Padmapuran-Gujarati (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Parva 11 - Raja Marutna yagnano vinash ane Ravanna digvijaynu nirupan; Parva 12 - Indra namna vidyadharna parabhavnu kathan.

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1ra0 dasamun parva padmapurāṇ
karī tene lāvavāmān āvyo. sahastrarashmi potānā pitā munine namaskār karī pāse beṭho.
sahastrarashmino khūb satkār karī, bahu prasanna thaī rāvaṇe kahyun ke he mahābal! jem ame
traṇ bhāīo chhīe evo tun amāro chotho bhāī chho. tārī sahāyathī rathanūpurano rājā
je potāne bhramathī indra kahevaḍāve chhe tene jītīsh ane mārī rāṇī mandodarīnī nānī bahen
svayamprabhāne tārī sāthe paraṇāvīsh. tyāre sahastrarashmie kahyun ke dhikkār chhe ā rājyane!
e indradhanuṣh samān kṣhaṇabhaṅgur chhe ane ā viṣhayone paṇ dhikkār chhe! e dekhavā mātra
ja manogna chhe, mahāduḥkharūp chhe ane svargane dhikkār chhe, je avrat, asanyamarūp chhe ane
maraṇanā bhājanathī evā ā dehane paṇ dhikkār! ane maney dhikkār ke je hun āṭalo
kāḷ viṣhayāsakta thaī, kāmādik verī dvārā chhetarāyo. have hun evun karun ke jethī
sansāravanamān bhramaṇ na karavun paḍe. atyant duḥkharūp evī chāre gatimān bhramaṇ karatān hun
bahu thākyo chhun. have jenāthī bhavasāgaramān na paḍāy evun karīsh. tyāre rāvaṇe kahyun ke ā
muninun vrat vr̥uddhone shobhe chhe. he bhavya! tun to navayuvān chho. tyāre sahastrarashmie kahyun ke
kāḷane evo vivek nathī ke te vr̥uddhane ja grase ane taruṇane na grase. kāḷ sarvabhakṣhī chhe.
bāḷ, vr̥uddha, yuvān badhāne te grase chhe. jem sharadanān vādaḷān kṣhaṇamātramān vikharāī jāy chhe
tem ā deh tatkāḷ nāsh pāme chhe. he rāvaṇ! jo ā viṣhayabhogamān sār hoy to
mahāpuruṣho teno tyāg shā māṭe kare chhe? uttam buddhivāḷā ā mārā pitāe bhog chhoḍīne
yog ādaryo chhe tethī yog ja sār chhe. ām kahīne potānā putrane rājya āpī,
rāvaṇanī kṣhamā māgī, pitānī pāse jinadīkṣhā grahaṇ karī ane ayodhyānā svāmī rājā
araṇya je sahastrarashmino param mitra chhe temaṇe pahelān evī vāt karī hatī ke jo hun
pahelān dīkṣhā laīsh to tane khabar āpīsh ane jo tun dīkṣhā le to mane khabar āpaje
eṭale ene paṇ potānā vairāgyanā samāchār mokalyā. sajjanoe rājā sahastrarashminā
dīkṣhāgrahaṇanā samāchār rājā araṇyane kahyā tyāre te sāmbhaḷīne pahelān to sahastrarashminā
guṇ yād karīne ānsu sārī vilāp karyo ane pachhī viṣhād chhoḍī potānī pāse rahelā
lokone mahābuddhimān kahevā lāgyo ke rāvaṇ verīnā veshamān temano param mitra thayo. je
aishvaryanā piñjarāmān rājā rokāī rahyo hato, tenun chitta viṣhayothī mohit hatun, te
piñjarāmānthī tene chhoḍāvyo. ā manuṣhyarūpī pakṣhī māyājāḷarūp piñjarāmān paḍe chhe. paramahitu
ja tene temānthī chhoḍāve chhe. māhiṣhmatī nagarīnā rājā sahastrarashmine dhanya chhe ke je
rāvaṇarūpī jahāj meḷavīne sansārarūpī samudrane tarī jashe. te kr̥utārtha thayo, atyant duḥkh
āpanār evun je rājakāj tene chhoḍīne jinarājanān vrat grahaṇ karyān. ā pramāṇe mitranī
prashansā karī, pote paṇ nānā putrane rājya āpī, moṭā putra sāthe rājā araṇya muni
thayā. he shreṇik! jyāre koī utkr̥uṣhṭa puṇyano uday āve tyāre shatru athavā mitranun
nimitta pāmīne jīvane kalyāṇanī buddhi upaje chhe ane pāpakarmanā udayathī durbuddhi upaje chhe.
je prāṇī āpaṇane dharmamān lagāve te ja paramamitra chhe ane je bhog sāmagrīmān prere te
param verī chhe,

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padmapurāṇ agiyāramun parva 1ra1

aspr̥ushya chhe. he shreṇik! je bhavya jīv ā rājā sahastrarashminī kathā bhāv dharīne

sāmbhaḷe te munivratarūp sampadā pāmīne, param nirmaḷ thaī jāy chhe. jem sūryanā prakāshathī
andhakār dūr thāy chhe tem jinavāṇīnā prakāshathī mohatimir dūr thāy chhe.

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

daulatarāmajīkr̥ut bhāṣhā vachanikānā gujarātī anuvādamān sahastrarashmi ane araṇyanā
vairāgyanun nirūpaṇ karanār dasamun parva pūrṇa thayun.

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agiyāramun parva

rājā mārutanā yagnano vināsh ane rāvaṇanā digvijayanun nirūpaṇ

pachhī rāvaṇe pr̥ithvī upar je je mānī rājā hatā te badhāne namāvyā, potāne vash

karyā ane je potānī meḷe āvīne maḷ‌yā temanā upar ghaṇī kr̥upā karī. anek rājāothī
maṇḍit subhūm chakravartīnī jem teṇe pr̥ithvī upar vihār karyo. judā judā deshamān janmelā,
judā judā veshavāḷā, bhinna bhinna ābhūṣhaṇ paherelā, judī judī bhāṣhā bolatā. anek
rājāo sāthe digvijay karyo ane ṭhekaṭhekāṇe ratnamayī, suvarṇamayī anek jinamandir
banāvarāvyān, jīrṇa chaityālayono jīrṇoddhār karāvyo, devādhidev jinendradevanī bhāv sahit
pūjā karī ane jain dharmanā dveṣhī duṣhṭa hinsak manuṣhyone shikṣhā karī ane garībone dayā
lāvīne dhanathī pūrṇa karyā. samyagdraṣhṭi shrāvakono khūb ādar karyo. sādharmī par ghaṇo
vātsalyabhāv te rākhato ane jyān muninā samāchār sāmbhaḷe tyān jaī bhaktithī praṇām
karato, je samyaktvarahit dravyaliṅg muni hoy ane shrāvak hoy temanī paṇ shushrūṣhā karato.
jain mātra upar anurāg rākhanār te uttar dishā taraph dussah pratāpane pragaṭ karato
āgaḷ vadhyo. jem uttarāyaṇanā sūryano adhik pratāp hoy tem puṇyakarmanā prabhāvathī
rāvaṇanun divase divase tej vadhatun gayun. rāvaṇe sāmbhaḷ‌yun ke rājapurano rājā bahu baḷavān
chhe. te abhimānane līdhe koīne praṇām karato nathī, janmathī ja duṣhṭa chittavāḷo chhe,
mithyāmārgathī mohit chhe ane jīvahinsārūp yagnamārgamān pravartyo chhe. te vakhate yagnanun kathan
sāmbhaḷīne rājā shreṇike gautam svāmīne pūchhayun ke he prabho! rāvaṇanun kathan to pachhī kaho,
pahelān yagnanī utpattinī vāt karo, jemān prāṇī jīvaghātarūp ghor karmamān pravarte chhe, tenun
vr̥uttānt shun chhe? gaṇadharadeve kahyunḥ he shreṇik! ayodhyāmān ikṣhvākuvanshī rājā yayātinī rāṇī
surakāntāne vasu nāmano putra hato. te jyāre bhaṇavā yogya thayo tyāre kṣhīrakadamb nāmanā
brāhmaṇ pāse mokalyo. kṣhīrakadambanī strī svastimatī hatī tene parvat nāme pāpī putra
hato. kṣhīrakadamb pāse anya deshano nārad nāmano ek dharmātmā brāhmaṇano bāḷak paṇ
bhaṇavā āvyo hato. rājāno putra, potāno putra ane paradeshī brāhmaṇano putra sāthe
bhaṇatā. kṣhīrakadamb ati dharmātmā,

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122 agiyāramun parva padmapurāṇ
sarva shāstramān pravīṇ hato. te shiṣhyone siddhānt ane ācharaṇarūp granth, mantrashāstra, kāvya
vyākaraṇādi anek granthono abhyās karāvato. ek divas nārad, vasu ane parvat e traṇe
sahit kṣhīrakadamb vanamān gayo. tyān ek chāraṇamuni shiṣhyo sahit virājatā hatā. temanā
ek shiṣhyamunie kahyun ke ā ek guru ane traṇ shiṣhya em chār jīvomānthī ek guru
ane ek shiṣhya e be to subuddhi chhe ane bījā be shiṣhyo kubuddhi chhe. āvā shabda
sāmbhaḷīne kṣhīrakadamb sansārathī atyant bhayabhīt thayā, shiṣhyone shikhāmaṇ āpīne
potapotāne gher mokalyā, jāṇe ke gāyanān vāchhaḍān bandhanamānthī chhūṭayān, ane pote muni
pāse dīkṣhā līdhī. jyāre shiṣhya gher āvyā tyāre svastimatie parvatane pūchhayun ke tārā
pitājī kyān chhe? tun ekalo ja gher kem āvyo? parvate javāb āpyo ke amane to
pitājīe shikhāmaṇ āpī ane kahyun ke hun pāchhaḷathī āvun chhun. ā vachan sāmbhaḷīne
svastimatine vikalpa ūpajyo. patinā āgamananī pratīkṣhā karatī te divas āthamyo
toy pati gher na āvatān khūb shok karavā lāgī, pr̥ithvī upar paḍī ane rātre chakavīnī
peṭhe duḥkhathī pīḍit vilāp karavā lāgī ke hāy hāy! hun mandabhāgiṇī prāṇanāth vinā
haṇāī gaī. koī pāpīe emane māryā hashe, koī kāraṇe e deshāntaramān chālyā gayā hashe
ke sarvashāstramān nipuṇ hovāthī sarva parigrah tyāgīne, vairāgya pāmīne muni thaī gayā
hashe? ām vilāp karatān rātri pūrṇa thaī. savār thatān parvat pitāne shodhavā nīkaḷ‌yo.
udyānamān nadīnā kināre munionā saṅgh sahit shrī guru birājatā hatā temanī samipe
vinay sahit pitāne beṭhelā joyā tyāre pāchhā āvī mātāne kahyun ke he mātā! mārā
pitāne to munioe mohī līdhā chhe te nagna thaī gayā chhe. tyāre svastimati satya
jāṇīne patinā viyogathī atyant duḥkhī thaī. te hāthathī chhātī kūṭavā lāgī ane pokārī
pokārīne rovā lāgī, māthun kūṭavā lāgī. tyāre dharmātmā nārad ā vr̥uttānt jāṇīne
svastimati pāse āvyo. tene joīne te atyant shok karavā lāgī tyāre nārade kahyun ke he
mātā! shā māṭe vr̥uthā shok karo chho? te dharmātmā, puṇyanā adhikārī, sundar pravr̥uttivāḷā,
jīvanane asthir jāṇī tap karavāne udyamī thayā chhe. te shok karavāthī paṇ pāchhā gher
āvashe nahi. temanī buddhi nirmaḷ chhe. ā pramāṇe nārade sambodhan karyun tyāre teno shok
thoḍo ghaṭayo, gharamān gaī ane duḥkhathī patinī stuti ane nindā paṇ karavā lāgī. ā
kṣhīrakadambanā vairāgyanun vr̥uttānt sāmbhaḷīne tattvanā vettā rājā yayāti potānā putra vasune
rājya āpīne mahāmuni thayā. vasunun rājya pr̥ithvī upar prasiddha thayun. teṇe ākāshatulya
nirmaḷ sphaṭikamaṇinā potānā sinhāsananā pāyā banāvyā. te sinhāsan upar rājā
besato tyāre loko mānatā ke rājā satyanā pratāpe ākāshamān nirādhār rahe chhe.

