Atmadharma magazine - Ank 061 (English transliteration). Page: 7.

[gatAnkathI chAlu]

shrI sanAtan jain shikShaNavarga, sonagaDh : shreNI bIjInI parIkShAnA uttar

siddha bhagavAnanA AtmAno vichAr karatAn temanI AtmakathA sambandhI je preraNA thaI te nIche mujab chhe:
te jIv anAdithI nigodadashAmAn ja anant anant dukho sahato thako temAn ja janma–maraN karato hato.

aho! tenAn apAr dukhono pUro khyAl to kevaLagnAnI sivAy kone AvI shake? tyAn nigodadashAmAn ek
sharIramAn anant jIvo rahe chhe tathA temane ek sparshendriy ja hoy chhe. temane gnAnano ughAD paN ati alpa chhe.
prachUr mohAveshathI. teo gherAyelA hoy chhe. teo ek shvAsochchhvAsamAn aDhAr vakhat janma–maraN kare chhe. AvAn
apAr dukhane sahato evo te jIv ek vAr k kmand kaShAyarUpanA pariNAmathI maraN karIne ek suprasiddha
sheThanA gher putra thaIne Upajyo.

A sheTh ghaNA ja dhanik to hatA parantu temanA hRudayamAn dharmabhAvanA paN prabaL hatI. teo vItarAg

dharmanA ananya bhakta hatA. bahoLA vyApAranA kAmakAjamAn paDayA hovA chhatAn sheThanA hRudayamAn AtmahitanI
kAmanA hatI. teo kAyam niyamapUrvak devadarshan, shAstra–svAdhyAy tathA munirAjanA charaNakamaL pAse bhaktipUrvak
deshanA shravaN karavAnun chUkatA nahi. sheThe nagaramAn anek jinamandiro bandhAvyA hatAn tem ja temanA gharamAn paN ek
sundar bhavya jinamandir hatun. sheTh kharekhar ek rUDA AtmArthI jIv hatA. sheThanI mAphak sheThANI tathA temanun Akhunye
kuTumb sanskAr ane dharmabhAvanAthI rangAyelun hatun.

AvA sheThane tyAn te jIve putra tarIke janma lIdho. putranA janmano sheThe moTo utsav karyo. jinamandiramAn

moTI pUjA rachAvI tathA anek prakAranAn dAnanI jAherAt karI. AkhAye shaheramAn garIb mANasone miThAI ane
kapaDAnlattA vahenchavAmAn AvyAn. sheThe putranun nAm vIrendrakumAr rAkhyun.

vIrendrakumAr bALapaN ghaNA ja lADakoDathI vItavA lAgyun. sheTh jyAre potAnA jinamandiramAn pUjA svAdhyAy,

dhyAn karatA hoy tyAre bALak vIrendra pitAjI pAse AvIne besI jAy ane jinapratimA sAme tathA pitAjInI
cheShTA pratye TagaraTagar joyA kare. vIrendranI saumya sundar mukhAkRuti ane shAnt prakRiti joIne loko Ashcharya pAmatA.
Am vIrendra pAnch varShano thatAn sheThe potAne gher shikShako rAkhIne tenA mATe laukik tathA dhArmik shikShaNanI goThavaN
karI. laukik tem ja dhArmik banne prakAranA abhyAsamAn vIrendra shIghratAthI AgaL vadhavA lAgyo.

ekavAr ek vItarAgI munirAj AhAradAn levAne jangalamAnthI shaheramAn AvyA. munirAj najadIk

padhAratAn sheThe ati bhaktipUrvak munirAjane paDagAhanA karI. munirAjane AhAradAn ApavAno yog mahadbhAgye
sheThane prApta thayo. AhAradAnanI vidhi pUrI thayA pachhI sau munirAjanA charaNane sparsha karIne potAne kRutArtha
mAnavA lAgyA. vIrendre paN munirAjanA charaNakamaLamAn ullAsapUrvak sAShTAng praNAm karyA. munirAje jarA smit
karIne tenA mAthA par hasta mUkIne sheTh pratye joIne kahyun–“A jIv A ja bhavamAn bhagavatI jinadIkShA dhAraN
karIne paramAnandamay shAshvat siddhadashAne prApta karashe.” Am kahIne munirAj to jangal taraph chAlyA gayA, parantu
virendra viShe A vAt sAmbhaLIne sheTh tathA tenA kuTumbIjanonA hRudayamAn harShAnandano pravAh vahevA lAgyo,
ullAsamAn AvIne sheThe moTo utsav karyo. te divasathI ja sau vIrendra pratye apUrva bhakti–prem rAkhavA lAgyA.

A taraph vIrendrano abhyAsakram paN ghaNI ja tvarAthI AgaL vadhavA lAgyo. tenI buddhino chamakAr joI

tenA shikShako paN Ashcharyamagna thaI jatA. lagabhag ter varShanI ummar thatAn to virendre laukik abhyAsamAn gaNit,
sAhitya, vignAn, kavitA Adino ghaNo abhyAs karI lIdho. tathA dhArmik abhyAsamAn paN chArey anuyogono
ThIk ThIk abhyAs karyo. navatattva, chha dravyo, nyAy, trilokanI rachanA, karmano svabhAv, shrAvak ane muninAn
vyavahAr AcharaN tathA vRuShabhAdi tresaTh shalAkA puruShonun charitra vagereno abhyAs thatAn vIrendrane AkhAy
jagatanI vyavasthA ane sansAr–mokShanun svarUp najar samakSha jaNAvA lAgyun. svAdhyAy tathA vItarAgI munionA
samAgamathI teNe AtmAnA svarUpanun kharun svarUp jANyun. tene antaramAn nishchay thayo ke aho! A anant
sansArasAgaramAn jIvane anant dukhonun ek mUL kAraN svasvarUpanI bhramaNA, mithyA mAnyatA ja chhe. A anant

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