2476nA mahAvad 12 nA roj, padmanandIpachIsInA
shAntinAth stotra upar pU. gurudevashrInun pravachan
A shrI shAntinAth bhagavAnanun stotra vanchAy chhe. AtmA shAnt avikArI svarUp chhe, shAnti mATe tene koI
bhagavAnane pUrNa svAlambI shAnti pragaTI gaI chhe, jene evI shAntinI ruchi hoy te bhagavAnane oLakhIne temanI
bhakti kare chhe. Indro AvIne trilokanAth tIrthankar prabhunA charaNe namI paDe chhe ne stuti karatAn kahe chhe ke he nAth!
puNyanA phaLamAn maLelA A Indrapad ne devAnganAo vagere vaibhav te kAI amAre AdaraNIy nathI, prabho! Apane
je vItarAgI shAntasvabhAv pragaTyo chhe teno ja amane Adar chhe–Am je samaje teNe bhagavAnanI bhakti karI
puNyano Adar na kare.
puNyanI ruchi nathI paN vItarAgatAnun ja bahumAn chhe. aho! vItarAgadevane namatA jIvane draShTimAn vItarAgatA
ruchi, have te jIv AtmasvabhAvathI viruddha bhAvone name e kem bane? –ek myAnamAn be talavAr na hoy.
aho! vItarAg svabhAvI AtmAnI ruchi karIne, tenAn gANAn gAIne anumodan karyun chhe.. have Avo
TaLe em bane nahi. banArasIdAsajI kahe chhe ke–
gnAnI magan viShay sukh mAnhI yah viparIt sambhave nAnhI...
na TaLe em kadI na bane. samayasAranA nirjarA adhikAramAn samyagdraShTinun varNan karatAn bhagavAn shrI
kundakundAchAryadev kahe chhe ke–mithyAtvanI gAnTh TaLIne, hun AtmA nirmaL gnAyak chhun evun jene bhAn thayun te gnAnI
pAkhanDInI prIti kare ke viShayomAn sukh mAne–evI UndhAI kadI sambhave nahIn. ekano hakAr tyAn bIjAno nakAr...
svanI ruchi tyAn par pratye udAsInatA... gnAn sAthe vairAgya sahaj hoy ja chhe. koI kahe ke ‘AtmA shuddha, pUrNa
vItarAg chhe’ evun bhAn thayun chhe paN mArI ruchi par uparathI khasI nathI,–to te bane nahi. par uparanI ruchI na
khasI hoy to AtmAnI ruchi thaI ja nathI. gnAnIne AtmA sivAy bIjA viShayonI ruchi hoy nahi. dharmanI
oLakhAN thAy, AtmAnI prIti thAy ne bIjA uparathI prIti na khase–e kem bane? ‘hun gnAnamUrti AtmA
parathI nIrALo chhun, mArI shAnti mArAmAn chhe’ –evun bhAn karIne vItarAg Anandaghan svabhAvanA guN gAnAr
bhAn thayun traN kAL traNalokanun gnAn thayun AtmA shaktipaNe to pUro hato ja ne have te pUrNa shakti ughaDI gaI...
AvA vItarAg bhagavAnane oLakhIne temanAn guN gAnAr vikAranA koI paDakhAnne vakhANI na shake...ane jo
vikAranAn paDakhAnne vakhANe to te vItarAgano bhakta nahi, dharmI jene vItarAg svabhAvanI ruchi nathI