mahendra samasta parivAr sahit gayA. tyAn bhagavAnanI pUjA karI, stuti karI ane
bhAvasahit namaskAr karI suvarNanI shilA upar sUkhapUrvak birAjyA. rAjA prahalAd
pavananjayanA pitA paN bharat chakravartInA karAvelAn jinamandironI vandanA mATe kailAs parvat
par AvyA hatA. te vandanA karIne parvat par pharatA rAjA mahendranI draShTie paDayA. rAjA
mahendrane joine prItithI praphulla man ane netravALA rAjA prahalAd temanI pAse AvyA.
mahendra ubhA thaIne temanI sAme AvyA. banne ek manogna shilA par beThA ane paraspar
sharIrAdinI kushaLatA viShe pUchhavA lAgyA. rAjA mahendre kahyun ke he mitra! mAre kushaL shenun
hoy? kanyA varayogya thaI chhe. tene paraNAvavAnI chintAthI chitta vyAkuL rahe chhe. jevI
kanyA chhe tevo var joIe, moTun ghar joIe, kone kanyA ApavI e bAbatamAn man
bhamyA kare chhe. rAvaNane paraNAvIe to tene ghaNI strIo chhe ane ummar moTI chhe. jo
tenA putromAnthI koIne ApIe to bhAIomAn paraspar virodh thAy hemapuranA rAjA
kanakadyutino putra saudAminIprabh eTale ke vidyutaprabh thoDA ja divasomAn mukti pAmavAno
chhe e vAt AkhI dharatI par jANItI chhe, gnAnI munioe kahI chhe. ame paN amArA
mantrIonAn mukhe sAmbhaLI chhe. have amAro nishchay chhe ke Apano putra pavananjay kanyAne
varavA yogya chhe, e ja manorathathI ame ahIn AvyA chhIe. tyAn ApanA darshan thayA
eTale atiAnand thayo ane k kvikalpa maTayo. tyAre prahalAde kahyun ke mane paN putrane
paraNAvavAnI chintA chhe, have hun paN ApanA darshan karIne tathA vachan sAmbhaLIne akalpya
sukh pAmyo chhun. Ap je AgnA karo te mane mAnya chhe. mArA putranA sadbhAgya ke Ape
kRupA karI. pachhI varakanyAnAn lagna mAnasarovaranA kinAre karavAnun nakkI thayun. banne
senAmAn Anandano dhvani UThayo, jyotiShIoe traN divasanAn lagna sthApyAn.
dash vegothI paravash thayo. pratham viShayanI chintAthI vyAkuL thayo, bIjA vegamAn jovAnI
abhilAShA thaI, trIjA vegathI dIrgha uchchhvAs levA lAgyo, chothA vege kAmajvar thayo
jANe ke chandananA vRukShane agnilAgI, pAnchamA vegathI ang khedarUp thayAn, sugandhI puShpAdi
pratye aruchi jAgI, chhaThThA vegane kAraNe bhojan viSh samAn aruchikar lAgyun, sAtamA vege
tenI kathAnI AsaktithI vilAp upajyo, AThamA vegathI unmatta thayo, vibhramarUp anek
cheShTA karavA lAgyo, navamA vegathI mUrchhA AvI gaI ane dasamA vegathI dukhanA bhArathI
pIDAvA lAgyo. joke pavananjay vivekI hato to paN kAmanA prabhAvathI vihvaL thayo, te
kAmane dhikkAr ho! kevo chhe kAm? mokShamArgano virodhI chhe. kAmanA vegathI pavananjaye
dhIraj gumAvI, gAle hAth TekavIne shok karato beTho. tenA gAl parathI parasevo Tapake chhe,
tenA hoTh uShNa nishvAsathI karamAI gayA chhe, sharIr dhrUje chhe,