evo bhAs thAy ke alpa kALamAn mArI paramAtmapadanI prAptino kAL chhe. paramAtmapadanI prAptino upAy athavA
paramAtmapadanI prAptino sAcho panth–ekAvatArI thavAno kAL mukhyapaNe manuShyadehamAn thAy chhe.
ughAD temane ghaNo hato. temaNe 16 varShanI ummar pahelAn ‘puShpamALA’ rachI hatI; temAn pratham ja A vAkya lakhyun
chhe ke :–
sharIr mArun chhe; sharIranAn tathA bahAranAn bIjA padArthonAn kAryo mAre laIne thAy chhe, rAg–dveSh, puNya–pApanA
vikArI bhAvo mArA chhe em par padArthane tathA agnAnAdi vikArI bhAvone potAnA mAne chhe. te mAnyatA bhUl
chhe, bhram chhe, mithyA chhe. A mithyA mAnyatA jIv–potAnAn mUL shuddha svarUpanun bhAn nahi hovAthI–vartamAn
dashAmAn–hAlatamAn anAdithI karyA kare chhe. te bhUlane laIne jIv rakhaDe chhe ane judA judA avatAro dhAraN karIne
dukhI thAy chhe.
bhAvone potAnA mAnyA chhe, tenAthI bhinna potAnA trikALI chaitanya svabhAvane par tathA vikAr rahit oLakhavo
eTale ke AtmAnI yathArtha shraddhA–gnAn ane svabhAvamAn sthiratArUp chAritra karavun te, bhAvanidrA eTale bhUl–
bhramaN TALavAno ek ja upAy chhe.
mAnyatA, tene TALavA pratham prayatna karajo. ahIn bIjun kAI karajo. paranI dayA pALajo, paranI sevA karajo vagere
kAI kahyun nathI; paN pratham ja mithyA mAnyatArUpI bhAvanidrA TALajo em kahyun chhe; kAraN ke koI padArtha koI par
padArthanI sevA ke bhalun kAI karI shakato nathI. darek pradArtha bhinna sattAvALo chhe. te potAnI sattA–hayAtI–
astitva potAthI ja dharAve chhe. te padArthanun bhalun–bUrun potAnA astitvamAn–potAnI sattAmAn thAy chhe. tenI
sattAmAn bhalun–bUrun bIjo koI padArtha karI shakato nathI kemake banne padArthanI sattA bhinna bhinna chhe. bhAvanidrA
eTale ke bhUl–mithyA mAnyatA potAnA paryAyanI sattAmAn–potAnI hAlatamAn thAy chhe tethI te bhAvanidrAne
TALavAno upadesh karyo chhe.
gnAn, darshan, sukh, vIrya vagere anant guNo chhe. AvA anant svabhAvanI mahimAvALA AtmAne oLakhyA
vinA, ‘A sharIr mArun chhe, tenA badhAn kAryo mArA karyAn thAy chhe, sharIrane chalAvavun, khavarAvavun, pivarAvavun vagere
IchchhA pramANe hun karI shakun chhun,’ tem sharIramAn ekatva buddhi mArApaNAnI mAnyatA tathA ‘puNya–pApanA bhAv, dayA,
dAnanA vikArI bhAv mArA chhe, tenA vaDe mArun kalyAN thashe, bahAranI anukUL sAmagrI hoy to mArun hit thashe’ –
evI trikAL svAdhIn chaitanyasvabhAvane chUkIne parAdhIn mAnyatA te bhAvamaraN athavA bhAvanidrA chhe. AvI