Anokhi Maitri

Author(s): Sunandaben Vohra
Publisher: Anandsumangal Parivar
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/001990/1

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" (muni metArajanI kathAnI vizeSatA sAthe) - sunaMdAbahena vohorA

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anokhI metrI A (muni metArajanI kathAnI vizeSatA sAthe) sunaMdAbahena vohorA sarva jIvonA zubha bhAvanAnA prabhAve jyAM jyAM zubha thAya che, tyAM tyAM te zubhaciMtakono hisso jamA thAya che je tene yathAsamaye vyAja sAthe maLI rahe che. jemAM sva-para zreya che. -pU.paM. bhadraMkaravijyajI

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che OM zrI sadguru devAya namaH | prakAzaka : AnaMda sumaMgala parivAra amadAvAda - amerikA. lekhikA : sunaMdAbahena vohorA preraka : yogadAna zrI caMdrakAMtabhAI dozI, oralAnDo, amerikA. prakAzana varSaH vIra saMvata 2534, I.sa. 2008 nakala : 7pa0 prApti sthAna : sunaMdAbahena vohorA 5, mahAvIra sosAyaTI, pAlaDI, amadAvAda-380 007, gujarAta. phona : (079) 26589365 samaya : sAMje 6 thI 8 mudraka : parAgabhAI zAha zAlibhadra ophaseTa prinTarsa 237-238, pahele mALa, gaMjabajAra, junA mAdhupurA, amadAvAda-380 004. phona : (079) 221 21 021

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prasaMgocita muni metArajano prasaMga to kathAnA aMtamAM Avaze. te pahelA A anokhI maitrInuM mULa pAtra virUpA nAmanI virala vyaktitva dharAvatI eka nArI che. tenuM nAma satI ke mahAsatInI haroLamAM nathI chatAM te eka mahimAvaMta nArI jarUra hatI. tethI muni metArajanI kathAnI vizeSatA chatAM A kathAmAM virUpAnI anokhI maitrInI paNa vizeSatA rahI che. virUpA koNa hatI ! metAryanI janmadAtrI, devazrI zeThANInI khAsa sakhI, mAtaMga maMtrarAjanI guNiyala patnI. yadyapi virUpAnuM kuLa-jAti meta (cAMDAla) hatA, chatAM tenuM haiyuM, tenA saMskAra uttama kuLa-jAti darzAvatA hatA. zreSThionI havelIonI saphAI karatA te eka havelInA ati zrImaMta zeThANInA paricayamAM AvI. te paricaya gADha sakhyabhAvamAM pariNamyo ke jemAM zudra savarNanA bheda na hatA. devazrI svayaM AvA bheda ke niMdAthI para hatA. virUpAnA vyakitatvathI teo prabhAvita hatA. muni metArajanA prasaMga sAthe virUpAnuM AtmasamarpaNa ItihAsanA pAne amara banyuM. e Atma samarpaNanI ghaTanAne lakSyamAM rAkhI A kathAmAM virUpAnI garimAnI vizeSatA lAge tevI che. jo virUpAne bAda karIe to A kathA phakata pAMca sAta pAnAmAM samAI jAya te vAcako joze. pAtra paricaya A kathAnA pAtromAM darekanI viziSTatA rahI che. vItarAgamArga anvaye joIe to te pAtro muktine varyA che ane varaze. virUpA-devazrI anokhI maitrInA A be mukhya pAtro. virUpA meta chatAM ucca saMskArayukta. devazrI, zudra-savarNanA bhedarahita virUpA sAthe sakhyabhAva. tene aMtaghaDI sudhI dipAvI ciravidAya sAtheja lIdhI. virUpAe e sakhyabhAvanA RNanA badalAmAM zeThANIbAnA zokyanA duHkhane dUra karavA potAno putra arpaNa karyo. mahAamAtya buddhinidAna abhayakumAra ane metArajano paramasakhyabhAva gRhasthadazAmAM dareka prasaMge hArohAra rahI maitrI mANI ane Akhare munipaNe maitrI nibhAvI vIraprabhunA mArge sAtheja mahAprayANa karyuM.

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metAraja H janmadAtrInA AtmasamarpaNanA bhAvane samajI pote jAteja jAhera karyuM ke pote virUpA-mAtaMganuM saMtAna chuM tenuM mane gaurava che. metArya nahi huM metAraja metakuLano chuM. puNyayoge daivI sukhane mAyA. tene aMte tuccha jANI paLavAramAM tyajI dIdhA. sonIe karelA ghora upasargane samatA ane ahiMsA bhAve sahI AtmabhAvanA vaDe mukti varyA. mAtaMga maMtrarAja, meta chatAM jANe judI ja mATIno prarAkramI chatAM varaNAgiyo vara. virUpA sAthe ati snehabharyuM jIvana jIvyo kayAreya tene zudrapaNuM naDayuM nathI. niHsaMtAnapaNAnI vyathAthI saMyama gumAvI metAryanA atibhavya lagnotsargamAM raMgamAM bhaMga pADayo. Akhare zramaNonA bodha-samAgamathI zAMti pAmyo. dhanadatta zeTha : metAryanA pAlaka pitA devazrInA saMtAno mRtyu pAmatA. vArasadArane jhaMkhatA hatA. gupta rahasyarUpa.metAryanI putra prApti thatAM. sukhanI avadhine mANatA hatA. chatAM lakhyA lekha pramANe chevaTe niHsaMtAna jAhera thayA. Akhare viraprabhunA bodhathI, zrAvakAcAra grahaNa karI jIvana sArthaka karyuM. rohiNeya H zudra gopadAdAno pautra janmathI ja dAdA pAsethI zudra jAtinA utthAna mATe corI lUMTaphATano avaLo mArga pakaDyo, bhayaMkara lUMTArA tarIke jAhera thayo. pUrva puNyayoge jJAtaputranI divyadhvanino sparza thatAM bodha pAmI khUnI maTI muni banyo. jIvana sArthaka karyuM. callaNAsatI : magadharAjyanA mahArANI tarIke temanA panotA pagalAthI vIra prabhuno dharma prasAra pAmyo. magadharAja jainadharmanA marmane pAmyA. cheka sudhI magadharAjanI paDakhe rahI temanI dharmabhAvanA daDha karI aMte uttama zrAvikA dharma pALI jIvana sArthaka karyuM. magadharAja : rAjA zreNika aMta sudhI rAjyasattA ane strI saMganA abhilASI rahyA. cAritramohano bhayaMkara udaya chatAM temanI viraprabhunI ajoDa bhaktinA pariNAme bhAvi tIrthakara nAmakarma upArjana karI viraprabhunI dharmadhvajAne dipAvI jIvana sArthaka karyuM. -sunaMdAbahena

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kathAnI pUrvabhUmikA bhArata bhUminuM adhyAtma kSetra viziSTa che. je mAnavane pazutAmAM pariNamatA bacAvI mAnava thavAnuM ke prabhu thavAnuM ojasa Ape che. mahAmAnavoe e adhyAtmane jIvananI dharA para lAvavA bhagIratha puruSArtha karyo che. tevA mahAmAnavonA e puruSArthanA prasaMgone citrita karavA eTale dharmakathA dvArA jIvone bodha Apavo, te hetunI mukhyatA che. jaina ke jainetara darzanomAM aDhaLaka ane anupama dharmakathAnI saMpatti zAstramAM gUMthAyelI che. saMbhava che ke cothA ArAmAM banelI ghaTanA pAMcamA ArA-vartamAna yuganA jIvone kAlpanika lAge. jo ke kathAnuyogamAM evuM mizraNa ane virodhAbhAsa rahevAno, to paNa vartamAnano buddhimAna mAnavI je kathA je yuganI hoya te yuganA dRSTikoNane lakSyamAM rAkhe to teno tarka sutarka banI kathA bodhadAyaka bane. jJAnIo kahe che tArA jIvanamAM saMkaTa, saMgharSa, saMtApa ke sUnakAranI ghaDIo Ave tyAre tane A mahAmAnavonI kathA, prasaMgo, smaraNo samAdhAna Apaze. hA paNa temAM eTalI maryAdA kharI ke jIve che te kathAnA pAtromAM sahRdayathI zraddhA rAkhavI joIe. jemake cakravartIne hajAro rANIo hatI. koI rAjaputrane batrIsa patnIo, koIne ATha strIo, vaLI temanA vaibhavamAM navanidhi ane ATha siddhio, caMdrakAnta maNithI thatI ThaMDaka sUryakAMta maNi dvArA thatI garamI. AjanA jevA adyatana sAdhananI sarakhAmaNIthI paNa vadhI jAya, tevA prayogonuM varNana te kALe tevI jIvana vyavasthA hatI. ApaNe thoDA ja varSomAM baLada gADAne badale helikopTara jevo vikAsa joIe chIe ane tene mAnIe chIe. tema A prakAro zAstragamya mAnavA ane kathAnuM hArda vicArI jIvanamAM prakAza meLavavo. tamane koI pUche ke tamane keTalI kathAo AvaDe che, AMgaLIthI batAvo. keTalI AMgaLI UMcI karazo? javAba zUnyamAM Avaze ? khera kathAonA mAdhyamathI tamane tatvajJAna pratye javAnI saraLatA raheze. mATe jIvanamAM kevaLa anokhI maitrI

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dhanAdine prAdhAnya ApavA sAthe A kathAvaibhavane paNa mANajo. A anokhI maitrImAM virala vyakitattva dharAvatI sannArI virUpAnI vizeSatA chatAM muni metArajanuM kathAnaka mukhya che. A lekhakano to anubhava ja che ke jayAre jayAre jIvanamAM takalIpho AvI tyAre tyAre tene kathAoe mitro jevo ja sahAro Apyo che. tethI kahyuM che ke jaina darzanamAM sADA traNa karoDa kathAono vaibhava che. temAMthI tame koI tulasA, caMdanA, tArAmatI, damayaMtI, kalAvatI, madanarekhA, aMjanA ke koI sudarzana, nAgadatta, metAraja, zAlibhadra koIne tamArI hRdaya tijorImAM bharI rAkho. samaya Ave te tamane te te prakAre aMtarathI sAda Apaze. yadyapi ApaNI zraddhA pAMkhI che eTale ApaNe A kathAo jANavA chatAM tene kevaLa zravaNa sudhI sImita karI che. paraMtu aMtarabhAvanAmAM tene AkAra Apyo nathI. cAlo thaI te thaI have jAgyA tyAMthI suprabhAta. A kathA maLatAM agAu tamane sulasA kathAnaka maLyuM haze. AzA che ke tame te mAryuM haze. have tamArA hAthamAM Avaze virala vyaktitva dharAvatI virUpA sAthe muni metArya athavA muni metAraja kathAnaka. meta eTale zudra (cAMDAla) gAMdhIyugamAM teo harijana kahevAyA. nAma badalAyuM paNa lokamAnasa badalAyuM? yugothI sAmAjika vyavasthAne nAme eka AkhI mAnavajAta duniyAbharamAM zudra tarIke nirmita thaI gaI. meta eTale zudra ane Arya eTale savarNa eno jANe sumeLa hoya tema A metArya nAma pAchaLa ja A kathAnaka nirmAyu che. je ghaNuM gupta rahyuM che. jaina samAjamAM paNa metAraja muninA upasargano eka prasaMga bAda karIe to temane viSe kaMI vizeSa jANavAnuM maLatuM nathI. bhAratanA mahAna sAhityasarjaka zrI jayabhikhunA varada haste A kathA lakhAI. che. teo paNa lakhe che ke AvA mahAna maharSinI kathA mATe koI sajajhAya ke kayAMka graMthomAM samatAdhAraka muni eTalA be pAMca vAkyonA paricaya sivAya kAMI maLatuM nathI. jo ke chatAM temaNe A kathAne ghaNI vistRta ane rasaprada karI che. anokhI maitrI

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muni metAraja, bhagavAna zrI mahAvIranA kALamAM thayA hatA. temanA samayanA ghaNA munionI kathAonA vistAra ane mahimA Aje paNa jANavA maLe che. paraMtu A muni metArajanA dIkSA upasarga ane kevaLajJAnanA achaDatA be cAra prasaMga sivAya kaMI jANavA maLatuM nathI. chatAM sAhitya sarjakanI apratima evI kalama dvArA eka Azcaryajanaka ane rasaprada kathAnuM nirmANa karyuM che. te tathA sajajhAyo ane anya vyAkhyAnomAM sAMbhaLelA keTalAka prasaMgone AzrIne A saMkSipta kathA lakhAI che. sulatAnI kathAmAM lakhyuM che ke mArI A Adata che. te chUTatI nathI. huM paNa zuM karuM? thoDo samaya thAya ne koI pUchatuM Ave hamaNAM zuM lakho cho ! tame lakho amAre lakhAvavuM che ke prakAzita karavuM che. ziro bhAvato hato vaidyarAje pathyamAM ziro khAvAnI chUTa ApI bhAvatuM hoya ane vaidyarAja kahe evuM mAruM che. eTale vaLI A kathAnuM Alekhana pragaTa thayuM. gati ghaNI dhImI rahI che. pAchA vaLI koI pUche pachI pelI kathAnuM zuM thayuM ane kalama upaDe. Ama A kathA lekhanamAM zrI caMdrakAMta dozIno ullAsa ane yogadAna maLI gayuM. jaina samAjanA dharmarasikajano metArya ke metAraja muninA nAmathI parIcita chIe te kALe te samaye A nAma pAchaLa moTo ItihAsa te lagabhaga jANatA nathI. zudra ane savarNanA mizraNavALA metArya nAmanI pAchaLa zuM bheda hato. te vAta nagaNya banI gaI che. A metArya zudrano bALaka zreSThine tyAM janmelo manAyo, ane mahArAjA zreNikanA jamAI ! A meLa besADavo buddhimatAnuM kAma nathI. te mATe to A kathAnakane jANavuM ane mANavuM joIze. A kathA jayAre meM A deza ke paradezamAM kahI tyAre sau kahetA A muninI kathA pAchaLa A rahasya hajI sudhI jANyuM nathI. ApaNe bhagavAna mahAvIranuM zubhanAma, sakala jaMtu hitakAraka temanuM kAma, cothA ArAnI jevA ThAma (kALa) rAjagRhI nagarI jevuM dhAma vigerethI paricita chIe. te kALamAM metArya nAmanI vibhUti thaI hatI. vaLI virala vyaktitva dharAvatI virUpA prabhuvIranI bhakta hatI. anokhI maitrI

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lagabhaga pacIsaso uparAMta varSo pahelA eTale hamaNAM hamaNAM ja bhagavAna zrI mahAvIranA pavitra caraNathI dharA paNa pavitra banatI tevA samaye rAjagRhI nagaramAM magadhasamrATa (biMbisAra) zreNika rAjA rAjaya karatA hatA. je rAjagRhImAM bhagavAne ghaNA cAturmAsa karI rAjagRhInI janatAne dharmanA raMge raMgI hatI. temAM rAjavaMzIo zuM, savaNa ke kSatriyo zuM ? brAhmaNo zuM ke zudro zuM ? bhagavAnanAM samavasaraNamAM koI bheda na hato. jayAM vAgha bakarI, sApa noLiyA mitro banI besatA. zatrumitra kSaNa mAtramAM saune mitrabhAve jotA. jANe abhedanuM darzana thatuM. vizvavyApakatAnI garimA dharAvato jainadharma Aje vizALatA pAmyo che ane keTaleka aMze sImita vADAmAM purAyo paNa che. vizvanA je khUNe jaina vase che tyAM dayAdi paropakAra jevA kAryo jIvaMta rahe che. jayAre tenA tyAga ane vairAgyanA kAraNe sImita paNa thayo che. jema bajAramAM jhaverInI dukAno juja hoya tema mAnavuM rahyuM, khera. chatAM jema gaumukhathI bhavyAtibhavya rIte nIkaLelI gaMgA dharatI para nAnA moTA vaheNa rUpe vahe che. chatAM jayAM te vahe che tyAM loko vase che. tema mahAvIranA vItarAga mArgane pAmelA jaina ke tyAgI vairAgI jayAM haze tyAM A dharma pahoMcI jAya che, jaze. e tenI khUbI che ane te kAraNe jagatamAM pavitratAnuM mAnavatAnuM darzana satata vadhyA kare che. mahAvIra jevA vItarAgI je ApI gayA te cirasthAyI rahevAnuM che. temanA jJAnabaLa, tapobaLa, vairAgyabaLa ane karUNAmAMthI je strota vahyo temAMthI kevA ratna ziromaNi pedA thayA jene kAraNe dharmakathAnuyoganuM eka mahAna sarjana thayuM. je jIvatI mahAzALAonI jema kAryazIla banyuM che. tene jaina jagatanA sevakoe sImAmAMthI bahAra kADhI loka hRdaya sudhI pahoMcADavAnI che. yadyapi te mATe mahAmAnavo prayatnazIla hatA ane che. A kathAo navalakathA nathI hotI. paraMtu jIvananA sAphalyanI keDIo che. jemAM saMgharSa sattAlolupatA, saMtApa ane svArtha na hatA, anokhI maitrI

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tevuM nathI. chatAM te te kathAonA pAtro e saMgharSomAMthI samAdhAna meLavatA ane meLave che. eTaluM ja nahi paNa te te mahA-mahAmAnavoe te saMgharSone kAyama mATe dharatInA peTALamAM padharAvI dIdhA. tenI kaLA hastagata karI je ghaTanArUpe jagata samakSa pragaTa thaI tethI te pavitra kathAnaka kahevAya che. te te kALe bharata cakravartI bAra varasa bhAI sAthe yuddha caDhayA, munisuvratasvAmInA samayamAM rAmAyaNanuM ghora yuddha sarjAyu. neminAthanA samayamAM dharma khAtara bhAre adharma ane mahAhiMsaka evuM mahAbhArata yuddha khelAyuM. are mahAvIranA samayamAM caMDapradyota, zatAnika ke azoka jevA rAjAoe bhISaNa yuddho karyA. Aje te prakAro anya rIte pragaTa thatA rahyA che. mAnavanI A yuddhacchA khataranAka che. chatAM teno aMta jaNAto nathI. bIjI bAju mahA ahiMsaka RSabhadevathI mAMDIne karUNAnA avatAra mahAvIra, buddha paNa astitvamAM AvyA vaLI A bhAratanI dharatI para vartamAnamAM gAMdhIjI ane vinobAjI paNa AvyA. A pUrvanA mahAmAnavonI pavitratAnuM vaheNa che. jenA vaDe prema, ahiMsA jevA tattvo astitva dharAve che. vAstavamAM mAnavano janma aneka nimna starethI vikRta thato thato Avyo che. jayAM kevaLa vivekahinatAnI bhUmikA hatI. pazutA, vara, parasparanuM jIvana gharSaNa jevA saMskAronI jaDa ghaNI UMDI gayelI che. temAM kayAMka mAnavadeha maLe paNa pelA saMskAro to pazutAnA ja ne? hA chatAM A ja dharatI para mahAmAnavoe mahAnatAne jIvananA bhoge pragaTa karI. tevAM be nArI- ratnonI A kathA premathI vAMcajo. sAthe mokSamArgI metAraja muninI kathA vAMcajo. rohiNeyanA goDadAdA A kathA bhagavAna mahAvIranA samayanI che jayAre magadhanA sAmrAjayamAM rAjA zreNikanI ANa pravartatI hatI. rAjA zreNika parAkramI hatA tevA ja prajAvatsala hatA. te kALe janasamUha pracArakSaka rAjAmAM prabhunA darzana karatI. evI paraspara praNAli bhagavAna RSabhadevanA anokhI maitrI

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vakhatathI cAlI AvatI. rAjAonA rAjaya vistAranI tRSNAe yuddha thatAM, temAM prajA svIkArya samajI letI. are rAjAo kanyAo meLavavA, aMtaHpuramAM rANIonI vaNajhAra jevI AkAMkSAo paNa yuddhane notaratI tyAre prajA te kArya paNa pharaja rUpe gaNatI. magadhanA sAmrAjayamAM rAjagRhI nagarI, maMdira upara suvarNa kaLaza jevI dIpatI hatI. vyApAra vigerethI dhamadhamatI e mahAnagarI hatI. prabhu mahAvIranA pagale nagarImAM dharmano pravAha lokamAnasa sudhI pahoMcyo hato. eTale e nagarI dharmasthAnothI paNa jAjavalyamAna hatI. jo ke parApUrvathI cAlI AvatI vyavasthA pramANe prajA cAra vargomAM vaheMcAI hatI. kSatriya, vaizya, brAhmaNa ane zudra. kSatriya prajAnuM rakSaNa kare, vaizya lokonI sukhAkArI sAcave. brAhmaNa vidyA prApta kare, ane anyane pradAna kare. zudra sevA kare. dareka jAtimAM bhAvanA sevAnI ja rahetI. paNa zudrone mAthe halakA gaNAtA kAryo, gaMdakI sApha karavI, maLamUtra upADavA ane tenA nikAlanI jayAM vyavasthA hoya tyAM ja temane rahevAnuM. vaLI A varga achUta manAto Avyo. Aje A meta-cAMDAlonA nAmanuM parivartana thayuM paraMtu jIvana dhoraNamAM temanA taraphanI lokabhAvanA aMzataH nahivat ja parivartana pAmI che. parApUrvathI cAlI AvelI A prathA pramANe rAjagRhI nagarInA cheDe metavAsamAM A metanA khoraDAo hatA. nagaranI gaMdakInI svacchatA karI te badhI ja gaMdakInA TopalA A khoraDAnI najIka khaDakAtA te sarve tenAthI TevAI jatA ke zuM paNa jayAre rogacALo nagaramAM baLa paDakato tyAre A meta varga ghaNuM kharuM arakSita raheto. temanuM bhAgya temane bacAvatuM nagaranA koI prasaMgomAM teo achUta ja rahetA. savarNonI dayA para nabhatA chatAM jANe temaNe te hakIkata svIkArI lIdhI hatI tethI te te prasaMgomAM nagarane svaccha rAkhavuM, cheDe besavuM ane vadhu ghaTayuM bhojana maLatuM temAM teo saMtoSa letA. temAM koI buddhimAna jijJAsu bhagavAna mahAvIranI dharmasabhAmAM jatA to paNa lagabhaga 10 anokhI maitrI

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eka cheDe besatA, koIka jo saMsArano tyAga karato te prathama to nagaNya manAto paNa pachI prabhunA bodhanA kAraNe saumAM sanmAna pAmato. Ama vAcake muni metArajanI kathA pahelA ghaNuM badhuM jANavuM paDaze. karmanI paddhatimAM paNa uccanIca gotranuM nirmANa che te karma AdhArita samajI zudro svIkArI letA chatAM jayAre AtmavikAsano krama Ave che. tyAre gotra gauNa thAya che te ApaNe A kathA parathI joIzuM. A zudronI vastInI vasAhata alaga hatI. A vasAhatanA khoraDAomAM eka buddhimAna, parAkramI nirbhaya gopazudra vasato hato. pautra rohiNeyanA kAraNe tene sau dAdA kahetA. jo kSatriyanA sAhasonI sAthe tene sarakhAvo to tenAmAM badhA ja lakSaNo hatA. koI mahAna yoddhA jevI tenI pAse tIraMdAjI, ghoDesvArI jevI vidyAo hatI. maMtra vidyA yukta saMskAre te ghaNI uccatA dharAvato. rAjya taraphathI koI prasaMge tenuM apamAna thayuM ane tenAmAM rahelI buddhi pratibhA ane parAkrame tenA aMtarane valovI nAMkhyuM. AthI teNe eka manasUbo karyo ke amArI jAtinA lAyaka mANasane yogya sthAna maLavuM joIe. prathama teNe upadezako ke paMDito sAthe carcA karI paNa zudratA e pUrvakarmanA pApa che, bhogavI lo, evA AzvAsano maLatA. jenAthI gopadAdAne saMtoSa na thayo. bhale jJAtaputre saune sarakhA sthAna ApyA hoya chatAM praNAli to Aja rahI hatI. tethI tenuM mana samAdhAna pAmatuM nahi. eNe A vasAhatamAM rahetA keTalAka yuvAnone bhegA karyA ane potAnuM maMtavya jaNAvyuM. mAnava mAnava vacce AvI asamAnatA ? bhale dharmAcAryo samAnatAmAM mAne che, to paNa ApaNo svIkAra to zudra tarIke ja thAya che. mATe ApaNe have sajja thavuM ane koIpaNa bhoge ApaNo vikAsa karavo. vAstavamAM gopadAdA moTo rAjA thAya ke nahiM, paNa koI nagaranA sUbo thavA jeTalI sarva kuzaLatA tenAmAM hatI. te sau jANatA chatAM saMyogAdhIna tenI vAta saune vadhAre paDatI lAgatI. anokhI maitrI 11

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gopadAdA ekavAra zrAvastI jJAtaputra bhagavAna mahAvIranA darzana karI Avyo hato. temanI karUNA ane sau jIvo pratyenA samabhAvathI prabhAvita thayo hato. tene lAgatuM A jJAtaputranA paricayamAM AvelA tena vaza thaI varte tevo ajaba temano prabhAva che. ene potAne paNa lAgatuM ke jo temanI vANI vadhu sAMbhaLIza to mAruM dhAreluM kArya mArAthI thaze ? pachI e mahAtmAone maLyo. teo kahetA ke kuLabheda paraMparAthI cAlI Avyo che. A janma nIcakuLa bhogavI lo. AthI enuM samAdhAna thayuM nahi. eTale teNe nakkI karyuM ke jJAtaputranA darzana karavA nahi. tenI vANI sAMbhaLavI nahi. bhale zramaNo samAnatAnI vAta kare paNa chevaTe A bheda to dUra thavAnA nathI mATe ApaNe ja parAkrama karavuM. maMgarAja mAtaMga ane guNavatI virala virUpA A ja vasAhatamAM mAtaMga nAme maMtra vidyApAraMgata vasato hato. tenA bApadAdA himAlayamAM koI yogI pAse keTalIka vidyAo zIkhI AvyA hatA. mAtaMgane tenA bApadAdA pAsethI AvI vidyAo maLI hatI. tenA vaDe te bALakonA rogo dUra karI zakato, bhUtapretanI chAyAthI mANasone choDAvI zakato. amUka vanaspati ke pANIne maMtrIne te jhera utArI zakato. mAtaMga tenI AvI vidyA baLe vasAhatamAM mAnabharyuM sthAna dharAvato, vaLI rAja bagIcAno rakhevALa saphAI kAmadAra banyo hato. temAM paNa te pAraMgata hato. tenI rakhevALI nIcenuM udyAna jIvaMta sRSTi jema soLe kaLAe khIlI uThatuM. Avo vidyAkuzaLa chatAM teNe potAnI meta tarIke maryAdA svIkArI hatI. tethI te gopadAdAnA vicArathI jUdo paDato. Akhare gopadAdA keTalAka sAthIdArone laIne dUra jaMgalamAM potAnuM AgavuM sthAnapallI banAvI sAthIdArone zastravidyA zIkhavato. samaya Ave rAjayanA vistAramAM corI lUMTaphATa karato. mArgamAM sArthavAhane lUMTato ane dhana bheguM karato. mAtaMga e ja khoraDAmAM rahIne potAne yogya kAryo karato. bhAgyayoge tenI ja jAtinI chatAM rUpavAna ane guNIyala evI virUpA 1 ra anokhI maitrI

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sAthe tenA lagna thayA. mAtaMga jema amUka vidyAmAM pAraMgata hato tema virUpA zramaNonA bodhane jhIlIne AvI hatI. te mAtaMgane kahetI ke zramaNo kahe che ke mAnava game te jAtimAM hoya te premathI saune jItI zake che. bhagavAnanA samavasaraNamAM siMha ane sApa paNa premathI vaza thAya che. mAnava paNa mAnavane premathI vaza karI zake che. mAtaMga A sAMbhaLIne kaheto jo ne Avo parAkramI huM ja vidyAvyAsaMgI chatAM tane vaza thaI gayo chuMne ! ane virUpA amI jevI najarathI mAtaMgane joI rahetI, tyAre mAtaMga jAtinuM zudrapaNuM bhUlI jato ane premasAgaramAM DUbakI mArI leto. prema sAgaramAM koNa zudra ane koNa savarNa ? Ama banne eka kAyAnI be chAyA jevA banIne jIvana jIvatA hatA. temane zudrakuLa naDatuM na hatuM. te vakhate hajI jJAtaputra chadmastha dazAmAM munivezamAM hatA. temaNe mauna dhAraNa karyuM hatuM. ane gAmAnugAma viharatA hatA. paraMtu temanI saumyatA, bhayaMkara upasargo sAme samabhAva, karUNA, sau pratye samAnadRSTi teo mauna chatAM bhavyajIvone ghaNo upadeza maLato. vaLI jJAtaputra kevaLajJAna pAmyA na hatA tethI saMgha racanA thaI na hatI. paraMtu paraMparAthI dIkSita zramaNo A nagarImAM AvatA uMcanIcanA bheda rahita upadeza ApatA. tattvano bodha ApatA te zramaNo pAsenI bodhano lAbha virUpAne maLyo hato. vaLI te kuzaLatAthI te bodhane barAbara samajatI, vicAratI. jJAtaputranI carcAnuM zravaNa karatI tethI tenA hRdayamAM jJAtaputra pratye ahobhAva pedA thayo hato. mAtaMga rAjayanA udyAnano saphAIdAra hato. virUpA eja nagarInI dhanADhayonI-zreSThionI havelIthI zobhatI zerInuM saphAI kAma karatI hatI. tatvanA bodhanA pariNAmathI ene koI ajaMpo na hato. zerInI saphAInuM kAma paNa tene mATe to gauravavAnuM hatuM. mAtaMga virUpA meta jAtinAM hatA. paNa mAtaMga maMtra vidyAo dvArA ane zramaNonA bodha dvArA saMskArita hato. virUpA janmathI ja saMskArita hatI. samRddha, saMpanna ane savarNa gaNAtA varganA daMpatimAM paNa Avo manameLa, vicAronI uttamatA durlabha lAge tevuM A yugala mastImAM jIvatuM hatuM. anokhI maitrI

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virUpAne kAmethI AvatA vilaMba thAya ane mAtaMga to kAma patyuM ke virUpAnA sAnnidhya mATe doDato ghare Ave tyAre kaheto mArI to ghaDI varSa jevI gaI. tane to kayAM koNa maLI jAya che te ATalI moDI Ave che ? teno jarA avAja moTo thaI jAya paNa jayAM virUpAnI AMkho tenI AMkho sAme maLe ke mAtaMga hima jevo ThaMDo thaI tene vahAla karI le. koI vAra aMtaHpuranA phulane pramArjana karatA thoDA phUlo vadhe to ghare lAvI suMdara veNI banAve potAne hAthe virUpAnA aMboDe bAMdhe ane jANe rAjarANI hoya teme ghaDIbhara nIrakhI raheto. tyAre virUpA kahetI, mAtaMga zramaNo kevo bodha Ape che ke strI pratye vadhu rAga karavo nahIM ane tuM to divase divase ghelo thato jAya che. mAtaMga kaheto zramaNo kahe che te sAcuM che, paNa tArA apalakSaNa ja evA che ke huM te bodha bhUlI jAuM chuM. sArUM cAla have jaldI roTalA pakavI de sAthe ja jamIe. roja savAre banne uThIne prAtaHkriyAthI paravArI, avanavI sukhabharI vAto karatA ane hasatA kUdatA saunA kAme nIkaLI jatA. mAtaMgane mATe virUpA koI svarganI parI utarI AvI hatI. to virUpA mATe paDachaMda ane parAkramI yauvanabharyo mAtaMga daivI lAgato. AvI A joDI nagaramAM saune mATe eka kautuka jevI hatI. sau kahetA hAMkoTA deto A mAtaMga virUpAthI vaza thaI gayo che. virUpA koI vilakSaNa strI che. rAjagRhI nagaranI dhanADhayonI e zerImAM sUryodaya thato ane cAre bAju pakSIonA mIThA kalarava saMbhaLAtA, maMdironA ghaMTano raNakAra gUMjato, snAna karavA jatA brahmaputronA mukhethI pavitra zlokono gUMjArava gUMjato. pUrI nagarImAM ane A zerImAM rAtanI zAMti bhedIne uSArANI vividha raMgo sAthe pragaTa thatI. tevA samaye virUpA hAthamAM sUMDalo ane sAvaraNo laI A zerImAM praveza karatI. keTalIka strIo tenI sAthe vAto karI letI. zramaNonI vAta 14 anokhI maitrI

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kahevAmAM virUpA paNa kaMIka pAraMgata hatI. Ama virUpA potAnuM kArya kALajIpUrvaka ane kazAya saMkoca vagara karatI. kayAreka bhUdevonA bhaDakAno bhoga banatI. tyAre paNa hasatA ramatA vAtane vALI letI. vAstavamAM mAtaMga rAjayano sevaka hovAthI tenA para rAjAnI mIThI najara hatI. sArI kamANI hatI. metanA khoraDAmAM paNa tenuM khoraDuM jUduM tarI AvatuM. chatAM te hoMzathI zerInI saphAInuM kAma karatI. virUpA bhale meta hatI. parantu rUpa kaMI savarNone ja maLe tevuM vidhAna nathI. virUpA varSe kaMIka zyAma chatAM namaNI hatI. sadA prasanna mukhI tenI AMkhamAM kaMI kAmaNa kharUM ! e zerInA zrImaMtanA nabIrA paNa ghaDIbhara tene joI rahetA. chatAM e AMkhomAM evuM to teja hatuM ke koI tenA pratye aghaTita vartAva na karatuM. tenuM bolavuM, gAvuM vaNikone khAsa khUcatuM nahiM paNa bhUdevo, brAhmaNo tene dUrathI jotA, rakhe teno paDachAyo paDI jAya. tema vicArI dUra khasI jatA ane kaMI babaDATa karI jatA. Aje mAtaMga vahelo Avyo hato, ghara Ave ke tenA cittamAM virUpA ramatI hoya. Aje hajI virUpA AvI na hatI. mAtaMge khoraDAnI AjubAju thoDuMka saphAI kAma karavAmAM citta parovyuM tyAM to virUpA AvI pahoMcI. tArA kAmano pAra Avato nathI ke pachI koI sakhI tane maLI jAya che. temAM tuM vAto karavAmAM keTalI moDI Ave che. tArA vagara tuM A khoraDuM mane khAvA dhAya che. "alyA zramaNono bodha sAMbhaLIne teM zuM dhoLyuM zramaNoe kahyuM che ke moha zatru che moha na rAkhavo.' alI paNa huM kayAM sAdhu thayo chuM ke mAro moha jAya. tethI zramaNonA bodha pramANe anya guNo keLavavAnA paNa tAro moha nahiM chUTe, taneya kayAM moha ocho che ? eka roTalo ocho khAuM te di tArUM mukha kevuM vilAI jAya che. ane eka roTalo vadhAre khavaDAvIne ja tuM jame che. Ama A daMpati snehapAzathI baMdhAyelA eka paNa paLa snehabhInI choDatA nahiM. kudarata kahe che. zudra zuM savarNa zuM hRdayanA anokhI maitrI 15

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snehapAna saune mATe samAna che temAM kayAM mahelanI mahelAtonI ke jhaverAtanI jarUra che ? sAdhana saMpattinI jarUra che ? mAnavajIvanamAM premanI ekatAmAM UMcanIcapaNuM nathI. mAtaMga ane virUpAnuM jIvana uccakuLamAM janmelA daMpattine paNa durlabha evuM jIvana sukha hatuM. mAtaMga rAjasevaka hato tethI tene lakSmInI paNa kaMI khoTa na hatI. mAnabharyuM tenuM sthAna hatuM. samaya Ave aMtaHpuranI bahAranI rakhevALI tene soMpavAmAM AvatI banne kAmathI ghare Ave ane temanuM khoraDuM AnaMda killolathI gAjI uThatu. AvA sukhabharyA divaso vitatA hatAM. mAtaMgane manamAM eka saMtApa hato ke varSo thayA chatAM hajI pote niHsaMtAna che. teno A saMtApa paNa have dUra thayo hato. virUpAne sImaMta hatuM. mAtaMganA sukhanI avidha hatI. te kayAreka vahelo Avato virUpAnI khUba saMbhALa rAkhato. Ame te virUpAnA guNane rUpane varelo hato. temAM virUpAne sImaMta, eTale virUpAnA badhA ja koDa dohada pUrA kare yadyapi zuddha jAtine dohadano paNa adhikAra ! parantu virUpAnA udaramAM koI ucca jIvanuM avataraNa haze tethI tene durlabha dohaMda thatAM. virUpAno dohada ekavAra virUpAnuM mukha karamAyeluM joI mAtaMga sarciMta thaI gayo. tyAre virUpAe kahyuM ke mane kamosame AMbAnuM phaLa khAvAnI IcchA thaI che. te kevI rIte pUrI thAya ? mAtaMga paNa kaMI muMjhAyo chevaTe tene yAda AvyuM ke kAma jokhamI che paNa virUpAne mATe prANa pAtharavA taiyAra mAtaMge te kAma pAra pADayuM. rAjAnA eka udyAnamAM deva adhiSThita AMbAnuM eka vRkSa bAre mAsa AMbo ApatuM. mAtaMga pAse adRzya thavAnI vidyA hatI. tethI te roja eka AMbo lAvato virUpAne premathI Apato. Ama vRkSa para AMbA ochA thatA gayA. ughAnapAlake rAjAne samAcAra ApyA. abhayamaMtrInI kuzAgrabuddhithI AMbAcora pakaDAI gayo. rAjAo haMmezA utAvaLA hoya, maMtrIo zANA hoya. zreNika 16 anokhI maitrI

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mahArAjAe AvezamAM mAtaMgane phAMsInI sajA jAhera karI. abhayamaMtrIe rAjAne vinaMti karI ke phAMsI devAthI tenI vidyA paNa naSTa thaze. prathama tenI pAse vidyA che te grahaNa karI levI. AvI vidyAno nAza thAya te barAbara nahi. rAjAe te vAtano svIkAra karyo. vidyA dhAraNa karavA rAjA nIce Asana para beThA ane mAtaMga siMhAsana para beTho. teNe pUrA bhAvathI rAjAne maMtra ApavA prayatna karyo. paNa maMtra mATe je bhAva pavitratA joIe te rAjAmAM kayAMthI hoya? jo ke mAtaMga to pUrA bhAvathI maMtra bolato hato. A kriyA pUrI thaI tyAre kuzAgra evA abhayamaMtrIe kahyuM ke mahArAjA vidhA ApanAra gurU kahevAya tene phAMsI ApavAthI gurU hatyAnuM mahApApa thAya. mahArAjano Aveza zamI gayo hato. teo mAtaMga para prasanna thayA ane yogya bheTa ApI vidAya karyo. virUpAno dohada pUrNa karavAmAM rAjadarabAramAM mAtaMganA mRtyuno ghaMTa vAgyo paNa abhayamaMtrInA sabuddhibaLe mAtaMga phAMsInA mAcaDAne badale siMhAsana para beTho, jIvatadAna maLyuM. jo ke mAtaMganA manamAM to virUpAnI IcchA pUrNa thaI eno ja AnaMda hato. vaLI A prasaMga pachI rAjAnA ane aMtaHpuranA saunA manamAM mAtaMganuM sthAna vadhu gauravapUrNa banyuM. mAtaMga jevo parAkramI hato tevo zIla saMpanna hato. tethI aMtaHpuramAM vizvasanIya hato. rAjakumArI taLAve snAna krIDA karavA jAya to cokIdAra tarIke mAtaMganI hAjarI mAnya gaNAtI. rAjadarabAre banelA prasaMganA pariNAmathI mAtaMga prasanna hato. bheTa sogAda sAthe potAne khoraDe pahoMcyo. virUpA roTalA ghaDIne navarI paDI ArAma karatI hatI. bheTa sogAdo joI virUpAe mAtaMgane pUchayuM A bheTa zuM che ? teNe rAjadarabArano prasaMga kahyo. phAMsInI sajAmAMthI abhayamaMtrIe kevo UgAryo ! paNa virUpA kharekhara mArI maMtra vidyA evI ke mane devo ja sahAya kare pachI phAMsInI sajA kevI rIte thAya ? prathama to virUpA muMjhAI ke are meM mAtaMgane kevA jokhamamAM anokhI maitrI

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utArI dIdho. paNa pUro prasaMga sAMbhaLyA pachI mAtaMganI vidyA para te vArI gaI. banne prasannatAthI anyonya bheTI paDayA. ane e dohadanI paNa pUrNAhUti thaI. Ama garIbanI achUtanI A vasAhatamAM eka nAnA khoraDAmAM premano vaibhava sadA relAto raheto. koIvAra lAge ke aMtaHpuranI vilAsI jIvana jIvatI rANIo ke temanA alaMkArono vaibhava ahIM jhAMkho paDI jAya. snehanI saritAne UMca zuM nIca zuM ? temAM paNa prabhunA bodha pAmelA A daMpattimAM zIlanuM satva paNa ajabanuM hatuM. gopadAdA jevo ajaMpo A mAtaMgane hato nahiM. pote zudra che tevuM kayAreya A daMpatti anubhavatA nahiM, temanA jIvananI mamatA mastI ja temane zudratAnuM bhAna karAvatI ja nahiM. vaLI rAjadarabAramAM mAna dharAvatA mAtaMgane sau mAnabharI daSTithI jotuM ane virUpAnuM to vyaktitva ja evuM hatuM ke zreSThinA yuvAna saMtAno paNa ghaDIbhara tene joI letA. bannenI jIvanazailI ja evI hatI. tethI lAge ke jANe virUpAnA udaramAM koI uttama jIvanuM avataraNa thayuM hoya ! kayAreka banne bhAvi saMtAnanI mIThI goSTi karatA. mAtaMga kaheto putra ja janmaze ane te mArA jevo haze. tene mArI badhI vidyA zIkhavADIza. virUpA kahetI bhAla tArA jevuM haze paNa tArA jevA phulelA nAkanA TopacA zobhe nahiM. mArA jevI tenI nAsikA haze. vaLI bhagavAna mahAvIranuM tatvajJAna paNa tene ApIzuM. mAtaMga kaheto mArI maMtravidyA paNa zIkhavIzuMne ? Ama bhAvi taraMgomAM khovAyelA teo prasannatAthI sukhada rAtri gALI nidrAvaza thayA. e samaye zudronI sAmAjika sthiti e samaye zUdrone ghaNI hINapata anubhavavI paDatI hatI. virUpA maryAdA jarUra rAkhatI. paNa lAcArI tene sparzatI ja nahi. haMmezA potAnuM gaurava sAcavI letI. ekavAra saphAI karatI hatI ane pavana phUMkAyo, te ja vakhate eka bhUdeva snAna karIne maMtroccAra karatA AvatA hatA. "are ! cAMDAlaNI mane apavitra karyo, jarA saMbhALIne kAma kara.'' tyAM vaLI 18 anokhI maitrI

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koI bolyuM ke bhUdeva ! cAMDAla mANasa che teno tiraskAra na karo. bhUdeva to gajaryA, alyA zramaNano celo thayo chuM? tame ja A cAMDAlone bagADI nAMkhyA che. hInava gayA janamanA pApa bhogave che ane navA karmo bAMdhe che. vaLI A virUpAno dhaNI maMtra taMtra jANe che eTale e vadhAre bahekI che. tyAM virUpA vacce bolI "bhUdeva mApha karo, tamane apavitra karyA paNa temAM mAro vAMka nathI. A pavana juone bheda rAkhyA vagara vahe che. tenI rajathI teNe tamane apavitra karyA, tame koI maMtra taMtrathI tene vazamAM karo." bhUdevano avAja vadhu tIvra banyo. joyuM A pelA zramaNoe A zudrone kevA bhraSTa karyA che. vivekahIna thayA che. kharekhara A zramaNano netA mahA pAkhaMDI che. bhUdeva mahAvIra nAma bolatA paNa aspRzyatA anubhavatA hatA. "are bhUdeva tame tene pAkhaMDI kaho cho e to A jagatanA uMca nIcanA bheda vagaranA saunA tAraNahAra che." vaLI virUpA tvarAthI potAne kAme lAgI. zudra chatAM AkarSaka rUpa, viNAnA svara jevI vANI, khAnadAna kuTuMbanA saMtAna jevI vivekI, mAtaMga jevA zudra paNa maMtra taMtranA upAsaka, parAkramI, udyAna pAlakanI patnI, chatAM te kALanA samAjanA baMdhAraNe te achUta hatI. eTale kayAreka AvA apamAna thatA chatAM tattvano bodha pAmelI mIThAzathI pratyuttara ApatI. jo ke e zerImAM saune virUpA mATe pragaTa ke apragaTa sabhAva jarUra hato. devazrI ane virUpAnI maitrI. mane vahAluM lAge mahAvIranuM nAma, enA nAmano mahimA apAra. mane vahAluM lAge mahAvIranuM nAma. A jaganI jUThI che mAyA, pApa karAve A bhUMDI kAyA, tame dharamanA karajo kAma, mane vahAluM lAge mahAvIranuM nAma, mane to mahAvIranA rakhavALA, varanA nAmanI japuM mALA, vIra kahe che tame karajo sArA kAma mane vahAluM lAge mahAvIranuM nAma, anokhI maitrI 1

