hatA. krIDA samaye rANI shrIchandrAnA stan ek vAnare nakhathI khaNyA eTale rANI
khedakhinna thaI gaI. stanamAnthI lohI vahI nIkaLyun. rAjAe rANIne AshvAsan ApI
agnAnabhAvathI vAnarane bANathI vIndhI nAkhyo. te vAnar ghAyal thaIne ek gaganachAraN
RuddhivALA mahAmuninI pAse jaIne paDayo. te dayALu munirAje vAnarane dhrujato joIne
dayAbhAvathI pAnch namaskAramantra sambhaLAvyA. te vAnar marIne udadhikumAr jAtino
bhavanavAsI dev thayo. ahIn vanamAn vAnaranA maraN pachhI rAjAnA mANaso anya vAnarone
mArI rahyA hatA te vidyutakumAre avadhignAnathI jANIne vAnarone mAr khAtA joIne
mAyamayI vAnaronI senA banAvI. e vAnaro vikarAL dADhavALA, vikarAL mukhavALA,
vikarAL bhramaravALA ane sindUr jevA lAl mukhavALA banIne bhayankar garjanA karatA
AvyA. keTalAke hAthamAn parvat upADayA hatA, keTalAke mULamAnthI ukhADIne vRukSho lIdhAn hatAn,
keTalAk hAthathI dharatI upar prahAr karatA, keTalAk AkAshamAn UchhaLatA thakA, krodhathI
jemanAn ang raudra banyAn hatAn. temaNe AvIne rAjAne gherI lIdho ane rAjAne kahevA
lAgyA ke are, durAchArI, yAd rAkh, tArun mot Avyun chhe, tun vAnarone mArIne have kone
sharaNe javAno? tyAre vidyutakesh DarI gayo ane jANI lIdhun ke A vAnaronun baL nathI
paN devanI mAyA chhe. tyAre sharIranI AshA chhoDIne, mahAmiShTa vANIthI vinati karavA
lAgyo ke “mahArAj! AgnA karo, Ap koN chho? jemanAn mahAdedIpyamAn prachanD
bolyA “he rAjA! vAnar pashu jAti chhe, temanA svabhAv ja ati chanchaL chhe, emane ten
strInA aparAdhathI haNyA chhe. hun sAdhunA prasAdathI dev thayo chhun, mArI vibhUti ten joI
chhe.” rAjA A sAmbhaLIne dhrUjavA lAgyo, tenA hRudayamAn bhay utpanna thayo, bhayathI rUmvADAn
khaDAn thaI gayA. tyAre mahodadhikumAre kahyun “tun Dar nahIn’. tyAre rAjAe kahyun ke ‘Ap je
AgnA karo te pramANe hun karIsh.’ pachhI dev ene gurunI pAse laI gayo. te dev ane
rAjA e banne muninI pradakShiNA daI, namaskAr karIne pAse beThA. deve munine kahyun ke ‘hun
vAnar hato ane ApanA prasAdathI dev thayo chhun.’ tyAre rAjA vidyutakeshe munine pUchhayun ke
mArun shun kartavya chhe? mArun kalyAN kevI rIte thAy? te vakhate chAr gnAnanA dhArak te
tapodhan munie kahyun ke amArA guru pAse ja chhe temanI samIpe chAlo. anAdikALano e
ja niyam chhe ke guruonI samIpe jaIne dharma sAmbhaLavo. AchArya hovA chhatAn je temanI
pAse na jAy ane shiShya ja dharmano upadesh ApavA lAge to te shiShya nathI, kumArgI chhe,
AchArabhraShTa chhe. Am tapodhane kahyun tyAre dev ane vidyAdhar manamAn vichAravA lAgyA ke
AvA mahApuruSh chhe te paN gurunI AgnA vinA upadesh ApatA nathI. aho! tapanun
mAhAtmya atyant moTun chhe. muninI AgnAthI te dev ane vidyAdhar muninI sAthe temanA
guru pAse gayA. tyAn jaI traN pradikShaNA karI, gurunI bahu pAse paN nahi ane bahu dUr
paN nahi evI rIte beThAn. mahAmuninI mUrti joI dev ane vidyAdhar Ashcharya pAmyA.
mahAmuninI mUrti tapanA samUhathI