sonAnA ratho upar beThA, keTalAk kALI ghaTA jevA hAthIo upar chaDayA. keTalAk man
samAn shIghragAmI ghoDA upar beThA, keTalAk sinh-shArdUl upar chaDayA, keTalAk chittA upar
chaDayA, keTalAk baLad upar chaDayA, keTalAk UnTo upar, keTalAk khachchar upar, keTalAk
pADA upar, keTalAk hans upar, keTalAk shiyAL upar em anek mAyAmayI vAhano upar
chaDayA. AkAshanun AngaNun DhAnkI detA, mahAdedIpyamAn sharIravALA mAlInI sAthe chaDayAn.
pratham prayANamAn ja apashukan thayA tyAre mAlIno nAno bhAI sumAlI kahevA lAgyo. he
dev! ahIn ja mukAm karo, AgaL na jAv athavA lankA pAchhA chAlo, Aj ghaNA
apashukan thayAn chhe. sUkA vRukShanI DALI upar ek pag sankochIne kAgaDo beTho chhe, chittamAn
atyant AkuLatA thavAthI te vAramvAr pAnkh halAve chhe, sUkA karagaThiyA chAnchamAn laIne sUrya
taraph jue chhe ane kaThor shabda bole chhe. te ApaNane javAnI manA kare chhe. jamaNI taraph
raudra mukhavALI shiyALaNI romAnch karatI bhayankar avAj kare chhe, sUryanA bimbanI vachamAn
praveshelI jaLavAdaLImAnthI rudhir jharatun dekhAy chhe ane mastakarahit dhaD najar paDe chhe, mahA
bhayankar vajrapAt thAy chhe, jenAthI sarva parvato dhrujI UThayA chhe ane AkAshamAn jenA vAL
vikharAI gayA chhe evI mAyAmayI strI najare paDe chhe, gadheDA AkAsh taraph Unchun mukh
karIne kharInA AgalA bhAgathI dharatIne khodatA thakA kaThor avAj kare chhe. ityAdi
apashukan thAy chhe. tyAre rAjA mAlIe sumAlIne hasIne kahyun aho vIr! verIne
jItavAno vichAr karIne upar chaDelA mahApuruSh dhIraj dharatA pAchhA kevI rIte vaLe? je
shUravIre dAntathI adhar karaDayA chhe, bhramar vAnkI karI chhe, mukh vikarAL banAvyun chhe, AnkhathI
je verIne DarAve chhe, tIkShNa bANathI sahit chhe, je mad jharatA hAthI par chaDhayA chhe athavA
ashva par chaDhayA chhe, mahAvIrarasarUp temane devo paN AshcharyadraShTithI joI rahyA chhe, jyAn
yuddha vAjintro vAgI rahyA chhe, evA sAmanto kevI rIte pAchhA phare? men A janmamAn anek
lIlAvilAs karyo chhe, sumeru parvatanI guphA, nandanavan Adi manohar vanamAn devAnganA
samAn anek rANI sahit nAnA prakAranI krIDA karI chhe, AkAshane aDe evAn
shikharovALAn ratnamayI chaityAlayo banAvarAvyAn chhe, vidhipUrvak bhAv sahit jinendradevanI
pUjA karI chhe, arthI janone temaNe je mAgyun te Apyun chhe evA kimichchhik dAn ApyA chhe.
A manuShya lokamAn dev samAn bhog bhogavyA chhe ane potAnA yashathI pRithvI upar vansh
utpanna karyo chhe mATe A janmamAn to amArI badhI bAbatomAn ichchhA pUrNa thaI chhe. have jo
mahAsangrAmamAn prAN tajIe to e shUravIranI rIti ja chhe. parantu shun ame lokone moDhe
evun bolAvIe ke mAlI kAyar thaIne pAchho pharI gayo athavA tyAn ja mukAm karyo?
lokonA AvA nindanA shabdo dhIravIr kevI rIte sAmbhaLe? dhIravIronun chitta kShatrIyavratamAn
sAvadhAn hoy chhe. A pramANe bhAIne kahIne pote senA sahit vaitAD parvat par kShaNamAtramAn
gayA ane badhA vidyAdharo upar AgnApatra mokalyA. keTalAk vidyAdharoe temanI