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vIra kahe che tamane maLyo che mAnavadeha, saunI sAthe rAkhajo neha, A bhava tarI javAnoM che e nema, mane vahAlu lAge mahAvIranuM nAma. A gItanA dhImA guMjArava sAthe virUpA zeThANIbAnI havelI pAse saphAI karatI hatI. tyAM teNe avAja sAMbhaLyo. 'surUpA' ! virUpAe uMce joyuM. havelInA nakazIdAra gavAkSamAM eka lAvaNyamayI, suMdara zaNagAra sajja prauDha strI UbhI hatI. te virUpAne joIne nIce AvI. ane divAla pAse UbhI rahI gaI. baMne strIo sAma sAme ubhI hatI. kudaratane zudra zuM savarNa zuM? alabatta eka strIe soLa zaNagAra sajayA hatA, eTale rUpa paNa soLe kaLAe khIlyuM hatuM. bIjI strI pAse kudaratano zaNagAra hato. eTale baMne pota potAnI rIte zobhatA hatA. havelInA devazrI zeThANI kahe, "surUpA tuM to kevI zobhe che ! huM tane surUpA kahIza.'' "are bA ame to jAte cAMDAla amane evA nAma na zobhe. amAro paDachAyo paNa tamane apavitra kare !" "are surUpA tame zramaNono bodha sAMbhaLo cho chatAM hajI kaMI samajayA ja nathI, ATalI halakI manovRtti kayAM sudhI rAkhazo ?' hA, bA bhagavAnanA darabAramAM koI uMca nIca nathI. sarve samAna che. surUpA have tuM samajI. huM tane surUpA kahevAnI. ApaNe have maitrI bhAve rahevAnuM che. Ama A baMnenI maitrI ghaNA samayanI hatI. tyAM to zeThANInI najara virUpAnA puSTa thayelA deha para gaI. ''surUpA tuM to kaMI phUlIphAlI chuM." "" "hA bA mane sAta pUrA thayA, paNa bA tamane paNa.' hA sAta pUrA thayA, paNa mAruM to zuM ThekANuM ? bolatA bolatA zeThANIno kaMTha rUMdhAI gayo. thoDI vAra pachI bolyA, surUpA mAre to A pAMcamo prasaMga che. paNa koThAnI garamI evI che ke bALaka janmIne maraNa pAme che ane zeThANInA nayana sajaLa banyA. 20 anokhI maitrI

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vaLI zeThANI bolyA A prasaMga mAre mATe have chello che. jo bALaka jIvyuM to sukha. ane maryuM to mAre mAthe sapatnI Avaze. kAraNa ke A aDhaLaka dhana samRddhino vArasadAra joIzene ! AvI ciMtAthI mArI to uMgha uDI gaI che. vaDIlonI salAhathI vArasa mATe zeTha navI strI lAve pachI mArI dazA zI thaze ? virUpA manamAM bolI "oha A zaNagAra pAchaLa Avo saMtApa?" UMcA kuLamAM samRddhinA vArasadAranI AvI jhaMkhanA? mAtaMga ane virUpAnA lagnane ghaNA varSo vityA paNa mAtaMga to niHsaMtanano saMtApa manamAM saMgrahI rAkhato. virUpAne duHkhI na karato. virUpAne haMmezA sukhI jovAmAM tenA jIvananI umeda hatI. temAM vaLI virUpAne sImaMta che jANI te to svargamAM jhUlavA lAgyo hato ane ahIM Avo saMtApa hato ! sajaLa nayanayukata zeThANInI vAta sAMbhaLI virUpAnA nayano paNa sajaLa banyA. havelInA gavAkSamAMthI utarI zeThANI nIce AvyA. virUpAnA cittamAM eka jhabakAro thayo. maitrIbhAvanuM jharaNuM jANe phuTayuM. bA tame pAchaLa udyAnamAM Avo. virUpA temanI pAchaLa udyAnamAM gaI. teNe cAre bAju joI lIdhuM. pachI zeThANInI najIka sarI, ane pUchavA lAgI bA tame to anubhavI cho tame kaho mane kevuM bALaka thaze? tAruM rUpa ane sajjanatA ja evA che ke tArUM bALaka tArA ane mAtaMga karatA paNa savAyuM thaze. ane mArA bALakanI meM tane vAta kahIne cAra saMtAna to paravarI gayA ane zeThANIthI eka nisAso niMkhAI gayo. eka gUDha saMketa bA, eka vAta pUchuM, daivayoge tamArA bALakane koI mArI godamAM mUke ane mArA peTe janmeluM bALaka tamArI godamAM mUke to tamane kevuM lAge ? alI tane AvI ghelI kalpanA kyAMthI AvI? virUpA zeThANInI vadhu najIka gaI ane dhImethI bolI bA A mArA aMtaranI vAta che. jo tamArI ciMtA TaLatI hoya, sapatnInuM duHkha TaLatuM hoya, samRddhino anokhI maitrI 2 1

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vArasa maLato hoya to Aje ApaNI vacce A vAta pAkkI ke ApaNA bALakanI adalA badalI karI levI. A ApaNo sakhyabhAva che koI badalo nathI. aMtarano sarbhAva che. zeThANI sAzcarya virUpA sAme joI rahyA. zuM A vAta zakaya che? kazAya badalA vagara AvuM sAhasa ? mA janmelA bALakane, potAnA dehanI saMpattirUpa dolatane anyane soMpI de ? surUpA tuM zuM vAta kare che? mAro saMsAra sudhAravA tArA saMsArane ujjaDa kayAM banAvavo ? - "bA tame sakhyabhAva Apo cho, pUrA samAjamAM tame mane metanA bheda rAkhyA vagara mitra tarIke apanAvI che, tenuM RNa huM adA karuM chuM. mane to bIjuM saMtAna paNa thaze, huM kayAM hajI gharaDI thaI chuM? paNa mAtaMga jANe to tane ja kADhI mUkaze. bA mAtaMga AmAM zuM samaje, e bhalo enI rakhevALI bhalI ane mArA pratye to bA enI najara evI kuNI che ke mArA vagara rahI zake tema nathI. zeThANI e kahyuM, chatAM tane kaMI saMkaTa Ave to? mATe javA de mane mArA karma bhogavavA de. nA bA have vadhu na bolatA, ApaNI vAta pAkI. devayoge samayasara badhuM patI jaze. mAro AtmA kahe che ke AmAM koI devano saMketa che mATe tame nizcita rahejo. baMne sarakhI dazAvALI suMdara strIo eka bIjA sAmuM amIbharI najare joI rahI. zabda paNa tyAM zAMta thaI gayA. vAtAvaraNamAM jANe kaMI navo prakAza relAyo hoya tema sUryadeva paNa gaganamAM ucethI vadhu tejakiraNo prasarAvatA rahyA. - zerImAM avara javarano saMcAra vadhyo. pakSIo paNa gaganavihAre javA lAgyA. maMdiramAM ghaMTArava gAjatA hatA. baMnene khyAla Avyo. ghaNo samaya vItI gayo che. virUpA jhaTapaTa udyAnanI bahAra nIkaLI potAno suMDalo ane sAvaraNI laI mArge caDhI. zeThANI aneka vikalpothI gherAyelA chatAM nizcita mane varSono bhAra utaryo hoya tema puna: 2 2. anokhI maitrI

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potAnA kakSamAM AvyA. temanA cittamAM ghaNA vikalpo uThayA paraMtu manamAM nirAMta anubhavAtI hatI. virUpA ghare pahoMcI tyAre ghaNo vilaMba thayo hato. mAtaMga ghare AvI gayo hato. manamAM babaDato hato A bairAMnI jAta moDhe caDhAvI khoTI, jo ne ene kaMI bhAna che, peTamAM bhAra che chatAM koNa jANe kayAM sudhI A suMDalo sAvaraNI laI zerIo vALe che. mAtaMga rAjyanA mArgono saphAIdAra hato. ane tenI kuzaLatAmAM mahArAjA ane maMtrInA manamAM tenuM mAnabharyuM sthAna hatuM. tenI pAse saMpatti paNa hatI. maMtra vidyAno jANakAra, potAnI jAtinA lokonA bhUtapreta kADhanAra, bALakonI najara utAranAra jevA kAryothI potAnA vAsamAM paNa tenuM mAnabharyuM sthAna hatuM. parAkramI paNa tevo ja hato. Ama manamAM kaMIka babaDato hato tyAM virUpA AvI. tenI sAme najara maLIne zAMta thaI gayo. manamAM vicAravA lAgyo have virUpAne thAka lAge che. kAlathI kAme javAnuM tene baMdha karAvI dauM. virUpAnA manamAM zeThANI sAthenI vAto ghUmarAtI hatI. te to sAvaraNI suMDalo mUkI sIdhI rasoI karavA lAgI. mAtaMga uThayo virUpA sAme AvIne ubho, tenA mo para udvega hato. te joI virUpA kAma paDatuM mUkI tenI pAse AvI. kema tuM Aje Avo udAsa che ? A tArA peTa sAme jouM chuM ane tane thAkelI jou chuM, enI mane ciMtA thAya che ke tuM kAma mUkI ArAma kare to sAruM. ghaNA samaye sImaMta che, vaLI A tAruM rUpa khilyuM che te to jo. koInI najara lAgI jaze. tenI mane ciMtA thayA kare che. tuM mArI vAta to sAMbhaLatI ja nathI. bairAnI jAtane caDhAvo eTale temanuM pota pragaTa thayA vagara rahe nahiM. tuMya tArI mA jevI ja jabarI chuM ho. alyA jo mArI mAnuM nAma lIdhuM to A roTalA roTalAnI jagAe raheze. baMne jhaghaDI paDayA, aMte mIThA jhaghaDAne samAvI pAchA potAnI mastImAM AvI gayA. roTalA taiyAra thayA, ekaja thALamAM premathI jamyA. jANe svarga utarI AvyuM na hoya ! anokhI maitrI 23

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- virUpAno garbha vRddhi pAmato hato. mAtaMge zerI saphAInI bIjI vyavasthA goThavI hatI. virUpA ArAma karatI. kayAreka zerImAM jaI AvatI. zeThANIbAne maLI letI. mAe dikarAne vecyo, 'he rAjagRhImAM zreNika rAjAe bhavya raMgazALAnuM Ayojana karyuM hatuM. kAma pUrNa thavA AvyuM, paraMtu daravAjo baMdhAya ane tUTI paDe. be cAra vAra AvuM thayuM tyAre rAjAe koI nimitajJane AnuM kAraNa pUchyuM. - rAjAjI A bhUmimAM kayAMya pretanuM sthAna che. bhUmi zodhana karavA chatAM tenI asara rahI gaI che. tethI batrIsa lakSaNA bALakane homavAmAM Ave to A pretanI asara dUra thAya te pachI daravAjo Ubho thaze. rAjAe sevakone gAmamAM DhaMDhero laIne mokalyA ke rAjayanA kAma mATe je bALakane bali mATe ApaNe tene aDhaLaka sonAmahoro maLaze. raMgazALAnI bhIMta caNavAmAM bALakano bali ApavAno che. - e gAmamAM eka garIba brAhmaNI rahetI hatI. tene cAra bALako na hatA te saunI hAlata bhUkhamarA jevI hatI. brAhmaNIe vicAryuM ke badhA bhUkhe mare che tene badale nAnAne ApI dauM to A daridratA TaLe ane sau sukhethI rahI zakIzuM. nAno bALaka amara te jaMgalamAM koI zeThanA pazu carAvavA jato. tyAre eka vAra munine tene bhayaMkara ThaMDImAM kAyotsarga dhyAne ubhelA joyA. tene manamAM vicAryuM ke mArI kAmaLI temane oDhADI dauM? ane teNe kAmaLI munine oDhADI. muni to nizcala dhyAnamAM hatA. - amara tyAMthI vidAya thayo. bIje divase Avyo tyAre munito eja dazAmAM hatA. kAmaLI nIce paDI hatI. nidorSa bALaka bolyo tame A kAmaLI kema oDhatA nathI? munie AMkha kholInirdoSa bALaka pratye draSTi karI karUNAthI tene navakAra maMtra zIkhavyo. ane AkAzagAmI hovAthI AkAza gamana karI gayA. amara AzcaryathI A joI rahyo. ane navakAra gaNato ghare pahoMcyo. teNe mAnyuM ke anokhI maitrI 24.

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navakAra gaNavAthI AkAzamAM uDI zakAya. Ame rUpALo vahAlo lAge tevo paNa pUrvanA karmanA udaye sonAmahorAnA sATe vecAyo. te mAne ghaNuM karagaryo, saune karagaryo paNa have vecAI gayo hato. koI tene sahAya kare tema na hatuM. rUpa to hatuM temAM bali tarIke zaNagAravAmAM Avyo. daravAjAmAM eka nAnuM suMdara sihAsana goThavIne tene besADavAmAM Avyo. teNe joyuM ke tene koI bacAve tema nathI. tyAM ene munie Apelo navakAra yAda Avyo. teNe pUrA dhyAnapUrvaka navakAra maMtrano jApa karyo manamAM ema ke muni navakAra gaNIne AkAzamAM uDI gayA tema huM paNa uDI jaIza. paNa A zuM? daravAjo caNanArA badhA ja thaMbhI gayA. abhayamaMtrIne samAcAra maLyA. teoe A bALakane tarata ja mukata karyo. ane kuzAgratAthI anya vidhi patAvI daravAjAnuM kAma samApta karAvyuM. bALaka to navakAra gaNato vicAravA lAgyo have mAne tyAM javAno artha nathI. jenA ApelA maMtrathI bacyo te maMtrano ane temano ja Azaro lauM, Ama vicArI anya muni pAse teNe muniveza grahaNa karyo. mAtaMga ghare javA nIkaLyo hato tyAM teNe mArgamAM A banAva sAMbhaLyo. mAe bALakane vecyo. tenA vicAramAM te ghare Avyo. virUpA hajI AvI na hatI. thoDI vAramAM virUpA AvI. mAtaMga manamAM kaMI babaDato hato. kevI mA ke putranI dayA nA AvI? virUpAe kahyuM alyA Aje tuM zuM babaDe che? mAtaMga kahe nagaramAM eka Azcarya banyuM. mAe dIkarAne vecyo. he! mAe dIkarAne vecyo, nA bane. virUpAnA manamAM phALa paDI ke mAtaMga mArI ane zeThANInI vAta koI vidyAthI jANI gayo nahi hoya ne? eka brAhmaNIe duHkhanA mAryA sonAmahoro laI rUpALA bALakane bali caDhAvavA vecyo. virUpAe pUchayuM sonAmahoro laIne vecyo ? anokhI maitrI - 25

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pelA bALakane koI munie navakAra maMtra pamADelo tenA jApathI badhA kArIgaro thaMbhI gayA. ane abhayamaMtrIe AvIne bALakane mukta karyo. pachI kArIgaro mukta thayA. bhagavAnanA A navakAra maMtrano kevo mahimA che ! bIjA maMtro enI AgaLa vyartha. tuM ye bhAre paMDitA lAge che. rasoI karIza ke vAto ja karIza! virUpAne have nirAMta thaI ke vAta bIjI che. mAtaMga kahe brAhmaNI savarNa chatAM putranI dayAmAyA na maLe. baline svarga maLe te kevI khoTI mAnyatA che? pelo bALaka tyAMthI 'mukta thayA pachI ghare na gayo teNe muni pAse jaI muniveza dhAraNa kayo. virUpAe jhaTapaTa roTalA ghaDI lIdhA. Aje baMne sAthe eka ThAmamAM janmyA ane pAchA prasanna thaI gayA. samayanuM vaheNa vahyuM jAya che. virUpA ane zeThANInA garbhapAlananA divaso pUrNa thavAnI taiyArImAM che. mAtaMga virUpAnI saMbhALa rAkhe che. zeTha AzAmAM divaso vyatIta kare che. zeThANIe potAnI aMgata jUnI naMdA dAsIne pelI gUDha vAta kahI rAkhI che. dAsIe paNa zeThANIne dharapata ApI nizcita rahevA kahyuM che te paNa zeThANInA sukhamAM rAjI hatI. gopadAdAnI pallImAM jatAM zuM banyuM metasamAjathI chUTA paDelA gopadAdAe nadIne pele pAra potAnI eka pallI banAvI hatI. sAthIdArone zikSaNa Apato ke ApaNo paNa hakka che ke savarNonI jema ucca sthAna pAmIe. tenI vicAraNA karavA saune nimaMtraNa hatuM. temAM mAtaMgane paNa AmaMtraNa hatuM. rAjamahelathI AvatA moDuM thayuM hatuM. tethI jaldI bhojana karIne javA taiyAra thayo. jo ke Aje virUpAnA zarIre asukha hatuM. paNa virUpAe kaLAvA dIdhuM nahi, jethI mAtaMga nirAMte jaI zake. vIrU, kadAca rAtane badale savAre AvavAnuM thaze. bAjumAMthI koIne bolAvI leje. ane mAtaMga hathiyAra vigere laI javA taiyAra thayo. anokhI maitrI 26

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virUpA : mAtaMga jo dAdA sAthe ugra thaI carcA na karato. tenI je mAnyatA hoya te ApaNe to bhagavAnanA bodha pramANe zAMta rahevuM. dAdAe ekavAra zrAvastImAM jJAtaputranA darzana kyAM che. tene lAge che ke jJAtaputranI vAta sAcI, paNa jayAM sudhI uMca nIcanA bheda na bhUlAya tyAM sudhI temanI vAtothI bharamAvuM nahi, tema te mAne che. pUrva karmathI nIca gotra maLyuM che. bhogavI levuM te vAta dAdAnA gaLe utaratI nathI. tethI teNe to nakkI karyuM che, A badhI vAto paMDitAInI che. mATe jJAtaputrano saMparka rAkhavo nahi ane ApaNe puruSArtha karIne ApaNA samAjane uMce lAvavo. savarNanI jema rAjakAja karavA. temanI vAta zAMtithI sAMbhaLI leje. - have tArI paMDitAI kayAM sudhI karIza, mArAmAM akkala che. huM badhuM joI vicArIne karIza. tuM ciMtA zuM kAma kare che? mane AvatA savAra thaze. ane mAtaMga moTA joDA paherI khabhe DAMga, kamare tIkSNa zastra bheravIne moTA kadama bharato vidAya thayo. virUpA AvA parAkramI gauravavaMta parUSane jatAM joI rahI. chatAM vicAramAM paDI ke teno putra paNa Avo ja janamaze. paNa, hA e putranA lADakoDanA enA svapnA adhUrA raheze? vaLI virUpAe manane tarataja vALI lIdhuM ke mane vaLI punaH saMtAna prApti thaze eTale mAtaMganA svaprA pUrA to thaze. mAtaMge gaMgAtIre zuM joyuM ? mAtaMgane jaMgala vaTAvI gaMgAnI tIre sAme pAra pahoMcavAnuM hatuM. rAtri chatAM e nirbhayatAthI cAlI jato hato. tyAM teNe nadI kinArA tarapha jatA mArgamAM cAMdanI rAtre eka AkRti joI. te evI sthira ke jANe pASANanI mUrti. te kinArA tarapha AgaLa vadhyo. tyAM vaLI nadI kinAre eka hoDI AvIne ubhI. teNe vicAryuM ke tene levA A hoDI AvI haze. paNa tyAM to teNe joyuM ke hoDImAMthI kALA vezamAM koI strI utarI AvI. mAtaMga pAsenA vRkSa pAchaLa lapAI gayo. * teNe joyuM ke sAme eka muni nizcaLapaNe dhyAnamAM ubhA che. te anokhI maitrI

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ja pelI pASANa jevI mUrti. tenA manamAM bhAMjagaDa cAlatI hatI ke eka bAju pelA mUrti jevI muninI AkRti, bIjI bAju A DAkaNa jevI AkRti ? AmAM zuM bheda haze? koI premI yugalano A kaMI saMketa haze ? e kaMI nirNaya kare tyAM to pelI strI pelA mUrtimaMta muni pAse pahoMcI. munine bAthamAM lIdhA. mAtaMgane lAgyuM ke nakkI A pAkhaMDa che. hajI te kaMI vicAra kare te ja vakhate teNe joyuM ke strIno camakatA charAvALo zastradhArI hAtha ucakAyo ane jorathI muninI chAtImAM ghA karyo. be jhATakAmAM to muni dharatI para DhaLI paDayA. samatAbhAve mRtyune bheTayA. mAtaMgathI cIsa paDAI gaI "khUna khUna'e cIsanA paDaghA sAMbhaLI pelI strI jhaDapathI nAsavA lAgI. mAtaMga tene pakaDavA potAnA zastra - sAthe vRkSanI bahAra nIkaLyo. tyAM teNe siMhano ghUghavATo-moTI trADa sAMbhaLI. strInA zarIra para munihatyAnA pratika rUpe rakata strAva chaMTAyo hato. siMhane mAnava lohInI gaMdha maLI pachI to te potAnI pUMchaDI pachADato betAja bAdazAhanI jema punaH gajaryo ane nAsatI strInI najIka AvI eka paMjo upADayo, ane gaLethI pakaDI ekaja cIsa ane strInuM paNa prANa paMkherU uDI gayuM. vanarAje dharAIne AhAra karI lIdho bAkInA nirjIva dehane eka khADAmAM padharAvIne udarapUrtino oDakAra laI svasthAne gayo. mAtaMga hathiyAra taiyAra rAkhI vRkSanI bahAra nIkaLyo. AvuM bhayaMkara dazya joI te tyAM thaMbhI gayo. eka bAju lohIthI kharaDAyeluM muninuM zaba, bIjI bAju siMhe phADeluM hAtha paga khAI lIdheluM vicitra strInuM zaba, cAre bAju lohInI jANe nIka vahetI hatI. ghanaghora rAtrinuM AvuM bhayAnaka dazya joI sAmAnya mAnavI svayaM zaba banI jAya. mAtaMga parAkramI hato. to paNa hebatAI gayo. tenA paga dharatI sAthe jaDAI gayA. jaMgalamAM nirbhaya rIte bhamato vanarAja jevo parAkramI A puruSa A dazyathI kSobha pAmI gayo. Akhare teNe vicAryuM ke have dharAyelo vanarAja to hamaNA pAcho Avaze nahi. kaMIka sAhasa karI te AgaLa 28 anokhI maitrI

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vadhyo. tyAM vaLI vicAra Avyo ke A strI koNa haze ? cAMdanI rAta hatI tethI hiMmata karI te manamAM maMtranuM raTaNa karato strInA zaba pAse gayo. oha ! A to pelI brAhmaNI hatI. ane A pelA bALa amaramuni. ciranidrAmAM saumyabhAve poDhayo hato. are ! eka to bALakane vecyo ane pAcho muniveze rahelA bALakanI hatyA ? jagatamAM sagapaNanuM AvuM behUdu svarUpa ? tene bhagavAnano bodha sAMbhaLyo. A saMsAra svArthI che. karmanI bhayaMkara vicitratA che. pUrvanA verajhera udayamAM Ave tyAre koNa mA ane koNa putra? sAhasika jevA mAtaMganI AMkhamAMthI azrubiMdu sarI paDayA. te atyaMta kSobha pAmI gayo. mAnavanA lohInI gaMdhathI vaLI koI vanya pazuno pagarava saMbhaLAtA mAtaMga hAthamAM hathiyArane sajja karI bhAgyo. cAre bAju gajabano sunakAra hato. bhaDavIra paNa chaLI uThe evuM bhayaMkara vAtAvaraNa hatuM. have moDuM paNa thayuM hatuM. eTale mAtaMge dAdAnI pallImAM javAnA badale potAnA ghara tarapha javA paga upADayA. jo ke paganI tAkAta haNAI gaI hatI. chatAM hAthamAM hathiyAranI hiMmatathI maMtra gaNato jhaDapathI ghara bhaNI cAlavA lAgyo. hajI aMdhAruM hatuM. thoDo mArga pasAra karyo tyAre kUtarAne bhasatA sAMbhaLI teNe kaMI rAhata anubhavI, ke have vastImAM AvI pahoMcyo chuM. kaMI haLavAza anubhavI potAnA khoraDA bAju paga upADayA. prabhAtanA AchA ajavALAmAM teNe potAnA khoraDA pAsethI jhaDapathI naMdAne jatI joI. naMdA tuM ahIM kayAMthI? virUpAne asukha hatuM tethI zeThANIbAe khabara levA mokalI hatI. virUpAe to lakSmIne janma Apyo che. "lakSmI eTale?' virUpAe dIkarIne janma Apyo che, eTaluM bolIne naMdA tvarAthI pasAra thaI gaI. virapAne dIkarI janmI ? mAtaMganuM mana kSobha pAmeluM to hatuM. temAM tenA manamAM putra prAptinA manoratha para eka ghA paDayo. dIkarIno janma? te virUpA anokhI maitrI 29 "

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pAse Avyo. virUpA, dIkarI janmI ? temAM tuM zuM mujhAI gayo ? dIkarI janmI to mArI sAvaraNI sUMDalo upADaze. ane paraNAvIzuM eTale jamAI Avaze. badhI rIte bahAvaro banelo mAtaMga vadhu vicArI na zakyo. thAkelo khATalAmAM lAMbo thaI sUI gayo. virUpA paNa sUtikA karmane sarakhuM karI prasUtinI vedanAthI thAkelI uMghI gaI. moDI savAre baMne jAgyA. prAta:vidhi patAvI vaLI mAtaMgano aMdarano saMtApa ke dIkarI janmI? mane to putra thAya to kevI vidyAo ApavAnA koDa hatA ! have mArI vidyA ane rAjakAjanA mAna zA kAmanA ? virUpAH alyA dIkarI che to jamAI Avaze tene vidyA Apaje ane tane hajI huM gharaDI thaI gaI lAguM chuM; bIjuM saMtAna nahi thAya? mAtaMga haMmezA virUpAnI vAtothI samAdhAna para AvI jato. paDozamAM rahetA strIne samAcAra maLyA. teNe virUpAne madada karI saghaLuM kArya patAvyuM. mAtaMga dIkarI to dIkarI manamAM evo saMtoSa mAnI virUpAnA saMgamAM svastha thaI gayo hato. tyAM to barAbara cha divasa pUrA thayA ane rogISTa dIkarI avasAna pAmI. virUpAne to Ama banaze tenI khabara hatI. paraMtu mAtaMga to tadna hataprabha thaI gayo ke lagna pachI ghaNA varSe dIkarI janmI, temAM samAdhAna mAnyuM. paNa te mRtyu pAmI! mAtaMga ghaNo hatAza thaI gayo. jANe juvAna dikaro gujarI gayo hoya tema teNe poka mUkI raDI gayo. paDozanA sau bhegA thaI gayA. mAtaMgane samajAvyo. ane aMtyeSTi vidhi patAvI. virUpAe mana para prabhunA bodhane barAbara besADI dIdho hato. te kahetI mAtaMga bhAgyamAM lakhyuM hoya tema thAya. bhagavAne paNa karyA karma bhogavyA hatA to ApaNe koNa mAtra ? mAtaMga kahe to huM kaMI tattvajJAnI ke zramaNa nathI. mane to hajI AvA manoratha che. saMpattine bhogavanAra saMtati paNa joIe. dIkarIthI .30 anokhI maitrI

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mana vALyuM te paNa na chApuM ? Ama mAtaMga parAkramI chatAM asvastha thaI jato. virUpA tene snehathI samajAvI letI. virUpAnA manamAM kaMIka mathAmaNa thatI. chatAM zeThANInI sAthenA sakhyabhAvathI tene saMtoSa hato. vaLI pUrA havelInA vistAramAM zudranA bhedabhAva vagara zeThANIe tene haMmezA maitrI bhAve prema Apyo hato. tethI tene zeThANI pratye ati sabhAva hato. tene bIjA bALakanI AzA hatI. jo ke manamAM vicAratI ke hajI prApta bALakanuM mo paNa joyuM nathI. kAraNake A badhuM eTaluM jhaDapathI banI gayuM ke bALakane hAthamAM laI tenA mAthe hAtha pherave tenA poyaNA jue, sparze te pahelA to naMdA dAsIe bALakI soDamAM mUkI putrane upADI lIdho. mAtaMga AvatA pahelA A kAma patAvI devAnuM hatuM. virUpAne putra darzana na thayuM teno raMja hato. chatAM jANIne samajIne karelA kAryamAM saMtoSa mAnatI vaLI putrane uttama kuLa ane zikSaNa maLaze ema vicArIne zAMta thaI jatI. kayAreka prabhunA bodhane dhAraNa karI saMtApa mukta thatI. A bAju virUpAne maLelI dIkarI maraNa pAmI hatI. bIjI bAju huSTa, puSTa janmelo bALaka nirvidane ucharato hato. zeThANIne putranI prApti thatAM kuTuMbamAM AnaMda maMgaLa varyo. Dhola zaraNAIo vAgatI. sagA svajana harakha manAvavA AvavA lAgyA. zeThano AnaMda amApa hato. jo ke zeThANI ghaDIbhara vikalpamAM paDe che. paNa svArtha kaho saMyoga kaho evA che ke zeThANIno sapatnIno saMtApa dUra thavAthI zeThANI AnaMdamAM rahetA. putranI nAmakaraNa vidhI agyAra divasa pachI putranA nAmakaraNanI vidhi karavAnI hatI zeThe samagra nagarImAM miThAI vaheMcI hatI. sagA svajanone bhojana mATe bolAvyA hatA. vAjA vAjiMtro vAgatA hatA. havelImAM moTo utsava manAI rahyo hato. nAma koNa pADe, zuM pADavuM? tenI vaDIlo sAthe carcA cAle che. zeThANInA manamAM pelo virUpAno sakhyabhAva jhabake che. temaNe jAhera anokhI maitrI 31 .

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karyuM ke mArA khoTanA dikarAnuM nAma virUpA pADaze. saunA moMmAthI zabda sarI paDayo. virUpA? are meta ?" zeThANI : mAre to A sAta khoTano dikaro che. koInAthI najarAI na jAya mATe meta pAse nAma paDAvavuM che. tenuM nAma ApaNI zerImAM jANItuM che te virUpA nAma pADaze. jozI mahArAja pAse rAzi jovarAvazo nahi. joSI mahArAje bALakanuM lalATa joI bhAvi bhAgyuM ke putrane rAjavaMzI jevo yoga che. mahA tejasvI ane buddhizALI thaze. saMpatti to tene zodhatI Avaze. ane vaLI Atma kalyANanuM kArya paNa sAdhI leze. ' ' - virUpA, bicArI ! te paNa prasutA hatI te pramANe zarIranI vyavasthA to thatI rahe. stana dUdhathI bharAI jatA tyAre manomana be hAtha uMcakAI jatA bALakane khoLAmAM laI stanapAna karAvavAnI prakRti thaI AvatI. paNa hAtha-khoLo khAlI rahetA. mananA vaheNane manamAM ja vALI levAnAM hatAM. vaLI kalpanAmAM rAcatI kharekhara mAtaMga jevuM tenuM kapALa hovuM joIe. ane nAka to mArA jevuM tINuM haze. tenA hAtha mAtaMga jevA lAMbA haze. mAro bALa kevo nayana ramya haze. hA paNa have kono bALa ane kono lAla? manamAM jANe vAtsalyanI saravANIo uThatI ane samAI jatI. bhramamAM vaLI hAlaraDuM gAtI ane rAjI thatI. pAchI vAstavikatA para AvIne zAMta thatI. - traNa cAra divasa pachI dhIme dhIme gharakAme lAgI. tyAM eka divasa naMdAdAsI AvI. mAtaMga ghare na hato. teNe putranA rUpa sauSThavanI vAta karI. virUpA sAMbhaLe ane manamAM kaMIka udvega Ave vaLI AnaMda paNa thAya. thoDI vAra pachI naMdA kahe, huM to khAsa vAta karavA AvI hatI te to bhUlAI gaI. virUpA, sAMbhaLa, agiyArame divase bALakanuM nAma pADavAnuM 32 - anokhI maitrI

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che. zeThANIbAe tArI pAse nAma paDAvavAnuM nakkI karyuM che. joSI mahArAjane rAzi kahevAnI paNa nA pADI che. tAre nAma nakkI karavAnuM ane pADavAnuM che. virUpA prathama to kSobha pAmI gaI. pachI kahe paNa savarNa samAjamAM huM AvuM te kevI rIte banaze? zeThANIbAe saune kahyuM che ke mAre sAta khoTano dikaro che najarAya nahi tethI mAre to meta virUpA pAse ja nAma paDAvavuM che. zeTha ane sagA kaMIka akaLAyA paNa dikarAne kaMI thAya tevA bhayathI saue A vAta kabula karI che to tuM taiyAra raheje. huM levA AvIza. Aje zeThanI havelIe sagA, svajano, vaDIlo sauno mAhola jAmyo hato. zeThe tijorI, dhana dhAnyanA koThAro khUllA mUkI dIdhA che. putranuM nAmakaraNa karavAnuM che. zeThANIe sImaMta vakhate ApelI suMdara sADI ane zaNagAra sajIne virUpA taiyAra thaI. kharekhara te surupAnI jema zobhatI hatI. tene bALaka jovAnI IcchA hatI. te A rIte pUrI paDaze. tethI AnaMdamAM hatI. naMdAdAnI sAthe virUpA havelIe pahoMcI. svajanonI bhIDanI aMdara naMdA virUpAne laIne havelImAM dAkhala thaI. virUpAnA saMkocano pAra nahi. naMdA virUpAne zeThANInA oraDAmAM laI gaI. zeThANIe teno hAtha pakaDI AvakArI, virUpA saMkocAIne beThI. | muhUrta sAcavavA zeThANIe bALakane virUpAnA khoLAmAM mUkyuM ane svajanomAM kaMIka baDabaDATa thayo. metanA khoLAmAM bALaka ! khoLAmAM lIdhelA bALakanI sAme joI virUpA sahaja rIte bolI uThI. "mArA lAla ane tenI sAme joIne bolI, bA, barAbara teno bhAla pradeza to zeThanA jevo ja che. ane A kumaLA hoTha to tamArA jevA zobhI rahyA che. manamAM to vicAratI hatI ke mArA ane mAtaMganA rUpanuM mizraNa hoya tevo lAge che. AvA manobhAvathI tenA stanamAM dUdhanA ubharA thavA lAgyA. jANe hamaNA zero phUTaze. temAM bALakanA hAtha paga UMcA nIcA thatAM. tenA stanane sparzatA tyAre to virUpA hatamAM khovAI jatI. anokhI maitrI 33

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bA, bALa to tamArA kuLa pramANe khUba ja saMskArI banaze. prabhu tene dIrdhAyu Ape. virUpA bolatI ja rahI. tyAM to joSI mahArAja bolyA nAmakaraNano samaya thaI gayo che. zeThANI kahe, virUpA, have nAma bola. bA, ame meta tame Arya bIjAM zuM nAma boluM? A bAju virUpAnI vAtsalyanI choLo uchaLe che. jANe stanamAMthI hamaNAM dUdha jharavA mAMDaze ane virUpA nAma mATe vicAre evI sthiti paNa kayAM hatI? tenA mukhamAMthI ekAeka nIkaLI gayuM ke "metArya'. ane tene bALakane zeThANInA khoLAmAM mUkIne juga juga jIvo "lAla' tema bolI tyAMthI ubhI thaIne bahAra nIkaLI gaI. metArya" sagA svajano babaDayA A te kaMI nAma che? zeTha paNa vicAramAM paDyA, tyAM zeThANI bolyA, khoTanA dIkarAnA nAma AvA hoya. sau zAMta thaI gayA. potAnuM khoraDuM eja hatuM. virUpA havelIethI jANe doDatI bhAgatI ghare pahoMcI. mAtaMga ghare na hato. virUpAne Aje khoraDuM khAvA dhAtu hatuM. eka prakArano bahAra ane aMdara zUnakAra vyApyo hato. virUpA becena banI gaI hatI. bALakanA mukhanA darzana karyA ane manamAM rahelI vAtsalyadhArA duHkha sAthe pragaTI. chevaTe kumaLI DALa jevI A nArI ? bIjuM zuM vicAre ? manamAM gaNagaNatI hatI. barAbara bhAla pradeza to mAtaMga jevo ane nAkanA TeravA paNa mAtaMga jevA phUlelA hatA. ane AMkho to mArA jevI hatI. mAro lAla kevA hAthapaga uchALato hato. ane tenA hAtha mArA stanane sparyA tyAre mArA manamAM kevuM tophAna jAgyuM hatuM. tenA dhabakAra hajI saMbhaLAtA hatA. "mAro lAla'! mA te mA ja. vaLI tene yAda AvyuM. ekavAra A ja bAbatamAM te ane mAtaMga kevA ugra thaI gayA hatA. mAtaMga kahe bALaka mArA jevuM thaze. virUpA kahe tArA jevuM phuleluM nAka kaMI zobhA Ape evuM nathI. eTale nAsikA to mArA jevI thaze. Ama vicAra taraMge hiloLA khAtuM tenuM mana becena banI anokhI maitrI 34

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gayuM. tyAM to teNe dUrathI mAtaMgane Avato joyo ane sAvadha banI gaI. bhagavAna mahAvIrane yAda karI potAnI jAtane saMbhALI lIdhI ane vicAravA lAgI ke konA mAne bApa konA chorU, vAcharuM ! A eka bhavanI sagAI ane bhavAI mATe ja bhagavAna kahe che ke mAnavo tame moha choDo moha ja duHkhanuM kAraNa che. mATe mAre Avo moha na rAkhavo. mAtaMga gharamAM Avyo tyAM to te pUrI svastha thaI gaI. mAtaMgane Aje gopadAdAnI pallIe javAnuM hatuM. dAdAnI AkharI ghaDIo gaNAya che, tevA samAcAra maLyA hatA. tethI mAtaMgane tvarAthI javAnuM hatuM. virUpAe tarata ja roTalA taiyAra karyA ane mAtaMga jhaDapathI khAvAnuM patAvI upaDayo. virUpA jatA mAtaMgane joI rahI. vaLI kahevA lAgI ke tyAM kaMI tAruM DahApaNa na batAvato zAMta rahIne kAma karaje. mAtaMga utAvaLamAM hato tethI javAba ApyA vagara cAlato thayo. Aje virUpAne ekAMta joItuM hatuM. tethI vaLI punaH taraMge caDhI. punaH punaH putradarzana yAda AvatuM vaLI bALaka bhale virUpAno hato. paNa ghaNuM puNya laI janmyo hato. tethI zarIranuM rUpa paNa dIpI uThe evuM hatuM. zatrune vhAla upaje tevuM tenuM ghATIluM zarIra ane mukhanI kAMti hatI. virUpAe nava mAsa udaramAM dhAraNa karyo hato. potAno lAla potAne vizeSa rUpavAna lAge temAM navAI zI? chevaTe kaI gIta bhajano gAI. zramaNomAM bodhamAM mana parovIne zAMta thaI. eno lAla metArya divasarAtanA bheda vagara vadhato jato hato. sAthe zeThANInA sanmAna paNa vadhI gayA hatA. havelIne bhavya rIte zaNagArI hatI. hajI gAma paragAmathI vadhAmaNe sau AvatA hatA. dhanadatta zeTha to jANe svarga pUrImAM rAcatA hatA. saMsAranI kevI vicitratA che. saMtAna sukhanI kevI jhaMkhanA ! uttama jIvanA pagalAthI ke zuM paNa zeThano vaibhava paNa vadhato jAya che. rAjavaMzInI jema dhAvamAtAo rAkhavAmAM AvI hatI. anokhI maitrI 35

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jyotiSioe nakSatra vagere joyuM ane bALakanuM bhAvi bhAkhyuM ke putra rAjayoga ane paramArtha yoga vALo che. rAjavaMzI jevA sukha bhogavIne mokSa puruSArtha paNa sAdhaze. nAmane amara karI jaze. zeThajIne mokSa mArgamAM rasa nahato. paNa putranA uttama grahAdi sAMbhaLI te khUba prasanna thayA. joSIone khUba dhana ApI saMtuSTa karyA. putra to eka ja paNa vaibhava aneka gaNo che. mA, pAMca pAMca dhAvamAtAo aneka dAsa, dAsIo, zeThanuM heta, sagA, svajanonA zubha bhAva saune lAgatuM Akhare bhagavAnanI dayA varasI, zeTha zeThANInI IcchA pUrI gaI. Ama samayanuM vaheNa vahetuM rahyuM. eka mAsa pUro thayo. virUpAne thayuM, have kAme lAgI javuM. e ja zerI, e ja havelIo vaLI zeThANI sakhInI havelI pAse khAsa saphAI karavAnI. virUpA eja pUrANI Teva pramANe suMDalo sAvaraNI laI manamAM gaNagaNatI zerImAM pahoMcI. mArA vIra kahe che saMsAra e to sukha duHkhano sAra che. jayAM koI koInuM nathI evo e viSamatAno bhAra che. vIra kahe che manavA manane mohathI pAcho vALa. mahAmUlA mAnava-bhavane dharamanI paherAvI de mALa. vIra kahe che te jIva maraNa najIka jANI sudhArI le bAjI. vakhata vahyA pachI tArA hAthamAM raheze nahI bAjI. mahAvIra kahe che saMsAra e to sukha duHkhano sAra che. zeThANIe tarata ja virUpAno avAja sAMbhaLyo ane metAryane laIne gavAkSamAM AvyA ke bhale virUpA tenA lAlane nirakhe. virUpAe be hAtha lamaNe lagADI ovAraNA lIdhA. juga juga jIvo "mArA lAla" basa tyArathI eka nityakrama thaI gayo. virUpAnuM havelI pAse AvavuM. mArA lAlane jovo, Ama tene kaI saMtoSa lAgato. koI vAra udvega thato tyAre metAryanA ucherano vaibhava joI. sakhInI sukhada dazA joI saMtoSa mAnatI. bhAvimAM potAne saMtAna thaze tema AzA sevatI prasanna rahetI. gopadAdAnI aMtima ghaDIe zuM banyuM mAtaMga gharethI nIkaLyo. jhaDapathI nadI tIre ubhelI hoDImAM besI gopadAdAnI pallIe pahoMcyo tyAre pallImAM Aju-bAjunA lokonI bhIDa jAmI hatI. dAdAnI mRtyunI ghaDIo gaNAtI hatI. anokhI maitrI

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tenI paDachaMda kAyA khATale paDI hatI. kayAreka AMkha ughaDatI tyAre temAM kaMI camakAro camakI jato. saunA manamAM hatuM ke have ApaNA netAnI AkharI ghaDIo gaNAya che. jo ke A maraNa pathArIe paDelo mAnavI tathA zudrakuLanA strIpuruSo pallImAM AvIne vasyA tyArathI temaNe motane to mitra banAvyuM hatuM. lUMTaphATa karavI jIva saTosaTanA dAva khelavA te temano mahAvaro hato. maravuM ke mAravuM te temane mATe bahu mahatvanuM na hatuM. vaLI dAdAe AMkha kholI, jANe kaMI kahevA mAMgatA hoya tema lAgavAthI Teko ApI beThA karyA. teNe bolavAnuM zarU karyuM. huM tamArI vaccethI vidAya laI rahyo chuM. mane maravAno Dara nathI. mane kaMI lakSmIno paNa moha nathI. A pallImAM khajAno to ghaNo bharyo che. rAjA zreNika ane sainiko tenI senA mArA nAmathI Ajeya dhUje che. paNa mAruM kArya je zudratAnA bheda nahiM paNa samAnatAnuM hatuM te adhurUM rahyuM che. have te koNa karaze ? tenI mane ciMtA che. ApaNuM paNa eka rAja hovuM joIe. mAro pautra rohiNeya taiyAra thayo che. tene sAtha ApI tame te kArya purUM karazo tenI mane khAtrI che. paNa temAM mane eka zaMkA che ke kadAca pelA jJAtaputranA upadezathI tame bhoLavAI jaIne A kArya paDatuM na mUko. te mATe tame sau pratijJA lo ke ame e jJAtaputrano upadeza nahi mAnIe tenA darzana nahi karIe. jJAtaputra ane tenA sAdhuo bhale kahe ke vaizya zuM ke brAhmaNa zuM? sau sarakhA che. paraMtu pAchA kahe che ke UMca-nIca e pUrva karmanuM phaLa che. eTale ApaNane jUdA ja mAne che. tame bhoLavAI na jazo. ane samAnatAnI bhIkha na mAMgazo paNa parAkrama karI, bhale lokone lUMTavA paDe to lUMTIne paNa tame tamAruM sthAna meLavajo. dAdA eka zvAse A badhu bolI gayo. tethI hAMphavA lAgyo. AthI koI AgaLa AvyuM. tene suvADI dIdho ane kahyuM ke dAdA tame zAMti rAkho, tamAruM adhuruM kArya ame pUruM karIzuM ane jJAtaputra ke temanA sAdhuonI upadezanI jALamAM ame phasAI nahi jaIe. pathArImAM paDayo paDayo e vRddha bolyo paNa tame pratijJA lo to ja 37 anokhI maitrI

