ahIn–sonagaDhamAn thAy chhe, tethI ajANyA lokone navun lAge chhe.
shAstra to samayasAr,
samavasaraN to aShTabhUmivALun ane temAn vaLI
ane vaLI A moTo mAnastambh!
–A badhun ghaNA lokone navun lAge tevun chhe. paN bhAI! e kAI navun nathI, tane khabar nathI eTale navun
pUrNa vItarAgatA na thaI hoy tyAn dharmaprabhAvanA vagereno shubhabhAv Ave chhe, temAn mAnastambh vagere karAvavAno
bhAv paN Ave chhe. adhyAtmadraShTi hovA chhatAn Avo bhAv Ave temAn kAI virodh nathI jo koI em kahe ke
‘adhyAtmadraShTivALAne shubhabhAv Avavo ja na joIe’–to tem kahenArane adhyAtmadraShTi shun chhe tenun bhAn nathI
ane puNyatattvanI paN tene khabar nathI. rAganI bhUmikAmAn vichitra prakAranA rAgabhAv Ave chhe, temAn dharmIne
dev–guru–dharmanI bhaktiprabhAvanAno bhAv thayA vinA raheto nathI. mAnastambh e paN dharmanI prabhAvanAnun kAraN
chhe. je jIvane sAchA dev–guru–dharmanI prabhAvanAno ullAsabhAv nathI Avato, ne ekalA ashubharAgamAn ja khUnchI
rahyo chhe tene to sansAr ane dharmanA nimitto vachcheno vivek karatAn paN nathI AvaDato. jIvanA rAgane lIdhe kAI
bahAranAn kAryo banatA nathI, bahAranA kAryo to tenA kAraNe svayam bane chhe. paN jene dharmano prem hoy tene dharmanA
nimittonun paN bahumAn AvyA vinA rahetun nathI. koI em mAne ke ‘ApaNe AvI bahAranI pravRuttimAn na
paDavun, ApaNe to AtmAnA ja vichAramAn rahevun’–to te paN vastusthitine samajato nathI. bhAI! bahAranI
pravRuttine to kyAn koI paN jIv karI shake chhe? rAg vakhate rAganI dishA kaI taraph vaLe chhe tenI A vAt chhe.
adhyAtmadraShTivALAne bahArano vikalpa na ja Ave–evun nathI, tem ja jIvane vikalpa Avyo mATe bahAramAn
mAnastambh vagere kArya thAy chhe–em paN nathI. jene dharmano prem hoy tene evo vikalpa Ave chhe ke aho!
mAnastambh dvArA jainadharmanA vaibhavane jagat dekhe ane dharmanI prabhAvanA thAy! temAn nimitta tarIke vItarAgI dev–
guru–dharmanun bahumAn chhe ne paramArthe potAnA pUrNasvabhAvanun bahumAn chhe. bhakti–prabhAvanAno shubhavikalpa koIk
jIvone to antaranI samajaNapUrvak Ave chhe, koIkane sAdhAraN lakShapUrvak Ave chhe ane koIk jIvone samajyA
vagar paN shubhavikalpa Ave chhe. A shubhavikalpathI dharma thAy chhe–em nathI kahevun paN nIchalI dashAmAn
adhyAtmadraShTivALAne ke adhyAtmadraShTi vagaranAne paN tevo shubharAg Ave chhe ane te puNyabandhanun kAraN chhe; tene
jo na mAne to te jIve puNyatattvane jANyun nathI. jIvanA shubhavikalpane lIdhe jaDanI kriyA thaI em nathI, tem ja
jaDanI kriyA thavAnI hatI mATe jIvane shubhavikalpa karavo paDayo em paN nathI; ajIvanI kriyA ajIvanA kAraNe
thAy chhe–enun dharmIne barAbar bhAn chhe, paN rAganA kALe tene dharmaprabhAvanA vageremAn ullAsapariNAm AvyA
vinA rahetA nathI. jem–sansAramAn jene strI vagereno prem chhe tene tenA poShaNano ashubhabhAv Ave chhe, tem jene
dharmano prem hoy tene dharmanA nimitto pratye tathA prabhAvanA vageremAn shubhabhAv Ave chhe. jo tene na svIkAre to
te jIvane sansAr ane dharma vachcheno vivek nathI, ane jo te rAgane ja dharma mAnI lye to tene paN svabhAv ane
vibhAvanun bhedagnAn nathI. adhyAtmadraShTivALA jIv rAgane dharma nathI mAnatA, chhatAn nIchalI dashAmAn rAg Ave chhe
kharo; adhyAtmadraShTi pachhI jemane svabhAvamAn lIn thaIne pUrNa vItarAgatA pragaTI gaI hoy temane koI prakArano
rAg hoto nathI. je bhUmikAnI je sthiti hoy te jANavI joIe.
shankA nathI paDatI ke ‘vadhAre sanyog chhe mATe mane vadhAre bandhan thaI jashe!’ bahAramAn jhAjhA sanyog