taraph chAlyA. lankA pAse jaIne temaNe vichAryun ke rAm-lakShmaNanI vAt kevI rIte jANavI?
jo rAm-lakShmaNanI vAt lokone pUchhIsh to rAvaNanA lokone nahi game. mATe rAvaNanI
vAt pUchhavI. rAvaNanI vAt uparathI temanI hAlat jaNAI jashe. Am vichArI nArad padma
sarovar gayA tyAn angad antapur sahit krIDA karato hato. tenA sevakone nArade rAvaNanI
kushaLatA vishe pUchhayun. te nokaro e sAmbhaLI krodharUp thaI bolavA lAgyA, A tApas
rAvaNano maLatiyo chhe em kahI ene angadanI pAse laI gayA. nArade kahyun ke mAre
rAvaNanun kAI prayojan nathI. kinkaroe kahyun ke tAre rAvaNanun kAI prayojan na hoy to
rAvaNanI kushaLatA kem pUchhato hato? angade hasIne kahyun ke A tApasane padmanAbhinI pAse
laI jAv. teo nAradane khenchatA chAlavA lAgyA. nArad vichAre chhe ke koN jANe A
padmanAbhi koN chhe? kaushalyAnA putra hoy to mArI sAthe Am kem varte? e mane kyAn
laI jAy chhe, hun sanshayamAn paDayo chhun, jinashAsananA bhakta dev mArI sahAy karo. angadanA
kinkaro tene vibhIShaNanA mahelamAn, jyAn shrI rAm birAjatA hatA tyAn, laI gayA. shrI rAm
dUrathI joI emane nArad jANI sinhAsan parathI UbhA thayA, temano ati Adar karyo
ane kinkarone dUr javA kahyun. nArad shrI rAm-lakShmaNane joI atyant Anand pAmyA,
AshIrvAd ApIne emanI samIpamAn beThA. tyAre rAm bolyA, he kShullak! kyAthi AvyA?
ghaNA divase AvyA chho, sArA chhone? nArade kahyun ke tArI mAtA kaShTanA sAgaramAn magna chhe
e vAt kahevA mATe tamArI pAse shIghra Avyo chhun. kaushalyA mAtA mahAsatI, jinamati
nirantar Ansu pADe chhe ane tamArA vinA khUb dukhI, chhe. jem sinhaN potAnA bALak
vinA vyAkuL thAy tem ati vyAkuL thaI vilAp kare chhe, jeno vilAp sAmbhaLI pAShAN
paN pIgaLI jAy. tamArA jevA mAtAnA AgnAnkit putra hoy ane tamArA hotAn mAtA
Avun kaShTa bhogave e kevA AshcharyanI vAt chhe? e guNavantI jo tamane nahi jue to
tamArA viyogarUp sUryathI sukAI jashe. mATe kRupA karIne UTho ane tene shIghra maLo. A
sansAramAn mAtA samAn bIjo koI padArtha nathI. tamArI bannenI mAtAnAn dukhathI kaikeyI
suprabhA badhAn ja dukhI chhe. kaushalyA ane sumitrA banne maraNatulya thaI gaI chhe. AhAr,
nidrA badhun gayun chhe. rAtadivas Ansu sAre chhe, tamArAn darshan karashe to ja te Takashe. jem
bALavihoNI vilAp kare tem vilAp kare chhe. chhAtI ane mastak hAthathI kUTe chhe. banney
mAtA tamArA viyogathI agnimAn jale chhe. tamArAn darshanarUp amRutanI dhArAthI temano
AtAp nivAro. nAradanAn AvAn vachan sAmbhaLI banne bhAI mAtAonAn dukhathI atyant
dukhI thayA, rUdan karavA lAgyA. tyAre badhA vidyAdharoe temane dhairya bandhAvyun. rAm lakShmaNe
nAradane kahyun, he nArad! tane amArA par moTo upakAr karyo, ame durAchArI mAtAne bhUlI
gayA hatA tenun tame smaraN karAvyun. tamArA jevo amane koI priy nathI. je manuShya
mAtAno vinay kare chhe, dAs thaIne mAtAnI sevA kare chhe te mahA puNyavAn chhe. je
mAtAnA upakAranun vismaraN kare chhe te kRutaghna chhe. mAtAnA snehathI vyAkuL chittavALA
banne bhAIoe nAradanI