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mane khAtrI thAya. tyAM to mAtaMga ubho thaI gayo ke dAdA tamane maratAM maratAM paNa AvI kubuddhi kema sUjhe che ! jJAtaputre saunA kalyANanI vAto kahI che. keTalAye pApIone sanmArge vALyA che. tame zA mATe pratijJAno Agraha rAkho cho. saune yogya lAgaze tema karaze. A vAta sAMbhaLI dAdo chellA zvAse paNa beTho thaI gayo, juo mArI zaMkA sAcI che ne? ToLAmAM gaNagaNATa zarU thayo. prathama saune dAdAnI vAta sAcI lAgI, pratijJA levA taiyAra thayA paNa mAtaMganI daDhatApUrvakanI vAta sAMbhaLI keTalAka loko vicAramAM paDI gayA. Ama ToLAmAM be bhAga paDI gayA. mAtaMganA kathane ugra carcAnuM rUpa pakaDayuM. rohiNeya dAdAnA mRtyunI ciMtAmAM khATalA pAse zAMtithI nIcuM joIne beTho hato. teNe joyuM ke ToLAmAM kyAMka mArAmArI thaze to dAdAnuM mRtyu bagaDaze. te tarata ja ubho thaI gayo ane bolyo. sau zAMta thAo dAdAnI aMtima paLe AvA jhaghaDA ApaNane zobhe nahi. te pachI teNe dhrujatA vRddha dAdAne saMbhALIne suvADI dIdhA. te chellA zvAsa para hatA. teNe kahyuM dAdA, tame pallI milakata ane A janatA mane soMpatA jAo cho ne ? tamArI aMtima paLa akAraNa bagADo nahi. A dhanamAlano mAlika mane jAhera karyo che to mane ja pratijJA Apo. saunI vatI huM ja pratijJA laI jIva mATe paNa tamArI IcchA pUrNa karIza. hA, beTA, tArA parAkramamAM ane buddhibaLamAM mane zraddhA che. bhUle cUke paNa tuM e jJAtaputranA darzana karIza nahiM. eno eka paNa zabda sAMbhaLIza nahiM. tenI mAyAjALamAM phasAIza nahiM. - rohiNeya be hAtha joDI dAdA ane saunI samakSa pratijJA lIdhI, ke dAdAnI aMtima IcchA pramANe huM jJAtaputranA darzana karIza nahi ke temanI vANInuM zravaNa karIza nahiM anyane paNa tema karatA rokIza. dAdAe sopelI A pallI tamArA saunA sahakArathI tenI zobhAmAM vRddhi karIza. 38 anokhI maitrI

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dAdAe rohiNeyanI deDha pratijJA sAMbhaLI zAMti anubhavI te mRtyunI najIka jato hato. mAtaMgane lAgyuM ke teNe kaMIka utAvaLa karI che. sAruM thayuM ke rohiNeye bAjI sudhArI lIdhI che. jJAtaputranA bodhathI tenAmAM karUNA hatI. tene thayuM ke maratAne zAtA pahoMcADavI te dharma che. te dAdAnI najIka gayo. dAdA tame zAMta thAo. rohiNeyanI ciMtA nA karazo A pallIvAsIo ane ame sau tenA svajano chIe. mAtaMganA bhAvabharyA zabdothI dAdAnA mukha para zAMti chavAI gaI. ane teja paLe teNe chello zvAsa lIdho. rohiNeya poke poke raDayo. mAtA-pitAnI chAyA gumAvyA pachI dAdA tene mATe sarvasva hatA. saue tene zAMta karyo. sau aMtima vidhi karI vidAya thayA. mAtaMga paNa pAcho pharyo. kALanuM vaheNa aviratapaNe vahyuM jAya che. putra pApA pagalI pADato thayo che. cAle tyAre page bAMdhelA jhAMjhara sAthe nAcato hoya tevuM lAge che. tyAre zeTha zeThANInA haiyA paNa nAce che. kayAreka gavAkSamAM metAryane A rIte pagalI bharato joI virUpA ovAraNA le che. te bIju zuM kare ! putrano avarNanIya uchera joI tenuM paNa haiyuM AnaMdita thaI uThe che. have tenuM mana A rIte TevAI gayuM che. eka varasa pUrU thayuM ne putrano janma divasa ujavAto hato. virUpAne AmaMtraNa hoya paNa dUra rahevAnuM to kharuM. chatAM roja putrane nihALavAnuM sadbhAgya che. tema mAnI virUpA have nizcita thaI che. kayAreka kAmanuM bhAraNa vizeSa hoya ke havelIomAM viziSTa prasaMga hoya tyAre virUpAnI madade ke khAsa AmaMtraNathI mAtaMga A zreSThionI havelIe Avato. tyAre virUpA tene dhanadatta zeThanI havelI pAse khAsa laI jatI. tyAre zeThANI gavAkSamAM metAryane laIne acUka AvatA. virUpA tenA bhAva mujaba "mAro lAla' karIne ovAraNA letI. Ama be-cAra vAra banyA pachI mAtaMga kaheto ke virUpA tuM to metArya pAchaLa ghelI che. 39 anokhI maitrI

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virUpA kahetI zeThANIbA mArI para sakhI jevuM heta rAkhe che. pachI mane temanA loDaphoDanA putra pratye bhAva to thAya ne ! ane tuM kayAM zerInA chokarAone beTA beTA kahIne bolAvato nathI ? vAstavamAM bannenA aMtaramAM saMtAnabhUkhanI vAta hatI. paraMtu manane vALI lIdhuM hatuM. kayAreka AvI vAtomAM banne mIThI takarAra karI letA ! paNa pAchA jJAtaputranA bodhane yAda karI zAMta thatAM. virUpA kahetI ke bhagavAna kahe che ke saMsAramAM moha na rAkhavo. paNa virUpA mane to tAro moha chUTato nathI. mAtaMganA mukhe evuM sAMbhaLI virUpAnuM mana paNa rAjI thatuM. Ama banne anyonya snehapAzamAM niHsaMtAnanuM duHkha bhUlI jatAM. metAnuM zikSaNa metArya have ATha varSano thayo hato. abhayamaMtrInuM kAma hIrA pArakhavAnuM. sulatAnA batrIsa putrone pArakhI zikSaNa ApyuM. tema temaNe metAryane pArakhyo. ane zeThanI pAse prastAva mUkyo. tame A putrane rAjavaMzanA rAjakumAro zikSaNa le che tenI sAthe zikSaNa Apo. meM te mATe badho prabaMdha karyo che. zeThane to putra hajI bhaNavA jevo moTo lAgato ja na hato. paranta zeThANIe temane samajAvyA ke AvI moTI samRddhinA vArasane yogya zikSaNa maLavuM joIe. vaLI kaMI paradeza to mokalavAno nathI. ane zeTha-zeThANInI vAtamAM saMmata thayA. metAryanuM zikSaNa gurukuLamAM rAjavaMzI paddhatithI zarU thayuM. temAM dharma zAstro bhASA zAstro sAthe astra zastranI vidyA, ghoDe savArI jevA parAkramono samAveza hato. karmanI vicitratA pramANe metArya bhale zudrANInA hADamAMsanA garbhamAM rahyo hato. tenA janmAMtarIya saMskAra to uttama hatA. vaLI mAtaMga virUpA bhale zudra jAtimAM rahyA paNa bhagavAna mahAvIranA bodhathI bhijAyelu temanuM jIvana hatuM. ane te saMskAre virUpAnA garbhamAM bALakane tenuM siMcana thayuM hatuM. te eka Azcaryajanaka ghaTanA hatI. rAjakumAro sAthe zikSaNamAM metArya rAjakumArothI jarAya utarato pUravAra thato nahi. ema karatAM dasa, paMdara ane aDhAra varSa to pUrA thaI anokhI maitrI 40

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gayA. metAryanuM zikSaNa pUruM thayuM. have to tene te zikSaNa pramANe kAryazIla thavAnuM hatuM. virUpAe nAma pADayuM metArya gurUkuLamAM mitro bolatA mitrArya, metArye svayaM nAma dhAraNa karyuM te metAraja joke kathAnakamAM metArya ke metArajano ullekha che. - ekavAra rAja darabArathI maLelI miThAI sAthe mAtaMga potAnI vasAhatamAM Avyo. nAnA bALakone ramatA joI ghaDIbhara thaMbhI gayo snehathI te ramata joto ja rahyo. ane bALakone ramADI vhAla karI miThAI vahecato gayo. tenA aMtaramAM eka jAtano saMtoSa thato hato. ane vaLI niHsaMtAna chuM tevA vicAre saMtapta paNa thato. kayAreka AvuM dazya joI virUpAnA manamAM baMDa uThatuM ke AvA mAtaMga jevA niHsvArtha premALa patine meM chetaryo che ! bALakI gujarI gaye ghaNA varSa thaI gayA. saMtAna thavAnA koI cinho jaNAtA na hatA. vaLI virUpA sakhyabhAvanA saMtoSathI ane potAno lAla kevI suMdara rIte haryA bharyA vaibhavamAM ucharI rahyo che. teno saMtoSa mANatI ane mAtaMgane vadhu ne vadhu snehathI navAjatI. metAryanuM zikSaNa rAjakumAro sAthe Ayojita thayeluM hovAthI metArya ghaNuM kharuM rAjamahelamAM raheto, vaLI temanA ramatagamatanA medAnanI saphAInuM kAma mAtaMga karato. virUpA sAthe havelIe kayAreka metAryane joyelo eTale ahiM medAnamAM anya rAjakumAro sAthe metAryane jotA tarata ja oLakhI leto ane (kudaratI rIte) tene tenA tarapha vahAla thatuM. manamAM vicArato ke mAre jo eka putra hota to tene AvuM zikSaNa ApI zakayo hota. e vAtane e manamAM samAvI deto. mAtaMga virUpAnuM jIvana ajabanA snehathI rasabharyuM hatuM. chatAM, niHsaMtAnapaNuM kayAreka akaLAvatuM. jo ke mAtaMga jJAtaputra bodhathI have kaMIka Tharyo hato. eTale virUpAne kaheto ApaNA bhAgyamAM saMtAnayoga nathI pachI saMtApa zA mATe ? virUpA, tane eka vAta kahuM hamaNAM dhanada zeThano putra rAjamahelamAM rahIne bhaNe che. medAnamAM ramavA Ave tyAre jouM chuM. anokhI maitrI

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tyAre mane tArI jema enA para bahu prema Ave che. ekavAra to najIkathI joto hato tyAre lAgyuM ke jANe tenA hoTha ane cIbUka tArA jevA ja che ane te UThIne virUpAnI soDamAM beTho. have tuM gharaDo thayo, keTalA thayA tane ! kayAM sudhI AvA casakA karyA karIza. tane jayAM tyAM huM ja dekhAuM chuM. metArya to barAbara dhanadatta zeTha jevo ja che. ane cibUka to zeThANI jevI che. tane mArA taraphanA mohane kAraNe badhe huM ja dekhAuM chuM. mAro moha have choDa. mAtaMga kaheto "zramaNoe parastrIno tyAga kahyo che. svastrIno tyAga kayAM kahyo che ? svastrImAM saMtoSa kahyo che. temAM mArI koI khAmI che ? "zramaNoe strI putrAdi sauno mohatyAga karavAno bodha Apyo che ane tAro moha to divase divase vadhato jAya che." hA paNa sAMbhaLa metArya to aDhAra vidyAmAM pAraMgata thayo che rAjA zreNika ane mahAmaMtrI to tenA para ati prasanna che. sunaMdA rANI to kahetA hatA ke mArI putrI bhaviSyamAM metArya sAthe paraNAvavI A vAto karavAmAM keTalo vakhata vahI gayo. mAtaMga to hakIkatathI ajANa hato. paNa kudaratanA kramamAM koNa bAkAta che. jANe ajANe tenA haiyAmAM metArya mATe heta ubharAtuM. virUpA e hetane haiyAmAM ja samAvI detI. AvA nehabharyA saMvAdamAM mAtaMgane yAda AvyuM ke Aja to rAjaya taraphathI kriIDA mahotsava che. temAM nagaramAM aneka prakAranA khela thavAnA che. temAM deza videzanA rAjakumAro mahA amAtya sAhasika yuvAno bhAga levAnA che. teNe virUpAne yAda devarAvyuM ane banne utAvaLA taiyAra thaI bahAra nIkaLyA. rAjya taraphathI krIDA mahotsavamAM zuM banyuM ? rAjaya taraphathI Ayojita A prasaMge nagarano mAhola jAmyo hato. jayAM juo tyAM jANe kIDIyArU ubharAyuM hoya tema mAnavo umaTayA hatA. vyavasthA pramANe mAtaMga-virUpAe yogya jagyAe sthAna lIdhuM. anokhI maitrI 42 -

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vizALa evA kriIDA kSetramAM prathama azvamelanI hariphAI hatI. sekaDo yuvAnonA ghoDAnA haNahaNATathI gagana gAjatuM hatuM. ghoDA paNa jANe samayanI utAvaLamAM hoya tema temanA kAna UMcA thatA hatA. azvArohio paNa sajja hatA. virUpAnI AMkho zodhatI hatI enA "lAla'ne ane ekAeka teNe mAtaMgane kahyuM jo jo e rahyo "mAro lAla' metArya. sekaDomAM jUdo tarI Ave che. bIjI paNa strIo seMkaDo yuvAnomAM potAnA priya pAtranuM parAkrama jovA Atura hatI. ane virUpA to bolatIja rahI. eja zveta athavALo "mAro lAla'. "virUpA saMbhALIne bola, tArI vAta koI savarNa sAMbhaLaze to tane patharA mAraze. paNa, virUpA to mastImAM hatI. are, tuM jo to kharo rAjakumAronI hAramAM zveta azva upara barAbara trIjA naMbare che. joyo "mAro lAla' kevo zobhe che ? hA, joyo, paNa have ApaNe zuM ? bIjA paNa evA seMkaDo azvArohio zobhI rahyA che. mAtaMga tane khabara che A to mArI sakhI zeThANIbAno putra, vaLI harSAvezamAM bolatI gaI ke tane khabara paNa nathI zeThANIbAe enuM nAma mArI pAse paDAvyuM hatuM. meM ja metArya evuM nAma pADayuM hatuM. mAtaMgane AmAM kaMI rasa na hato. eTale zIdhragatinI zaratano Adeza thatA ghoDAo tvarAthI doDayA te jovAmAM te ekatAna hato. ghoDAdoDamAM koI AgaLa thatuM koI pAchaLa thatuM prajA paNa utsAhamAM zAbAza zAbAza uccAra vaDe azvArohione utsAhita karatI. azvArohio prathama naMbara levA jIva sATe ghoDAne doDAvatA hatA. teo azvonI pITha para evA coMTI gayA hatA te evuM lAgatuM ke azva ane azvArohio eka ja che. potAnA svAranI manokAmanA jANatA hoya tema so ghoDA tIranI mAphaka tIvra vegathI doDatA hatA. jo ke temAM keTalAye paDayA, keTalAye uchaLIne gulAMTa khAI gayA. anokhI maitrI 43

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koI to evA pachaDAtA ke prajAnA mukhamAMthI maryo maryonI cIsa nIkaLI jatI. keTalAka pAchA ubhA thaI, azvArohaNa karatA ane azvone tIranI jema doDAvatA. lakSya sthAnanI najIka jatAM, have mAMDa dasa bAra azvArohio rahyA hatA. te paNa paTakAyA, pAchA paDyA. have phakata be ja rahyA hatA. je oLakhatA hatA te to bolI uThayA, are lAla azva jenuM nAma ahichatra hatuM, jenA para ArUDha rAjagRhInA mahAmaMtrI abhayakumAra che, e ja zarata jItaze. prauDha chatAM yuvAnanI jema azvane doDAvI rahyA che. paNa bIjo zveta athavALo paNa barAbara Takayo che, te che dhanadatta zeThano putra metArya. mayura nAmanA athavALo te ja prathama naMbare Avaze. are A kevuM eka prauDha ane eka yuvAna be vacce AkharI doDa. baMne ghoDA tIra vege doDatA hatA. tyAM to prajAnA mukhamAMthI arerATI bharI cIso nIkaLI paDI. maryo, gayo. zvetaghoDAne page Thokara lAgatA azvArohi metArya pITha parathI jarA gabaDyo. hamaNAM paTakAze pachI zuM thaze tema mAnI loko bhayanA mAryA kSaNabhara AMkha baMdha karI gayA. addhara zvAse A dRzya joI rahelI virUpAnA mukhamAMthI "mAro lAla' zabda nIkaLatAnI sAthe ja te to bebhAna thaIne dharatI para pachaDAI gaI. A bAju metArye potAnI kaLAne anusAra kSaNabhara ghoDAnI pIThane vaLagI rahyo, ane eka chalAMga mArI pAcho azvArUDha thaI eja tIvratAthI ghoDAne doDAvI mUkyo ane abhayakumAranA azvanI sAthe thaI gayo. teno azva paNa potAnA prANa sATe doDyo. Ama Akhare lAla azva ahichatra ane zveta azva mayura baMne gaMtavya sthAne sAtheja pahoMcyA. eka nahi paNa be zreSTha vijetA nIvaDayA. prajAnI AnaMdabharI ciciyArIo tALIoe zAbAza zAbAza uccAroe baMnene vadhAvyA tyAre jANe gagana harSanAdathI gAjI uThayuM. mahArAjA zreNika svasthAnethI AnaMdabhera ubhA thaI gayA. tarata baMne vijetAonI pAse AvyA. baMnene dhanyavAda ApyA. vijetA be che, pAritoSika to ekane jAhera karavAnuM hatuM. 44 anokhI maitrI

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prajAmAMthI paNa sAda saMbhaLAto, koI kahe, mahAamAtya jItyA gaNAya. koI kahe metArya vidana chatAM paNa pahoMcI gayA tethI te jItyA gaNAya. metArya AvIne mahArAjAne namyo. mahArAje tene dhanyavAda ane pUrA heta sAthe AliMgana ApyuM. metArya : mahArAja jIta to mahAmaMtrInI ja gaNAya, huM ekavAra lathaDayo eTalI zaratamAM mArI khAmI gaNAya. tyAM to mahA amAtya AgaLa AvyA, "nA mahArAja jIta to metAryanI gaNAya, lathaDayo chatAM zaratanA sthAne sAthe ja pahoMcyo." baMne vijetAnI AvI udAratA joI prajA to TharI ja gaI. mahArAja baMnenI AvI nikhAlasatAthI gadgad thaI gayA. yuvAno, huM yogya nyAya ApIza. A vijaya mAtra tamAro nathI. paNa ema mAno ke pUrI magadhanI prajAno che. je rAjayamAM AvA niHsvArtha mahAna mahArathIo che tene zuM InAma ApuM? ane mahArAjanI DAbI jamaNI bAjue ubhela baMne vijetAne mahArAje potAnA baMne bAjumAM sAthe laIne AliMgana ApyuM. jANe baMnene sarakhuM ja pAritoSika ApatA na hoya ! tevuM dazya sarjAyuM. prajAe paNa baMne vijetAone tALIothI dilathI satkAryA vadhAvyA. vaLI anya vividha jAtanA khela hajI bAkI hatA. temAM sau pravRtta thayA. aneka ramato ramAI gaI. saunI yogyatA pramANe pAritoSika jAhera thayA. rAjA prajA sau khUba AnaMdamAM hatA. anekavidha vAto karatAM AnaMda mAnatA sau vikharAtA hatA. A bAju virUpA bebhAna hAlatamAM paDI hatI. koIne kaMI muzkelI na paDe te rIte paDachaMdakAya evA mAtaMge virUpAne upADIne dUra eka vRkSanI chAyAmAM sUvADI. vaLI babaDavA lAgyo. A virUpA bairInI jAta kayAre mArI vAta mAne nahi. banI ThanIne bahAra nIkaLe. nAganI phaNA jevo kALo lAMbo kezano aMboDo temAM lAla phUla nAMkhe. huM ghaNIvAra nA pADato have A nakharA choDa. najara lAgaze, to jIvathI jaIza, paNa mAne nahi. anokhI maitrI 45

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vaLI teNe potAnA maMtranI vidyA ajamAvI. pANI lAvIne chAMTayuM paNa virUpA hajI bhAnamAM na AvI. bhAre najara lAgI che. ema bolato mAtaMga vaLI bIjA bhAre maMtro gaNato jAya hAkoTA karato jAya. maMtrelI tAmra mudrikA AMgaLI parathI kADhI virUpAnA vALanI laTa sAthe bAMdhI, maMtro vaDe devone AhavAna karyuM paNa virUpA to hajI bezuddha hatI. mAtaMga manamAM muMjhAto hato. koI jabarI zAkIni vaLagI lAge che. A bAju ramatonI pUrNAhUtI thaI hatI. mAnavamedanI ghara tarapha vaLatI hatI. A vRkSa pAsethI rAjamArga jato hato. tyAMthI zreSThio ane rAjavaMzIo pasAra thatA hatA. tyAM to teNe ekAeka avAja sAMbhaLyo. mAtaMga! kema virUpA Ama jamIna para sUtI che ? mAtaMge joyuM ke A to zeThANIbA che. "zeThANIbA ene koInI melI najara lAgI che. hamaNA maMtro dvArA te najara utArI dauM chuM. tame phikara na karo. tame havelIe pahoMco." are, mAre utAvaLa zI che? ane temaNe potAnI zibikAmAMthI uttama pAtharaNuM mAtaMgane ApyuM. mAtaMga A pAtharaNA para virUpAne suvADI de. Ama dhULamAM nA rakhAya." bA tame zA mATe ciMtA karo cho, takalIpha lo cho ? hamaNAM najara utaraze eTale sArU thaI jaze. tame padhAro, nagara loka niMdA karaze. - "mAtaMga amArI to sAcI mitratA che. tethI ame niMdAthI para thaI gayA chIe ane zeThANIbA devazrI virUpAnI najIka AvI gayA. loko kutuhalathI ToLe vaLyA. devazrInI pAchaLa ja metArya azva para AvI rahyo hato. mAtAne ToLAmAM ubhelA joI teNe azvane te bAju lIdho. ToLAe tarata ja jagA karI dIdhI. vaLI pAchaLa mahAmaMtrI AvatA hatA. temanI maryAdA jALavavA ToLuM vikharAI gayuM. virUpA paNa AMkha kholatI vaLI baMdha thatI. 46 anokhI maitrI

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- virUpA kaMIka bhAnamAM AvatI hatI. tyAM to devazrI bolyA ke virUpA AMkha khola, jo to kharI, tArI sAme koNa ubhuM che? tAro 'lAla metArya' vijetA banIne Avyo che. devazrI punaH bolyA ane jANe "lAla metA' zabdo maMtro hoya tema te sAMbhaLI virUpAe AMkha kholI, ane mArA lAlane jovAno prayatna karyo. pUruM bhAna AvatA ja pUchI beThI ke metArya hemakhema che ne? kaMI IjA thaI nathIne? ghaNuM jIvo "mArA lAla'. A badhuM joIne mAtaMganA saMkocano pAra nathI. temAM paNa mahAmaMtrInA AgamanathI to te ghaNo saMkoca pAmyo. te dhImethI bolyo, gAMDI jarA beThI thA, ane jo ahIM koNa AvyuM che. A saunI sAme Ama sUtI che, zarama saMkoca rAkha ane beThI thA.. tyAM vaLI zeThANIbA vacce bolyA ke virUpA sAMbhaLa, Aje to metAryane mahArAjAe dhanyavAda ApyA. pAritoSika ApyuM. nagarajano paNa metAryanA vijaya para khuza che. have virUpA pUrI bhAnamAM AvI hatI. teNe cAre bAju najara nAMkhI. saune joIne beThI thaI gaI. vastro sarakhA karyA. mahAmaMtrI vigerene joIne tene ghaNI zarama upajI, eTale dhImethI eka bAju thaIne potAnA ghara tarapha cAlI gaI. ToLuM vikharAI gayuM. aneka prakAranI carcA karatuM hatuM, ke A virUpA meta che paNa judI bhAtanI che. maMtrarAja mAtaMga jevA purUSane paNa vazamAM rAkhyo che. baMnee mahAvIranA bodhane grahaNa karelo hovAthI temanA saMskAra paNa anokhA che, chatAM chevaTe meta to kharAja. A bAju metArya abhayamaMtrI sAthe vAta karatA hatA. A virUpA maMtrarAja mAtaMganI patnI che. amArI havelI pAse saphAInuM kAma kare che. roje havelI pAse AvatI hovAthI mArI mAtAnI sAthe ene gADha sakhIpaNuM thayuM che. vaLI bhagavAna mahAvIranI bhakata che, khUba sArA saMskAra dharAve che. AthI mArI mAtAne tenA sakhIpaNAmAM kaMI uNapa lAgatI nathI. mAtAnA manamAM te cAMDALa jAtanA che te vAta ja sthAna dharAvatI nathI. virUpA mArI mAtAne khUba cAhe che. anokhI maitrI

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virUpAne jevo mArI mAtA pratye prema che evo ja mArA pratye che, te mane bALapaNathI ja "mAro lAla' kahe che. roje havelIe Ave mane jUe kapALe, hAtha lagADI ovAraNA le che ane bole juga juga jIvo "mArA lAla' mane paNa virUpA mATe vaDIla jevuM mAne che. mahAmaMtrI : te maMtrarAja mAtaMganI patnI che? mAtaMga to eka uttama naravIra che. AvA jIvo jouM tyAre mane to A jAtibhedanI vAto zUdra jAti karatAya zudra lAge che. jJAtaputranA darabAramAM AvA bheda nathI. A mAtaMga pote ja zramaNono bodha sAMbhaLe che. Ama vAto karatA chevaTe sau svasthAna tarapha vaLyA. rohiNeya ane rAjagaNikA devadattA mahArAjAnI nyAyapUrNa nIti ane mahAmaMtrInI ajoDa buddhi pratibhAthI rAjyamAM zAMti pravartatI hatI. chellA krIDA mahotsavathI prajAmAM utsAhabharyo prasaMga pUrNa thayo hato. A bAju gopadAdAnA maraNa pachI pallImAM sau zAMtithI rahetA hatA, hA paNa emanI pallInI cAre bAju khINo ane gADha jaMgalothI teo surakSita hatA. temanI AjubAju koI sArthavAha salAmata pasAra thaI zakatA nahi. dAdAnuM zikSaNa hatuM ke savarNone lUMTavA pApa nathI. ApaNe ApaNuM rAjaya nirmANa karavAnuM che tyAM dayAmAyA kevI ? vaLI rAjayanA bhaDavIro paNa A pallI pasAra karatA mUMjhAtA hatA. mahArAjA ane mahAmaMtrI paNa saciMta hatA. - rohiNeye dAdAne vacana ApeluM tethI tene jaMpa na hato. te rAjayano khajAno lUMTIne be divasa rAjasiMhAsana para besI parAkrama batAvavA talasI rahyo hato. paraMtu rAjayano khajAno kaMI noMdhAro ocho hoya? te lUMTavA to kevuM moTuM Ayojana karavuM paDe, sAthIdArone sajja karavA paDe. ghaNI badhI bAtamI meLavavI paDe. Ama to teNe cAre bAju potAnA sAthIdArone chUpAveze goThavyA hatA je pAkA samAcAra meLavIne tene pahoMcADe. Ama ghaNA divaso pasAra thaI gayA. - rohiNeye manamAM kaMIka anokho nirdhAra karyo ane eka rAtre potAnA nivAsethI bahAra nIkaLyo. pagadaMDI vagaranI gADha vanarAjI, anokhI maitrI 48

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vanya pazuono pAdasaMcAra, UMDI khINo paNa A to mahA nirbhaya ane A sthaLono pUro jANakAra, dehe paNa jorAvara, lAMbI chalAMgo bharato doDato gaMgAne kinAre AvIne ubho. rAjayanI ane girikaMdarAo tathA vanarAjInA gADha jaMgalo vacce gaMgA nadI sadAye vahetI rahetI. A nadImAM pharatI hoDIomAM rohiNeyanI eka AgavI hoDI hatI. tenA amuka prakAranA avAjathI eka hoDI AvI. te nAvike tene eka poTaluM ApyuM. temAM rAjavaMzIne zobhe tevo paheraveza hato. te teNe sajAvI dIdho. zarIra sauSThavathI bharapura, hajI yuvAnImAM mAMDa pravezato rAjavaMzI paheravezamAM te khUba dIpI uThayo. potAnI nAva teNe choDI dIdhI ane kinArethI bIjI nAvamAM te beTho. te kALe rAjayanA ke koI paNa jAtanA vizeSa samAcAro meLavavA rAja gaNikAonuM sthAna agresara manAtuM. rohiNeyane rAjayanA samAcAra meLavavA hatA. teNe nAvikane pUchayuM, hamaNAM uttama gaNikA koNa che? are mArA zeTha ! tame paradezathI AvatA lAgo cho. devadattA e to hajAra gaNikAnA rUpane bheguM karo evuM temanuM rUpa che. keTalAye AMTA karyA pachI rAjA mahArAjAo tenA paganA darzana karI zake che. keTaluMe jhaverAta mUkayA pachI tenA nAca gAna joI zake che. tenA darzana karavA maLe che. te to rAjagaNikA hovAthI teno saMsarga to durlabha ja che. tenA bhavya AvAsa A gaMgAtIre ja che. tamane huM tyAMja utArIza. navA AgaMtuke nAvikane sonAmoharonI eka thelI ApI. nAvika to khuza thaI gayo. pUro jANakAra hato eTale barAbara gaNikAnA AvAsa pAse tene mUkIne bIjI paNa keTalI mAhitI Apato gayo. rohiNeya AvAsamAM pravezyo tyAM eka suMdara dAsI ubhI hatI. sAmAnya mANaso to tyAM ja chaLI jatA. paNa A to agatyanA kAma mATe Avyo hato, eTale manano to jANe muni joI lo. dAsIne sonAmahoranI eka thelI ApI. dAsI paNa samajI gaI ke koI moTo rAjavaMzI che. eTale kazI rUkAvaTa vagara jayAM devadattAnuM AjanuM adbhuta nRtya cAlatuM hatuM tyAM laI gaI. rohiNeyane A nRtyamAM ke devadattAmAM anokhI maitrI 48

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kaMI rasa na hato. manano aDaga evo e sauMdaryathI lobhAyo nahi. tene mahA parAkrama karavAnuM hatuM. te mATe ghaNI mAhitI ahIMthI meLavavAnI hatI. tethI atyaMta sAvaceta hato. - rohiNeya nRtya jovAne badale cAre bAju jovA lAgyo. jo ke ahIM tene oLakhe tevuM koI na hoya te svAbhAvika hatuM. teNe dAsIne kaheluM huM to paradezI chuM A badhA koNa che tenI mane oLakha Apa. bhogI jIvo to devadattAnI hAvabhAvabhaMgI, deha soMdarya jovAmAM mazagula hatA. tyAM A judI mATIno mAnava saunI oLakha mAMgI rahyo hato. dAsI to prathamathI ja sonAmahoronI thelIthI khuza hatI. teNe rasapUrvaka ghaNAnI oLakha ApI. - senApationI, moTA dhanika zreSThionI, anya paradezIonI, rohiNeyane to bhAvI lUMTaphATamAM zuM zuM upayogI thAya temAM ja rasa hato. vaLI anokhI nRtyabhaMgI karatI devadattA para tenI najara gaI ane ghaDI bhara tenuM paurUSa aMdarathI camakI uThayuM. paNa teNe tarata ja potAnI jAtane saMyamamAM lIdhI. tyAM to nRtya puruM thayuM. saue anokhI bheTo dharI vidAya lIdhI. - devadattA vastra paridhAna badalavA mATe te sthAne jatI hatI. dAsI pelI thelIthI khuza hatI tethI tarataja A navA sArthavAhane devadattA pAse laI gaI je anya rAjavaMzI mATe paNa muzkela hatuM. teNe sArthavAhanI oLakha ApI ke teo prathamavAra ja Ave che paNa junA svajana hoya tevuM temanuM bhAvabharyuM vartana che. devadattAe eka jhINI najara nAMkhI ane prathama darzane te yuvAnanA deha sauSThava para mohI paDI. tenA manamAM koI anero bhAva jaLyo. yuvAna sArthavAhe suMdarI sAme joIne kahyuM ke magadha sAmrAjayanI prasiddha mAtra devadattAnA meLApa mATe huM bhAgyazALI chuM. amArA dezamAM dhana saMpattinI choLo uchaLe che. nRtya bhavano paNa che. hA paNa tamArA jevA nRtya ane nRtya suMdarIonI khoTa che. devadattAe ghaNA rAjA mahArAjAonA mukhethI tenA nRtyanI ane sauMdaryanI prazaMsA sAMbhaLI hatI. paNa tenI pAchaLa kevaLa kAmukatA ja 50 anokhI maitrI

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hatI. tyAre ahIM eNe svAbhAvikatAno ane svasthatAno guMjArava anubhavyo. eTale prathama darzane ja te sArthavAhane potAnuM mana ApI beThI. te vastra parivartana karI, kamaniya evA aMga DhAkavA pUratA jhINA vastra paridhAna karIne AvI. paNa yuvAna to bhAre saMyamI hato. - dAsI pAse teNe sUrA ane tAMbUla maMgAvyuM. sArthavAha khUba jAgRta hato. teNe sUrAne hAtha lagADyo nahi phakata tAMbUla laIne te thALamAM sonAmoharo goThavI dIdhI. suMdarI ane dAsI A joI punaH mugdha thaI gayA. aneka purUSanA paricaya ane sparzathI thAkIne te tarapha napharata dharAvatI A devadattAne A yuvAna sArthavAhanA svastha paricayamAM, tenA sahavAsathI sahaja AkarSaNa pedA thayuM. te dhImethI sArthavAhanI najIka beThI. jo ke sArthavAha jAgRta hato. jANe niSkAmI hoya tema te sparzathI thoDo dUra thaI gayo. are jenA sparza mATe rAjAo page paDe te suMdarInA sparzathI A yuvAna dUra bhAge che. devadattAe vicAryuM ke paricaya vadhaze tema kSobha dUra thaze. Ama ghaNI rAtri pasAra thaI, tyAM sArthavAhe rajA mAMgI. punaH AvavA manomana bhAva sAthe sArthavAha vidAya thayo. te roja rAtre niyamita Avato. samaya thatA gaMgAtIre AvI eka hoDImAM besI aMdhArI rAtre te svasthAne pahoMcI jato. A ja rIte te divaso sudhI rAtre Avato, devadattAnI sAthe ghaNo samaya gALato. devadattA tenuM najIkanuM sAnnidhya IcchatI paraMtu daDha manavALo te dhArelA kAmanA Ayojana mATe sadAya jAgRta raheto. avanavI sajAvaTa sAthe Avato. tenuM mohaka rUpa joI devadattA tenA sahavAsamA AnaMda mANatI. tenA sTeja sparzamAtrathI sukhano anubhava karatI. sArthavAha dara vakhate sonAmoharonA DhagalA karato. jo ke devadattAne tenA paurUSamAM ja sukha lAgatuM eTale have tene A DhagalAmAM kaMI rasa na hato. chatAM kayAre te ane dAsI vicAramAM paDatA ke A sArthavAha rAtre hoDImAM Ave che, moDI rAtre ja pAcho jAya che. aDhaLaka dhana Ape che. koNa che te kaLAtuM nathI. paNa tenI svAbhAvika svajananA anokhI maitrI 51

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jevI vartaNuMka joI kaMI pUchavAnuM sAhasa te karatI nahi, kAraNake tenA sahavAsamAM tene AnaMda hato. vaLI yuvAnanI nikhAlasatA, unmAdarahita nirALu vyaktittva temanI zaMkAone dUra haDaselI detuM. Ama ghaNI rAtrio pasAra thaI gaI. eka divasa sArthavAhe devadattAne kahyuM ke mAruM kAma pUrNa thayuM che. huM have javAnI taiyArI karI rahyo chuM. tamArA sahavAsanA AnaMdamAM meM A dezanI kaMIja vigata jANI nathI. to tame mane kaMI jaNAvazo ? jarUra, sArthavAha A sAmrAjayanI dareka vAtothI mAre paricaya rAkhavo paDe. are aMtaHpuranI vAto paNa mArAthI chUpI na hoya. tamane e vAto kahevAno zuM vAMdho hoya. tamane paNa temAM ghaNuM jANavA maLaze. temAMnI keTalIka vAto gupta rAkhajo. amArA A sAmrAjayanA mahArAjA (biMbisAra) zreNika mahA parAkramI che. sArthavAha ajANyo thaIne pUche che. zreNika koNa che ? are tame temane joyA nahi hoya ! jevA parAkramI tevA rUpavAna temane cAra rANIo, temAM sunaMdAnuM sthAna mokhare ane teno putra abhayakumAra buddhimAna, zauryavAna, nItimAna. je hAla magadhanA sattAdhIza mahAmaMtrI che. pUrA sAmrAjayanI vyavasthA nipUNatAthI saMbhALe che. mahArAjAnA parAkramathI ane mahAmaMtrInA sAthathI magadha sAmrAjaya vistAra pAmyuM che. magadhanI prajAnA mahAbhAgya che, ke temane AvA mahArAja ane mahAmaMtrI maLyA che. rAjakAja uparAMta abhayamaMtrI dharmakSetre paNa nipUNa ane udAra che. eTale vaidika, bauddha ane jaina traNe saMskRti A sAmrAjayamAM triveNI saMgamanI jema vahI rahI che. chatAM e badhAmAM zreSThatA jJAtaputranA samAnatAnA bodhanI che. temaNe saune sarakhA sthAna ApI premathI saune svIkAryA che. jJAtaputranuM nAma sAMbhaLI rohiNeya sajAga thaI gayo. devadattA dharmanI vAtono nyAya toLavo ApaNA mATe duSkara che, koNa zreSTha koNa kaniSTha ? eTale e vAta javA de. koI rasaprada vAta hoya te jaNAva. 52 anokhI maitrI

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yuvAna sArthavAha eka tAjo ja prasaMga che. je ati gupta che. te pragaTa karanAranuM zIra salAmata nathI. vAtane vadhu uttejavA mATe sArthavAha premapUrvaka bolyo, devadattA to pachI e vAta javA de. tArA jevI advitiya evI suMdarInuM mastaka hoDamAM mUkavAnI AvazyakatA nathI. sArthavAhanA AvA premabharyA zabdabANathI suMdarInuM mana viMdhAI gayuM. are priya sakhA ! tArA tarapha mAruM dila jhUkI gayuM che. huM ghaNA purUSanA paricayamAM AvI paNa tAruM purUSattva AkarSita che. ghaNuM badhuM tane kahyuM che, have A eka vAtanuM jokhama kheDavAno mane vAMdho nathI. eka gupta rahasya pragaTa thayuM devadattA ! tArA A premano zuM badalo ApuM ? huM to pharato musAphara chuM. kAle vidAya thaI javAno chuM. he priya, bhale tuM vidAya thAya paNa mane, tArI pyArI devIne bhUlato nahi. tuM kAle vidAya thaze. huM paNa kAle agatyanA kAme dUra deza vaizAlI jaIza. temAM zuM prayojana che te gupta che chatAM kahuM chuM. vaizAlI rAjA ceTaka karmavIra ane dharmavIra che. teo prabhu mahAvIranA parama bhakata che. rohiNeya mahAvIranuM nAma sAMbhaLatAMja kAne hAtha mUkayA. devadattA A gupta vAta kahevAnA utsAhamAM hatI. teNe AgaLa calAvyuM. mahArAjA ceTakane sAta putrIo che. temAM pAMcanA lagna yogya rAjakumAro sAthe thaI gayA che. dareka kanyAo uttama zikSaNa pAmelI che. rAjA ceTake viduSI putrIone rAjanA saMbaMdho vistAravA mATe paraNAvI na hatI. temanA zikSaNane yogya rAjakumAro zodhyA hatA. have be putrIo bAkI hatI. paraMtu rAjA ceTaka have dharmamArge vaLyA hatA. eTale rAjakAja ane AvA vyavahArathI alipta hatA. AthI temanI rANIne mAthe A javAbadArI hatI. rANI paNa mahAvIranA bhakta hatA eTale rAja saMbaMdho sAcavavA duHzIla ke kAmI jevA rAjakumArone teo kanyA na ApavA sajAga hatA. rAjA rANI para jJAtaputranA bodhanI bhAre asara hatI. anokhI maitrI 53

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"jJAtaputra jabaro jAdugara lAge che.' priya, e jJAtaputranuM varNana karyuM to vaLI bIjI rAta joIe. mATe mULavAta kahuM te sAMbhaLa." chellI be kuMvArI rAjakanyA te cellaNA ane sujayeSThA. eka vAra eka tApasI sujayeSThAnuM citra laI rAjamahelamAM AvI caDhI. rAjA zreNika e citra joI mugdha thaI gayA. ' are aMtaHpuramAM ATalI rANI chatAM A naravIra rAjA eka citra kanyA pAchaLa mugdha banyo ? devadattAe vAta AgaLa vadhArI. rAjA zreNike tarata ja vaizAlI eka dUta mokalI kanyAnI mAMgaNI karI. paraMtu rAjA ceTake kahyuM ke mArA kuLa karatAM zreNikanuM kuLa halakuM che, mATe mArI kanyA huM nahi ApuM. dUta pAsethI A samAcAra sAMbhaLI zreNikarAjA krodhe bharAyA. abhayamaMtrIe A vAta jANI te ceTakanA parAkrama, zastra vidyA, ane sainyathI paricita hatA. tethI temaNe A kAma yuddhathI nahi paNa kuzaLatAthI karavAnuM nakkI karyuM, ane pitAne sAMtvana ApyuM. tamArA mahAmaMtrI buddhinA bhaMDArane AvA prasaMge vApare che? ' are ! rAjA ceTakanI putrI prabhu mahAvIranA mArgane anusare che eTale AvuM kanyAratna rAjagRhImAM Ave to aMtaHpuramAM ane rAjayamAM suMdara saMskRti nirmANa thAya. te rahasya he sArthavAha! tame nahi samajI zako. mahAmaMtrI khUba vicArIne kArya kare tevA che. TUMkamAM have huM tathA mahAmaMtrI vaizAlI jaIzuM. suraMga dvArA mArga banAvyo che. sainya paNa hAjara rAkhavAmAM Avaze ane sujayeSThAnuM rAjA suraMga mArge apaharaNa karI pANigrahaNa karaze. cAra pAMca divasanuM A kAma che. rAta ghaNI vitI gaI hatI. sArthavAha ubho thayo. devadattAnI premapUrvaka vidAya mAMgI. ghaNA abhivAdana ApyA. A tenI aMtima rAta hatI. teNe vidAya lIdhI. jANavA jevuM jANI lIdhuM. tene to AgaLa parAkrama karavAnuM hatuM. tethI devadattAthI jarA paNa lobhAyo nahi. devadattAne lAgyuM ke sArthavAha tenuM kazuMka laI gayo ane vidAya 54 anokhI maitrI

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thayo. te vicAratI hatI ke ajabano yuvAna hato. tenA rUpathI jarAye lobhAyo nahi. sparzathI to dUra ja rahyo. devadattAne enA pratye gajabanuM AkarSaNa thayuM hatuM. te koNa che, zA mATe Avyo che. ardha rAtrie gaMgAtIrethI naukAmAM kayAM jAya che evA prazno thatAM paraMtu tenA pratyenA AkarSaNe te prazno zamI jatA. bIjA divasanA prabhAte devadattA vaizAlI pahoMcI. tene sujayeSThAne samAcAra ApavAnuM kArya karavAnuM hatuM. abhayamaMtrI paNa vaizAlI pahoMcyA. mukhya sainya tyAM pahoMcyuM hatuM. mahArAjA zreNika batrIsa sulasA putro sAthe suraMganA dvAre pahoMcyA hatA. abhayamaMtrInA Ayojana pramANe badhuM ja goThavAI jatAM sujayeSThAne samAcAra maLyAM. sujayeSThA ane cellaNA baMne bahenomAM gADha sneha hato. sujayeSThAe cellaNAne A sarva bInA kahI ke huM to zreNikarAjAne manathI varI cUkI chuM. pitAjInI saMmati na hovAthI zreNikarAjA mane apaharaNa karIne laI jaze. A sAMbhaLI cellaNA vicAramAM paDI. sujayeSThAne paNa thayuM ke baMne baheno chUTA paDIzuM. to bhale cellaNA paNa sAthe Ave. tene zreNika jevA parAkramI ane rUpavAna jevo rAjA kayAM maLaze ? teNe ciMtAmAM paDelI cellaNAne vAta karI. tuM paNa mArI sAthe cAla. zreNika rAjA mArI sAthe tAro paNa svIkAra karaze. ApaNI prIti paNa jaLavAze. cellaNA sujayeSThA sAthe javA taiyAra thaI. mahAmaMtrI taraphathI samAcAra AvatA baMne baheno gupta rIte nIkaLI suraMgavALA medAnamAM pahocI tyAM sujayeSThAne yAda AvyuM ke potAne managamatA alaMkArano Dabbo taiyAra karelo rahI gayo che. teNe cellaNAne kahyuM tuM rathamAM besatI thA huM Dabbo laIne AvuM chuM. sujayeSThAne tenA bhAvie bhUlAvI. are ! zreNikanA khajAnAmAM alaMkAranI kayAM khoTa hatI. cellaNA rathamAM besI bolatI rahI ke sujayeSThA Ave che. kSaNano vilaMba paNa paravaDe tema na hatuM. rathanA jhaNajhaNATanA avAjamAM cellaNAno avAja saMbhaLAya tevo na hato anokhI maitrI 55

