tenA nagaramAn jaI tenI putrInI stuti karI ane nagarImAnthI nIkaLIne sarvahit nAmanA
munine pUchhayun, he prabho! droNameghanI putrI vishalyAnun charitra kaho. tyAre chAr gnAnanA
dhArak muni, mahAvAtsalyadhArIe kahyun, ke he bharat! mahAvideh kShetramAn svarga samAn
punDarik desh chhe, tyAn tribhunAnand nAmanun nagar chhe, tyAn chakradhar nAmanA chakravartI rAjAnun
rAjya chhe, tenI putrI anangasharA guNarUp AbhUShaNavALI, strIonA adbhut rUpavALI
hatI tene pratiShThitapurano dhaNI rAjA punarvasu vidyAdhar, je chakravartIno sAmant hato, te
kanyAne joI kAmabANathI pIDit thaI vimAnamAn besADIne laI gayo. tethI chakravartIe
gusse thaIne kinkar mokalyA. temaNe tenI sAthe yuddha karyun, tenun vimAn toDI nAkhyun eTale
teNe vyAkuL thaIne kanyAne AkAshamAnthI nIche phenkI te sharadaRutunA chandramAnI jyoti
samAn punarvasunI parNalaghuvidyAthI aTavImAn AvIne paDI. te aTavI duShTa jIvothI
bhayAnak, jenun nAm shvApad raurav hatun, jyAn vidyAdharo paN AvI shakatA nahi, vRukShonA
samUhathI andhakArarUp hatI, nAnA prakAranA velothI vInTAyelAn UnchA vRukShonI saghanatAthI tyAn
sUryanAn kiraNo paN praveshatA nahi ane chittA, vAgh, sinh, aShTApad, genDA, rInchh, ItyAdi
anek vanacharo temAn pharatA, bhUmi UnchInIchI viSham hatI, temAn moTA moTA khADA hatA.
A chakravartInI kanyA anangasharA ekalI te vanamAn atyant dukhI thaI, nadInA kinAre
jaI, dishAonun avalokan karatI mAtApitAne yAd karIne rudan karatI hatI, arere! hun
chakravartInI putrI, mArA pitA indra samAn, tenI hun atyant lADakI, daivayoge AvI
avasthA pAmI, have hun shun karun? A vanano ant nathI, A van joIne dukh upaje chhe.
are pitA! sakaL lokamAn prasiddha mahAparAkramI chhe, A vanamAn hun asahAy paDI chhun, mArA
upar koN dayA kare? are mAtA! atyant dukhapUrvak tame mane garbhamAn rAkhI, have kem
mArI upar dayA karatAn nathI? are! mArA parivAranA uttam manuShyo! ek kShaNamAtra mane
chhoDatA nahotA, to have kem mane tyajI dIdhI? are! hun janmatAn ja kem maraN na pAmI?
shA mATe dukhanI bhUmikA thaI? IchchhA pramANe mRutyu maLatun nathI, shun karun? kyAn jAun, hun
pApaNI kyAn rahun? A svapna chhe ke satya chhe? A pramANe chirakAL vilAp karIne atyant
vihvaL banI gaI. evo vilAp karyo ke je sAmbhaLIne atyant duShTa pashunun chitta paN
komaL thaI jAy. A kanyA dInachitta thaIne kShudhA-tRuShAthI dagdha, shokasAgaramAn magna,
phaLapatrAdithI jIvatI karmanA yogathI te vanamAn keTalAk shItakAL rahI. kevA chhe shItakAL?
kamaLanA vananI shobhAnA sarvasvane haranAr. teNe anek grIShmakALanA AtAp sahyA. jemAn
jaLanA samUh sukAy chhe, dAvAnaLothI anek vanavRukSha bane chhe ane anek jantu mare chhe.
teNe vanamAn varShAkAL paN anek vItAvyA. te vakhate jaLadhArAnA andhakArathI sUryanI
jyoti dabAI gaI chhe tenun sharIr varShAe dhoyelA chitra jevun thaI gayun chhe. kAntirahit,
durbaL vIkharAyelA vAL, maLayukta sharIr lAvaNyarahit thayun, jANe sUryanA prakAshathI chandranI
kaLAno prakAsh kShIN thaI gayo. kaithanA vanamAn beThI pitAne yAd karIne rudan kare chhe ke men
chakravartIne tyAn janma to lIdho, paN pUrvajanmanAn