jANavAnI ja vAt AvI. ahIn parishiShTamAn shiShyano paN e ja prashna hato ke he bhagavAn! A mAro AtmA
koN chhe–kevo chhe? ke jene jANIne ane teno Ashray karIne hun paramAnandadashAne pAmun. shiShyanA te prashnanA uttaramAn
A AtmAnun varNan chAle chhe, temAn AtmAnun astitva kevun chhe te oLakhAve chhe. mATe jhINI lAge to paN
chhe, paN te samajavA mATe magajamAnthI bIjI chintA kADhI nAnkhIne, je rIte kahevAy chhe te rIte lakShamAn laIne andar
vichAravun joIe. bAkI A samajyA vinA bIjo to koI shAntino upAy chhe nahi.
nathI, AtmAne bandh–mokShavALo kahevo te paN vyavahAr chhe. –AvI adhyAtmanayanI shailI chhe; parantu A
parishiShTamAn to AtmA bandh–mokShavALo chhe. te paN nishchayanayamAn leshe, kem ke AtmA pote ekalo ja bandh ane
mokSha paryAyarUpe pariName chhe te batAvavA mATe tene paN ahIn nishchayamAn gaNyA chhe; kAraNake ahIn dravyadraShTinA
viShayanun varNan nathI paN vastunA badhA paDakhAnun gnAn karAvIne pramAN–gnAn karavAnI A vAt chhe. jo ke
pramANathI badhA paDakhAnnun gnAn karanAr paN abhed svabhAvane draShTimAn laIne te taraph ja DhaLe chhe, paN pahelAnn
tattvano nirNay karavA TANe dharmanA bhed pADIne vichAr Ave chhe.
svakAL chhe, te paryAy hAthane lIdhe ke AtmAne lIdhe thaI nathI. parAdhInadraShTivALAne em thAy chhe ke jo tIranI
paryAy tenA potAthI ja thatI hoy to hAth aDayA pahelAnn kem na thaI? hAth Avyo tyAre ja kem thaI? Am
svakAL hato, ne pachhI dhanuShya upar anusandhAn thavAno teno svakAL Avyo te avasthA tenA ja upAdAnathI
thaI chhe.
darek paryAyanun judun judun chhe. agnAnIne samay samayanI paryAyanAn svatantra upAdAnanun eTale ke svakALanun bhAn
nathI, eTale jevun nimitta Ave tevI paryAy thAy em te mAne chhe, te tenI mULamAn bhUl chhe. temaj kShaNik
paryAyanA rAg jeTalo ja AkhA AtmAno svabhAv je mAnI lye tene vastunA trikALI shuddha upAdAnanun eTale ke
svabhAvanun bhAn nathI. svakAL te kShaNik upAdAn chhe ne svabhAv te trikALI upAdAn chhe. AtmAnA astitva
dharmane jANe temAn A badhun AvI jAy chhe. astitvamAn svadravya–kShetra–kAL bhAv AvI jAy chhe, ne dravya–kShetra–
kAL–bhAvamAn A badhun rahasya samAI jAy chhe.
tene nishchay vyavahAranI khabar nathI. nishchay–vyavahAramAn paN anek apekShAo chhe. te A pramANe–
vikAr karAve chhe–em kahevAno te vyavahArano Ashay nathI.