ATMADHARMA With the permissdon of the Baroda Govt. Regd No. B. 4787
order No. 30/24 date 31-10-44
dev – guru – dharmane koInI bhaktinI jarUr nathI, parantu jIgnAsu jIvone sAdhak dashAmAn ashubh rAgathI bachavA
satanun bahumAn AvyA vagar rahetun nathI
AtmA vahAlo kyAre thayo kahevAy arthAt AtmAnI darakAr thaI chhe em kyAre kahevAy? pratham to je
vItarAg sarvagna paramAtmA thaI gayA chhe evA arihantadevanI sAchI prIti thavI joIe. viShay kaShAy ke kudevAdi
pratyeno rAg je tIvra rAg chhe tene TALIne sAchAn dev–guru pratyenI bhakti AdimAn mandarAg karavAnAn paN je
jIvane ThekANAn nathI te jIv tadna rAgarahit AtmasvarUpanI shraddhA kyAthi lAvashe? jenAmAn param upakArI
vItarAgI dev–guru–dharmanI khAtar rAg ochho karavAnI paN trevaD nathI te potAnA AtmAnI khAtar tadna
rAgano abhAv kem karI shakashe? jenAmAn be pAI ApavAnI tAkAt nathI te be lAkh rUA. kem ApI shakashe?
tem jene dev–gurunI sAchI prIti nathI–vyavahAramAn paN hajI jene rAg ghaTADavo pAlavato nathI te nishchayamAn
‘rAg mArUn svarUp ja nathI’ em lAvashe kyAthi? jene dev–gurunI sAchI shraddhA ane bhakti nathI tene to
nishchay–vyavahAr bemAnthI eke sAchAn nathI, mAtra ekalo mUDhabhAv poShAy chhe–tIvra kaShAy ane shuShkagnAnane te
seve chhe. pratham dashAmAn dev, guru, dharmanI bhaktino shubharAg Ave ke dev–guru–dharmane mATe tRuShNA ghaTADI arpAI
jAun, temane mATe sharIranAn chAmaDAn utArI mojaDI karAvun toy temano upakAr pUro na thAy evI potAnA bhAvamAn
sarvasva arpaNatA AvyA vagar dev–guru–dharmanI sAchI prIti thAy nahi. ane dev–guru–dharmanI prIti vagar
AtmAnI oLakhAN thAy nahi. dev–guru–shAstranI bhakti ane arpaNatA AvyA vagar traNakAL traNalokamAn
AtmAnI sAkShI Uge nahi ke AtmAmAn svane mATe arpaNatA AvI shake nahi.
ekavAr tun gurunA charaNe arpAI jA! pachhI guru ja tane tArAmAn samAI javAnI AgnA Apashe. ekavAr
to tun satne sharaNe jhukAI jA! tenI hA e hA ane tenI nA e nA. tArI satnI arpaNatA AvyA pachhI sant
kaheshe ke tun paripUrNa chho, tane amArI jarUr nathI, tun tArA sAme jo. e ja AgnA chhe ane e ja dharma chhe.
ekavAr sat charaNe jhukAI jA, sAchA satdev–gurunI arpaNatA vagar AtmAno uddhAr thAy nahi–parantu–
teno ja Ashray mAnI bese to paN te parAshraye AtmAno uddhAr thAy nahi. A rIte paramArtha svarUpamAn to
bhagavAn AtmA ekalo ja chhe parantu te paramArtha svarUpane pahonchI na shake tyAn pahelAnn dev–guru–shAstrane svarUpanA
AngaNe padharAvavA te vyavahAr chhe. dev–guru–shAstranI bhakti–pujA vagar ekalA nishchayanI mAtra vAto karanAr
shuShka gnAnI chhe.
dev–guru–dharmane tArI bhaktinI jarUr nathI, parantu jignAsu jIvone sAdhak dashAmAn ashubharAgathI bachavA
satnun bahumAn AvyA vagar rahetun nathI. shrImad rAjachandre kahyun chhe ke–“jo ke gnAnI bhakti IchchhatA nathI. topaN
tem karyA vinA mumukShu jIvane kalyAN thatun nathI, santonA hRudayamAn rahelun A guptarahasya pAne chaDAvyun chhe.” satnA
jignAsune sat nimittarUp satpuruShanI bhaktino ullAs AvyA vagar raheto nathI.
pratham to ullAs Ave ke aho! atyAr sudhImAn asang chaitanyajyot AtmAnI vAt paN na besI
ane sadetva, guru–shAstranI bhaktimAnthI paN gayo. ATalo kAL vItI gayo, em jignAsune pUrvanI bhUlano
prashchAtAp thAy ane vartamAnamAn ullAs Ave. paN e dev–guru–shAstrano rAg AtmasvabhAv pragaT karAvato
nathI. pratham te rAg Ave ane pachhI “A rAg paN mArUn svarUp nathI” em svabhAv draShTinA jore apUrva
AtmabhAn pragaTe chhe.
kharekhar to dev–guru–shAstrane sAchI arpaNatA paN anAdithI karI nathI ane temanun kahevun sAmbhaLyun nathI;
nahitar dev–guru–shAstra to em kahe chhe ke tAre amAro Ashray nathI. tun svatantra chho. jo dev–guru–shAstranI
sAchI shraddhA karI hot to tene potAnI svatantratAnI shraddhA jarUr thaI jAt. dev–guru–shAstranA charaNe tan, man,
dhan arpaN karyA vinA; jemAn AkhA AtmAnI arpa–
(anusandhAn pAchhalA pAne)