chAre ved ane vedonA ang bhaNyo. pachhI te rAjagRuhI nagarImAn Avyo, tene bhAInAn
darshananI abhilAShA hatI. nagaranI bahAr sUryAsta thaI gayo, AkAshamAn meghapaTalanA
kAraNe gADh andhakAr thaI gayo tethI te jIrNa udyAnanI vachche ek yakShanun mandir hatun temAn
beTho. tenA bhAI vinodanI samidhA nAmanI strI ati kushIl hatI te ashokadatta nAmanA
puruShamAn Asakta hatI. teNIe tene yakShanA mandiramAn AvavAno sanket karyo hato tethI
ashokadatta tyAn javA nIkaL‌yo tene mArgamAn koTavALanA sevake pakaDayo. vinodane khabar
paDatAn te hAthamAn khaDga laI ashokadattane mAravA yakShanA mandiramAn Avyo ane tyAn beThelA
ramaNane potAnI patnIno jAr samajIne khaDgathI mArI nAkhyo, andhArAmAn kAI dekhAyun
nahi tethI ramaN mAryo, vinod gher gayo. pachhI vinod paN maryo ane bannee anek
bhav karyA.
thayA temane bhIle jIvatA pakaDayA. banne ati sundar hatA. te vakhate trIjA nArAyaN
svayambhUti shrI vimaLanAthajInA darshan karIne pAchhA pharatA hatA temaNe banne haraN lIdhA
ane jinamandir pAse rAkhyA. temane rAjyanA rasoDAmAnthI manavAnchhit AhAr maLato. te
munionA darshan karatAn ane jinavANInun shravaN karatA. keTalAk divas pachhI ramaNano jIv
je mRug hato te samAdhimaraN karIne svarge gayo ane vinodano jIv je mRug hato te
ArtadhyAnathI tiryanch gatimAn bhaTakyo. pachhI jambudvIpanA bharatakShetramAn kampilyAnagaramAn ek
dhanadatta nAmano vaNik koTi dInArano svAmI hato. chAr TAnk suvarNanI ek dInAr thAy.
ramaNano jIv je mRugaparyAyamAnthI dev thayo hato te dhanadattanI patnI vAruNInI kUkhe
janmyo. tenun nAm bhUShaN pADayun hatun. koI nimittagnAnIe tenA pitAne kahelun ke A
jinadIkShA leshe. e sAmbhaLI pitAne chintA thaI. pitAno putra pratye ghaNo sneh hato tethI
tene gharamAn ja rAkhatA, bahAr nIkaLavA detA nahi. tenA gharamAn badhI sAmagrI mojUd hatI.
A bhUShaN, sundar strIonun sevan karato, vastra, AhAr, sugandhAdi vilepan karI gharamAn
sukhapUrvak raheto. ene sUrya kyAre uge chhe ne Athame chhe tenI paN khabar paDatI nahi.
tenA pitAe senkaDo manoratho bAd A putra meLavyo hato. vaLI ek ja putra hato ane
pUrvajanmanA snehathI pitAne prANathI paN pyAro hato. pitA vinodano jIv hato ane putra
ramaNano jIv hato. pahelAn banne bhAI hatA ane A janmamAn pitAputra thayA. sansAranI
gati vichitra chhe-A prANI naTanI peThe nAche chhe. sansAranun charitra svapnanA rAjyasamAn
asAr chhe. ek samaye A dhanadattano putra bhUShaN prabhAtanA vakhate dundubhi shabda ane
AkAshamAn devonun Agaman joIne pratibaddha thayo. e svabhAvathI ja komaL chittavALo
ane dharmanA AchAramAn tatpar hato. te atyant harShathI banne hAth joDI namaskAr karato
shrIdhar kevaLInI vandanA karavA utAvaLathI jato hato tyAn pagathiyAn parathI utaratAn sarpa
karaDayo. deh tajIne te mahendra nAmanA