kAratak : 2472 bhagavAn shrI mahAvIr nirvAN mahotsav ank : 37 :
bIjo chAritra dharma chhe. AtmavastumAn anant dharmo chhe. dharma eTale svabhAv. AtmAno je bhAv sansAranA vikAr
bhAvathI bachAvIne avikArI svabhAvamAn dhArI rAkhe te AtmAno dharma chhe. tethI svabhAvane samajavo te ja pahelo
dharma chhe. je jIv svabhAvane na samaje tene janma–maraNanA nAshano ane muktidashA pragaTavAno lAbh na maLe. je
svAdhIn svabhAvane nathI samajyA evA agnAnIo bIjI chIj hoy to AtmAnun kalyAN thAy em mAne chhe,
teono nirNay ja Undho chhe, temane Atma kalyANanA sAchA upAyanI khabar nathI.
jyAre AtmakalyANanI bhAvanAvALo jIv samyagdarshan ane samyaggnAnadvArA AtmAno nirNay kare tyAre
satdev–guru–shAstranI nimittarUp hAjarI hoy chhe, paN te koI devaguru–shAstra AtmAnI samajaN karAvI detA
nathI. pote potAnA gnAnathI sAchun samaje to samajAy. gnAn vagar chha chha mAsanA upavAs karyA chhatAn sAchI
samajaN na karI tethI AtmakalyAN thayun nahi.
prashna:–A badhI jhINI vAt amAre shun kAmanI?
uttar:–A AtmAnI vAt chhe. AtmAnun kalyAN karavun hoy to kalyAN kyAn thAy chhe ane kaI rIte thAy
chhe te oLakhavun joIe. potAnun kalyAN potAnA ja svabhAvanI shaktithI thAy chhe, parathI thatun nathI. jo potAno
svabhAv samaje to sAchI shradhdhAno lAbh thAy ane khoTI shradhdhAnun mahA nukashAn TaLe–A ja pratham kalyAN chhe.
AtmAno nirNay sAchA dev–guru–shAstrathI pragaTe em jyAre nimitte kahyun tyAre upAdAne teno uttar
Apyo ke bhAI! e nimitto to anantavAr jIvane maLyAn, paN jAte svabhAvano mahimA lAvI asang
Atmatattvano nirNay na karyo tethI sansAramAn rakhaDayo, mATe koI nimitta AtmAne lAbh kare nahi.
he bhAI! jo paranimittathI AtmAne dharma thAy–evI paradravyAshrit draShTi karIsh to paradravyo to anant–
apAr chhe tenI draShTimAn kyAy ant nahi Ave arthAt anant par padArthanI draShTithI chhUTIne sva svabhAvane
jovAnAn TANA kadI nahi Ave. paN hun paradravyothI bhinna chhun, mArAmAn parano pravesh nathI, mArUn kalyAN mArAmAn
ja chhe–evI svAdhIn dravyanI draShTi karatAn anant paradravyo uparanI draShTi chhUTI jAy chhe ane svabhAv draShTinI draDhatA
thAy chhe. ane svabhAv taraphanI draDhatA e ja kalyANanun mUL chhe. parachIj traNakAL–trraNalokamAn AtmAne
lAbhanukashAn karavA samartha nathI. potAnA bhAvamAn pote Undho paDe to rakhaDe ane savaLo paDe to mukta thAy.
prashna:–paisA, sharIr vagere je amArAn chhe te to amane lAbh kare ke nahi?
uttar:–mUL sidhdhAntamAn ja pher chhe, paisA vagere tamArAn chhe ja nahi. paisA ane sharIr to jaD chhe–achetan
chhe–par chhe. AtmA to chetan–gnAnasvarUp chhe. jaD ane chetan e banne vastuo trikAL judI ja chhe, koI ek
bIjAnI chhe ja nahi. paisA vagere AtmAthI judA chhe te AtmAne madad kare nahi. paN sAchun gnAn AtmAnun potAnun
hovAthI te AtmAne madad kare chhe. paisA–sharIr vagere koI chIj AtmAnA dharmanun sAdhan to chhe ja nahi, parantu
tenAthI AtmAne puNya–pAp paN thatAn nathI. ‘paisA mArA’ evo je mamatva bhAv chhe te bhAv agnAn chhe–pAp chhe,
ane te mamatA ghaTADe to te bhAvathI puNya chhe; paisAne lIdhe pAp ke puNya nathI. paisA mArA ane hun te rAkhun evo
je mamatvarUp bhAv te mahApAp chhe. jo kharekhar mamatA ghaTADe to dAnAdi shubhakAryamAn lakShmI kharachavAno bhAv
AvyA vagar rahe ja nahi. ahIn to nimitta–upAdAnanun svarUp samajavAno adhikAr chAle chhe.
nimitta taraphathI dalIl karanAr jIv shAstrono jANanAr chhe, shAstronI keTalIk vAto teNe jANI chhe tethI
te vAtone raju karIne te tarka kare chhe. jeNe dAkhalo lakhyo hoy tene vachche k kpUchhavAnun hoy ane te prashna karI
shake, parantu jeNe sleT korI rAkhI hoy ane kanIj lakhyun na hoy te shun prashna kare? tem jeNe k kshAstrAbhyAs
karyo hoy agar shravaN karIne keTalIk vAt pakaDI hoy te dalIl karIne prashna pUchhe, parantu jeNe kadI shAstra ughADayun
na hoy ane shun vAt chAle chhe tenI paN khabar na hoy te shenA prashno pUchhe?
ahIn shiShya shAstra vAnchIne prashna kare chhe ke–he upAdAn! AtmAno dharma potAnA upAdAnathI ja thAy chhe,
nimitta kaI karatun nathI–em tame kaho chho, parantu bhavya jIvone kShAyakasamyakatva thAy chhe te to kevaLI–shrut–
kevaLInI pAse hoy to ja thAy chhe, em shAstromAn kahyun chhe, to tyAn nimittanun jor Avyun ke nahi?
AvI dalIl nimitta kare chhe:–
kain kevalI kain sAdhu ke nikaT bhavya jo hoy;
so kShAyak samyak lahai, yah nimitta bal joy. 10.