Atmadharma magazine - Ank 174
(Year 15 - Vir Nirvana Samvat 2484, A.D. 1958)
(English transliteration).

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22 Atmadharma 174
vidhavidh samAchAr
shikharajI yAtrAnA mIThAn sambhAraNA
saurAShTramAn mangalavihAr karatAn pU. gurudev phAgaN sud sAtame moTA AnkaDiA padhAryA hatA, ne
sammedashIkharajInI mangalayAtrAno vArShik divas tyAn UjavAyo hato. AnkaDiAmAn mANekachandabhAI ravANI tathA
jamubhAI ravANI vageree umangapUrvak gurudevanun sanmAn karyun hatun. ahIn bhagavAn shAntinAth prabhunI adbhut bhAvavAhI
pratimA birAje chhe. ane ApaNA A “Atmadharma–mAsik” nun A janmasthAn chhe, anek varSho sudhI ‘Atmadharma’
ahIn chhapAyun chhe. ahIn phAgaN sud sAtamanA roj savAramAn shIkharajI pUjan vidhAn pU. benashrIbene ghaNI bhaktithI
karAvyun hatun, tathA shAntinAth bhagavAnanun pUjan karAvyun hatun. bapore gurudevanA pravachan bAd sammedashIkharajInI
mangalayAtrAnA vArShikotsav nimitte benashrIbene bhakti karAvI hatI. AratI bAd rAtre tattvacharchAmAn hajAr jeTalA
mANasoe bhAg lIdho hato,–jemAn moTA bhAganA kheDut bhAIo hatA. ek kheDutabhAIe premathI prashna pUchhayo hato ke
“bApajI! AtmAnun svarUp shun chhe!! koI kAI kahe chhe, ne koI kAI kahe chhe, to AtmAnun kharUn svarUp shun hashe?” vaLI,
pahelAn gnAn hoy ke pahelAn chAritra hoy?–mokSha gnAnathI thAy ke chAritrathI?–evA evA prashno paN jignAsAthI pUchhel.
A rIte, gurudev padhAratAn kheDutomAn AtmAnI ane gnAn–chAritra mokShanI charchA chAlatI hatI. charchA bAd
kheDutabhAIo TheraTher andaro–andar vAtachIt karatA kahetA hatA ke “A mahArAj em kahe chhe ke AtmAne oLakhyA
vagar mokSha na thAy.”
charchAnI sharUAtamAn ja gurudeve sammedashIkharajI vagerenI mangalayAtrAnA mIThA madhur sambhAraNAn yAd karatAn
kahyun hatun ke juo, A phAgaNasud sAtame shIkharajInI yAtrA karI hatI. chhaThThanI rAtre doDh vAge uThIne upar chaDavA
mAnDayun hatun ne sAtamanI bapore doDh vAge yAtrA karIne nIche utaravA mAnDayun hatun. ahA, e sammedashIkharajIno
dekhAv saras chhe, e to najare jue ene khabar paDe! anAdikALanun e shAshvat tIrtha chhe. anantA tIrthankaro
tyAnthI mokSha pAmyA chhe, ne anantA tIrthankaro mokSha pAmashe. sAmAnyapaNe to A bharatakShetranA badhA tIrthankaro
ayodhyAnagarImAn janme ne shikharajIthI mokSha pAme.–em e banne shAshvat tIrtha chhe, ne e bannenI nIche shAshvat
sAthIyA chhe.–jarAk UnDo UtarIne vichAr kare tene A badhI khabar paDe tevun chhe. ahA, e vakhate jAtrAmAn
lokono ullAs paN ghaNo hato. A uparAnt khanDagIrI–udayagIrInI atiprAchIn jainaguphAonun paN gurudeve
bhAvapUrvak smaraN karyun hatun.
visheShamAn gurudeve kahyun hatun ke juo, shIkharajInI jAtrAno divas phAgaN sud sAtam. shIkharajI uparathI
chandraprabhu tathA supArshvaprabhunA mokShano divas paN phAgaN sud sAtam. vInchhIyAmAn panch kalyANak pratiShThAno divas paN
phAgaN sud sAtam. rANapur, vaDhavAN, surendranagar vagere gAmonA bhagavantonI pratiShThAno divas paN phAgaN sud
sAtam ane ahIn AnkaDiyAnA A shAntinAth bhagavAnanI pratiShThAno divas paN phAgaN sud sAtam chhe,–e divas
ApaNe barAbar kudarate ahIn AnkaDiyAmAn ja Avyo chhe. Am smaraN karIne gurudev shikharajI, ayodhyA vagere
tIrthadhAmonI mangalayAtrAnun vAramvAr bhAvapUrvak smaraN karatA hatA...ne gurudevanA shrImukhethI yAtrAnA mIThAn sambhAraNAn
sAmbhaLatAn bhaktone bahu pramod thato hato...ne, gurudev sAthenI mangalayAtrAnA AvA sonerI prasango pharI pharIne prApta
thAv–em sau bhakto bhAvanA karatA hatA. A rIte, shIkharajInI tIrthadhAmanI mangalayAtrAno vArShikotsav AnkaDiyAmAn
phAgaN sud sAtame ujavAyo hato.
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