dasharathane maLyo, potAnI bANavidyA batAvI. rAjAe prasanna thaIne potAnA chAre putrone
bANavidyA shIkhavA tenI pAse mokalyA. te bANavidyAmAn atipravIN thayA. jem nirmaL
sarovaramAn chandramAnI kAnti vistAr pAme tem emanAmAn bANavidyA vistAr pAmI. gurunA
sanyogathI temane bIjI paN anek vidyAo siddha thaI. jem koI jagyAe ratna paDayAn
hoy ane DhAnkaNathI DhankAI rahyAn hoy, tenun DhAnkaN UghaDe eTale pragaT thAy tem temane sarva
vidyA pragaT thaI. rAjA potAnA putrone sarva shAstromAn atipravIN joIne tathA putrono
vinay, udAr cheShTA avalokIne atyant prasanna thayA. emanA sarva vidyAguruonun khUb
sanmAn karyun. rAjA dasharath je mahAgnAnI ane anek guNothI yukta hatA temaNe temane
IchchhAnusAr sampadA ApI. dasharathanI kIrti dAn ApavAmAn vikhyAt hatI. keTalAk jIvo
shAstragnAn meLavIne param utkRuShTa banI jAy chhe, keTalAk jevA ne tevA ja rahe chhe ane
keTalAk viSham karmanA udayathI madathI andh banI jAy chhe-jem sUryanAn kiraNo
sphaTikagirinA taT par atyant prakAsh pAthare chhe, bIjAn sthAnomAn yathAsthit prakAsh Ape
chhe ane ghuvaDo vachche timirarUp thaIne pariName chhe.
karanAr pachchIsamun parva pUrNa thayun.
bALak thAy to hun laI jaIsh. tyAre shreNike pUchhayun ke he nAth! te devanI evI
abhilAShA kem thaI te sAmbhaLavA hun Ichchhun chhun. tyAre gautam svAmIe kahyun ke he rAjan!
chakrapur nAmanun ek nagar chhe. tyAn chakradhvaj nAmanA rAjAnI rANI manasvinInI putrI
chittotsavA kumArAvasthAmAn chaTashALAmAn bhaNatI hatI. te chittotsavAnun ane pingaLanun man
maLI gayun tethI emane vidyA prApta na thaI. jemanun man kAmabANathI vIndhAI jAy temane
vidyA ane dharmanI prApti thatI nathI. pratham strI-puruShano sansarga thAy chhe, pachhI prIti
Upaje chhe, prItithI paraspar anurAg vadhe chhe, pachhI vishvAs utpanna thAy chhe. ane tenAthI
vikAr utpanna thAy chhe. jem hinsAdik pAnch pApothI ashubh karmonun bandhan thAy chhe. tem
strIsangathI kAm utpanna thAy chhe.