chhun te A nathI.’ koI koI vAr A dukh tIvratA dhAraN karatun; ane ek vAr to, mAtAthI vikhUTA paDelA
bALakanI jem, te bAL mahAtmA satnA viyoge khUb raDayA hatA.
vAr (lagabhag 16 varShanI vaye) temane koI kAraNe vaDodarAnI korTamAn javun paDyun hatun. tyAn teoshrIe amaladAr
samakSha satya hakIkat spaShTatAthI jaNAvI dIdhI hatI. temanA mukh par taravaratI nikhAlasatA, nirdoShatA ne
nIDaratAnI amaladAr par chhAp paDI ane temaNe kahelI sarva hakIkat kharI chhe em vishvAs AvavAthI bIjA
AdhAr vinA te sarva hakIkat sampUrNapaNe mAnya rAkhI.
keTalAy divas sudhI rahetI. koI koI vakhat to nATak joIne AvyA pachhI AkhI rAt vairAgyanI dhUn rahetI.
ekavAr nATak joyA pachhI ‘shivaramaNI ramanAr tun, tun hI devano dev’ e lITIthI sharU thatun kAvya temaNe banAvyun
hatun. sAnsArik rasanAn prabaL nimittone paN mahAn AtmAo vairAganAn nimitta banAve chhe!
prati ja raheto. upAshraye koI sAdhu Ave ke teo te sAdhunI sevA tem ja temanI sAthe dhArmik vArtAlAp mATe
doDI jatA ane ghaNo samay upAshraye gALatA. dhArmik abhyAs paN chAlu hato. temanun dhArmik jIvan ane saraL
antakaraN joIne temanA sambandhIo temane ‘bhagat’ kahetA. temaNe temanA moTA bhAI khushAl bhAIne spaShTa
jaNAvI dIdhun hatun ke ‘mArun vevishAL karavAnun nathI; mArA bhAv dIkShA levAnA chhe.’ khushAlabhAIe temane ghaNun
samajAvyA ke– ‘bhAI, tun na paraNe to bhale tArI IchchhA, parantu tun dIkShA na le. tAre dukAne na besavun hoy to bhale
tun Akho divas dhArmik vAnchanamAn ne sAdhuonA sangamAn gAL, paN dIkShAnI vAt na kar.’ Am ghaNun samajAvavA
chhatAn te mahAtmAnA vairAgI chittane sansAramAn rahevAnun pasand paDyun nahi. dIkShA lIdhA pahelAnn teoshrI keTalAk
mahinAo sudhI AtmArthI gurunI shodh mATe kAThiyAvAD, gujarAt ne mAravADamAn anek gAmo pharyA, ghaNA
sAdhuone maLyA paN kyAy man Tharyun nahi, kharI vAt to e hatI ke pUrva bhavanI adhUrI mUkelI sAdhanAe
avatarelA te mahAtmA pote ja guru thavAne yogya hatA. Akhare boTAd sampradAyanA hIrAchandajI mahArAjanA hAthe
dIkShA levAnun nakkI thayun ane san. 1970 nA mAgashar sud 9 ne ravivArane divase umarALAmAn moTI dhAmadhUmathI
dIkShA mahotsav thayo.
koI ekAnt bhAgamAn abhyAs karatA teo jovAmAn AvatA. chArek varShamAn lagabhag badhAn shvetAmbar shAstro
teo vichArapUrvak vAnchI gayA. teo sampradAyanI rIt pramANe chAritra paN kaDak pALatA. thoDA ja vakhatamAn temanI
AtmArthitAnI, gnAnapipAsAnI ane ugra chAritranI suvAs kAThiyAvADamAn phelAI. temanA gurunI
mahArAjashrIpar bahu kRupA hatI mahArAjashrI prathamathI ja tIvra puruShArthI hatA. keTalIk vakhat temane koI
bhavitavyatA pratye valaNavALI vyakti taraphathI evun sAmbhaLavAno prasang banato ke ‘game tevun Akarun chAritra
pALIe paN kevaLI bhagavAne jo anant bhav dIThA hashe to temAnthI ek paN bhav ghaTavAno nathI. ’ mahArAjashrI
AvAn puruShArthahInatAnAn mithyA vachano sAnkhI shakatA nahi ane bolI UThatA ke ‘je puruShArthI chhe tenA anant
bhavo kevaLI bhagavAne dIThA ja nathI. jene puruShArtha bhAsyo chhe