namratāthī shānt thāy to ṭhīk chhe, nahi to te mr̥utyunā
mukhamān paḍashe. ām kahīne potānā sāḷāne sukhethī potānā mahelamān rākhī rājā
puṣhpottar pāse mahābuddhishāḷī dūto mokalyā. te dūt jaīne puṣhpottarane kahevā lāgyā ke
amārā dvārā rājā kīrtidhavale āpane bahu ja ādarapūrvak kahevarāvyun chhe ke āp mahān
kuḷamān utpanna thayā chho, āpanān kāryo nirmaḷ chhe, āp sarvashāstranā vettā chho,
jagaprasiddha chho ane ummaramān sauthī moṭā chho. āpe je maryādānī rīt joī chhe te koīe
kānathī sāmbhaḷī nathī. ā shrīkaṇṭh paṇ chandramānā kiraṇ samān nirmaḷ kuḷamān janmyo chhe,
dhanavān chhe, vinayavān chhe, sundar chhe, sarva kaḷāmān nipuṇ chhe. ā kanyā āvā ja varane
āpavāne yogya chhe. kanyānān ane ānān rūpakuḷ samān chhe to pachhī tamārī senāno
nāsh shā māṭe karāvavo? kanyāno to e svabhāv ja chhe ke te pārakā gharanun sevan kare.
jyāre dūt ā vāt karī rahyā hatā tyāre padmābhānī mokalelī sakhī puṣhpottaranī najīk
āvī ane kahevā lāgī ke āpanī putrīe āpanā charaṇāvindamān namaskār karīne
vinantī karī chhe ke hun to sharamane līdhe tamārī pāse āvī nathī ane sakhīne mokalī chhe.
he pitā! ā shrīkaṇṭhano jarā paṇ doṣh nathī, alpa paṇ aparādh nathī, hun karmānusār
enī sāthe āvī chhun. je moṭā kuḷamān ūpajelī strī chhe tene ek ja var hoy chhe tethī
ānā sivāy bījāno māre tyāg chhe. ā pramāṇe āvīne sakhīe vinanti karī tyāre
rājā chintātur banī gayo ane manamān vichāryun ke hun sarva vāte samartha chhun, yuddhamān laṅkānā
svāmīne jītīne shrīkaṇṭhane bāndhīne laī jaī shakun tem chhun, paṇ jyāre mārī kanyā ja ene
varī chhe to hun ene shun kahun? ām jāṇīne yuddha na karyun ane je kīrtidhavalanā dūt āvyā
hatā. temane sanmān āpīne vidāy karyā tathā je putrīnī sakhī āvī hatī tene paṇ
sanmān āpīne vidāy karī. sarva arthanā vettā rājā puṣhpottar putrīnī vinantīthī shrīkaṇṭh
par krodh tyajī potānā sthānake gayā.

pachhī māgasar sud ekamane divase shrīkaṇṭh ane padmānā vivāh thayā. kirtidhavale shrīkaṇṭhane

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kahyun ke vijyārdhamān tamārā shutra ghaṇā chhe māṭe tame ahīn ja samudranī vachche je dvīp chhe tyān
raho, tamārā manane game te sthān laī lyo. mārun man tamane chhoḍī shakatun nathī ane tame
mārī prītinun bandhan toḍāvī kevī rīte jasho? ām shrīkaṇṭhane kahīne pachhī potānā ānand
nāmanā mantrīne kahyun ke tame mahābuddhimān chho ane amārā dādānā vakhatanā chho,
tamārāthī sār-asār kāni chhūpun nathī, māṭe ā shrīkaṇṭhane yogya je sthānak hoy te
batāvo. tyāre ānande kahyun ke mahārāj! āpanān badhān ja sthān manohar chhe to paṇ āp
ja joīne je najaramān āve te āpo. samudranī vachche ghaṇā dvīp chhe. kalpavr̥ukṣha samān
vr̥ukṣhothī maṇḍit, nānā prakāranān ratnothī shobhit moṭā moṭā pahāḍavāḷā, jyān devo krīḍā
kare chhe te dvīpomān mahāramaṇīk nagaro chhe ane jyān svargīy ratnonā mahelo chhe temanān
nām sāmbhaḷo. sandhyākār, suvel, kāñchan, haripur, jodhan, jaladhidhvān, hansadvīp, bharakṣhamaṭh,
ardhasvarga, kūṭāvarta, vighaṭ, rodhan, amalakānt, sphuṭataṭ, ratnadvīp, toyāvalī, sar,