he shreṇik! ek divas nārad ane parvat vachche shāstra-charchā thaī. nārade kahyun ke

bhagavān vītarāgadeve dharma be prakārathī prarūpyo chhe. ek munino ane bījo gr̥uhasthano.
munino dharma mahāvratarūp chhe ane gr̥uhasthano aṇuvratarūp. jīvahinsā, asatya, chorī, kushīl,
parigrah āno

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sarvathā tyāg te pañchamahāvrat chhe, tenī pachchīs bhāvanā hoy chhe e munino dharma chhe. ā
hinsādik pāpono ekadesh tyāg te shrāvakanun vrat chhe. shrāvakanān vratomān pūjā, dān mukhya
kahyān chhe. pūjānun nām yagna chhe. “अजैर्यष्टव्यम्” ā shabdano artha munie ā pramāṇe kahyo

chhe ke jene vāvavāthī ūge nahi, jenāmān aṅkurashakti nathī evā chokhā, yavano vivāhādi
kāryomān hom karavo. joke ā paṇ ārambhavāḷī shrāvakanī rīt chhe. nāradanān āvān vachan
sāmbhaḷīne pāpī parvat bolyo, ‘aj eṭale bakarun. tenī hinsānun nām yagna chhe. āthī
atyant gusse thaīne nārade kahyun ke he parvat! ām na bol. āvān vachanathī tun
mahābhayaṅkar vedanāvāḷā narakamān paḍīsh. dayā ja dharma chhe, hinsā pāp chhe. tyāre parvate kahyun
ke māro ane tāro nyāy vasurājā pāse thashe. je jūṭho hashe tenī jībh kāpī levāmān
āvashe. ām kahīne parvat mātā pāse gayo. teṇe nārad ane potānī vachche je vivād
thayo hato te badho vr̥uttānt mātāne kahyo tyāre mātāe kahyun ke tun jūṭho chho. tārā pitāne
kahetā ame ghaṇīvār sāmbhaḷ‌yā chhe ke aj eṭale vāvatān na ūge evī jūnī ḍāṅgar ane
jūnā jav. aj eṭale bakarun nahi. shun prāṇīno kyāy hom karāy chhe? tun paradesh jaīne
mānsabhakṣhaṇano lolupī thayo chho tethī mānanā udayathī jūṭhun bole chhe, te tane duḥkhanun kāraṇ
thashe. he putra! chokkas tārī jībh kāpavāmān āvashe. hun puṇyahīn, abhāgaṇī putra ane
patirahit thaīne shun karīsh? putrane ām kahīne te pāpī vichāravā lāgī ke rājā vāsu
pāse amārī gurudakṣhiṇā bākī chhe. vyākuḷ banelī te vasu pāse āvī. rājāe
svastimatine joīne bahu vinay karyo. tene sukhāsan par besāḍī, hāth joḍī pūchhavā
lāgyo ke he mātā! tame āj duḥkhī dekhāv chho. tame mane āgnā karo te hun karun. tyāre
svastimatie kahyun ke he putra! hun khūb duḥkhī chhun. je strī pati vinānī hoy tene sukh
shenun hoy? sansāramān putra be prakāranā chhe, ek peṭano jaṇyo ane bījo shāstra
bhaṇāvelo. āmān bhaṇāvelo putra visheṣh chhe. ek samaḷ chhe, bījo nirmaḷ chhe. mārā
svāmīno tun shiṣhya chho, tun putrathī paṇ adhik chho, tārī lakṣhmī joīne hun dhairya rākhun chhun.
te kahyun hatun ke mātā dakṣhiṇā lyo ane men kahyun hatun ke samay āvye hun laīsh. te vachan tun
yād kar. je rājā pr̥ithvīnā pālanamān udyamī chhe te satya ja kahe chhe ane je r̥uṣhi
jīvadayānā pālanamān sthit chhe te paṇ satya ja kahe chhe. tun satyathī prasiddha chho, mane
dakṣhiṇā āp. jyāre svastimatie ām kahyun tyāre rājāe vinayathī kahyun ke he mātā!
tamārī āgnāthī hun nahi karavā yogya kām paṇ karīsh māṭe tamārā manamān je hoy te
kaho. te vakhate pāpī brāhmaṇīe nārad ane parvatanā vivādano sarva vr̥uttānt kahyo ane
em paṇ kahyun ke māro putra sāv jūṭho chhe, paṇ tenā jūṭhane tame satya karo. mārā kāraṇe,
teno mānabhaṅg na thāy tem karo. rājāne te vāt ayogya lāgavā chhatān ane durgatinun
kāraṇ hovā chhatān tene mānya rākhī. bīje divase savāramān ja nārad ane parvat rājānī
pāse āvyā, anek loko kautuhal jovā āvyā, sāmanto mantrīo vagere rājyanā ghaṇān
māṇaso bhegā thaī

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1ra4 agiyāramun parva padmapurāṇ
gayā. pachhī sabhā vachche nārad ane parvat banne vachche ghaṇo vivād thayo. nārad kaheto ke
aj shabdano artha aṅkurashaktirahit shāli (ḍāṅgar) chhe ane parvat kaheto ke bakarun chhe.
pachhī rājā vasune pūchhavāmān āvyun ke satyavādīomān prasiddha chho māṭe āpaṇā adhyāpak
kṣhīrakadambe kahyun hoy te kaho. kugatimān javānī yogyatāvāḷā rājāe te vakhate kahyun ke je
parvat kahe chhe te ja kṣhīrakadamb kahetā hatān. ām kahyun tyān ja sinhāsananā sphaṭikanā pāyā
tūṭī gayā, sinhāsan jamīn upar paḍī gayun. āthī nārade kahyun ke he vasu! asatyanā
prabhāvathī tārun sinhāsan ḍagī gayun chhe, hajī paṇ tāre sāchun kahevun yogya chhe. te vakhate
mohanā madathī unmatta thayelo te kahevā lāgyo ke je parvat kahe chhe te satya chhe tyāre
mahāpāpanā bhārathī, hinsāmārganā pravartanathī te tatkāḷ sinhāsan sahit dharatīmān daṭāī
gayo. rājā marīne sātamā narake gayo ke jyān mahābhayānak vedanā chhe. rājā vasu mr̥utyu
pāmelo joīne sabhājano vasune ane parvatane dhikkāravā lāgyā. mahān shorabakor thaī
gayo. dayādharmanā upadeshathī nāradanī khūb prashansā thaī. badhā kahevā lāgyā ke ‘jyān dharma
tyān jay’. pāpī parvat hinsānā upadeshathī dhikkāradaṇḍ pāmyo. pāpī parvat deshāntaromān
bhramaṇ karato hinsāmay shāstranī pravr̥utti karavā lāgyo. pote vāñchato ane bījāone
shīkhavato. jem dīvā upar pataṅgiyān āvīne jhampalāve tem keṭalāk bahirmukh jīvo
kumārgamān paḍayā. abhakṣhyanun bhakṣhaṇ ane na karavā yogya kām karavun evo lokone upadesh
āpyo. kahevā lāgyo ke pashuo (bakarā) yagnane māṭe ja banāvyā chhe, yagna svarganun kāraṇ
chhe tethī je yagnamān hinsā thāy te hinsā nathī ane sautrāmaṇi nāmanā yagnamān vidhānathī
surāpān paṇ dūṣhaṇ nathī ane goyagna nāmanā yagnamān parastrīsevan paṇ kare chhe. āvo
hinsādi mārgano upadesh parvate lokone āpyo. āsurī māyāthī jīvone svarge jatā
dekhāḍayā. keṭalāk krūr jīvo kukarmamān pravartan karīne kugatinān adhikārī thayā. he shreṇik!
ā tane hinsāyagnanī utpattinun kāraṇ kahyun. have rāvaṇanun vr̥uttānt sāmbhaḷ.

rāvaṇ rājapur gayo. tyān rājā marut hinsākarmamān pravīṇ yagnashāḷāmān beṭho hato.

samvarta nāmano brāhmaṇ yagna karāvato hato, tyān putra, strī sahit anek brāhmaṇo dhanane
arthe āvyā hatā. anek pashuo hom nimitte lāvavāmān āvyān hatān. te vakhate āṭhamā
nāradanun pad dhāraṇ karanār mahāpuruṣh ākāshamārgethī tyān āvī pahoñchyā. tyān ghaṇā
lokono samūh joīne, āshcharya pāmī manamān vichāravā lāgyā ke ā nagar konun chhe?
ane dūr senā konī paḍī chhe? nagaranī samīpe āṭalā badhā māṇaso shā māṭe ekaṭhā
thayā chhe? ām manamān vichārīne te ākāshamānthī bhūmi upar ūtaryā.

(nāradanī utpattinun varṇan)

ā vāt sāmbhaḷī rājā shreṇik gautam svāmīne pūchhavā lāgyā ke he bhagavān!

