gayA. temaNe pAse rahelA puruShone kahyun ke jAv. emane mArI pAse lAvo. rAjAnI
AgnAthI teo keTalAk vAndarAone pakaDI lAvyA. rAjAe temane ghaNA premathI rAkhyA ane
temane nRitya karatAn shIkhavyun. temanA saphed dAntane dADamanA phUlathI rangIne tamAshA joyA,
temanIn mukhamAn sonAnA tAr lagAvIne kutUhal karAvyun. te andaroandar ekabIjAnI jU
mAthAmAnthI kADhatA hatA tenA tamAshA joyA ane teo andaroandar sneh ane kalah karatA
hatA tenA tamAshA paN joyA. rAjAe te vAndarA mANasone rakShA nimitte sompyA ane mIThA
mIThA bhojan vaDe temano satkAr karyo. te vAndarAne sAthe laIne kihakund parvat upar chaDayA.
sundar vRukSha, sundar velo ane pANInAn jharaNAothI rAjAnun chitta harAI gayun. tyAn parvat
upar sapAT vistIrNa bhUmi joI. tyAn kihakund nAmanun nagar vasAvyun. te nagaramAn
verIonun man paN praveshI shake tem nahotun. te chaud yojan lAmbun, chaud yojan pahoLun
ane bentAlIs yojanathI k kadhik tenun parIdh hatun. jenA maNinA koT hatA, ratnonA
daravAjA ane ratnonA mahel chhe. ratnonA koT eTalA UnchA chhe ke potAnA shikharathI jANe
ke AkAshane ja aDI rahyA chhe, daravAjA UnchA maNiothI eTalA shobhe chhe ke jANe te
potAnI jyotithI sthir thaI gayA chhe. gharanA umbarA padmarAg maNinA chhe te atyant lAl
chhe jANe chhe ke A nagarI nArIsvarUp chhe, te tAmbUlathI potAnA hoTh lAl karI rahI chhe.
daravAjA motInI mALAo sahit chhe. jANe ke Akho lok ja sampadAne hasI rahyo chhe ane
mahelanA shikhar par chandrakAntamaNi jaDelA chhe. te rAtre andhArI rAte chandra UgI rahyo hoy
evA lAge chhe. vividh prakAranAn ratnonI prabhAnI panktithI jANe UnchAn toraN chaDI rahyAn
chhe. tyAn vidyAdharonI banAvelI gharanI hAro khUb shobhe chhe. gharanA chok maNionA chhe,
nagaranA rAjamArga, bajAr ekadam sIdhAn chhe, temAn vakratA nathI. te ativistIrNa chhe, jANe
ke ratnanA sAgar ja chhe. sAgar jaLarUp chhe, A sthaLarUp chhe. makAnonI upar lokoe
kabUtaronA nivAs nimitte sthAn banAvI rAkhyA chhe te kevA shobhe chhe? jANe ratnanA teje
nagarImAnthI andhakAr dUr karI dIdho chhe te sharaNe AvIne samIpamAn paDayo chhe. ItyAdi
nagaranun varNan kyAn sudhI karIe? indranA nagar samAn te nagaramAn rAjA shrIkanTh padmAbhA
rANI sahit svargamAn shachI sahit suresh rame tem ghaNA kAL sudhI ramatA rahyA. je vastu
bhadrashAl vanamAn, saumanas vanamAn tathA nandanavanamAn prApta na thAy te rAjAnA vanamAn
prApta thatI hatI.
AkAshane anek rangarUp jyoti sahit joyun. vAjintro vagADanArAnA samUhathI dashe dishA
shabdarUp thatI dekhI, koIne koIno shabda na sambhaLAy, keTalAk devo mAyAmayI hanso upar,
ashvo upar, em anek prakAranA vAhano upar chaDhIne jatA joyA. devonA sharIranI
sugandhathI dashe dishA vyApta thaI thaI