alaṅghan, nabhobhān, kṣhem ityādi manogna sthāno chhe, jyān dev paṇ upadrav karī shake tem
nathī. ahīnthī uttar bhāgamān traṇaso yojan samudranī vachche vānaradvīp chhe, je pr̥ithvīmān
prasiddha chhe, tyān bījā bahu ramaṇīk dvīpo chhe. keṭalāk to sūryakāntamaṇinī jyot karatān paṇ
vadhu dedīpyamān chhe ane keṭalāk haritamaṇinī kāntithī evā shobhe chhe ke jāṇe ūgelī
līlī hariyāḷīthī bhūmi vyāpta thaī rahī hoy! ane keṭalāk shyām indranīlamaṇinī
kāntinā samūhathī evā shobhe chhe ke jāṇe sūryanā bhayathī andhakār tyān sharaṇe āvīne rahyo
chhe. kyāṅk lāl padmarāgamaṇinā samūhathī jāṇe lāl phūlonun van ja shobhe chhe. tyān evo
sugandhī pavan vāy chhe ke ākāshamān ūḍatān pakṣhī paṇ suṅgadhathī magna thaī jāy chhe ane
tyān vr̥ukṣho par āvīne beṭhān chhe. sphaṭikamaṇinī vachche maḷelā padmarāgamaṇithī sarovaramān
kamaḷ khīlelān jaṇāy chhe. te maṇinī jyotithī kamaḷano raṅg jaṇāto nathī. tyān phūlonī
suvāsathī pakṣhī unmatta thaine evā madhur shabdo kare chhe ke jāṇe teo samīpanā dvīp sāthe
anurāgabharī vāto karī rahyā hoy. tyān auṣhadhonī prabhānā samūhathī andhakār dūr thāy
chhe, tyān kr̥iṣhṇa pakṣhamān paṇ udyot ja thaī rahe chhe. tyān phaḷo ane puṣhpothī maṇḍit vr̥ukṣhono
ākār chhatra samān chhe. tene moṭīmoṭī ḍāḷīo chhe tenā upar pakṣhīo kalarav karī rahyān
chhe. tyān vāvyā vinā ja dhānya āpameḷe ja ūge chhe. kevā chhe te dhānya! vīrya ane
kāntino vistār karatā mand pavanathī ḍolatān shobhī rahyān chhe, tenāthī pr̥ithvīe jāṇe ke
choḷī (kañchukī) paherī chhe. tyān lāl kamaḷo khīlī rahyān chhe, tenā upar bhamarāo
guñjārav karī rahyā chhe jāṇe ke sarovar netro vaḍe pr̥ithvīno vilās dekhī rahyun chhe. nīlakamaḷ
to sarovaranān netra thayān ane bhamarāo āṅkhanī bhramar banī. tyān chhoḍavā ane sheraḍīnā
sāṇṭhānī vistīrṇa vāḍ chhe te pavan vaḍe hālavāthī avāj kare chhe. āvo sundar vānaradvīp
chhe. tenī madhyamān kihakundā nāmano parvat chhe. te parvat ratna ane suvarṇanī shilānā
samūhathī shobhāyamān chhe. jevo ā trikūṭāchal manogna chhe tevo ja kihakunda parvat manogna chhe.

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potānā ūñchā shikharo vaḍe dishārūpī strīne sparsha kare chhe. ānand mantrīnān āvān vachan
sāmbhaḷīne rājā kīrtidhaval khūb ānand pāmyā ane vānaradvīp shrīkaṇṭhane āpyo. chaitra
mahinānā pahelā divase shrīkaṇṭh parivār sahit vānaradvīpamān gayā. mārgamān pr̥ithvīnī shobhā
jotā jotā chālyā jāy chhe. te pr̥ithvī nīlamaṇinī jyotithī ākāsh samān shobhe chhe
ane mahāgrahonā samūhathī sanyukta samudrane joīne āshcharya pāmyā. e rīte te vānaradvīp
jaī pahoñchyā. vānaradvīp jāṇe bījun svarga ja chhe. potānān jharaṇāonā shabdathī jāṇe ke
rājā shrīkaṇṭhane bolāvī rahyo chhe. jharaṇāonā chhāṇṭā jāṇe ke ākāshamān ūchhaḷe chhe, jāṇe ke
te rājānā āvavāthī atiharṣha pāmī ānandathī hasī rahyān hoy. nānā prakāranā
maṇionī kāntithī ūpajelā sundar samūhathī jāṇe ke toraṇonā samūh ja ūñche chaḍī rahyā
hoy. rājā vānaradvīpamān ūtaryā ane chāre taraph potānī nīlakamal samān draṣhṭi phelāvī.
