tem AmanA pratye e Asakta thaI. te ek punnAg vRukShanI nIche besI rudan karavA
lAgI, atyant dIn shabda uchchAravA lAgI. vananI rajathI tenun sharIr malin thaI gayun
hatun, tene joIne rAmanI ramaNI sItA atyant dayALu chittavALI hatI te UThIne tenI
samIpe AvI ane kahevA lAgI ke tun shok na kar. teno hAth pakaDI, tene shubh vachano
kahI, dhairya ApI rAmanI pAse lAvI. tyAre rAme pUchhayun ke tun koN chhe? A duShTa
prANIothI bharelA vanamAn ekalI kem phare chhe? tyo kamaL sarakhA netravALI ane
bhamarAnA gunjArav samAn vachanovALI te kahevA lAgI ke he puruShottam! mArI mAtA to
mRutyu pAmI tenI mane khabar nathI, hu tyAre bALak hatI. vaLI, tenA shokathI pitA paN
paralokamAn gayA. tethI hun pUrvanA pApathI kuTumbarahit thaI danDakavanamAn AvI. mane maravAnI
abhilAShA chhe, paN A bhayAnak vanamAn koI duShTa prANIe mArun bhakShaN karyun nahi. ghaNA
divasothI A vanamAn bhaTakun chhun. Aje mArA pApakarmano nAsh thayo tethI ApanAn darshan
thayA. have mArA prAN chhUTayA pahelAn mane kRupA karIne ichchho. je kanyA kuLavAn, shIlavAn
hoy tene koN na ichchhe? badhA ja ichchhe. enA lajjArahit vachan sAmbhaLIne banne bhAI
narottam paraspar avalokan karIne maun rahyA. banne bhAI sarva shAstranA arthanA gnAnarUp
jaLathI manane dhoI chUkyA chhe, kRutya-akRutyanA vivekamAn pravIN chhe. pachhI emanun chitta
niShkAm jANIne te nishvAs nAkhI kahevA lAgI ke hun jaun? rAm-lakShmaNe kahyun je tArI
ichchhA hoy te pramANe kar. pachhI te chAlI gaI. tenA gayA pachhI rAm, lakShmaN, sItA
Ashcharya pAmyAn. A krodhAyamAn thaine shIghra patinI samIpe gaI. lakShmaN manamAn vichAravA
lAgyA ke e konI putrI hashe? kyA deshamAn janmI hashe? ToLAmAnthI chhUTI paDI gayelI
haraNI jevI ahIn kem AvI hashe? he shreNik! A kArya karavA jevun chhe ane A karavA
jevun nathI, Ano paripAk shubh thashe ke ashubh, evo vichAr jevI buddhi agnAnarUp
timirathI AchchhAdit chhe tevA avivekathI rahit chhe te A lokamAn gnAnarUp sUryanA
prakAshathI yogya-ayogya jANI, ayogyano tyAg karI, yogya kriyAmAn pravarte chhe.
tentALIsamun parva pUrNa thayun.