chhun... hun bhagavAn chhun” evA raTaNapUrvak deh chhoDel chhe. svargavAs agAu be kalAk pahelAnn mumukShuo tenI pAse dhUn
bolatAn, temaj mAngaLik sambhaLAvatA, ane kahetA “jo bhAI jagadIsh! tAro AtmA A badhAthI judo chhe... A
sharIr–mAtA–pitA ke sagAvahAlAn koI tane sharaNabhUt nathI... bhagavAn AtmA ek ja sharaNabhUt chhe...
bhagavAnanun sharaN le...” jagadIsh paN e sAmbhaLIne ‘hun bhagavAn chhun... hun jIv chhun” em vAramvAr tUTak bolato
hato... ne ghaNun darda hovA chhatAn e ja rIte shAntipUrvak deh chhoDIne teno AtmA chAlyo gayo hato.
ane rAjakoTanI di. jainapAThashALAmAn tattvagnAnano abhyAs karavA jato hato, tathA vArShik parIkShAmAn pAs
thayel hato. kishor vayamAn AvA dharmapremanun bIjAoe paN anukaraN karavA jevun chhe.
A durlabh manuShyaavatAr malyo... temAn bharoso nathI ke amuk kAL sudhI te TakI ja raheshe! ... game te kShaNe
AtmAnun hit kem thAy–te upAy karavA jevo chhe... Atmahitanun kArya bhaviShya upar mulatavI rAkhavA jevun nathI.
sukh prApta karatAn sukh TaLe chhe. lesh e lakShe laho,
kShaN kShaN bhayankar bhAvamaraNe kAn aho! rAchI aho?”
kAnajIbhAI taraphathI sva. jekumvarabenanA smaraNArthe sonagaDhanA jain vidyArthIgRuhanA makAn mATe
vidyArthIgRuhane arpaN karavAmAn AvyA chhe, te badal temane dhanyavAd ghaTe chhe.
sonagaDhamAn “jainadarshan shikShaNavarga” chAlashe. je jignAsu jain bhAIone vargamAn AvavAnI
IchchhA hoy temaNe sUchanA mokalI devI, ane vakhatasar AvI javun.
sonagaDh,