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rAjAnI AjJA thatAM ratha tvarAthI suraMganI bahArathI AguLa vadhyo. pAchaLa sulasAnA batrIsa putro rakSaNa mATe taiyAra hatA. Ama badhu Ayojana saphaLatAthI goThavAyuM hatuM. chatAM rAjA potAnA rAjayamAM pahoMcavAnI ane batrIsa sulasA putronA pAchaLa AvavAnA vicAramAM saciMta hatA. te samajayA ke sujayeSThA AvI gaI che. mArgamAM brAhmaNanI pAse pANigrahaNanI vidhI karI. rAjA zreNike jayAre sujayeSThAne saMbodhana karyuM tyAre cellaNAe kahyuM ke huM tenI nAnIbahena cellaNA chuM. tyAre ja khyAla Avyo ke A to cellaNA che. sujayeSThA to tyAM rahI gaI che. cellaNA paNa sujayeSThA jevI ja sauMdaryavALI hatI tethI rAjAe saMtoSa mAnyo. sujayeSThA alaMkArano Dabbo laIne AvI tyAre medAna sApha hatuM. na maLe ratha ke na maLe koI sainika. te kSobha pAmI gaI ane raDatI bUmo pADatI mahelamAM pahoMcI. cellaNAnuM apaharaNa thayuM che. tarata rAjA ceTaka AvI pahoMcyA. 'celaNAnuM apaharaNa' ? koNe apaharaNa karyuM ? '"rAjA zreNike". ceTaka rAjA ati kopAyamAna thayA, ane talavAra laI ubhA thaI gayA. mArI rAjakanyAnuM apaharaNa karanArane haNI nAMkhuM. tyAM to senApati AvyA, temaNe kahyuM ke Apa dhIraja rAkho huM te kAma patAvI hamaNAM ja AvuM chuM. sujayeSThAe batAvelA sthaLe teo suraMga AgaLa pahoMcyA. mahArAjAno ratha to AgaLa nIkaLI gayo hato, tyAra pachI kramamAM suraMgamAMthI batrIsa ratho nIkaLatA hatA. senApatie pAchaLathI eka tIra choDayuM. chellA rathIne vAgyuM. te maraNa pAmyo. tenI sAthe bAkInA rathIo rathamAM DhaLI paDayA. mRtyune AdhIna thayA. have A sarve ratho bahAra kADhayA vagara suraMga mArge thaI jaI zakAya tevuM rahyuM nahi. tethI senApati pAchA pharyA ane rAjA pAse nivedana karyuM. zuM cellaNA pAchI nathI AvI ? ane kopAyamAna thaI rAjA yuddha karavA taiyAra thayA. sujayeSThA A prasaMgathI vairAgya pAmI hatI. tethI sujayeSThAe rAjAne samajAvyA ke have cellaNA to zreNikane paraNI cUkI che. pAchI pada anokhI maitrI

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lAvIne zuM karazo ? je thayuM te thayuM. ane have huM to bhagavAna mahAvIra pAse pravajayA grahaNa karIza. tame zAMta thAo. bhagavAna mahAvIranA bodhane yAda karI yuddhanA vicAro tyajI do. rAjA ceTaka zAMta thayA. sujayeSThA prabhu pAse dIkSita thaI. are ! abhayamaMtrIe karelA AyojanamAM kevuM avaLuM thayuM. sujayeSThAne badale cellaNA AvI, eka sAthe sulasAnA batrIsa putro maraNa pAmyA. tenuM gUDha rahasya te jANatA na hatA. A bAju rAjayamAM AnAthI bhayAnaka to zuM banyuM ke abhayamaMtrInI ajoDa kuzAgratAne paNa jhAMkhI pADI dIdhI te have joIe. rohiNeya dAdAne ApelA vacanane visaryo na hato. uparathI pANI zAMta jaNAtuM hatuM. parantu vacana pALavAnI daDhatA mATe te kuzaLatApUrvaka Ayojana karato hato. mukhya rAjayano khajAno lUMTavAno teno Azaya hato. temAM rAjakAjanI aMdaranI mAhitI meLavavI jarUrI hatI. tethI teNe rAjaya nirmita gaNikA devadattAno saMparka sAdhyo. e kALe rAjagaNikAo vizvAsu jAsusI jevA aneka kArya karatI. eTale rAjakAjanA aMdaranA gUDha kAryothI paNa mAhitagAra rahetI. rAjagaNikAnuM rAjyamAM mAnavaMtu sthAna rahetuM. rohiNeya kuzaLa hato. teNe devadattAno vizvAsa saMpAdana karyo. dhana veravAmAM khUba udAra rahyo. ane devadattAnA ghaNA prayatna chatAM tenA pratye kAmAtura thayo nahiM. saMyama rAkhI aMte jANavA jevI vigata jANI lIdhI ke cAra divasa mahArAjA, mahAmaMtrI, cunaMdA sainiko, mahArAjAnA aMgarakSaka batrIsa sulasA putro vagere rAjayanI bahAra che. rAjAne prajAne parAkrama batAvI potAnuM kArya karavAnA A divaso tene mATe mahatvanA hatA. eka kSaNano paNa vilaMba karyA vagara devadattAnA nivAsethI nIkaLI svasthAne pahoMcyo. bIje divase mahArAjA vageree vaizAlI tarapha prayANa karyuM. te takano lAbha laI te potAnA sAthIo sAthe rAjagRhI para tUTI paDayo. samayano vilaMba karyA vagara savArathI ja teNe sAthIone nagarI lUMTavAno Adeza Apyo. pote aMtaHpuranI dizAmAM vaLyo. anokhI maitrI 57

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mahArAjA ane mahAmaMtrInI gerahAjarImAM aMtaHpuranI AjubAjunA udyAnanI rakSAnuM kArya mAtaMgane soMpyu hatuM. mAtaMga anya sainikone javAbadArI soMpI ghera bhojana levA Avyo hato. teNe virUpAne utAvaLa karavAnuM kahyuM. evuM zuM utAvaLanuM kAma che ? e vAta gupta che. bairAnI jAtane gupta vAta na kahevAya. ema kahI teNe virUpAnI sAme joyuM. virUpAnA Azcaryajanaka mukhabhAva jotAM vaLI kahI dIdhuM. ke jo Aje mahArAjA ane mahAmaMtrI tathA mukhya senApati vaizAlI gayA che. mAre aMtaHpuranI najIkanA udyAnanI cokI karavAnI che. Ama vAta kare che teTalAmAM to teNe kAne mAnavonA bhayajanita avAjo saMbhaLAyA. sAthe sAthe bIjA pracaMDa avAjo AvavA lAgyA. rohiNeyano aMtaHpura para humalo mAtaMga khoraDAnI bahAra gayo. tyAM to teNe sAMbhaLyuM ke nAso bhAgo lUMTArAo rAjagRhInA zreSThIonI havelIo lUMTe che. mAtaMga A avAjo sAMbhaLI cetI gayo, ke mahArAjA ane mahAmaMtrInI gerahAjarImAM koI jANa bhedue nagarI lUMTavAnI taka lIdhI che. potAnA hathiyAro laIne te bahAra nIkaLyo. virUpA : mAtaMga, jALavaje utAvaLa karIne khoTuM jokhama vahorato nahiM. mAtaMgane virUpAnA zabdo sAMbhaLavAnA atyAre hoza kayAM hatA. te to hathiyAra laIne moTI chalAMgo bharato doDayo. teNe joyuM ghaDIkavAramAM zreSThIonA dhana dolata madhya cokamAM ThalavAtA hatA. jo koI mAlamilakata bacAvavA prayatna karatuM to tenA prANanI hatyA thatI. havelIomAMthI bacAvo bacAvonA bhayajanita avAjo AvatA hatA. strIo hebatAIne dhrUjatI hatI. dhanapatio jAte ja milkata dharI detA. dhanadatta zeThe to potAnA bhaMDAro svecchAe khUllA mUkI dIdhA ! laI jAo tame paNa dhanavAna bano ! lUMTArA zreSThionA dhana lUMTIne kaMI dharAyA na hatA. have teo aMtaHpura tarapha vaLyA. magadhano khajAno lUMTI magadhanI kIrtine paNa teo lUMTavA mAMgatA 58 anokhI maitrI

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hatA. rohiNeya to be divasa mATe rAja siMhAsana para besavAnA manoratha karato hato. A dekhAva joIne mAtaMga samajI gayo ke rohiNeyanI pallInA lUMTArAoe nagaramAM lUMTa calAvI che. kyAMkathI mahArAjA vigerenI gerahAjarInA samAcAra meLavIne pallInA lUMTArAoe nagarIne gherI lIdhI che. vaLI tene kAne zabdo paDyA ke "pallIpati rohiNeya mahArAjanI jaya ho." A bAju metAryane samAcAra maLyA ke lUMTArA rAjamahela tarapha gayA che. metArya hathiyAra sajIne doDavA lAgyo. mAtApitAe vAryo paraMtu te to tvarAthI doDI gayo. bIjI bAju mAtaMge paNa tarata ja aMtaHpura tarapha doDavA mAMDayuM. te rAjamahele pahoMcyo tyAM to teNe bhayaMkara dazya joyuM. metArya rohiNeyanI sAme jhajhUmI rahyo che. tyAM to rohiNeya ane metArya sAma sAme AvI gayA. metArya garjayo, rokAI jAva eka DagaluM paNa AgaLa na vadhazo. banne vacce jhapAjhapI cAlI. metArya khUba ghavAyo chatAM hAkoTA deto. rohiNeyane rokavA prayatna karato hato. mAtaMge joyuM ke are, Ato virUpAno lAla metAryakumAra te to magadharAjanI kIrti mATe motane bheTavA sajja hato. mAtaMga to A ghAyala kumArane joIne hebatAI gayo. dhanada zeThano ekano eka kuLadIpaka hamaNAM homAI jaze. tyAM to bIjA sainiko ane mAtaMga vacce tUTI paDayo ane tADUkayo. he, rohiNayA Avo kAyara, nAmarda, AvI rIte rAjamahela para chUpo hUmalo karatA zaramAto nathI. te loDhAnA bakhtarathI sajaja aneka hathiyAro kammare vIMTALelA hatA. vaLI pITha para tIra kAmaThA hatA. mArgamAM AvatA keTalAya sainikone motane ghATa utArI teNe rAjamahelamAM praveza karyo hato. bIjI bAju metArya ane mAtaMga to hAthamAM AvyA te sAmAnya hathiyAro sAthe tenI sAme paDayA. anokhI maitrI 59

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mAtaMgano avAja sAMbhaLI rohiNeya paNa tADUkayo. mAtaMga ApaNe eka kuLanA chIe. tuM vaccethI khasI jA. mane sAtha Apa. ' are, rohiNeya zreSThIonuM dhana lUMTI te tArUM baLa vAparyuM che. ghaNuM dhana maLyuM che. have ahiMthI pAcho vaLa. magadhanI kIrti sAme bAtha bhIDavAmAM sAra nahiM. are, mAtaMga mArUM parAkrama ja Aje ahIM batAvavAnuM che. mATe te vaccethI khasI jA. mAre dhananI jarUra nathI. tAre magadhanI kIrti bacAvavI che. mAre magadhano khajAno lUMTI kIrti meLavavAnI che. mATe khasI jA. ane te rAjamahelamAM AgaLa vadhyo. eka bAju metArya bIjI bAju mAtaMga abhUta rIte laDI rahyA hatA. bIjA sainiko paNa jhajhUmatA hatA. rohiNeyanA sainiko khUvAra thaI gayA hatA. mAtaMga metAryanI vacce rohiNeya gherAI gayo hato. metAryae pUrA sAhasathI bhAlo pheMkayo paNa kuzaLa rohiNeye ghA cUkavI dIdho te ghAthI teno azva dhAyala thaIne paDayo. teNe sAmo ghA karyo temAM metArya ghAyala thayo. chatAM te bahAdurIthI rohiNeyanI sAme dhasyo. metAryane azva para vegathI sAme Avato joI rohiNeya have mUMjhAyo. teNe doDIne bhAgavA mAMDayuM. A bAju sainiko sAthe laDavAmAM mAtaMga khUba ghAyala thaIne paDayo hato. rohiNeyane bhAgato joI ghAyala metArya bahAdurIpUrvaka tenI pAchaLa paDayo. rohiNeyane azvArUDha metAryapakaDI pADe teTalI ja vAra hatI tyAM to rohiNeye eka charo pheMkyo. metAryano khabho ghavAyo. azva paNa ghAyala thaI gayo. tethI metArya azva parathI utarI gayo. ane pagapALA rohiNeyanI pAchaLa paDayo. moTI chalAMgo mArato rohiNeyane pakaDavo muzkela hato. chatAM metArya doDato ja rahyo. banne metanA khoraDA AgaLa AvI pahoMcyA. rohiNeye joyuM ke have bacavuM muzkela che. teNe tarata ja kammarethI charo kADhI hAtha ucakyo. metArya khUba ghAyala thayelo thAkayo hato. AMkhanI palakamAM tenuM bhAna jAya tevuM bhayAnaka dazya hatuM. tyAM to teNe joyuM ke eka strI anokhI maitrI 60

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metAryane vIMTaLAIne ubhI che. rohiNeye garjanA karI. are, mUrNa strI khasI jA. nahiM khasuM tuM nirAMte mArA para ghA kara, tArI kIrtimAM strI hatyAthI vadhAro thaze. strI ane bALa vadha mATe vajarya che. tane nahi marAya. mATe khasI jA. paNa A strI gabharAIne khase tevI na hatI. tethI rohiNeya akaLAyo ane rokAvAmAM jokhama hatuM eTale tvarAthI bhAgyo ane potAnI girikaMdarA tarapha prayANa karI gayo. bacelA sainiko tene anusaryA te paNa palAyana thaI gayA. metArya-mAtaMganI gaMbhIra mAMdagI. te strI eTale virUpA, rohiNeya ane metAryanA hAkoTA sAMbhaLI te bahAra AvI. tyAre teNe bhayaMkara dazya joyuM. metArya khUba ghAyala thayo hato. kaMI paNa vicAra ryA vagara te metAryane vaLagIne vacamAM ubhI rahI gaI. rohiNeya vidAya thayo. metAryanA khabhAmAMthI ghaNuM lohI vahI gayuM hatuM. tethI te lagabhaga bebhAna jevo thaI gayo hato. virUpA tene pakaDIne gharamAM laI gaI. tene khATalAmAM suvADayo. tenA ghA para telanA potA mUkatI hatI. metAryanI kaMIka sAravAra kare tyAM to rAjasevako ghavAyelA bebhAna hAlatavALA mAtaMgane laIne AvyA. virUpAe tene bIjA khATalAmAM suvADayo. mAtaMganI dazA gaMbhIra hatI. virUpA ghavAyelA mAtaMgane joIne gabharAI gaI. virUpA kuzaLa hatI. teNe tarata ja rAjasevakanI madada laI ghA dhoyA. telanA pATA bAMdhyA. mAtaMga vacce vacce hajI yuddha laDatA sainikanI jema hAkoTA pADato hato. te ghAnA dardanA na hatA paNa rohiNeyanI sAme jhajhUmavAnA hatA. meta vasAhatamAM A hakIkata tarata ja prasarI gaI ane loko bhegA thavA lAgyA. dhanadatta zeThane havelIe khabara pahoMcyA tethI teo ane zeThANI hAMphaLA, phAMphaLAM doDI AvyA. vaLI nagaramAM paNa metAryanA zauryanI vAta pahoMcI gaI hatI. sahunA prANa jevo zeTha anokhI maitrI 61

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mAM koI chUpuM zeThANIno kuLadIpaka motanI najIka pahoMcyo hato. vaLI be vIroe aMtaHpurane bacAvI nagaranI kIrti jALavI hatI. A paristhitimAM brAhmaNa zudranA bheda bhUlIne sau meta vAsamAM dhasI AvyA. rAjasevako rAjanA vaidya jIvanane laIne tarata ja AvI gayA. vaidyarAje bannene tapAsyA. temanuM mukha gaMbhIra banI gayuM. te joIne zeTha zeThANI tathA virUpA khUba gabharAI gayA. zeTha vaidyanI najIka AvI gayA. vaidyarAje kahyuM juo hAla to metAryakumAranI sthiti gaMbhIra che. eTale thoDA divasa Aja sthaLe rAkhavA paDaze. - tyAra pachI vaidyarAje mAtaMgane tapAsyo. teo vadhu gaMbhIra thaI gayA. mAtaMganuM zarIra ghAthI cAraNI jevuM thaI gayuM. temAM jhera prasaratuM hatuM. kuzaLa vaidyarAje mAtaMganI gaMbhIra sthitino khyAla ApI auSadha vigere ane keTalIka sUcanAo ApI vidAya lIdhI. A prasaMga duHkhadAyI ane gaMbhIra hato. chatAM keTalIkavAra duHkhada prasaMgamAM koI chUpuM sukha chUpAyeluM hoya che. tevuM Aje virUpAnA jIvanamAM banyuM hatuM. metAryanuM A gharamAM hovuM. ghavAyelA lAlanI najIka vahAlapUrvaka sevA cAkarI karavI. paristhiti gaMbhIra chatAM virUpAnA hRdayamAM UMDe UMDe jANe svarganuM sukha utarI AvyuM hoya tevA tenA bhAva uThatA hatA. vaLI mAtaMganI hAlata joI gabharAI jatI. metAryano janma kaho ke anAmI bALakInuM mRtyu kaho tyAra pachI AzAvaMta evA A daMpati niHsaMtAna ja hatA. kayAreka virUpAne tenA gherA saMtApamAM manomana kheda vyApI jato. mana hArI jatuM. temAM A prasaMge duHkhamAM paNa te sukhano anubhava karatI. du:khada chatAM sukhada ! A nAnA sarakhA khoraDAmAM be khATalAmAM bhayaMkara rIte ghavAyelA vIra purUSo paDayA hatA. eka teno prANasakhA, paLepaLa sneha ApanAro pati mAtaMga hato. bIjo bhale teNe tene zeThANIne sakhyabhAve arpaNa karyo chatAM te tenA garbhamAM rahelo prANa samo lAla' hato. bannenI sthiti gaMbhIra hatI. chatAM virUpA A divasomAM eka prakAranI dhanyatA anokhI maitrI ke A gharamAM hobIra chatAM virUpAnA 6 2

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anubhavatI. divasa ane rAta eka kSaNanA paNa virAma vagara te banne khATalAnI AjubAju sevA kAje ghumyA karatI na thAka, na UMdha, na bhUkha, na tarasa. jANe tenA zarIramAM koI daivI zaktino saMcAra thayo hoya tema te sevA suzruSA karatI. saciMta chatAM tenA hRdayanA metAryanI nikaTatAthI tenA peTALamAM koI sukhanA dIvA TamaTamatA anubhavatI. dhanadatta zeTha, devazrI zeThANI, naMdAdAsI tathA bIjA aneka dAsadAsIo chatAM sevA suzruSA, auSadha ApavA, pATApIMDI karavAnuM kAma te koIne soMpatI nahiM. metAryanI sevA karI tenA zarIrane paMpALI, vaLI tarata ja te mAtaMga pAse pahoMcI jatI, tene pUrA hetathI paMpALI pAchI metArya pAse jatI. koI dAsa dAsI are khuda zeThANI kaMI auSadha ApavA prayatna karatA to te temane paNa rokatI. bA, e kAma mane ja karavA do. AvI gaMbhIra sthitimAM kaMI bhUla thAya tenuM jokhama che. zeThANI paNa enI vAta mAnI jatA. traNa divasa pasAra thAya che. metAryane kaMI kaLa vaLatI jAya che. traNa divasa pachI teNe jarA AMkha kholI, paNa vaLI vedanAthI pAcho bebhAna thaI jato. cIsa sAMbhaLI virUpA tarata ja "mArA lAla" kahIne tene paMpALatI tyAre tenA pUrA zarIramAM premathI romAMca khaDA thatA. vaidyarAje trIje divase jaNAvyuM ke metAryane vedanA che. paraMtu tenI sthiti sudharatI jAya che. chatAM hamaNAM to A ja sthitimAM ahIM ja rAkhavA paDaze. zeTha zeThANI metAryane havelIe laI javA IcchatA hatA. paNa vaidyarAjanI sUcanAthI mauna rahyA. jo ke A sAMbhaLIne virUpAnuM hRdaya nAcI uThayuM ke mAro lAla' hajI mArI najara samakSa thoDA divasa raheze. mArA hetane mANaze. huM tenA saMsargane pAmIza. - tyAra pachI vaidyarAja mAtaMga pAse gayA. te hajI bhAnamAM Avyo na hato. vaidyarAje kahyuM tenI nADI vigere svastha che. have ciMtAnuM kAraNa nathI. te bebhAna raheze. kAraNa ke ghAnI vedanA ghaNI che. tethI bebhAna che to kaMI ciMtAnuM kAraNa nathI. Ama banne vIronA vedyarAjanA abhiprAya pachI virUpA nizcita thaI. anokhI maitrI

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- A divasomAM thoDAka mANasone bAda karatA metavAsamAM jANe eka meLAno mAhola banyo hato. pUrI nagarImAMthI bhedavagara sau virUpAnA khoraDe AvatA. prabhune prArthanA karatA ke A vIrone prabhu hemakhema rAkhe. vaLI grAmajano mATe A prasaMga moTI carcAno viSaya banI gayo hato. metanA gharamAM metAryane rAkhavo te savarNone ajUgatu lAgatuM hatuM. paraMtu metAryanA mahA parAkrame saunA mukha baMdha thaI jatA. temAM paNa jayAre vaidya jAhera karyuM ke ghAyala metAryane jarA paNa khaseDavAnI koziSa karazo nahi. A kAraNathI saunA mukha e bAbatamAM sivAI gayA hatA. dhAro ke metArya A khoraDAmAM janmIne rahyo hota ane lagna levAyA hoya to paNa Avo mAhola maMDAyo na hota. prasaMga duHkhada hato. paNa loka samudAyathI metavAsa gAjato hato. metono paNa garva samAto na hato. teo to punaH punaH duharAvatA A mAtaMge jo rohiNeyane aMtaHpuramAM jato rokayo nahota to Aje magadhanI kIrtinA kAMgarA tUTyA hota ane A virUpA dhanya che. rohiNeyanA kAtila jheravALA charAnA ghAnI paravA karyA vagara metAryane vaLagIne bacAvI lIdho. koI baTakabolo bolyo, vaLI e to eno "lAla" paNa kharo. meta eTale kaMI mana thoDA zudra hoya che. kSatriya badhA ja kaMI ochA parAkramI hoya che ? tema meta hoya tethI zuM? chatAM je metanI prazaMsA sahI zakatA nahi tevA bolI uThatA sonAnI khANamAM kaMI badhuM ja sonuM nA hoya. koI eka nArI virUpA jevI ke koI mAtaMga jevuM parAkrama kare eTale badhA ja meta sonA jevA nA hoya. saune sarakhA mAnavAnI vAto A pelA zramaNoe karIne metone caDhAvyA che. mATe bhAI mATI te mATI ane suvarNa te suvarNa. kolaso kaMI dhoLo thavAno nathI. zAstrakAroe AvI vyavasthA samajIne karI che. zramaNo AvyA ane samAnatAnI vAto lAvI metone bahekAvyA che. pachI to carcAe jora pakaDayuM. mAtaMganA khoraDAnI bahAra jANe 64 anokhI maitrI

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moTI sabhA hoya tevuM vAtAvaraNa thaI gayuM. A ghoMghATa sAMbhaLI zeTha bahAra AvyA saune samajAvyA ke A carcAno prasaMga nathI. sau zAMta raho, to dardIne zAMti maLe, vaLI sau have vidAya thAo te ucita che. sAMja paDe nagarajano vidAya thayA. vaidya roje niyamita AvatA hatA. hajI mAtaMga vAraMvAra mUchita thaI jato. metArya have kaMIka AMkha ughADato paNa dardathI kaNasAIne pAcho AMkha baMdha karI deto. vaidya mAtaMgane tapAsIne kahyuM mUcha vaLatA hajI vAra thaze paNa have ciMtAnuM kAraNa nathI. mUcha ghAnI vedanAmAM sArI che. virUpA e sAMbhaLIne kaMI nizciMta thaI. - vaidya metAryane joIne kahyuM ke ghaNo sudhAro che. chatAM badhA upacAra cAlu rAkhavA. zeThane ema ke have havelIe laI jaIe paNa vaidhe tema karavAmAM hajI jokhama che tema jaNAvatA teoe mana vALI lIdhuM. vaidya vidAya thayA. rAta thaI hatI eTale virUpAe zeTha zeThANIne kahyuM ke banne ArAmamAM che vaidhe paNa have jokhama nathI tema jaNAvyuM che. to have tame havelIe jaIne ArAma karo. zeThANInuM mana mAnatuM na hatuM. paNa zeTha taiyAra thaI gayA eTale zeThANI paNa taiyAra thayA. naMdAdAsI tathA bIjA dAsa dAsIne mUkIne teo vidAya thayA. jatAM jatAM saune sUcanA ApatA gayA. virapAnuM manomaMthana virUpA : bA jarAya ciMtA na karazo. huM barAbara jAgatI ja rahIza. rAtrie aMdhakAranI cAdara sarvatra patharAI hatI. nagaravAsIo jaMpyA hatA. thoDA cokIdAro lUMTanA banelA banAva pachI jAgatA nagaramAM pharatA hatA. pazu paMkhIo sau jaMpI gayA hatA. dAsa dAsIo khoraDAnI aMdara bahAra jayAM jagA maLI tyAM sUI gayA hatA. ekalI virUpA jAgatI hatI. duHkhada chatAM tene mATe A rAtrI amUlya hatI. eTale baMnne dardIone khUba sAvadhAna rahI sAcavatI. bannenA khATalA vacce uTha besa karatI hatI. dAsa dAsIo to ghoratA hatAM. naMdA dAsI paNa nidrAvaza thaI hatI. anokhI maitrI 65

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metAryanA khATalA pAse jatAM teNe joyuM ke khATalA pAsenI bArImAMthI metAryanA mukha para pUnamanA caMdrano prakAza paDI rahyo che. Ama ghAyala metAryanA potAnA ja gharamAM AvavuM tenI sAthe ATalI nikaTatAthI rahevuM te virUpA mATe akalpanIya AnaMda hato. duHkhada chatAM tene mATe mAnI lAgaNIyukta svarga racAyuM hatuM. moharAjAnI savArI para virUpA ArUDha thaI hatI. te caMdranA prakAzamAM metAryanuM mukha nihALI bhAvAvezamAM AvI tenA mukhane jotI rahI tyAM to metArya pAsu badalavA jatAM ghAnA dardathI cIsa pADI uThayo. o mA..... A 'mA' zabda sAMbhaLI virUpAno bhAvAveza uchaLyo. te metAryanA mukha para jhUkI, bolI hA beTA A rahI. metArthe jarA AMkha kholI vaLI dardathI bolI uThayo 'mA' virUpA : hA beTA tArI 'mA' ja chuM. ema kahIne tenA lalATe hAtha pheravI. vALanI laTa sarakhI karIne gAle gAla lagADIne vahAla karavA lAgI. beTA tArI 'mA' ja chuM'. dardathI gherAyelA metArye virUpAnA lalATe pharatA hAthane pakaDI lIdho. ane virUpA jANe bhAna bhUlI. A prANa samA metAryathI vizeSa mAre mATe zuM hoya ! jANe mAro prANa. tyAM to metArye hAthane vadhu dabAvyo. 'mA, mA' virUpAnA varSonA lAgaNInA baMdha tUTI gayA. hA beTA huM ja tArI mA. metArya kaMIka bhAnamAM AvavA lAgyo hato. thoDI AMkha khUlI hatI. virUpA lalATe vahAla bharyo hAtha pheravatI gaI. beTA tArI mA chuM. metAryo to devazrIne mAtAnA rUpamAM joyelI hatI. tenuM AchuM smaraNa thatAM vaLI pUchyuM. tuM ja mArI mA ? virUpA : hA beTA tArI sAcI mA chuM. te visarI gaI ke AjubAju dAsadAsIo sUtA che. naMdAdAsInI hAjarI che. najIkamAM sUtelI naMdAdAsI kaMIka gaNagaNATa saMbhaLAtA jAgI uThI ane tenA kAne zabdo paDayA, 'hA beTA tArI sAcI mA chuM.' te tarata ja khATalA pAse AvI. 66 anokhI maitrI

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virUpA tuM zuM bolI rahI chuM tenuM bhAna che ? vaLI dardI sAthe vAta karavAnI manAI che. AnuM pariNAma zuM Avaze ? badhuM dhULa meLavavA beThI chuM. jA have sUI jA. virUpA naMdAdAsInA kaThora zabdothI hebatAI gaI jANe te svargathI pachaDAIne dharatI para paDI hoya tema tarata ja ubhI thaI gaI. ane mAtaMganA khATalA pAse jaI tenI saMbhALa laI raDatI raDatI vicAra karatI hatI. eka bAju prANa samo metArya jene anyatra suprata karyo hato. bIjI bAju mArA mATe prANa pAtharanAra A mAtaMga jeNe saMtAnanI jhaMkhanAnA duHkhane-dardane manamAM bharI rAkhyuM hatuM, tene meM A putra supratanI vAtathI ajANa rAkhI chetaryo ! paNa hA, deva bIjA saMtAnanI AzAmAM meM kevaLa sakhyabhAvanI preraNAthI koI anya apekSA vagara A pagaluM bharyuM hatuM. paraMtu deva rUThayo tyAM zuM thAya! AvA vikalpothI vyAkuLa, ghaNA divasathI thAkelI virUpA uMghI gaI. AkAzamAM sUryadevanI padharAmaNI thatA uSArANI pragaTa thayA hatA. prakAzanA kiraNo dharatIne sparzavA lAgyA hatA. devazrI zeThANI rAtre havelIe gayA hatA. paNa kaMI nirAMta ochI hoya ! tethI savAra thatAM te virUpAnA khoraDe AvI pahoMcyA. metArya hajI taMdrAvasthAmAM hato, teNe jarAka AMkha kholI. zeThANIe lalATe hAtha pheravyo. kema che beTA? metAryo pharI AMkha kholI, hajI tenI smaraNa zakti pUrI sateja thaI na hatI. dardanA kAraNe bolI uThayo, mA kayAM che ? zeThANI tenA khATalAmAM ja jarAka Teko daIne beThA, "A rahI beTA tArI pAse ja beThI chuM." metAryanI nabaLI paDelI smaraNa zaktimAM hajI samajAtuM na hatuM ke rAtre sAva sAdA chatA namaNA mukhavALI rUpALI strI koNa hatI, je tArI mA chuM ema kahetI hatI, ane zaNagAra sajja A strI koNa che? metArya kaMI vadhu vicAra karI zake tema na hato. vaLI dardane anokhI maitrI

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kAraNe taMdrAmAM khovAI gayo. sUryanI padharAmaNI sAthe sau sakriya banyA hatA. raDatI uMghelI virUpA jAgI tyAre varanA vacanane yAda karI svastha thaI uThI. "bhora bhayo ne zora thayo tyAM koI hase, koI rUe nyAruM, sukhIyo sUe, duHkhIyo rUe, akaLa gati che vicAruM." virUpAnI dazA dayanIya hatI. mAnasika rIte du:khada sukhada prasaMgamAMthI cAra divasa pasAra thayA hatA. jo kadAca teNe metAryane zeThANIne arpaNa karyA pachI te A nagarIne badale anyatra hota to kadAca tene ATalI AkULatA na thAta. vaLI eja havelIe javAnuM, roja lAlane jovAno ane chatAM aLagA rahevAnuM, pArakA banavAnuM. temAM paNa jo tene bIjuM saMtAna thayuM hota to A vAta sukharUpe samApta thaI hota, paraMtu deve kaMI judu ja dhAryuM hatuM. te kaLavAnuM mAnavInuM zuM gajuM? vaLI tene vAraMvAra e saMtApa thato ke tene mATe prANa ApanAra, teno paDayo bola upADanAra bhaDavIra evA mAtaMgane teNe A gupta rahasyathI chetaryo hato. temAM vaLI deve pUrI kasoTI karI bimArInA nimitte metAryane tenA khoraDAmAM tene vahAla karavAno moko Apyo paNa pachI zuM ? saMtApa ? A saMyogamAM eka strIhRdaya mAtRtvanA bhAvothI hAlI uThe temAM Azcarya zuM ? yadyapi tene putrane sakhIne arpaNa karyAno aphasosa na hato. temAM tene saMtoSa hato. kathaMcita priya svajana mRtyu pAme, duHkha lAge paraMtu najara sAme na hoya to te duHkha krame krame dUra thaI jAya che. kayAreka prasaMge yAda Ave to paNa mana ati saMtapta thatuM nathI. virUpAne roje ja najare caDhato "lAla' temAM vaLI A prasaMge to satata hAjarImAM rahevAnuM ane pAcho choDI paNa devAno. nAnuM sarakhuM virUpAnuM hRdaya AvA kaparA saMyogamAM vyAkuLa thaI uThatuM. chatAM vIranA bodhane yAda karI mana vALatI. manane zAMta karavAnuM e ekaja sAdhana tenI pAse hatuM. pragaTa rIte to kayAMya mukha kholI zake tema hatI nahi. strIsahaja vAtsalyanA bhAva tenA mananA uMDANa sudhI hatA. tethI te vicalita thaI jatI. 68 : anokhI maitrI

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rAtanA banAva pachI te savAre uThI tyAre tenA mana para jANe pahADa ubho hoya tevo bhAra hato. uThI, zeThANIbAne maLI metAryane joyo, vaLI kAme lAgI. metavAsamAM mahArAjanI padharAmaNI tyAM teNe meta vAsamAM kaMI kolAhala sAMbhaLyo. mahArAjA zreNika, rANI cellaNA sAthe gAMdharva vivAha karI cAra divasa pachI rAjagRhI padhArI rahyA hatA. paNa ceTaka rAjAnI kanyA sAthe pANigrahaNa karavAnA utsAha ADe ghaNA vighno AvIne ubhA thayA. aMgarakSaka tarIke sevA bajAvatA tejasvI batrIsa sulasA putro haNAI gayA hatA. rohiNeye nagarIne lUMTI hatI. zubha prasaMge pravezatA mahArAjAnA svAgata mATenI taiyArI cAlI rahI hatI. tyAM to samAcAra AvyA ke svAgata utsava baMdha che. sulatAnA batrIsa putro haNAI gayA che. teno zoka jAhera karavAmAM Avyo rahI hatI ane hato. sulasA nAgarathi A samAcArathI prathama to hebatAI gayA. parantu A mahAna prajAvatsala rAjAnI sevAmAM putro khapI gayA tema vicArI tAtkAlika mana vALyuM. mahArAjAe nagara praveza karI prathama to tulasA nAgarathinA AvAse pahoMcI teo pAse kheda vyakta karI te daMpatinI kSamA mAMgI. sAthe sAthe mahAmaMtrIe sulatAnI pAse atyaMta kheda vyakta karI AzvAsana ApyuM. mahArAjAe kahyuM ke huM rAjA chatAM mArI AkAMkSAnI pUrti mATe tamArA putrono bhoga levAyo che, tenI kSamA mAMgu chuM. nAgarathi mahA baLavAna hatA ane AvA ghaNA prasaMgomAMthI pasAra thayA hatA. prathama to pote gaurava mAnyuM ke mArA putroe mahArAjAnI sevA sArthaka karI che. have aMtyeSTi kriyA karavAnI hatI. zabavAhinIo hajI AvavAnI hatI. paratu bIjI bAju rAjagRhImAM rohiNeye lUMTaphATa karI nagarane ujjaDa banAvyuM hatuM. vaLI metArya jevA dhanadattanA ekano eka kuLa anokhI maitrI 69

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dIpaka jIvana maraNa vacce jholA khAto mAMDa bacyo hato. jayAre aMtaHpuranA udyAnanI rakhevALI karato maMtrarAja parAkramI mAtaMga hajI bezuddha avasthAmAM hato. A sarva samAcArathI mahArAjA ane mahAmaMtrI vyathita hatA. tethI mahArAjAne ane mahAmaMtrIne metArya ne mAtaMganI pAse javAnuM hatuM. sulasA ane nAgarathi temanI sAthe metavAsamAM javA taiyAra thayA. mahArAjA ane navA mahArANI metavAsamAM padhAre che. A samAcAra nagarImAM ane metavAsamAM pahoMcI vaLyA. rAjA-prajAnI AvI nyAya nyochAvarI jovA nagaravAsIo paNa umaTI paDyA. metavAsamAM metajanonA harSanI avadhi na hatI. teo AMgaNAne raMgoLIthI sajAvI rahyA hatA. virUpAnA nAnakaDA vAMsa mATInA khoraDAmAM mahArAjA ane mahAmaMtrI padhArI rahyA che. jANe AkAzanA devatAo utarI AvavAnA hoya tema matavAsano pUro mArga sApha sUtharo thaI gayo hato. pUrA mArgamAM abIla gulAla AkAzane paNa raMgI detA hatA. metoe rAjAnA AvavAnA mArgamAM sarvatra suMdara cAdaro pAtharI hatI. je metono paDachAyo koI letuM na hatuM teja vAsamAM Aje bheda rahita mAnava meLo umaTayo hato. A banAve UMca-nIcanA yuga jUnA bheda bhUMsI nAMkhyA hatA. magadha samrATa padhAre tyAM javAmAM dareka moTAI mAnatA, koIka bhUdevo saMkocAyA to paNa A mAholamAM bhaLyA. bhale metavAsanI bahAra ubhA rahyA. metajanoe paNa pUrA umaMgathI metavAsa evo zaNagAryo hato ke sau bhUlI jAya ke A metavAsa che ke savarNonA raMgabharyA AMgaNA che ! virUpAnuM khoraDuM jIvanamAM prathamavAra ja tene nAnuM lAgyuM. zeTha zeThANIe pUrA vaibhavathI, toraNothI khoraDuM sajAvyuM hatuM. zaNagAra ghaNA ane jagA sImita, chatAM eka eka khUNo zaNagArathI bharapUra hato. magadhanAthanA puNya baLe rAjamArgathI cheka mela AvAsa sudhIno mArga paNa AMkhanI palakamAM anekavidha racanAothI bharapUra hato. jaLAzayo, AhAranA sthAno, phUlahAranI dukAno, abIla gulAlanA 70 anokhI maitrI

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paDIkA, svAgatanA sthAno jANe sAMkaDA thaI gayA hoya tevuM lAgatuM hatuM. mahArAjA pANigrahaNa karIne padhAravAnA hatA. tethI nagarIne sajja karavAmAM AvI hatI. je zokanA AdezathI adhurI hatI. chatAM puNyavaMtA magadhasamrATa jyAMthI pasAra thayA te mArgo zobhAyamAna karavAmAM hatA. zeTha zeThANI to mahArAjAnI AgaLa potAnA sevako sAthe rahIne motIno varasAda varasAvI magadharAjane AvakArI rahyA hatA. cAre bAju vAjiMtronA nAda guMjI rahyA hatA. eka bAju batrIsa aMgarakSakonuM duHkhada samUha mRtyu bIjI bAjI metArya ane mAtaMganI ghAyala dazA. chatAM prajAmAM Avo ullAsa. enI pAchaLa mahArAjA ane mahAamAtyanI prajA pratyenI vatsalatA nahi to bIjuM zuM hoI zake? - rAjA, rANI metavAsa pAse AvyA teo secanaka hAthI parathI nIce utaryA, anya saue temanuM anukaraNa karyuM. metoe pAtharelI cAdara para mahArAjA, mahArANI ane mahAmaMtrInA panotA pagalAM paDayA tyAre saunA haiyA nAcI uThayA. teo sau virUpAnA sajja khoraDA AgaLa AvyA tyAre zeTha zeThANIe hIrA motIthI vadhAvyA ane ovAraNA lIdhA. manamAM dhanyatA anubhavatI virUpA eka bAju ubhI hatI. anya agragaNya nagarajano mahArAjAne phUlothI vadhAvI rahyA hatA. mahArAjAe saunA hArdika svAgatane amI bharI najare nihALI baMne hAtha joDI aMjali vaDe namaskAra karyA. e prasaMga avarNaniya hato. mahArAjA magadhanarezanI jaya ho, jaya ho' saunA pratisAdathI gagana paNa gAjI uThayuM. mahArAjA ane mahA amAtye suzobhita khoraDAmAM praveza karyo ane bahAra rahelI prajAnA jayanAdathI punaH gagana gAjI uThayuM. magadhanarezanI jaya ho, mahArANI cellaNAnI jaya ho. mahAamAtyanI jaya ho anokhI maitrI - 71

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vIra metAryane dhanyavAda ho, vIra mAtaMgane dhanyavAda ho. are virUpAne kAM bhUlo e jo vacamAM paDI na hota to metArya jevo vIra motane bheTyo hota. virUpAne dhanyavAda ho. magadhanareza ane mahAmaMtrI metArya pAse AvyA. azakata paNa pUrA bhAnamAM AvelA metAryo sUtA sUtA aMjali joDI mahArAjA ane mahAmaMtrIne praNAma karyA. mahArAjAe tenA baMne hAthane pUrA hetathI potAnA hAthamAM pakaDI lIdhA. svayaM gadgad thaI gayA, pitRvAtsalya pragaTa thatuM lAgyuM. mahAmaMtrIe praNAma karyA ane bolyA mahAmaMtrInA bhUla bharelA kArabhArane metArya tame kharA parAkramathI bacAvI lIdho, lAja rAkhI. metArya dhImA avAje bolyo ame, tame, magadhanI kIrti zuM judA chIe ? tyAM mahArAjA bolyA have mahAmaMtrIne kharI pharaja bajAvavAnI hA, mahArAja huM pratijJA lauM chuM ke bhayaMkara lUMTArA rohiNeyane tathA tenA sAthIone pakaDIne rAja darabAramAM lAvI hAjara na karUM to mahAmaMtrIpadano tyAga karIza. A metAryane bacAvanAra vIra nArI virUpA kayAM che ? virUpA zeThANInI pAchaLa ubhI hatI. tene zeThANIe AgaLa karI. virUpAe magadhanarezane dUrathI praNAma karI tyAM ja ubhA dharatInI raja mastake caDhAvI. mahArAjA : maMtrarAja mAtaMganI patnI paNa tenA jevI parAkramI hoya, virUpA tane dhanyavAda che. | virUpAnuM mana, pUrUM zarIra A zabda zravaNathI nAcI uThayuM. jANe rAtanI pIDAnuM badhuM ja duHkha dUra thayuM. tenI kAyA romAMcita thaI uThI. pachI magadharAja mAtaMganA khATalA pAse gayA, tenA zarIranuM koI aMga ghA vagara bAkI na hatuM. chatAM tenI paDachaMda kAyA tenuM sauSThava pragaTa karatI hatI. hajI te mUchavaza hato. mahArAjAe tenA zarIra para premapUrNa hAtha pheravyo. lalATe hAtha mUkyo. temanuM dila anokhI maitrI 72

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gadgad thaI gayuM. mahAmaMtrI ! A mAtaMgane pUrI sAravAra maLe evI kALajI rAkhajo ane mAtaMganA mastaka para vAtsalyathI punaH hAtha pheravyo. hAjara rahelA savarNanA agragaNya zreSThIomAM kaMI gaNagaNATa thayo. magadharAja mehano sparza kare ? sonAnI mojaDI page paherAya, kaMI mastake caDhAvAya? thoDo gaNagaNATa thayo. paraMtu te gaNagaNATanuM kaMI mUlya na hatuM. temAM vaLI mahArAjAnI pAchaLa ubhelA navA mahArANI cellaNAe virUpAne mAthe hAtha mUkI AziSa ApyA. tyAre keTalAka manamAM mUMjhAyA, paNa khasIne bhAge kayAM ? jayAre magadharAja, mahArANI, mahAmaMtrI sau atyAre bhedarahita sahaja bhAvane pradarzita karatA hatA tyAM evA mAnavonI vAcA kevI rIte khUle ? AthI sau mUMgA mUMgA A dezya nihALI rahyA. samajadAra kahetA bhAI koNa uMca koNa nIca? samaya samayane mAna che. magadharAjanA ane AgAmI mahArANInA panotA pagalA metavAsamAM thayA pachI teonuM saubhAgya pragaTa thAya temAM navAI zuM? - virUpAnA dhanya banelA khoraDAmAMthI bahAra nIkaLI magadharAje vasAhata tarapha eka najara karI. jJAtaputrathI bodha pAmelA magadharAjanA hRdayamAM karUNA pragaTI. temaNe mahAmaMtrIne kahyuM ke A vasAhatanuM navanirmANa karo. te vakhate tyAM ubhelA dhanadatta zeThe aMjali joDI magadharAjane vinaMti karI ke temAM A sevakane paNa yAda rAkhajo. mArA kuLa dIpakane pragaTelo rAkhavAmAM virUpAnI sAthe A kSetrano ghaNo upakAra che. koI cUsta brahmadevo ne lAgatuM ke virUpA ane mAtaMganA kAryathI tamAma prajAne mApavI ane temane suvidhAo ane aneka prakAranA hakka ApavAnuM pariNAma bhAvimAM kevuM Avaze teno vicAra karavo joIe. paraMtu mahArAjA ane mahArANInA jayajayakAra vacce Avo gaNagaNATa kayAMya zamAI gayo. vaLI mahArAjAe mahAmaMtrIne kahyuM ke tame nagaramAM jAhera karajo anokhI maitrI