sopārī, khārek, āmbaḷān, agarachandan, lākh, pīpar, arjun, kadamb, āmalī, chārolī,
keḷā, dāḍam, elachī, lavīṅg, maulashrī ane sarva prakāranā mevāthī yukta vividh prakāranān
vr̥ukṣhothī dvīp shobhāyamān joyo. evī manohar bhūmi joi ke jyān dekhe tyānthī bījī taraph
draṣhṭi ja na khase. tyān vr̥ukṣho sīdhān ane vistīrṇa uparanā chhatrathī banī rahyān hatān. saghan
sundar pāndaḍān ane shākhā tathā phūlonā samūhathī shobhe chhe, mahārasadār, svādiṣhṭa, miṣhṭa
phaḷothī nīchān namī gayā chhe. vr̥ukṣho atyant rasīlān chhe, ati ūñchān nathī, ati nīchān
nathī, jāṇe ke kalpavr̥ukṣho ja shobhe chhe. velo upar phūlonā guchchha lāgī gayā chhe. temanā
upar bhamarāo guñjārav karī rahyā chhe. jāṇe ke ā vel to strī chhe, tenān je pāndaḍān chhe te
tenā hāthanī hathelī chhe ane phūlonā guchchha tenā stan chhe ane bhamarāo netra chhe, te
vr̥ukṣho sāthe vīṇṭaḷāyelī chhe. evān ja sundar pakṣhīo bole chhe ane evā ja manohar
bhamarā guñjārav kare chhe, jāṇe ke paraspar ālāp kare chhe. tyān keṭalāk desho to suvarṇa
samān kānti dhāraṇ kare chhe, keṭalāk kamaḷ samān ane keṭalāk vaiḍūrya maṇisamān chhe. te
desh nānā prakāranān vr̥ukṣhothī maṇḍit chhe, jene joyā pachhī suvarṇabhūmi paṇ ruchatī nathī. tyān
dev krīḍā kare chhe, tyān hans, sāras, popaṭ, menā, kabūtar, kabūtarī ityādi anek jātinān
pakṣhīonān yugal krīḍā kare chhe, jīvone koi prakāranī bādhā nathī. jātajātanā vr̥ukṣhonā
maṇḍap, ratnasuvarṇanā anek nivās, puṣhponī ati sugandh chhe evā upavanamān sundar
shilāo upar rājā birājyā. senā paṇ sakaḷ vanamān ūtarī. temaṇe hanso ane
mayūronā vividh shabdo sāmbhaḷ‌yā ane phaḷaphūlonī shobhā joi. sarovaromān māchhalāne keli
karatā joyā. vr̥ukṣhonān phūl kharyān chhe, pakṣhīono kalarav sambhaḷāī rahyo chhe. jāṇe ke te van
rājānā āgamanathī phūlonī varṣhā karī rahyun chhe ane jayajayakāranā shabda karī rahyun chhe.
nānā prakāranān ratnothī maṇḍit pr̥ithvīmaṇḍaḷanī shobhā joī vidyādharonun chitta khūb ānand
pāmyun. nandanavan sarakhā te vanamān rājā shrīkaṇṭhe krīḍā karatā ghaṇā vāndarā joyā. temanī
anek prakāranī cheṣhṭā hatī. rājā e joīne manamān vichāravā lāgyā ke tiryañch yoninān
ā prāṇīo manuṣhya samān līlā kare

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chhe. temanā hāthapagano sarva ākār manuṣhya jevo chhe. temanī cheṣhṭā joīne rājā chakint thaī
gayā. temaṇe pāse rahelā puruṣhone kahyun ke jāv. emane mārī pāse lāvo. rājānī
āgnāthī teo keṭalāk vāndarāone pakaḍī lāvyā. rājāe temane ghaṇā premathī rākhyā ane
temane nr̥itya karatān shīkhavyun. temanā saphed dāntane dāḍamanā phūlathī raṅgīne tamāshā joyā,
temanīn mukhamān sonānā tār lagāvīne kutūhal karāvyun. te andaroandar ekabījānī jū
māthāmānthī kāḍhatā hatā tenā tamāshā joyā ane teo andaroandar sneh ane kalah karatā
hatā tenā tamāshā paṇ joyā. rājāe te vāndarā māṇasone rakṣhā nimitte sompyā ane mīṭhā
mīṭhā bhojan vaḍe temano satkār karyo. te vāndarāne sāthe laīne kihakund parvat upar chaḍayā.
