pAchhalA bhavanA paN pitA hatA, te amArA viyoganA shokAgnithI tapta thaI, sarva AhAr
tyajI mRutyu pAmyA ane guruDendra thayA. bhavanavAsI devomAn garuDakumAr jAtinA devonA
adhipati mahAlochan nAmanA atyant sundar ane parAkramI dev AvIne A sabhAmAn beThA
chhe. pelo anudhar tApasI vihAr karato karato kaumudInagaramAn gayo, potAnA shiShyothI
vInTaLAIne beTho hato. tyAn rAjA sumukh, tenI rANI ratidevI ane tenI ek madanA
nAmanI nRityakAriNI hatI. teNe sAdhudatta muninI samIpe samyagdarshan prApta karyun hatun.
tyArathI te kudev, kuguru, kudharmane tRuNavat jANatI. ek divas rAjAe tene kahyun ke A
anudhar tApasI mahAn tapasvI chhe. tyAre madanAe kahyun ke he nAth! agnAnIne tap kevun?
te to lokomAn pAkhanDarUp chhe. A sAmbhaLI rAjAe krodh karyo ane kahyun ke tun tapasvInI
nindA kare chhe. tyAre teNIe kahyun ke Ap gusse na thAv, thoDA ja divasomAn enI cheShTA
jaNAI jashe. Am kahIne ghare jaIne potAnI nAgadattA nAmanI putrIne shIkhavADIne
tApasInA AshramamAn mokalI. te devAnganA samAn uttam cheShTA karanArI. vibhramamAn paDelA
tApasIne potAnun sharIr dekhADavA lAgI. tenAn atisundar angaupAng joIne agnAnI
tApasInun man mohit thayun, Ankho chanchaL banI gaI. je ang upar netra jatAn tyAn ja
man bandhAI jatun. tApasI kAmabANathI pIDit thayo. vyAkuL thaIne devAnganA samAn A
kanyAnI samIpe AvIne pUchhavA lAgyo ke tun koN chhe ane ahIn kyAn AvI chhe?
sandhyAkALe to badhA ja nAnAmoTA potAnA sthAnamAn rahe chhe. tun atyant sukumAr ekalI
vanamAn shA mATe vichare chhe? tyAre te kanyA madhur shabdothI tenun man haratI dInatAthI bolI
he nAth! tame dayALu ane sharaNAgat-pratipAL chho, Aje mArI mAtAe mane gharamAnthI
kADhI mUkI eTale have hun tamArA jevo vesh paherIne tamArA sthAnamAn rahevA ichchhun chhun, tame
mArA upar kRupA karo. rAtadivas tamArI sevA karIne mAro A lok ane paralok sudharI
jashe. dharma, artha, kAm emAnthI evo kyo padArtha chhe ke je tamArAmAn na hoy. tame param
nidhAn chho, men puNyanA yogathI tamane meLavyA chhe. kanyAe jyAre Am kahyun, tyAre enun
mukh anurAgI jANI, vikaL tApasI kAmathI prajvalit thaIne bolyo he bhadre! hun shun kRupA
karun? tun kRupA karIne prasanna thA, hun jindagIbhar tArI sevA karIsh em kahIne hAth
halAvavAno prayatna karyo, tyAre kanyAe potAnA hAthathI rokIne Adar sahit kahyun ke he
nAth! Am karavun uchit nathI. hun kumArI kanyA chhun, mArI mAtAne gher jaIne pUchho, ghar
paN pAse ja chhe. jevI mArA upar tamArI karuNA thaI chhe, tem mArI mAne prasanna karo. te
tamane Ape to je ichchhA hoy te karajo. kanyAnAn A vachan sAmbhaLI mUDh tApasI vyAkuL
thaI tatkAL kanyAnI sAthe rAtre tenI mAtA pAse Avyo. tenI sarva indriyo kAmathI
vyAkuL hatI. jem matta hAthI jaLanA sarovaramAn pese tem tApasIe nRityakAriNInA gharamAn
pravesh karyo. gautam svAmI rAjA shreNikane kahe chhe ke he rAjan! kAmathI grasAyel prANI
nathI sparsha karato, nathI svAd leto, nathI sUnghato, nathI dekhato, nathI sAmbhaLato, nathI
jANato, nathI Darato