[n:aXk krt:ð hòø. Ok CaðXi s:i J:l:k edK:at:ð hòø. s:it:a j:i, ram:c:ndÓ j:i A>r l:xm:N: kÙeXy:a kð b:ahr b:òYð hòø] [They present a play. They show a small glimpse of it. Sita, Ramchandra and Lakshman are sitting outside a hut.]
s:it:a--sv:am:i v:h dðeK:y:ð s:aðn:ð ka m:ág:. m:ØJ:ð l:a diej:y:ð n:. My Lord, look at that, a golden deer! Please bring it to me!
ram:--s:it:ð, y:h dáe\X-B:Óm: hò. m:ág: s:aðn:ð ka n:hiø hað s:kt:a. Sita, this is an illusion. A deer cannot be made of gold.
s:it:a--sv:am:i m:ðra j:i l:l:c:at:a hò. m:ØJ:ð l:a diej:y:ð n:! Lord, my heart craves it. Please bring it to me!
ram:--t:Øm: Aag:Óh krt:i hað, t:að m:òø j:at:a hÝø. l:xm:N:! t:Øm: Ap:n:i B:aB:i ki rxaa krað. If you insist, then I shall go. Lakshman! You take care of your sister-in-law.
l:xm:N:--j:að Aawa B:òy:a. As you command, brother.
[ram:c:ndÓ j:i c:l:ð j:at:ð hòø, T:að_i dðr m:ðø Ok ddý B:ri Aav:az: Aat:i hò] [Ramchandra goes away. In a little while, a pain-filled voice is heard.]
Aav:az:--l:xm:N:! l:xm:N:!
[s:it:a j:i Aav:az: s:Øn:t:i hòø] [Sita hears the voice.]
s:it:a--l:xm:N:, sv:am:i kð p:ÓaN: Q:t:rð m:ðø hò. v:að t:Ømhðø p:Økar rhð hòø. t:Øm: j:aAað! Lakshman, my Lord's life is in danger. He is calling you. You must go!
l:xm:N:--B:aB:i, B:òy:a n:ð m:ØJ:ð Aap:ki rxaa krn:ð ka AadðS: edy:a hò. m:òø kÙeXy:a Cað_ kr kòs:ð j:a s:kt:a hÝø? Sister-in-law, brother has commanded me to protect you. How can I leave the hut and go away?
s:it:a--l:xm:N:, m:òø t:Ømhari m:aú s:m:an: hÝø. m:ðri Aawa ka p:al:n: krn:a t:Ømhara D:m:ý hò. Lakshman, I am like your mother. Obeying my command is your (religious) duty.
l:xm:N:--AcCa B:aB:i, j:òs:i Aap:ki Aawa. All right, Bhabhi, as you command.
[l:xm:N: Ap:n:ð D:n:Ø\: s:ð kÙeXy:a kð c:araðø Aaðr Ok rðK:a K:iøc:t:ð hòø.] [Lakshman, with his bow, draws a line around the hut.]
l:xm:N:--B:aB:i, y:h l:xm:N:-rðK:a hò. t:Ømhari rxaa krðg:i. Es:kð b:ahr p:aøv: n: en:kal:n:a. Es: rðK:a kð Andr t:Ømhara b:al: B:i b:aöka n:a haðg:a. Bhabhi, this is the Lakshman-line. It will protect you. Don't put your foot outside it. Inside this line no harm can come to you.
[l:xm:N: c:l:ð j:at:ð hòø. kÙeXy:a p:r Ok s:aD:Ø Aat:a hò] [Lakshman goes away. A holy man comes to the hut.]
s:aD:Ø--Al:K: en:røj:n:, Al:K: en:røj:n:. dðv:i, s:aD:Ø m:haraj: ¾ar p:r K:_ð hòø. kÙC dan:-dexaN:a dð. "God is invisible" (phrase used to beg in the name of God) Lady (lit. "goddess"), the great sadhu is standing at your door. Give some alms.