gosaLIyo das–bAr varShanI ummarano thayo tyAre tenI bAe tene thoDAk rUpiyA ApIne kahyun ke tun bAjunA shaheramAn
jaIne k kmAl lAvIne vepAr kar, jethI gujarAn chAle. gosaLIyAe kahyun–bA, hun moTA shaheranI bajAramAn jAun ne
tyAn bajAramAn ghaNA mANasonI bhID vachche gosaLIo khovAI jAy to? A sAmbhaLatAn ja tenI mAe vichAryun ke–
ararar! gajab thaIne! tun pote gosaLIyo, ne tun khovAI jA? mAtAe kahyun–jo bhAI! tun pote gosaLIyo chho,
gosaLIyo kyAy khovAy jAy nahi; chhatAn jo tane gosaLIyo khovAI javAnI shankA paDe to tArA hAthamAn A doro
bAndhI daun chhun te doro joIne nakkI karI leje. em kahIne mAtAe tenA hAthe doro bAndhI dIdho ane gosaLIyAbhAI
to bAjunA shaheramAn kharIdI karavA upaDayA.
ane jyAn saToDiyAnI bajAr hatI tyAn ghaNA mANaso joIne vichAryun ke ahIn ghaNA mANaso chhe tethI sasto bhAv hashe.
em dhArIne te tyAn gayo. ene levA’ tA haLadar, marachAn, ne gayo saTAbajAramAn! saTAbajAramAn ghaNAn mANasonI
doDAdoDI vachche tenA hAthano doro chhUTI gayo.
to nathI gayone? mATe lAv doro tapAsI joUn...hAth sAme jotAn doro na dekhANo...‘hAy, hAy! gosaLIyo
kyAy khovAI gayo!’ em dhArIne e to AkhA shaheramAn gosaLIyAne shodhavA manDayo...sAnj sudhI rakhaDayo
paN shaheramAn kyAy gosaLIyo jaDayo nahi. kemake tenI mAe kahyun hatun ke jene hAthe doro bAndhyo hoy tene
gosaLIyA tarIke oLakhI leje. paN ene doro dekhANo nahi. gosaLIyo pote ane shodhe bahAramAn, e to kyAthi jaDe? chhevaTe sAnje teNe vichAryun ke A shaheranI bhIDathI kanTALIne gosaLIyo tenA gAmaDAmAn pAchho chAlyo
gayo hashe, mATe have gAmaDAmAn jaIne shodhun. em dhArIne te pAchho gAmaDAmAn gayo, ane gher jaIne mAtAne
kahyun–are bA! gosaLIyo to khovAI gayo! ghaNI tapAs karI paN pAchho jaDayo nahi. tenI mAtAe kahyun–
bhAI! tun thAkI gayo haIsh tethI sUI jA, pachhI ApaNe gosaLIyAne gotashun. gosaLIyo sUI gayo; tyAre tenI
mAe tenA hAthe doro bAndhI dIdho. thoDIvAre gosaLIo jAgyo ane hAth taraph joyun to tyAn doro dekhANo tarat
ja te bolI uThayo– e bA, gosaLIyo jaDI gayo. mAtAe kahyun–are dIkarA! gosaLIyo kyAy khovANo na
hato, gosaLIyo to gosaLIyAmAn ja hato. dorA vakhate te ja hato. ane doro chhUTayo tyAre paN te ja hato. paN
tane bhram paDI gayo hato tethI tun bahAramAn shodhato hato.
jevo agnAnI jIv kahe chhe ke–prabhu! dharma to samajavo chhe parantu pachhI ghaNA karmano uday Ave ane AtmAne bhUlI
javAy to?–dharmano vepAr karatAn karatAn karmanI bhID vachche hun Akho AtmA pote ja khovAI jaUn to? hajI dharma
karyA pahelAn ja agnAnIne AvI shankA UThe chhe to te dharma kevI rIte karashe? sadguru tene kahe chhe ke are namAlA! tane
tArA AtmAnI shraddhA nathI, tArA chaitanya tattvanun jor bhAsatun nathI