ruchi nathI tene AtmAnA gnAn bhAvanI ruchi chhe eTale tene shubharAganA phaL evAn na Ave ke je bhogavatA pharI
navun bandhan thAy.
shubh (ashubhathI bachavA puratun) karavun paDe chhe em antaramAn gnAnIne bhAn chhe. ane koI bhAn vinA tyAgI
thAy, gharabAr chhoDIne jangalamAn chAlyo jAy to paN tene andaramAn puNyanI pakkaD chhe eTale sansAr sukhanI ruchi
chhe. antaramAn jene gnAtA–daShTA pUrNa nirmaL svataH svabhAvI AtmAnI ruchi nathI tathA rAganA judApaNAnI jene
khabar nathI te tyAgI hoy ke dharmI nAm dharAvato hoy paN te karmane (rAgane) potAnA tarIke mAnI tenA
phaLanI ruchi karyA vagar raheshe nahIn.
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karavAmAn savAyo thAy to kahe ke bahu chAlAk chhe–ane jo chhokaro chokakhun kahI de ke ‘bApu! dagAnI vAt mArI
amArA karatA savAyA pAp kar! AmAn je chhokaro dagA–prapanchanI hA e hA bhaNe chhe te potAnA rAgane khAtar
bhaNe chhe, ane nahIntar chokakhI nA kahI de ke A rAgane khAtar ATalA dagA–prapanch? A dehe keTalo kAL
jIvavun? ane kyAn javun? puNya hashe to game tyAnthI maLI raheshe. AyuShya hashe to roTalA game tem maLI raheshe.
ane nahitar roTalA khAtAn chhatAn be koLIA vadhAre khavAI jashe ane peT salosal thaI jashe to marI jaIsh! hun
to nItisar ja kAm karavAno, rAgane mATe A anIti? nahIn re nahIn, mAre anIti na joIe. em kahevAthI
kAI teno hakka chAlyo jato nathI.
chhappanIAnA duShkAL vakhate rAnkA bhIkhArA gAm bahAr jaIne pANImAn mAchhalAn mAratAn hoy, ane jyAre
gAmamAn Ave tyAre potAnA kapALe sAdhu jevun TIlun kare ane kahe ke “A sansAr asAr chhe, koI koInun nathI.”
em bhIkhArA paN kahe chhe, paN te jo em na kahe to koI kAI Ape nahIn, tethI potAne maLe evA rAganI
ane puNya–pApanI ruchi TaLashe nahIn; ane jene ruchi pharI gaI ke A vikAr mAtra mArUn svarUp nahIn, rAg rahit
gnAn svabhAv te ja hun em jyAn svabhAvanI ruchi thaI ane puNyanI ruchi TaLI pachhI te rAjapAT bhogavatAn
dekhAy chhatAn antaramAn tenI ruchi nathI, bhaviShyamAn alpakALamAn te tyAgI thaI, muni thaIne purNa kevaLagnAn
levAnAn chhe. ane jene puNyanI ruchi chhe te bAhya AcharaN karatAn karatAn antar svabhAv pragaT thashe evI draShTimAn
sansArik sukhanI ruchi arthAt jheranI ruchi paDI chhe. AtmAnA gnAn svabhAvanA bhAn vagar kadI paudgalik
sukhanI mIThAsh khase nahIn.