sundar vr̥ukṣha, sundar velo ane pāṇīnān jharaṇāothī rājānun chitta harāī gayun. tyān parvat
upar sapāṭ vistīrṇa bhūmi joī. tyān kihakund nāmanun nagar vasāvyun. te nagaramān
verīonun man paṇ praveshī shake tem nahotun. te chaud yojan lāmbun, chaud yojan pahoḷun
ane bentālīs yojanathī kāīk adhik tenun parīdh hatun. jenā maṇinā koṭ hatā, ratnonā
daravājā ane ratnonā mahel chhe. ratnonā koṭ eṭalā ūñchā chhe ke potānā shikharathī jāṇe
ke ākāshane ja aḍī rahyā chhe, daravājā ūñchā maṇiothī eṭalā shobhe chhe ke jāṇe te
potānī jyotithī sthir thaī gayā chhe. gharanā umbarā padmarāg maṇinā chhe te atyant lāl
chhe jāṇe chhe ke ā nagarī nārīsvarūp chhe, te tāmbūlathī potānā hoṭh lāl karī rahī chhe.
daravājā motīnī māḷāo sahit chhe. jāṇe ke ākho lok ja sampadāne hasī rahyo chhe ane
mahelanā shikhar par chandrakāntamaṇi jaḍelā chhe. te rātre andhārī rāte chandra ūgī rahyo hoy
evā lāge chhe. vividh prakāranān ratnonī prabhānī paṅktithī jāṇe ūñchān toraṇ chaḍī rahyān
chhe. tyān vidyādharonī banāvelī gharanī hāro khūb shobhe chhe. gharanā chok maṇionā chhe,
nagaranā rājamārga, bajār ekadam sīdhān chhe, temān vakratā nathī. te ativistīrṇa chhe, jāṇe
ke ratnanā sāgar ja chhe. sāgar jaḷarūp chhe, ā sthaḷarūp chhe. makānonī upar lokoe
kabūtaronā nivās nimitte sthān banāvī rākhyā chhe te kevā shobhe chhe? jāṇe ratnanā teje
nagarīmānthī andhakār dūr karī dīdho chhe te sharaṇe āvīne samīpamān paḍayo chhe. ītyādi
nagaranun varṇan kyān sudhī karīe? indranā nagar samān te nagaramān rājā shrīkaṇṭh padmābhā
rāṇī sahit svargamān shachī sahit suresh rame tem ghaṇā kāḷ sudhī ramatā rahyā. je vastu
bhadrashāl vanamān, saumanas vanamān tathā nandanavanamān prāpta na thāy te rājānā vanamān
prāpta thatī hatī.

ek divas rājā mahelamān birājatā hatā tyāre aṣhṭāhinakānā divasomān indrane

chāre prakāranā devo sahit nandīshvaradvīpamān jatā joyā. devīonā mugaṭanī prabhāthī
ākāshane anek raṅgarūp jyoti sahit joyun. vājintro vagāḍanārānā samūhathī dashe dishā
shabdarūp thatī dekhī, koīne koīno shabda na sambhaḷāy, keṭalāk devo māyāmayī hanso upar,
ashvo upar, em anek prakāranā vāhano upar chaḍhīne jatā joyā. devonā sharīranī
sugandhathī dashe dishā vyāpta thaī thaī

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hatī. rājāe ā adbhut charitra joīne manamān vichāryun ke devo nandīshvaradvīpamān jāy chhe.
