Padmapuran-Gujarati (English transliteration).

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98 AThamun parva padmapurAN
te nAgamatInI putrI hariSheN chakravatInun rUp joIne kAmanA bANathI vIndhAI gaI. tene
AvI sthitimAn joIne nAgamatI kahevA lAgI ke he putrI! tun vinayathI A vAt sAmbhaL.
ek vAr agAu koI munie kahelun ke A kanyA chakravartInI strIratna thashe. to A
chakravartI tArA var chhe. A sAmbhaLIne te atiAsakta thaI. tyAre tApase hariSheNane kADhI
mUkyo, kem ke teNe vichAryun ke kadAch temano sansarga thAy to e vAtathI amArI apakIrti
thAy. tethI chakravartI temanA AshramamAnthI bIje ThekANe gayA, paN tApasane dIn jANIne
tenI sAthe yuddha na karyun; chhatAn temanA chittamAn te kanyA vasI gaI; tethI have temanA
bhojanamAn, shayanamAn koI prakAranI sthiratA, nahotI rahetI. jem bhrAmarI vidyAthI koI
bhaTakyA kare tem e pRithvI par bhaTakavA lAgyA. grAm, nagar, van, upavan, latAonA
manDap, kyAy emane chen paDatun nahi. kamaLonAn van temane dAvAnaL samAn lAgatAn ane
chandramAnAn kiraNo vajranI soy jevA lAgatAn, ketakI barachhInI aNI samAn lAgatI.
puShponI sugandhathI man prasanna thatun nahi, manamAn em vichAratA rahetA ke hun A
strIratnane paraNun to hun jaIne mAtAno paN shok-santAp dUr karun. te uparAnt nadIonA
kinAre, vanamAn, grAmamAn, nagaramAn, parvat par bhagavAnanAn chaityAlayo banAvarAvun. Am
vichAratAn ane anek deshomAn bhaTakatAn te sindhunandan nAmanA nagaranI pAse AvyA.
hariSheN mahAbaLavAn ane atitejasvI chhe. tyAn nagaranI bahAr anek strIo krIDA
karavA AvI hatI. tyAn ek anjanagiri samAn hAthI mad TapakAvato strIonI najIk
Avyo. mahAvate pokAr karIne strIone kahyun ke A hAthI mArA vashamAn nathI mATe tame
shIghra bhAgo. tyAre te strIo hariSheNanA sharaNe thaI. hariSheN paramadayALu chhe, mahAn yoddhA
chhe. te strIone pAchhaL rAkhIne pote hAthInI sanmukh AvyA. temaNe manamAn vichAryun ke
tyAn to pelo tApas dIn hato tethI tenI sAthe men yuddha na karyun, te to mRugalA jevo hato,
parantu ahIn A duShTa hAthI mArA dekhatAn strI, bALAone haNe ane hun madad na karun e to
kShatriyapaNun na kahevAy. A hAthI A bALAone pIDA pahonchADI shake tem chhe. jem baLad
shingaDAthI rAphaDA khodI shake, paN parvatane khodavAne shaktimAn nathI hoto tathA koI
bANathI keLAnun vRukSha chhedI shake parantu shilAne na chhedI shake tevI ja rIte A hAthI
yoddhAone harAvavAne samartha nathI. eTale teNe mahAvatane kaThor vachanothI kahyun ke hAthIne
ahInthI dUr laI jA. tyAre mahAvate kahyun ke tun paN ghaNo haThIlo chhe, hAthIne mANas
oLakhe chhe. hAthI pote ja mastImAn AvI rahyo chhe, tArun mot Avyun chhe athavA duShTa grah
tArI pAchhaL lAgyA chhe; mATe tun ahInthI jaldI bhAg. tyAre teo hasyA. temaNe strIone
pAchhaL rAkhIne pote UnchA UchhaLIne hAthInA dAnt upar pag mUkIne kumbhasthaL par chaDayA
ane hAthI sAthe khUb krIDA karI. kevA chhe hariSheN? kamaL samAn jemanAn netra chhe, vishAL
jemanI chhAtI chhe, jemanA khabhA diggajonAn kumbhasthaL jevA chhe, stambh samAn jemanI jAngh
chhe. A vRuttAnt sAmbhaLIne nagaranAn sarva jano jovA AvyA. rAjA mahel upar chaDIne
joto hato te paN Ashcharya pAmyo.