Ardhakathanak 2

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savaiyā ikatīsā. Banārasī nagarī kī siphatha
Gaṅga mā̃hi āi dhasī dvai nadī Barunā Asī,
bīca basī Banārasī nagarī bakhānī hai.
Kasīvāra desa madhya gā̃u tātaĩ Kāsī nā̃u,
śrī Supāsa-Pāsa kī janama-bhūmi mānī hai.
tahā̃ duhū Jina Siva-māraga pragaṭa kīnau,
taba setī Sivapurī jagata maĩ jānī hai.
aisī bidhi nāma thape nagarī Banārasī ke,
aura bhānti kahai so tau mithyāmata-bānī hai. //

savaiyā of thirty-one syllables. Praise of the city of Banāras: / Two rivers, the Varuṇā and Asī, enter and flow into the Gaṅgā; / between them lies situated the renowned city of Banāras. / A settlement within the land of the Kasīvāras, it is therefore named Kāśī; / it is known as the birthplace of the venerable Supārśva and Pārśva. / There both Jinas revealed the path of liberation; / from that time onward the world has known it as Śivapurī. / In this manner the names of the city of Banāras were established; / whoever speaks otherwise speaks the words of false doctrine.