kAratak : 2472 bhagavAn shrI mahAvIr nirvAN mahotsav ank : 23 :
potAnI svAdhIn sattAnI mahattA nahi dekhatA thakA agnAnI em mAne chhe ke–mArA sukh mATe dev–guru–
shAstra joIe, hun ekalo shun karUn? sharIr nirogI joIe, bAhya tyAg ane sharIranI kriyA vaDe dharma meLavun. A
rIte agnAnI potAne namAlo, rAnko, shaktihIn, tUchchha gaNI kADhe chhe, badhA parane mAne paN hun koN te na jANe.
badhA paranI tAkAtathI mArUn sukh thAy–eTale mArAmAn kAI tAkAt nathI–em agnAnInI mAnyatA chhe. parantu
tArAmAn nathI to Avashe kyAthi?
hun ekalo mArAthI pUrNa chhun, anantaguNano shAshvat svAdhIn bhanDAr chhun, mAre mArA sukh mATe koI bIjAnI
jarUr nathI, dev, guru, shAstra taraphanA shubh vikalpanI paN jarUr nathI–em pratham svAdhIn svabhAvane oLakhIne
hA to pAD. hajI to satyano svIkAr karavAnI, sAchI oLakhAN karavAnI A vAt chhe. potAnA gharanI vAt chhe,
lokoe dharmane mongho kalpI rAkhyo chhe, satya sAmbhaLyun nathI, ruchi karI nathI tethI amane na samajAy em pahelethI
AD nAkhIne AtmAnI darakAr karatA nathI.
badhA AtmA svatantra bhagavAn chhe, kShaNik vikAr jeTalA nathI, paN pote je svabhAve chhe tenAthI bIjArUpe
kadI thanAr nathI em jo svabhAvane nakkI kare to pote je dharmarUpe chhe te ja avasthArUpe potAne thavun chhe, temAn
koI par nimittanI ke rAganI avasthArUpe thavAnI jarUr nathI. eTale ke dharma svAdhIn chhe.
mAre dharmarUpe–sukharUpe thavun chhe. dharmarUpe thavAno mAro svabhAv chhe. puNya–pApanA vikArI bhAvane ThIk
mAnavAn ane temAn sukh mAnavun te UndhI mAnyatA ja mahApAparUp, adharma ane dukh chhe.
dharmarUpe mAre thavun chhe, koI par chIj mArA dharmane karanAr nathI paN hun ja dharmarUpe mArA vaDe thanAr chhun. mAre
ekalAe dharmarUpe thavun chhe, dharmathI judun paDavun nathI–eTale dev–guru–shAstrAdi koI mArArUpe ane hun te pararUpe
thanAr nathI. samyakshraddhA–gnAn–chAritranI avasthArUpe thanAr hun ekalo ja chhun, te mATe mAre par sAdhananI jarUr
nathI tem ja koInI vAT jovI paDe tevun mArUn svarUp nathI. hun svAdhIn chhun, mArA dharmathI hun kadI khAlI nathI. A
pramANe oLakhAN te ja dharma chhe.
vikArarUpe thavAmAn sanyoganI ruchi chhe–temAn dukh chhe. ane dharmarUpe eTale ke sukharUpe thavAmAn asanyogI
avikAr svabhAvanI ruchi chhe. “mAre dharmarUpee thavun chhe” temAn em paN Avyun ke hun vartamAn pragaT dharmarUp thayo
nathI. shaktirUpe dharmasvarUp pUrNa chhe. AtmAmAn behad tAkAt anant akShay sukharUp dharma bharyo chhe te svabhAvane
oLakhIne temAn ekAgra thatAn dharmarUp paryAy pragaTe chhe arthAt AtmA pote dharmarUpee thAy chhe.
A nirjarAno adhikAr chhe. shuddha akhanD dhurav AtmasvabhAvanI sAchI draShTinA jore shuddhatAnI vRuddhi ane
ashuddhatAnI hAni te nirjarA chhe. nIchalI sAdhak dashAmAn nirAlambI svarUpanI shraddhA–gnAn barAbar chhe paN
vItarAgapaNe sampUrNa sthiratA karI shakato nathI tyAn ashubh pAparAgathI bachavA sAchA dev, guru, shAstranI bhakti,
pUjA, prabhAvanA vageremAn shubharAg thAy chhe parantu bhAvanA to arAgIpaNe sthir rahevAnA puruShArthanI chhe arthAt
puNya–pApanA vikalpo rahit pUrNa dharmarUpe thavAnI chhe.
paranA sambandh vagar ane kShaNik puNya–pApanI lAgaNI rahit akShay sukharUp–dharmarUp thanAr hun ekalo
chhun–em nakkI karatAn koI sAmagrI taraph jovAnun na rahyun. parAshray rahit potAnA svAdhIn svabhAvanI pahelAnn
pratIt kare to jevo svabhAv chhe te rUpe thavA mATe potAnA svabhAvamAn jovAnun rahyun. kAI shubhAshubh bhAv thAy
tyAn em jANe ke te bhAv mArA puruShArthanI vartamAn nabaLAIthI bAhya lakSha vaDe thAy chhe, parantu mArA dharmarUpe te
bhAv thato nathI. mArA dharmasvarUpanA antar lakShe ekAgratA karIne DhaLun to hun te dharmarUpe thAUn chhun. par chIj,
dehAdinI kriyA te sarve tenApaNe [parapaNe] thAy chhe, mArApaNe te thanAr nathI. puNya–pApanI lAgaNI te dukh chhe,
AkuLatA chhe, kShaNik vikAr chhe, hun trikAL avikArI chhun, te kShaNik vikArapaNe hun thanAr nathI.
A pramANe badhAmAnthI sukhadraShTi upADI laIne nirUpAdhIk dharma svarUpanA lakShe TakanAro svayam