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vai rā gya sa mā chā ra

(1) amarelīvāḷā premachandabhāī khārā vagerenān bahen maṇiben khārā bhādaravā sud 11 nā roj

ākasmik sarpadanshathī sonagaḍhamān svargavās pāmī gayā. temanī umar lagabhag 73 varṣhanī hatī. lagabhag 30

varṣhathī teo pū. gurudevanā satsamāgamamān āvelā. gurudev pratye temane ghaṇo bhaktibhāv hato. lagabhag 2p

varṣha pahelān jyāre keṭalāk bahenone ek khās phāḷo karyo tyāre temaṇe udāratāthī rūā. 1pa00) lakhāvyā hatā.

bhādaravā sud dasamanī bapore to gurudevanā pravachanamān āvelā....ne rātre pathārīmān ja temane sarpadansh thayo......

pū. gurudevanun ane benashrībenanun teo raṭaṇ karatā hatā....pū. shrī shāntābene rātre traṇachār kalāk temanī pāse

besīne dhārmikavachano sambhaḷāvyā hatā, gurudevanun nām sāmbhaḷīne teo pramod batāvatā hatā, ane potānī

badhī muḍī shubhakhātāmān vaparāy evī īchchhā temaṇe karī hatī.....āthī temanā bhāīoe temanā lagabhag

rūā. 700) jinamandiramān temaj bījā shubhakhātāomān āpel chhe. sansāranā kṣhaṇ bhaṅguratānā āvā dākhalā

roj roj banyān ja kare chhe...āvā asār ane kṣhaṇabhaṅgur sansāramān dev–guru–dharma ja sharaṇarūp chhe. sva.

maṇibenano ātmā shrī dev–guru–dharmanā sharaṇe samyaktvādinī ārādhanā vaḍe, anādinā mithyātvādinun jher

utārīne amr̥utamayasiddhapadane pāme.....em bhāvanā bhāvīe chhīe.

(2) dhāṅgradhānnā bhāīshrī chhoṭālāl ḍāmaradāsanā sauthī nānā suputra dhīrendrakumār

(–bra.kañchanaben vagerenā bhāī) bhādaravā vad bījanā roj jāmanagar mukāme ākasmik svargavās

pāmī gayā chhe. temanī umar mātra 19 varṣhanī hatī ane bhāvanagar kolejamān īnṭar–komarsano abhyās

karatā hatā bhāvanagaranī volībol ṭīmamān teo jāmanagar ramavā gayelā, tyān raṇajītasāgar taḷāv

jovā gayel, te vakhate akasmāte pag lapasī jatān teo taḷāvamān paḍī gayā ne temano svargavās thaī

gayo. sonagaḍhamān ā samāchār āvatān vairāgyanun gherun vātāvaraṇ chhavāy gayun......ane emanā

kuṭumbījano upar to jāṇe kaparī parīkṣhā āvī paḍī. parantu santagnānīonī samīpatānā pratāpe temanā

badhā kuṭumbīoe dhairya rākhīne vairāgyanā mārge potānā pariṇām vāḷ‌yā chhe. kharekhar, gnānīonī

amr̥ut chhānyaḍī jagatanā game tevā pratikūḷ–anukūḷ prasaṅgamān paṇ ātmārthī jīvane kevī sharaṇabhūt

thāy chhe–te āvā prasaṅge visheṣh dekhāī āve chhe. gnānīo kharun ja kahe chhe ke bhāī! ā to tārī

parīkṣhānā prasaṅgo chhe; āvā prasaṅg uparathī to ātmārthī jīve ātmāne chānak chaḍāvīne jhaṭajhaṭ

ātmārtha sādhavā māṭe tatpar thavā jevun chhe. are ātmā! sansāranī āvī kṣhaṇabhaṅgur sthiti jāṇīne tun

tenāthī pāchho vaḷ....ne tārā pariṇāmane ātmahitamān joḍ.

bhāī dhīrendrano svabhāv ghaṇo saral, shānt ane bhadrik hato. pū. gurudev pratye tene ghaṇo bhaktibhāv

hato ane gurudevanī charaṇasevā māṭe tene eṭalo prem hato ke te māṭe dar shani–ravinī rajāmān te sonagaḍh

āvato, ne gurudevanī sevāno lābh leto. kolejanā abhyāsamān temaj ramatagamatamān paṇ te pratham kakṣhāno

vidyārthī hato, eṭalun ja nahi, kolejanā prophesaro ane vidyārthīomān te khūb priy hato....tenā svargavāsanī

vāt sāmbhaḷatān anek kolejo taraphathī shok prastāv thayā hatā. be varṣha pahelā sonagaḍhamān “balīdān ane

prabhāvanā” nāmanun akalaṅk–nikalaṅkanun ek sundar nāṭak thayel temān akalaṅkanun mukhya pātra dhīrendrakumāre ghaṇun

ja sundar bhajavyun hatun. temanun ākhun kuṭumb dharmapremī chhe, temanī chārey baheno bālabrahmachārī chhe ane

sonagaḍhamān ja rahīne santonī sevāmān ātmahitanī bhāvanā pūrvak potānun jīvan vītāve chhe; bhāī dhīrendranī

paṇ potānī bahenone anusaravānī bhāvanā hatī. jāmanagar jatān pahelānnā patramān to te lakhe chhe ke mārī

jāmanagar javānī īchchhā na hatī mārī to sonagaḍh gurudev pāse āvavānī īchchhā hatī, parantu ṭīmanī sāthe

javun paḍe chhe: pāchhā pharatān vad trīje sonagaḍhamān utarīsh–parantu kudaratamān tenī ā bhāvanā pūrī thavānun

lakhāyun na hatun....trījane divase sonagaḍhamān hajī to tenī āvavānī rāh jovātī hatī–tene badale bījā ja–

na sāmbhaḷī shakāy evā samāchār āvyā, ne mātra maṇḍaḷamān ja nahi parantu ākhā sonagaḍhamān shokanī

lāgaṇī prasarī gaī...gurudev to ghaṇā divas sudhī vairāgyanī dhūnamān rahyā; teo dhīrendrano karuṇ vairāgya

prasaṅg yād karīne vāramvār vairāgya bharelā udgāro, sajjhāyo, shrīkr̥iṣhṇa vagerenān draṣhṭānto kahetā; dhīrendranā

kuṭumbījanone gurudeve ghaṇī vairāgya bharelī shikhāmaṇadvārā āshvāsan āpyun hatun ane kahyun hatun ke