ek avAj sambhaLAyo, jANe ke varShAkALano megh ja garjyo. tenAthI AkhI senA
bhayabhIt thaI gaI ane senAnA hAthI je vRukSho sAthe bAndhyA hatA te bandhan toDAvavA
lAgyA, kAn UnchA karIne ashvo haNahaNavA lAgyA. tyAre rAvaNe kahyun ke A shun chhe? A
maravA mATe ApaNA upar koN chaDI Avyun? A vaishravaN Avyo athavA indrano
prerAIno som Avyo athavA ApaNane nishchaL rahelA joIne koI bIjo shatru Avyo?
pachhI rAvaNanI AgnA meLavIne senApati prahasta te taraph jovA gayo. teNe parvatanA
AkAr jevo madonmatta, anek lIlA karato ek hAthI joyo.
potAnI prashansA pote karavI yogya nathI, hun A hAthIne kShaNamAtramAn vash karIsh. em
kahIne teNe puShpak vimAnamAn besIne hAthIne joyo. te sArAn sArAn lakShaNovALo,
indranIlamaNi samAn atisundar hato. tenun sharIr shyAm, tenun tALavun kamaL samAn lAl,
tenAn netra manohar, ujjavaL ane goL hatA, dAnt sAt hAth UnchA, nav hAth pahoLA,
k kpILAsh paDatA hatA. pITh sundar, Agalun ang Unchun, pUnchhaDun lAmbun, sUnDh moTI, nakh
atyant snigdha, kumbhasthaL goL ane kaThor, charaN prabaL ane madajharato, jenA madanI
sugandhathI jenI upar bhamarA gunjArav karatA hatA, dundubhi-vAjAnA dhvani jevI garjanA
karato, tADavRukShanA patra samAn kAn halAvato; man ane netrone haratI sundar lIlA karatA
hAthIne rAvaNe joyo. tene joIne rAvaN khUb prasanna thayo. harShathI romAnch khaDAn thaI
gayA. pachhI te puShpak vimAnamAnthI UtarIne, kamar majabUt bAndhI tenI AvaL jaI shankh
phUnkavA lAgyo. tenA shabdathI dashe dishA avAjathI bharAI gaI. shankhano dhvani sAmbhaLI
chittamAn kShobh pAmI hAthI garajyo ane rAvaNanI sAme Avyo. rAvaNe potAnA
uttarAsanano daDo banAvIne shIghra ja hAthI taraph phenkyo. rAvaN gajakelimAn pravIN hato.
hAthI pelA daDAne sUndhavA lAgyo eTale rAvaN AkAshamAn UchhaLIne hAthInA kumbhasthaL
upar paDayo ane hAthanI thapAT mArI. hAthIe tene sUnDhathI pakaDavAno prayatna karyo eTale
rAvaN atyant jhaDapathI bey dAntanI vachchethI nIche sarakI gayo, anek krIDA karIne dashamukh
hAthInI pITh upar chaDI gayo. have hAthI vinayI shiShyanI jem Ubho rahI gayo. te vakhate
AkAshamAn rAvaN upar phUlonI varShA thaI ane devoe jayajayakAr karyo. rAvaNanI senA
khUb harShit thaI ane rAvaNe hAthInun nAm ‘trailokyamanDan’ rAkhyun. rAvaNe hAthInI
prAptino moTo utsav karyo ane sammedashikhar parvat par jaI yAtrA karI. vidyAdharoe
nRutyu rkyun. te rAtre tyAn ja rahyA. prabhAt thayun, sUrya Ugyo te jANe divase rAvaNane mangaL
kalash dekhADayo. pachhI rAvaN potAnA paDAvamAn Avyo, sinhAsan upar beTho ane sabhAmAn
hAthInI kathA kahevA lAgyo.