karI hovAthI, (bhinna AtmAnun ekapaNun) nathI pUrve kadI sAmbhaLavAmAn Avyun, nathI kadI parichayamAn Avyun ane
nathI kadI anubhavamAn Avyun. tethI bhinna AtmAnun ekapaNun sulabh nathI.”
upAsanA karavAnI vAt lIdhI temAn deshanAlabdhi AvI jAy chhe. agnAnInA upadeshathI paN jo deshanAlabdhi thaI
jatI hoy to ‘AtmagnAnInI sevA’ nI vAt AchAryadev shA mATe kare? ahIn anAdi agnAnIne gnAnI
banavAnI vAt lIdhI chhe, tethI deshanAlabdhi gnAnI pAsethI ja hoy–e vAt mUkI chhe.
AchAryadevano evo Ashay chhe ke jo tun nimittanI upekShA karIne svalakSha taraph vaL to ja ten ekatvasvabhAvanI
vAt sAmbhaLI kahevAy, tathA to ja ten gnAnInI sevA karI kahevAy, ane tyAre ja gnAnIno upadesh tane nimitta
kahevAy. parantu, gnAnIe ekatva AtmAnun lakSha karavAnun kahyun tevun lakSha jo pote pragaT na karyun to nimitta ane
naimittikano meL na thayo eTale tyAn to ‘gnAnIno upadesh sAmbhaLyo’ em paN na kahevAyun. gnAnInI sevA
kharekhar tyAre ja karI kahevAy ke jyAre te nimittanun lakSha chhoDIne svalakSha kare.
AtmAnun shravaN chhe. pUrve anantavAr ekalA nimittanA ja lakShe aTakIne gnAnI pAsethI sAmbhaLyun paN nimittanI
upekShA karIne svabhAv taraph na vaLyo tethI te shravaNane kharA shravaN tarIke svIkAravAmAn Avyun nathI. shubharAgathI
gnAnInI sevA karI paN svalakSha na karyun–gnAnIe jevo Ashay kahyo tevo potAnA gnAnamAn na pakaDyo–to tene
ahIn gnAnInI sevA karI kahetA nathI, ne tethI teNe AtmAnun shravaN paN karyun nathI.
pAsethI ja deshanAlabdhi maLyA vagar koI jIv gnAn pAmI shake nahi–evI nimittanI sApekShatA rAkhI chhe. parantu
sAthe sAthe nimittanI nirapekShatA paN batAve chhe ke jo tun nimittanun lakSha chhoDIne, svataraph vaL ane AtmAne
samaj to ja ten gnAnInI vAt sAmbhaLI kahevAy. pUrve ekalA nimittanA lakShe ja sAmbhaLyun paN svabhAv taraph na
vaLyo tethI te shravaNane kharekharA shravaN tarIke AchAryadeve svIkAryun nathI. e rIte nimittanI upekShA karIne
svabhAv taraph na vaLyo tene mATe to gnAnInI vANI nimitta paN na kahevANI. jyAre nimittanI apekShA