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ke koIe metanuM apamAna karavuM nahi, temaja temanA para kaMI jorajulama karavo nahi. tema karanAra daMDane pAtra thaze. A jAheranAmuM sAMbhaLI ghaNA camakayA, babaDayA. A jJAtaputre samAnatAnI vAto karI temAM mahArAjA paNa bhoLavAI gayA che. paraMparAthI RSimunIoe je dharma ane samAja vyavasthA karI che temAM AvI sudhAraNAothI zudro bahekI jaze. chevaTe halakI jAta te keTaluM jIravI zake. paNa sattA AgaLa ApaNuM zANapaNa zA kAmanuM? virUpAne AMgaNe A badhuM khUba tvarAthI banI gayuM. mAtaMga bezuddha hato. virUpAne lAgyuM ke tenA para prabhukRpA varasI gaI. tevA bhAvamAM vibhora banelI, saunA vidAya thayA pachI eja khoraDAnI dharatI para AvI gaI, jo ke hajI khoraDo zaNagArathI sajja hato. metArya bhAnamAM hato. tenA manamAM paNa mahArAjA mahAmaMtrInA milanathI AnaMda hato. mAtaMga hajI dardathI kaNasato bezuddha hato. A sarva Azcaryajanita ghaTanA paLavAramAM samApta thaI hoya tevuM lAgatuM. magadharAje dhanadatta zreSThi ane mahAmaMtrIne mAtaMga, metAryanI pUrI kALajI rAkhavA jaNAvI, maghamaghatI suvAsa mUkI khoraDAnI bahAra nIkaLyA ane sajja secanaka hastI para ArUDha thayA tyAre punaH jayanAdathI gagana gAjI uThayuM. "magadhanarezanI jaya ho.' batrIsa putronA maraNanA atyaMta duHkhanA ghAne jIravI bairyavAna nAgarathi magadharAja pAse AvyA ane vinaMti karI ke nagaramAM zoka jAhera karyo che te pAcho kheMcI utsava jAhera karAvo. kAraNake cellA jevI nArIratnanuM svAgata thavuM joIe. magadhanareza mahAmaMtrIne javAbadArI soMpI. bAkI rahelI nagarI punaH suzobhita karavAmAM AvI. vAjiMtronA nAdathI nagarI gAjI uThI. ane abIla gulAlathI mArgo chaMTAI gayA. saunA jayanAda jhIlatA navA mahArANI sAthe magadhanareza nagarIne pradakSiNA ApI aMtaHpura pratye prayANa karI gayA. prajAnonAda cAlu hato. "magadharAjanI jaya ho, mahArANI celaNAnI jaya ho.' A sarva prasaMga nihALatA callaNA rANI vicAratA hatA ke A anokhI maitrI 74

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kuTuMba, A dharA, A prajA kayA kAraNe halakA kULanA gaNI zakAya ? pitAe jo A dazya joyuM hota to temanI mAnyatA badalAI jAta! - rohiNeya ke tenA dAdAe jo A heta prItane mAtaMganI jema pArakhyA hota to lUMTanA prayogane badale hakka mATe koI anya prayoga thaI zakyo hota. rAjA prajAnI prIta AjanA prasaMge pragaTa thaI te avarNanIya hatI. temAM paNa jayAre mahArAjA mAtaMganA zarIra para hAtha pherave. lalATe hAtha mUke hArdika bhAvanAM tenA svAthya mATe gadgad bhAve vyakta kare te prasaMga mahimAvaMta hato. mahArAjAnA puNyabaLanuM evuM pravartana thayuM ke prajAne lAgatuM ke jANe koI devanA pagalA paDI rahyA che. hAjara rahelA sau dhanyatA anubhavavA lAgyA. eka karUNa aMjAma magadharAjano tathA mahArANIno nagara praveza saullAsapUrNa thayo. chatAM mahArAjA ane mahAmaMtrInA manamAM ghaNI moTI manovyathA hatI te have pachI sulasAputronI prabhAtamAM aMtyeSTi kriyA karavAnI hatI. sulasA nAgarathinA batrIsaputronI zabavAhinIo havelInA prAMgaNamAM goThavAI hatI. je havelInuM prAMgaNa, batrIsa yuvAno azvArUDha thaIne thanaganatA AvatA jatA tyAre AnaMdathI gAjatuM teja prAMgaNamAM Aje tyAMnA vRkSo, pakSIo sau zokamaya jaNAtA hatA. vaLI zokagrasta mukhavALA nagarajanothI vAtAvaraNa gherA zokamaya banyuM hatuM. magadharAja tathA mahAmaMtrI, anya rAjavaMzIo ane aMtaHpuranI rANIo vizAdabharyA mukhe AvI gayA hatA. A eja havelI che jayAM gaNatrInA varSo pahelA batrIsa putrono batrIsa soMdaryavAna strIo sAthe atibhavya lagnotsava ujavAyo hato. e ja mahArAjA, mahAmaMtrI vigere ati ullAsathI upasthita hatA. A e ja prAMgaNa che, kevaLa zokabharyA vAtAvaraNathI stabdha baneluM. karmanI A gahana vicitratA nahi to zuM che? A ja to saMsAranuM sukhaduHkha saMyogajanita svarUpa che. jJAnIjano A bheda kaLI gayA che te AvA saMsArathI mukta thaI samAdhisukhane pAmyA che. mAnavane game ke na game, mana svIkAre ke nA svIkAre paNa anokhI maitrI 75

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vAstavikatAne svIkAravI ja paDe che. vIrabhakata sulasA, naravIra jevo nAgarathi ghaNI hiMmata rAkhI rahyA hatA. paraMtu jayAre mahAmaMtrI baMnene jayAre ciranidrAmAM sUtelA batrIsa putro pAse lAvyA tyAre baMne AkraMda karI uThayA. mahAmaMtrInA tathA saunA haiyA raDI uThayA. baMnene eka eka putra pAse lAvavAmAM AvyA. sulasA saunA mAthA suMghe che, paNa temAM sugaMdha kayAM maLe? ane AkraMda kare che, beTA bolo ekavAra bolo. mahAmaMtrI temane samajAvI AgaLa laI gayA paNa nAgarathi putrone joIne pUche che, be cAra paNa jIvatA nathI? thoDAka DagalA bharIne punaH e ja prazna, eka paNa jIvIta nathI ! Akhare temanuM mana bhAMgI paDe che, teo bebhAna thaI gayA. ati karUNadazA to have jovAnI che. batrIsa putravadhuo ke jeoe patinI rAha joI hajU zaNagAra utAryA na hatA temane laIne rANIo zabavAhinI pAse lAvyA tyAre batrIsa mukhamAMthI AjhaMdano avAja gaganane paNa bhedI rahyo hato. nabaLA mananA keTalAka svajano paNa mUchamAM AvI gayA bhaDavIra mahAmaMtrI paNa kSobha pAmI gayA. aMtyeSTi kriyA karAvanAra brahmadevo avAka hatA chatAM samayasara vidhi karavI jarUrI hatI. temaNe mahAmaMtrI pAse AvI nivedana karyuM. mahAmaMtrI manobaLa meLavI saunI pAse AvyA. saune yogya sthaLe besADI dIdhA. brahmadevoe maMtroccAra sAthe agnisaMskAra karyo. A eja brahmadevo hatA ke jemaNe A ja putro ane putravadhuono maMtroccAra vaDe hasta meLApa karyo hatA. teo paNa bolI uThayA hA kALa, durdeva tane paNa be cArane bAkI rAkhavAnI dayA na AvI. chevaTe agnie potAnuM kArya pUruM karyuM. sau bolatA Azcarya, batrIsamAM ekaneja tIra vAgyuM ane snehanI gAMThathI jANe baMdhAyelA bAkInAe prANa tyajI dIdhA. A aMgenuM gupta rahasya julasAe apragaTa rAkhyuM hatuM. deve anokhI maitrI

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ApelI batrIsa gUTikA kramamAM levAnI hatI te teNe eka sAthe lIdhI hatI tethI batrIsa garbha eka sAthe grahaNa thayA tyAre tene deve kahyuM hatuM ke te gaMbhIra bhUla karI che. have koI upAya nathI. tane batrIsa putro janmaze paNa te mRtyu paNa eka sAthe ja pAmaze. A vAta teNe chelle sudhI apragaTa rAkhI hatI. nAgarathi paNa jANatA na hatA. virUpAne AzvAsana levAnuM A sabaLa kAraNa maLyuM hatuM. tethI mana manAvI letI ke tulasAnA batrIsa yuvAnaputro eka sAthe maraNa pAmyA. patinuM duHkha ane putravadhuonA kAramA duHkha pAse mane to kaMI ja duHkha nathI. vaLI mAro putra dUra paNa hayAta che. ujjavaLa kArakIrdine varelo che. mane duHkha zuM? metArya mAtaMganI bimArI jANe eka advitiya ghaTanA banI gaI. vaLI baMne mAtAnI sevAthI metArya jaldI sAjo thaI rahyo hato. A mAMdagIe metAryanA svajano vadhI gayA hatA. pUrI nagarImAM te sanmAnIya virakumAra tarIke paMkAI gayo. vaidyarAje metAryane uThavAnI ane havelIe javAnI rajA ApI hatI. virUpAe sulatAnA batrIsa putronI AhutinA samAcArathI sAMtvana meLavyuM hatuM. teNe karelA vikalpo nabaLA mananA hatA. ema jANI vikherI nAMkhyA. samarpaNanI bhAvanAne daDha karI, metAryane prasanna mukhe vidAya ApI. zeTha zeThANI ullAsita citte metAryane laIne vidAya thayA. mAtaMga hajI pathArIvaza hato. zeThanA betraNa sevakonI sAthe virUpAnI vhAlabharI avirata sevA, vaidyarAjanA auSadha, mahA amAtyanI paNa vAraMvAra pRcchAnA kAraNe te sAjo thayo. pathArImAMthI uThayo, harato pharato thayo. A parAkramanI nizAnI tarIke kapALamAM lAMbA ghAno cIro kAyama mATe tenA parAkramane chato karavA eka nizAnI banI rahyo. mAtaMga vaLI pAchA ucita kAryomAM joDAI gayo. mAtaMgane rAja taraphathI haLavuM kAma karavAno Adeza hato. mahArANInA AzISa maLyA pachI virUpAne paNa havelInA mArgonI saphAInuM kAma choDAvyuM hatuM. anokhI maitrI

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A baMne kaMI navarA bese tevA na hatA. vaLI prauDhatA paNa dekhAtI hatI. virUpA to metavAsanI strIone bhegI karI jIvana susaMskAra pATho zIkhavatI. vIrano bodha saMbhaLAvatI, bhajano zIkhavatI, ema jIvanane AnaMdapUrNa banAvatI. have mahAmaMtrIe mAtaMgane nivRtta karI varSAsana ApI mukata karyo hato. te paNa meta vAsanA bALakone ane yuvAnone savarNone chAje tevuM zikSaNa Apato. gopadAdAe lUMTavAnuM zIkhavIne hakka jamAvyo hato. mAtaMge vaphAdArI ane sajjanatAnA pATho zIkhavI saunA mATe sthAna mokaLuM karato hato. jo ke je sAmAjika bheda hatA te sAva bhUlAI gayA na hatA. chatAM te saune saMtoSa hato. metArya yuvAna hato. ghaNI jhaDapathI svastha thaI gayo hato. zarIramAM have kazI ja takalIpha na hatI. A ghaTanA pachI metArya dhanadatta zeThanI sAthe dhaMdhA vyApAramAM guMthAI gayo hato. temAM vaLI teNe vicAra karyo ke A to pitAnI kamAI che. mAre paNa kaMI purUSArtha karavo joIe. tethI teNe paradeza kheDavAno vicAra karyo. mAtA-pitA pAse prastAva mUkyo. prathama mAtA to muMjhAI gayA. paNa metAryo mAtAne yuvAnImAM mAnave purUSArtha karavo joIe ema vAta samajAvI. Akhare kacavAte mane mAtA-pitAe rajA ApI. dhana saMpatti to aDhaLaka hatI tethI mAtA-pitA saciMta hatA chatAM putranA purUSArthanA bhAvane kAraNe saMmata thayA. kumAra metAryano purUSArtha preraka pravAsa metAryo have deza videza javAnI taiyArI zarU karI lIdhI hatI. Ame temano vyApAra aneka dezomAM kheDelo hato. vaLI zeTha dharma bhAvanAvALA hatA. tethI ati hiMsAyukta vyApArano dhanaprApti chatAM teno niSedha hato. dharmanI maryAdAmAM rahIne nItithI dhaMdho karatA. metArya temane anusarato, tene dhananI lolupatA na hatI. tethI nyAyathI dravya upArjana karatA. kayAreka koIne chetaravA ke achatano lAbha uThAvI bhAva vadhAro karatA nahi. kayAreka vyApArIone virodha khamavo paDato. paNa temanA puNya lakSmI temane tyAM vRddhi pAmatI. 78 anokhI maitrI

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metArya pitAnI jema nItithI dhaMdho karato. tethI temanI khyAti vRddhi pAmatI hatI. eTale deza ane paradezathI uttama kuLanI rUpavAna kanyAonA mAMgA AvatA. zeTha zeThANIne metAryane jaldI paraNAvavAnI bhAvanA hatI paNa metAryane svayaM paradeza javAnI IcchA hovAthI teoe vicAryuM ke bhale paradeza pharIne jAte ja kanyAone pArakhe. te bAbatamAM mitrasamA mahAmaMtrInI saMmati paNa meLavI lIdhI. metAryanA paradezanA pravAsa mATe kuzaLa bhomiyA, sArA sevako temAM vaLI mahAmaMtrIe nAnuM sainya ApyuM. eka zubha divase zubha muhUrte metAryane mahAmaMtrI tathA nagarInA janasamUhe paNa hAjara rahI zubha bhAvanAo sAthe vidAya ApI. metArya vividha dezomAM pravAsa kheDato, tyAM tene puNya yoge nagaranA sthAnikajano khUba AvakAra ApatA. dhanazreSThionI bhIDa rahetI. vyApAra to bevaDAI jato. uparAMta puNyazALI evA metAryane uMcA dhanazreSThio potAnI kanyA ApavAnI IcchA rAkhatA. kumArano eka ja javAba, huM to purUSArtha karavA pravAse nIkaLyo chuM. vaLI lagna jevI bAbatamAM mArA mAtA pitAnI saMmati atyaMta jarUrI hovAthI huM to svadeza pahoMcI pachI tamArI vAtano vicAra karIza. - kumAra dhanakuberanI rUpavAna kanyAonA mAMgA svIkArato nahi tyAre sAthIo salAha ApatA ke paradezano pravAsa kevaLa dhana prApti mATe nathI hoto paNa kuLalakSmInI prApti sAthe hoya che. kuLalakSmI vagaranI kevaLa dhanalakSmInuM zuM mUlya che? vaLI kanyA grahaNathI saMbaMdha vistAra pAmaze. jemAM vyApAramAM paNa lAbha che. tamArI vAta sAcI che paNa huM kevaLa kanyA grahaNanA mAdhyamathI vyApAra vikasAvavA mAMgato nathI. ApaNA snehathI sau ApaNA bane che. vaLI huM mAtA pitAnI saMmatino Adarza rAkhuM chuM. mATe kanyA grahaNanI utAvaLa karavI nathI. vyApAra arthe nIkaLI kumAre vArANasI, mithilA, kaMcanapura, kozala, caMpApurI vigere dezomAM kheDANa karI saunI sAthe snehanA anokhI maitrI 79

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jharaNA vahAvI dIdhA. lakSmI to jANe tenA caraNamAM vasI hatI. A pravAsa daramyAna kauzAMbInA rAjA zatAnika ane mahArANI mRgAvatInuM AmaMtraNa maLyuM. metAryo teno saharSa svIkAra karyo. ane bIje ja divase kauzAMbI tarapha prayANa karyuM. rAjA zatAnike nagaranA chellA daravAjAthI rAja barabAra sudhI pUrI nagarI zaNagArI hatI. pUrA sanmAnathI kumArano nagara praveza thayo. anyonya bheTa vidhi thaI. aMtaHpura pahoMcyA pachI sau sukhAsane beThayA. mRgAvatIe kahyuM ke cellaNA mArI nAnI bahena che. tamArA rAjayanI mahArANI che. vaLI mArI bIjI bahena dhAriNI hatI. dadhivAhana rAjAnI rANI hatI. paNa A rAjakAja bhaMDA. amArA mahArAje te deza para laDAI karI dadhivAhana mAryA gayA. mArI bahena ane bhANI kone khabara kayAM che teno kaMI patto nathI. metArya: mAnavane dhanano sattAno saMtoSa nathI tethI AvA banAvo bane che. mAnava potAno dharma bhUlI jAya che. chevaTe badhuM ahIMja mUkIne jAya che paNa sattAno mada bhaMDo che. hA, kumAra tamArI vAta sAcI che. paNa mohanuM baLa jIvane bhUlAve che. he kumAra amArI nagarImAM eka AzcaryakArI ghaTanA ghaTI che. te tamAre jANavA jevI che. jJAtaputrano abhigraha rANI kahe jJAtaputra mahAvIra amArA AMgaNe padhAryA che paNa divaso thayA, bhikSA mATe nIkaLe che ane pAchA phare che. pUrI nagarInA sau bhAviko ciMtita che ke jJAtaputranA cittamAM zuM abhigraha che te samajAtuM nathI. teonuM pAraNuM kayAre thaze ? mahArANI huM temanA nAmathI paricita chuM paNa meM pratyakSa joyA nathI. jo A nagarImAM mane temanA darzana thAya to mArA dhanabhAgya. rAjA, rANI ane metArya vAto karatA hatA tyAM to dAsadAsIo doDatA AvI gayA, rANI sAheba pelA yogI to kaMI paNa svIkAratA anokhI maitrI 8)

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nathI. A badhA pakavAnonA thALa roja roja ame pAchA laIne AvIe chIe. yogI gajaba che Aje pAMca mAsa uparAMta samaya thaI gayo paNa te to kaMI ja letA nathI. ghare ghare phare che ane prasanna vadane pAchA phare che. rANI A hakIkata sAMbhaLI duHkhI duHkhI thaI gayA ane bolI uThayA jo kAle yogI bhikSA grahaNa na kare to mAre paNa bhojana tyAga metArya A yogInA darzana karavA bhavya rAjamahelamAM rokAI gayA. deza dezanI carcAo karI. sau rAtrinA ArAma mATe uThayA. rAjA rANIe metAryanA svAgata mATe kazIja maNA rAkhI na hatI. metArya paNa rAjA rANInA premathI atyaMta AnaMdamAM hato. bIjA divasanA prabhAte e yogInA pAraNA mATe keTalAye zreSThIo potAnA AMgaNe rAha jotA hatA. yogI nIcI najare dhIrA pagalAM bharatAM tyAMthI pasAra thaI gayA. rAjamahela pAsethI pasAra thaI gayA. dareka sthaLe jarA uMcI najara kare ane tarataja nayano nIcA DhALI yogI AgaLa cAlyA jAya. rANInA nayano sajaLa thayA ke ame kevA hatubhAgI chIe ke ATalo vaibhava chatAM A yogI amArA A pakavAna pratye najara paNa mAMDatA nathI. amArA vaibhavanI kevI nirarthakatA che ! yogI rAjamahelanI AgaLa cAlyA. eka zreSThinI havelInA uMbarAmAM eka bALA ubhI hatI te beDIthI jakaDAyelI, mAthe mUMDaNavALI, sudhAthI mukha myAna thayelI. tenA hAthamAM pUrANA sUpaDAmAM thoDAM aDadanA bAphelA dANA hatA. te khAIne kSudhA zAMta karavAnA vicAramAM te uMbarAmAM ubhI hatI. tyAM to teNe AzcaryathI joyuM e yogI tenI sAme AvI ubhA hatA. eka divaso pahelA joyelA amIbharI najarovALA eja yogI ane tenA nayanomAM harSAzru ubharAyA. yogIno abhigraha pUro thayo hato. yogIe tenI samakSa potAnA be hAthane pasAryA. ane bALAnA haste pelA bAkaLA svIkArI tyAMja teno ubhA ubhA AhAra karyo. anokhI maitrI 81

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tyAM to devoe paMca divya karyA. dhanavRSTi thaI. karNa upakarNa A vAta thoDika kSaNomAM nagaramAM guMjI uThI ane rAjA rANI nagarajano sau tyAM doDI AvyA. jJAtaputrano jaya jaya kAra thaI rahyo. paNa A zuM jJAtaputre lagabhaga cha mAse rAjA rANI, aneka zreSThIoe dharelA pakavAnano anAdara karyo ane A dAsInA hAthanA bAphelA aDadanA bAkaLA svIkAryA ? ane A dIna hIna dAsI paNa kevI page beDIothI jakaDAyelI, mAthe mUMDana, sudhAthI piDita, tenA haste mUThIbhara bAkaLAmAM A yogIne zuM maLyuM.? e ja to caMdanAnA traNa divasanA samatAbharyA vIranA smaraNanuM rahasya hatuM. jJAtaputra pAchA pharatA bALA sAme amIbharI dRSTi nAMkhI ane eka Azcarya pragaTa thayuM. bALAnI paganI beDIo tUTI gaI hatI. mAthe keza kalApa dIpI uThayo hato. bALA prasanna thaI uThI. jANe tenuM jIvana A eka amI dRSTithI dhanya banI gayuM. te potAnuM sarva duHkha bhUlI gaI. metAryanI najara A tejapUrNa yogI para TharI gaI. jANe tene temAM anUpama dehadhArI prakAza pUMjanA darzana thayA! tenuM mana nAcI uThayuM. dhanyatA anubhavavA lAgyo. punaH punaH vaMdana karato rahyo. lokonA ToLAmAMthI gaNagaNATa thayo are A to dhanAvaha zeThanI dAsI, caMpAnagarInA yuddhanI jIta pachI subhaTa tene gulAma tarIke vecavA lAvyo hato. te zeThe kharIdI hatI. metArya bolI uThayo are mAtAnA sthAnane zobhAvatI strInuM vecANa ! teNe rAjAnI sAme joyuM. rAjA zaramathI nIcuM joI gayA. zuM mAnavo pazunI jema bajAramAM vecAya che? ApaNA rAjyonI kevI zaramajanaka kathanI che ! - rAjA zatAnika gahana vicAramAM paDI gayA. A eka gulAma strI nahi. paNa AvA to keTalAya mAnavo gulAma banyA haze. vecAyA haze. maryA haze. keTalA balidAna ane chevaTe maLavAnuM zuM? paNa have te vicAravA mATe rAjA ghaNA moDA hatA. 82 anokhI maitrI

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tyAM to eka ajANyo mAnava AgaLa Avyo. are, A to amArA rAjA dadhivAhananI rAjakanyA che. tenI AvI dazA ! te svayaM raDI paDyo. e caMpAnagarIno rAjasevaka bhAgIne bacI gayo hato. tenA mukhathI A udgAra sAMbhaLI rANI mRgAvatI doDI AvyA. ' are, mArI bhANI vasumatI ! tene vaLagI paDayA ane raDavA lAgyA. mahArAjA A to mArI vhenanI rAjakanyA. sattAnA madamAM tame caMpAnagarI jItI ne kevA pariNAmo nIpajAvyA. rANInuM rUdana cAlu hatuM. rAjA paNa bhAre glAni anubhavI rahyA. are mArA pApe keTalAya jIvo Ama duHkhI thayA haze. A kumaLI kaLI jevI rAjakanyAne mAthe zuM zuM vItyuM haze ? caMdanA dAsIe saune zAMta karyA. jJAtaputranI padharAmaNI mAre mATe svargarUpa che. tame rUdana karo nahiM. mArA janmonA duHkha TaLI gayA che. huM gulAma dAsI nathI. prabhu caraNanI sevaka chuM. rAjA rANI sAthe metArya AgaLa AvyA, teNe AdarapUrvaka caMdanAne vaMdana karI caraNaraja lIdhI. pachI to nagara vAsIoe tenuM anukaraNa karI caMdanAnI caraNaraja laI dhanya banyA. dAsI caMdanA nagaramAM pUjanIyatA pAmI e sarve jJAtaputranI kRpA hatI. rAjA rANInA premALa AvakAra pAmelA metAryo thoDA divasa rokAI AgaLanA pravAsa mATe rajA mAMgI vidAya thayo. manamAM te jJAtaputranA darzananI pAvanatA anubhavato. caMdanAnI mIThI smRtine vAgoLato AnaMda mANato hato. - mithilA, caMpA, tAmralipti, kaMcanapura, kAMDilya, kAzI, kozala, saurASTra vigere ATha dasa pradezomAM vividha vyApAra karI, lakSmIne coguNI karI kIrti kaLaza laI, deza videzanI kanyAonA mAMgAne yogya javAba ApI metArya saphaLa saphara karI potAnA vatana pAcho pharato hato. thoDAka mANasone AgaLathI mokalI mAtA pitAne samAcAra ApyA hatA. metAryanA aMtaHpurane bacAvyAnA prasaMga pachI vaLI vyApAra kSetre kuzaLa ane nItimattAne kAraNe have teo rAjyamAM ane nagaramAM anokhI maitrI 83

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janapriya thaI gayA hatA. AthI temanA AgamananA samAcAra jANI temanA svAgata mATe mahAmaMtrInA AdezathI purUM nagara zaNagAravAmAM AvyuM hatuM. evI mAnanicatAnI yogyatA te dharAvatA hatA. dhanazeThanA ane devazrInA AnaMdanA to cAre bAju jharaNA vahetA hatA. devazrInA heta prItanI koI sImA hoya ! havelInA ane zerInA zaNagAramAM to jANe svarga khaDuM karyuM hatuM. temAMya sevako pAse metAryanA vyApAranI, dezadezamAM temanA mAna, yazanI, kanyAonA mAMgAnI vAta sAMbhaLI mAtA-pitAnA sukhanI avadhi zuM rahe ! metAryanuM puNya paNa pUnamanA cAMdanI jema soLe kaLAe pragaTayuM hatuM. metAryano rAjagRhImAM uttama svAgata sAthe praveza thayo. havelIe mAtAe kaMku ane motIe vadhAvyo. rAtri divasa putranI saphaLa yAtrAnI vAto sAMbhaLI mAtA pitA prasanna thatA hatA. mahArAjA ane mahAmaMtrIe metAryano rAjasabhAmAM svAgata samAraMbha yojAyo hato. metAryo jayAre dezadezanA vyApAra samRddhi, anekavidha navAIbharI racanAo temAM paNa dareka dezanI suMdara strIonuM rasabharyuM varNana karyuM tyAre sau harSathI romAMcita thaI uThayA. aMte metAryo jayAre jJAtaputranA darzana ane caMdanAne AMgaNe thayelA che mAsanA pAraNAnuM bhAvabharyuM varNana karyuM tyAre sau pelI zRMgAra kathA bhUlI gayA. saunI najaramAM jJAtaputranA darzananI smRti tAjI thaI. sau e prasaMga sAMbhaLavAmAM bhAvavibhora banI gayA. he, sabhAjano! A to meM tamane eka prasaMga kahyo paNa te samaye jJAtaputranuM prasannavadana, tejasvI kAyA, dIrgha tapa chatAM saumyatA nihALIne dhanya banI gayo. temAMya jayAre cha mAsanA upavAsa pachI caMdanAne AMgaNe AvyA tyAre temanI karUNAbhInI daSTimAM to jANe vizvakalyANanI bhAvanA dazya thatI hatI. AhAramAM sUkA aDadanA bAkuLA maLyA chatAM temanI mukhamudrAmAM prasannatA jharatI hatI. te dezya to koI anupama hatuM. tenuM varNana karavAnI paNa mArI zakti nathI. nagarajano H cha mAsanA upavAsa ! are, upavAsa e ja jANe temanI upAsanA hatI. temanuM mauna 84 anokhI maitrI

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mahA preraka hatuM. temanA pagale pagale prabhutA pragaTatI hatI. sUrya jevuM prakAzita bhAla, sAgara samA gaMbhIra, caMdranA jevuM zItaLa mukhAviMdanu zuM varNana karavuM. ! vaLI kumAre jayAre beDI jaDelI caMdanAnuM varNana karyuM tyAre saunA nayana sajaLa banyA. prabhu caMdanAnA AMgaNe padhAryA te samayano prasaMga te sarvene Azcarya pamADI gayo ane beDIo tUTI kezakalApa dIpI uThayo e divyatA adbhUta hatI. rAjA prajA sau bolI uThayA metArya tamArA pravAsanA purUSArthane dhanya che. temAM paNa tamane jJAtaputranA darzana thayA svacakSu vaDe nihALelA prasaMganuM, prabhunI garimAnA adbhUta varNane amane pAvana karyA. dhanya metAryakumAra. have te mAnaniya thaI gayA. mahArAjA, mahAmaMtrI anukrame saunA krama pramANe saue metAryanuM abhivAdana karyuM. dhanadatta ane devazrInA haiyA nAcI rahyA hatA. divaso sudhI A dharma sahitanuM arthakAmanuM varNana videzanI suMdarIonuM rasaprada varNana. temAM aMte jJAtaputranA darzananuM varNana lokonA mukhe pragaTa thatuM rahyuM. metArya thoDA divasa mAna samAraMbhonA kAryo, vyApAranA kAryothI virAma pAmyA. tyAM to videzathI je je kanyAonA kaheNa hatA te sau kanyAonA citro ane varNano AvatA rahyA. mAtA pitA te sarva joI AnaMdita thayA. temAM sAta kanyAonI pasaMdagI karI vaLatA javAba ApyA. e prasaMganI lagabhaga cha mAsa sudhImAM taiyArI karavAnI hatI. zeTha zeThANI te aMgenI anekavidha taiyArI karavAmAM joDAyA hatA. zeTha vyApArathI nivRtta thayA hatA. tethI metArya pote saghaLo vyApAra saMbhALatA hatA. vaLI lagnanI taiyArI paNa cAlatI hatI. abhayamaMtrIno rAjayanA saMbaMdhe ane maitrIbhAve pUro sahakAra hato. eTale lagnotsavamAM zuM maNA rahe ? pUrA nagaramAM metAryanA lagnano utsAha hato. te mATe aneka carcAo thatI hatI. lagna prasaMgamAM kevA utsavo thaze. sAta kanyAo kevI sauMdaryavAna anokhI maitrI 85

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haze ! vaLI metArya kumAranI kIrtinA kAraNe rAjA mahArAjAo Avaze. loko kahetA metArya mahA puNyazALI che ! rohiNeyanuM adhuruM zamaNuM ? rohiNeye mahArAjA AdinI cAra divasanI gerahAjarImAM zreSThionA dhana lUMTayA. paNa rAja khajAno lUMTI, be divasa rAja siMhAsana para besavAnuM zamaNuM to apUrNa rahyuM. teno tene raMja hato. lUMTa vakhate mAtaMga-metAryanA parAkramathI aMtaHpuramAM praveza karI na zakayo. ane bhAgI chUTayo. parantu tenA cittamAMthI hajI peluM zamaNuM zakyuM na hatuM. rohiNeyane phakata khajAnAnI lUMTa karavI na hatI. e lUMTamAM dhana to aDhaLaka meLavyuM hatuM. chatAM te e vastune nirarthaka mAnato hato. tene to magadharAjanI anaupasthitimAM nagarImAM evo prabhAva pADavo hato ke te siMhasAna para be divasa besIne potAnA nAmano mahArAja tarIke jaya jayakAra thAya. tenI te AzA adhUrI rahI. chatAM te nirAza thayo na hato. vaLI kaMIka yojanAo ghaDato hato. tene hatuM ke jo huM ekavAra siMhAsana para besuM to pachI amArI jAtimAM e paraMparA cAlu thaze. ane dAdAnI IcchA pramANe amArUM eka rAja astitvamAM Avaze. sAthIdAro kahetA, ame tamArI sAthe chIe. eTale ApaNuM kArya siddha karIne ja rahIzuM. sau bhegA maLI roja avanavA prayogono vicAra vimarza karatA hatA. jo ke mahAmaMtrI rAjayamAM ati kuzAgratAthI kArabhAra karatA hatA. tethI rohiNeyane sahelAIthI saphaLatA maLe tema na hatI. vaLI mahAmaMtrI paNa tene jIvato pakaDavAnI peravI karatA hatA. rohiNeyane pakaDavo te mahAmaMtrI mATe moTo koyaDo hato. Akhare temaNe Ayojana karIne pallIne gherI lIdhI. nadI kinArAnA rohiNeyanA sainike doDatA AvIne rohiNeyane khabara ApI ke mahAmaMtrIe pallIne gherI lIdhI che. huM ghAyala thaIne mAMDa mAMDa ahIM pahoMcyo chuM. rohiNeya camakayo, zuM mahAmaMtrI jAte ja mArI sAme yuddhe caDhavA 86 anokhI maitrI

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AvyA che. teNe amuka avAja karI sAthIone bhegA karyA. nikaTanA sAthI keyure kahyuM tame surakSita jagAe pahoMco ame mahAmaMtrIne pahoMcI vaLIzuM. keyura keTalAka sAthIo sAthe svayaM mahAmaMtrI pAse hAjara thayo. te saune jelamAM mokalI ApavAmAM AvyA. - rohiNeya ema pAcho zA mATe paDe? te sajja thaIne nIkaLyo tyAM mahAmaMtrIno bheTo thaI gayo. bannee sAma sAme tIrano varasAda varasAvyo. bannenA ghoDA ghAyala thaI gayA. banne pagapALA AgaLa pAchaLa doDatA hatA. girikaMdarAno paricita rohiNeya moTI chalAMgo mArI dUra nIkaLI jato. mahAmaMtrI paNa jIva mATe pagapALA doDatA rahyA. temane mATe A bhUmi ajANI hatI. chatAM rAjayanA sainikonI madadathI te rohiNeyanI najIka AvI gayA hatA. mahAmaMtrInA tIrathI rohiNeya page ghAyala thayo. tIrane kheMcIne doDato rahyo. tyAM tenA page zULa vAgI. chatAM te doDato rahyo. paNa zULanI vedanAthI te have doDI na zakayo. eTale te zULo kADhavA nIce beTho tyAM tene kAne koI madhura avAja Avyo, oha Ato jJAtaputranI vANIno avAja Avyo. te samaye apApApurImAM jJAtaputra mahArAja kevaLajJAna pAmyA hatA. deva racita samavasaraNamAM temanI divyadhvaninA paDaghA eka yojana sudhI patharAI jatA hatA. prathama to teNe kAnamAM AMgaLI khosI doDavA mAMDayuM. paNa vedanAne kAraNe doDI na zakayo. eTale AMgaLIo kADhIne zULa kADhavA nIce beTho tyAM teNe mAtra sAMbhaLyuM ke deva jamInathI addhara cAle, devane parasevo na vaLe. temanI AMkhanI pAMpaNonI palaka na thAya. temanI mALA na karamAya. vaLI devaloknA sukhanA vaibhavanuM varNana sAMbhaLyuM. - A zabdo kAne paDatA rohiNeyane potAnI jAta mATe pratijJAbhaMgathI dhikkAra chUTyo. zULanA dardathI te ubho thaI na zakayo. najIka AvelA mahAmaMtrInA sevakoe tenA gaLAmAM dUrathI doraDAno phAMsalo nAMkhI tene pakaDI lIdho. Ama rohiNeya jIvato pakaDAyo hato. rohiNeyane pakaDayA pachI mahAmaMtrIe rAjasevakone nagara tarapha mokalI samAcAra mokalAvyA ke rohiNeyane jIvato pakaDI mahAmaMtrI 87 anokhI maitrI

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AvI rahyA che. pUrA gAmamAM vAta jAhera thatAM kUtuhalabharyA nagarajanonA ToLA cArebAju bhegA thayA hatA. rohiNeyano nATakiya paraco rohiNeya pakaDAI gayo, te vicArato hato, dAdAe kahyA pramANe rAja sthApavuM dUra rahyuM paNa have phAMsIne mAMcaDe caDhavuM paDaze. tyAM tene potAnI rUpa badalavAnI vidyA yAda AvI. teNe maMtra sAdhya karI potAnuM rUpa badalI nAMkhyuM. pAtaLA dUbaLA kheDUta jevuM rUpa karyuM. sainiko to rohiNeyane jIvato pakaDavAnA gelamAM hatA. teo AvI kaMI vidhi joI zakayA nahiM. phAMsalo bharavelA rohiNeyane AgaLa rAkhI teo pAchaLa cAlatA hatA. mahAmaMtrI khuzamAM hatA. rohiNeyano varaghoDo hoya tema tene laI mahAmaMtrI tathA sainiko AvI rahyA hatA. mAnavamedanI rohiNeyane jovA, mahAmaMtrIno jayakAra karavA ustuka hatI. paNa A zuM ? sau bolavA lAgyA. A te kaMI rohiNeya che ? Avo dubaLo pAtaLo garIbaDo rohiNeya hoya ? sau hasatA hasatA vAto karatA. mahAmaMtrI e sAMbhaLIne muMjhAyA. ema A varaghoDo rohiNeya sAthe rAjasabhAmAM pahoMcyo. saune Azcarya thayuM ke zuM A rohiNeya che ? mahAmaMtrI vicAramAM paDayA ke pakaDelo rohiNeya kayAM ane hAla baMdhanamAM rahelo mANasa kayAM ? zuM banyuM te kaMI kaLI zakAyuM nahiM. mahAmaMtrI kSobha pAmI gayA. temane thayuM rohiNeya kaMIka prapaMca karI gayo che. koI vidyAbaLe teNe rUpa badalyuM haze ? pakaDAyelA rohiNeyane mahArAjA samakSa hAjara karyo. te mANasa rAjAne karagaravA lAgyo ke huM garIba kheDUta chuM. mane pakaDIne lAvyA che. mAro kaMI vAMka gUno nathI mane nyAya Apo. rohiNeyane jIvato pakaDavAnI yazagAthA rAjasabhAmAM ne nagaramAM gavAtI hatI. mahAmaMtrIno jaya jayakAra bolAto hato tyAM vaLI A garIba mANase nyAya mAMgyo. mahAmaMtrI muMjhAyA. temaNe mAtaMga ane metAryane bolAvyA jeo rohiNeyathI paricita hatA. teoe AvIne jAhera karyuM ke A rohiNeya nathI. 88 anokhI maitrI

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thoDIvAra pahelA mahAmaMtrInA rohiNeyane jIvato pakaDavAnA samAcAre nagaramAM prazaMsAnA avAjo uThatA hatA. te sau have hasavA lAgyA. mahAmaMtrI ane sainiko have zaramAvA lAgyA. A badhI muMjhavaNa TALavA mahArAjAe svayaM rohiNeyane pUchayuM ke rohiNeya tuM kuzaLa che ne? huM rohiNeya nathI, te to raDavA lAgyo. huM to garIba kheDUta chuM. rohiNeya mArA khetara pAsethI pasAra thato hato. teNe zaMkAthI mane page tIra mAryuM. ane uMcakI dUra mUkI dIdho. pachI A sainikoe mane pakaDI lIdho. mahAmaMtrI kSobha pAmI gayA. paNa teone lAgyuM ke A rohiNeyanuM kapaTa che te vidyAbaLa dehane badalIne beTho che. tethI temaNe kahyuM ke mahArAja A ja rohiNeya che. teNe cAlAkI karI che. tene sajA thavI ghaTe. mahArAja: aparAdhIne sajA to karavI ghaTe paNa magadhanA rAjyamAM nyAya che ke gunegArano guno pUravAra thavo joIe. tyAM metArya rohiNeya pAse AvyA. temaNe khUba jhINavaTathI joyuM ane temane lAgyuM ke A che to rohiNeya paNa teNe kaMIka cAlAkI karI che. tethI kahyuM ke mahArAja A rohiNeya lAge che. ema zaMkA bharelA nirNayathI sajA na thAya. temAM koI nirdoSa diMDAI jAya to magadharAjayanA nyAyane lAMchana lAge. mATe zaMkArahita aparAdha pUravAra thavo joIe. Akhare mahArAjAe jAhera karyuM ke mahAmaMtrIjI sAta divasamAM tame gunegAranI sAbIti Apo pachI nyAya karazuM. thAkelA, bhUkhyA, tarasyA mahAmaMtrI ane sainiko nirAza thaI gayA. chatAM e badhuM bhUlIne mahAmaMtrI potAnI kuzAgratA kAme lagADavA madhyA. metArya paNa AzcaryamAM paDI gayA ke A zuM banI gayuM ? rAhiNeya mahAmaMtrIne AbAda chetarI rahyo che. rohiNeya svargamAM ? rohiNeyane nIlakamala suMdara devImahelamAM rAkhavAmAM Avyo. sevAmAM parI jevI strIo ane nRtyAMganA rAkhI hatI. cAre bAju AkarSaka citro hatA. vaLI pelA garIba jaNAtA kheDUtane AhAra anokhI maitrI 89

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sAthe surApAna karAvyuM. tethI te ardha bebhAna jevo phUla zayyAmAM paDyo hato. suMdarIonA mRdusparzathI te sukhamAM lIna thato hato. tyAM vaLI te kaMIka bhAnamAM Avyo. teNe puchayuM ke he, devIo tame koNa cho? ane mane kayAM lAvyA cho? mane A badhu aparicita lAge che. svAmI A svargabhUmi che. tame tamArA puNyathI A devavimAnamAM AvyA cho. vaLI suMdarIo tenA dehane paMpALatI vahAla karatI hatI. pelo purUSa AzcaryathI joI rahyo. tyAM bIjI keTalIye suMdarIo nRtya karavA lAgI. AhAranA rasa thALa laIne keTalIka suMdarIo hAjara thaI. Ama roja navA navA nRtyo, navuM surApAna navA bhoga ema che divasa pUrA thayA. have chellA divasanI pUrI mahenata karavAnI hatI. devIo bolI : svAmI, have tame A saunA mAlika cho. A sarva bhoga tamArA mATe che. have ame tamane vilepana, abhiSeka karIne sajja karIzuM. pachI tame bhoga bhogavajo. paNa tamAro abhiSeka karatA pahelA tamAre tamArA pUrvabhavanA sukRtyo ane duSkRtyonuM varNana karavuM paDe. tevI A svargapurInI vidhi che. sukRtya ane duSkRtya ! hA ! devalokamAM navA svargavAsI mATe A prathA che. rohiNeya have pUrA bhAnamAM hato. ene kaMIka vicAra Avyo. devalokamAM vaLI sukRtya ane duSkRtyano hisAba maMDAya che? zuM pelo rohiNeya marIne ahiM jamyo che ? te ardha vastradhArI nRtya karatI suMdarIo tarapha jovA lAgyo. darekanA kaMThamAM suMdara sugaMdhita mALA hatI. RSio paNa chaLI uThe tevo zRMgAra rasa chalakAI rahyo hato. svAmI, cAlo have ApaNe jaLakuMDa pAse jaIe. he svAmI! A svargabhUmi che. temAM sadA cha RtuonuM mRdu vAtAvaraNa sarjAyeluM ja rahe che. kyAreya phaLa, phula, pAna karamAtA nathI. pazuo, mRgalAo paNa svargIyarUpavALA hoya che. svAmI A sarvenA tame mAlika cho. vaLI e parI jevI navayauvanA tene mRdu hAtha vaDe pakaDI bIjA khaMDamAM laI gaI. e vizALakhaMDa atyaMta zobhAyamAna udyAnano hato. temAM pharatI suMdarIonuM rUpa ajabanuM hatuM. pelo garIba kheDUta ghaDIbhara anokhI maitrI 9O

