ekalI mUkIne AvyA? A van anek vigrahathI bharelun chhe. tyAre rAme kahyun ke hun tAro
sinhanAd sAmbhaLIne tarat ja Avyo chhun. lakShmaNe kahyun ke Ape A sArun nathI karyun, have
shIghra jyAn jAnakI chhe tyAn jAv, tyAre rAme jANyun ke lakShmaN bhAI to mahAdhIr chhe. ene
shatruno bhay nathI ane tene kahyun te tun param utsAharUp chhe, tun baLavAn verIne jIt, em
kahIne pote jene sItA vishe shankA upajI chhe te chanchaLachitta banIne jAnakInI dishA taraph
chAlyA. kShaNamAtramAn AvIne joyun to jAnakI nahotAn. temaNe pratham to vichAryun ke kadAch
sthaLanun dhyAn rahyun nathI. pachhI nakkI karIne joyun to sItA na maLe. tyAre te ‘he sItA!’
em bolI mUrchchhA khAIne dharatI par paDI gayA. pachhI te jAgrat thaI, vRukSho taraph draShTi
karI premathI bharelA te khUb vyAkuL banIne bolavA lAgyA, he devI! tun kyAn gaI? kem
bolatI nathI? bahu ja mashkarI karavAthI sho phAyado? vRukShonI pAchhaL beThI ho to tarat ja
AvatI rahe, krodh karavAthI sho lAbh chhe? hun to tArI pAse shIghra ja AvI gayo chhun. he
prAN vallabhe! A tAro gusso amane sukhanun kAraN nathI. A pramANe vilAp karatA phare
chhe. tyAn ek nIchANavALI jagyAmAn jaTAyune maravAnI aNI par joyo. pote pakShIne
joIne atyant khedakhinna thaI, tenI samIpe besIne tene navakAramantra sambhaLAvyo ane
darshan, gnAn, chAritra, tap e chAr ArAdhanA sambhaLAvI, arihant, siddha, sAdhu ane
kevaLIpraNIt dharmanun sharaN levarAvyun. pakShI, jeNe shrAvakanAn vrat lIdhAn hatAn te shrI rAmanA
anugrahathI samAdhimaraN karIne svargamAn dev thayo ane paramparAe mokShe jashe. pakShInA
maraN pachhI joke pote gnAnI hovA chhatAn chAritramohane vash thaIne khUb shok karatAn ekalA
vanamAn priyAnA viyoganA dAhathI mUrchchhA khAIne paDayA. pachhI sachet thaI atyant vyAkuL
banI mahAsItAne gotatAn pharavA lAgyA, nirAsh thayA ane dIn vachan bolavA lAgyA,
jem bhUtAveshathI yukta puruSh vRuthA AlAp kare chhe. lAg joIne bhayankar vanamAn koI
pApIe jAnakInun haraN karyun, te bahu viparIt karyun chhe, mane mArI nAkhyo. have je koI
mane priyAno meLAp karAve ane mAro shok dUr kare tenA jevo mAro param bAndhav koI
nathI. he vananAn vRukSho! tame janakasutAne joI? champAnA puShpa jevo teno rang chhe, kamaLadaL
jevAn lochan chhe, sukumAr charaN chhe, nirmaL svabhAv chhe, uttam chAl chhe, chittano utsav
karanArI chhe, kamaLanA makarand samAn mukhano sugandhI shvAs chhe, strIomAn shreShTha chhe. AvI
sItAne tame pahelAn kyAy joI hoy to kaho. A pramANe te vananAn vRukShone pUchhe chhe, paN
te ekendriy vRukSha sho uttar Ape? tyAre sItAnA guNothI jenun man harAyun chhe evA rAm
pharI vAr mUrchchhA khAIne dharatI par paDayA, pAchhA jAgrat thaIne atyant krodhAyamAn thaI
vajrAvarta dhanuSh hAthamAn lIdhun, paNachh chaDAvI, TankAr karyo. AthI dashe dishAo avAjathI
bharAI gaI. sinhone bhay upajAvanAr narasinhe dhanuShano nAd karyo ane sinh bhAgI gayA,
hAthIono mad UtarI gayo. vaLI dhanuSh utArI, atyant viShAd pAmI, besIne potAnI