pingaL kanyAne chorIne laI gayo. parantu manuShya dhanarahit shobhato nathI, jem dharmavarjit
lobhI tRuShNAthI shobhato nathI. eTale e vidagdha nagaramAn gayo. tyAn anya rAjAo
AvI shake tem nahotA. te nirdhan nagaranI bahAr jhUmpaDI banAvIne rahyo. te jhUmpaDIne
bAraNAn nahotAn ane A gnAnavignAn kAI jANato nahi eTale ghAs, lAkaDA vagere
jangalamAnthI ekaThAn karI, vechIne gujarAn chalAvato. garIbInA sAgaramAn DUbelo te strInun
ane potAnun peT mahAmushkelIe bharato. tyAn rAjA prakAshasinh ane rANI pravarAvalIno
putra rAjA kunDalamanDit AnI strIne joIne shoShaN, santApan, uchchATan, vashIkaraN ane
mohan e kAmanAn pAnch bANothI vIndhAI gayo. teNe rAtre dUtIne mokalI. te chittotsavAne
rAjamahelamAn laI gaI, jem rAjA sumukhanA mahelamAn dUtI vanamALAne laI gaI hatI tem.
kunDalamanDit tenI sAthe sukhapUrvak ramavA lAgyo.
nahi, chakramAn AruDh thayo hoy tem enun chitta DAmADoL thaI gayun. jenI strInun apaharaN
thayun hatun evo te dIn brAhmaN rAjA pAse gayo ane kahevA lAgyo ke he rAjan! mArI
strIne tamArA rAjyamAn koI chorI gayun chhe, daridra, dukhI, bhayabhIt strI ke puruShane mATe
ek rAjA ja sharaN chhe. tyAre kapaTI rAjAe mantrIne bolAvIne jUThamUTh kahyun ke AnI strI
chorAI gaI chhe, tene shodhI kADho, vilamb na karo. te vakhate ek sevake AnkhanA kaTAkShathI
jUThun ja kahyun ke he dev! men A brAhmaNanI strIne podanApuranA raste musApharonI sAthe jatAn
joI chhe. te arjikAonI vachche tap karavAne taiyAr thaI chhe. tethI he brAhmaN! jo tun tene
pAchhI lAvavA mAgato ho to jaladI jA, DhIl shA mATe kare chhe? atyAre tene dIkShA
levAno samay kyAn chhe? tenun sharIr yuvAn chhe ane strInAn shreShTha guNothI te pUrNa chhe.
jyAre teNe Am jUThun kahyun tyAre te brAhmaN keD majabUt bAndhIne tarat ja tenI taraph
doDayo, jem tej ghoDo jaladIthI doDe tem. teNe podanApuramAn chaityAlay ane upavanAdi
vanamAn sarvatra shodh karI, paN koI jagAe na joI. eTale pAchho vidagdha nagaramAn
Avyo. tyAn rAjAnI AgnAthI krUr manuShyoe tene gaLAchIp daI lAThIthI ane lAtothI
mArIne kADhI mUkyo. brAhmaN sthAnabhraShTa thayo, kalesh bhogavyo, apamAn pAmyo ane mAr
khAdho. ATalAn dukh bhogavIne te dUr deshAntaramAn chAlyo gayo, paN priyA vinA tene kyAy
sukh paDayun nahi. jem agnimAn paDelo sarpa jalyA kare tem e rAtadivas shekAto rahyo.
tene vishAL kamaLonun van paN dAvAnaL lAgyun ane sarovaramAn DUbakI mAratAn paN
viraharUp agnithI jalato hato A pramANe e khUb dukhI thaIne pRithvI upar bhaTakayA
karato hato. ek divas teNe nagarathI bahAr vanamAn koI munine joyA. muninun nAm
Aryagupti hatun, te moTA AchArya hatA. teNe temanI pAse jaI hAth joDI namaskAr karI
dharmashravaN karyun. tene vairAgya utpanna thayo. tenun chitta