Padmapuran-Gujarati (English transliteration). Parva 3

padmapurAN trIjun parva 21

TIkA gujarAtI anuvAdamAn rAjA shreNike rAmachandra-rAvaNanA charitra sAmbhaLavA mATe prashna
pUchhavAno vichAr karyo, evo dvitIy adhikAr sampUrNa thayo. 2.

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trIjun parva

(vidyAdhar lokanun varNan)

rAjA sabhAmAn AvIne AbhUShaNasahit birAjyA te vakhatanI shobhAnun varNan

karIe chhIe. savAramAn ja moTA moTA sAmanto AvyA temane dvArapALe rAjAnun darshan
karAvyun. sAmantonAn vastrAbhUShaN sundar chhe. temanI sAthe rAjA hAthI upar besIne nagaramAnthI
samosaraNamAn javA nIkaL‌yA. AgaL bhATachAraNo birUdAvaLi bolatA jAy chhe. rAjA
samosaraN pAse pahonchyA. kevun chhe samosaraN? jyAn anant mahimAnA sthAnarUp mahAvIr
svAmI birAje chhe, temanI samIpe gautam gaNadhar khaDA chhe. tattvanA vyAkhyAnamAn tatpar,
kAntimAn chandramAtulya, prakAshamAn sUrya samAn, jemanAn charaN ane netrarUpI kamaL
ashokavRukShanAn pAn jevA lAl chhe ane potAnI shAntithI jagatane shAnt kare chhe, munionA
samUhanA svAmI chhe. rAjA dUrathI ja samosaraN joIne hAthI uparathI utarI, samosaraNamAn
praveshI, harShathI jenun mukh praphullit banyun chhe evA te bhagavAnanI pradakShiNA daI, hAth
joDI, namaskAr karI, manuShyonI sabhAmAn beThA.

pahelAn rAjA shreNike shrI gaNadharadevane namaskAr karI, kushaL pUchhIne prashna karyo-

bhagavan! mane rAmacharitra sAmbhaLavAnI IchchhA chhe. A kathA jagatamAn lokoe bIjI rIte
kahI chhe tethI he prabho! kRupA karIne sandeharUp kIchaDamAnthI prANIone bahAr kADho.

rAjA shreNikano prashna sAmbhaLIne shrI gaNadharadev potAnA ujjaval mukhathI jagatane

prakAshit karatA gambhIr meghadhvani samAn bhagavAnanA divya dhvani anusAr vyAkhyAn
karavA lAgyA. he rAjA, tun sAmbhaL. hun jinAgnA pramANe kahun chhun. kevAn chhe jinavachan?
tattvakathanamAn tatpar chhe. tun A nakkI kar ke rAvaN rAkShas nathI, manuShya chhe, mAnsAhArI
nathI paN vidyAdharono adhipati chhe, rAjA vinaminA vanshamAn utpanna thayo chhe. vaLI,
sugrIvAdik vAnar nathI, e mahAn rAjA-manuShya chhe, vidyAdhar chhe. jem pAyA vinA makAn
bane nahi tem jinavachanarUpI mUL vinA kathAnI pramANatA-satyatA hotI nathI. mATe pratham ja
kShetra, kALAdinun varNan sAmbhaLI pachhI mahApuruShonun charitra ke je pApane haranAr chhe te tun sAmbhaL.

(lokAlok, kALachakra, kulakar, nAbhirAjA, shrI RuShabhadev ane bharatanun varNan)
gautamasvAmI kahe chhe ke he rAjA shreNik anantapradeshI alokanI madhyamAn traN

vAtavalayathI veShTit traN lok rahelA chhe. te lokanI madhyamAn A madhyalok chhe. temAn
asankhyAt dvIp ane samudro chhe. tenI vachamAn lavaNasamudrathI vInTaLAyelo, ek lAkh
yojanapramAN A jambUdvIp chhe,

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