alpagnatA ane vikAr hovA chhatAn dravyanI shaktimAn to paripUrNa kevaLagnAnanI tAkAt sadAy paDI chhe; AtmAnA
svabhAvanI AvI tAkAtano vishvAs karavo te apUrva dharma chhe. potAnA gnAnasvabhAvane bhUlIne, anAdithI
dehAdinI kriyAne potAnI mAnIne, tathA puNya–pApane ja potAnun svarUp mAnIne jIv sansAramAn rakhaDe chhe. aho!
mAro AtmA ja gnAnAnandasvarUpe bhagavAn chhe, bhagavAn thayA temanA AtmAmAn jeTalun sAmarthya chhe teTalun ja
sAmarthya mArA AtmAmAn paN chhe, AvI oLakhAN pUrve kadI jIve karI nathI ane bahArathI ja dharma mAnI lIdho
chhe, bahu to shubhabhAv karIne tene dharma mAnyo, paN tethI bhavabhramaN aTakyun nahi. tethI AtmAnun vAstavik
svarUp shun chhe, ke je samajavAthI bhavabhramaNano ant Ave, tenI A vAt chAle chhe.
karma to jaD chhe, te AtmatattvathI bhinna chhe, ane tenI kriyA paN AtmAthI bhinna chhe. anAdithI bhinna
chaitanyatattvane chUkIne, sharIr te ja hun ane sharIr ThIk hoy to mane dharma thAy–evI UndhI mAnyatA jIve karI chhe,
tethI tene dehathI bhinnapaNun bhAsatun nathI. dehathI bhinna antaranA chaitanyatattvane oLakhavAnI A vAt chhe. A
sivAy puNyanI shubh lAgaNI andaramAn thAy te paN vikAr chhe, te puNya paN anantavAr karI chUkyo chhe, temAn kAI
dharma nathI; antaramAn puNyapApathI pAr chidAnand AtmAnI oLakhAN karIne samyagdarshan pragaT karavun te apUrva chhe
ane temAn dharma chhe. puNyathI svarga maLe paN temA kAI AtmAnI shAnti na maLe, tenAthI bhavabhramaNano chheDo na
Ave. bhAI! shAnti to tArA AtmAnI antaranI chIj chhe, te koI bahAranI chIjamAnthI ke puNyamAnthI nathI
AvatI, paN anrtasvabhAvamAn ekAgratAthI ja shAntino anubhav thAy chhe. te mATe AtmAno vAstavik svabhAv
shun chhe tenI pahelAnn oLakhAN karavI joIe.
gnAn pUrve ek kShaN paN jIve karyun nathI. mithyAdraShTipaNe shubhabhAv karIne jIv navamI graiveyak sudhIno dev thayo,
navamI graiveyak upar pAnch anuttar vimAn chhe tyAn to samyagdraShTi jIvo ja Upaje chhe. ahIn to em kahevun chhe ke
bhAI! AtmAnA bhAn vinA puNya karIne svargamAn paN tun anantavAr gayo, chhatAn tArun bhavabhramaN na maTayun. mATe
tun samaj ke puNya karatAn dharma te judI chIj chhe.
samayasAramAn puNyapariNAmane sthUL kahyA chhe ane chaitanyasvabhAvane sUkShma kahyo chhe tyAn judI vAt chhe; ahIn to
AtmAnun achintya gnAn–sAmarthya batAvavA AtmAne sthUL kahyo chhe, ane te Indriyagamya nathI te apekShAe tene
ja sUkShma kahyo chhe. juo, giranArajI upar chaDyA tyAre dUradUranun keTalun badhun dekhAtun hatun! giranAr uparathI Akhun
junAgaDh nAnun lAgatun hatun; gnAn to kAI eTalun pahoLun thayun na hatun, sADAtraN hAth pramAN gnAnamAn badhun jaNAI
jatun hatun; A rIte gnAnamAn evun mahAn sAmarthya chhe ke samasta lokAlok ek kShaNamAn temAn jaNAI jAy chhe. AvA
mahAn gnAnasAmarthyanI pratIt karavI te pahelo dharma chhe. AtmAnA gnAnasvabhAvanI pratIt vagar dayA–dAn
vagerenA shubhabhAv kare te kAI dharmano prakAr nathI, te to puNya chhe–Asrav chhe–sansAr chhe; dharma to samvar–
nirjarAtattva chhe te mokShanun kAraN chhe, ane puNya te Asravatattva chhe te bandhanun kAraN chhe, chaitanyatattvanA gnAn vagar
jinamandir vagere bAndhavAmAn shubhabhAvathI karoDo–abajo rUA. kharchI nAnkhe topaN temAn dharma nathI, mAtra puNya–bandh
chhe. are, moTA abajonI pedAshavALA rAjapAT chhoDIne dravyalingI jain sAdhu thayo ne ghaNI ugra puNyakriyA karIne
shubhabhAvathI svargamAn gayo chhatAn dharmano ansh paN na thayo; kemake ‘hun to anant gnAnashaktino dhaNI chhun, deh ke
dehanI kriyA mArI nathI, puNyano bhAv paN mArun kharun svarUp nathI’ AvI samajaN karyA vagar dharma thato nathI.
jyAn AtmAnun bhAn thAy tyAn dharmI jIv jANe chhe ke hun to sadAy gnAnasvarUp chhun, je pApanA ke