ā rājāe paṇ potānā vidyādharo sahit nandīshvaradvīp javānī īchchhā karī. vivek vinā
vimānamān besīne te rāṇī sahit ākāshanā mārge chālyā; parantu mānuṣhotar parvatathī
āgaḷ emanun vimān chālī na shakyun, devo chālyā gayā ane e aṭakī gayā. tyāre
rājāe khūb vilāp karyo, manano utsāh bhāṅgī gayo, kānti jhāṅkhī paḍī gaī ane
manamān vichāryun ke are! khedanī vāt chhe ke ame hīnashaktinā dhārak vidyādhar manuṣhyo
abhimān rākhīe chhīe. dhikkār chhe amane! mārā manamān em hatun ke hun nandīshvaradvīpamān
bhagavānanān akr̥utrim chaityālayonā bhāvasahit darshan karīsh ane nānā prakāranān
mahāmanohar puṣhpa, dhūp, gandh ītyādi aṣhṭadravyothī pūjā karīsh, vāramvār dharatī par mastak
aḍāḍīne namaskār karīsh ītyādi men je manorath karyā hatā te pūrvopārjit ashubh karmathī
mane mand bhāgyavāḷāne prāpta na thayā. men pahelān anekavār e vāt sāmbhaḷī hatī ke
mānuṣhotar parvat oḷaṅgīne manuṣhya āgaḷ jaī shakato nathī; to paṇ atyant
bhaktirāgathī hun e vāt bhūlī gayo. have hun evun kārya karun ke anya janmamān nandīshvaradvīp
javānī mane shakti maḷe ām. nishchay karīne vajrakaṇṭh nāmanā putrane rājya āpī, sarva
parigrahano tyāg karī rājā shrīkaṇṭh muni thayā. ek divas vajrakaṇṭhe potānā pitānā
pūrvabhav jāṇavānī īchchhā karī. vr̥uddha puruṣho vajrakaṇṭhane kahevā lāgyā ke munioe amane
temanā pūrvabhav viṣhe ām kahyun hatun. pūrvabhavamān be vaṇik bhāī hatā. temanī vachche ghaṇī
prīti hatī. strīoe temane judā karyā. temān nāno bhāī garīb ane moṭo bhāī
dhanavān hato. moṭo bhāī sheṭhanī sobatathī shrāvak banyo ane nāno bhāī durvyasanī
banī duḥkhamān divaso pūrā karato hato. moṭo bhāīe nānā bhāīnī ā dashā joīne ghaṇun
dhan āpyun ane bhāīne upadesh āpī vrat levarāvyā. pote strīno tyāg karī, muni
thaī, samādhimaraṇ karī indra thayo. nāno bhāī shānt pariṇāmī thaī, sharīr chhoḍī dev thayo
ane devamānthī chyavī shrīkaṇṭh thayo. moṭā bhāīno jīv indra thayo hato te nānā bhāī
pratyenā snehathī potānun svarūp batāvato nandīshvaradvīp gayo. te indrane joī rājā shrīkaṇṭhane
jātismaraṇ thayun ane te vairāgī thayā. potānā pitānun ā vyākhyān sāmbhaḷīne rājā
vajrakaṇṭh potānā putra indrāyuprabhane rājya āpī muni thayā ane indrāyuprabh paṇ indrabhūt
nāmanā putrane rājya āpī, muni thayā. temane meru, merune mandir, tene samīraṇagati, tene
raviprabh, tene amaraprabh nāmanā putra thayā. te laṅkānā dhaṇīnī putrī guṇavatīne paraṇyo.
te guṇavatīe rājā amaraprabhanā mahelamān anek jātanān chitro joyān kyāṅk shubh sarovar
joyān, jemān kamaḷ khīlī rahyān hatān ane bhamarā guñjārav karī rahyā hatā. kyāṅk
nīlakamaḷ khīlī rahyān hatān, hansanā yugalo krīḍā karī rahyān hatān, jemanī chāñchamān kamaḷanā
tantuo hatā. kroñch, sāras ītyādi anek pakṣhīonā chitro joyā ane te prasanna thaī.
