karyA karato, koI vAr uThIne Ubho raheto, nakAmo Ubho thaIne chAlavA lAgato, vaLI
pAchho Avato. AvI cheShTA karato, jANe ke tene bhUt vaLagyun hoy! tyAre moTA moTA
buddhimAn loko ene kAmAtur jANIne paraspar vAt karavA lAgyA ke A kanyAnun rUp
koIe chitrapaTamAn ankit karIne AnI pAse phenkayun chhe tethI tenun man DAmADoL thaI gayun
chhe. kadAch A cheShTA nArade ja karI hoy. te vakhate nArade potAnA kAryathI kumArane vyAkuL
thayelo jANIne ane lokonI vAt sAmbhaLIne kumAranAn sagAone darshan dIdhAn. teoe
temano khUb Adar karIne pUchhayun ke he dev! kaho, A konI kanyAnun chitra chhe? tame tene
kyAn joI? A koI svarganI devAnganAnun rUp chhe, nAgakumArInun rUp chhe ke koI pRithvI par
AvelIne tame joI chhe? tyAre nArade mAthun halAvIne bolyA ke ek mithilA nAmanI
nagarI chhe, tyAn rAjA indraketuno putra janak rAjya kare chhe, tenI rANInun nAm videhA chhe,
te rAjAne atipriy chhe, A rUp tenI putrI sItAnun chhe. Am kahIne nArad bhAmanDaLane
kahevA lAgyA ke he kumAr! tun viShAd na kar. tun vidyAdhar rAjAno putra chhe, tArA mATe A
kanyA durlabh nathI, sulabh ja chhe. vaLI, tun rUpamAtrathI ja anurAgI thayo, tenAmAn ghaNA
guN chhe, tenA hAvabhAv, vilAsAdikanun varNan koN karI shake? ane ene jotAn tArun chitta
vashIbhUt thayun hoy to emAn Ashcharya shenun chhe? tene jovAthI to moTA moTA puruShonAn
chitta paN mohit thaI jAy chhe. men to paT par teno AkAr mAtra doryo chhe, tenun lAvaNya
to tenAmAn ja chhe, te doravAmAn kevI rIte Ave? navayauvanarUp jaLathI bharelA kAntirUp
samudranI laheromAn te stanarUp kumbh vaDe tarI rahI chhe. ane AvI strI tane chhoDIne bIjA
konA mATe yogya hoy? tAro ane eno meLAp thAy te yogya chhe. Am kahIne nArade
bhAmanDaLanA manamAn khUb sneh upajAvyo ane pote AkAshamArge chAlatA thayA. kAmanA
bANathI vIndhAyelo bhAmanDaL potAnA chittamAn vichAravA lAgyo ke jo A strIratna mane
tarat ja na maLe to mAre jIvavun nathI. juo, AshcharyanI vAt ke paramakAnti dharanAr te
sundarI mArA hRudayamAn besIne agninI jvALA samAn mArA hRudayane AtAp kare chhe. sUrya
bAhya sharIrane tAp upajAve chhe ane kAm andar ane bahAr dAh upajAve chhe. sUryano
AtAp dUr karavAnA to anek upAyo chhe, parantu kAmano dAh maTADavAno koI upAy
nathI. have mArI be avasthA thavAnI chhe. kAn to teno sanyog thAy athavA kAmanAn bANothI
mArun maraN thAy. nirantar AvA vichAro karIne bhAmanDaL vihvaL thaI gayo. te bhojan
ane Ungh badhun bhUlI gayo. ene na to mahelamAn shAtA maLatI, na upavanamAn. kumAranI
vyAkuLatAnA kAraNarUp A badho vRuttAnt jANIne tathA te nAradakRut chhe em samajIne teNe
kumAranA pitAne kahyun ke he nAth! A anarthanun mUL nArad chhe. teNe ek atyant rUpALI
strInun chitrapaT lAvIne kumArane batAvyun chhe ane kumAr chitrapaT joIne atyant
vibhramachitta thaIne dhIraj rAkhato nathI, lajjArahit thaI gayo chhe, vAramvAr chitrapaT joyA
kare chhe, ‘sItA, sItA’ evA shabdo