ā nārad koṇ chhe? emanāmān kayā kayā guṇo chhe ane emanī utpatti kevī rīte thaī
chhe? tyāre

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gaṇadharadeve javāb āpyo he shreṇik! ek brahmaruchi nāmano brāhmaṇ hato. tene kuramī
nāmanī strī hatī. te brāhmaṇ tāpasatān vrat laī vanamān jaī kandamūḷ, phaḷ vagere khāto.
brāhmaṇī paṇ tenī sāthe rahetī. tene garbha rahyo. tyān ek divas keṭalāk sanyamī muni
āvyā, thoḍīvār beṭhā. brāhmaṇ ane brāhmaṇī paṇ pāse āvīne beṭhān. brāhmaṇī garbhavatī,
pīḷā sharīravāḷī, garbhanā bhārathī duḥkhapūrvak shvās letī sāpaṇ jevī lāgatī. tene
joīne munine dayā āvī. temānthī moṭā muni bolyā, ‘juo ā prāṇī karmanān vashe
jagatamān bhramaṇ kare chhe. dharmabuddhithī kuṭumbano tyāg karī sansārasāgar taravā māṭe’ to he
tāpas! tun vanamān āvīne rahyo. to pachhī ā duṣhṭa kām kem karyun. strīne garbhavatī
banāvī? tārāmān ane gr̥uhasthamān sho taphāvat chhe? jem vaman karelā āhārane manuṣhya
pharīvār khāto nathī tem vivekī puruṣh tyajī dīdhelā kāmādine pharī ādaratā nathī. koī
veṣh dhāraṇ kare ane strīnun sevan kare to bhayānak vanamān shiyāḷaṇī thaīne anek kujanma
pāme chhe, narak nigodamān jāy chhe. je kushīlanun sevan kare, sarva ārambhamān pravarte ane
madonmat thaī potāne tāpas māne te mahāagnānī chhe. kāmasevanathī dagdha chitta ane
ārambhamān pravartatā hoy tene tap shenun hoy? kudraṣhṭithī garvit, veṣhadhārī, viṣhayābhilāṣhī
je kahe chhe ke hun tapasī chhun te mithyāvādī chhe. vratī shāno? sukhe besavun, sukhe sūvun,
sūkhapūrvak āhāravihār karavo, oḍhavun, pātharavun ādi badhān kām kare ane potāne sādhu
māne te mūrkha potāne ṭhage chhe. je baḷatā gharamānthī nīkaḷīne pāchho temān pravesh kevī rīte
karāy? jem chhidra maḷatān piñjarāmānthī nīkaḷelun pakṣhī paṇ pharī potāne piñjarāmān nākhatun
nathī tem virakta thaī pāchhā koṇ indriyone vash thāy? je indriyone vash thāy chhe te
lokamān nindāyogya thāy chhe, ātmakalyāṇ pāmato nathī. sarva parigrahanā tyāgī munie
ekāgra chitte ek ātmā ja dhyāvavā yogya chhe. tārā jevā ārambhīthī ātmānun dhyān
kyāthī thāy? prāṇīone parigrahanān prasaṅgathī rāgadveṣh ūpaje chhe, rāgathī kām ūpaje chhe,
dveṣhathī jīvahinsā thāy chhe. kāmakrodhathī pīḍit jīvanā manane moh pīḍe chhe. mūrkhane karavā
yogya ane na karavā yogyanī vivekarūp buddhi hotī nathī. je avivekathī ashubh karma
upārje chhe te ghor sansārasāgaramān bhame chhe. ā sansargano doṣh jāṇīne je paṇḍit chhe te
shīghra ja vairāgī thāy chhe. potā vaḍe potāne jāṇī viṣhayavāsanāthī nivr̥utta thaī
paramadhāmane pāme chhe. ā pramāṇe paramārtharūp upadeshanān vachano mahāmunie kahyān. pachhī
brāhmaṇ brahmaruchi nirmohī thaīne muni thayo. potānī strī kuramīno tyāg karī gurunī
sāthe ja vihār karyo. te brāhmaṇī kuramīe shuddha buddhithī pāpakarmathī nivr̥utta thaī shrāvakanā
vratane ādaryā. rāgādinā vashe sansāranun paribhramaṇ thāy chhe em jāṇīne teṇe kumārgano
saṅg chhoḍayo. jinarājanī bhaktimān tatpar thaī. patirahit ekalī, mahāsatī sinhaṇanī
peṭhe vanamān bhamatī. tene dasame mahine putra janmyo. gnānakriyāne jāṇanārī te mahāsatī
putrane joī manamān vichāravā lāgī ke ā putra parivārano sambandh anarthanun mūḷ chhe, em
munirāje kahyun hatun te satya chhe. tethī hun

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ā putranā saṅgano tyāg karī ātmakalyāṇ karun. ā putra mahābhāgyavān chhe, enā rakṣhak
dev chhe, āṇe je karma upārjyā chhe tenun phaḷ te avashya bhogavashe. vanamān ane samudramān
athavā verīonā gherāmān paḍelā prāṇīnun rakṣhaṇ paṇ tenā pūrvopārjit karma ja kare chhe,
bījun koī nahi ane jenun āyuṣhya alpa hoy te mātānī godamān beṭhān paṇ mr̥utyu pāme
chhe. ā badhā sansārī jīvo karmone ādhīn chhe. bhagavān siddha paramātmā karmakalaṅkarahit chhe,
āvun gnān jene thayun chhe evī teṇe mahānirmaḷ buddhithī bāḷakane vanamān tyajīne,
vikalparūp jaḍatā khaṅkherīne alokanagaramān pravesh karyo. tyān indramālinī nāmanī āryā
anek āryāonī guru hatī, tenī pāse āvī te arjikā banī.

ākāshamārge jāmbh nāmano ek dev jato hato teṇe pelā puṇyanā adhikārī,

rūdanādirahit bāḷakane joyo. dayā lāvīne tene upāḍī līdho ane khūb ādarathī tenun
pālan karyun. ane āgam, adhyātmashāstro shīkhavyān tethī te siddhāntanun rahasya jāṇavā
lāgyo. mahāpaṇḍit thayo. tene ākāshagāminī vidyā paṇ siddha thaī. te yuvān thayo,
shrāvakanān vrat līdhān. te shīlavratamān atyant draḍh hato. potānān mātāpitā, je āryā ane
muni thayān hatān. temanī vandanā karato. nārad samyagdarshanamān tatpar chhe, teṇe agiyāramī
pratimā laī kṣhullak shrāvakanā veṣhamān vihār karyo, parantu karmanā udayathī tene tīvra vairāgya
nathī. te na gr̥uhasthī chhe na sanyamī chhe. te dharmapriy chhe ane kalahapriy paṇ chhe. te vāchāḷ
chhe, gāyanavidyāmān pravīṇ chhe, rāg sāmbhaḷavāmān tene visheṣh anurāg chhe, mahāprabhāvashāḷī
chhe, rājāo vaḍe pūjya chhe, tenī āgnā koī lopatun nathī, puruṣho ane strīomān sadāy
tenun khūb sanmān chhe, aḍhī dvīpamān muni ane jin chaityālayonān darshan kare, sadāy pr̥ithvī
ane ākāshamān pharatā ja rahe chhe, tenī draṣhṭi kautuhal karavānī chhe. te devo dvārā vr̥uddhi
pāmyā ane dev samān teno mahimā chhe, pr̥ithvī upar te devarṣhi kahevāy chhe, vidyānā
prabhāvathī sadā temaṇe adbhut udyot karyo chhe.

te nārad vihār karatān ekavār marutanī yagnabhūmi upar jaī pahoñchyā. temaṇe ghaṇān

lokonī bhīḍ joī ane pashuone bandhāyelān joyā eṭale dayābhāv lāvīne yagnabhūmi par
ūtaryā. tyān jaīne marutane kahevā lāgyāḥ ‘he rājā! jīvanī hinsā e durgatinun ja dvār
chhe. te āvun mahāpāpanun kām kem sharū karyun chhe?’ tyāre marut kahevā lāgyoḥ ‘ā samvarta
brāhmaṇ sarva shāstronā arthamān pravīṇ, yagnano adhikārī chhe, e badhun jāṇe chhe, enī sāthe
dharma charchā karo, yagnathī uttam phaḷ maḷe chhe.’ eṭale nārade yagna karāvanārane kahyun ke he
manuṣhya! ten ā shun kārya ārambhyun chhe? sarvagna vītarāge āvā kāryane duḥkhanun kāraṇ kahyun chhe.
tyāre samvarta brāhmaṇ kop karīne kahevā lāgyo ke are, tārī mūḍhatā ghaṇī moṭī chhe, tun
bilakul meḷ vinānī vāt kare chhe. ten koīne sarvagna ane rāgarahit vītarāg kahyā, paṇ
te sarvagna vītarāg hoy te vaktā na hoy ane je vaktā hoy te sarvagna vītarāg na
hoy. tathā ashuddha malin jīvanun kahelun vachan pramāṇ

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na kahevāy. je anupam sarvagna chhe je jovāmān āvatā nathī māṭe ved akr̥utrim chhe, vedokta
mārga pramāṇ chhe. vedamān shudra sivāyanā traṇ varṇone yagna karāvavānun kahyun chhe. ā yagna
apūrva dharma chhe, te svarganān anupam sukh āpe chhe. vedīmān pashuno vadh karavo te pāpanun
kāraṇ nathī, shāstramān kahyo chhe te mārga kalyāṇanun ja kāraṇ chhe. ā pashuonī sr̥uṣhṭi
vidhātāe yagna māṭe ja rachī chhe māṭe yagnamān pashunā vadhano doṣh nathī. samvarta brāhmaṇanā
āvān viparīt vachano sāmbhaḷīne nārade kahyunḥ ‘he vipra! ten ā badhun ayogya ja kahyun chhe,
tāro ātmā hinsānā mārgathī dūṣhit chhe. have tun granthanā arthano sācho bhed sāmbhaḷ. tun kahe
chhe ke sarvagna nathī. have jo sarvathā sarvagna na hoy to shabda sarvagna, artha sarvagna ane buddhi
sarvagna ā traṇ bhed shā māṭe kahyā chhe? jo sarvagna padārtha hoy to ja kahevāmān āve. jo
sinh chhe to chitramān joīe chhīe māṭe sarvanān dekhanār ane jāṇanār sarvagna chhe. sarvagna
na hoy to amūrtik atīndriy padārthane koṇ jāṇe? māṭe sarvagnanun vachan pramāṇe chhe ane
ten kahyun ke yagnamān pashuono vadh doṣh karanār nathī to pashuno vadh karatān tene duḥkh thāy
chhe ke nahi? jo duḥkh thayun hoy to pāp lāge ja, jem pāradhī hinsā kare chhe te jīvone
duḥkh thāy chhe ane tene pāp thāy ja chhe. vaḷī, te kahyun ke vidhātā sarvalokanā kartā chhe
ane ā pashu yagnane māṭe banāvyān chhe, to e kathan pramāṇ nathī. bhagavān to kr̥utakr̥utya
hoy chhe. temane sr̥uṣhṭi rachavānun shun prayojan hoy? ane kaho ke evī kriḍā kare chhe to te
kr̥utārthanun kārya na hoy. krīḍā kare tene to bāḷak samān gaṇavāmān āve chhe ane jo sr̥uṣhṭi
rache to te potānā jevī rache. te to sukhapiṇḍ chhe ane ā sr̥uṣhṭi duḥkharūp chhe. je kr̥utārtha
hoy te kartā na hoy ne je kartā hoy te kr̥utārtha na hoy. jene kāīk īchchhā hoy te ja
kare. jene īchchhā chhe te īshvar nathī ane īshvar vinā karavāne samartha nathī. māṭe em
nakkī thayun ke jene īchchhā chhe te karavāne samartha nathī ane je karavāmān samartha chhe tene
īchchhā nathī, māṭe jene tun vidhātā-kartā māne chhe te karmathī parādhīn tārā jevo ja chhe.
īshvar to amūrtik chhe, tene sharīr hotun nathī. sharīr vinā te sr̥uṣhṭi kevī rīte rache? jo
yagnane māṭe pashu banāvyān hoy to temane vāhanādi kāryamān shā māṭe joḍavāmān āve chhe?
māṭe ā nishchay thayo ke ā bhavasāgaramān anādikāḷathī ā jīvoe rāgādi bhāv vaḍe
karma bāndhyā chhe ane tenā kāraṇe te judī judī yoniomān paribhramaṇ kare chhe. ā jagat
anādi nidhan chhe, koīnun karelun nathī. sansārī jīv karmādhīn chhe ane jo tun em pūchhīsh
ke karma pahelān chhe ke sharīr pahelun chhe? to jem bīj ane vr̥ukṣha chhe tem sharīr ane karma
jāṇavān. bījathī vr̥ukṣha chhe ane vr̥ukṣhathī bīj chhe. jemanun karmarūpī bīj baḷī gayun tene
sharīrarūp vr̥ukṣha hotun nathī ane sharīravr̥ukṣha vinā sukhaduḥkhādi phaḷ paṇ āvatān nathī. māṭe
ā ātmā mokṣhāvasthāmān karmarahit, man indriyothī agochar adbhut param ānand
bhogave chhe. te nirākār svarūp avināshī chhe. te avināshī pad dayādharmathī ja prāpta thāy
chhe. tun koī puṇyanā udayathī manuṣhyabhav pāmyo

