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āsoḥ 2484ḥ 19ḥ

(mathurānagarīmān saptarṣhi munivaronā āgamanano ā ānandamay prasaṅg jinamandiranā chitramān ālekhavāmān

āvyo chhe. jemanān darshan karatān ja bhaktonā hr̥udayamān ānandanī ūrmi jāge evā saptarṣhi muni bhagavantonī hāramāḷā
mathurānā jinamandiramān birājī rahī chhe. mathurāmān “saptarṣhi–ṭīlā” nāmanun ek sthān paṇ chhe.)

– e saptarṣhi muni bhagavantone amārā namaskār ho.

ā saptarṣhi munibhagavanto anekavidh tap karatā thakā chomāsun to mathurānā van viṣhe ja rahyā chhe, ane

pāraṇun chāraṇar̥uddhinā prabhāvathī bījī game te nagarīmān karī āve chhe. ākāshamārge kṣhaṇamātramān koī vār
podanāpur jaīne pāraṇun karī āve, to koī vār vijayapur jāy, koī vār ujjain jāy to koī vār
saurāṣhṭramān padhāre. (chāraṇar̥uddhidhārī munivaro ākāshamān vichare chhe ne chomāsāmān paṇ vihār kare chhe.)–ā
pramāṇe game te nagarīmān jaīne uttam shrāvakane tyān āhār karī āve ne pāchhā mathurānagarīmān āvīne rahe. e
dhīr–vīr mahāshānt munivaro ek vār āhāranā samaye ayodhyā nagarīmān padhāryā ane arhadatta sheṭhanā gharanī
samīp āvyā.

ekāek ā munivarone joīne arhadatta sheṭhe vichāryunḥ “are! chomāsāmān to munio vihār kare nahīn,

ne ā munio ayodhyāmān kyāthī āvyā? chomāsā pahelān to ā munio ahīn āvyā nathī, kemake ā
ayodhyānī āsapās vanamān, gūphāmān, nadīkināre, vr̥ukṣha nīche ke vananā chaityālayomān jyān jyān sādhuo
chāturmās rahyā chhe te sarvene men vandyā chhe, parantu ā sādhuone men kyāy dekhyā nathī, māṭe ā sādhuo
āchāraṅgasūtranī āgnāthī parāṅgamukh svechchhāvihārī lāge chhe tethī varṣhākāḷamān paṇ jyān tyān bhamatā phare chhe.
jo jinaāgnānā pālak hoy to varṣhākāḷamān vihār kem kare? māṭe te jināgnāthī bahār chhe.”–ām vichārī
arhadatta sheṭhe to munivarono ādar na karyo ne tyānthī chālyā gayā; paṇ temanī putravadhue atibhaktithī
vidhipūrvak munivarone prāsuk āhāradān karyun.

āhār karīne sāt munivaro bhagavānanā chaityālayamān āvyā; te chaityālayamān dyutibhaṭṭārak āchārya

birājatā hatā. sāt r̥uṣhi munivaro r̥uddhinā prabhāvathī chār aṅgul aliptapaṇe eṭale ke jamīnathī chār
āṅgaḷ ūñche chālyā āvatā hatā, chaityālayamān āvatān temaṇe pr̥ithvī par pag mūkayo. ā saptarṣhi bhagavantone
jotān ja dyutibhaṭṭārak–āchārya ūbhā thayā ane ghaṇā ādarathī teone namaskār karyā, bījā badhā shiṣhyoe
paṇ namaskār karyān; saptarṣhi bhagavantoe temanī sāthe dharmacharchā karī, ane pachhī chaityālayamān jinavandanā karīne
teo to pāchhā mathurānagarīmān padhāryān.

saptarṣhi munivaronā gayā pachhī thoḍīvāre arhadatta sheṭh chaityālayamān āvyā, tyāre dyutibhaṭṭārak āchārye

temane kahyun– “sāt maharṣhi mahāyogīshvar chāraṇ munivaro ahīn āvyā hatā, tamey temanān darshan karyā hashe; te
mahāmunivaro mahātapanā dhārak chhe, ane chāturmās mathurānagarīmān rahyā chhe; chāraṇar̥uddhithī gagan–vihār karīne
teo āhār māṭe game tyān jāy chhe, āje teoe ā ayodhyāpurīmān āhār karyo, ane pachhī chaityālayanā
darshan karavā āvyā, amārī sāthe dharmacharchā paṇ karī, ane pachhī mathurānagarī taraph sīdhāvyā. e
mahāvītarāgī, gaganagāmī, param udār cheṣhṭānā dhārak munivaro vandanīy chhe.”–ityādi prakāre āchāryanā
mukhathī chāraṇ muniono mahimā sāmbhaḷīne, shrāvak shiromaṇi arhadatta sheṭh khedakhinna thaīne khūbaj pashchāttāp
karavā lāgyā–‘are! mane dhikkār chhe...men munivarone na oḷakhyā! mārā āṅgaṇe padhārelā munibhagavantono men
ādar na karyo...hā! mārā jevo adham koṇ? e munivaro āhār arthe mārā āṅgaṇe padhāryā, paṇ men navadhā
bhaktipūrvak temane āhār na āpyo...mārā jevo pāmar–agnānī bījo koṇ ke āṅgaṇe āvelā santone paṇ
hun na oḷakhī shakyo!! chāraṇ munivaronī to e ja rīt chhe ke chomāsāmān nivās to ekasthāne kare, paṇ
āhār anek nagarīmān karī āve. chāraṇar̥uddhinā prabhāvathī temanā sharīravaḍe jīvone bādhā thatī nathī. ahā!
jyānsudhī e chāraṇar̥uddhidhārak muni bhagavantonā hun darshan nahīn karun tyān sudhī mārā manano santāp maṭashe
nahīn.”–ām pashchāttāpathī ati bhaktibhīnā chitte arhadatta sheṭh sāt munivaronā darshanane jhaṅkhavā lāgyā.

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