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madamAM AvI gayo. paNa tene pelI vAta yAda AvI sukRtyo ane duSkRtyo kahevAnA ? - tyAM vaLI trIjA khaMDamAM AvyA te khaMDanI havA ja mAdakatAthI bharelI hatI. yogI chaLI jAya tevA zRMgAra citrothI divAlo maDhI hatI. vaLI bIjI suMdarI tenI sAme AvI. pAtaLA vastromAM khIlelA yauvana sAthe tenI najIka AvI hAtha pakaDI AgaLanA khaMDamAM laI gaI. taMdrAmAM paDelo kheDUta vicAramAM paDI jato. ahIM to vaLI sAkSAta megharAjA padhAryA hatA. tenI varSomAM paNa kaMI abhUtatA hatI (e vAstavika varSA na hatI paNa evI racanA hatI.) nAtha tame have zramita thayA hazo. hajI AvA to ghaNA khaMDo che. tame temanA svAmI cho. devIoe rohiNeyane abhiSeka Adi vidhi mATe ati komaLa evA hAtha vaDe calAvI aneka prakAranA bhogothI bharapUra moTA jaLakuMDa pAse laI AvI. have te pUrA bhAnamAM AvI gayo hato. tenA hAthane banne bAju pakaDIne apsarAo cAlatI hatI. tenA hAtha paranI bhInAza rohiNeyane sparzatI hatI. cha cha divasanA zrama pachI A mAnavIya apsarAo zramita thaI hatI. temanI AMkho zramathI palaka palaka thatI hatI. punaH vinavavA lAgI. nAtha have abhiSeka karatA pahelA tamArA sukRtyo ane duSkRtyo kaho. vaLI A bhUmimAM abhiSeka thatAM tamArA badhA duSkRtyo nAza pAmaze. kevaLa tamArA sukRtyo jAhera thaze. pachI cirakALa sudhI A sarva bhoganA tame svAmI thazo. - rohiNeya ghaDIbhara to zRMgAra rasamAM AkarSAyo. parantu tarata ja sAvadha thayo. teNe potAnA sukRtyo kahevA mAMDyA. he, devIo ! huM pRthvI para sAdhusaMtonI sevA karato. nirdoSa jIvana jIvato enA pariNAme A svargamAM Avyo chuM. tame ja vicAra karo duSkRtyovALo A svargapurImAM kevI rIte Ave ? nyAyanA divasanI avadhi pUrI thaI hatI. zramita devIonA zarIra para parasevo thato hato. temanI mALA karamAtI hatI. vaLI rohiNeye dhyAna daIne joyuM ke temanI AMkho palaka palaka thatI hatI. anokhI maitrI ( 1

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ane te sarve jamIna para paga mUkIne cAlatI hatI. tarata ja rohiNeyanA magajamAM vIjaLInI jema eka jhabakAro thayo. ane tene jJAtaputranA na chUTake sAMbhaLelA vacano yAda AvyA. ' are, jJAtaputranA vacanonuM svargalokanuM varNana ane A devIonuM dazya banne judA lAge che. ane teNe vicArI lIdhuM kuzaLa mahAmaMtrIe mane guno kabula karAvavA bhAre zrama karIne A racanA karI che. ane teNe tarata ja nirNaya karyo ke bhale dAdAnuM vacana pALI na zakyo. paNa jJAtaputranA vacana sAcA che te pUravAra thayuM che. eTale ghaNI vinavaNI chatAM sAvadha banIne te sukRtyo kaheto rahyo. have apsarAo nirAza thaI vimAsaNamAM paDI. rohiNeya niSa Tharyo ane chUTayo tyAM to daivImahelanA guptadvArathI mukhyamaMtrI ane metArya bahAra AvyA. sau apsarAo bIjA khaMDomAM cAlI gaI. - mahAmaMtrI : he, naravIra, tArI kaLAne, saMyama ane zuravIratAne dhanya che. AvA kAma bhoganA sAdhano vacce te pavitratA jALavI che. tuM rohiNeya che te huM jANuM chuM. aparAdhI tarIke pUravAra thavAnA abhAve magadhanuM nyAya taMtra tane mukata kare che. tuM have mukata che. he, naravIra, tArI zaktino vyaya na karatA sadupayoga karaje. jJAtaputrano bodha sAco che ke mAnava tenA kartavyathI uMcA ke nIca che. tArU kalyANa thAo ane tArI zaktino sadupayoga karaje. metAryo paNa tene zubhAziSa ApI. - rohiNeya mukata thayo. hajI savAranA prakAza pUrNa pragaTayo na hato. mArge jatAM Aje tenA paga tenI girikaMdarAo tarapha upaDatA na hatA. tenA manamAM bhAre manomaMthana cAlI rahyuM hatuM. - te vicArato hato ke mahAmaMtrIe mAro aparAdha pUravAra thAya tenI kAmabhogayukata adbhuta racanAo karI. jo huM saheja paNa lobhAyo hota to phAMsInA mAMcaDo mArA mATe nakkI hato. hA, paNa Akhare mane sAcuM bhAna kema thayuM. ke A mAyAjALa che. sAcI svargapUrI nathI. hA, pelA jJAtaputranA kamane sAMbhaLelA anokhI maitrI 92

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zabdo ke je sAMbhaLIne dAdAne vacanabhaMga thavAno mane dhikkAra chUTayo hato. te ja vacanoe mane Aje bacAvyo che. AthI lAge che ke jJAtaputra sAcA jJAnI che. jemanA vacanonuM amRta ja mAre mATe amRta banyu che. dAdAe jJAtaputranI avagaNanA karI, pote samartha zaktivALA chatAM azAMtimAM jIvyA. lUMTaphATamAM jIvana vyartha gumAvyuM. Ama vicArato te potAne sthAne javA nadI kinAre Avyo. paNa tenA dilamAM pelA jJAtaputranuM smaraNa ghUMTAtuM ja hatuM. dAdA tene potAnA kuLano zatru gaNatA. paNa temaNe mRtyu sudhI meLavyuM zuM? mane zuM ApatA gayA ? vairanI javALA, jemAM huM paNa zuM sukha pAmyo ! mArA sAthIoe zuM meLavyuM ! vaLI A jJAtaputra samRddha kSatriyakuLamAMthI Ave che. ene janakalyANanI jhaMkhanA sivAya kaMI apekSA nathI. tenA thoDA vacanathI huM bacyo. paNa have zuM? pAchI eja lUMTaphATa ane ajaMpAbharyuM jIvana ! tenA hRdayamAM pokAra uThayo. "nA" mAre evuM jIvana jIvavuM nathI. mArA dAdAnI jJAtaputrane samajavAnI bhUla hatI. ane ame sau paNa bhUlyA. vaLI tenA manomaMthanane kAraNe tenA cittamAM eka vIjaLI jevo camakAro thayo, ke mAre jJAtaputranA zaraNe javuM. ane A nirdayatA bharyA jIvanano tyAga karavo. mane e jJAtaputra ja sAco rAha batAvaze. Ama vicArI te nadIkinArethI svasthAne na jatA nagara tarapha pAcho pharyo. tyAre AkAzamAM sUraja sAta ghoDe caDhIne prakAza pAtharI rahyo hato. te prakAzamAM rohiNeyane paNa manamAM anero prakAza maLato hato. zreNika rAjA prathama bauddhadharmanA anuyAyI hatA. paraMtu vIra bhakta callaNAnA saMparkathI teo jJAtaputranA dharma pratye jhUkayA hatA. yadyapi temaNe celaNAnI zraddhAnI kasoTIo paNa karI hatI. paraMtu celUNAmAM evuM satva hatuM, tatvanA bodhanuM jJAna hatuM tethI te khUba dhIrajapUrvaka mahArAjAne jJAtaputranA dharmanI vAto saMbhaLAvatI. vaLI zreNika rAjAne callaNA pratye ati sneha hato. tenI kuzaLatAmAM vizvAsa hato. tenI 93 anokhI maitrI

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sAthe sunaMdArANI paNa ekamata hatA. mahAmaMtrI to prathamathI ja jJAtaputranA cAhaka hatA. dina pratidina zreNika mahArAja prabhunA sAcA bhakata tarIke pragaTa thayA. Aje prabhunA pavitra pagalA rAjagRhImAM thavAnA hatA. te pahelA te cetyavanamAM birAjayA hatA. loko AnaMdathI nAcatA gAtA jatA hatA. vAjiMtro suro relAI rahyA hatA. te lagabhaga nagaranA daravAje pahoMcyo tyAre magadharAja, mahArANI, magadhanA mahAmaMtrI saparivAra tathA kumAra metArya jJAtaputranA samavasaraNa bAju jaI rahyA hatA. te uparAMta nagaranA saMgho, anya prajAjano paNa bhAre utsAhamAM svAgatanI sAmagrI laIne saullAsa jaI rahyA hatA. A uparAMta meta jevA zudronA maMDaLo paNa nAcatA, gAtA jaI rahyA hatA. saune apUrva ullAsa hato. nirAza thayelo rohiNeya A sarva joIne Azcarya pAmyo. teNe pUchayuM tame sau kayAM jaI rahyA cho ? ame sau jJAtaputranA darzane jaI rahyA chIe. ghaDIbhara tene dAdAnA vacano yAda AvyA te vicAravA lAgyo ke dAdAne ApelA vacananuM zuM? paratu tarata tene pelA cAra vAkayothI phAMsInI kamotanI sajAmAMthI chUTayAnI smRti thaI ane te paNa ullAsathI doDaDyo ane sauthI prathama jJAtaputra pAse pahoMcI. temanA caraNamAM jhUkI gayo. rohiNeya jJAtaputrane zaraNe. he, svAmI ! huM rohiNeya cora, luMTAro, DAku mane tamArA kamane sAMbhaLelA vacane phAMsInA mAMcaDe caDato bacAvyo che. mArA para Apano mahA upakAra che. mane pApIne Apa zaraNa Apazo? ' are rohiNeya ! dharmanA kSetramAM pApI koNa puNyavAna koNa? uMcA ke nIca koNa ? dharmanuM zaraNa saune samAna gaNe che. te dharma ahiMsA, saMyama ane tapa dvArA prApta thAya che. tenA pAlana mATe krodhAdi tyajI samabhAvanI ArAdhanA mATe sAdhu thavuM ghaTe. paNa prabhu, huM to mahA pApI chuM. mArA pApanuM varNana zuM karuM? huM kevI rIte ApanA pavitra dharmane pAtra banuM? te punaH bolyo. anokhI maitrI 84

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huM rohiNeya svayaM lUMTAro chuM. mAruM lohI lUMTanA-khUnanA kAryonI apavitratAthI bhareluM che. pariSadamAM hAjara rahelA mAnavIo camakayA koIka vaLI gabharAyA ke A rohiNeyano koI navo prapaMca to nahi hoya ? A mahApApI kevI rIte dharma prApta karI zake ? prabhue karUNAbhInI draSTithI kahyuM jIvamAtra dharmane pAtra che. bhayaMkara pApI paNa pazcAtApanA agnimAM pApane bALI zake che. rohiNeya tuM saMyamI ane zUravIra che. tuM sAco pazcAtApa karI potAnI jAtane pavitra banAvI zake che. he prajAjano, tame nirbhaya rahejo ane tene udAra cittathI nihALajo. rohiNeya be hAtha joDI prabhunA caraNanI raja lIdhI, jJAtaputranuM zaraNuM laI yati dharma svIkAravA taiyAra thayo. - hA, paNa prabhu huM sAdhudharma svIkAruM te pahelA mArA pAponuM prAyazcita karI lauM. magadharAjano meM mahA aparAdha karyo che. deha palaTo karI mahAmaMtrIne chetaryA che. prajAne lUMTI ghaNuM dhana bheguM karyuM che. te dhana saune sopI dauM. mahArAja, mahAmaMtrI, prajA saunI kSamA mAMgI lauM ! vaLI jo teo mArA gunAnI sajA kare to te bhogavI levA taiyAra chuM. kAraNa ke phAMsInI sajAnA bhayathI meM ApanuM zaraNuM lIdhuM nathI. ApanA satya dharmano meM svIkAra karIne zaraNuM lIdhuM che. tyAM to magadharAja, mahAmaMtrI ! parivAra sAthe AvI pahoMcyA. teNe tarata ja magadharAja ane mahAmaMtrIne caraNe namI caraNaraja lIdhI. he magadharAja, he mahAmaMtrI huM rohiNeya, tamAro gunegAra. meM kAyApalaTa karI mahAmaMtrIne chetaryA hatA. A sAMbhaLatA sAthenA parivAranA sau gabharAI uThayA. rohiNeya ! cora, lUMTAro ! huM tamArI tathA tamArI prajAnI mArA bhayaMkara aparAdha badala mAphI mAMgI rahyo chuM. meM prabhunuM zaraNa svIkAryuM che. prabhu pAse sAdhu dharma aMgIkAra karavAnI bhAvanA rAkhuM chuM. ane teNe ati namratAthI saune be hAtha joDI kSamA mAMgI. tyAre, saunA cittamAMthI bhaya to nIkaLI gayo paNa sau gadgad thaI gayA. anokhI maitrI 95

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he mahArAja, huM ane mArA pakaDAyelA sAthIo amArA aparAdhanI sajA bhogavavA taiyAra chIe. jo mArA sAthIo chUTA thaze to teo paNa mArA mArge Avaze. tenI khAtrI Apu chuM. potAnA sAthIono Avo vizvAsa! mahArAja, mahAmaMtrI, metArya sonA mana A naravIranI dIlAvarI para jhUkI gayA. mahAmaMtrI : teo svamAnabharyA mukta thaze. magadharAja tamArA saunA tyAga ane udAratA mATe prasanna che. tamane koI sajA karavAnI rahetI nathI. prabhunuM zaraNa lenAra sajAne pAtra nathI. mahAmaMtrInI AjJAthI subhaTo thoDIvAramAM pakaDAyelA tenA sAthIo ane tenA nikaTanA mitra keyurane laI AvyA. keyura meM jJAtaputranuM svecchAe zaraNuM svIkAryuM che. mane samajAyuM che ke temano dharma satya che. samAnatAno che. pachI teNe keyurane tamAma dravya mahArAjAne arpaNa karI devAnI AjJA karI. prathama keyura kaMI samajI na zakayo. tene lAgyuM ke potAno netA aparAdhI tarIke pakaDAI gayo che. tethI phAMsInI sajAnA kAraNe khajAno arpaNa karavAnuM kahetA haze ? he, svAmI ! tamAre badale huM sajA bhogavavA taiyAra chuM. tame zA mATe jJAtaputranI zaraNAgati svIkAro cho? dAdAnI pratijJAno bhaMga karo cho ? he, keyura ! mArA dAdAne ane mane je rAjaya meLavavAnI jhaMkhanA hatI te asatya hatI. tenA karatAM paNa mane moTuM rAjaya prabhu pAsethI maLI gayuM che. huM to jJAtaputrano ziSya banI dhanya thaI gayo. nirarthaka gumAveluM jIvana pAchuM sArthaka thavA maLyuM che. huM have sAdhu thaIza. te pahelA devuM cUkavI devuM joIe. mATe mahAmaMtrInI AjJA mujaba subhaTone laIne jA ane badhI ja milkata temane arpaNa karI de. keyure AjJA ziromAnya karI kartavya bajAvyuM. saMpUrNa saMpatti soMpIne keyura pAcho Avyo ane rohiNeyane namIne ubho rahyo. svAmI ! jayAM tame tyAM ame, amane paNa pApI jIvanathI tAro ane pavitra jIvana jIvavAnI taka Apo. 96 anokhI maitrI

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are ! tAranArA to A jJAtaputra che. temane caraNe namo. temanA cAra vacana mAtrathI huM to muktinA dvAra sudhI pahoMcI jaIza. tamane saune paNa enuM zaraNuM maLo. Ama rohiNeyanA keTalAka mitroe paNa sAdhupaNuM svIkAravAnI bhAvanA karI. magadharAja : prabhu eka vinaMtIno svIkAra karo, amane traNa divasa Apo. ame A naravIra ane tenA sAthIonA saMsAra tyAganA prasaMgane ujavavA mAMgIe chIe. dAdAe je kArya mATe UMdho mArga pakaDayo hato ane rohiNeyane pratijJAbaddha karyo hato. te paNa UMdhe mArge doravAyo hato. chatAM rohiNeyanA bhAgya sAco mArga maLI gayo. UMca nIcanA bheda vagara e saunA saMsAra tyAgano utsava rAjA prajAe eka meka thaI ujavyo. tyAre rAjagRhInI dharatI dhanya banI gaI. jJAtaputranI sudhAvANIno A prabhAva hato. maMtra vidyA vaDe kAyApalaTa karI rohiNeye mahAmaMtrIne chetaryA hatA te rohiNeye have jIvana parivartana veza, parivartana karIne saune sAnaMdAzcaryamAM mUkI dIdhA. AvuM hatuM prabhu mahAvIranI upasthitinuM mAhAbhya. khUnIo muni banIne mukti pAmatA. are hiMsaka pazuo paNa mitra banI jatA. vAtsalya ane karUNAthI bhareluM vAtAvaraNa keTalAyanA verajherane pacAvIne amRtane relAvatuM. amRtanuM rasapAna karI jIvo amara banI jatAM. rohiNeya ane anya bhavyAtmAono dIkSA mahotsava ujavAI gayo. savizeSa rANI celaNAnA Agamana pachI mahArAjAmAM dharmano navo prANa pUrAyo hato. nagaravAsIomAM paNa tenI suvAsa prasarI hatI. prabhunI dezanAnuM amRtapAna karavA mAhola umaTayo hato. deva racita samavasaraNamAM prabhu siMhAsana para birAjamAna thayA. pachI rAjA, prajA, uMca, nIca sau bhedabhAva vagara yathAsthAne goThavAI gayA. AThaprAtihAryayukta samavasaraNa dIpI uThayuM hatuM. prabhunI dezanAnuM mAhAbhya prabhunI dezanA zarU thaI. saMsAramAM mohanuM sAmrAjaya prabaLa che tethI jIva svadharmane gauNa kare che. paraMtu AtmaguNomAM je sukha che te A nazvara sukhamAM nathI. he mahAnubhAvo ! cAra divasanI cAMdanI anokhI maitrI 97

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jevA A sukhothI aMjAI na jatA. have jAgo Avo avasara punaH punaH nahi maLe. he mahAnubhAvo ! jIvamAtramAM zuddha caitanyano vAsa che. A badhA bheda karmanI vicitratAnA che. chatAM mAnava potAnA guNa ane sadAcArathI yogyatAne prApta kare che. tyAre brAhmaNa zudranA bheda rahetA nathI. mATe satkarma vaDe AtmAnI zuddhatA ArAdhI doSonI zudratAne dUra karI mAnavajIvana sArthaka karo. eka paLa paNa gumAvavA jevI nathI. bhagavAna mahAvIranA caturvidha saMghanI sthApanAne kAraNe magadharAjayamAM dharmano DaMko vAgI gayo. cAre bAju bhagavAna mahAvIranI vANInA paDaghA hajI saMbhaLAtA hatA. pUrI nagarI prabhunI amRtavANInA jAduthI AzcaryamAM DUbI gaI hatI. prabhunI dezanA sAMbhaLI keTalAya bhavi jIvoe saMsArano tyAga karyo, yuvAna rAjakumAro paNa sahasA ubhA thaI prabhunA zaraNane svIkAryuM. sulasA, Adi keTalAye jIvo samyakatva pAmyA. keTalAye dezavirati dharma svIkAryo, dharma sabhA pUrI thatAM sau svasthAne javA lAgyA. mahAmaMtrI ane metArya nikaTanA mitro hatAM. dharmasabhAmAMthI pAchA pharatA mahAmaMtrInI pAchaLa metArya potAnA azva para AvatA hatA. temaNe azvane mahAmaMtrInA azvanI sAthe calAvatAM pUchyuM. maMtrIrAja ! koI mahA vicAra sAgaramAM DUbI gayA cho? mukha para bhAre uga jaNAya che. tame sadA svastha cittavALA Aje zuM vicAramAM cho ? metArya, sAcuM kahuM! rohiNeyanA pUrA prasaMga pachI mArA manamAM A rAjajIvanamAM rasa rahyo nathI. jJAtaputranA bodhanA zravaNa pachI ghaNIvAra rAjajIvana choDavAno vicAra karuM chuM. paNa jANe vadhu guMcAto jAuM chuM. pitA pratyenI pharajano emAM kaMIka moha kharo. vaLI temanI AjJA maLavI joIe tevI bhAvanA kharI, paNa pitAjI mArI saMsAra tyAganI vAta svIkAratA nathI. te vAtathI teo atyaMta duHkhI thAya che. tyAre vaLI mAro saMsAra tyAgano utsAha dhImo paDe che. chatAM mAre jJAtaputrane zaraNe javuM che. te vAta nakkI che. tame saMsAra tyAga karazo ? AvA mahAsAmrAjayanA maMtrIpadane, 98 anokhI maitrI

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mahimAvaMta kIrti ane prajAnI tamArA taraphanI cAhanA sarvane tyAgI jazo, adabhUta ! rohiNeyane pakaDavAnI pratijJA aTapaTI rIte pUrI thaI. have mAre A rAjayanI anya pharajanuM koI prayojana nathI. paNa tamArA to lagna levAyA che. sAta sAta kanyAnA mohapAzamAM tame paNa jJAtaputranA bodhane visarI na jazo. metArya : mitra samA mahAmaMtrI tamArI vAta sAcI che. AjanI dharma sabhAmAM je dazya joyuM, vIranI vANInuM zravaNa karyuM, tyAre manamAM vairAgya pedA thayo. paraMtu hajI mane saMsAranA sukhano moha chUTato nathI. chatAM kumAra jJAtaputranA bodhanA-vANInA raNakArane bhUlazo nahiM. saMsAranA sukhothI koNa tRpta thayuM che ? tRSNA to AkAza jevI che. juo huM prauDha chatAM hajI saMsAramAM rahyo chuM. paNa have vadhu rahI zakuM tema nathI. metArya : hA, paNa mArA lagna tamArA vagara zakaya nathI. te samaye mahArAjA secanaka hAthInI savArI sahita temanI lagolaga AvI gayA. teoe dUrathI thoDIka vAto sAMbhaLI hatI. - tamArI vAta sAcI che. tamArA lagnamAM maMtrIrAja vagara cAle hA, mahArAja, Apa kaho cho tema mArA lagna temanA vagara zakaya nathI. mahAmaMtrI mArA to najIkanA vaDIla ane mitra che. paNa mahArAja ! mahAmaMtrI ApanI AjJAne AdhIna che. are, temAM AjJAnI jarUra nahi. metArya tArA lagna eto magadhanA rAjayanI zobhA che. pUrA rAjayamAM A utsava manAvAze. taiyArI jhaDapathI thavI joIe. Ama kahI mahArAjAnI secanaka hAthInI savArI AgaLa vadhI. vaLI banne mitro prabhunA bodhanI vAtane smRtipaTa para lAvI dharmavArtA karavA lAgyA. rohiNeyane saMghamAM svIkArI prabhae to pUrA rAjayamAM nAtajAtanA anokhI maitrI

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bheTa miTAvI dIdhA. chatAM hajI ApaNe A dhanadolata ane zrImaMtAImAM rAcIe chIe. ane ApaNe ApaNane uMcA mAnIe chIe. A pelA virUpA ane mAtaMga prabhunA bodhane kevA pacAvI rahyA che. temanuM jIvana kevuM prasanna ane svastha che. mahAmaMtrI ! A virUpA tarapha mane bhAre lAgaNI che. te mArI mAtAnI sakhI che. teo lokaniMdAthI para che. temAM vaLI mArI bimArImAM virUpAe je mArI sevA karI che. te to mArA jIvanano cirasmaraNIya prasaMga che. mArI mAtA paNa AvI sevA karavAmAM pAchI paDI jAya tevI teNe sevA karI che. tyArathI e to mane mAtA jevI ja lAge che. amArA kuTuMba vacce UMcanIcanA bheda to bhUMsAI ja gayA che. chatAM emAM maryAdA rahe che. eka divasa evo Avaze ke A bheda mULamAMthI bhUMsAI jaze. mAruM to e eka svapna che. temAM jJAtaputranA bodhanuM sAmarthya bhaLaze. metArya ! rohiNeyane jIvato pakaDavA chatAM teNe pUro prasaMga ja palaTAvI nAMkhyo. rUpa palaTo karI mArI jItane hAramAM pheravI nAMkhI te to ThIka paNa huM to hajI vicAra karuM chuM ke pitAnI AjJA maLe saMsAra tyAga karUM paNa teNe to dAdAnI pratijJAno bhrama chUTI gayo ane pUrI zUravIratAthI pravajayA laI mane ghaNI moTI cetavaNI ApI. e to badhI rIte jItI gayo. AthI mArA mana para AvA prasaMgonI udAsInatA vyApI gaI che ke saMsAranA AvA mahAhoddAnI saphaLatA niSphaLatAnA ajaMpA vacce kayAM sudhI jIvavuM? A sAMbhaLI metArya khUba gaMbhIra thaI gayA tyAM bannenA mArga judA paDatA teo svasthAne ravAnA thayA. mAnavamana kharekhara aTapaTuM che. paLamAM sAdhu thavAnA bhAva kare paLamAM saMsAranI mIThAzane mANe. abhayamaMtrI to saMsAratyAga mATe taiyAra ja hatA. pitAnI AjJAnI maryAdAmAM hatA. metAryane bodha to rUcikara lAgyo. paraMtu hajI sAta sAta rUpavatIonI sAthe sukhanuM zamaNuM zamyuM na hatuM. dhanadatta zeTha ane zeThANInI have avasthA paNa thaI hatI. vaLI anokhI maitrI

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dezadezathI kanyAonA mAMgA AvyA hatA. eTale temAMthI sAta dezanI kuLavAna, rUpavAna, dhanADhaya zreSThionI kanyAonI pasaMdagI karI te te dezamAM uttama sevako dvArA saMdezA mokalI saMmati levAI gaI hatI. A rIte metArya kumAranA lagnanI taiyArI thaI rahI hatI. lagna nimitte ekavAra metArya sevakone laIne metavAsamAM miThAI vaheMcavA AvI pahocyA. kArya pUra karI sevakone vidAya karI teo virUpAne AMgaNe ghoDA parathI utarI ubhA rahyA. virUpA ane metAryanuM Azcaryajanaka milana virUpAe bahAra AvI AMgaNAmAM dIvo peTAvI metAryane eka pATalI para besADyo. pote tenI sAme beThI. mAtaMga hajI ghare Avyo na hato. virUpAnuM yuvAnanuM joma osaryuM hatuM. cittamAM mAtAnA heta to eTalA ja bharyA hatA, ke te pragaTavAnI rAha jotA hatI ! beTA, tane eka vAta kahevAnI che. beTA ! lAla kahevAne badale beTA ! hA, beTA mAnuM dila che ne? koNa mA ? hA, bhAI tArI "mA". metAryanA cittamAM bimArInI te prasaMganI AchI smRti ane te pachInA virUpAnA vartanathI tene kayAreka zaMkA jatI ke virUpA mane jue che ane vicchaLa kema thAya che? ane ATaluM heta kema ubharAya che. paNa mAtAnI sakhI che tema mAnI mana vALato. teNe kahyuM, virUpA, tamArA mana para kaMI mathAmaNa cAle che. hA, bhAI, manane ghaNuM samajAvuM chuM. jJAtaputranA bodhane yAda karuM chuM. paNa manamAM uThelI A jhaMkhanA chUTatI nathI. kaI jhaMkhanA ? saMtAnanA sAnnidhyanI. saMtAnanI? tamAre saMtAna che? tamAruM saMtAna to maraNa pAmyuM tema mA kahetA hatA. manane vALI levuM joIe. kAraNake have teno upAya nathI. maraNa pAmyuM che? konuM mAruM saMtAna? are ! mAruM saMtAna to anokhI maitrI 101

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jIvita che. te tuM ja che. eka vAra mane 'mA' kahe beTA ! metArya : tame mAruM jIvana bacAvyuM che. tame mArA mAtA karatA mahAna cho. mane tamane mAtA kahevAmAM kaMI nAnama nathI. metArya, atyAre mAruM mana asvastha thaI gayuM che. huM zuM kahI rahI chuM tenuM mane bhAna nathI. tuM dhanadatta zeThano ke devazrI mAtAno putra nahiM paNa mAro, virUpA mAtaMgano putra chuM. sakhIbhAva nibhAvavAmAM meM tane zeThANIne suprata karyo hato. virUpA, tamArI vAta mane samajAtI nathI. tame mane jIvatadAna ApyuM che. te rIte tame mArI mAtA ja cho. paNa mane tamArI A vAta samajAtI nathI. beTA ! Aje tArI pAse badhuM pragaTa karuM chuM. zeThANIne bALaka jIvatA na hatA. meM sakhI bhAvathI temanuM duHkha dUra karavA, kudaratI saMketathI meM tane tarata ja janmelAne zeThANIne suprata karyo. hajI meM tane pUro joyo na hato. stanapAna karAvyuM na hatuM. ane vacanabaddha hatI te pramANe naMdAdAsI dvArA zeThANInI bALakIne meM svIkArI ane tane zeThANIne suprata karyo. bALakI rogathI bharelI hatI te to che divase mRtyu pAmI. paNa tArA parakama, tArI sajanatA, tArA guNo mane nitya AkarSatA hatA. vaLI mAtaMgane A vAtathI ajANa rAkhavAnuM mAruM du:kha mane nabaLI pADe che. eTale Aje tane pUrA dilathI cAhavA mATe rokayo che. tArA guNa, parAkrama, sajjanatA jevA lakSaNothI tArA pratye vadhu vAtsalyathI bhIMjAI jAuM chuM, tyAre mArA mana para kAbu raheto nathI tethI tane bhUlI zakatI nathI. vrata tapa karIne bhUlavA mathuM chuM. paNa mAMdagI vakhatanI nikaTatAthI mArA mananA uMDANamAM utareluM A vAtsalya bhUlI zakatI nathI. Ama bolI virUpA ubhI thaI metAryane AliMgana ApI mAthe hAtha pheravyo. metAryanA hRdayamAM paNa virUpA pratye AdarabhAva thayo te bolI uThayo "mA'. virUpAne jANe svargIya sukha maLyuM. tyAM vaLI koI pakSInA madhura avAje virUpA svastha thaI. tene tarata ja bhAna AvyuM ke are 102 anokhI maitrI

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teNe Aje A zuM ghelachA karI ? AmAMthI kevo anartha Ubho thaze? metArya AzcaryathI A vAta sAMbhaLI, vAstavikatA vicArIne bolyo, tyAre zuM huM virUpA mAtaMgano putra metakuLano ne ! are tane koNa meta kahe, jouM to kharI, tuM to Aryaputra che. nA, "mA" tArI vatsalatA pAse mane kaMI kIrti dhanadolatanI jarUra nathI. huM meta tarIke oLakhAvA taiyAra chuM. tAruM samarpaNa tArI udAratA, AryatAne pragaTa kare che. evI mAne pAmIne A vAta pragaTa karavAmAM mane kaMI ja vAMdho nathI. metAryanI bhAvanApUrNa vANI sAMbhaLI virUpA pUrI svastha thaI hatI. tene vAstavikatAnuM bhAna AvyuM ke thoDA vakhatamAM metAryanA lagna thavAnA che. tyAM teNe mAtA thaIne lAgaNInA pUramAM kevuM kukartavya karyuM ! beTA ! kharekhara tuM mane garIbane mAtAnI jema cAhe che ane cAhIza ? hA, temAM zaMkA nathI tame tenI parIkSA karI lejo. to eka vAtanI khAtrI Apa ke tuM mArI A kahelI vAtane bhUlI jaje. jAhera na karato. nA, have e nahi bane. metArya tuM vacanabhaMga nA thaIza ! mane ke devazrIne duHkhI nA karIza. A vAta jAhera na karavAnuM vacana ApI de. bhale, tArI IcchA mujaba thaze. have mAtaMga Avato haze tuM jhaDapathI cAlyo jA. mA, koNa kahe che A meta, zudra che abhaNa che. ATalo tyAga ATaluM manomathaMna, duHkha jIravavAnI ATalI udAratA ! metArya koNa jANe mArAmAM AvI nabaLAI kema AvI? sakhIbhAve je kArya karyuM hatuM tene nibhAvavAnI mArI pharaja che temAM mane saMtoSa che ane hato. mATe beTA mane mApha karaje. tArA ujaLA bhAvi jIvanamAM huM kayAMya bhUla na khAuM tevuM mane prabhu baLa Ape. "mA"..metAryane gaLe DUmo bharAI gayo. A vIra nArI tarapha anokhI maitrI 103

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jotA tene nayano sajaLa thayA. beTA tAruM kalyANa thAo ane jaldI pAcho pharI jA. tArI mAne bhUle cUke kaMI vAta karIne duHkhI nA karato. mAruM vacana barAbara pALaje. mane mApha karaje. mApha ! bhale tane ApeluM vacana pALIza. have jaldI ravAnA thA. metArya javA ubho thayo paraMtu tenA nayana sajaLa hatA. te dhIme pagale potAnA azva para ravAnA thayo. mAtaMga bimArImAMthI uThayo, paNa mastaka parano ghA ane zarIranA ati ghAyala thavAne kAraNe zarIre nabaLo paDyo hato. virUpA tenI khUba kALajI rAkhatI. zUravIra mAtaMganI nabaLI dazA joI virUpAnA cittamAM eka vAta je chUpI hatI te vAte have jANe eka jakhamanuM sthAna lIdhuM. temAM metAryanI mAMdagImAM nikaTapaNAthI tenuM mana vAtsalyabhAve kaMIka maMthanamAM paDI jatuM. temAM A mAtaMgathI chUpAyelI A vAta tenA jakhama para mIThuM paDatuM hoya tevI tenA manamAM pIDA upajatI. jJAtaputranA bodhane yAda karatI. te koIvAra bhajanapado gAtI, paNa tenuM mana mAnatuM nahi. vaLI vrata tapa karatI paraMtu metAryane bhUlavAnuM banatuM nahi. mAtaMga jayAre saMtAnanI vAta karato tyAre tene samajAvatI ke konA chorU, konA vAcharU, konA mAne bApajI? eka bhavanI sagAI pachI konA sagapaNa rahevAnA che. nabaLo paDelo mAtaMga virUpA sAthe have A vAtone vadhu laMbAvato nahiM. ane zerInA bALakone zikSaNa ApI saMtoSa mAnato. virUpA paNa vayane kAraNe nabaLI paDI hatI. temAM kayAreka peluM maMthana tene asvastha karI detuM. bhagavAna kahetA saMsAramAM rahelA jIvane putrAdi parivAramAM potApaNAnA bhAva duHkhI kare che. ajJAnavaza jIva te saumAM Atmabuddhi karI puNyanA yoge sukha mAne che ane pApanA yoge du:kha mAne che. anaMtakALamAM teNe keTalAye mAtA pitA Adi saMbaMdho bAMdhyA ane choDayA vaLI dareka janme pAchI navI rIta ane prIta te eka svapna anokhI maitrI 104

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jevI che. jJAna ane vairAgya vagara jIva A mohanA sAmrAjayano tAga pAmI zake tema nathI. AvuM vicAratI, mAtaMgane samajAvatI. paraMtu pote aMtaramAM saMtApa sevatI. vaya vadhavA chatAM te ane mAtaMga hajI snehathI baMdhAyelA juvAnI jevA ja hatA. tethI tene mAnasika zAMti maLI rahetI. metArya virUpA pAsethI havelIe pahoMcyo. lagnane thoDA divasonI ja vAra hatI. mAtA pitA lagnanA kAmamAM pravRtta hatA. metAryanuM maMthana havelImAM AvIne metArya potAnA khaMDamAM gayo. eka Asana para zUnyamanaska thaI besI rahyo. manomaMthanamAM guMcavAI gayo. tene vicAryuM ke virUpAe kevA samaye gupta vAta tenI pAse pragaTa karIne saMtApa pedA karyo? vaLI vicAravA lAgyo ke meta gaNAtI A nArInuM samarpaNa koI satvazIla sannArIne chAje tevuM che. hA, paNa tene lagnotsavanA divasomAM mane muMjhavaNamAM mUkI dIdho ! te mAtA thaIne samajI na zakI ke putranA vaibhavazALI A utsavamAM mArA manamAM A vAte kevo saMtApa thaze? hA, paNa te eka mAtAnuM hRdaya to kharuM ne? jayAre huM lagnanA mAMDave javA azvArUDha thaIza tyAre mAtA pitA (pAlaka) kevA mahAlaze. svajano sau gIto gAze. nagarajano vadhAvaze ane mahArAjA ane mahAmaMtrI mArA rathanI sAthe rahyA haze. putravadhuo saunA AzISa meLavaze, mAtAne caraNe namaze. tyAre, tyAre, tyAre A sAcA mAtA pitAnuM sthAna kayAM haze? meta jAtinA maMDaLamAM besIne dUrathI jovAnuM ja, mAtra dUrathI AziSa ApavAnuM! te vicArato hato ke virUpA kaMI rIte utaratI hatI. rUpa hatuM, buddhi hatI, mAtaMga paNa utare tevo na hato. parAkramI, maMtrarAja, rUpALo, vaLI bannenuM kevuM sneha bharyuM dAmpatya jIvana ! roje ja juvAna thatA hoya tevuM lAgatuM. hA, paraMtu chellA bimArInA prasaMga pachI mAtaMga zarIre nabaLo paDayo hato. virUpA metAryanI nikaTatAthI ane mAtaMgathI A rahasya anokhI maitrI 105

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chUpu rAkhavAthI manamAM khUba mUMjhavaNa anubhavI nabaLI paDI hatI. tyAre bannene lAgatuM ke A vaye TekAnI jarUra che. paNa kudaratane te mAnya na hatuM tethI Akhare banne ekabIjAno Teko banI jIvatA chatAM chevaTe virUpA khUba mUMjhAI tyAre teNe mAtaMga nahi paNa metArya pAse bheda khUllo karyo. karIne paNa zuM? chevaTe te chUpAvavAnuM vacana mAgyuM. sAMje mAtApitA sAthe bhojana laI thoDuM kAma patAvI te punaH potAnA khaMDamAM Avyo. tenI manovyathA hajI zamI na hatI. eka bAju rUpavatI nArIonA samAgamanAM zamaNA sevato hato. tyAM virUpAe je vAtsalya pragaTa karyuM te tene khUba sparzI gayuM hatuM. kevo nirvyAja prema ! temAM kaMI arthalAbha ke anya apekSA na hatI. jagatanA mAnavIonA zudra mana kayAM ane AvI ujavaLa bhAvanA kayAM! eka sakhInuM duHkha dUra karavA kevuM samarpaNa. hA, jo tene bIjuM saMtAna hota to A samasyA ubhI na thAta. are ! daiva tane A nArInA samarpaNano paNa aNasAra na Avyo. tenuM manomaMthana gheruM banatuM jatuM hatuM. te Asana parathI ekadama ubho thaI gayo. "mA, mA', mArAthI tArU vacana nahi paLAya. tArI mahAnatA AgaLa mane mArA sukha vaibhava tuccha lAge che. tArI vADI sUkI banAvIne anyanI vADI lIlI banAvI. zA mATe ? nA, mAre A vaibhava nathI joItA. huM tAro ja putra thaIne rahIza. tyAM to tenA aMtaramAMthI avAja uThayo. are ! tuM vacanabaddha chuM. zeThANInA sukhamAM Aga na mUkato. tuM devazrI ane dhanada zeThano putra chuM. tenA citta para paDaghA paDatA hatA. bhUlI jaje, mane bhUlI jaje. mane duHkhI na karato tane dUrathI nihALI huM AnaMda mAnIza. Ama bhAre manovyathA bhogavato te moDI rAtre nidrAvaza thayo. lagnanA mAMDave jatAM metAryanuM apUrva sanmAna prabhAta thayuM. AjathI lagnanA utsavanA kAryakramono prAraMbha thato hato. te zavyAno tyAga kare tyAM to tenA AMgaNe vividha vAjiMtronA avAja gAjatA thayA. atithionA AgamanathI AMgaNuM ubharAvA lAgyuM. zeThe dhananA bhaMDAro bhaMDArIone soMpI dIdhA hatA. koI tola anokhI maitrI 106

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mApa karavAnA na hatA. zeTha zeThANIne mATe svarga dharatI para utarI AvyuM hatuM. vaLI A utsavamAM mahAmaMtrIe pUrA utsAhathI bhAga lIdho hato. metAryanA parAkrama pachI magadha narezanA tenA para cAre hAtha hatA. nagarajanoe temanA AdezathI pUrI nagarIne zaNagArI hatI. ghareghare toraNa baMdhAyA hatA. raMgoLIthI AMgaNA zobhatA hatA. jANe devanagarI joIlo. sAta dezanI rUpa yauvanAo svajana sAthe jAna joDIne AvI hatI. temanA aMtaHpuramAM AdarabharyA svAgata thayA hatA. pUrI nagarImAM metAryanA lagnotsavano utsAha vartAto hato. sonA rUpAnI ghaMTaDIo ane anekavidha citrothI suzobhita metArya mATe azvarathI sajAvavAmAM Avyo hato. te sajAvaTa paNa kautukabharI hatI. azvaratha jayAMthI pasAra thavAno hato tyAM mArga para abIla gulAla attara chAMTavAmAM AvyA hatA.' zubhamUharte cAre bAju vAjiMtronA guMjArava sAthe ati zaNagArathI rAjavaMzI ThAThamAM metArya kumAra rathArUDha thayA tyAre cAre bAjuthI motIno varasAda varasyo. saue vadhAvyA, tyAre metAryanuM mana paNa nAcI uThayuM. ratha AgaLa vadhato hato. kaMThamAM hIrA motInI mALA laTake che. mAthe jarIno sApho che. abhUta lAge tevuM uttariya vastra paheryuM che. saune namana karato saunA zubhAzISa jhIlato te prasanna che. bIjI bAju videzathI AvelI sAta svarUpavAna kanyAonI ati susajja pAlakhIo taiyAra hatI. ekane juo ane eka bhUlo tevI te sauMdaryavAna kanyAono paNa bhAvi patine nIrakhavA, varavA mATe haiyAmAM umaMga ubharAto hato. soLa zaNagAra ochA lAge tevI rIte callaNA tathA anya rANIo dvArA rUpasuMdarIonI jema temane sajAvavAmAM AvI hatI. cAre bAju nagarajanonI bhIDa hatI. sau metAryane jUe ane tenA guNa, rUpanI prazaMsA kare. vaLI pelI jarIthI DhAMkelI zibikAomAM chUpAyeluM rUpa jovA sau utsuka hatA. varaghoDAnI yAtrAnI gati bhIDane anokhI maitrI 107

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lIdhe dhImI hatI. metAryanA ratha sAthe mahArAjA secanaka hAthI para aMbADImAM birAjamAna hatA. mahAmaMtrI potAnA susajja rathamAM birAjamAna hatA. pAchaLa aMtaHpuranuM rANI maMDaLa paNa hatuM. ratha sAthe mAtApitAnI pAlakhIo hatI. sau metAryanA mahAbhAgyanI prazaMsA karatA hatA. metAryanuM ane tenA mAtA pitAnuM sukha jANe ubharAtuM hatuM. zeThANI jAte ja virUpAne khAsa AmaMtraNa ApI gayA hatA. lagnamaMDapanI najIka temane mATe suMdara jagA paNa nakkI karI hatI. virUpA kaMI vimAsaNamAM hatI. vaLI mAtaMga kAmamAM rokAyelo hato, te hajI Avyo na hato. mAtaMga lagnamaMDapanA kAmamAMthI chUTIne utAvaLe ghara tarapha jato hato. tyAre varaghoDo nagarInA ardha mArge pahoMcyo hato. te joIne tene manamAM bhAvo uThayA ke mAre putra hota to huM tene paraNAvavAno lahAvo laI zakayo hota ! te gharamAM pravezyo. virUpA mAnasika vimAsaNane lIdhe nisteja lAgatI hatI. mAtaMga tenuM mukha joIne bolyo virUpA tuM have vRddha thaI gaI che. paNa tuM hajI juvAna thato jAya che tenuM zuM? nA virUpA tuM gharaDI thAya eTale huM ye gharaDo ? paNa tane kahuM metAryano varaghoDo joI mane vicAra Avyo ke jo ApaNane putra hota to ApaNe paNa lagnotsava karatane? are putrI hota to metArya jevo vara zodhIne paNa lagnotsava karatane ? vaLI mane koI vAra thAya che ke zAstramAM Ave che ne niHsaMtAnanI avagati thAya. mAtaMga jJAtaputrano bodha mAnI lIdhA pachI AvI vAto kayAMthI zIkhyo? to pachI badhA brahmacArIonI avagati thAya emane ? virUpA kharekhara koI vAra mArA manamAM niHsaMtAnapaNAno saMtApa thAya che tyAre jJAtaputrano bodha bhUlI jAuM chuM ane mAtaMga khUba ja zithila thaI nIce besI gayo. 108 anokhI maitrI

