AshiSh ApI. jemaNe pavitra sanskAr prApta rkyA chhe, jemanun chitta sthir chhe, evA te
gharamAnthI nIkaLI AnandarUp thaI bhIm nAmanA mahAvanamAn praveshyA. te vanamAn sinhAdi krUr
prANIo garjI rahyAn chhe, vikarAL dADh ane vadanavALA sUtelA ajagaronA nishvAsathI
kampAyamAn chhe moTAn moTAn vRukSho jyAn ane nIche vyantaronA samUh rahe chhe temanAn pagalAnthI
pRithvItaL kAmpI rahyun chhe ane atyant UnDI guphAomAn andhakArano samUh phelAI rahyo chhe.
manuShyonI to shI vAt, jyAn dev paN jaI shake nahi, jenI bhayankaratA pRithvImAn prasiddha chhe,
jyAn parvat chhe, guphA andhakAramay chhe, vRukSho kanTakarUp chhe, manuShyono sanchAr nathI, tyAn A
traNe bhAI ujjavaL dhotIdupaTTA dhAraN karI, shAntabhAvarUp thaIne, badhI tRuShNAno tyAg
karI, vidyAne arthe tap karavAne udyamI thayA. temanAn chitta nishank chhe, pUrNa chandramA samAn
vadan chhe, vidyAdharonA shiromaNi judAn judAn vanamAn virAje chhe. temaNe doDh divasamAn
aShTAkShar mantranA lAkh jAp rkyA tethI traNe bhAIone sarvakAmapradA vidyA siddha thaI.
vidyA emane manavAnchhit anna pahonchADatI tethI temane kShudhAnI vAnchhA thatI nahi. pachhI e
sthirachitta thaIne sahastrakoTi ShoDashAkShar mantra japavA lAgyA. te vakhate jambUdvIpano
adhipati anAvRutti nAmano yakSha potAnI strI sAthe krIDA karavA Avyo. tenI devAnganA
A traNe bhAIone mahArUpavAn ane navayuvAn joIne tathA tapamAn jemanun man
sAvadhAn chhe em joIne jignAsAthI temanI samIpe AvI. jemanAn mukh kamaL samAn chhe
ane shyAmasundar kesh bhramar samAn chhe evI e ApasamAn bolI “aho! A komaL
sharIr ane vastrAbharaNarahit rAjakumAro shA mATe tap kare chhe? emanA AvAn sharIranI
kAnti bhog vinA shobhatI nathI. kyAn emanI yuvAn ummar ane kyAn A bhayAnak
vanamAn emanun tap?” pachhI emane tapamAnthI DagAvavA mATe kahevA lAgI “he mandabuddhi!
tamArun A rUpALun sharIr bhoganun sAdhan chhe, yoganun sAdhan nathI. mATe shA kAraNe tapano
khed karo chho? UTho, ghare jAv, hajI paN kAi bagaDayun nathI.” ityAdi anek vachano
kahyAn, paN temanAn manamAn ekapaN Avyun nahi, jem kamaLapatra upar jaLanun bindu Tharatun
nathI tem. tyAre teo ApasamAn bolavA lAgI he sakhI! e to kAShThamay chhe. emanAn
badhAn ang nishchal dekhAy chhe. Am kahI krodhAyamAn thaI tatkAL samIpamAn AvI emanI
vishAL chhAtI upar muThThIo mArI to paN te chalAyamAn na thayA. temanun chitta sthir hatun.
kAyar puruSh hoy te pratignAthI Dage. devIonA kahevAthI anAvRut yakShe hasIne kahyun he
satpuruSho! shA mATe durdhar tap karo chho ane kyA devanI ArAdhanA karo chho? Am kahyun
to paN teo bolyA nahi, chitra samAn banI rahyA. tyAre anAvRut yakShe krodh karyo ke
jambUdvIpano dev to hun chhun, mane chhoDIne konun dhyAn karo chho? e mandabuddhi chhe. emanA upar
upadrav karavA mATe teNe potAnA sevakone AgnA karI. nokaro svabhAvathI ja krUr hatA ane
svAmInA kahevAthI temaNe ati adhik upadrav rkyA. keTalAk to parvat upADIne lAvyA
ane temanI samIpe pachhADayA tenA bhayankar avAj