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chho, brāhmaṇanān kuḷamān janmyo chho māṭe pāradhīonān kāryathī nivr̥utta thā; ane jo
jīvahinsāthī manuṣhya svarga pāmato hoy to hinsānā anumodanathī rājā vasu narakamān kem
gayā? jo koī loṭanā pashu banāvīne paṇ teno ghāt kare to paṇ narakano adhikārī
thāy chhe, to sākṣhāt pashuhinsānī to shī vāt karavī? āje paṇ yagnanā karāvanārā evā
shabdo bole chhe ke ‘he vasu! ūṭh, svargamān jā’. ām kahīne agnimān āhuti nākhe chhe
tethī siddha thayun ke vasu narakamān gayo chhe ane svargamān gayo nathī. tethī he samvarta! ā
yagna kalyāṇanun kāraṇ nathī ane jo tun yagna ja karavā māgato ho to jem hun kahun tem kar.
ā chidānand ātmā te yajamān eṭale yagna karāvanār chhe, ā sharīr chhe te vinayakuṇḍ
eṭale homakuṇḍ chhe, santoṣh chhe te yagnanī sāmagrī chhe ane je sarva parigrah chhe te havi
eṭale homavā yogya vastu chhe, kesh te darbha chhe, tene ukhāḍavā (keshaluñchan) ane sarva
jīvanī dayā te dakṣhiṇā chhe, jenun phaḷ siddhapad chhe evun shukladhyān te prāṇāyām chhe.
satyamahāvrat te yūp eṭale yagnamān pashune bāndhavāno khīlo chhe, ā chañchaḷ man te pashu chhe,
taparūpī agni chhe, pāñch indriy te samidh eṭale īndhan chhe. ā yagna dharmayagna chhe. vaḷī tun
kahe chhe ke yagnathī devonī tr̥upti karīe chhīe; to devone to manasā āhār chhe, temanun sharīr
sugandhamay chhe, annādikano paṇ āhār nathī to mānsādikanī to shī vāt? māns to
durgandhayukta, dekhī paṇ na shakāy tevun hoy chhe. pitānā vīrya ane mātānā lohīthī
ūpajelun, jemān kr̥uminī utpatti nirantar thayā kare te mahāabhakṣhya māns dev kevī rīte
khāy? vaḷī, ā sharīramān traṇ agni chhe; ek gnānāgni, bījo darshanāgni ane trījo
udarāgni. ane temane ja āchāryo dakṣhiṇāgni gārhapatya āhvanīy kahe chhe. svargalokanā dev
jo hāḍ, mānsanun bhakṣhaṇ kare to dev shānā? jevā shiyāḷ, kūtarā ane kāgaḍā tevā te
paṇ thayā. nārade āvān vachan kahyān.

nārad devarṣhi chhe, anekāntarūp jinamārganun prakāshan karavāmān sūrya samān

mahātejasvī chhe, shāstrārthagnānanā nidhān chhe. temane mandabuddhi samvarta kevī rīte jītī shake?
parājya pāmelo te nirday, krodhanā bhārathī kampato, jherī sāp jevān lāl netrovāḷo,
kakaḷāṭ karavā lāgyo. anek vipro bhegā thaīne laḍavā māṭe hāthapag vagere uchhāḷatā
nāradane māravā taiyār thayā. jem divase kāgaḍo ghuvaḍ par tūṭī paḍe tem nārad paṇ
keṭalākane mukkāthī, keṭalākane mudgarathī, keṭalākane koṇīthī māratā pharavā lāgyā. potānā
sharīrarūpī shastrathī ghaṇāne māryā, moṭī laḍāī thaī gaī. alabat, e jhājhā hatā ane
nārad ekalā, tethī ākhā sharīramān pīḍā thaī. pakṣhīnī jem bāndhanārāoe gherī līdhā,
ākāshamān ūḍī shakavāne asamartha thayā, prāṇ bachavānī paṇ shaṅkā thavā lāgī. te ja
vakhate rāvaṇano dūt rājā marut pāse āvyo hato. teṇe nāradane gherāyelā joīne pāchhā
jaīne rāvaṇane kahyun ke mahārāj! āpe mane jenī pāse mokalyo hato te mahādurjan chhe.
tenā dekhatān ja brāhmaṇoe ekalā nāradane gherī līdhā chhe ane temane māre chhe, jem kīḍīono

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samūh sāpane gherī le tem. hun ā vāt joī na shakyo tethī āpane kahevā āvyo chhun.
rāvaṇ ā vr̥uttānt sāmbhaḷīne gusse thayo. pavanathī paṇ shīghra gati karanār vāhanamān
besīne chālyo ane khullī samasher sāthe je sāmantone āgaḷ doḍāvyā hatā te ek
palakamān yagnashāḷāmān pahoñchī gayā ane tatkāḷ nāradane shatrunā gherāmānthī bachāvyā.
yagnanā thāmbhalā toḍī nākhyā, yagna karāvanārā brāhmaṇone khūb māryā, yagnashāḷā toḍī
nākhī, rājāne paṇ pakaḍī līdho. rāvaṇe brāhmaṇo upar khūb gusso karyo ke mārā rājyamān
jīvahinsā karo chho, ā shī vāt chhe? temane eṭalā māryā ke mūrchhit thaīne pr̥ithvī par paḍī
gayā. pachhī subhaṭo temane kahevā lāgyā ke tamane duḥkh jevun kharāb lāge chhe ane sukh
sāru lāge chhe tem pashune paṇ jāṇo. tamane jeṭalun jīvan vhālun chhe tem sarva jīvane jāṇo.
tamane ṭipātā kaṣhṭa thāy chhe to pashuono vināsh karatān temane kem na thāy? tame pāpanun
phaḷ bhogavo ane bhaviṣhyamān paṇ narakanun duḥkh bhogavasho. ā pramāṇe bolatā ghoḍesavār
tathā khechar, bhūchar badhā ja māṇaso hinsakone māravā lāgyā. teo vilāp karavā lāgyā
ke amane chhoḍī dyo. pharī ame āvun kām nahi karīe. ām dīn vachan bolīne rovā
lāgyā, paṇ rāvaṇane temanā upar gusso hato eṭale emane chhoḍato nahoto tyāre atyant
dayāḷu nārade rāvaṇane kahyun ke he rājan! tārun kalyāṇ thāv. ten ā duṣhṭo pāsethī mane
chhoḍāvyo, have emanā upar paṇ dayā kar. jinashāsanamān koīne duḥkh āpavānun kahyun
nathī. sarva jīvone jīvan vhālun chhe. ten shun siddhāntamān ā vāt nathī sāmbhaḷī ke
huṇḍāvasarpiṇī kāḷamān pākhaṇḍīonī pravr̥utti thāy chhe. atyāre chothā kāḷamān sharūātamān
r̥uṣhabhadev bhagavān pragaṭayā, traṇe lokamān ūñch jin bhagavānano janma thatān ja devo
temane sumeru parvat paṇ laī gayā, kṣhīrasāgaranā jaḷathī snān karāvyun, te mahākrāntinā
dhārak r̥uṣhabhanāth jinendranun divya chāritra pāpano nāsh karanārun traṇ lokamān prasiddha chhe, shun
ten te sāmbhaḷ‌yun nathī? te bhagavān prāṇīmātra par dayā rākhanār, jemanā guṇ īndra paṇ
kahevāne samartha nathī te vītarāg nirvāṇanā adhikārī ā pr̥ithvīrūp strīne chhoḍīne
jagatanā kalyāṇ nimitte munipad dhāravā lāgyā. kevā chhe prabhu? jemano ātmā nirmaḷ
chhe. kevī chhe pr̥ithvīrūp strī? je vindhyāchaḷ parvat ane himālay parvatarūp chhe. uttuṅg stan
jene, āryakṣhetra chhe mukh jene, sundar nagarorūpī chūḍā chhe. samudra tenī kaṭimekhalā chhe,
nīlavan tenā kesh chhe, nānā prakāranān ratno te ja tenān ābhūṣhaṇ chhe r̥uṣhabhadeve muni
banīne ek hajār varṣha sudhī mahātap karyun. jemano yog achaḷ, jemanā bāhu lambāyamān
evā r̥uṣhabhadev pratyenā anurāgathī kachchhādi chār hajār rājāoe munino dharma jāṇyā
vinā ja dīkṣhā līdhī. te pariṣhah sahan na karī shakyā tyāre phaḷādinun bhakṣhaṇ ane
valkalo paherī tāpas thayā. r̥uṣhabhadeve hajār varṣha sudhī tap karīne vaḍavr̥ukṣhanī nīche
kevaḷagnān pragaṭ karyun. īndrādik devoe kevaḷagnān kalyāṇak karyun, samosaraṇanī rachanā thaī.
bhagavān divya dhvanithī anek jīvo kr̥utārtha thayā. je kachchhādi rājāo chāritrabhraṣhṭa thayā
hatā te dharmamā draḍh thaī gayā, mārīchanā

