em mAnanAr mithyadraShTi chhe. te mokShamArganA kramanun ullanghan kare chhe. AtmAne oLakhyA vagar kono tyAg
karashe? ane AtmAne oLakhyA vagar shenA vrat? pratham rAgarahit svabhAvane samajyA vagar yathArthapaNe rAg
TaLI ja shake nahi. ane vratAdi hoy ja nahi hajI jenAmAn AtmabhAn karIne chothun guNasthAn pragaT karavAnI to
tAkAt nathI. te jIvamAn vratAdi ke je pAnchamAn guNasthAne hoy chhe te pragaT karavAnI tAkAt kyAthi Avashe?
ApaNAthI vrat–tap thAy, paN sAchI samajaN na thaI shake–em je mAne chhe tene AtmasvabhAvanI aruchi chhe
ane shubharAganI ruchi chhe–te mithyAdraShTi ja chhe. AtmagnAn vinA shubhabhAv kare topaN dharma nathI ane shubharAg
karavo te AtmagnAnano upAy nathI. jyAn sudhI vikArarahit svabhAvanun bhAn na thAy tyAn sudhI samajaNano ja
prayatna karyA karavo, parantu shubharAg te dharmano upAy chhe–em na mAnavun.
gnAnAdi guNonI paryAy kShaNe kShaNe kArya kare chhe ke nahi? kShaNe kShaNe potAnI paryAyamAn kArya to thaI ja rahyun chhe paN
agnAnI kahe chhe ke– ‘mArun gnAn parane jANI shake paN mane na jANe, mArAthI atyAre vikAr thaI shake paN
avikArI samajaN na thaI shake. ’ A rIte tIvra agnAnInI draShTi ja UndhI chhe tethI te AtmAno anAdar karIne
sAchI samajaN karavAmAn AD mAre chhe. mAro puruShArtha kArya na karI shake em mAnanAr jIv sat samajavAne lAyak
nathI. mATe em nirNay karavo joIe ke–AtmA vastu samajI shakAy evA svabhAvavALI chhe, mArA sat prayatnathI
hun AtbhasvabhAv–samajavAne lAyak chhun. em potAnI lAyakAt svIkArIne je satsvabhA1kShva samajavAno
puruShArtha kare tene jarUr samajAy. darek jIvoe pahelAnn e ja puruShArtha karavAno chhe.
strI, putra–putrI thatAn hatAn; tethI kaI temanun AtmabhAn khasI gayun na hatun. gRuhasthapaNAmAn hovA chhatAn teo
ekAvatArI thayA chhe. te vakhate vakhate bIjA bahiradraShTi agnAnIo kahetA hatA ke– ‘ame to tyAgI thayA chhIe
ane teNe to kAI tyAg karyo nathI. shun ame tyAgI thayA chhatAn agnAnI, ane e amArA karatAn AgaL vadhI
gayA? jo e AtmA samajyA hoy to kAI tyAg kem karyo nathI? ’ are bhAI! ten shun karyun chhe? tyAganA
abhimAn karI karIne mAtra mithyAtva poShyu chhe. hajI samyagdarshananun ThekANun nathI ane potAne muni mAnI bese, te
jIv sat samajavAnI darakAr sheno kare?