: āso : 2482 ātmadharma (‘brahmacharya aṅk’–bījo.) : 239 :
brahmacharya
anae tattvagnaāna
[brahmajīvano adbhut āhlād kyāre āve?]
(1) brahmacharya eṭale ātmasvarūpamān ramaṇatā.
brahachārī eṭale ātmāno raṅgī ne viṣhayono tyāgī.
viṣhayono tyāgī te ja thaī shake ke je temān sukh na mānato hoy.
viṣhayomān sukh te ja na māne ke jene viṣhayothī nirapekṣha evā ātmasukhanun lakṣha thayun hoy.
(2) jem ek sparshendriyanā viṣhayamān sukh nathī tem pāñch īndriyo sambandhī koīpaṇ viṣhayomān
ātmānun sukh nathī; sukh to ātmāmān ja chhe.–ām jāṇīne sarva viṣhayomānthī sukhabuddhi ṭaḷe ne asaṅgī
ātmasvabhāvanī ruchi thāy–tyāre ja vāstavik brahmacharyajīvan hoy. jeṭalo ātmikasukhano anubhav chhe teṭale
anshe brahmacharyajīvan chhe. brahmasvarūp ātmāmān jeṭale anshe charyā (pariṇaman) hoy teṭale anshe brahmacharyajīvan chhe.
jeṭalī brahmamān charyā hoy teṭalo par viṣhayono tyāg hoy chhe.
je jīv parabhāvothī ke paraviṣhayothī sukh mānato hoy te jīvane brahmacharyajīvan hoy nahi, kemake tene
viṣhayonā saṅganī bhāvanā paḍī chhe.
(3)–āthī brahmacharyane ane tattvagnānane meḷ siddha thayo. je jīvane tattvagnān hoy, ātmānī ruchi
hoy te jīv kadī koīpaṇ paraviṣhayamān sukh māne nahi, ruchimān–shraddhāmān–bhāvanāmān to teṇe potānā
ātmasvabhāvano saṅg karīne sarva paraviṣhayono saṅg chhoḍī dīdho chhe. ne pachhī svabhāvanī ruchinā jore āgaḷ
vadhatān jem jem rāgādi parapariṇati ṭaḷatī jāy chhe tem tem tenā nimittabhūt bāhyaviṣhayo paṇ saheje chhūṭatā
jāy chhe. ā kramathī ātmik–brahmacharyajīvanamān āgaḷ vadhatān vadhatān paripūrṇa atīndriyasukhane pāmīne te jīv
pote brahmasvarūp paramātmā thaī jāy chhe.
(4) sharīranā sparshamān jene sukhanī mānyatā ṭaḷī gaī hoy te ja tenāthī virakat thaīne
brahmacharyajīvan jīvī shake. have jene sharīranā sparshaviṣhayamānthī sukhabuddhi ṭaḷī gaī hoy te jīvane shabda–rūp–ras–
gandh–varṇa vagere viṣhayomānthī paṇ sukhabuddhi avashya ṭaḷī gaī hoy. jene ekapaṇ īndriyamānthī sukhabuddhi
kharekhar ṭaḷe tene pāñche īndriyomānthī sukhabuddhi jarūr ṭaḷī jāy. have pāñche īndriyanā viṣhayomānthī sukhabuddhi tene
ja ṭaḷe ke jeṇe satpuruṣhonā samāgame pāñche īndriyanā viṣhayothī pār atīndriy ātmasukh lakṣhagat karyun hoy. ā
rīte jeṇe ātmānā atīndriyasukhano svād lakṣhagat karyo hoy te ja īndriyaviṣhayothī virakat thaīne brahma–
jīvanano kharo āhlād laī shake.
(5) bījī rīte kahīe to samyagdraṣhṭisanto ja brahmajīvananī kharī moj māṇe chhe; kemake samyagdarshan
svadravyane viṣhay karanār chhe; svadravyane je viṣhay na kare ne paradravya sāthe ja viṣhay kare tene kadī viṣhayonī
ākuḷatā maṭe nahi ne brahmajīvanano ānand āve nahi.
mārā asaṅg chaitanyatattvane koī paradravyano saṅg jarāpaṇ nathī, paradravyanā saṅgathī mārāmān sukh nathī
paṇ paradravyanā saṅg vagar ja mārā svabhāvathī mārun sukh chhe–em je jīve potānā atīndriy ātmasvabhāvanī
ruchi ane lakṣha karyun chhe ne sarve īndriyaviṣhayonī ruchi chhoḍī dīdhī chhe te bhavya jīv ātmikaāhlādathī bharapūr
evun brahmajīvan jīve chhe, ne evā samakitī dharmātmā bhagavān–samān chhe em gnānīo kahe chhe.
–ā rīte, kharekhar ātmasvabhāvanī ruchinī sāthe ja brahmacharya vagere sarve guṇonān bījaḍān paḍelā chhe.
māṭe sāchun brahmajīvan jīvavānā abhilāṣhī jīvonun pahelun kartavya e chhe ke, atīndriyaānandathī bharapūr ane sarve
paraviṣhayothī khālī evā potānā ātmasvabhāvanī ruchi karavī.....tenun lakṣha karavun....teno anubhav karīne temān
tanmay thavāno prayatna karavo.