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130 agiyāramun parva padmapurāṇ
dīrdha sansāranā yogathī mithyābhāv na chhūṭayo. je sthān par bhagavānane kevaḷagnān
upajyun hatun te sthān par devoe chaityālayonī sthāpanā karī. r̥uṣhabhadevanī pratimā
padharāvī ane bharat chakravartīe vipravarṇanī sthāpanā karī hatī. te pāṇīmān telanā
ṭīpānī jem khūb phelāī gayā. temaṇe ā jagatane mithyāchārathī mohit karyun, loko
kukarmamān pravartavā lāgyā, sukr̥utano prakāsh naṣhṭa thaī gayo. jīvo sādhunā anādaramān
tatpar thayā. pahelān subhūm chakravartīe temano nāsh karyo hato to paṇ emano abhāv
na thayo. he dashānan! tārāthī temano abhāv kevī rīte thashe? māṭe tun prāṇīonī
hinsāthī nivr̥utta thā. koīnī kadī paṇ hinsā karavī nahi. jyāre bhagavānanā upadeshathī
paṇ jagat mithyāmārgathī rahit na thayun, koīk jīvo savaḷā thayā, to pachhī āpaṇā
jevāthī sakaḷ jagatanun mithyātva kevī rīte ṭaḷī shake? bhagavān to sarvane dekhanārā,
jāṇanārā chhe. ā pramāṇe devarṣhi nāradanān vachano sāmbhaḷī kekasī mātānī kūkhe janmelo
rāvaṇ te purāṇakathā sāmbhaḷīne atyant prasanna thayo. teṇe vāramvār jineshvaradevane
namaskār karyā. nārad ane rāvaṇ mahāpuruṣhanī manogna kathāthī kṣhaṇek sukhamān rahyā.
mahāpuruṣhonī kathāmān bhinnabhinna prakāranā ras bharelā hoy chhe.

pachhī rājā marut hāth joḍī dharatī par mastak mūkī rāvaṇane namaskār karī

vinantī karavā lāgyo ke he dev, he laṅkesh! hun āpano sevak chhun, āp prasanna thāv, men
agnānīe agnānīonā upadeshathī hinsāmārgarūp khoṭī pravr̥utti karī te badal āp kṣhamā
karo. jīvone agnānathī khoṭī cheṣhṭā thāy chhe, have mane dharmanā mārgamān lāvo ane mārī
putrī kanakaprabhāne āp paraṇo. sansāramān je uttam padārtho chhe. tenā māṭe āp ja pātra
chho. rāvaṇ prasanna thayo. rāvaṇ je namra bane tenā pratye dayā rākhe chhe. rāvaṇe tenī putrī
sāthe lagna karyān ane tene potāno banāvyo. te strī rāvaṇane atyant priy banī. marute
rāvaṇanā sāmantono khūb satkār karyo. temane nānā prakāranān vastrābhūṣhaṇ, hāthī, ghoḍā,
rath āpyān, rāvaṇ kanakaprabhā sahit ramato rahyo. tene ek varṣha pachhī kr̥utachitra nāmanī
putrī thaī. jonārāone te potānā rūpathī āshcharya upajāvatī, jāṇe ke mūrtimant shobhā ja
hatī. rāvaṇanā sāmanto mahāshūravīr ane tejasvī hatā. te sampūrṇa pr̥ithvī par pharatā rahyā.
traṇ khaṇḍamān je rājā prasiddha hatā ane baḷavān hatā te rāvaṇanā yoddhā āgaḷ dīn
banī gayā. badhā ja rājā vash thayā. rājāone rājyabhaṅg thavāno bhay hato. vidyādharo
bharatakṣhetrano madhyabhāg joīne āshcharya pāmyā. manogna pahāḍ, manogna vanane joī loko
kahetā ke aho! svarga paṇ āthī vadhāre ramaṇīk nathī. manamān evun thāy chhe ke ahīn ja
rahīe. samudra samān jenī vishāḷ senā chhe evā rāvaṇanī koī joḍ nathī. aho!
adbhut dhairya, adbhut udāratā rāvaṇamān chhe, sarva vidyādharomān te shreṣhṭha jaṇāy chhe. ā
pramāṇe badhā māṇaso tenī prashansā kare chhe. pachhī jyān jyān rāvaṇ gayo tyān tyān loko
sāmā āvīne tene maḷatā rahyā. pr̥ithvī paranā je je rājānī sundar putrīo hatī te
rāvaṇane paraṇī. je nagaranī

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samīpe rāvaṇ āvī pahoñche te nagaranān strī-puruṣho tene joīne āshcharya pāmatān strīo
badhān kām chhoḍīne tene jovā doḍatī, keṭalīk jharūkhāmān besī uparathī āshiṣh detī phūl
varasāvatī, rāvaṇ megh samān shyāmasundar chhe, pākā bimbaphaḷo jevā tenā lāl adhar chhe,
mugaṭanā jātajātanā maṇiothī tenun shir shobhe chhe, muktāphaḷanī jyotirūp jaḷathī tenun
mukhachandra dhoyun hoy tevun lāge chhe, īndranīlamaṇi jevā shyāmasaghan tenā kesh chhe ane
sahastrapatra kamaḷ samān tenān netra chhe, vakra, shyām, chīkaṇī be bhramarothī te shobhe chhe.
shaṅkh samān tenī grīvā chhe ane vr̥uṣhabh samān skandh, tenun vakṣhasthaḷ puṣhṭa ane vistīrṇa
chhe. daggajanī sūṇḍh samān tenī bhujā chhe, sinh jevī pātaḷī keḍ chhe, kadalī vr̥ukṣha jevī sundar
jāndh chhe, kamaḷ samān charaṇ chhe, samachaturastra sansthānanun dhārak manohar sharīr chhe, adhik
ūñcho nathī, adhik ṭūṅko nathī, bahu kr̥ush ke sthūḷ nathī, shrīvatsa ādi batrīs lakṣhaṇothī
yukta chhe. ratnonān kiraṇothī dedīpyamān mugaṭ, manohar kuṇḍaḷ, jenā hāth par bājubandh
ane motīno hār chhātī par shobhī rahyo chhe, ardhachakravartīnī vibhūtinā bhoktā rāvaṇane
joī loko khūb prasanna thatā. teo andaroandar vāt karatā ke ā dashamukhe māsīnā
dīkarā vaishravaṇane jītyo, rājā yamane jītyo, kailāsh ūñchakavāno prayatna karyo, rājā
sahastrarashmine vairāgya utpanna karāvyo, marutanā yagnano vidhvans karyo chhe. āpaṇā puṇyanā
udayathī ā dishāmān āvyo chhe. kekasī mātānā ā putranān rūpaguṇanun varṇan koṇ karī
shake? enun darshan lokone param utsavanun kāraṇ chhe. jenī kūkhe e janmyo te strī
puṇyavān chhe, jene gher janmyo te pitā dhanya chhe ane jenā kuḷamān e janmyo te
sagānsambandhīone paṇ dhanya chhe ane je strī tenī rāṇīo banī tenā bhāgyanī to vāt
ja shī? ā pramāṇe strīo jharūkhāmān beṭhī beṭhī vāto kare chhe ane rāvaṇanī savārī
chālī jāy chhe. jyāre rāvaṇ āve chhe tyāre ek muhūrta māṭe to gāmanī strīo chitra
jevī banī jāy chhe. tenā rūp ane saubhāgyathī jemanun chitta ākarṣhāy chhe evān strī-
puruṣhone māṭe rāvaṇ sivāy bījī koī vāt rahetī nathī. desh, nagar, gām ane gāmanā
samūhomānthī je mukhya puruṣh hoy chhe te nānā prakāranī bheṭ laīne rāvaṇane maḷatā ane
hāth joḍī, namaskār karī vinantī karatā ke he dev! āp mahāvaibhavanā pātra chho, āpanā
gharamān sarva vastuo vidyamān chhe, he rājādhirāj! nandanādi vanamān je manogna vastu prāpta
thāy chhe te sakaḷ vastuo paṇ chintavan mātrathī ja āpane sulabh chhe. evī kaī apūrva
vastuo chhe ke je āpane bheṭ dharīe to paṇ ā nyāy chhe ke khālī hāthe rājāne maḷāy
nahi tethī amārā jevī kāīk vastu ame bheṭ āpīe chhīe. jem devo bhagavān
jinendradevanī suvarṇakamaḷothī pūjā kare chhe temane shun manuṣhya potāne yogya sāmagrīthī nathī
pūjatā? ā pramāṇe judā judā deshanā sāmanto mahān r̥uddhidhārak rāvaṇane pūjatā hatā.
rāvaṇ temanun madhur vachanothī khūb sanmān karato. rāvaṇ pr̥ithvīne khūb sukhī joīne
prasanna thayo, jem koī potānī strīne jātajātanān ratnābhūṣhaṇothī maṇḍit joī

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sukhī thāy tem. rāvaṇ je mārge nīkaḷato te deshamān vāvyā vinā ja svayammev dhānya
utpanna thatun, pr̥ithvī atyant shobhāyamān thatī, prajājano khūb ānandit thaī anurāgarūpī
jaḷathī enī kīrtirūpī velane sīñchatā. te kīrti nirmaḷ svarūpavāḷī hatī. kisāno kahetā
ke āpaṇā mahābhāgya ke āpaṇā deshamān ratnashravāno putra rāvaṇ āvyo. āpaṇe dīn
loko khetīmān ja āsakta, lūkhā sharīravāḷā, phāṭelān kapaḍāmvāḷā, kaṭhaṇ hāthapagavāḷā,
āpaṇo āṭalo samay sukhasvādarahit kleshamān ja gayo. have ānā prabhāvathī āpaṇe
sampadāvān banyā. puṇyano uday āvyo ke sarva duḥkhone dūr karanār rāvaṇanun ahīn
āgaman thayun. je je deshamān e kalyāṇathī bharapūr vicharato te te desh sampadāthī pūrṇa thato.
dashamukh garībonī garībāī joī shakato nahi. jenāmān duḥkh maṭāḍavānī shakti na hoy te
bhāīonī siddhi shun kāmanī? ā to sarva prāṇīono moṭo bhāī thayo hato. ā rāvaṇ
guṇo vaḍe lokone ānand upajāvato. jenā rājyamān ṭhaṇḍī ke garamī paṇ prajāne bādhā na
pahoñchāḍe to chor, lūṇṭārā, chāḍīkhor ke sinhagajādikanī bādhā kyāthī hoy? jenā rājyamān
pavan, pāṇī, agninī paṇ prajāne bādhā nahotī, badhī bābato sukhadāyak ja thatī.

