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pavitra puruṣhone namī paḍe chhe māṭe pavitratā ja shreṣhṭha chhe. pavitratā īchchhavā yogya chhe, puṇya īchchhavā yogya nathī.
pūrvanā puṇya ūñchā? ke vartamānamān svabhāvano āshray karīne puṇyano vikalpa toḍī nāṅkhyo chhe te ūñcho?
ahīn āchāryadev em batāve chhe ke jeṇe ātmānā svabhāvano āshray karavāno puruṣhārtha karyo chhe te ja shreṣhṭha chhe,
puṇya karīne strī ādine priy thāy temān kāī ātmānī shreṣhṭhatā nathī, te ādaraṇīy nathī. pūrve puṇya karīne
tenā phaḷamān strī ādi maḷī tenā rāgamān aṭakavun te sārun nathī, paṇ puṇyane taraṇān tūlya jāṇīne ane strī
pratyenā rāgane chhoḍīne svabhāvanā āshraye vītarāgatā pragaṭ karavī te ja shreṣhṭha chhe. māṭe he jīv! tun strī ādi
sanyoganī tem ja puṇyanī prashansā chhoḍīne svabhāvanī shraddhā–gnān–ekāgratāno puruṣhārtha kar, te dharma chhe.
chaitanyarūpī jahājamān chaḍīne jeo sansār samudrano pār pāmī rahyā chhe evā santonā charaṇamān īndro–
chakravartīo paṇ namaskār kare chhe, te santone svabhāvanī līnatāthī par taraphano rāg ja tūṭī gayo chhe, tenun ja
nām uttam brahmacharya chhe. par lakṣhe brahmacharyano shubharāg te to puṇyabandhanun kāraṇ chhe, te uttam brahmacharyadharma nathī.
puṇya ane tenān phaḷ to nāshavān chhe ane vartamān paṇ ākuḷatā–duḥkhanān kāraṇo chhe, puṇyarahit
ātmasvabhāv dhurav chhe, tenā āshraye je brahmacharya pragaṭyun te ja prashansanīy chhe, puṇya prashansanīy nathī. brahmānand–
ātmānā gnānasvarūpano ānand–tenun sevan karīne munio mokṣharūpī strīne sādhe chhe. puṇyavantane to jeṭalo kāḷ
puṇya hoy teṭalo kāḷ te strīnā hr̥udayamān priy lāgashe, paṇ chaitanyanā āshraye jeṇe brahmacharya pragaṭ karyun chhe tene
mokṣharūpī strīnī sadākāḷ prāpti rahe chhe ane indra vagere sarve uttam jīvo paṇ tene namaskār kare chhe. māṭe te ja
bhavya jīvoe ādaraṇīy chhe. pahelānn ja, ātmasvabhāvamān sukh chhe ne strī ādi koī viṣhayomān sukh nathī–em
sāchī shraddhā tathā sāchun gnān karavun te dharma chhe. –ahīn uttam brahmacharyadharmanun vyākhyān pūrun thayun.
ā rīte uttam kṣhamādi dash dharmonun varṇan karīne have āchāryadev te dharmono mahimā batāve chhe–
stragdharā
वैराग्यत्यागदारुकृतरुचिरचना चारु निश्रेणिका यैः
पादस्थानैरुदारैर्दशभिरनुगता निश्चलैर्ज्ञानद्रष्टेः।
योग्या स्यादारुरुक्षोः शिवपदसदनं गन्तुमिष्येतु केषाम्
नो धर्मेषु त्रिलोकीपतिभिरपि सदा स्तूयमानेषु द्रष्टिः।।१०६।।
shrī āchāryadev kahe chhe ke–traṇ lokanā svāmī evā indrothī paṇ je vandanīk chhe evā ā dash uttam
dharmone dhāraṇ karavāmān kone harṣha na thāy? sarve mokṣhārthī jīvo tenun harṣhasahit pālan kare chhe. munidashāmān ā dash
dharmo hoy chhe. munidashā mokṣhamahelanī sīḍī chhe, tenī ek bāju vairāgyarūpī ane bījī bāju tyāgarūpī sundar
ane majabūt kāṣhṭha lāgelān chhe, tathā dash dharmarūpī dash moṭā majabūt pagathiyān chhe. mokṣhamahelamān chaḍavānī
bhāvanāvāḷā puruṣhoe āvī sīḍī chaḍavā yogya chhe. arthāt ā dash dharmonā pālanathī jīv mukti pāme chhe.
āvā uttam dash dharmo pratye kayā mokṣhārthīne ullās na āve?
āchāryadev kahe chhe ke aho! vītarāgī dash dharmonun āvun sundar varṇan sāmbhaḷīne kone vratādinī bhāvanā nahi
ūchhaḷe? rāgarahit chaitanyasvabhāvanā āshrayanī bhāvanā kone nahi thāy? pote honshathī dash dharmone pāḷe chhe tethī
āchāryadev kahe chhe ke ā dash dharma sāmbhaḷatān ākhī duniyāne harṣha thashe. badhā jīvone ā dash dharma sāmbhaḷīne nishchal
samyagdarshan–gnānapūrvak uttam tyāg–vairāgyādinī honsh thashe. em māṅgaḷikapūrvak ā adhikār pūro thāy chhe.
dash lakṣhaṇ dharmanā vyākhyāno pūrṇa thayā.
dharma :
dharma vāḍīe na nīpaje, dharma hāṭe na vechāy;
dharma viveke nīpaje, jo karīe to thāy.
–bhāvārtha– dharma koīnī vāḍīmān ūgato nathī, koīnā khetaramān dharmanān jhāḍ ūgatān nathī. ane bajāramān
koīnī dukāne dharma vechāto maḷato nathī. dharma to vivekathī thāy chhe. vivek eṭale sva ane paranā judāpaṇānun
gnān, tenāthī ja dharma thāy chhe. ane evo dharma jīv pote kare to thāy chhe.
ātmadharma aṅk 59 mān sudhāro : aṅk 59 pr̥u. 193 kolam 1 lāīn 33mān ‘vyavahār ratnatrayathī paṇ
dharma na thāy.’ em chhāpyun chhe tene badale ‘vyavahāraratnatrayathī paṇ dharma thāy.’ em sudhārīne vāñchavun.