aTakAvatI tun khed pAmI hoIsh. yuthabhraShTa haraNI jevI ekalI tun kyAn jaIsh? chintavan
karatAn paN dussah evA vanamAn tun ekalI kevI rIte rahIsh? kamaLanA garbha samAn tArAn
komaL charaN karkash bhUmino sparsha kevI rIte sahI shakashe? vananA bhIl, mlechchha kRutya-
akRutyanA bhedathI rahit chhe man jenun te tane temanI bhayankar pallImAn laI gayA hashe te
to agAunAn dukh karatAn paN adhik dukh chhe. tun mArA vinA atyant dukh pAmI andhArI
rAtamAn vananI rajathI ragadoLAyelI kyAnk paDI hoIsh ane kadAch tane hAthIoe kacharI
nAkhI hashe, enA jevo anartha kyo hoy? gIdh, rInchh, sinh, vAgh, ItyAdi duShTa jIvothI
bharelA vanamAn kevI rIte rahI shakIsh? jyAn mArga nathI, vikarAL dADhavALAn hinsak kShudhAtur
pashu pharatAn hashe teNe tArI kevI dashA karI hashe? je kahI shakAy tem nathI athavA sUryanAn
atidussah kiraNonA AtApathI lAkhanI jem pIgaLI gaI hoIsh, chhAnyAmAn javAnI paN
jenI shakti nahi rahI hoy. athavA shobhAyamAn shIlanI dhArak tun mArA nirdayamAn man
rAkhIne hRuday phATIne mRutyu pAmI hoIsh. pahelAn jem ratnajaTIe mane sItAnI kushaLatAnA
samAchAr ApyA hatA tem atyAre paN koI kahe. are priye! tun kyAn gaI, kyAn kyAn
rahIsh? shun karIsh? he kRutAntavakra! shun ten kharekhar tene vanamAn ja tajI dIdhI? jo kyAy
sArA ThekANe mUkI hoy to tArA mukhamAnthI amRutarUp vachan nIkaLo. jyAre rAme Am
kahyun tyAre senApatie lajjAnA bhArathI potAnun mukh nIchun karyun, tejarahit thaI gayo,
kAI bolI na shakyo, ativyAkuL thayo, maun rahyo, tyAre rAme jANyun ke sAche ja e
sItAne bhayankar vanamAn mUkI Avyo chhe. tethI rAm mUrchchhA khAIne nIche paDI gayA. ghaNA
vakhat pachhI dhIre dhIre jAgrat thayA. te vakhate lakShmaN AvyA ane manamAn shok dharatAn
kahevA lAgyA. he dev! shA mATe vyAkuL thayA chho? dhairya rAkho. je karma pUrve upArjyAn hatAn
tenun phaL AvIne maLyun, badhA lokone ashubhanA udayathI dukh Avyun chhe, phakta sItAne ja
dukh paDayun nathI. sukh ke dukh je prApta thavAnun hoy te svayammev koI paN nimitte AvI
maLe chhe. he prabho! koIne koI AkAshamAn laI jAy athavA krUr jIvothI bharelA vanamAn
chhoDI de, ke parvatanA shikhar par mUkI Ave to paN pUrvanun puNya hoy to prANInI rakShA
thAy chhe, AkhI prajA dukhathI tapta chhe, AnsuonA pravAh badhe vahe chhe. Am kahI lakShmaN
paN ativyAkuL thaI rudan karavA lAgyA, agnithI jem kamaL karamAI jAy tevun temanun
mukhakamaL thaI gayun chhe. arere mAtA! tun kyAn gaI? jenun sharIr duShTajanonAn vachanarUp
agnithI prajvalit chhe, je guNarUp dhAnya ugADanArI bhUmisvarUp bAr anuprekShAnun
chintavan karanArI chhe, shIlarUp parvatanI bhUmi chhe, saumya svabhAvavALI chhe, jenun hRuday
duShTonAn vachanarUp tuShArathI baLI gayun chhe, rAjahans shrI rAmane prasanna karavA mATe
mAnasarovar samAn, subhadrA, jevI kalyANarUp, sarva AchAramAn pravIN, he shreShThe! tun kyAn
gaI? jem sUrya vinA AkAshanI shobhA kevI hoy ane chandra vinA rAtrinI shobhA kyAthi
hoy? tem