jenI cheShTA sundar chhe te AkhAy rAjaparivArane ramADavA lAgyo. vAramvAr mandodarI pratye
sneh batAvavA lAgyo. tenA vadanarUp chandrane nIrakhatAn rAvaNanAn lochan tRupta na thayAn.
mandodarI rAvaNane kahetI hatI ke hun ek kShaNamAtra paN tamane chhoDIsh nahi. he manohar!
sadAy tamArI sAthe ja rahIsh, jem velIo bAhubalInAn sarva ange vInTaLAI vaLI hatI
tem vaLagI rahIsh. Ap yuddhamAn vijay meLavIne jaladI Avo, hun ratnonA chUrNathI chok
pUrIsh ane tamArAn charaN dhoI ardhya ApIsh, prabhunI moTI pUjA karAvIsh. premathI tenun
chitta kAyar chhe, atyant premanAn vachano kahetAn kahetAn rAtri pUrI thaI gaI. kUkaDA bolyA,
nakShatronun tej ghaTI gayun, sandhyAlAl thaI, bhagavAnanAn chaityAlayomAn manohar gItadhvani
thavA lAgyo, sUrya uday sanmukh thayo, sarva dishAomAn udyot karato, pralayakALanA
agnimanDaL samAn AkAr prabhAtasamaye teNe dhAraN karyo. tyAre badhI rANIo patine
chhoDatI udAs thavA lAgI. rAvaNe saune AshvAsan Apyun, gambhIr vAjintro vAgyAn,
shankhadhvani thayA, rAvaNanI AgnAthI yuddhamAn vichakShaN subhaTo ahankAr dharatA atyant uddhat
harShabharyA nagaramAnthI nIkaLyA. hAthI, rath ke turang par chaDayA, khaDga, dhanuSh, gadA, barachhI
ityAdi anek Ayudho dhAraN karI, jemanA upar chAmar DhoLAtA, chhatra pharatA, evA dev
jevA svarUpavAn vidyAdharonA adhipati yoddhAo, shIghra kArya karanArA, shreShTha RuddhinA dhArak
yuddha mATe taiyAr thayA. te divase nagaranI kamaLanayanI strIo karuNAbhAvathI dukharUp thaI
jemane jotAn durjananun chitta paN dayALu thAy. keTalAk subhaTo gharamAnthI yuddha mATe nIkaLyA
ane strIo sAthe AvavA lAgI tene kahevA lAgyA, he mugdhe! gher jAv, ame
AnandapUrvak jaIe chhIe. koI strInA pati chAlyA jAy chhe temanI pAchhaL jaI kahetI
hatI ke he kanth! tamArun uttarAsan lyo, tyAre pati sAme AvI levA lAgyA. kevI chhe
mRuganayanIo? jene patinAn mukh jovAnI lAlasA chhe. keTalIk prANavallabhA patine
draShTithI adrashya thatA joI sakhIo sahit mUrchchhA khAIne paDI. keTalIk pati pAsethI pAchhI
AvI maun banI shayyAmAn paDI, jANe ke lAkaDAnI pUtaLI ja chhe. keTalAk shUravIro
shrAvakavratanA dhArak pITh pAchhaL potAnI strIne jovA lAgyA ane AgaL devAnganAone
dekhavA lAgyA. je sAmant aNuvratanA dhArak chhe te devalokanA adhikArI chhe. ane je
sAmanto pahelAn pUrNimAnA chandrasamAn saumya vadanavALA hatA te yuddhanun Agaman thatAn
kALasamAn krUr AkAravALA thaI gayA. shir par Top mUkI, bakhtar paherI, shastra laI
tejasvI jaNAvA lAgyA.
AvyA. te vidyAthI nirmAyit divya rath par chaDayA. agni jevI prabhAvALA jANe ke
agnikumAr dev ja chhe. keTalAk tIkShNa shastrothI sampUrNa himavAn parvat samAn hAthI par
sarva dishAone AchchhAdatA AvyA jem vIjaLI sAthe meghamALA Ave. keTalAk shreShThaturango
par chaDI, pAnchey hathiyAro sahit tarat