rāvaṇanā digvijayamān varṣhār̥utu āvī, jāṇe ke rāvaṇane sāmī āvīne maḷī,

jāṇe indre shyām ghaṭārūpī gajonī bheṭ mokalī. kāḷā megh mahānīlāchal samān
vījaḷīrūpī sonānī sāṅkaḷ paherelā ane bagalānī paṅktirūpī dhajāthī shobhit chhe.
indradhanuṣhyarūp ābhūṣhaṇ paherīne jyāre varṣhār̥utu āvī tyāre dashe dishāomān andhakār
thaī gayo, rātri-divasano bhed jaṇāto nahoto e yogya ja chhe. je shyām hoy te
shyāmapaṇun ja pragaṭ kare. megh paṇ shyām ane andhakār paṇ shyām. pr̥ithvī par meghanī moṭī
dhārā akhaṇḍ varasavā lāgī. je māninī nāyikānā manamān mānano bhār hato te
meghagarjan vaḍe kṣhaṇamātramān vilay pāmyo ane meghanā dhvanithī bhay pāmelī je māninī
strī hatī te svayammev bhartārane sneh karavā lāgī. meghanī komaḷ, shītaḷ dhārā musāpharone
bāṇ jevī lāgatī. marmavidārak dhārānā samūhathī jemanun hr̥uday bhedāī gayun chhe evā
pravāsīo khūb vyākuḷ banyā, jāṇe ke tīkṣhṇa chakrathī chhedāī gayā hoy. navīn varṣhānā
jaḷathī jaḍatā pāmel pathiko kṣhaṇamātramān chitra jevā thaī gayā. gāyanā udaramānthī nirantar
dūdhanī dhārā varṣhe chhe te jāṇe kṣhīrasāgaranā megh gāyanā udaramān besī gayā hoy tem lāge
chhe. varṣhār̥utumān kisāno khetīnā kāmamān pravarte chhe. rāvaṇanā prabhāvathī te mahādhananā dhaṇī
banī gayā. rāvaṇ badhān ja prāṇīonā utsāhanun kāraṇ banyo.

gautam svāmī rājā shreṇikane kahe chhe ke he shreṇik! je pūrṇa puṇyanā adhikārī chhe

temanā saubhāgyanun varṇan kyān sudhī karīe. īndivar kamaḷ sarakho shyām rāvaṇ
strīonān chittane abhilāṣhī karato jāṇe ke sākṣhāt varṣhākāḷanun svarūp ja chhe. teno
avāj gambhīr chhe, jem megh gāje chhe tem rāvaṇ garjanā kare chhe. rāvaṇanī āgnāthī sarva
narendro āvī maḷ‌yā, hāth joḍī

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namaskār karavā lāgyā. je rājāonī kanyā sundar hatī te rāvaṇane svayammev varī. te
rāvaṇane varīne atyant krīḍā karavā lāgī, jem varṣhā pahāḍane pāmīne atyant varase tem.
vaishravaṇ yakṣhanā mānanun mardan karanār, digvijay māṭe nīkaḷel, tene samasta pr̥ithvīne
jītato joī sūrya lajajā ane bhayathī vyākuḷ thaīne dabāī gayo.

bhāvārthaḥ– varṣhākāḷamān sūrya meghapaṭalathī āchchhādit hoy chhe ane rāvaṇanā mukh

samān chandramā paṇ nathī, lajjāthī chandra paṇ dabāī gayo, kāraṇ ke varṣhākāḷamān chandra paṇ
meghamāḷāthī āchchhādit thāy chhe ane tārā paṇ dekhātā nathī. ā varṣhār̥utu strī samān
chhe, vījaḷī tenī kaṭimekhalā chhe, indradhanuṣhya te vastrābhūṣhaṇ chhe, payodhar (megh ane
stan) ne vakṣhasthaḷ chhe. rāvaṇ mahāmanohar ketakīnī vās ane padminī strīonā
sharīranī sugandhane potānā sharīranī sugandhathī jītī le chhe. tenā sugandhī shvāsathī kheñchāīne
bhamarāo guñjārav kare chhe. gaṅgātaṭ par paḍāv nākhīne varṣhār̥utu pūrṇa karī. gaṅgānā taṭ
par harit tr̥uṇ shobhe chhe, nānā prakāranān puṣhponī sugandh phelāī rahī chhe, ūñchā ūñchā vr̥ukṣho
shobhe chhe. rāvaṇe ati sukhapūrvak chāturmās pūrṇa karyun. he shreṇik! je puṇyādhikārī manuṣhya
chhe tenun nām sāmbhaḷīne sarva loko namaskār kare chhe ane sundar strīo svayammev āvīne
vare chhe, aishvaryanā nivās param vaibhav pragaṭ thāy chhe. temanā tejathī sūrya paṇ shītal
thāy chhe; ām jāṇīne, āgnā mānīne, sanshay chhoḍīne, puṇyaprāptino yatna karo.

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

daulatarāmajīkr̥ut bhāṣhā vachanikānā gujarātī anuvādamān marut yagnano vidhvans ane
rāvaṇanā digvijayanun varṇan karanār agiyāramun parva pūrṇa thayun.

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bāramun parva

(indra nāmanā vidyādharanā parābhavanun kathan)

rāvaṇe mantrīo sāthe ekāntamān mantraṇā karī. he mantrīo! ā mārī kanyā

kr̥utachitrāne hun konī sāthe paraṇāvun? saṅgrāmamān indrane jītavānun nakkī nathī tethī pratham
putrīne paraṇāvavānun maṅgal kārya karavun yogya chhe. rāvaṇane putrīnā vivāhanī chintāmān
tatpar joīne rājā harivāhane potānā putrane pāse bolāvyo. rāvaṇe harivāhananā putrane
atisundar ane vinayavān joīne potānī putrī paraṇāvavānī īchchhā karī. rāvaṇe
potānā manamān vichāryun ke mathurā nagarīno rājā harivāhan sarva nītishāstromān pravīṇ chhe,
amārān guṇonī kīrtimān tene prem chhe, teno prāṇathīy pyāro putra madhu prashansāyogya chhe,
mantrīoe rāvaṇane kahyun ke he dev! ā madhukumār parākramī chhe, tenā guṇonun varṇan thāy
tem nathī. tenā sharīramānthī sugandh phore chhe, je sarva lokonun man

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harī le chhe. madhu nām miṣhṭānnanun chhe, te miṣhṭabhāṣhī chhe. madhu eṭale makarand, te makarandathī
paṇ adhik sugandhī chhe. enā eṭalā ja guṇ nathī. asuronā indra chamarendre ene
mahāguṇarūp trishūlaratna āpyun chhe. te trishūl verī par pheṅkātān niṣhphaḷ jatun nathī. āp
enā kāryo vaḍe ja enān guṇ jāṇasho. ame vachanathī keṭalun kahīe? tethī he dev! tenī
sāthe sambandh karavāno vichār karo. e paṇ āpanī sāthe sambandh bāndhīne kr̥utārtha thashe.
jyāre mantrīoe tene ā pramāṇe kahyun tyāre rāvaṇe tene potāno jamāī banāvyo ane
yogya sāmagrī tene āpī. rāvaṇe khūb vaibhavathī potānī putrī paraṇāvī. ā rāvaṇanī
putrī sākṣhāt puṇyalakṣhmī, sundar sharīravāḷī, patinān man ane netrane haranārī hatī. tene
pāmīne madhu ati prasanna thayo.

pachhī shreṇike kutūhalathī gautam svāmīne pūchhayun ke he nāth! asurendre madhune shā

māṭe trishūlaratna āpyun hatun? tyāre gautam svāmī jainadharmīo pratyenā vātsalyathī
trishūlaratnanī prāptinun kāraṇ kahevā lāgyā- he shreṇik! dhātakīkhaṇḍ nāme dvīpanā airāvat
kṣhetramān shatadvār nāmanā nagaramān be mitro rahetā hatā. temanī vachche premanun mahābandhan hatun.
ekanun nām sumitra, bījānun nām prabhav hatun. ā banne ek chaṭashāḷāmān bhaṇīne paṇḍit
thayā. keṭalāk divaso pachhī sumitra rājā thayo. anek sāmantothī sevit, pūrvopārjit
puṇyakarmanā prabhāvathī te paramoday pāmyo, ane bījo mitra prabhav garīb kuḷamān janmyo
hato. sumitre tene snehathī potānā jevo karyo. ek divas rājā sumitrane duṣhṭa ghoḍo
vanamān upāḍī gayo. tyān duridadanṣhṭra nāmano bhīlano rājā tene potāne gher laī gayo ane
tenī sāthe potānī putrī vanamālā paraṇāvī. vanamālā sākṣhāt vanalakṣhmī hatī. tene prāpta
karīne rājā sumitra ati prasanna thayo. tyān ek mahino te rahyo. te bhīlonī senā
laīne strī sahit shatadvār nagaramān āvī rahyo hato. ane prabhav tene shodhavā bahār
nīkaḷato hato. teṇe mārgamān mitrane strī sahit joyo. kāmanī patākā jevī tenī strīne
joīne pāpī prabhav mitranī patnīmān mohit thayo. ashubh karmanā udayathī jenī kr̥utya-
akr̥utyanī vivekabuddhi nāsh pāmī chhe evo prabhav prabaḷ kāmabāṇathī vīndhāīne ati
ākuḷatā pāmyo. āhār, nidrādinun vismaraṇ thaī gayun, sansāramān jeṭalī vyādhīo chhe
temān madananī vyādhi sauthī moṭī chhe. tenāthī param duḥkh maḷe chhe. jem sarva devomān
sūryapradhān chhe tem samasta rogomān madanano rog pradhān chhe. sumitre prabhavane khedakhinna
joīne pūchhayunḥ ‘he mitra! tun khinna shā māṭe chhe?’ teṇe mitrane kahyun ke tun vanamāḷāne
paraṇyo chheḥ tethī mārun chitta vyākuḷ banyun chhe. ā vāt sāmbhaḷī, mitra pratye atyant
snehavāḷā rājā sumitre potānā prāṇ samān mitrane potānī strīnā nimitte duḥkhī
jāṇīne strīne mitranā gher mokalī ane pote chhānomāno mitranā jharūkhāmān jaīne beṭho,
jovā lāgyo ke ā shun kare chhe? jo mārī strī enī āgnā nahi māne to hun strīne
rokīsh ane jo enī āgnā mānashe to ek hajār gām āpīsh. vanamālā rātre
prabhavanī samīpe jaīne beṭhī. tyāre prabhav pūchhavā lāgyo ke he

