
kahevA lAgyo
chAr gatirUp nadImAn hun DUbun chhun temAnthI, he svAmI! hastAvalamban daIne mane ugAro..” Am kahIne, kevaLI
bhagavAnanI AgnA anusAr jeNe samasta parigrah chhoDI dIdho chhe evA te param samyaktvI bharatarAje, potAnA
komaL hAth vaDe shiranA keshano loch karyo, ne mahAvrat angIkAr karIne jinadIkShA dhAraN karI. ahA! bharatanI
dIkShAnA A prasange AkAshamAn devo “dhanya..dhanya” kahetA thakA puShpavRuShTi karavA lAgyA. hajArathI paN vadhAre
rAjAo bharatanA anurAgane lIdhe virakta thaIne, rAjaRuddhi chhoDI bharatanI sAthe ja jinadIkShA dhAraN karIne muni
thayA, ane keTalAk aNuvratadhArI shrAvak thayA.
karavA lAgI ‘hAy putra! tArA vinA have hun kem jIvIsh!!’–A pramANe vilAp karatI mAtAne dhairya bandhAvatAn
rAm–lakShmaNe kahyun he mAtA! bharat to pahelethI ja mahAvivekI, gnAnavAn ane sansArathI atyant virakta hato;
teno shok tajo. shun ame paN tamArA putro nathI? ame tamArA AgnAkArI kinkar chhIe. kaushalyA–sumitrA
temaj suprabhAe paN kaikeyIne ghaNun sambodhan karyun. tethI shokarahit thaIne te pratibodh pAmI. shuddha man vaDe
potAnA mohanI te nindA karavA lAgI, are! dhikkAr chhe A strI paryAyane; have jinadIkShA dhAraN karIne
evo upAy karun ke jethI pharIne strIparyAy na dharun ne bhavasAgarane tarun. Am Am vichArI mahAgnAnavAn
ane sadA jinashAsananI bhakta evI te kaikeyI, mahAvairAgyathI pRithvImatI AryikAnI pAse AryikA thaI.
nirmaL samyaktvanI dhArak kaikeyIe samasta parigrah tyAgIne mAtra ek shvetavastra dhAraN karyun. tenI sAthe bIjI
traNaso strIo AryikA thaI. ane bIjA anek jIvoe shrI deshabhUShaN–kUlabhUShaN keLavI bhagavAnanI samIpe
shrAvak–shrAvikAnA vrat dhAraN karyAn.
pandar–pandar divasanA, ke mahinA–mahinAnA upavAs karavA lAgyo, ne sukAn pAn vaDe pAraNun karato hato.
sansArathI bhayabhIt ane uttam cheShTAmAn parAyaN evo te trilokamanDan hAthI loko vaDe pUjya evI
mahAvishuddhine dhAraN karato pRithvIne viShe vanajangalamAn vicharavA lAgyo. kyArek pandar divasanA, to kyArek
mahinAnA upavAs karIne tenA pAraNe jyAre gAmamAn Ave chhe tyAre shrAvako atibhaktipUrvak shuddha anna
jaLavaDe tene pAraNun karAve chhe. (sonagaDh–svAdhyAy mandiramAn A prasanganun chitra chhe.) jenun sharIr kShIN thaI gayun
chhe ane vairAgyarUpI khIle je bandhAyelo chhe evo te hAthI ugra tap karato hato, ne dhIme dhIme AhAr tyAgIne
antasallekhanApUrvak sharIr tajIne chhaThThA svargamAn dev thayo. pahelAn chhaThThA svargethI Avyo hato ne chhaThThA svarge ja
gayo; tyAnthI paramparA mokSha pAmashe.