samAdhAnarUp chhe, man tathA Indriyone jItavAmAn te samartha chhe evA A samyagdraShTie
nishchaL chittathI chosaTh hajAr varSha sudhI durdhar tap karyun. pachhI samAdhimaraN karI pAnch
NamokkAranun smaraN karatAn deh tyAgIne chhaThThA brahmottar svargamAn mahARuddhidhArak dev thayA.
je bhUShaNanA bhavamAn tenA pitA dhanadatta sheTh hatA te vinod brAhmaNano jIv mohanA
yogathI anek kuyonimAn bhramaN karIne jambUdvipamAn bharatakShetramAn podanapur nagaramAn brAhmaN
agnimukhanI strI shakunAnA peTe mRudumati nAmano putra thayo. tenun nAm to mRudumati hatun,
paN te kaThor chittavALo, atiduShTa, jugArI, avinayI, anek aparAdhothI bharelo
durAchArI hato. lokonA upakArathI mAtApitAe tene gharamAnthI kADhI mUkyo te pRithvI par
pharato pharato podanapur gayo. tarasyo thayelo te pANI pIvA koInA gharamAn peTho tene ek
brAhmaNI Ansu sAratI shItaL jaL pIvarAvavA lAgI. A shItaL madhur jaLathI tRupta
thaIne teNe brAhmaNIne rudan karavAnun kAraN pUchhayun. teNe kahyun ke tArA jevI AkRutivALo
mAre ek putra hato. me tene kaThorachitta thaIne krodhathI gharamAnthI kADhI mUkyo hato. ten pharatA
pharatA tene joyo hoy to kahe. tyAre te roto roto bolyo ke he mAtA! tun raD nahi, te hun
ja chhun. tene joyA ghaNA divas thaI gayA tethI mane oLakhatI nathI. tun vishvAs rAkh, hun
tAro putra chhun. te tene putra jANI rAkhavA taiyAr thaI, mohanA yogathI tenA stanomAn dUdh
ubharAyun. A mRudumati, tejasvI, rUpALo strIonA manane haranAr, dhUrtono shiromaNi hato,
jugAramAn sadA jItato, anek kaLA jANato, kAmabhogamAn Asakta hato. vasantamAlA
nAmanI ek veshyAno te atyant priy hato. tenAn mAtApitAe tene kADhI mUkayA pachhI
temane khUb lakShmI maLI hatI. pitA kunDaLAdik anek AbhUShaNo paheratAn ane mAtA
kAnchIdAmAdik anek AbharaNothI shobhit sukhapUrvak rahetI. ek divas A mRudumati
shashAnkanagaramAn rAjamahelamAn chorI karavA gayo. tyAnno rAjA nandIvardhan shashAnkamukh svAmInA
mukhe dharmopadesh sAmbhaLIne viraktachitta thayo hato te potAnI rANIne kaheto ke he devI! men
muninA mukhe mokShasukh ApanAr param dharmanun shravaN karyun chhe ke A indriyanA viShayo
viShasamAn dAruN chhe, enun phaL narak nigod chhe, hun jaineshvarI dIkShA dhAraN karIsh, tun shok
na kar. A pramANe potAnI strIne te samajAvato hato tyAre A vachan sAmbhaLI mRudumati
chore potAnA manamAn vichAryun ke juo A rAjA rAjaRuddhi chhoDIne munivrat le chhe ane hun
pApI chorI karIne bIjAnun dhan harun chhun. dhikkAr chhe mane! Am vichArIne chitta nirmaL
thatAn sAnsArik viShayabhogothI udAs thayo ane chandramukh svAmI pAse sarva parigrahano
tyAg karI jinadIkShA lIdhI. shAstrokta tap karato ane atyant prAsuk AhAr leto.
chAraNaRuddhidhArak muni