ek taraph pāñch prakāranān ratnonā chūrṇathī vānaronān svarūp joyā, je vidyādharoe chītaryān
hatān. te rāṇī vānaronān chitro

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padmapurāṇ chhaṭhṭhun parva pa9

joīne bhayabhīt thaīne kāmpavā lāgī, romāñch khaḍān thaī gayā, parasevānā relāthī kapāḷ
uparano chāndalo bhunsāī gayo ane āṅkhanī kīkīo pharavā lāgī. rājā amaraprabh ā
banāv joīne gharanā nokaro upar khūb khijāyo ke mārā vivāhamān ā chitro koṇe
banāvarāvyān ke jene joīne mārī pyārī rāṇī ḍarī gaī. tyāre vr̥uddha puruṣhoe araj karī
ke mahārāj! āmān koīno paṇ aparādh nathī. āpe kahyun ke ā chitro banāvanāre
āpaṇane viparīt bhāv batāvyā to evo koṇ chhe ke āpanī āgnā sivāy kām kare?
badhānān jīvananun mūḷ āp chho, āp prasanna thaīne amārī vinantī sāmbhaḷo. agāu
tamārā vanshamān prasiddha rājā shrīkaṇṭh thayā hatā. temaṇe ā svarga samān nagar vasāvyun hatun
ane jātajātanān kutūhalonā sthānarūp ā deshanun mūḷ kāraṇ teo hatā. jevī rīte karmonun
mūḷ kāraṇ rāgādik prapañch chhe. vananā madhyamān sukhethī beṭhelī kinnarī jemanā guṇ gāy
chhe ane kinnaro guṇ gāy chhe, īndra samān jemanī shakti hatī evā te rājāe potānī
sthir prakr̥itithī lakṣhmīnī chañchaḷatāthī ūpajelā apayashane dūr karyo. rājā shrīkaṇṭh ā
vāndarāone joīne āshcharya pāmyā, temanī sāthe ramyā, temane mīṭhān mīṭhān bhojan āpyān
ane emanān chitro dorāvyān. pachhī temane vanshamān je rājāo thayā temaṇe māṅgalik
kāryomān ā chitro mūkyān ane vānaro pratye khūb premabhāv rākhyo eṭale pūrvanī rīt
pramāṇe ja atyāre ā chitro rākhyā chhe. jyāre ām kahevāmān āvyun tyāre rājāe krodh
tyajī, prasanna thaī āgnā karī ke amārā vaḍīloe ā chitrone maṅgal kāryamān mūkyā chhe
to have ene jamīn upar na rākho ke jyān manuṣhyanā pag paḍe chhe. hun ene mugaṭamān
rākhīsh ane dhajāomān enān chihna karāvo ane mahelonān shikhar tathā chhatronā shikhar
upar enān chihna karāvo, ane mantrīone ā āgnā karavāmān āvī. mantrīoe te
pramāṇe kārya karyun. rājāe guṇavatī rāṇī sāthe param sukh bhogavatān vijyārdhanī banne
shreṇīone jītavānī īchchhā karī. te mahān chaturaṅg senā laīne vijyārdha gayā. rājānī
dhajāo ane mugaṭo upar vānaronān chihna hatān. rājāe vijyārdha upar chaḍāī karī banne
shreṇīonā rājāone jītīne vash karyā. sampūrṇapaṇe potānā āgnāvartī banāvyā. koīnun
paṇ dhan līdhun nahi. je mahān puruṣh chhe temano e niyam chhe ke te rājāone namāve,
potānī āgnā nīche āṇe, paṇ koinun dhan na harī le. rājā sarva vidyādharone potānī
āgnā nīche lāvī pachhī kihakūpur āvyā. vijyārdhanā moṭā rājāo sāthe āvyā. temaṇe
sarva vidyādharonā adhipati banī ghaṇā divaso sudhī rājya karyu. lakṣhmī chañchaḷ hatī tene
nyāy-nītinī beḍī nākhīne sthir karī. temanā putra kapiketu thayā. temanī shrīprabhā rāṇī
ghaṇā guṇovāḷī hatī. te rājā kapiketu potānā putra vikramasampannane rājya āpī vairāgī
thayā. te vikramasampanna potānā putra pratibalane rājya āpī vairāgī thayā. ā
rājyalakṣhmīne viṣhanī velī samān jāṇo. mahān puruṣhone pūrvopārjit puṇyanā prabhāvathī
ā lakṣhmī vinā prayatne ja maḷe chhe, parantu temane lakṣhmīmān visheṣh prīti hotī nathī. temane lakṣhmīno

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