jaladI laI Avo. pachhI lakShmaN vaD uparathI nIche UtarI daridrI pAse gayA. daridrI
lakShmaNane joIne Ashcharya pAmyo ke A koN indra chhe, varuN chhe, nAgendra chhe, nar chhe,
kinnar chhe, chandramA chhe, sUrya chhe, agnikumAr chhe ke kuber chhe, A koi mahAtejano dhArak chhe,
em vichArato DarIne mUrchchhA khAIne pRithvI par paDI gayo. tyAre lakShmaNe kahyun ke he bhadra!
bhay na kar. UTh, UTh em kahIne UThADayo ane khUb dilAso ApIne shrI rAmanI
nikaT laI Avyo. te daridrI puruSh kShudhA Adi anek dukhothI pIDit hato te rAmane joI
badhAn dukh bhUlI gayo. rAm atyant sundar, saumya mukhavALA, kAntivAn, netromAn utsAh
jagADanAr chhe. samIpamAn vinayavAn sItA beThAn chhe. te manuShya hAth joDI, shir pRithvI par
aDADI namaskAr karavA lAgyo. tyAre temaNe dayA karIne kahyun ke tun chhAnye AvIne bes,
bhay na kar. te AgnA pAmIne dUr beTho. raghupati amRut jevA mIThAn vachanothI pUchhavA
lAgyA tArun nAm shun chhe, kyAthi Avyo chhe, koN chho? te hAth joDI vinantI karavA
lAgyo, he nAth! hun kaNabI chhun, mArun nAm siragupta chhe, hun dUrathI Avun chhun. rAme pUchhayun
A desh ujjaD kem chhe? teNe kahyun ke he dev! ujjayinI nAmanI nagarIno svAmI rAjA
sinhodar atiprasiddha chhe. teNe potAnA pratApathI moTA moTA sAmantone namAvyA chhe, teno
vaibhav dev samAn chhe. ek dashAngapur nAmanA nagarano svAmI vajrakarNa sinhodarano sevak
ane atyant pyAro subhaT chhe, teNe potAnA svAmInAn moTAn moTAn kAryo karyA chhe. teNe
ek vAr nirgranth munine namaskAr karI, temanI pAsethI dharmashravaN karI evI pratignA karI
ke hun devagurushAstra sivAy bIjAne namaskAr nahi karun. sAdhunA prasAdathI tene
samyagdarshananI prApti thai chhe te pRithvI par prasiddha chhe. shun Ape hajI sudhI enI vAt
sAmbhaLI nathI? tyAre lakShmaNe rAmano abhiprAy jANIne pUchhayun ke vajrakarNa par kevI rIte
santonI kRupA thaI? musAphare javAb Apyo ke he devarAj! ek divas vajrakarNa dashAraNya
vanamAn mRugayA mATe gayo hato. te janmathI ja pApI, krUr karma karanAr, indriyono lolupI,
mahAmUDh, shubh kriyAthI parAngamukh, mahAsUkShma jain dharmanI charchA na jANanAro, kAmI, krodhI,
lobhI, andh, bhogasevanathI upajelA garvathI pIDit, vanamAn bhramaN karato hato, teNe
grIShmaRutumAn ek shilA par beThelA, satpuruShothI pUjya evA munine joyA. chAr mahinA
sUryanAn kiraNono AtAp sahan karanAr, mahAtapasvI, pakShIsamAn nirAshray, sinh samAn
nirbhay, tapelI shilA par besavAthI jemanun sharIr tapta hatun evA durjay tIvra tApanA
sahan karanAr, taponidhi sAdhune joI vajrakarNa je ashva par beTho hato, hAthamAn barachhI
hatI, kAL samAn krUr lAgato hato teNe guNarUp ratnanA sAgar, paramArthanA vettA,
pAponA ghAtak, sarva jIv pratye dayA rAkhanAr sAdhune pUchhayun, he svAmI! tame A nirjan
vanamAn shun karo chho? RuShie javAb Apyo ke AtmakalyAN karIe chhIe, ke je pUrve
anant bhavamAn karyun nahotun. tyAre vajrakarNa hasIne bolyo ke AvI avasthAthI tamane kayun
sukh maLe chhe? tame tapathI