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bhadre! tun koṇ chhe? teṇe potānā vivāh sudhīnun potānun sarva vr̥uttānt kahyun te sāmbhaḷīne
prabhav nistej thaī gayo, manamān atyant udās thayo. te vichāravā lāgyo, hāy! hāy!
men ā kevī pāpabhāvanā karī? mitranī strī to mātā samān chhe. tene koṇ īchchhe? mārī
buddhi bhraṣhṭa thaī gaī. ā pāpathī hun kyāre chhūṭīsh? bane to mārun shir kāpī nākhun,
kalaṅkayukta jīvanathī sho phāyado? ām vichārī mastak kāpavā māṭe myānamānthī khaḍga
kāḍhayun. jevo te talavārane gaḷā pāse lāvyo ke sumitra jharūkhāmānthī kūdyo, teno hāth pakaḍī
līdho ane tene marato bachāvyo. tene chhātī sāthe lagāḍīne kahevā lāgyoḥ he mitra! shun tun
ātmaghātano doṣh nathī jāṇato? je jīv avadhi pahelān potānā sharīrano ghāt kare chhe te
shudra marīne narakamān paḍe chhe, anek bhav alpa āyuṣhyanā dhārak thāy chhe. ā ātmaghāt
nigodanun kāraṇ chhe. ām kahīne mitranā hāthamānthī

khaḍga paḍāvī līdhun. madhur vachanothī

khūb santoṣh āpyo ane kahevā lāgyo ke he mitra! atyāre āpaṇī vachche gāḍh maitrī chhe
to ā maitrī parabhavamān rahe ke na rahe. sansār asār chhe. ā jīv potānā karmanā
udayathī bhinna bhinna gatimān jāy chhe. ā sansāramān koṇ kono mitra ane koṇ kono
shatru chhe? sadā ekasarakhī dashā rahetī nathī. em kahīne bīje divase rājā sumitra
mahāmuni thayā ane āyuṣhya pūrun thatān bījā svargamān īshān indra thayā. tyānthī chyavīne
mathurāpurīmān rājā harivāhananī rāṇī mādhavīne peṭe madhu nāmano putra thayo. harivansharūp
ākāshamān chandramā samān thayā, ane prabhav samyaktva vinā anek yoniomān bhramaṇ karī
vishvāvasunī strī jyotiṣhamatīne peṭe shikhī nāmano putra thayo. te dravyaliṅgī muni thaī
mahātap karī nidānanā yogathī asurono adhipati chamarendre thayo. te avadhignānathī
potānā pūrvobhavo jāṇī, sumitra nāmanā mitranā guṇono vichār karavā lāgyo. sumitra
rājānun ati manogna charitra vīchārīne tenun hr̥uday prītithī mohit thayun. teṇe manamān
vichāryun ke rājā sumitra mahāguṇavān, māro param mitra hato, sarva kāryomān sahāyak hato.
chaṭashāḷāmān ame sāthe vidyā meḷavī hatī, hun daridra hato ane teṇe mane potānā jeṭalo
vaibhav āpyo hato. duṣhṭa chittavāḷā men pāpīe tenī strī pratye khoṭā bhāv karyā to paṇ
tene mārā par dveṣh nahoto karyo, te strīne māre tyān mokalī hatī, hun mitranī strīne mātā
samān jāṇī atiudās thaī mārun mastak khaḍgathī kāpavā taiyār thayo tyāre teṇe pote ja
mane rokyo hato ane me jinashāsananī shraddhā vinā marīne anek duḥkh bhogavyān,
mokṣhamārgamān pravartanārā sādhu puruṣhonī nindā karī, kuyonimān duḥkhabhogavyā ane te mitra
munivrat dhārī bījā svargamān indra thayo, tyānthī chyavī mathurāpurīmān rājā harivāhanano
putra madhuvāhan thayo chhe ane hun vishvāvasuno putra shīkhī nāmano dravyaliṅgī muni thaī
asurendra thayo chhun. ām vichārī, upakārathī kheñchāyelo, premathī bhīñjāyelā manavāḷo te
potānā bhavanamānthī nīkaḷīne madhyalokamān āvyo. madhuvāhan mitrane maḷ‌yo, mahāratnothī
mitranun pūjan karyun, sahastrānt nāmanun trishūl ratna āpyun madhuvāhan paṇ chamarendrane joīne khūb

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rājī thayo. pachhī chamarendra potānā sthānake gayo. he shreṇik! shastravidyāno adhipati, sinhonā
vāhanavāḷo madhukumvar harivanshanun tilak chhe, rāvaṇ teno svasur chhe, te sukhethī rahevā lāgyo. ā
madhunun charitra je puruṣh vāñche, sāmbhaḷe te kānti pāme ane tene sarva artha siddha thāy.

pachhī marutanā yagnano nāsh karanār je rāvaṇ te lokamān potāno prabhāv phelāvato,

shatruone vash karato, aḍhār varṣha sudhī pharīne jem svargamān indra harṣha upajāve tem teṇe
badhāne ānand āpyo pr̥ithvīpati kailās parvat pāse āvyo. tyān nirmaḷ jaḷavāḷī
samudranī paṭarāṇī, kamaḷanā makarandathī pīḷā jaḷavāḷī gaṅgānā kināre senāno paḍāv
nākhī pote kailāsanī taḷeṭīmān paḍāv nākhī krīḍā karato rahyo. gaṅgānā sphaṭik samān
jaḷamān khechar, bhūchar, jaḷachar krīḍā karatā hatā je ashvo raj lāgavāthī sharīre malin
thayā hatā te gaṅgāmān nhāīne, pāṇī pīne svastha thayā. rāvaṇ vālīnun vr̥uttānt vichārīne
chaityālayomān namaskār karī, dharmarūp pravr̥utti karato rahyo

have indre dulandhipur nagaramān nalakumvar nāmano lokapāl sthāpyo hato teṇe

sandeshavāhakonā mukhethī rāvaṇane najīk āvelo jāṇīne īndra pāse shīghragāmī sevako
mokalyā, sarva vr̥uttānt jaṇāvyā. rāvaṇ jagatane jītato samudra jevī senā laīne āpaṇī
jagyā jītavā māṭe najīk āvīne paḍayo chhe. ā taraphanā badhā loko dhrujī uṭhayā chhe. ā
samāchār laīne nalakumvaranā dūto indra pāse āvyā. indra bhagavānanān chaityālayonī vandanā
karavā jato hato tyān mārgamān indrane patra āvyo. indre sarva rahasya jāṇīne pāchho javāb
lakhī āpyo ke hun pāṇḍuvanamān chaityālayonī vandanā karīne āvun chhun. tyān sudhī tame khūb
prayatna karīne rahejo. tame amogh-niṣhphaḷ na jāy tevā shastronā dhārak chho ane hun paṇ
shīghra ja āvun chhun. ām lakhīne vandanā pratye āsakta manavāḷo te, verīnī senāne na
gaṇakāratān pāṇḍuvanamān gayo ane nalakumvar lokapāle potānā mantrīo sāthe vichāraṇā
karīne nagaranī rakṣhā māṭe tatpar vidyāmay so yojan ūñcho vajrashāl nāmano koṭ
banāvyo ane pradakṣhiṇā traṇ gaṇī karī. rāvaṇe nalakumvaranā nagaranī rachanā jāṇavā māṭe
prahasta nāmanā senāpatine mokalyo te joīne pāchho āvīne kahevā lāgyo ke he dev!
māyāmayī koṭathī maṇḍit ā nagar chhe. te laī shakāy tevun nathī. juo, pratyakṣha dekhāy chhe
ke sarva dishāomān bhayānak vikarāḷ dāḍhovāḷā sarpa samān tenā shikharo chhe ane
āsapās saghan vānsanun van jalī rahyun chhe. temānthī ūñchī jvāḷāo ūṭhī rahī chhe. tenān
yantro vaitāḷanun rūp dhāraṇ karī, vikarāḷ dāḍh phāḍī, ek yojananā vistāramān je manuṣhyo
āve tene gaḷī rahyān chhe. te yantronā mukhamān āvelān prāṇīonān ā sharīr rahetān nathī.
te bījo bhav dhāraṇ karīne navān sharīr dhāraṇ kare chhe. ām jāṇīne āp dīrghadarshī
banīne ā nagar levāno upāy shodhī kāḍho. pachhī rāvaṇe mantrīone upāy pūchhavā
māṇḍayān. mantrīo te māyāmayī koṭane dūr karavāno upāy vichāravā lāgyā. mantrīo
nītishāstramān ati pravīṇ chhe.

pachhī nalakumvaranī strī uparambhā, je īndranī apsarā rambhā samān rūp ane guṇavāḷī,

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pr̥ithvīmān prasiddha chhe, te rāvaṇane nikaṭ āvelo sāmbhaḷīne tenī atyant abhilāṣhā karavā
lāgī. pahelān rāvaṇanān rūpaguṇ sāmbhaḷīne anurāgavatī hatī ja. rātre te potānī sakhī
vichitramālāne ekāntamān ām kahevā lāgī ke he sundarī! tun mārā prāṇ samān sakhī chhe,
tārā jevun bījun koī nathī. āpaṇun ane sāmānun ek man hoy tene sakhī kahīe chhīe.
mārāmān ane tārāmān bhed nathī māṭe he chature! mārā kāryanun sādhan tun chokkas karavānī
ho to tane mārā chittanī vāt karun je sakhī hoy chhe te nishchayathī jīvananun avalamban
hoy chhe. rāṇī uparambhāe ām kahyun tyāre sakhī vichitramālā kahevā lāgī ke he devī!
āvī vāt kem kaho chho? hun to tamārī āgnākāriṇī chhun. tamārun manavāñchhit kārya kahesho
te karīsh ja. hun mārā moḍhe mārā vakhāṇ shun karun? potānā vakhāṇ karavā e lokamān nindya
gaṇāy chhe, vadhāre shun kahun? mane tame sākṣhāt kāryanī siddhi gaṇo. māro vishvās rākhīne
tamārā manamān je hoy te mane kaho. he svāminī! amārī hayātīmān tamāre khed shāno
hoy? tyāre uparambhā vishvās rākhīne, gāl upar hāth mūkīne, mukhamānthī na nīkaḷe evān
vachan vāramvār preraṇā karīne bahār kāḍhavā lāgī. he sakhī! bāḷapaṇathī ja mārun man
rāvaṇ pratye anurāgī chhe. men anek vār lokamān prasiddha, atisundar evā tenā guṇo
sāmbhaḷ‌yān chhe. hun antarāyanā udayathī atyār sudhī rāvaṇano saṅg prāpta na karī shakī. mārā
chittamān tenī pratye param prīti chhe. ane tenī aprāptino mane nirantar pastāvo thāy chhe.
he rūpiṇī! hun jāṇun chhun ke ā kārya prashansāyogya nathī. strī parapuruṣhanā saṅgathī narakamān
jāy chhe to paṇ hun maraṇane sahevā samartha nathī. tethī he miṣhṭabhāṣhiṇī! māro upāy shīghra
kar. mārā mananun haraṇ karanār te have mārī pāse āvyo chhe, koī paṇ upāye prasanna
thaīne māro tenī sāthe meḷāp karāvī de, hun tārā page paḍun chhun. ām kahīne te strī page
paḍavā lāgī, tyāre sakhīe tenun māthun pakaḍī līdhun ane kahyun ke he svāminī! tamārun kām
ek kṣhaṇamān ja hun siddha karī āpīsh. em kahīne te sakhī gharamānthī bahār nīkaḷī. ā
sakaḷ vātonī rīt jāṇanārī te atisūkṣhma shyām vastra paherīne ākāshamārge rāvaṇanā
tambūmān āvī. dvārapāḷone potānā āgamananun vr̥uttānt jaṇāvīne teṇe rāvaṇ pāse jaīne
tene praṇām karyā. āgnā maḷatān besīne te vinantī karavā lāgī ke he dev! doṣhanā
prasaṅgarahit āpanā sakaḷ guṇo vaḍe ākho lok vyāpta chhe. āpane māṭe e ja yogya chhe.
āpano vaibhav ati udār chhe, āp ā pr̥ithvī par saune tr̥upta karo chho, āpano janma
saunā ānand nimitte chhe. āpanī ākr̥uti jotān ā manamān lāge chhe ke āp koīnī
prārthanāno bhaṅg karatā nathī. āp mahādātār chho, saunā artha pūrā karo chho, āpanā jevā
mahāpuruṣhanī vibhūti paropakār māṭe ja chhe tethī āp saune bahār mokalī ek kṣhaṇ
ekānt āpīne, man daīne mārī vāt sāmbhaḷo to hun kahun. rāvaṇe ā pramāṇe karyun tyāre
teṇe uparambhānī saghaḷī hakīkat tenā kānamān kahī.