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chevaTe virUpAe e rahasya pragaTa karyuM mAtaMgane pUrA premathI cAhanArI virUpA mAtaMganI A zithilatA jIravI na zakI. te pote khUba lAgaNIvaza thaI gaI. tene thayuM ke are AvA premALa, prANa pAtharanAra patine mAre kharU rahasya kahevuM joIe. te tenI pAse aDIne beThI. khUba vahAlathI tenA hAthane hAthamAM lIdho. mAtaMga sAMbhaLa ! tArA badhA saMtApa dUra thAya tevI vAta mAre tane kahevI che. mAtaMga sAMbhaLa! tuM nirAza na thA. ApaNe putra che ane te jIvIta che. mATe zAMti rAkhI saMtApa choDI de. virUpA tane AvuM gAMDapaNa kema sujhe che, mArA ghA para tuM Ama ghA kema kare che? mAtaMga jene te varaghoDe caDhelo joyo, ane tenA putranI te kAmanA karI te metArya tAro ja putra che. virUpA tuM mane mArA putra mohane dUra karavA AvuM khoTuM AzvAsana Ape che? nA huM khoTuM nathI kahetI. tane eka sAcI ghaTanA kahuM chuM. tuM mane mApha karaje, Ama kahetA virUpAnA nayano sajaLa banI gayA. mAtaMge virUpAno hAtha hAthamAM laIne paMpALyo. virUpA, tuM mAphI zAnI mAMge che? tAro koI vAMka guno che ja nahi pachI mAphI? tane meLavIne huM to svarganuM sukha pAmyo chuM. paNa A niHsaMtAnapaNAnI vAta karIne tane muMjhavuM chuM. tethI tuM mane mApha kara. nA mAtaMga, meM tAro mahAna aparAdha karyo che. varSo thayA tArAthI eka vAta chUpAvI che. tuM niHsaMtAna nathI chatAM meM tane tevA duHkhamAM mUkyo che te mAro guno che, mane mApha kara. virU! tuM Aje kaMI na samajAya tevI vAto kare che. nA mAtaMga sAMbhaLa, metArya ApaNuM prathama saMtAna che. tuM mArI ane zeThANIbAnI bhedabhAva rahita maitrI jANe che, e zeThANIbAne saMtAna jIvatA na hovAthI zeTha aDhaLaka saMpattinA vArasa mATe bIjI strI lAvavAno vicAra karatA hatA. tethI zeThANIbA khUba duHkhI thatA anokhI maitrI 109

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hatA. tyAre maitrIbhAvanAne kAraNe meM temane mAruM saMtAna ApI temanI rogISTa dIkarI lIdhI hatI. je saMtAna janamyuM tenuM mukha meM ke meM joyuM nathI. janmelA bALakane meM naMdAdAsI dvArA zeThANIbAne suprata karyuM hatuM. e ja metArya ApaNo putra che. ane rogISTa dIkarI zeThANIbAnI hatI. A vAta sAMbhaLI prathama to mAtaMga muMjhAI gayo. vaLI mana manAvIne bolyo, bhale te eka sukRtya karyuM. have teno zo saMtApa ! mAtaMga, meM mAruM mana haLavuM karavA ane aparAdhanI kSamA mAgavA tane A vAta karI. tAre mane je zikSA karavI hoya te kara. mAtaMga A vAta sAMbhaLI asvastha thaI gayo hato. chatAM virUpA pratye teno prema aNanama hato. zikSA ! mArI virUne zikSA ! ane tenI vadhu najIka jaIne AliMgana ApyuM. virUpAnA manane paNa zAMti maLI. Ama baMne haLavA banIne yuvAnInI mastI mANI rahyA hatA. are mAtaMga sAMbhaLa, vAjiMtrono svara saMbhaLAya che. ApaNane metAryanA lagnanA varaghoDAmAM khAsa AmaMtraNa che. ApaNe mATe metAryane joI zakAya tevI khAsa vyavasthA lagna maMDapa pAse zeThANIbAe karAvI che. baMne jaldI taiyAra thaI bahAra nIkaLyA. varaghoDo bajAronA madhyabhAgathI AgaLa rAjamahela tarapha jaI rahyo hato. lagnavidhi rAjamahelanA prAMgaNamAM thavAnI hatI. baMne mAMDa mAMDa potAnI jagA para jaI zakayA. metAryano ratha temanI jagA AgaLathI pasAra thayo. metArya jANe IndranuM rUpa dharIne beThA hoya tevo zobhatA hatA. pAchaLa sAta sauMdaryavatI kanyAonI pAlakhIomAM jANe AkAzamAMthI sAkSAta parIo utarI AvI hoya tevuM lAgatuM hatuM. rAjamahela najIka AvatA magadharAja, mahAmaMtrI sau chUTA paDIne rAjamahelanA prAMgaNamAM vararAjAnA svAgata mATe pahoMcI gayA hatA. metAryano ratha rAjamahelanA prAMgaNamAM AvatA metArya rathamAMthI nIce utaryA ane prathama magadharAjane namyA. pachI mahAmaMtrI, aMtaHpuranI rANIone namI saunI AziSa lIdhI. mAtA pitAne namyo tyAre 1 10 anokhI maitrI

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prajAjano paNa pokAra karI uThayA. metArya kumAra ghaNuM jIvo, ghaNuM jIvo. A dezya devone paNa Azcarya pamADe tevuM hatuM. vaLI sAta kanyAone saue akSatathI vadhAvI. pachI magadharAja svayaM dhanadatta ane devazrI pAse AvyA. te bhAvapUrvaka bolyA, tame baMne dhanya cho. AvA puNyavaMtA putrane prApta karyo che. mahArAjanA dhanyavAda sAthe cArebAjuthI sauno avAja nIkaLyo. zeTha zeThANIne dhanya ho, dhanya ho. punaH punaH sau metAryane vadhAvatA hatA. zeTha zeThANIne dhanyavAda ApatA. ' vaLI cAre bAju vAjiMtronA nAda guMjatA hatA. eka apUrva utsavano mAhola racAyo hato. devone Azcarya pamADe tevuM A dazya hatuM. mAtaMge raMgamAM pADelo bhaMga. virUpA ane mAtaMga lagnamaMDapanI najIka ja potAne sthAne besI A anupama dazya nihALI rahyA hatA. virUpAnuM citta zAMta hatuM. metAryanI sAthe sAta kanyAnA pANigrahaNathI manamAM kaMIka AnaMda anubhavatI hatI. tyAM to mAtaMga ekadama ubho thaI gayo ane bolavA lAgyo, virUpA, ApaNe jAhera karavuM joIe ke metArya ApaNo putra che. metArya mAro putra che. dhanadattano nathI. metArya mAruM saMtAna che. e vAta zA mATe chUpAvavI? virUpA tene hAtha pakaDI besADavA gaI paNa nAjuka virUpAnA hAtha tene rokI na zakyA. te to doDato lagnamaMDapamAM pahoMcyo. magadharAjanI pAse jaIne bolyo. mahArAjA ! metArya mAro putra che. dhanadatta zeThano nathI. loka samUhamAM A avAja saMbhaLAtA lokono zora bakora vadhI paDayo. punaH mAtaMga mahArAjane kahevA lAgyo, mahArAja mane nyAya Apo metArya mAro putra che. tyAM to mahAmaMtrI mAtaMganI najIka AvyA, mAtaMga tuM zuM bole che tenuM bhAna che? AnuM pariNAma zuM Avaze te vicAra. vaLI zeTha paNa tenI pAse AvyA. mAtaMga gAMDo thayo chuM ! tuM 11 1 anokhI maitrI

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meta ane AvuM sAhasa kare che ? tenuM pariNAma jANe che ? paNa zeTha huM sAcuM kahuM chuM, pachI tenuM pariNAma zuM Ave ? mahArAja ke mahAmaMtrI Ano nyAya karaze. dhanadatta zeTha AvezamAM AvI gayA, mahArAja koI vidanasaMtoSIe mAtaMga dvArA kAvatruM karyuM che. huM paNa nyAya mAMguM chuM. mAtaMga punaH moTethI bolyo, mahArAja huM paNa nyAya mAMguM chuM. metArya mAro putra che te jAhera thavuM joIe. huM satya kahuM chuM. mahAmaMtrI : jo tArI vAta khoTI TharI to tenI sajA zuM thaze? magadharAjanA nyAyataMtramAM mane zraddhA che ke satyano, nyAya meLavavAno garIbone paNa hakka che. ane huM khoTo TharuM to zikSA bhogavavA taiyAra chuM. prajAmAMthI paNa jAta bhAtanI vAto thavA lAgI, joyuM ne A zramaNoe cAMDALone kevA phaTavyA che ! A mAtaMga udyAnano saphAI karanAro meta zuM bolI rahyo che ! tene magadharAja ke mahAmaMtrInI zarama paNa lAgatI nathI. vaLI koI vRddha TapakI paDayo, A nIcane caDhAvyA ja khoTA, jJAtaputre samAnatA zIkhavI tenuM zuM pariNAma AvyuM? A mAtaMgane magadharAja bhayaMkara zikSA Apaze bicAro ribAIne maraze. mahAmaMtrI saunI vacce AvyA, saune zAMta rahevA samajAvyuM. metArya zAMta citte eka bAju beThA hatA. varaghoDAnA sau sAjana paNa zAMta ane avAka thaIne beThuM hatuM. ane navayauvanAonA komaLa mukha para lAlI dhasI AvI ke are amArA patinuM AvuM apamAna ? manamAM muMjhAtI hatI ke have lagnanuM muhurta to cAlyuM pachI zuM thaze? dhanadatta zeTha to khUba AvezamAM hatA ke mArI saMpatti, metAryanA lagnotsavanI vizeSatA, magadharAja ane mahAmaMtrIno sAtha A sarva joIne koI IrSALue mAtaMga dvArA A kAvatruM karyuM che Ama pUruM vAtAvaraNa badalAI gayuM. mahArAja ane mahAmaMtrIe rAjakArabhAramAM keTalIya guMcavaNo 1 1 2 anokhI maitrI

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ukelI hatI, paraMtu AjanI samasyA temane mATe kasoTinI hatI. Akhare mahAmaMtrIe jAhera karyuM ke lagnano thoDIvAra vilaMba thaze. paraMtu magadhanA rAjayamAM nyAya Apavo vadhu agatyano che. A praznano ukela lAvavA mATe mAtaMganI patnI virUpAne bolAvo. jo eNe metAryane janma Apyo haze to te jAhera karaze. putrane jANanAra tenI mA ja hoI zake. paNa virUpAnuM zuM thayuM? mAtaMgane AvuM bolato sAMbhaLI te to gabharAI ja gaI. have zeTha zeThANInI kIrtinuM zuM ? keTalo moTo anartha thaze. Ame te mAnasika rIte asvastha to hatI ja. te A bInA sahana na karI zakI ane bebhAna thaIne DhaLI paDI. - rAja sevako tene upADI lAvyA. zeThANI paNa AvI pahocyA. virUpAne rAjamahelanA eka oraDAmAM sUvaDAvI dIdhI. zeThANI tenI pAse besI gayA. virUpA, mArI sakhI, tane zuM thayuM? bola ekavAra bola, virUpA dhIme dhIme babaDatI hatI. mahArAja, mahAmaMtrI, mAre koI putra hato nahi huM putrane vecuM tevI halakI nathI. vIra prabhunI bhakta chuM. metArya mAro putra nathI. dhanadatta zeTha ane devazrI zeThANIno che. meM putra vecyo nathI. loko bolyA mAtaMga jUTho Tharyo. have sajAne pAtra banyo che, tenI dazA bhUMDI thaze. ATaluM bolI virUpA punaH bebhAna banI gaI. tyAM to zeThANI oraDAmAMthI bahAra AvyA. temaNe mahAmaMtrIne saMbodhIne kahyuM. mahAmaMtrI, metArya amAro putra nathI. mArA cAra saMtAno mArA peTanI garamIthI maraNa pAmyA hatA, pAMcamo prasaMga mane muMjhavato hato. kAraNake aDhaLaka saMpattinA vArasa mATe zeTha bIjI patnI kare tevI saMbhAvanAthI huM khUba duHkhI thatI hatI. ATaluM kahetA zeThANI hAMphI gayA. punaH bolyA mArI ane virUpA vacce ghaNA samayathI bhedarahita maitrI hatI. te mArA A duHkhathI du:khI thaI ane teNe prastAva mUkayo ke mAruM bALaka tame svIkAro, anokhI maitrI 1 1 3

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tamArA bALakane huM lauM, to tamArA duHkhano aMta Avaze. ane ame sakhIoe A adalA badalI karavAnuM nakkI karyuM. metArya virUpA mAtaMgano putra che. zeThANI ATaluM bolatA hAMphI gayA. mahAmaMtrI : eTale sodo karyo? zeThANI kaMI javAba Ape te pahelA te svayaM bebhAna thaI DhaLI paDayA, temane dAsIoe aMdaranA oraDAmAM sUvAyA. zeThANIe karelA A khulAsAthI mahAmaMtrIne have zaMkAnuM kAraNa na rahyuM. temane lAgyuM virUpAe putrano sodo karyo hato. bahAra hAjara rahelA mAnava samudAyamAM khUba kolAhala thato hato. mahAmaMtrI ubhA thayA, temaNe kahyuM ke he nAgariko ! tame zAMta thAva ane sAbhaMLo. mAro A nikaTano guNavAna mitra Aryaputra nathI paNa virUpA mAtaMgano saMtAna che. zeThANIne saMtAno jIvatA na hovAthI virUpAe zeThANI sAthe putrano sodo karyo hato. mAnavamedanImAMthI avAjo uThayA, chevaTe halakI jAta, putra vecyo! zramaNoe samAnatA ApI zuM sAra kADhayo ? mAnavo vacce kuLanA bheda bhUsAtA haze? e to zAstramAM kahelI vAta che. zudra te zudra. virUpA kaMIka bhAnamAM AvI bolatI hatI. meM putra vecyo nathI. metArya zeTha zeThANIno putra che punaH bebhAna banI gaI. mAnava samudAyamAM gaNagaNATa cAlato hato. mAe putrane vecyo. jJAtaputranA bodhanI vAto karanAra A virUpAe putrane vecyo? vaLI naMdA dAsI paNa maraNa pAmI hatI tethI sAcI hakIkata zuM che? te koNa kahI zake? loka mukhe AvezabharI jJAtaputranI TIkA sAMbhaLI metArya ubhA thayA. temaNe be hAtha joDI mahArAjane vinaMti karI, mane kaMIka kahevAnI AjJA Apo. magadhanareze temane AMkhathI saMmati ApI, metArya svasthapaNe bolavA lAgyA. he prajAjano ! mahAmaMtrI mApha kare, paNa temaNe je nivedana karyuM te yathArtha nathI. AjanI A pUrI vigata kharekhara zudra savarNanA bhedarahita 114 anokhI maitrI

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thayelA maitrIbhAvanuM AtmasamarpaNa che. AvI be janetAo meLavI metaputra jAhera thavA chatAM huM mArI jAtane sadbhAgI mAnuM chuM. Akhare TUMkamAM jaNAvuM ke mArI janmadAtrI virUpA che. mAtaMga mArA pitA che. huM metaputra chuM mArI mAtA devazrIne saMtAna jIvatA na hovAthI putranI jhaMkhanAvALA zeTha bIjI patnI kare tevI manovyathAne dUra karavA mArI janmadAtrI mA virUpAe nirvyAja sakhyabhAvathI mane zeThANIne suprata karyo hato. emAM koI vecANa ke sodo na hato. virUpAne ema ke mane bIjo putra thaze, vaLI zeThANIe ApelI putrI maraNa pAmI. tyAra pachI mArI mAtA virUpAne saMtAna na thayuM. A AtmasamarpaNa karanAra virUpAnA kuLane huM halakuM mAnato nathI. paraMtu tenA A AtmasamarpaNane huM virUpAnI mahAnatA mAnuM chuM. mane punaH kahevA do ke virUpA mArI mAtA, mAtaMga mAro pitA huM temano putra metArya nahi paNa metAraja chuM. virUpAe A vAta mane mArA lagnanA thoDA divasa pahelA tenA mukhe kahelI che. A hakIkata koIne kahevI nahi, tevo teno Agraha hovAthI huM tenI sAthe vacanabaddha hato tethI gupta rAkhI hatI. paraMtu have Aje vikaTa saMyogomAM vacanabhaMga thaI mAre A vAta jAhera karavI paDI che. A hakIkata sAMbhaLI magadharAja ane mahAmaMtrInA netro sajaLa banI gayA. janasamUhamAM paNa keTalAka bhAvAvezamAM AvI gayA. AvuM AtmasamarpaNa ! Akhare magadharAje kahyuM, virUpAne bahAra lAvo, e A vAtane vadhu spaSTa karaze. rAjasevaka aMdara oraDAmAM jaIne tarata ja pAcho Avyo. mahArAja, vaidyarAje kahyuM ke virUpA A prasaMgathI AghAta pAmI maraNa pAmI che. zeThANI hajI kaMIka bhAnamAM AvyA. temaNe sAMbhaLyuM virUpA maraNa pAmI che. mArI sakhI maraNa pAmI? ane teo paNa AghAtathI A duniyAnA AvA kuLabhedathI mukata thaI virUpA sAthe cAlI nIkaLyA, 1 15 anokhI maitrI

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maraNa pAmyA. jANe maitrIbhAvanI nikaTatA ane nirdoSatA pragaTa karavA sakhIoe eka sAthe ciravidAya lIdhI. mahArAjA kahe mAtaMgane bolAvo. mAtaMgano Aveza zAMta thayA pachI tene bhAna thayuM ke teNe bhayaMkara bhUla karI che, tethI tyAMthI ghara tarapha bhAgI gayo hato. tene rAjasevako zodhI lAvyA. mAtaMga jaldI cAla, virUpA maraNa pAmI che. ! mane pUchayA vagara ? mane mUkIne e mare ja nahi. te virUpA pAse Avyo. nizceta virUpAne joIne DaghAI gayo. ane cIsa pADI uThayo 'virU, virU.' mAtaMganA mukhethI virU zabdathI nAcI uThatI virU Aje A duniyAmAM kayAM hatI ke javAba Ape ? virUno vaLato javAba na maLavAthI te tyAM Ubho rahI na zakayo, doDato punaH bhAgI gayo. have metAryane ApaNe metAraja saMbodhana karIzuM. metAraja oraDAmAM dAkhala thayA. eka bichAnA para sadAne mATe poDhI gayelI janmadAtrI virUpAnA mukha para saMtoSanuM teja hatuM. metAraja tenI pAse besI krUsake dhrUsake raDI paDyA. mAMDa bolI zakyA 'mA mA' A teno hetabharyo chello zabda sAMbhaLavA jhaMkhatI virUpA kayAM hozamAM hatI ? te to A duniyAne tyajI cAlI gaI hatI. bIjA bichAnAmAM devazrI cira nidrAmAM poDhayA hatA. metAraja mAtAnI sAme joI vadhu vegathI raDI uThayA. A dRzya joIne magadhanareza jevA zUravIra, mahAmaMtrI jevA buddhinidhAna, aMtaHpuranI rANIo ane prajAjano sau raDI uThayA. metanA zudra kuLano bheda bhUlI saunA haiyA raDI rahyA hatA. virUpA anupama jIvana jIvI gaI. tenuM AtmasamarpaNa saunA hRdayane bhIMjavI gayuM. Akhare dhairyavAna mahAmaMtrIe metArajane dhIraja ApI, tenA vAMse hAtha pheravI kahyuM ke parama mitra metAraja ! virUpA to jIvana sArthaka karI gaI. have teno zoka na hoya. je janme te eka divasa 116 anokhI maitrI

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maraNa pAmavAnuM che. have AmAM kaMI pheraphAra karavAnuM ApaNA hAthamAM nathI vaLI tamAre pelI sAta kumaLI kanyAono vicAra karavAno che. te kevI muMjhAI gaI haze? baMne janetA cira nidrAmAM poDhelI joI metAraja evA vimAsaNamAM hatA ke tyAMthI khasI na zakayA. metArajanuM rUdana kema aTake? vaLI dhanadatta jevA zeTha eka khUNe besI raDI rahyA hatA. mahA ullAsamaya jIvanano Avo rakAsa ? mahAmaMtrI kSaNabhara kSobha pAmI ubhA rahyA. chevaTe punaH metAraja pAse AvyA, khUba hetabharI vANIthI samajAvyuM ke A be sanArIonA sakhyabhAvanI joDa ApaNane ghaNuM zIkhavI jAya che. UMca nIcanA bheda kayAre dUra thaze te to koNa jANe paNa A sahiyaroe to abheda jIvana jIvI ane marI batAvyuM, mATe zoka na karo. tyAM to jozIo doDI AvyA ke lagnanuM muhUrta vItI jAya che. jaladI nirNaya karo ane muhUrta sAcavI lo. varaghoDe caDhelA vararAjA khAlI pAcho na phare. A sAMbhaLI mahAmaMtrI bolyA metAraja, hiMmata dhAraNa kare, cAlo prathama lagna vidhi pUrI karo, te pachI mAtAonI aMtyeSTi kriyA paNa karavAnI che. prANasakhA mahAmaMtrI, tame nyAyathI vicArajo. huM have Aryaputra nathI. metaputra chuM. kanyAonA mAtA pitAe dhanadatta zeThanA Aryaputra sAthe kanyAonA vivAha karyA che. have teo A lagnamAM saMmata che? kanyAo ane temanA mAtA-pitA tyAM hatA. kanyAonA mAtApitA mahA vimAsaNamAM hatA. kanyAo to muMjhavaNathI murajhAI gaI hatI. temanA mukhakamaLa karamAI gayA hatA. amArA pati metaputra che! mahAmaMtrI : he vaDIlo ! metAraka metaputra che te jANyA pachI tamArI kanyAonA tenI sAthe lagna tamane maMjura che ? saghaLA mAtA pitAe nakAramAM mAthuM halAvyuM. pachI mahAmaMtrIe kanyAone pUchayuM, he putrIo! tame saMkoca na rAkhatA tamAro abhiprAya jAhera karo. anokhI maitrI 1 17

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eka pachI eka kanyAono dhImo avAja nIkaLyo. nA ame metaputrane nahi paraNIe. vArU tame muMjhAzo nahi, tamArI IcchA mujaba thaze. kanyAo paNa tyAre manovyathAmAM hatI. teoe metAraja tarapha najara karI. vicAratI hatI ke zaNagArathI sajja zobhato rUpALo paDachaMda kAyAvALo, parAkramI, guNavAna, zodhyo na jaDe tevA manamohaka A purUSamAM zuM khUTe che ? ucca gotra ? are jJAtaputrano bodha zuM che? samAnatAno che. chatAM teo A lagna svIkArI na zakI. kumaLI kaLI jevI kanyAonI muMjhavaNa mahAmaMtrI pArakhI gayA. temaNe tAtkAlika ukela kaDhayo ke hamaNA bhale AjanuM muhUrta jAya. bIjuM muhUrta maLI raheze. vaLI samaya jatAM mArga nIkaLaze. tema vicArI teo bolyA, cAlo prathama baMne sannArIonI aMtima kriyA ujavIe. bAjumAM ja beThelA magadhanareze AkhathI saMmati ApI. muMjhAtI kanyAone rANIone soMpI aMtapuramAM mokalI ApI. lagnanuM sAjana vAjana sau have aMtima kriyAnI zoka sabhAmAM goThavAI gayuM. saMsAranI gati kharekhara akaLa che. karmanI vicitratA koNa ukelI zakyuM che ! jeNe ukelI teo A vinazvara saMsArano tyAga karI gayA. magadharAje Adeza Apyo A baMne mahAna nArIonI aMtima kriyA rAjavaMzIonA maraNottaranA jAhera sthaLe karajo. lagnanA utsavabharyA aNa ukalyA prasaMga pachI bhale A prasaMga zokamaya hato chatAM gauravavaMta sahiyaronI aMtima yAtrA avarNanIya banI gaI. pragaTa thayelI ghaTanAne sau vAgoLatA, Adara karatA, uMcanIcanA bhedane nakAratA hatA. A yAtrA AgaLa vadhatI nakkI karelA nadInA kAMThe pavitra sthaLe pahoMcI. sau mAtaMgane zodhavA lAgyA. mAtaMga kayAM che ? rAjasevako cAre bAju zodhI vaLyA. mAtaMga na maLyo. koNa jANe kayA khUNe 1 18 anokhI maitrI

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virUnI yAdamAM bharAI beTho haze ? e suMdaravana upavananI yogya jagAmAM caMdananA kASTanI be citAo racavAmAM AvI hatI. mAnava samUha umaTayo hato. sau baMne sannArIone aMtima sanmAna ApI rahyA hatA. AkharI ghaDIe mahAmaMtrI metArajano hAtha pakaDI baMne citAo pAse lAvyA. metAraje baMne mAtAne azrubhInI AMkhe praNAma karyA. caMdanakASTanI citAo para zuddha ghInA ghaDA ThalavAyA. metAraje AMsu bhInI AMkhe baMne citAone agni saMskAra ApyA. cAre bAju lokonA DUsakA saMbhaLAtA hatA. Akhare agnie potAnuM kAma samApta karyuM. baMne sakhIonA nazvara deha rAkha banI gayA. prajAjano vikharAvA mAMDayA. metAraja stabdha banIne tyAM ja beThA rahyA. vaLI koI mAtaMgane zodhI lAvyuM. paDachaMda kAyAvALo maMtrarAja eka khUNAmAM cittabhrama jevI dazAmAM beTho hato. na bolyo ke na raDyo, vaLI gaNagaNato virUpA mane mUkIne na jAya. vaLI ubho thaIne bhAgI gayo. svajano paNa vidAya thayA hatA. chevaTe mahA dharyavAna mahAmaMtrIe dhanadatta zeThane ubhA karyA. metArajane mAthe hAtha mUkI samajAvIne ubhA karyA. temaNe havelIe pahoMcADI mahAmaMtrI gaMbhIra vadane svasthAne gayA. saMsAranI A akaLa kaLA ja che. pUrI rAjagRhI nagarI savAre to vAjiMtrothI gAjatI, mArgamAM gulAla pAtharatI, metAryane cokhAthI vadhAvatI, gIto gAtI hatI. te ja nagarInI sAMja sUryAsta sAthe nisteja lAgavA mAMDI. vAjiMtronA guMjana baMdha hatA. ghare ghare zokagherI rAta vitI gaI. lagnanA divaso dUra ThelAtA hatA. mahAmaMtrI to zuM bhalabhalA yogIo paNa muMjhAya evA eka sAthe keTalAye zocanIya prasaMgonA bhAra nIce mahAmaMtrI AvI gayA hatA. mahArAjA cellaNA sAthenuM apaharaNa, temAM mAryA gayelA yuvAna batrIsa sulasA putro, rohiNeyano nagarI para hUmalo. jIvato pakaDAvA chatAM nirdoSa Tharyo. prANa sakhA jevA metArya ane mAtaMganuM jIvanA jokhame parAkrama, vaLI metArya metaputra che tevuM acaraja bharyuM rahasya, 1 19 anokhI maitrI

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baMne sakhIonuM mRtyu, have bAkI rahyo che aNa ukalyo koyaDo metAryanA lagna mATenI sAme kanyAonuM zuM karavuM? tethI paNa moTo prazna mahAmaMtrI vicAre che have ahIMthI chUTIne jJAtaputrane zaraNe kayAre besuM? have mArA jIvanano zo bharoso ? jIMdagI to have vRddhAvasthA tarapha jaI prauDhA rahI che. to have vilaMba zA mATe ? zokagherI rAta vItI. prabhAte mahAmaMtrI rAjamahele pahoMcyA. magadharAjane maLyA. teo paNa upara mujabanA eka pachI eka banelI ghaTanAthI zokAtura hatA. ekAMtamAM beThelA pitAputra Aje mauna dharI rahyA hatA. chevaTe mahAmaMtrIe mauna choDI kahyuM, mahArAja, karmanI gati vicitra che. jJAtaputrano bodha A ja che ke AvA azaraNa rUpa saMsAramAM tame konA bharose jIvana jIvo cho ! maraNa nizcita chatAM hajI jIvo jAgatA nathI. mane to thAya che ke kayAre jJAtaputranA caraNamAM zaraNa lauM? chelluM vAkaya sAMbhaLI mahArAjA vadhu zokamaya banI dhrUjI gayA. AthI mahAmaMtrI tyAMja aTakI gayA. ane vAtane vaLAMka Apyo ke have sAta kanyAone maLIne kaMI ukela lAvavo jarUrI che. hA e paNa tame ja karI zakazo. rAjagRhInI zokabharI rAtri vitI gaI. metArajanI havelIe hajI svajanonA ToLA jAmelA che. sau viSAdamAM che. metAraja mahAmaMthanamAM che. mAtaMga zodhyo maLato nathI. cittabhrama dazAmAM jaMgalamAM bhamato kyAMya koI sAdhunI saMgatamAM bhaLI gayo haze? traNeka divasa Ama pasAra thaI gayA. svajano sau vidAya thayA. metArajanA citrapaTa para keTalIka smRtio aMkAI rahI che. virUpAne peTe janma thavo. devazrInA khoLe ucharavuM. ghaNI kaLA sahita zikSaNa meLavyuM. ghAyala thayelo virUpAnI sevA pAmyo. te ja nimitta virUpA mATe kAramuM banyuM. tenI vatsalyatAe mohanuM rUpa dhAraNa karyuM. niHsaMtAnano saMtApa saLavaLyo. baLatA hRdayane ThAravA teNe mane gUDha satya kahI dIdhuM. mane paNa vimAsaNamAM mUkayo. nA paNa ethI mane 120 anokhI maitrI

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anokhI maitrInA AtmasamarpaNanI mahAnatA samajAI. vaLI ghaNA varSothI mAtaMgathI gupta rAkhelI vAta paNa teNe mAtaMgane chetaryAnA aparAdhathI chUTavA kadAca kahI dIdhI haze. tethI mAtaMga lagnanA ullAsabharyA mahotsavanuM e dazya joIne pitA tarIkenA bhAvathI bhAna bhUlyo. ane pUrI bAjI ja ulTI banI gaI. tenA pariNAme baMne janetA, baMne sakhIo AghAta pAmI A medavALI dharatIne tyajI hAtha milAvI cAlI nIkaLI. oha ! A thoDA samayamAM paNa keTakeTaluM aNaciMtavyuM banI gayuM. jeno upAya mAnavInA hAthamAM nathI chatAM hajI mane A duniyAmAM jIvavA jevuM nathI evuM lAgatuM nathI. Ama AvA manomaMthanamAM ghaNo samaya nIkaLI gayo. vaLI pitAnI paNa nAjuka sthitino vicAra karI saciMta thaI gayA. ane temanI pAse jaIne beThA. baMne samadukhiyA zuM vAta kare ? vaLI koI vaDIla AzvAsana ApatA, ema samaya pasAra thaI rahyo hato. mahAmaMtrI trIje divase aMtaHpuramAM gayA. mahArANI cellaNAne laI sAte kanyA pAse AvyA. temanA mAtA-pitA paNa hAjara hatA. mahAmaMtrI : vaDIlo ane putrIo na dhArelI kayAre ya AvI na sAMbhaLelI Azcaryajanaka ane duHkhadAyaka ghaTanA ghaTI gaI. teno ukela paNa eka samasyA che. te huM jANuM chuM, huM pote A badhI ghaTanAthI saMsAranA svarUpa pratye udAsIna thaI gayo chuM. chatAM je kArya karavAnI mArI pharaja che te mATe Avyo chuM. meM tamane kahyuM hatuM ke tamArI IcchA mujaba thaze. chatAM keTalIka vAta karuM tenA para vicAra karI jUo. metArya metaputra che te sAcuM che. tenuM zikSaNa meM ja rAjavaMzI kumAro sAthe apAvyuM che. te mahA parAkramI che, teNe rohiNeya jevA jhanUnI lUMTArAne paNa motane jokhame bhagADayo hato. A parAkrama ucca kSatriyathI caDhe tevuM hatuM. guNavAna tarIke A deza ane paradezamAM tenI khyAti che. rUpavAna to che ja. pUrI nagarImAM ati dhanADhaya che. anokhI maitrI 1 2 1.

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svapurUSArtha vaDe videza kheDIne samRddhinI vRddhi karI che. eka gauravavaMtA purUSamAM je hoya temAM zuM khUTe che teno vicAra karajo. punaH bolyA tamArI IcchA anyatra lagna karavAnI haze to paNa tamane AnAthI vizeSa vyaktitva dharAvato purUSa zodhyo maLaze? chelle mahAmaMtrIe sacoTa vAta karI ke tame manathI to metAryane varI cUkI cho. pachI tamArA hRdayamAM bIjo purUSa sthAna leze? punaH vicArajo. kAle vaLI ApaNe maLIzuM. mahAmaMtrInI vatsalatA bharI samajAvaTa ane satya hakIkatano vicAra karI vaDIlo sahamata thayA ke mahAmaMtrInI vAta sAcI che, metAryamAM zuM khUTe che? A kanyAone Avo pati kayAM maLaze. vaLI ekavAra vivAhita thayelI A kanyAono koNa svIkAra karaze ? kULanI vAta javA daIe to metArya kharekhara zreSTha ane parAkramI purUSa che. vaDIloe kanyAo sAthe A vicAra vinimaya karyo. kanyAone paNa vAtamAM tathya lAgyuM. te sarve paNa saMmata thaI. bIjA divase mahAmaMtrIne kaMI vizeSa vAta karavAnI na rahI. vaDIlo, kanyAo sau sahamata hatA. vaDIlo jarA saMkocAIne bolyA, ke mahArAjA potAnI kanyA metArajane Ape to amane vadhu AnaMda ane spaSTatA thaze ke ame ucita karyuM che. metAraja ane dhanadattane bolAvavA rAjasevakone mokalIne mahAmaMtrI mahArAjA pAse AvyA. pitAputra paNa AvI gayA. mahAmaMtrIe saghaLI bInAnI spaSTatA karI, tathA vaDIlono rAjakanyA mATeno prastAva temaNe jaNAvyo. mahArAjAe prasanna thaI saMmati ApI. mahArAjA svayaM zreSThi kanyA sunaMdAne paraNyA hatA temanI jyA suvarNA. jo ke metAraja ghaDIka vimAsaNamAM paDayA. mahAmaMtrI : kanyAo tamane manathI varI cUkI che. have temane mATe bIjo pati zakya nathI. vaDIlo saMmata che. saghaLI vAta nyAyasaranI che. mATe tame A kanyAone svIkArI lo. 1 2 2 anokhI maitrI

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dhanadatta to saMmata hatA. metAraje saMmati ApI. mahArAjAe sunaMdA rANI ane temanI putrI suvarNAne bolAvyA, ane metArajanI sAthe suvarNAnA lagna thAya tevI saMmati mAMgI. metAraja vaNika ke metaputra chatAM kSatriyane yogya parAkramI che te tame sau rohiNeyanA prasaMgathI jANo cho. AthI badhI rIte yogya che. sunaMdArANIe metAranA zikSaNa kALe A vicAra karelo tethI nirNaya letA vAra na lAgI ane sAta kanyA sAthe AThamI kanyA bhaLI. vAstavamAM metAraja ane dhanadatta zokanI chAyAmAM hatA tethI prathama jevo utsAha kayAMthI Ave ? chatAM tarata ja lagna thAya te mATe sau saMmata hatA. Ama to lagna maMDapa taiyAra hato. vaLI saMsAranuM svarUpa ja AvuM che. ghaDImAM harSa, ghaDImAM zoka. eTale taiyAra lagna maMDapamAM sAdAIthI AThe kanyAonI sAthe metAraja lagnagraMthIthI joDAI gayA. A prasagane ucita mAnI mahArAjAe potAnI rAjakanyAne pelo nIlakamala devamahela bheTa Apyo. ane metArajane nagarazeThanuM birUda bheTamAM ApyuM. nagarImAM A samAcAra pharI vaLyA. lokomAM kautukabharI carcA thaI. Akhare lokopavAda kayAM sudhI Take ? svargasamA nIlakamala mahelamAM ATha ATha rUpavatI, guNavatI kanyAo sAthe metAraja svargIya sukhamAM mahAlavA lAgyA. temanA puNya kanyAomAM ekatA hatI. patine AThe prANasamA mAnIne sAcavatI. sukhanI magnatAmAM divaso pasAra thaI rahyA che. jo ke metArakanA mana parathI hajI banelI ghaTanAnI smRti, metavAsamAM metonA uddhAra karavAnI bhAvanA, mAtaMganI zodha, dhanadatta pitAnI saMbhALa, jevA saMyogothI kaMIka AkULa thatA, tyAre AThe kanyAo avanavI prIta dvArA metArajane AnaMdamAM mUkI detI. vaLI metAraja paNa hajI bhoga lAlasAvALA hatA. tethI e sukhamAM khovAI jatA. e sukhano ubharo thoDo zamyo ane tArajane nagarazreSThinuM anokhI maitrI 123

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pada ApavAmAM AvyuM hatuM tethI kaMIka kAryanI javAbadArI hatI. temaNe vyApAra to sameTI lIdho hato. sAta kanyAo aDhaLaka dhana laIne AvI hatI. AThamI rAjakanyA daivImahela ane saMpatti laIne AvI hatI. nagarazreSThi tarIke rAjaya taraphathI paNa ghaNI suvidhA hatI. Ama cAre bAjuthI sukhathI chalakAtuM jIvana hatuM. teno moha chUTavo saheluM na hatuM. chatAM metAranA manamAM hajI baMne janetAnA akALa avasAnanA paDaghA paDatA hatA. pitA mAtaMga kayAM haze? tenI dazA zuM haze ? e vicAra punaH punaH ubharAtA, paraMtu cAre bAju sukhanI lahero e badhuM zamAvI detI. jhaDapathI samaya pasAra thaI rahyo hato. nagarazreSThi tarIke metArake nagarInA vyApArAdi kSetre ghaNI pragati karI. deza paradezanA zreSThio temanA meLApa mATe vyasta rahetA, paraMtu ATha suMdarIonA pAzamAM keda nagarazreSThi kayAreka ja bahAra nIkaLatA hatA. samayocita kAryane nyAya ApatA. metArajanuM metajanonA utkarSanuM kArya dhanadatta zeTha ane zeThANIbA lagna utsavamAM sukhanI avadhie pahoMcyA hatA. paNa dave kaMI judu ja dhAryuM hatuM. karmanI vicitratA koNa jANI zakayuM che ? lagnostu maraNotsavamAM palaTAI gayo. dhanadatta zeThe nahi dhArelI Akasmika ghaTanAo banI, putranA lagnanAM utsavamAM paDelo bhaMga, devazrInuM akALa mRtyu, temAM vaLI jJAtaputranA bodhano avasara maLyo. tethI temaNe jIvanane dharmamArge vALyuM. metArthe vyApAra saMbhALyA pachI teo nivRtta thayA hatA. paNa have vizeSa pramANe zrAvakAcAra vrata laI ArAdhanA karavA lAgyA. devImahelanA nivAsa pachI have metAraja kayAreka pitAnI saMbhALa levA AvatA. Ama pUrI havelInA ThAThamATha have kaMI upayogI na rahetA zeThe temAM sAdAIbharyA vAtAvaraNamAM zramaNonA AvAgamana mATe vyavasthA karI hatI. jethI temane zramaNono samAgama maLI raheto. te jIvanane bodhadvArA sArthaka karatA hatA. mAtaMga prAraMbhamAM kayAMya pharyA karato. kayAreka virUpAnI khAMbhI anokhI maitrI 1 24

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pAse Avato, zUnyamanaska besato. pachI kayAMya cAlI jato. virUpAnA sahavAsamAM sadAya yauvana jIvana jIvatA mAtaMganI virUpA vagaranI noMdhArI dazA joI metArajane duHkha thatuM. metAraje potAnuM nAma metAryane badale metAraja jAhera karyuM tyAre tenI bhAvanA hatI ke metone mATe koI uttama kArya karavuM. tethI teNe metavAsamAM virUpA-mAtaMganA khoraDAnI AjubAjunA vistAramAM suMdara upavana karI, virUpAvATikA banAvI. vAtAvaraNa pavitra rahe tevI yojanA karI. ahiM bhUkhyAne bhojana maLatuM. rogIne auSadha maLatuM. bALakone zikSaNa maLatuM. yuvAnone kAma maLatuM. evA aneka kAryo ubhA karI metavAsane paNa svaccha banAvI suMdara vAtAvaraNa ubhuM karyuM. vaLI mAtaMga kayAreka AvIne ahiM raheto. prAraMbhamAM virUpA vagaranA e sthAnamAM virahathI muMjhAto. vaLI zramaNo bhedabhAva vagara AvatA temano bodha maLato eTale sAMtvana pAmato. saunI sAthe kAryazIla raheto chatAM teno mAnasika ghA uMDo hato. te metAraja jANatA hatA. chatAM mAtaMga have virUpAvATikAmAM kaMIka Tharyo hato, metavAsamAM sau tenI saMbhALa rAkhatA. tethI metAraja saMtoSa mAnatA. metAranI bhAvanA virUpAnI jema AtmasamarpaNanI hatI tethI te metavAsamAM AvatA, premathI saune AvakAratA. pote nagarazreSThi hatA. tethI keTalAkane vyApAra tarapha vALyA hatA. zakaya teTalA bheda dUra karavA te niraMtara prayatna karatA. paNa A prathAnA mULa ghaNA uMDA hatA tethI joIe tevI saphaLatA maLatI nahi. vaLI rohiNeyanA sAthIo pAchA AvI metavAsamAM vasyA. teo hajI temane maLelA dAdAnA saMskAra choDatA na hatA. teo to mAnatA ke metArajanuM A jJAtaputranI jema zudrone chetaravAnuM kAma che. vaLI metonA utkarSamAM savarNono paNa virodha hato ke kAgaDAne navarAvyAthI te haMsa banI jato nathI. chatAM metAraje zakaya teTalA prayatna karIne metavargano ghaNo vikAsa karyo. vaLI kayAreka tenA mAnasa para banelI ghaTanAo upasthita thatI. anokhI maitrI 1 25

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banne janetAnuM akALa mRtyu. daivI jevA lagnotsavamAM paDeluM bhaMgANa, mAtaMganI avadazA, abhayamaMtrI sAthe saMsAranA svarUpanI thayelI carcAonI yAda, jJAtaputrano sAMbhaLelo bodha, AvA saMsmaraNo tene kayAreka muMjhavatA. temAMya sAMbhaLyuM ke abhayamaMtrI paramasakhAe pUrA sAmrAjayanuM Adhipatya dharAvatA magadhanA mahAmaMtrIpadano tyAga karI jJAtaputrane zaraNe javAnA che. paraMtu rAjAjJAnA abhAve rokAyA che. tyAre to temano jIva aMdarathI hAlI gayo. metAraja parAgamAM bhramaranI jema keda hatA paNa, hA ! pelI ATha sauMdaryavatInuM saMpIluM ekama rUmajhUma karatuM hAjara thatuM. avanavA hAvabhAva, nRtya, saMgIta jevA kAryakramo karIne patine rIjhavatI. e ATha ne metAraja eka, temanA kAmaNagArA snehapAzamAM parAgamAM bhramaranI jema te pUrAI jatA. abhayamaMtrI kahetA metAraja ! keTalAka jIvonA bhogakarma evA hoya che ke kAdavamAM paga mUke kADhavA jAya ane khUMpato jAya mATe tame veLAsara cetI jajo. viSayabhoganA medAnamAM hArI na jatA. metArajane kayAreka A zabdonA bhaNakArA vAgatA tyAre maMthananuM vAvetara thatuM rahetuM. na vaLI ATha karmanI velaDIo vIMTaLAI hoya tevI ATha suMdarIonA mohapAzamAM metAraja baMdhAyA hatA. vaLI nIlakamalano daivImahela kaMI ocho AkarSaka na hato. eka khaMDamAM praveza karatA ja jANe varSARtu cAre dizAe khIlelI jaNAtI. temAM meghadhanuSa racAtA nihALavAmAM suMdarIo sAthe kalAko vItI jatA. vaLI koI khaMDamAM pAnakharanI vasaMta RtunI racanA kudaratane paNa AMbI jAya. te jotAM metAraja vasaMtamaya banI jatA. vaLI eka khaMDa grISmaRtunuM dRzya comera khaDuM karato. teja kiraNothI camakato e khaMDa chatAM temAM suMdarIo sAthe rAcatA metArajane garamIno sparza na thato. tevI caMdrakAMtamaNinI adbhUta racanA hatI. enAthI AgaLa vadhatA koI khaMDamAM jayAre metAraja ATha suMdarIo sAthe praveza karatA te ArisAbhavanamAM AThanI ATha 126 anokhI maitrI

