ATMADHARMA Reg. No. B. 4787
“trimUrtino avatAr!”
dhavalA, jayadhavalA ane mahApurAN e traN mahAn sAhityanI rachanA, shrI
vIrasenAchArya, shrI jinasenAchArya ane shrI guNabhadrAchArya–e traN mahAn santodvArA
thaI chhe.
(1) pratham shrI vIrasenasvAmIe ShaTkhanDAgam upar 72,000 shlokapramAN
dhavalA TIkA rachI; ane tyAr pachhI temaNe kaShAyaprAbhRut upar jayadhavalA TIkA
lakhavAno prArambh karyo; parantu hajI tenI 20,000 shlokapramAN TIkA thaI hatI tyAn to
temano svargavAs thayo...ne adhUrI rahelI jayadhavalA TIkAne pUrI karavAnun kArya temanA
suyogya shiShya shrI jinasenAchArya upar Avyun.
(2) shrI jinasenAchArye 40,000 shlok rachIne (I. sa. 838mAn) jayadhavalA
TIkA pUrNa karI; ane mahApurAN rachavAno prArambh karyo; parantu vachche ja temano
svargavAs thatAn mahApurANanI rachanA adhUrI rahI gaI ne te pUrNa karavAnun kArya temanA
sushiShya guNabhadrasvAmI upar Avyun.
(3) jinasenasvAmInI adhUrI rahelI rachanA temanA shiShya shrI
guNabhadrasvAmIe (I. sa. 897mAn) pUrI karI. mahApurANanA lagabhag 20,000
shlok chhe; temAnthI 10,000 shlok jinasenasvAmInI rachanA chhe; ne bAkInI
guNabhadrasvAmInI rachanA chhee.
A rIte vIrasen–jinasen–guNabhadra e traN mahAn AchAryoe ekabIjAnI
sandhipUrvak avichchhinna paramparAthI dhavalA, jayadhavalA ne mahApurAN evA traN mahAn
sAhityanI rachanA karI. A ghaTanA uparathI jANe ke e traN mahAn sAhityanidhinI
utpatti karavA mATe ja e asAdhAraN trimUrtino avatAr hoy!
vandan ho e trimUrtine...ane temanA apAr shrutane!
mahApurAN
shrI jinasen ane guNabhadra jevA be mahAn AchAryodvArA rachit “mahApurAN”
e bhAratIy kathAsAhityamAn sauthI mahAn ane mahatvarUp chhe. temAn jainadharmanA 24
tIrthankaro, 12 chakravartIo, 9 baLabhadro, 9 nArAyaNo ane 9 pratinArAyaNo–e pramANe
63 shalAkA puruShonAn jIvanacharitranun varNan mukhya chhe, te uparAnt temanI sAthe sambandh
dharAvatA bIjA paN anek mokShagAmI jIvonA jIvananun varNan chhe. A mahApurANamAn te
tIrthankar vagerenA phakta ek ja jIvanakALanun varNan nathI parantu temanA anek pUrva
janmonun paN vivechan karavAmAn Avyun chhe, tethI teonI dhArmik ke AdhyAtmik unnatino
mArga spaShTapaNe pratibhAsit thAy chhe. yathArthamAn to A jIvanachAritrodvArA dharmAnurAgI
jIvo samakSha anek AtmAonA AdhyAtmik vikAsanA vidhavidh drashyo upasthit thAy
chhe, jethI pAThakanA hRudayamAn dhArmik shraddhA ane AdhyAtmik Adarsha upasthit thAy chhe.
shrI digambar jain svAdhyAy mandir TrasTavatI mudrak ane
prakAshak : harilAl devachand sheTh : Anand prI. pres–bhAvanagar