shir ratnonAn AbhUShaNothI manDit ane kunDaLathI shobhit AkAshamAnthI dharatI par paDayAn,
jANe ke AkAsharUp sarovaranAn kamaL ja hoy! yoddhA sAthe parvat samAn hAthI paDayA ane
ashvo sAthe sAmant paDayA. bhayankar avAj karatA, hoTh karaDatA, UrdhvagAmI bANothI
vAsudev vAhanasahit yoddhAone pIDavA lAgyA. te ja samaye puShpak vimAnamAn besIne
rAvaN Avyo. shambUkane mAranAr puruSho par tene atyant krodh utpanna thayo chhe. teNe
mArgamAn rAmanI samIpe mahAsatI sItAne rahelI joI ane tene joIne atyant moh
pAmyo. sItA to jANe sAkShAt lakShmI ja chhe, tene jotAn ratinun rUp paN tenA jevun na
lAge. chandra samAn sundar mukh, bimbaphaL jevA lAl adhar, kesarInI kaTi samAn kaTi,
chamakatAn chanchaL kamaLapatra samAn lochan ane gajarAjanA kumbhasthaLanAn shikhar samAn
stan, navayuvAn, sarva guNothI pUrNa, kAntinA samUhathI yukta jenun sharIr chhe, jANe kAmanA
dhanuShanI paNachh ja chhe ane jenAn netra kAmanAn bAN ja chhe. jANe ke nAmakarmarUp chitrakAre
potAnI chapaLatA nibhAvavA mATe sthiratApUrvak sukhethI jevI joIe tevI banAvI chhe,
jene jotAn rAvaNanI buddhi harAI gaI mahArUpanA atishayane dharatI sItAnA avalokanathI
shambUkanA hatyArA pratye je krodh thayo hato te jato rahyo ane sItA par rAgabhAv utpanna
thayo. chittanI gati vichitra chhe. te manamAn chintavavA lAgyo ke enA vinA mArun jIvan
kevun? ane mArA gharamAn je vaibhav chhe teno sho lAbh? A adbhut rUp, anupam
navayauvan! mane kharadUShaNanI senAmAn Avelo koI oLakhe te pahelAn Anun haraN karIne
laI jaun. mArI kIrti AkhA lokamAn chandramA jevI nirmaL phelAI gaI chhe tethI chhupI rIte
laI javAthI malin nahi thAy. he shreNik! arthI doShane gaNato nathI tethI teNe gupta rIte
laI javAno prayatna karyo. A lokamAn lobh samAn koI bIjo anartha nathI ane lobhamAn
parastrInA lobh jevo mahAanartha nathI. rAvaNe avalokanI vidyAne vRuttAnt pUchhayo. tenA
kahevAthI rAvaNe enun nAm, kuL badhun jANI lIdhun. ekalA lakShmaN anek dushmano sAthe
laDavA yuddhamAn gayA chhe, A rAm chhe ane A emanI patnI sItA chhe. jyAre lakShmaN
gayA tyAre rAmane em kahIne gayA hatA ke jo mane bhID paDashe to hun sinhanAd karIsh
tyAre tame mArI madade Avajo. rAvaNe vichAryun ke hun te sinhanAd karun to A rAm
dhanuShabAN laIne bhAI pAse jashe ane hun sItAne jem pakShI mAnsano TukaDo laI jAy
tem upADI jaIsh. vaLI, AmaNe kharadUShaNanA putrane to mAryo ja hato en tenI strInun
apamAn karyun hatun tethI te shakti Adi shastrothI bey bhAIne mArashe ja, jem mahAprabaL
nadIno pravAh bey kinArAne toDI pADe chhe. nadInA pravAhanI shakti chhUpI nathI tem
kharadUShaNanI shakti koIthI chhUpI nathI. badhA ja jANe chhe. Am vichAr karIne mUDhagati,
kAmapIDit rAvaN maraN mATe sItAnA haraNano vichAr karavA lAgyo, jem durbaddhi bALak
viSh levAno upAy kare chhe.