A ichchhAthI Apane vare chhe. he lokesh! A kanyAnA pati bano. A kanyAonun man
janmathI ja evun hatun ke ame vidyAdharone nahi varIe, ApanAn guNonun shravaN karIne e
anurAgavALI thaI chhe; em kahIne rAmane paraNAvI. A kanyAo atyant lajjALu, namra
mukhavALI, rAmano Ashray karavA lAgI. te atisundar, navayuvAn, jemanAn guNo varNavI na
shakAy tevI, vIjaLI samAn, suvarNa samAn, kamaLanA garbha samAn, sharIranI kAntithI
AkAshamAn udyot thayo. te vinayarUp lAvaNyathI manDit rAmanI pAse beThI, temanI cheShTA
sundar hatI. gautam svAmI rAjA shreNikane kahe chhe ke he magadhAdhipati! puruShomAn sinh
samAn shrI rAm sarakhA puruShanun chitta viShayavAsanAthI virakta chhe, parantu pUrvajanmanA
sambandhathI keTalAk divaso sudhI viraktarUpe gRuhamAn rahI pachhI tyAg karashe.
suDatALIsamun parva pUrNa thayun.
ityAdik anek sundar lIlA karavA lAgI. to paN rAmachandranun man moh pAmyun nahIn, sarva
prakAranA vistIrNa vaibhavo temane maLyA, parantu rAme bhogomAn man DubADayun nahi. sItAmAn
jemanun chitta atyantapaNe lAgelun hatun te samasta cheShTArahit atyant AdarathI sItAnun dhyAn
karatA rahyA, jem munirAj muktine dhyAve tem. te vidyAdharanI putrIo gAn kare temano
avAj te sAmbhaLatA nahi, devAnganA samAn temanun rUp te dekhatA nahi. rAmane sarva
jAnakImay bhAse chhe, bIjun kAI dekhAtun nathI, bIjI koI vAt te karatA nathI. A
sugrIvanI putrIone te paraNyA te pAse beThI hoy tene he janakasute! em kahIne
sambodhatA, kAgaDAne premathI pUchhatA, he kAk! tun darek deshamAn phare chhe, ten shun jAnakIne joI?
sarovaramAn kamaLo khIlI UThayAn chhe tenI makarandathI jaL sugandhI banI gayun chhe, temAn
chakavA-chakavInA yugalane kallol karatA joIne vichAre, sItA vinA rAmane sarva shobhA
phIkI lAge, sItAnA sharIranA sanyoganI shankAthI pavanane Alingan kare ke kadAch pavan
sItAjInI pAsethI Avyo hoy. je bhUmi par sItAjI rahe chhe te bhUmine dhanya gaNe. sItA
vinA chandramAnI chAndanIne agni samAn jANI manamAn chintave-kadAch sItA mArA viyogarUp