
kAI kAm karI shakato ja nathI, eTale dehAdi par padArthanI koI kriyAthI AtmAne dharma ke adharma thato nathI. kartAnun
IShTa te karma. kartAnun karma (–kArya) potAmAn ja hoy, paramAn na hoy. dharmI–kartAnun karma shun? paranI avasthAne to
koI jIv karI shakato nathI; ne dharmI jIv kShaNik puNya–pApanA vikArI bhAvone paN kharekhar potAnA karma tarIke
svIkArato nathI; AtmAnA nirmaL shraddhA–gnAnarUp kArya te ja tenun karma chhe, e sivAy bIjA kAryane dharmI karato
nathI. agnAnI jIv vikArane potAnun svarUp mAnIne teno kartA thAy chhe, ane jaDanun kArya hun karI shakun em te
mAne chhe, te UndhI mAnyatAno te adharmI jIv kartA thAy chhe paN jaDanA kAryane to te karI shakato nathI.
agnAnI parAshrayamAn bhaTake chhe; ne svabhAvanI shraddhA karato nathI.
AtmAne tAbe thaIne nimittane Avavun paDe em mAno to padArthanI svatantratA rahetI nathI. tem ja nimitto
AtmAne kAI karI dye–em paN nathI. jo pote jAte jAgIne shraddhA–gnAn kare to thAy chhe, pote na jAge to bIjun
koI tene shraddhA–gnAn karAvI devA samartha nathI. nimitta chhe kharun, paN nimitta upAdAnamAn kAI karatun nathI. ek
chIjanun svatantrapaNe potAmAn kArya thAy tyAre bIjI chIjanI tenA kAraNe hayAtI hoy tene nimitta kahe chhe, paN
upAdAn nimitta ekabIjAmAn kAI kare e mAnyatA satyanun khUn karanArI chhe.
uttar:– AtmAno je svabhAv chhe tenI draShTi ane gnAn karavAnI lAyakAt pote jyAre pragaT kare tyAre
gnAnarUpI kArya thAy chhe em nathI. te jIv pote svatantrapaNe svasanmukh thaIne samayak shraddhA–gnAn pragaT kare chhe
tyAre tene satsamAgam vagere nimitta kahevAy chhe. parantu jo satsamAgam vagere nimittane lIdhe ja shraddhA–gnAn
thavAnun mAnI lye to te nimittanun lakSha chhoDIne kadI svabhAv taraph vaLe nahi ne tene samyak shraddhA–gnAn pragaTe
nahi. ek chIj pote potAmAn kArya kare tyAre bIjI chIj nimitta tarIke bhale ho, paN bannenun kArya svatantra chhe,
ekanA kAraNe bIjAmAn kArya thatun nathI.
badhA potapotAnA gnAnanA kShayopashamanI yogyatA pramANe samaje chhe. jo vastusvabhAvanI svatantratAnI A
vAt ekavAr paN jIv samaje to svAshrayabhAve paramAtmadashA pragaT kare ane pachhI tene pharIthI avatAr na
hoy. jem mAkhaNamAnthI ghI thAy, paN ghImAnthI pharIne mAkhaN na thAy. tem avatAravALA jIvanI mukti thAy
paN mukta thayA pachhI pharIne avatAr na thAy. jIv atyAr sudhI mukti pAmyo nathI, to atyAr sudhInA
anantakALamAn teNe shun karyun? anantakALathI agnAnabhAve puNya tem ja pAp karIne te svargAdi chAr gatimAn
rakhaDayo chhe. sansAramAn rakhaDatAn jIve ekalA pAp ja nathI karyA, parantu puNya paN anantavAr karIne svargamAn
anantavAr gayo chhe. anantakALamAn puNya paN karyAn chhe, parantu puNya–pAparahit AtmasvabhAvanun ArAdhan ek
kShaN paN karyun nathI. svabhAvane chUkIne vikAranun ArAdhan kare chhe te ja teno aparAdh chhe, te aparAdh koI
karme karAvyo nathI; ane karma jIvane sansAramAn rakhaDAvatAn nathI paN pote potAnA