Atmadharma magazine - Ank 084 (English transliteration). Page: 12.

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jain dipAvalI pUjan

AkhA bhAratavarShamAn dipAvalI parva utsAh pUrvak UjavAy chhe; dipAvalI e jainonun mahAn dhArmik

parva chhe, parantu ghaNA jain bhAIo, dipAvalI parva shun chhe? te shA mATe UjavAy chhe? ane te kaI rIte
Ujavavun joIe? –te jANatA nathI, tethI jainadharmanA e mahAn dhArmik parvanA divase ja jainadharmathI
viruddha evA kudev pUjanAdi kAryomAn teo joDAy chhe, ane gRuhIt mithyAtvanA moTA pApanun poShaN
karIne, A amUlya avasarane gUmAvI bese chhe. evA jIvo dipAvalI parvano kharo mahimA jANIne
kudevapUjanAdi pApakAryothI bache ane jainadharmanI prabhAvanAnA panthe vaLe te mATe dipAvalI parva sambandhI
spaShTatA karavAnI jarUr chhe.

AjathI 2476 varSha pahelAnn, ApaNA shAsananAyak shrI mahAvIr bhagavAn, Aso vad chaudasanI

pAchhalI rAtre (–amAsanA paroDhIye) apUrva siddhadashAne pAmyA–nirvAN pAmyA; ane dev–devendroe
AvIne divya ratnamaNinA dipako vaDe sarvatra jhagamagAT prasarAvIne bhagavAnanI muktino mahotsav
Ujavyo. dipakonA samUh vaDe UjavAyel e muktino mahotsav te ja dipAvalI parva tarIke prasiddha thayo.
e rIte dipAvalI parva eTale mahAvIr bhagavAnanI muktino mAngalik mahotsav: muktinI bhAvanAvALA
bhavya jIvo e pavitra prasangane smaraNabhUmimAn tAjo karIne te pavitra dashA pratyeno utsAh vyakta kare chhe.
dipAvalI parva e phaTAkaDA phoDavAnun, jugAr ramavAnun ke paisAnI pUjA karavAnun parva nathI paN te to mukta
thayelA AtmAne yAd karIne AtmAnI muktinI bhAvanA mATenun vishiShTa parva chhe. ane te prasange bhagavAn
shrI mahAvIr prabhunun nirvANapUjan karavun joIe.

–e uparAnt, je divase shrI mahAvIr bhagavAn mukti pAmyA te ja divase–amAsanI sandhyA samaye

shrI gautam gaNadhar kevaLagnAnarUpI chaitanyalakShmI pAmyA ane dev–devendroe moTo mahotsav karIne e
gnAnalakShmInun pUjan karyun. tyArathI dipAvalIparvamAn ‘lakShmIpUjan’ karavAnI paramparA chAlu thaI.

[vaLI loko shrI गणेशाय नमः em lakhe chhe ne gaNeshapUjan kare chhe, te gaNesh bIjun koI nathI

paN gautamagaNadhar ja chhe. gaNesh (gaN+Ish) gaN eTale muniono samUh, tenA Ish eTale svAmI,
gaNadharadev te munionA samUhanA svAmI chhe tethI te ja gaNesh chhe, ne te shrI gautamagaNesh ja pUjanIk chhe.
mATe श्री गणेशाय नमः ne sthAne श्री गौतमगणेशाय नमः athavA to श्री गौतमगणधराय नमः e

pramANe lakhavun.]

dipAvalIno mangaL utsav najIk Ave chhe. te divase lakShmIpUjan karavAno rivAj chhe. parantu

vartamAnamAn te ‘lakShmIpUjananun ghaNun vikRut svarUp thaI gayun chhe. loko kevaLagnAn lakShmIne chUkIne
agnAnatAthI chAndInA TukaDArUp jaD lakShmInun pUjan kare chhe, ne e rIte dharmanA mAngaLik prasange UlTA
pApanI puShTi kare chhe; tethI te sambandhI paN prakAshanI jarUr chhe.

pratham to lakShmI kharekhar tene kahevAy ke jeno bhogavaTo AtmA karI shake, ane jenA bhogavaTAthI

AtmAne sukh thAy. evI je koI lakShmI hoy te ja pUjanik chhe. paN paisA–rUpiyA vagere jaD lakShmIne
pUjavI yogya nathI. tene pujavAthI mahA pAp thAy chhe. te lakShmIne AtmA bhogavI shakato nathI paN tene
bhogavavAnI ke meLavavAnI bhAvanAthI pote dukhI ja thAy chhe. mATe eTalun avashya nakkI karavun joIe ke
pUjavAyogya je lakShmI chhe te AtmAmAn ja chhe. e lakShmI kaI chhe te oLakhavun joIe. AtmAnI lakShmI
AtmAthI judI na hoy. ajIv lakShmIno svAmI ajIv hoy, ajIvano svAmI jIv na hoy. jIv to
chaitanyasvarUp chhe ne kevaLagnAn ja tenI akShay–pUrNa lakShmI chhe. gnAn sivAy bIjI koI lakShmIno svAmI
jIv nathI. potAnA pUrNa

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