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‘āṅkho phāḍīne ṭagaṭag joī ja rahe chhe’

[jignāsu shiṣhyanī pātratā]

je jīv agnānī chhe, jeṇe kadī ātmānā paramārthasvarūpane anubhavyun nathī, paṇ have jene shuddha

ātmasvarūp samajavānī jhaṅkhanā jāgī chhe evā pātra shiṣhyane shrīguru ātmānun paramārthasvarūp samajāve chhe. te

shiṣhyane ‘ātmā’ evo shabda kahevāmān āvatān, jevo ‘ātmā’ shabdano artha chhe te arthanā gnānathī rahit

hovāthī kāī paṇ na samajatān meṇḍhānī jem āṅkho phāḍīne ṭagaṭag joī ja rahe chhe....... juo, ahīn āchāryadev

jignāsu shiṣhyanī pātratā batāve chhe. shiṣhya hajī ātmāne samajyo nathī paṇ samajavāno kāmī chhe, tethī

samajāvanār gnānī pratye meṇḍhānī jem ṭagaṭag joī ja rahe chhe. ahīn meṇḍhānun draṣhṭānt shiṣhyanī jignāsā batāvavā

māṭe āpyun chhe. meṇḍhānun draṣhṭānt doṣh batāvavā māṭe nathī paṇ guṇ batāvavā chhe; jem meṇḍhāmān anusaravānī ṭev chhe

tem shiṣhya paṇ sāme samajāvanār gnānīnā bhāvane anusaravā māṅge chhe. pote nathī samajato tethī sāmā upar

kaṇṭāḷo nathī lāvato paṇ samajavānī jignāsāthī tenī sāme ṭagaṭag joī ja rahe chhe.

‘āṅkho phāḍīne ṭagaṭag joī ja rahe chhe’ em kahevāmān āchāryadeve ghaṇā bhāvo mūkī dīdhā chhe. pratham to

samajavānī jignāsā chhe eṭale chittane kyāy āḍun avaḷun bhamāvato nathī paṇ samajavā māṭe chittane ekāgra kare

chhe. potāne nathī samajātun temān sāmā kahenārano vāṅk nathī kāḍhato, paṇ samajavā māṭe pote gnānanī visheṣh

ekāgratā kare chhe. vaḷī pote kāī samajato nathī topaṇ ṭagaṭag joī ja rahe chhe–temān tene eṭalo to vishvās chhe

ke ā mārun hit thāy evun kāīk kahevā māṅge chhe, eṭale gnānī kahe chhe te vāt māre samajavā jevī chhe; āthī

samajavā māṭe potānā badhāy gnānane ātmā taraph ekāgra kare chhe. ‘āṅkho phāḍīne ṭagaṭag joī ja rahe chhe’ em

kahyun, temān bahāranī āṅkho to vyavahārathī chhe, kharekhar jovānun kārya to antaranā gnānachakṣhu kare chhe, eṭale ke

gnānano je kṣhayopasham ūghaḍayo chhe tene have pāchho vāḷato nathī paṇ te kṣhayopashamagnānane ātmā taraph ekāgra kare

chhe. ane nimitta tarīke kahīe to ātmānun svarūp sambhaḷāvanār gnānīnī sāme ṭagaṭag joī ja rahe chhe–eṭale

enāthī viruddha kahenārā kuguruonī vāt sāmbhaḷavā māṅgato nathī, tem ja bahāranān viṣhay–kaṣhāyamān paṇ

chittane bhamāvato nathī; bas, mātra ātmā ja samajavā māṅge chhe. – ‘kām ek ātmārthanun, bījo nahi man

rog’ –āṭalī pātratā to shrotāmān thaī gaī chhe–em svīkārīne shrī kundakundāchāryadeve samayasāramān shuddhaātmānun

svarūp samajāvyun chhe. āvo shiṣhya potānā gnānane shuddhaātmā taraph ekāgra karīne svarūpanā sahaj ānandano

anubhav kare ja.

pratham āchāryadeve ātmāmān siddhapaṇun sthāpyun ke ‘hun siddha ane tun paṇ siddha!’ ātmānā siddhapaṇānī te

vāt sāmbhaḷatān ja jene antarathī honsh ane utsāh āvyo tevā jīvanī ātmā samajavā māṭenī cheṣhṭā joīne

shrī āchāryabhagavāne nakkī karyun ke ā jīvane ātmā samajavānī dhagash ane pātratā chhe, tethī tene ‘ātmā’

samajāve chhe. ane te jīv gnānanā kṣhayopashamarūpī je āṅkh ūghaḍī chhe tene bandh karato nathī, paṇ te badhā gnānane

ātmā taraph ekāgra kare chhe. –āvā lāyak ātmāmān dharmanun bīj ropāy chhe, ne te jīvamān tarat deshanālabdhinun

pariṇaman thaīne te ātmānā ānandano anubhav kare chhe.

ātmānun yathārtha svarūp samajyā vinā ja hun atyār sudhī duḥkhamān rakhaḍyo, ātmasvarūp samajavāmān ja

mārun hit chhe–em jene antaramān bhāse tenun gnān ātmā taraph vaḷ‌yā vagar rahe nahi. jignāsu jīvane shravaṇamān

bedarakārī ke nirutsāhabhāv na hoy, paṇ samajavānī darakār ane utsāhabhāv hoy. aho! ā gnānī mane

mārā hitanī vāt sambhaḷāve chhe–mārā apūrva kalyāṇanī vāt kahe chhe – em antaramān apūrva ullāsabhāv

lāvīne pātra jīv ātmasvarūpane samajī jāy chhe.

pahelānn na samajāy tethī kaṇṭāḷīne bhāgato nathī, paṇ samajavā māṭe dhīrajapūrvak ūbho rahe chhe ane

āṅkho phāḍīne ṭagaṭag joī ja rahe chhe. evā shiṣhyane āchāryadev samajāve chhe ke ‘he bhāī! antaramān je sadāy

darshan–gnān–chāritrane prāpta chhe te ātmā chhe.’ juo, rāg te ātmā nathī, dehanī kriyā kare te ātmā nathī, paṇ

sadāy darshan–gnān–chāritrasvarūp ātmā chhe. ‘ātmā’ shabdano āvo