ane ek adbhut khaDga laIne Ave chhe. kesarI sinhathI jevo parvat shobhe tevA te
khaDgathI shobhe chhe. te vakhate jemanun man Ashcharya pAmyun chhe evA rAme atyant harSha pAmIne,
UThIne, lakShmaNane hRuday sAthe chAmpyA ane badho vRuttAnt pUchhayo. lakShmaNe badhI vAt karI
ane pote jAtajAtanI vAto karatA bhAI sAthe sukhapUrvak beThA. shambUkanI mAtA chandranakhA
pratidin ek ja vAr annanun bhojan lAvatI hatI. teNe bIje divase AvIne joyun to
vAnsanun vRukSha kapAyelun paDayun hatun. tyAre te vichAravA lAgI ke A mArA putre sArun na karyun.
jyAn ATalA divas rahyo ane vidyA siddha thaI te ja vRukShane kApyun te yogya nathI. have
van chhoDIne te kyAn gayo? Amatem joyun to asta pAmel sUryanA manDaL samAn kunDaL
sahit mastak paDayun chhe, je joIne tene mUrchchhA AvI gaI. te mUrchchhAe tenA upar param
upakAr karyo, nahitar putranA maraNathI e kevI rIte jIvat? thoDI vAr pachhI te jAgrat
thaI ane hAhAkAr karavA lAgI. putranun kapAyelun mastak joIne teNe shokathI atyant
vilAp karyo. Ankho AnsuthI bharAI gaI. ekalI vanamAn haraNInI peThe pokAravA lAgI ke
are putra! bAr varSha ane chAr divas ahIn pasAr thaI gayA tem bIjA traN divas kem
pasAr na thayA? tArun maraN kyAthi Avyun? arere, pApI kAL! men tArun shun bagADayun hatun
ke mArI AnkhonA tArA evA putrano tatkAL nAsh karyo? men pApiNIe parabhavamAn
koIno bALak haNyo hashe tethI mAro putra haNAI gayo. he putra! mArun dukh maTADanAr
ek shabda to moDhAmAnthI bol. he vatsa! Av, tArun manohar rUp mane dekhAD. AvI
mAyArUp amangaL krIDA karavI tArA mATe yogya nathI. atyAr sudhI ten kadI mAtAnI
AgnA lopI nathI. have vinA kAraNe A vinayanA lopanun kArya karavun tArA mATe yogya
nathI. ityAdi vikalpothI vichAravA lAgI ke nishankapaNe mAro putra paralokamAn gayo chhe.
vichAryun hatun k kjudun ane thayun k kjudun A vichAramAn nahotI tevI vAt banI chhe. he
putra! jo tun jIvato hot ane ten sUryahAs khaDga siddha karyun hot to jem chandrahAsanA
dhArak rAvaN sanmukh koI AvI shakatun nathI tem tArI sanmukh koI na AvI shakat.
jANe ke chandrahAse mArA bhAInA hAthamAn sthAn lIdhun te ApaNA virodhI tArA hAthamAn
sUryahAs na joI shakyA. are, tun bhayAnak vanamAn ekalo, nirdoSh, niyamano dhArak hato.
tane mAravA mATe jenA hAth chAlyA te evo pApI khoTo dushman koN hashe ke je duShTe tane
haNyo? have te jIvato rahIne kyAn jashe? A pramANe vilAp karatI putranun mastak godamAn
laI chUmavA lAgI. mANek jevA lAl jenA netra chhe te pachhI shok tyajI krodharUp thaI
shatrune mAravA doDI. chAlatI chAlatI te jyAn bey bhAI birAjatA hatA tyAn AvI. banne
bhAI atyant rUpALA, manane moh utpanna karavAnA kAraN, temane joIne teno prabaL krodh
tarat jato rahyo, tatkAL rAg upajyo, manamAn vichAravA lAgI ke A bemAnthI je mane
ichchhe tenun hun sevan karIsh. Am vichArI tatkAL kAmAtur thaI. jem kamaLanA vanamAn
hansalI mohit thAy, moTA