rAjan! je pApI vinA vichArye koI kAm kare chhe tene pashchAttAp ja thAy chhe. devo chAlyA
gayA ane lakShmaNanI strI patine achetanarUp dekhI prasanna karavA taiyAr thaI. kahe chhe-he
nAth! kaI avivekinIe saubhAgyanA garvathI abhimAnIe Apanun mAn na sAchavyun?
teNe uchit nathI karyun. he dev! Ap prasanna thAv. tamArI aprasannatA amane dukhanun kAraN
chhe. Am kahIne te atyant premabharI lakShmaNanA ang sAthe Alingan karI tenA pagamAn
paDI. te rANIo chaturAInAn vachan kahevAmAn tatpar koI vINA laI lagADavA lAgI, koI
mRudang vagADavA lAgI, koI madhur svare patinA guN gAvA lAgI. te saunun chitta patine
prasanna karavAmAn udyamI hatun. koI patinun mukh dekhe chhe ane patinAn vachan sAmbhaLavAnI
abhilAShA rAkhe chhe. koI nirmaL snehavALI patinA sharIrane vaLagIne kunDaLamanDit
atisundar kAntivALA kapolone sparsha karavA lAgI, koI madhurabhAShiNI patinAn charaNo
potAnA shir par mUkavA lAgI, koI mRutanayanI unmAdathI bharelI kaTAkSharUp kamaLapuShpano
ghUmaTo karavA lAgI, ALas maraDatI patinun vadan nirakhI anek cheShTA karavA lAgI.
kamaLonAn vananI peThe dhrujavA lAgI. patinI A dashA joIne strIonun man atyant
vyAkuL banyun, sanshay pAmI gaI ke kShaNamAtramAn A shun thayun, chintavI ke kahI shakAtun nathI,
AvA khedanA kAraNarUp shokane manamAn dharIne te mugdhA mohanI mArI phasAI paDI, indrANI
samAn cheShTAvALI te rANIo tApathI sukAI gaI. koN jANe temanI sundaratA kyAn chAlI
gaI? A vRuttAnt andaranA lokonA mukhe sAmbhaLIne shrI rAmachandra mantrIo sahit sambhramathI
bharelA bhAI pAse AvyA, andar rAjanA mANaso pAse gayA. lakShmaNanun mukh prabhAtanA
chandramA samAn madakAntivALun joyun, koI vRukSha tatkAL mULamAnthI UkhaDI gayun hoy tevI
sthitimAn bhAIne joyA. manamAn vichAravA lAgyA Aje bhAI mArI sAthe vinA kAraNe
rUThayA chhe. e sadA AnandarUp hoy chhe te Aje kem viShAdarUp thaI gayA chhe? snehathI
bharelA te tarat ja bhAInI pAse jaI tene UnchakI chhAtI sAthe lagAvI mastak chUmavA
lAgyA. dAhanA mAravALA vRukSha samAn harine joIne haLadhar temanA angane vaLagI paDayA.
joke lakShmaNane jIvananAn chihnarahit joyA to paN snehathI pUrNa rAme temane marelA mAnyA
nahi. jemanI Dok vAnkI thaI gaI chhe, jemanun sharIr ThanDun paDI gayun chhe, jagatanI bhogaL
jevI bhujAo shithil thaI gaI chhe, shvAsochchhavAs chAlatA nathI, AnkhanI palak ughAD
bandh thatI nathI. lakShmaNanI A avasthA joI rAm khedakhinna thaI parasevAthI rebajheb thaI
gayA. A dInonA nAth rAm dIn thaI gayA, vAramvAr mUrchchhA khAIne paDayA, jemanAn netra
AnsuthI bharelAn chhe te bhAInA angane nIrakhe chhe, enA ek nakhanI paN rekhA AvI
nahi, AvA A