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hajAra suMdarIo tenI daSTipatha para chavAI jatI. koI khaMDo zilpakaLA vaDe zRMgArita hatA temAM kayA dazyane nihALavuM tenuM Azcarya thatuM. vaLI eka mALa to pUrA bAremAsanA khIlelA puSpone darzAvato AzcaryakArI udyAna hato. temAM sugaMdhI pavana vaheto hato. mAnavane tyAMthI uThavAnuM mana na thAya tevA udyAnamAM metAranA ATha suMdarIo sAthe kalAko pasAra thaI jatA. koI khaMDamAM nATaka maMDaLIone goThavavAmAM AvI hatI. te naTanaTIo paNa suMdaratAthI opatA hatA. nATako khelAtA tyAre rAta kyAMya vyatita thaI jatI. vaLI koI khaMDamAM nRtyAMganAo nRtya karatI ane madhura saMgIta relAvatI tyAre te svaronI miThAzamAM sau khovAI jatA. zayana khaMDo paNa kaMI eka be na hatA. temAM suMvALA zayananA sAdhano beThakanA bhadrAsano AMkhane AkarSe, cittane uttejita kare tevA abhUta citronI racanAvALA hatA. temAMya pelo jaLakuMDa tenA svaccha jaLamAM bhUmitaLanI nIlA raMganI chAyA paDatI. jaLakuMDanI AjubAju nAnA jaLakuMDamAM sonerI mAchalIo taratI. savAranA snAnano samaya to temane mATe jagatanI vismRti karAve tevo hato. A sarvenI vacce puNyarAzinA saMcayavALA metAraja sukhabhogano svAmI hatA. zuM bhogave? keTaluMka bhogave? ane kevI rIte chUTe? kahe che mAnava ati sukhathI paNa ubake che. metAraja A sukhanA atirekathI kayAreka vicAra vamaLamAM guMcavAtA tyAre temanA smaraNa paTa para banne mAtAnA acAnaka mRtyunA oLA temane gherI vaLatA. mAtAnA samarpaNa pachI paNa rahelI zudronI avanati temane khUMcatI. temAM paNa virUpA vagarano mAtaMga temane yAda Avato tyAre temanuM mana duHkhathI ubharAI jatuM. zudratA bhUlIne sadAya navajIvana jIvatA dAmpatyano Avo rakAsa ? virUpA vagaranuM mAtaMganuM behAla jIvana temanI najare AvatuM tyAre temane tenA sukhabhoga AkarA lAgatA. vaLI dhanadatta zeThanuM saMtAna prApti pachInuM sukhabharyuM jIvana, eka panotA putranA lagnotsavamAM ubhI thayelI viTaMbaNA ane temAM paNa devazrInuM 1 27 anokhI maitrI

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mRtyu pitAnA sukhanI avadhimAM upAdhirUpa banyuM. AvA taraMgo uThatA, paNa vaLI ATha navayauvanAnA zRMgAranA raMgabharyA sahavAsathI te taraMgo zamI jatA. chatAM tenA gherA paDaghA cittamAMthI naSTa thayA nahotA. kayAreka e paDaghA uThatA ane metArajanA hRdaya taMtrane halAvI detA. samayanuM vaheNa vahyuM jAya che. metArajathI vizeSa abhayamaMtrInI manodazA vadhu vyathita che. teo have prauDhatAmAM pravezI cUkayA che. rohiNeyanA prasaMgathI temanA mana para gherI asara upajI hatI. metArajanI mAtAonA mRtyunI pUrI ghaTanA paNa temane vicAravamaLamAM gUMcavatI. uMcanIcanA bhedanA pragaTa thayelA e rahasyathI temanI udAsInatA gherI banatI. ekavAra temaNe mahArAjA pAse mahAmaMtrIpadethI mukta thavAnI bhAvanA jaNAvI, kahyuM ke have pote jJAtaputranA zaraNe rahI jIvana sArthaka karavA Icche che. mahAmaMtrI AgaLa kaMI bole tyAM to mahArAjA Asana parathI ubhA thaI gayA. abhayamaMtrI! te vAta azakaya che. mArA jIvatA tamAre A vAta uccAravI nahi, mArI AjJA vagara e vicAra paNa na karazo. mahAmaMtrI A sAMbhaLI mauna thayA paNa e mauna pAchaLa gherI vedanA hatI. punaH punaH vicAra karatA, mArA jevA aciMtya buddhimAna, parAkramI, vicakSaNa vyakatine rohiNeya chetarI gayo. paraMtu jJAtaputranI vANInA sparzamAtrathI bUjhayo. pitAnI pratijJA bhaMga karI tenA mohano nazo choDI, rAjaya sthApavA jevA manoratho tyajI jJAtaputrane zaraNe besI gayo ane mahAna pratibhA dharAvato huM A pitRmoha tyajI zakato nathI ? A gahana vicAramAM pote divaso vyatita karatA hatA. tenI aMtarabhAvanA sAcI hatI tethI saMyogo AvI maLyA. celuNArANI paNa jJAtaputranA bhakata to hatA ja. vaLI pratyakSa bodha prApta thayA pachI, abhayakumAranI bhAvanA jANyA pachI sunaMdArANInI paNa saMsAratyAganI bhAvanA jANI pote manomaMthanamAM hatA. paraMtu mahArAjanI AjJA vagara te zakaya na hatuM. vaLI mahArAja 1 28 anokhI maitrI

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vRddhAvasthAe pahoMcyA hatA tethI temane celaNAnA sahavAsanI jarUra hatI te jANatA hatA. tethI zakaya teTaluM ekAMta gALatA. mahAmaMtrI mahAmuni banyA celaNAno putra kuNIka parAkramI hato. tene mahAmaMtrIpadanI adamya mahAtvAkAMkSA hatI. abhayamaMtrI A jANatA hatA. punaH pitAne samajAvI AjJA meLavI kuNIkane mahAmaMtrIpada soMpI pote nivRtta thaI prabhu jJAtaputrane zaraNe beThA. mahAmaMtrI mahAmuni thayA. A samAcAra jANI vaLI metAraja punaH manomaMthanamAM AvI gayA. paNa A rahasyathI sajAga pelI ATha patnIo tarata ja navA navA zaNagAra sajI bhojananA rasathALa sAthe cAre bAju viMTaLAI jatI. tyAre A rasika bhramara temAM pUrAI jato. - nikaTanA mitra mahAmaMtrInA padatyAga pachI kaNika mahAmaMtrI pade AvyA. metArajanI temanI sAthe kaMI nikaTatA na hatI. tethI jamAI evA mahAzreSThi have rAjadarabAramAM bhAgye ja jatA. tethI mahAzreSThine maLavA IcchatA vyApArIo paNa nirAza thaI pAchA vaLatA. Ama metArajanI rAjakIya ane sAmAjika priyatA ghaTatI cAlI. jo ke metArajane have e mahAtvAkAMkSA rahI na hatI. abhayamaMtrI muni thayA paNa kaMI mitrane bhUlyA na hatA. sAco maitrIbhAva temanA cittamAM pradipta hato. ekavAra dIkSita thayelA mitrane metAraja vaMdana karavA AvyA hatA. muni metAraja dhana, vaibhava, sukhabhogamAM jIve keTalAye janmo vyartha gumAvyA che. bhoganI paNa maryAdA svIkAravI. jJAtaputra jevA svAmI maLyA pachI have saMsAranA aMkamAM kayAM sudhI ALoTavuM ? bhoga rogarUpe pragaTa thAya te pahelA cetI jajo. hA, munirAja huM koIvAra maMthana karUM chuM paNa mane hajI A sukhabhogathI chUTavAnuM mana nathI thatuM. zuM A sukhabhogane tyajI devAnA ane jIvanane zuSka banAvavAnuM ! ema koI vAra zaMkA uThe che. nA, vAstavamAM sAcA sukhano viveka janmAvIne nirNaya karavAno che. Ama bodhanuM zravaNa karI bhAre maMthana sAthe metAraja vidAya thayA. anokhI maitrI 129

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muni pAsethI mahele javA nIkaLyA paNa mana parama sakhA munirAjamAM hatuM. te punaH punaH vicAratA hatA. ke mArA ja jIvanamAM kevI ghaTanAo banI? devazrI mA ane dhanadatta pitA, saMsAranI daSTie sukhanI Toce pahoMcyA tyAM mAtAnA akALa mRtyuthI kevo karUNa aMjAma Avyo. pitA mAtaMga ane janmadAtrI virUpAnA snehALa dAmpatya jIvanamAM temane vaya, jAti, zudratA kaMI naDayuM na hatuM. sadAya prasanna jIvana jIvatA hatA. virUpAnA akALa avasAnathI mAtaMgano kevo karUNa aMjAma Avyo. Aryaputra tarIke deza videza prazaMsA pAmyo ane metaputra tarIke huM jAhera thayo. bhale mane tenuM duHkha nathI paNa e ghaTanA ghaTI to kharI. tulasA zrAvikAnA batrIsa putro eka sAthe mRtyu pAmyA. pApanA udaye caMdanAnuM rAjakumArI maTI dAsI tarIke vecAvuM. vaLI puNyayoga paNa kevA ke prabhuvIranA pAvana pagalAnuM sadbhAgya pAmI. koNa jANe pUrvanA kayA puNya huM A daivImahela, ATha guNavAna rUpavAna suMdarIono yoga pAmyo paNa hA mitra-muni kahe che, A puNyayoga pApamAM phare che. te bhoga roga bane te pahelA cetI jA. vaLI jJAtaputra kahe che, A saMsAra puNyayoge lobhAmaNo che paNa tenuM pariNAma bihAmaNuM che. mATe bhavyAtmAo samayasara cetI jAva. cakravartInA puNya paNa pUrNa virAma pAme che. tenI AgaLa tamAruM sukha tRNa jevuM che. temAM kAM rAco cho? A vicAra vamaLamAM muMjhAtA metAraja nIlakamala mahele pahoMcyA. patine AvatA vilaMba thavAthI saciMta sauMdaryavatIo ramaNiya jharUkhAmAM ubhI hatI. dUrathI azvArUDha patine joyA ane sau nIce utarI AvI. koIe snehe hAtha pakaDayo, koIe uttariya vastra pakaDayuM. koI nupUranA jhaMkAra sAthe AgaLa cAlI koI pAchaLa paMkho viMjhatI cAlI. cAre bAju sauMdarya ja sauMdarya. snehanI varSAmAM metArajane sau navarAvI rahyA hatA. pelA kalAka be kalAkanuM maMthana dhovAI to na gayuM paNa 130 anokhI maitrI

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kaMIka AcchAdita thayuM. jo ke rojanI jema metArajanuM mana Aje nAcI na uThayuM. catura sohAgaNo samajI gaI. eTale hAtha pakaDI eka khaMDamAM laI gaI. jayAM badhuM ja zrRMgArika hatuM. temAM vaLI managamatI bhojanathALa AvyA. patinA thALamAM sau ati snehathI pIrasatI. koI to metArajanA mukhamAM miSThAna mUkI snehathI navAjatI. koI gItanA madhura svara relAvatI. koI paMkho viMjhatI. tyAM to rAtri gherAI, metAraja suMvALI zaiyyAmAM suMvALA sparzane mANatA hatA. jo ke peluM vicAramaMthana vacamAM jhabakArA mAratuM. rAtre nidrAmAM kaMIka bhaMga paDayo hato paNa A mahelanI racanA evI hatI ke nitya navA sAdhanonuM sarjana thatuM. prAtaHvidhI patAvI ATha rUpavatIothI vIMTaLAyelA metAraja jaLakuMDa tarapha jaI rahyA hatA. jaLakuMDamAM snAnane yogya sau ati bArIka ane ardha vastrathI zobhatA hatA. jaLakuMDamAM pravezavA Atura hatA. tyAM to jaLakuMDathI dUra eka rAjasevaka namratAthI bolato hato, mahArAja bahAra padhAro. metAraja tenI najIka gayA teNe kahyuM ke mane udyAnamAMthI eka devamunie mokalyo che. teo Apane tAtkAlika maLavA mAMge che. tuM emane jaNAva ke huM tarata ja AvuM chuM. A divasomAM pUrI garamI hatI. zItaLa jevA jaLakuMDanuM snAna tyajI e ukaLATamAM bahAra nIkaLavuM akArUM to hatuM. paraMtu jayAre devamuni-abhayamuni padhAryA che tyAM vilaMba poSAya tema na hato. temaNe jaLakuMDa pAse AvI rAha jotI rUpa yauvanAonI rajA mAMgI. mArA devamuni padhAryA che. temane vaMdana karI hamaNAM ja pAcho AvuM chuM. bhale, paNa jaldI pAchA Avajo. vaLI, e asahya garamImAM takalIpha na thAya te mATe metAraja rathamAM sugaMdhIjaLanA chaMTakAva sAthe, paMkho nAkhanArA rAjasevakone laIne vidAya thayA. metAraja udyAna najIka pahoMcyA. rAjasevake dUrathI batAvyuM ke anokhI maitrI 131

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pelA vRkSa nIce je zramaNo beThA che temAM devamitramuni che. metArA rathane thoDe dUra rAkhI rathamAMthI utarI gayA. grISmaRtumAM eTalu aMtara paNa emanI komaLa kAyA mATe kaThaNa lAgyuM. munio pratye ahobhAva dhAraNa karI temanI najIka gayA, aho ! mahAmaMtrI ! nahi, "abhayamuni'. metAraja vaMdana karIne beThA. zramaNonI zAtA puchI. kalyANamitra abhayamuni kahe ame jJAtaputranA darzane jaI rahyA chIe. tamane yAda karI bolAvyA. kaho, metAraja have vicAra karyo che? varSo vItI gayA viSayabhoga to vaya jaNAvA nahi de. paNa vItyo samaya kaMI pAcho nahi maLe. vaLI saMsAranA paribhramaNamAM to AvuM keTalIvAra bhogavyuM ane choDayuM. vamana kareluM grahaNa mUrkha mAnava kare. tame to kuzAgra cho vadhu kahevAnuM na hoya. je kArya saphaLa karavA A mAnavadeha maLyo te kArya karavAnuM rahI jaze to A bhavasAgaramAM pachI kayAMya A mArga zodhyo nahi jaDe vicAra karajo. Atma kalyANa sAdhI lo. hA, devamitra, kayAreka vicAravamaLa uThe che, banelI ghaTanAo TaMkAra kare che, paNa e daivImahelanI sukhabharI racanA, ATha ATha komalAMgIonA sukhathI mohavaza pAcho gherAI jAuM chuM. chatAM paramamitra jarUra vicAra karIza. tamArA bodhane bhUlI nahi jAuM. abhayamuni tathA sau ubhA thayA. temane AgaLa vihAra karavAno hato. pasInAthI nItaratA, aMtarathI vicAratA metAraja paNa svasthaLe javA rathArUDha thaI vidAya thayA. mArgamAM muninA zabdabodha karNamAM hajI guMjatA hatA. tyAM to daivImahela sudhI pahoMcyA ane jharUkhe ubhelI ATha madabharI AMkhe jotI sauMdaryavatIne jotAM upajeluM tyAganuM thoDuM sAhasa mINane garamI aDe ane ogaLe tema ogaLyuM. paNa mukha para bodhanI kaMIka chAyA upaselI te udAsInatAne patnIo pArakhI gaI. te AThenA ekame aneka rIte sevA suzruSA karI. temAM vaLI metAraja bahAranI garamIthI zarIre rebajheba thayelA tethI te sau temane pelA zItaLa, AkarSaka jaLakuMDa tarapha dorI gaI. te sau evI catura anokhI maitrI 132

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ane saMpIlI hatI ke ekane vicAra Ave ane darekamAM e vicAra AkAra laI le. jaLakuMDanA zItaLa pANImAM ATha komalAMgIothI viMTaLAyelo, AThenA hAthanA chabachabIyA jhIlatA metAranA pUrA dehane zItaLatA pahoMcI. metArajanA dehane kaMIka ThaMDaka maLI. paNa aMtarano dAha pUro zamyo na hato jenI khabara snehabharI yuvatIo jANI zakI nahi. jaLasnAnathI ThaMDaka meLavI. vastra paridhAna karI sau ati zobhAyamAna, attara, puSpo AdinI sugaMdhathI maghamaghatA zItaLatAyukata khaMDamAM AvyA. tyAM cAMdI sonAnA pAtramAM bhAvatA zirAmaNa laI sevako sevAmAM hAjara hatA. A saunA AvavAthI rAjasevako dUra thayA. AThe patnIoe kArya vahecI lIdhuM. koIe paMkho viMjhayo, koIe bhojananA pAtro goThavyA. koIe vAjiMtra laI sUra cheDayA. koIe moMmA AhAra mUkyo. bicArA! metArajanuM bhogathI TevAyeluM, bhogakarmanA upArjanavALuM e jIvanuM zuM gaju? chatAM abhayamuninA bodhayukata sAcA snehabharyA zabdo uMDe uMDe guMjatA hatA. have pachI zuM ? Ama savAra pachI bapora, bapora pachI sAMja avanavA veza bhajavI sukhabharyA vAtAvaraNamAM varSo vItI gayA. rAtrinA vaLI kAmottejaka sukha sAmagrI ane suMdarIono sahavAsa hAjara hato paNa metArajanA haiyAmAM e pratye kaMIka Aha uThI kAraNa ke aMtaramAM have sAcA sukhanI cAha uThI hatI. rAtre suMdara zayanagRhamAM suMvALI zaiyAmAM suMvALA sparzamAM metAraja nidrAdhIna thayA. ardhI rAtre ardhanidrAnI dazAmAM temane abhayamuninA zabdono dhvani saMbhaLAyo "metAraja moDuM nA karazo.' ane vahelI prabhAte pUrA jAgRta thaI dhImethI zayyAno tyAga karI zayanakhaMDa tyajI bahAra jharUkhAmAM AvIne vicArasAgaramAM DUbI gayA. savAra thavA AvI hatI. sUryadevanA kiraNo jhaLakI uThayA. pakSIo pAMkho phaphaDAvI mukatapaNe gagana vihAra karI rahyA hatA! are A pakSIo kevA mukta che ane mane baMdhana? e vicAranI gahanatA vadhatI gaI. anokhI maitrI 133

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metArajanA uThavAnA saMcArathI nikaTa sUtelI suvarNa jAgI uThI hatI. te thoDI vAramAM zayyA tyajI pati pAse AvI jharUkhAmAM ubhI rahI. svAmI zuM joI rahyA cho ? suvarNA ! sAMbhaLa, A pakSIo kevA mukatapaNe gaganavihAra karI rahyA che ? piMjarAmAM pUrAyelA pakSIonI jema teone kaMIja baMdhana nathI. huM paNa have A sukhabhoganA baMdhanathI mukata thaI sAcA sukhane mArge viharavA mAMguM chuM. jA anyane paNa bolAvI lAva temane paNa A vAta samajAvuM. suvarNA anya sAta suMdarIone bolAvI lAvI. sAteya nidrAmAMthI saphALI beThI saciMta mane AvI pahocI. he suMdarIo! tame saue mane sukha upaje tevo ghaNo zrama karyo che. paNa huM vItelI ghaTanAo yAda karuM chuM tyAre lAge che ke have pachI zuM? mAtAo gaI. sulasA putro gayA bAkI rahyA te paNa javAnA ne? kALanA paMjAmAM AvIne javuM tenA karatA svecchAe A badhuM tyajIne huM cAlyo jaIza! tamArI pAse ghaNI sukhabhoganI sAmagrI che. tamane e rIte kaMI duHkha nahi paDe bhautika sukhamAM ghaNo kALa vItyo have huM mokSasukhanI sAdhanA mATe cAlyo jAuM chuM. svAmI ! e nahi bane ame ApanA vagara kema jIvI zakIe? to zuM tame khAtrI Apo cho ke ApaNe sAthe jaIzuM? vaLI sAthe ja janma laIzuM? vaLI A yauvana paNa have saravA mAMDyuM che. vRddhAvasthAthI bacI zakazo? ane chelle A nAzavaMta zarIrane paNa sAcavI zakazo? vaLI koI caturA bolI ke svAmI ! zuM evA bhaya zaMkA rAkhIne jIvavuM? e to saMsArano krama che ke bALAdi avasthAo thayA kare. vaLI ahIM ApaNane duHkha paNa zuM che ? he suMdarIo ! A cellaNA mAtA, mahArAjA zreNIka ApaNA jevA ja yuvAna hatA. Aje kyAM che e rUpa ane yauvana ! kevuM ajaMpA bharyuM jIvana mATe kALa koLiyo kare te pahelA jema paramamitra mahAmaMtrI mArA karatA paNa apAra aizcaryane tyajIne jJAtaputrane zaraNe gayA tema huM paNa cAlyo jaIza have mane A saMsAranuM koI baMdhana rokI nahi 1 34 anokhI maitrI

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zake. tame paNa vicArajo ane jJAtaputranA mArgane anusarajo. pachI to pUro divasa ane rAtri AvI ghaNI carcAo thaI. suMdarIoe anya snehabhaya upAya yojayA paNa metArajano mAhyalo jAgRta thaI gayo hato. zabdo guMjatA hatA. metAraja ! amAre mArge cAlyA Avo A to cAra divasanI cAMdanI che enI mamatA choDo. metArajanuM mahAbhiniSkramaNa rAtre suvarNA rAjakanyAe mAtApitAne samAcAra ApyA. pachI to pUrA nagaramAM A samAcAra pharI vaLyA. mahArAjA ke parivAra daivImahele Ave te pahelAM vahelI prabhAte ja metAraja kazA ja ADaMbara vagara saMsArano tyAga karI cAlI nIkaLyA. metArajanA tyAgathI pUrI nagarImAM eka sannATo vyApI gayo. he! daivImahela, saMsArano Avo daivI vaibhava, ATha suMdarIono tyAga karI metAraja zramaNa banyA ! koI kahetuM, na hoya ! are ! zuM nA hoya ! mahArAjA magadhanarezanA aMtaHpurathI A saMdezo prasAra thayo che. zramaNabhakto kahetA dhanya metAraja, jIvana dipAvyuM. metArajane bodha ApI abhayamuni vihAra karI gayA hatA paNa hajI najIkamAM ja hatA. e ja metAraja grISmaRtunI garamImAM muMjhAI jatA teja metArajano dehabhAva chUTI gayo. zIdhragati thI abhayamunine pahoMcI vaLyA. deha DhAMkavA pUratA sAdAvezamAM hatA. vaMdana karIne dIkSAnI bhikSA mAMgI. dharmalAbha, jIvana saphaLa karo. jJAtaputranuM ziSyatva svIkArI. AjJApUrvaka munipaNAnuM pAlana karavA lAgyA. chakAya jIvanI pUrI rakSA. dehabhAvano tyAga, ugra tapa, zama damanA pUrA dhAraka, eka samayanA e devImahelano bhramara have vanajaMgalamAM viharavA lAgyo. jANe ke kazuM temanuM hatuM ja nahi. prabhunI divyavANI ahiMsA, saMyama ane tapa e dharma che. sau pratye abheda samabhAva-samAnatA e zramaNa dharma che. A abhigama anokhI maitrI 135

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svIkArI zramaNa metAraja vana jaMgala smazAnamAM dhyAna' kAyotsarga karatA. gAma nagaromAM jatA tyAre bhagavAna mahAvIranI ahiMsAdharma ane samAnatAnI bhAvanAno pracAra karatA. teo kahetA mAnava mAnava vacce uMcanIcanA bheda na hoya. dareka jIvone jIvavuM game che mATe koInA prANa levAno ApaNane hakka nathI. eka jaMtune haNavo te paNa pApa che. jaMtune bacAvavA zramaNo potAno deha tyajI de che. mahAvIrano A mArga che. vaLI teo divaso sudhI tapArAdhanA mATe smazAna ke vanabhUmimAM cAlI jatA. hRSTapuSTa kAyAvALA metAraja have jANe hADakAno mALo lAgatA, na maLe te rUpa na maLe kAMti hA paNa saMyamanuM teja to mukha para jhaLakatuM rahetuM. jANe pUrve koI viSayabhoga bhogavyA ja nathI. are smRti paNa pharakatI nahi. gRhastha hatA tyAre samAnatA mATe jhajhUmyA. paropakArArthe saMpattino vyaya karatA. kahetA mAnave mAnavanA utkarSa mATe potAno bhoga Apavo joIe. tyAre paNa jJAtaputranA bodhano saune khyAla ApatA. ahiMsA, satya, AtmasamarpaNa mAnavanI mUDI che. pahelA parAkramI, nagarazreSThi tarIke prasiddhi pAmyA. dhana vaibhavamAM agragaNya sthAne rahyA. tenAthI vizeSa munipaNe camakayA. samatAnA bhaMDAra, karUNAthI chalakatI dRSTi joI temanA guNagAna gAI loko dhanyatA anubhavatA. temanI samAnatAnI vAto lokone rUcatI. abhayamuni ane metAraja munino A rIte sakhyabhAva prazaMsaniya banyo. baMnee aizvarya ane daivIvaibhavane sApa kAMcaLI utAre tema utArI dIdho. hA paNa magadhanareza mATe te zakaya na banyuM. abhayamuni kayAreka bodha ApatA ke bhale tamArUM bhAvi nirmANa ja hoya to paNa purUSArthathI badhuM ja zakaya che. tamArA zraddhAnA dIpane jalato rAkhajo. bhogavilAsa pAchaLa pazcAtApane paNa jalato rAkhajo. e A bhavanI bhUla janmAMtare paNa sudhAraze. magadharAjanI prabhu pratyenI ananya bhakti magadharAjano darabAra bharAyo che. paDadAnI pAchaLa rANI cellaNA beThA che. nepALathI eka vyApArI ati kiMmatI soLa ratna kaMbala laI Avyo. ekanI kiMmata eka lAkha sonAmahora hatI. te vyApArIe 136 anokhI maitrI

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mahArAjane ratnakaMbala batAvI. tene ema ke mahArAja paLavAramAM soLa ratnakaMbala kharIdI leze. paNa A zuM? mahArAje to nakAramAM zIra pheravyuM. paDadAmAMthI mahArANI bolyA, mahArAja eka ratnakaMbala to kharIdo. mahArAja H mAro khajAno prajAnA dhanano che. teno vyaya A rIte na karAya. prasAdhana ApaNA sukha mATe nathI. thoDA divasa pachI udyAnapAlaka khabara lAvyo ke nagarInI bahAranA guNacaMtya udyAnamAM prabhu mahAvIra padhAryA che. mahArAje udyAna pAlakane potAnA kaMThano dasa lAkha sonAmahorano hAra kADhIne tarata ja ApI dIdho. A hatI temanI zraddhA bhakti. bhagavAna mahAvIra naM. 1mAM ane saMsAra naM. ramAM. mane cAritramohanIyano udaya che. vrata paccakhANa karI zakato nathI. prabhu mahAvIra mArA hRdayamAM che. tethI to temanI ja kRpA baLe jelamAM rojanA so koraDA samatAthI sahI zakayA. A moTuM vrata nahi? ane hAla narakamAM paNa samatAthI karma bhogavI rahyA che. zraddhAno AnAthI vizeSa tamane zo purAvo joIe ? samayanuM vaheNa avirata gatie vahyuM jAya che. magadharAjanuM jIvana prabhu mahAvIranI zraddhA para nabhatuM hatuM. dehanI sukhazIlatA ane mohavaza teo munipaNAnA kaSTothI muMjhAI jatA. AthI temaNe prabhu mahAvIranI bhakti pratye mana vALyuM. prabhunI pUjAthe temaNe eka sonIne roje sonAnA java (cokhA) ghaDIne prabhAte samayasara taiyAra karavA sUcavyuM. te suvarNajava vaDe teo mubhanI dizA tarapha ubhA rahI vaMdana karI, vadhAvI sAthiyA pUratA. AMkhomAMthI azrudhArA chUTatI he prabhu ! huM kayAre tamAre zaraNe rahIza? mohanA atyaMta AkramaNa chatAM A zraddhA bhakti temane mahAvIra jevA ja thavAnI gati tarapha laI gaI. temanI zraddhAmAM prathama prabhu pachI saMsAranA kAryo hatA. pUrvanA karelA karma bhogavye ja chUTako che. paraMtu prabhunI bhakitathI mukti e bhave nahi to trIje bhave te bhagavAna svarUpa banI, prabhunI ja pratikRti banI, prabhu mahAvIranI jema ja dharmadhvajA pharakAvaze. tIrthanI anokhI maitrI 137

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sthApanA karI jagata uddhAraka thaI taraze ane saune saMsAra sAgara taravAno mArga badalAvaze. muktithI adhika tuja bhakti muja mana vasI jehasu sabaLa pratibaMdha lAgo. camaka pASaNa jema lohane khecaze mukitane tema tuja bhakti rAgo. A bhakti kevI ? AtmA-paramAtmAthI saMsAranI sarva sukha sAmagrI vyartha lAge tenI bhakti muktinI dUtI bane. have kuNikane rAjasattA joItI hatI. te enA prapaMcamAM pitA sAtheno Adara cUkI gayo hato. celaNAne saMsArano moha chUTayo hato, magadharAja hajI mohapAzamAM baMdhAyelA hatA. te putra pitA vacce eka setu banI vyathitapaNe samaya pasAra karatA hatA. chevaTe temaNe te prayatna paNa choDI dIdho ane ekAMtamAM rahevA lAgyA. metAraja manine ghora upasarga e divaso grISma RtunA hatA. ghaNe varSe metAraja muni mAsakSamaNanA pAraNA mATe rAjagRhI padhAryA hatA. muni madhyAnDe gocarI levA nIkaLyA. te pharatA pharatA e ja sonIne tyAM pahoMcyA, je sonI magadharAjanA suvarNajavano mAnIto zilpakAra hato. sonI suvarNajava ghaDI rahyo hato, teNe mArga para munine joyA. sahasA AdarapUrvaka ubho thayo. te munirAjane gharamAM laI gayo. nirdoSa gocarI vahorI sonIne dharmalAbha ApI muni pAchA pharyA. temaNe gharamAM jatA joyuM ke pelA java eka krauMca pakSI caNI rahyuM che. paNa munine teno kaMI vikalpa na hoya. te to gocarI vahorI vidAya thayA. sonI bahAra Avyo paNa are A zuM ! javalA kayAM gayA ! muni sivAya koI ahIM AvyuM nathI. ghaNI tapAsa karI paNa javA maLyA nahi samayasara java na pahoMce to rAjasevako tene sIdho jelabhego kare. manamAM muMjhAyelo te vicAravA lAgyo nakkI sAdhu vezamAM koI Thaga hovA joIe. tenA sivAya koI AvyuM nathI. tethI te AvezamAM 138 anokhI maitrI

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AvIne teNe mArge jatA munine pakaDI pADayA. muni, ubhA raho, mArI sAthe ghare cAlo mATe agatyanuM kAma che. tene ema ke mArgamAM vaLI koI jUe ane saMkaTa ubhuM thAya tethI te Agraha karIne munine ghare laI gayo. sonI sAthe muni tene ghare pahoMcyA. tarata ja sonIe bhrUkuTi caDhAvIne kahyuM, munijI mArA sonAnA java ApI do. muni manamAM, sonAnA java ? muni mauna rahyA eTale sonIne pUrI khAtrI thaI ke nakkI A ja cora. punaH teNe suvarNajava mAMgyA. munine tarata ja yAda AvyuM. oha ! meM jayAre gharamAM gocarI mATe praveza karyo tyAre eka krauMca pakSI sAcA java gaNIne suvarNajava caNI gayuM hatuM. jo sAcuM kahe to vRkSa para beThelA pakSIne gophaNathI sonI mArI nAMkhe. tarata ja temane mahAvIranA ahiMsA dharmane yAda karyo, cha kAya jIvanI rakSAthI karUNA upajI. te mauna rahyA. muni taraphathI javAba na maLatA samaya thaI javAnA bhayathI sonI khUba krodhe bharAyo. teNe muninA pAtra joyAM paNa kaMI hoya to maLene? he cora ! bola java kayAM chUpAyA che, tArA sivAya koI AvyuM ja nathI. javalA jAya kayAM ? muni to e ja mauna dhArIne ubhA che. sAdhuvezamAM AvA dhaMdhA ? cAla tane evI sajA karUM ke bhaviSyamAM tane yAda rahe. ane tarata ja teNe sonuM TIpavAnI cAmaDAnI pANIthI bhiMjAyelI vAghara temane mAthe kheMcIne bAMdhI ane taDakAmAM ubhA rAkhyA. munirAja to dehane eka lAkaDAnuM thaDa jANI jANe joyA karatA hatA. kono deha ne konI vAghara ? huM to zAyaka chuM. grISmaRtu temAM madhyAnhanA tapelA sUrajanA kiraNothI vAghara sUkAvA lAgI. kRzakAya zarIra keTaluM sahana kare ? zarIra dhrUjavA lAgyuM. muni manamAM samatA dhAraNa karI rahyA hatA. kauMca pakSI bhale tenuM peTa bharIne sukhI thAya. jo ke A java tene pacaze nahi, bicArUM vedanA bhogavaze. ema vicAratA karUNA dhAraNa karI rahyA hatA. sonI dUra ubho joto hato have A trAsathI municora jarUra anokhI maitrI 139

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sAcuM bolaze. atizaya vedanA chatAM muni to karUNAsabhara hatA. teo vicAratA hatA ke A mArA pUrvakarmano udaya che. sonIno temAM doSa nathI. te mArA karmo khapAvavAmAM sahAyaka che. muni vizeSa samatA dhAraNa karI lAkaDAnA thaDanI jema ubhA rahyA che. kAyotsarga karI rahyA che. AthI deha paNa sthira thayo. mAthe sagaDI mUkI hoya tevI apAra vedanA vadhatI hatI. khoparInA hADakA taDataDa tUTatA hatA. tema tema muninI kAyotsarga dazA vadhatI hatI. Akhare teo aMtaradazAmAM saunI karUNAnI bhAvanA bhAvatA. sarvajIvone khamAvI arihaMtanuM zaraNa svIkArI, svAtmAnA Azraye, svarUpalInatA pAmI zukaladhyAnanI zreNie caDhI kaivalya pAmyA ane kRzakAyA tyajI nirvANa paNa pAmyA. nitya mATe janmamaraNathI mukta thaI siddha buddha thayA. jJAtaputranA zaraNane sArthaka karyuM. mukha para alaukika teja sAthe, samatApUrNa rekhAo sAthe temanI kRzakAyA dharatIne khoLe DhaLI paDI. | sonIne ema ke dhUrta DhoMga kare che. paNa A zuM? temano deha to ThaMDo che. munino dehotsarga thayo? te muMjhAyo. muni mRtyu pAmyA ke meM khUna karyuM. khUna? badalo? magadharAjano nyAya eTale phAMsInA mAMcaDo. e vicAra AvatA ja te dhrujI uThayo. kayAM bhAgI jAuM? tyAM to tenI kAmavALI strI kASTano bhAro laIne AvI teNe te jorathI jamIna para nAMkhyo. tenA avAjathI peluM krauMca pakSI camakIne carakI gayuM. peTamAM suvarNajava pace to nahi eTale evA ja AkhAne AkhA ja java jamIna para paDayA. suvarNakAranI najara camakatA java para paDI. are ! A to eja suvarNa java? zuM A pakSI te caNI gayuM hatuM? suvarNajava levA rAjasevakone AvavAno samaya thayo hato. sonI to khUba gabharAI gayo. zuM karavuM te sUjhayuM nahi. tyAM vaLI jIva bacAvavA ekAeka sUjhI AvyuM ke A ja munino daMDa ane ogho 14) anokhI maitrI

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laI ahIMthI bhAgI jAuM. teNe potAnAM eka vastra sivAya badhuM ja utArI nAMkhyuM. ane munino daMDa tathA ogho hAthamAM laIne bhAgI chUTayo. rAjasevako java levA AvyA. muninA dehane dharatI para DhaLelo joI ubhA rahyA. vaLI AjubAjuthI loko bhegA thaI gayA. tyAM vaLI koIe oLakhI lIdhA ke are ! A to metAraja muni, magadharAjanA jamAI. are temane koIe mAthe vAghara bAMdhI upasarga karyo lAge che. paNa muninA mukha paranI saumyatA joI sau dhanya dhanya kahevA lAgyA. rAjasevakoe tarata ja magadharAjane khabara ApI. tyAM to prabhu mahAvIranA samavasaraNa tarapha jatAM koI deve avadhijJAna vaDe metAraja muninA kevaLajJAnane jANI temanA saMyamadharmavALA deha para puSpavRSTi karI. raMgabharyo daivImahela to e ja hato paraMtu jANe temAMthI prANa haNAI gayA hoya tevo zuSka lAgato. AThe suMdarIo metArajanA aMtaHstalathI ajANa hatI. te roja zaNagAra sajI taiyAra thatI. vAto karatI. AvA komaLa sukhabhoganA kAmI pati sAdhupaNAnuM kaSTa kayAMthI sahana karaze ? Aje ke kAle jarUra pAchA pharaze. pachI to evA bAMdhazuM ke kayAMya javAnuM nAma na le. AvA vicAromAM e vRMda rAcatuM hatuM. tema mahinAo vItyA paNa metAraja na ja AvyA. tyAM vIjaLI trATake tema bharabapore samAcAra AvyA ke magadharAja ane cellaNArANI bolAve che. teo tarataja havelIethI nIce utarI. AMgaNe ubhelA rathamAM beThelA mAtApitA sama rAjArANI pAsethI samAcAra maLyA ke metAraja kALadharma pAmyA che. jANe mAthe AkAza tUTI paDayuM. e vRMda eka sAthe raDI uThayuM. rAjArANIe sAMtvana ApyuM ane sau tvarAthI sonInA makAna pAse pahoMcyA tyAM kRzakAya, tUTelI khoparI sAthe paDelo mRtadeha joI AThe patnIonA AkraMde gagana gajavI dIdhuM. tyAM magadharAja AgaLa AvyA. putrIo tame temanA mukha paranuM alaukika teja juo. A puSpavRSTi juo, jene devo paNa pUje ane vadhAve tevA mukta jIva anokhI maitrI 141

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pAchaLa rUdana hoya! teo to siddha buddha thayA che. metAraja to ApaNane bodha ApatA gayA. jAgo saMsAranuM svarUpa AvuM karmAdhIna che. dharma ja svAdhIna che, sau jJAtaputranA mArge cAlyA Avo. raNamedAnanA yodhdhAnI vIragati gaNAya che. metAraja muni to siddhigati pAmyA. mArA jevo parAkramI vIrayodhdho paNa moharAjA pAse hArIne beTho che tyAM A yuvAna metAraja to jIvana laDAI jItI gayA. temane vaMdo, namana karo. jJAtaputranI kRpAthI ApaNe sau AvuM ja jIvana jIvIe. temanI pAchaLa raDazo nahi. thoDIvAramAM rAjasevako muninA oghA sAthe sonIne pakaDI lAvyA. sonI dhrUjato hato. magadharAje rAjasevakone Adeza Apyo sonIne choDI do. koInI jIvanI mukti pAchaLa daMDa na hoya. teNe munino veza dhAraNa karyo che tene pazcAtApathI sArthaka karavAnI taka Apo. te sAco sAdhu banaze tenI mane khAtrI che. jJAtaputranA panotA pagalAmAM e yogabaLa che. A sAMbhaLI sonInuM hRdaya khUlI gayuM. kharekhara pazcAtApathI jalato te sAco sAdhuveza apanAvI jIvana mukata thayo. metAraja saMsAramAM rahIne kevaLa ujvaLa jIvana jIvyA. saMsAranA sukhabhoga chatAM kayAMya DAgha lAgavA na dIdho. niHsvArtha ane paropakArI jIvana jIvyA. metAryamAMthI metAraja banI zudrasavarNa bheda TALavA athAga prayatno karyA. metone sAruM zikSaNa ApI ane vyApAra kheDU banAvyA. baMne pitAne paNa sAcavI lIdhA. metAraka muni mukita pAmyA pUrvanA bhAgyayoge maLelA devI sukhone bhogavyA ane paLavAramAM tyajI paNa dIdhA. A ja janmamAM dharma artha ane kAma purUSArthane suvyasthitapaNe jIvI aMte mokSa purUSArtha sAdhI lIdho. muniveza laI jJAtaputranI dharmadhvajAne ahiMsA ane pavitratA vaDe pharakAvatA janma maraNathI mukata thayA. nagarImAM metArajamuni mukti pAmyAnA samAcAra kSaNavAramAM prasAra pAmyA. metAryanA lagnotsavamAM devone paNa IrSA Ave tevo anokhI maitrI 1 4 2

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avasara banyo hato. paNa metArajanA nirvANamAM to devo AnaMdita thaI puSpavRSTi karI saMyamI dehane vadhAvyo tyAre nagaranA nAgarikonA hArdika dhvanithI gagana gAjI uThayuM. dhanya ho, dhanya ho, dhanya ho metAraka muni. aMte e ujavaLa AtmAnA pavitra dehane baMne janetAnI khAMbhIonI najIka mahAtapopatIranI pavitra bhUmimAM caMdananA kASTanI citAne arpaNa karyo. e dezyanA darzana paNa pAvanakArI hatA. A prasaMga pachI AThe strIoe zrAvikA dharma aMgikAra karyo. keTalAye rAjakumAroe saMsAra tyAga karyo. aMtaHpuranI rANIoe vairAgya pAmI zrAvikAcAra grahaNa karyA. nAgarikomAMthI paNa keTalAya bhavyAtmA bodha pAmI saMyama mArge vaLyA. metAraja jIvI gayA jIvatA zIkhavADI gayA. Ama A kathAnA dareka mukhya pAtronA jIvana dhanyatA prasarAvI gayA. sArthaka karI gayA. viSamatAone gaLI jaI amRta relAvatA gayA. virUpA ane devazrInuM sakhyabhAva AtmasamarpaNanI keDI kaMDArato gayo. temAM metAraja sauthI AgaLa nIkaLI gayA ane jIvanane pUrNa rIte sArthaka karatA gayA. dhanya munivarA, dhanya te nagarI, dhanya te veLA, dhanya mAtapitA kuLa vaMza. anokhI maitrI 14 3

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metAraka munivara, dhana mana tuma avatAra. zama dama guNanA AgarUjI, paMcamahAvrata dhAra, mA khamaNane pAraNejI, rAjagRhI nagarI mojhAra. me0-1 sonInA ghera AviyAjI, metAraja RSirAya, javalA ghaDato uThIo jI, vaMde muninA pAya. me -2 Aja phaLyo ghara AMgaNojI, viNa kALe sahakAra, lo bhikSA che sUjhatIjI, modakataNo e AhAra. me0-3 kauMca jIva javalA cayojI, vahorI vaLyA RSirAya, sonI mana zaMkA thaIjI, sAdhu taNAM e kAma. me0-4 rIsa karIne RSine kahejI, do javalA muja Aja, vAghara zISe vIMTiyuMjI; taDake rAkhyA munirAja. meo-5 phaTa phaTa phUTe hADakAMjI, taTa taTa gUTe re cAma, sonIDe parisaha diyojI, muni rAkhyo mana ThAma. me0-6 ehavA paNa moTA yatijI, manna na ANe roSa, Atama niMde ApaNojI, sonIno zo doSa ? me0-7 havA RSi saMbhAratAMjI, metAraja RSirAya, aMtagaDa huvA kevalIjI, vaMde muninA pAya. me0-8 bhArI kASThanI strIe tihAMjI, lAvI nAkhI taNi vAra, dhabake paMkhI jAgiyo jI, javalA kADhayA tiNi sAra. meo-9 dekhI javalA viSTAmAMjI, mana lAkyo sonAra, ogho muhaparI sAdhunAjI, leI thayo aNagAra. me-10 Atama taryo ApaNojI, thira karI mana vaca kAya, rAjavijya raMge bhaNejI, sAdhutaNI e sajajhAya. me-11 144 anokhI maitrI

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|| zrI metAraja muninI sajajhAya| vIra jInezvara caraNa sarorUha, praNamI nija mana bhAve, metAraja muni guNa gAtAM, zivaramaNI sukha Ave, mahAyaza ! metAraja muni vaMdo, gayaNAMgaNa jinacaMdo. ma. 1 nayarI rAjagRhIno vAsI, vyavahArI suta sAra, devamuni pratibodha lIdho, duSkara mahAvrata bhAra. ma.2 mana zuddha citta cokhe cAle, pALe paMcAcAra, paMca samiti traNa gupti virAjita, dazavidha yatidharma. ma.3 beMtAlIsa doSe karI varjita, deha dhAraNa le AhAra, gocarIe vicarato eka dina, Ave ghara sonAra. ma.4 sonI muni sAmo te AvI, vaMdI gharamAMhi jAve, azanAdika devAne kAje, mane bhalI bhAvanA bhAve. ma.5 ehave pUraja bhava koI vairI, kauMca jIva thaI Ave, java sonAnA zreNika kAje, kIdhA te caNI jAva. ma.6 have sonAra AvI horAve, rAkhI nija mana niSkAma, vhorI muni jaba pAcho vaLio, tava navi dekhe tAma. ma.7 pAcho munine teDIne pUche, java navi dIse bhAI, muni mukhathI lavaleza na bhAkhe, jIvadayA citta dhyAyI. ma.8 rIsa taNe vaza munine sArI, vAghara vIMTayuM mAthe, taDake besADe te pApI, vaLI tarjana kare hAthe. ma.9 muni manamAMhi roSa na lAve, ati vimAsI nija karma, sahe vedana bhedana zira kerI, toDa nikAcita karma. ma. 10 dhanaghAti karmane cUrI, sarI Atama kAja, kevala pAmI mukta pahoMcyA, namIye e munirAja. ma.11 ehavo kaThiyAro koI AvI, nAMkhe kAThI bhAro, zabda suNI java jIve vamIyA, te dekhe sonAra. ma.12 ciMte vIra jinezvara kaheze, vAta sakala vistAra, to chUTuM jo saMyama levuM, valI pAmuM bhavapAra. ma. 13 zreNikano bhaya manamAM ANI, jANI athira dhanakAya, saMyaMma leI sahu jana sAthe, pALI sadgati jAya. ma. 14 paMDita jaya vijaya kero, merU name RSirAya, ehavA mahA munivarane nAme, lahIye avicala rAja. ma. 15