ke te vakhate tyAn rAjA madhuno jIv indra hato tenI pAse A Avyo. te madhuno jIv
bhagavAn neminAth svAmInA samayamAn achyUtendrapadathI chyavIne vAsudevanI rUkamaNI
rANIno putra pradyumna thayo ane teno bhAI kaiTabh jAmbuvatIno shambu nAmano putra thayo.
shreNike pharIthI gautam svAmIne vinantI karI-he prabho! hun tamArA vachanAmRut pItAn dharAto
nathI. jem lobhI mANas dhanathI tRupta thato nathI. tethI mane madhunun ane tenA bhAI
kaiTabhanun charitra kaho. gaNadhare kahyun, sarva dhanadhAnyathI pUrNa ek magadh nAmano desh chhe, tyAn
chAre varNa AnandapUrvak rahe chhe. dharma, artha, kAm ane mokShanA sAdhak anek jIvo tyAn chhe,
bhagavAnanAn sundar chaityAlayo, anek nagar-grAmathI te desh shobhe chhe. tyAn nadIonA taT
par, girionAn shikhar par ane vanamAn ThekaThekANe sAdhuonA sangh birAje chhe. rAjA
nityodit rAjya kare chhe. te deshamAn ek shAli nAmanun grAm chhe te nagar jevun shobhatun. tyAn
somadev nAmano brAhmaN tenI patnI agnilA ane putro agnibhUti, vAyubhUti sAthe
rahe. A banne bhAI laukik shAstramAn pravIN ane paThanapAThan, dAn, pratigrahamAn nipuN
hatA. paN kuLanA tathA vidyAnA garvathI manamAn em mAnatA ke amArAthI chaDiyAtun koI
nathI. te jinadharmathI viparIt, rog samAn indriyonA bhogane bhalA jANatA. ek divas
svAmI nandIvardhan anek munio sahit vanamAn AvIne birAjyA. te moTA AchArya hatA
ane avadhignAnathI samasta mUrtik padArthone jANatA. munionun Agaman sAmbhaLI gAmanA
badhA mANaso darshan karavA jatA hatA. agnibhUti-vAyubhUtie koIne pUchhayun ke A loko
kyAn jAy chhe? tyAre temaNe kahyun ke nandIvardhan muni AvyA chhe temanAn darshan karavA jAy
chhe. A sAmbhaLI banne bhAI gusse thayA. temaNe kahyun ke ame vAd karIne sAdhuone
jItIshun. emanAn mAtApitAe emane vAryA ke tame sAdhuo sAthe vAd na karo to paN
emaNe mAnyun nahi ane vAd karavA gayA. temane AchAryanI pAse jatAn joI ek
sAttvik nAmanA avadhignAnI munie emane pUchhayun tame kyAn jAv chho? temaNe kahyun,
tamArAmAn uttam je tamArA guru chhe temane vAdamAn jItavA jaIe chhIe. sAttvik munie
kahyun ke amArI sAthe charchA karo. tyAre e krodhathI muninI samIpe beThA ane kahyun ke tun
kyAthi Avyo chhe? uttaramAn teNe paN gussAthI kahyun, e ten shun puchhayun? ame gAmamAnthI
AvyA chhIe, tame koI shAstranI charchA karo. tyAre munie kahyun, e ame jANIe chhIe.
tame shAligrAmathI AvyA chho. tamArA pitAnun nAm somadev, mAtAnun nAm agnilA ane
tamArAn nAm agnibhUti, vAyubhUti chhe. tame viprakuLanA chho e to pragaT chhe, parantu ame
tamane e pUchhIe chhIe ke anAdikALanA bhavavanamAn bhaTako chho to A janmamAn kayA
janmamAnthI AvyA chho? tyAre emaNe kahyun tame amane janmAntaranI vAt pUchhI te bIjun
koI jANe chhe? munie kahyun ke hun jANun chhun. tame sAmbhaLo. pUrvabhavamAn tame banne bhAI A
gAmanA vanamAn paraspar sneh rAkhanAr virUp mukhavALA shiyAL hatA ane A ja
gAmamAn ek ghaNA divasono