mAh: 2488 : 9 :
vAnanA chopaDA tapAsIne tattvonun saravaiyun kADhe ke kayA tattvo hey chhe kayA tattvo upAdey chhe ne kayA tattvo gney
chhe? tathA pariNAmamAn lAbh–nukashAn kaI rIte chhe te jANIne, lAbh thAy te prakAre pravarte. shankA paDe to visheSh
jANakArane pUchhIne nirNay kare. ‘vAnche paN nahi kare vichAr’–eTale ke vAnche paN nirNay na kare to
shAstrasvAdhyAyano kharo lAbh thAy nahi. AtmAnA lakShe svAdhyAy karavI. hammeshA kalAk–be kalAk ke ethI
paN vadhAre vakhat nivRutti laIne shAntapariNAmapUrvak AtmAnI ruchithI svAdhyAy karavI–te darek shrAvakanun
dararojanun kartavya chhe.
prashna:– to pachhI vepAradhandhA ne gharanAn kAm kyAre karavA?
uttar:– puNya anusAr bahAranAn kAm to tenA kAraNe thayA kare chhe, temAn tAro jeTalo upayog
joD teTalo ashubhabhAv chhe. shun chovIse kalAk ashubhamAn ja paDyA rahevun chhe? dharmanI ruchivALAne
chovIse kalAk vepAradhandhAnI evI tIvra lolupatA na hoy ke shAstra vAnchavAno vakhat ja na maLe.–te
hammeshA svAdhyAy karavA mATe amuk nivRutti lye. aho, A pApabhAvomAn to jeTalo ochho vakhat
apAy teTalun sArun chhe ne shAstra svAdhyAy–chintan–manan vageremAn jeTalo vadhAre vakhat apAy teTalun
uttam chhe,–evI bhAvanA hoy. shAstra–svAdhyAy vaDe navA navA paDakhAthI tattvanirNay karatAn gnAnAdinI
nirmaLatA thatI jAy chhe ne vairAgyanI vRuddhi thAy chhe. mATe shAstrasvAdhyAy te hammeshanun kartavya chhe.
gaNadharabhagavAne svAdhyAyane paN param tap kahyun chhe. shAstra laIne gharanA kabATamAn rAkhI muke to
svAdhyAyano kharo lAbh na thAy; shAstro vAnche to navA navA paDakhAnnun gnAn thAy,–shun jANatA’ tA, shun
nahotA jANatA, athavA samajaNamAn kyAn pher hato teno nirNay svAdhyAyathI thAy chhe. dharmanI ruchivALA
shrAvakane gnAnano ras hoy eTale vItarAgIshAstronI svAdhyAyano paN tene prem Ave, tethI te tenun
hammeshanun kartavya chhe. temAn tene bojo na lAge paN utsAh Ave. shAstranI adhyAtmacharchAmAn navA navA
sUkShma nyAyonun spaShTIkaraN thatAn tattvanA jignAsune je Anand thAy tevo Anand moTA moTA rAjAone
rAjapATamAn paN nathI. sarvArthasiddhi vagere devalokanA devo samyagdraShTi dharmAtmA chhe, AtmAno anubhav
temaNe karyo chhe, te devo paN asankhyAtA varSho sudhI devalokamAn dharmanI charchA kare chhe. sAdharmIo sAthe
maLIne jignAsubhAve dharmanI charchA karavI te paN svAdhyAy chhe, guru pAse vinayathI sAmbhaLavun ke pUchhavun te
paN svAdhyAy chhe, guru pAsethI sAmbhaLelun adhyAtmatattva manamAn chintavavun te paN svAdhyAy chhe.
A rIte shrAvake hammeshA karavA yogya chha kartavyomAnthI devapUjA, gurunI upAsanA ane shAstranI
svAdhyAyae traNanI vAt karI; te uparAnt potAnI bhUmikA mujab ane shakti pramANe sanyam, tap ane dAn–
e paN shrAvake hammeshA kartavya chhe.
(4) sanyam:– je chaitanyano upAsak chhe, AtmAnI sevA–ArAdhanA karanAr chhe–evo shrAvak kaShAyone
ane IndriyaviShayone ghaTADIne roje roj sanyamano abhyAs kare. viShay kaShAyomAn svachchhandapaNe tenI pravRutti na
hoy; chaitanyano ras jeNe chAkhyo chhe, athavA chaitanyarasano jene prem chhe tene AkuLatAjanak bAhyaviShayo pratye
saheje vairAgya hoy. tethI kahyun chhe ke:–
gnAnakalA jisake ghaT jAgI, te jagamAnhI sahaj vairAgI,
gnAnI magan viShay sukh mAnhI, yah viparIt sambhave nAnhI.
gnAnIne chaitanyanA atIndriy AnandanA svAd pAse IndriyaviShayo tUchchha bhAsyA chhe; jene AtmAnI
upAsanAno prem hoy tene jagatanA bAhyaviShayo pratye vairAgya hoy. ‘bAhyaviShayomAn shun vAndho chhe!’ evI
vRutti tene na Ave. jyAn bAhyaviShayono prem (ruchi) hoy tyAn chaitanyano prem hoI shake nahi. chaitanyano prem
thAy tyAn bAhyaviShayono prem uDI jAy. tethI shrAvakane hammeshA sanyamanI bhAvanA hoy chhe ne shakti anusAr
vratAdinun pAlan karIne sanyam pALe chhe.
(pa) tap:– vaLI sanyam uparAnt tap paN kare. aShTamI, chaturdashInA upavAs ke ekAshan vagere
prakAranA tap potAnI shakti anusAr shrAvak kare. tapanA bAr prakAr