nathī.–āvī samyak shraddhā ane oḷakhāṇ kare te paṇ satya mārgamān chhe paṇ shraddhā ja ūndhī rākhe,
shuddhabhāvane oḷakhe nahīn ne rāgane dharma māne, te to ūndhā mārge chhe. bhavano ant shuddha
samyagdarshanādi bhāv vaḍe ja thāy chhe, ane tenāthī ja jainashāsananī shreṣhṭhatā chhe.
तह धम्माणं पवरं जिणधम्मं भावि भवमहणं ।। ८२।।
āvā jinadharmane bhāv.
na thāy te jain dharma nahi.
karmonā anek paḍakhānnun gnān karāvyun māṭe shun jainadharmanī shreṣhṭhatā chhe?–to kahe chhe ke nā;
to kaī rīte jainadharmanī shreṣhṭhatā chhe? jainadharmanī shreṣhṭhatā e rīte chhe ke te bhāvi–bhavano nāsh kare
chhe, sansārano nāsh karīne mukti āpe chhe. ne tethī ja jainashāsanano mahimā chhe. ā sivāy bījī
rīte–puṇya vagerethī jainashāsanano mahimā māne to teṇe jainashāsanane kharekhar jāṇyun ja nathī. hajī
83 mī gāthāmān ā vāt ghaṇī spaṣhṭa karashe.
bhāvo pragaṭe tenun nām jainadharma chhe. bhavanun mathan karī nāṅkhe bhavano nāsh karī nāṅkhe te ja jainadharma
chhe. hajī anantabhavanī shaṅkāmān je paḍayo hoy, are! bhavya–abhavyanī paṇ shaṅkāmān paḍayo hoy–
evā jīvane to jainadharmanī gandh paṇ āvī nathī. āhā! jainadharma shun chīj chhe tenī vāt lokoe
yathārtha sāmbhaḷī paṇ nathī. ek kṣhaṇ paṇ jainadharma pragaṭ kare to anant bhavano ‘kaṭ’ thaī jāy ne
ātmāmān mokṣhanī chhāp paḍī jāy, muktinī niḥshaṅkatā thaī jāy.–āvo jainadharma chhe, ā ja
jainadharmanī shreṣhṭhatā chhe. tethī bhavanā nāsh māṭe he bhavya! tun āvā jainadharmane bhāv.
–to bhavano nāsh kaī rīte thāy? shun dayādinā shubharāgathī bhavano nāsh thāy?–nā; māṭe