nagaramAn AvyA. nagaranAn samasta naranArI temane joI mohit thayAn. temaNe kShaNamAtramAn
hAthIno mad utArI nAkhyo. te potAnA rUp vaDe badhAnnun man haraN karatAn nagaramAn AvyA.
rAjAnI so kanyA temane paraNI. badhA lokomAn hariSheNanI kathA jANItI thaI gaI. te
rAjAnA adhikAr, sanmAn pAmIne sarva prakAre sukhI thayA. to paN tApasanA vanamAn je
strIne joI hatI tenA vinA temanI ek rAtri ek varSha jevaDI lAgatI. te manamAn
vichAratA ke mArA vinA te mRuganayanI te viSham vanamAn haraNI samAn param AkuLatA
pAmatI hashe. tethI mAre tenI pAse jaldI pahonchavun joIe. Am vichAratAn temane rAtre
nidrA AvatI nahi. jo kadAch alpa Ungh AvatI to paN svapnamAn te ja dekhAtI.
kamaLasarakhAn netravALI te jANe emanA manamAn ja vasI gaI chhe.
gussAthI teNe vegavatIne kahyun, ‘he pApiNI, tun mane kyAn laI jAy chhe?’ joke te
vidyAbaLathI pUrNa hatI to paN ene kupit thaI mUThThI bhIDato ane hoTh karaDato joIne
DarI gaI ane ene kahevA lAgI ke he prabho! jem koI manuShya pote je vRukShanI DAL
upar beTho hoy tene ja te kApe to shun e DahApaN kahevAy! tevI ja rIte hun tamArun hit
karanArI chhun ane tame mane ja haNo te uchit nathI. hun tamane tenI pAse laI jAun chhun, je
nirantar tamArA milananI abhilAShA rAkhe chhe. tyAre te manamAn vichAravA lAgyA ke A
madhur bolanArI bAjAne pIDA pahonchADe tem nathI, enI AkRuti madhur jaNAy chhe ane
Aje mArI jamaNI Ankh paN pharake chhe tethI A mane mArI priyAno meLAp karAvashe.
tethI temaNe tene pUchhayun ke he bhadre! tun tArA Agamananun kAraN kahe. te kahevA lAgI ke
sUryodayanagaramAn rAjA shakradhanunI rANI dhArAnI putrI jayachandrA rUp ane guNathI mahAunmatta
chhe. koI puruSh tenI draShTimAn Avato nathI. pitA jyAn paraNAvavA ichchhe chhe tene te gamatun
nathI. men tene je je rAjaputranAn chitrapaT dekhADayAn temAnthI koI paN tene gamatun nathI.
tyArapachhI men tamArun chitrapaT dekhADayun tyAre te mohit thaI ane mane em kahevA lAgI ke
jo mane A puruShano sanyog nahi maLe to hun marI jaIsh, paN bIjA adham puruSh sAthe
sambandh nahi bAndhun. pachhI men ene dhIraj ApI ane enI sAme evI pratignA karI. jyAn
tArI ruchi chhe tene hun na lAvun to agnimAn pravesh karIsh. tene atyant shokAtur joIne men
AvI pratignA karI. tenAn guNathI mArun man khenchAyun hatun ane puNyanA prabhAvathI Ap
maLyA tethI mArI pratignA pUrNa thaI chhe. Am kahIne temane te sUryodayanagaramAn laI gaI.
teNe rAjA shakradhanune badhI vAt karI tethI rAjAe potAnI putrInAn tenI sAthe lagna
karAvyAn. emanAn lagnathI sagAo ane nagarajano harSha pAmyAn. ten varakanyA adbhut rUpanAn
nidhAn chhe. emanAn lagnanI vAt sAmbhaLIne kanyAnA mAmAno putra rAjA gangAdhar krodhe
bharAyo ke A kanyA vidyAdharane