temane vikalpa UThatAn mUL gAthAmAn prabhAkarabhaTTanun nAm lakhAI gayun chhe; shiShyanI samajavAnI khAs pAtratA
vagar AchAryadevanA shrImukhathI tenun nAm Ave nahi.
sAmbhaLIne pachhI sarva prakAre dhyAvavA yogya evA shuddhAtmAnun svarUp pUchhatA hatA; ane tenA uttaramAn shrIbhagavAne
kahyun hatun ke AtmasvabhAvanA gnAn sivAy A jagatamAn bIjun kAI uttam nathI. potAno je shuddhAtmasvabhAv chhe
tenun gnAn te ja sarvano sAr chhe. shuddhAtmasvabhAvanun gnAn kahetAn temAn darshan–gnAn–chAritra traNe AvI jAy chhe.
pUrve bharatachakravartI vagere mahAn shrotAo thayA temAnthI bharatachakravartIe shrIRuShabhadevabhagavAne A prashna pUchhayo
hato. sagarachakravartIe shrIajitanAthane, rAmachandrajIe deshabhUShaN, kulabhUShaN tathA sakalabhUShaN kevaLIne,
pAnDavoe shrIneminAthabhagavAnane ane shreNIk rAjAe shrImahAvIr svAmIne e ja prashna pUchhayo hato.
e shrotAo kevA hatA? teone bhedAbhedaratnatrayanI bhAvanA priy hatI, ane sansAranA dukhathI teo bhayabhIt
hatA. te bhavyajIvoe bhagavAnane pUchhayun te vakhate bhagavAne je prakAre AtmasvarUp kahyun hatun tevun ja hun paN
jinavANI anusAr tane kahun chhun. jem pUrve mahApuruShoe A shuddhAtmAnun svarUp pUchhayun hatun tem he prabhAkar
bhaTTa! ten paN te ja svarUp pUchhayun chhe. ne jem te puruSho shuddhAtmasvarUp pAmI gayA hatA tem tun paN shuddhAtmAne
pAmI jaIsh. –em ahIn mAngaLik karyun chhe. darek mumukShu shrotAjanoe pote ja prabhAkarabhaTTa samAn chhe–em
samajIne, prabhAkarabhaTTanI jem pote paN shuddhAtmasvarUp samajavAnI jignAsA karIne shravaN karavun joIe.
bahirAtmA, antarAtmA ne paramAtmA em traN prakAranA AtmAnun svarUp samajavAnun prayojan e chhe ke pUrNa
paramAtmasvabhAvanI oLakhAN vaDe antarAtmadashA pragaT karavI, ne bahirAtmadashA chhoDavI. bahirAtmapaNun sarvathA
hey chhe; paramAtmapaNun upAdeyarUp chhe ane antarAtmapaNun tenun sAdhan chhe.
paramAtmaprakAshamAn chidAnand paramAtmA kevo chhe tenun svarUp kahe chhe. shiShye koI vrat–pachakhkhANanI mAgaNI nathI
karI. paN sIdhI chidAnandaparamAtmasvarUpanI ja mAgaNI karI chhe. shiShyanI pAtratA chhe tethI gAthAmAn paN tenun nAm
AvI gayun chhe. gAthAmAn khAs tenun nAm laIne AchAryadeve kahyun chhe ke–he prabhAkarabhaTTa, tun nishchayapUrvak sAmbhaL!
kevaLagnAn na thAy tyAn sudhI banne prakAr sAthe hoy chhe, nityamukta abandhasvarUp hun chhun–evI shraddhA te samyagdarshan
chhe, svasamvedan gnAn te samyaggnAn chhe, ane temAn vItarAg–nirvikalpa sthiratA te samyakchAritra chhe, e traNe
AtmAnA ja Ashraye chhe, tethI te nishchay abhedaratnatray chhe; temAn koI paN paranI apekShA nathI; ane e
ratnatrayanI ekatA ja mokShanun kAraN chhe.
vikalpa, Agamanun gnAn ane sanyamabhAvano vikalpa e vyavahAraratnatray chhe arthAt bhed ratnatray chhe. bhedarahit
abhedasvabhAvane gaNyo hoy tyAre ja A bhedarUp vyavahAr hoy chhe. nishchayaratnatray ja kharekhar mokShanun kAraN chhe,
vyavahAraratnatrayane mokShanun kAraN upachArathI kahevAy chhe. sAdhakajIvane te vyavahAraratnatrayarUp rAgano niShedh varte
chhe, tethI svabhAvanA Ashraye te rAgano alpakALe abhAv karIne ratnatrayanI pUrNatA karIne paramAtmadashA pragaT
karashe. e rIte kharekhar to vyavahAraratnatrayarUp rAgano abhAv thaIne paramAtmadashA thAy chhe; paN sAdhakadashAmAn
nishchayaratnatrayanI sAthe vyavahAraratnatray paN hoy chhe, tethI upachArathI tene paN mokShamArga