tyāre rāvaṇe banne hāth kān upar mūkī, māthun dhuṇāvī, netra saṅkochī, kekasī mātānā

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putre yogya āchāraparāyaṇ banī kahyun’ he bhadre! shun kahyun? pāpanā bandhanun kāraṇ evun ā
kām kevī rīte karāy? hun parastrīone aṅgadān devāmān daridra chhun. āvā kāmane dhikkār
ho! ten abhimān chhoḍīne ā vāt kahī chhe, parantu jinashāsananī evī āgnā chhe ke
vidhavā, sadhavā, kumvārī strī ane veshyā e badhī ja parastrī sadāy sarvathā tyajavī.
paranārī rūpāḷī hoy tethī shun thayun? ālok ane paralokanun virodhī evun ā kārya
vivekī kare nahi. je banne lokane bhraṣhṭa kare te manuṣhya shāno? he bhadre! parapuruṣhathī jenun
aṅgamardan thayun hoy evī parastrī aeṇṭhā bhojan samān chhe, tene kyo manuṣhya aṅgīkār
kare? ā vāt sāmbhaḷīne mahāmantrī vibhīṣhaṇ, je sakaḷ nītine jāṇe chhe ane
rājavidyāmān jenī buddhi shreṣhṭha chhe, teṇe rāvaṇane ekāntamān jaīne kahyun ke he dev!
rājāonān anek charitra hoy chhe. koī vakhate te prayojanavashāt kiñchit jūṭhun paṇ kahe chhe.
māṭe āp āne atyant rukṣha vāt na karo. te uparambhā vash thashe to koṭ jītavāno kāīk
upāy paṇ batāvashe. vibhīṣhaṇanān āvān vachan sāmbhaḷīne rājavidyāmān nipuṇ, māyāchārī
rāvaṇ vichitramālā sakhīne kahevā lāgyo ke he bhadre! te mārāmān man rākhe chhe ane mārā
vinā atyant duḥkhī chhe tethī tenā prāṇanī rakṣhā māre karavī yogya chhe tenā prāṇ na chhūṭe
e rīte ene pahelān ahīn laī āv. jīvonā prāṇanī rakṣhā e ja dharma chhe. em kahīne
sakhīne vidāy āpī. te jaīne uparambhāne tatkāḷ laī āvī. rāvaṇe tenun khūb sanmān
karyun. eṭale teṇe madanasevananī prārthanā karī. rāvaṇe kahyun ke he devī! durlandhanagaramān mārī
ramavānī īchchhā chhe, ahīn udyānamān shun sukh maḷe? evun karo ke nagaramān jaīne tamārī
sāthe ramun. te kāmātur strī rāvaṇanī kuṭilatā samajī shakī nahi. strīono svabhāv mūḍh
hoy chhe. teṇe nagaranā māyāmayī koṭane toḍavānā upāyarūp āsālakā nāmanī vidyā tene
āpī ane ghaṇā ādarathī jātajātanā divya shastro āpyān vidyānī prāptithī devo vaḍe
jenī rakṣhā thatī hatī te māyāmayī koṭ tatkāḷ adrashya thayo ane je sadāno koṭ hato te
ja rahī gayo eṭale rāvaṇ moṭī senā laīne nagaranī pāse āvyo. nagaramān kolāhalanā
shabda sāmbhaḷīne rājā nalakumvar kṣhobh pāmyo. māyāmayī koṭ na dekhātān tenā manamān
viṣhād bharāī gayo. tene lāgyun ke have rāvaṇ nagar jītī leshe. to paṇ puruṣhārtha dhāraṇ
karīne te laḍavā māṭe bahār nīkaḷ‌yo, anek sāmanto sāthe paraspar shastrothī ghor yuddha
thayun. tyān sūryanān kiraṇo paṇ dekhātān nahi, krūr avājo jyān āvatā hatā. vibhīṣhaṇe
shīghra lāt mārīne nalakumvarano rath toḍī nākhyo ane nalakumvarane pakaḍī līdho. jem rāvaṇe
sahastrakiraṇane pakaḍayo hato tem vibhīṣhaṇe nalakumvarane pakaḍayo. rāvaṇanī āyudhashāḷāmān
sudarshanachakra ratna utpanna thayun. rāvaṇe ekāntamān uparambhāne kahyun ke tame mane vidyā āpī
māṭe tame mārā guru chho ane tamārā māṭe e yogya nathī ke potānā patine chhoḍīne
bījā puruṣhanun sevan karo. māre paṇ anyāy mārganun sevan karavun yogya nathī. ā pramāṇe
tene āshvāsan āpī tenā māṭe nalakumvarane mukti āpī. nalakumvaranun bakhtar shastrothī
tūṭayun hatun,

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paṇ tene sharīr par ghā lāgyā nahotā. rāvaṇe uparambhāne kahyun ke ā tārā pati sāthe
manavāñchhit bhog bhogav. kāmasevanamān puruṣhomān sho taphāvat hoy chhe? ayogya kārya
karavāthī mārī apakīrti thāy ane hun āvun karun to bījā loko paṇ ā mārge pravarte,
pr̥ithvī par anyāyanī pravr̥utti thavā māṇḍe tun rājā ākāshadhvajanī putrī, tārā mātā
mr̥udukāntā, tun nirmaḷ kuḷamān janmelī, tāre shīlanun pālan karavun yogya chhe. rāvaṇe ā
pramāṇe kahyun tyāre uparambhā sharamāī gaī ane potānā patimān santoṣh rākhyo. nalakumvar
paṇ strīno vyabhichār thayo nathī em jāṇīne strī sāthe ramavā lāgyo ane rāvaṇ dvārā
khūb sanmān pāmyo. rāvaṇanī e ja rīt hatī ke je āgnā na māne teno parābhav kare
ane je āgnā māne tenun sanmān kare. te yuddhamān marī jāy tene to maravā deto. paṇ je
pakaḍāī jatā tene chhoḍī deto. rāvaṇe saṅgrāmamān shatruone jītavāmān khūb yash meḷavyo. te
have moṭī senā sāthe vaitāḍaparvat samīpe jaī pahoñchyo.

rājā indre rāvaṇane samīp āvelo sāmbhaḷīne potānā umarāvo, je vidyādhar dev

kahevarāvatā te badhāne kahyun, he vishvasī ādi dev! yuddhanī taiyārī karo, shun ārām karī
rahyā chho? rākṣhasono adhipati āvī pahoñchyo chhe. ām kahīne indra potānā pitā
sahastrār pāse salāh levā gayo. teṇe namaskār karī bahu ja vinayapūrvak pr̥ithvī upar
besī bāpane pūchhayun, he dev! anek shatruone jītanāro prabaḷ verī nikaṭ āvyo chhe to
māre shun karavun joīe? he tāt! men ghaṇī moṭī bhūl karī chhe ke ā verīne ūgatān ja na
dābī dīdho. kāṇṭo ūgatān ja hoṭhathī paṇ tūṭī jāy ane kaṭhor banī jāy pachhī pīḍā kare,
rog thatān ja maṭāḍīe to sukh ūpaje ane roganān mūḷ vadhe to kāpavā paḍe tem kṣhatriy
shatrunī vr̥uddhi na thavā de, men āno nāsh karavā anek vār prayatna karyo, paṇ āpe mane
nakāmo rokyo ane men kṣhamā karī. he prabho! hun rājanītinā mārga pramāṇe vinantī karun chhun.
āne māravāmān hun asamartha nathī. putranā āvān garva ane krodhathī bharelān vachano
sāmbhaḷīne sahastrāre kahyunḥ he putra! tun utāvaḷ na kar. tārā shreṣhṭha mantrīo chhe temanī sāthe
vichāravimarsha kar. je vinā vichārye kām kare chhe tenān kārya niṣhphaḷ jāy chhe. arthanī siddhi
māṭe kevaḷ puruṣhārtha ja bas nathī. jem kisānane khetīnun prayojan chhe, tene varasād thayā
vinā shun potānun kārya siddha thāy chhe? ane jem chaṭashāḷāmān shiṣhya bhaṇe chhe, badhā ja
vidyā meḷavavā īchchhe chhe, parantu dharmanā vashe koīne vidyā siddha thāy chhe, koīne siddha thatī
nathī. māṭe kevaḷ puruṣhārthathī ja siddhi na thāy. hajī paṇ tun rāvaṇ sāthe meḷ karī le.
jyāre te āpaṇo banashe tyāre tun pr̥ithvīnun niṣhkaṇṭak rājya karī shakīsh. tun tārī rūpavatī
nāmanī putrī rāvaṇane paraṇāv, emān doṣh nathī. e rājāonī rīt ja chhe. pavitra
buddhivāḷā pitāe indrane nyāyarūp vāt karī, parantu te indranā manane gamī nahi.
kṣhaṇamātramān roṣhathī tenī āṅkho lāl thaī gaī, krodhathī parasevo āvī gayo, atyant
krodhathī teṇe kahyun ke he tāt! māravā yogya te shatrune kanyā kevī rīte apāy? māṇasanī ummar

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