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hun anAdithI sansAramAn rakhaDayo chhun, tethI ‘AtmAnun svarUp shun chhe? ane tenI prApti kaI rIte thAy chhe? te mane
samajAvo, –ke je samajIne hun AtmAnI prApti karIne paramAtmA thaI jAun ne mAre pharIne avatAr na rahe.’
juo! shiShya koI bIjA ADAavaLA prashna nathI pUchhato paN ‘A mAro AtmA kevo chhe’ em ja pUchhe
chhe. jem bajAramAn jAy tyAn je vastu levI hoy tenA bhAv pUchhe. kimmatI hIro levo hoy te kAI shAkavALAnI
dukAne bhAv pUchhavA na jAy. tem je shiShyane AtmAnI darakAr thaI chhe te pUchhe chhe ke he prabho! AtmA kevo chhe
ane tenI prApti kem thAy? te samajAvo.
–em pUchhanAr jignAsu shiShyane AchAryadev pharIthI visheShapaNe A parishiShTa dvArA samajAve chhe; pahelAnn te
kathan AvI to gayun chhe paN jignAsune mATe hajI pharIne kahevAmAn Ave chhe. ame nirarthak bakavAd nathI karatA,
tem ja koInA ghare jaIne parANe upadesh nathI detA, paN vinayathI samajavA mATe je jignAsu pUchhe chhe tene
kahevAmAn Ave chhe;–e vAt, ‘prashna karavAmAn Ave to’ em kahIne AchAryadeve jaNAvI dIdhI chhe. prashnanI bhAShA
to jaD chhe, paN tenI pAchhaLano vAchyabhAv evo chhe ke shiShyane andar te jAtanI–AtmA samajavAnI–bhAvanA
jAgI chhe. AvA pAtra shiShyane samajAvavA mATe ame pharIthI AtmAnun varNan karIe chhIe. ahA! juo,
AchAryaprabhunI karuNA ane shiShyanI pAtratA!
AtmA kevo chhe te jANIne mAre mArun kalyAN karavun chhe evI jene bhAvanA thaI hoy tene ja Avo prashna
UThe chhe ane tene ja AchAryadev samajAve chhe. je jIv samajIne TharI gayo hoy tene to AvA prashnano vikalpa
nathI UThato, tem ja jene samajavAnI darakAr ja nathI tene paN Avo jignAsAno prashna UThato nathI ne tene mATe
A kahevAtun nathI. paN jene antaramAn jignAsA jAgI chhe ane vinayathI pUchhe chhe evA shiShyane mATe AchAryadev
pharIne ‘AtmA kevo chhe’ te kahe chhe.–
• anantanayAtmak shrutapramANathI
pramey thato AtmA •
‘pratham to, AtmA kharekhar chaitanyasAmAnya vaDe vyApta anant dharmonun adhiShThAtA (svAmI) ek dravya
chhe, kAraN ke anant dharmomAn vyApanAr je anant nayo temAn vyApanArun je ek shrutagnAnasvarUp pramAN te pramAN–
pUrvak svAnubhav vaDe (te Atmadravya) pramey thAy chhe–jaNAy chhe.’
A bhagavAn AtmA ek dravya chhe ne temAn anant dharmo chhe. ekek AtmA anant dharmono adhiShThAtA
eTale ke svAmI chhe. anant dharmo chaitanyasAmAnya vaDe vyApta chhe, te anant dharmone rahevAnun sthAn AtmA chhe. dharmo
anant hovA chhatAn tene dharanAr ek ja dravya chhe. jagatamAn badhA thaIne ek ja AtmA chhe–em nathI, jagatamAn
bhinna bhinna anant AtmAo chhe, ne te darek AtmA anant dharmavALo chhe. darek AtmA anant dharmonA
AdhArarUp ek dravya chhe, kem ke anant dharmone jANanAr je anant nayo chhe temAn vyApanArA ek
shrutagnAnapramANapUrvak svAnubhavathI AtmA jaNAy chhe.
ek AtmapadArthamAn anant dharmo chhe, ne tene jANanArA shrutapramANamAn anant nayo chhe. ekek dharmane
jANanAr ekek nay, e rIte anant dharmane jANanArA anant nayo chhe; jem anant dharmo ek AtmadravyamAn
samAI jAy chhe tem anant nayo ek shrutagnAnamAn samAI jAy chhe. jem potAnA anant dharmomAn ek dravya vyApyun
chhe tem te dharmone jANanArA anantA nayomAn ek shrutagnAnapramAN vyApyun chhe. koI kahe ke chhadmasthane potAnA
AtmAnI khabar na paDe,–to te vAt khoTI chhe. ahIn to kahyun ke anantanayovALA shrutagnAnathI anantadharmovALo
Akho AtmA jaNAI jAy chhe, svasanmukh vaLatA shrutagnAnathI Akho AtmA svAnubhavamAn AvI jAy chhe.
AtmA kevo chhe? ane te kaI rIte jaNAy? e banne vAt AmAn AvI jAy chhe.
AtmA kevo chhe?– ke AtmA kharekhar chaitanya sAmAnyathI vyApta anantadharmovALun ek dravya chhe.
te AtmA kaI rIte jaNAy chhe?–to kahyun ke AtmAnA anantadharmone jANanArA je anant nayo, temAn
vyApta shrutagnAnapramANavaDe svAnubhavathI Atmadravya jaNAy chhe.
ahIn anant dharmAtmak potAno AtmA te pramey chhe ne anant nayAtmakashrutagnAn te pramAN chhe; evA
pramANavaDe svAnubhavathI potAno AtmA pramey thAy