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gnān dvārā pratyakṣha jāṇavāvāḷo te ātmā chhe. temān īndriy ke shubharāg sahāyadātā nathī. shubharāg e kāḷe

hoy chhe paṇ tenā vaḍe ātmāmān gnātāpaṇun nathī.

tārī svatantratā ten kadī sāmbhaḷī nathī. tīrthaṅkaranī vāṇīmān paṇ tārān gāṇān pūrṇa gāī shakātān nathī

evo tun chho, paṇ sanyog ane shubharāganī kriyāthī kalyāṇ mānī ṭhagāyā kare chhe–vrat, tap, dayānā bhāv

karashun to ātmāno anubhav thashe em koī māne to te yathārtha nathī. dev, shāstra, guru ādi paranā ālamban

vaḍe antaranā svabhāvanun mahātmya thāy em nathī.

koīne prashna thāy ke jo ām chhe to mandir, mūrti ane pūjā–bhakti shā māṭe? tamārā kathanamān meḷ

dekhāto nathī. to tenun samādhān–pratham bhedagnān thatān shraddhāgnān to samyak thāy chhe paṇ te ja kṣhaṇe chāritramān

pūrṇa vītarāgadashā thatī nathī. jyān lagī pūrṇa vītarāg na thāy tyān sudhī bhūmikānusār shubharāg hoy chhe;

paṇ e vaḍe ātmāno anubhav thāy em nathī.

“dayā dharmanun mūḷ chhe, pāyamūl abhimān” e laukikamān puṇyapāpanī vāt chhe. ahīn to kahevāy chhe ke

rāg–dveṣh mohanī utpatti te ja svanī hinsā chhe. trikāḷ gnātā svabhāvanī draṣhṭi, tenun gnān ane temān

sthiratā–te ahinsā–svadayā chhe. paranī dayā karavī te tārā hāthanī vāt nathī. par pratye karuṇāno bhāv āve

te judī vāt chhe, paṇ te vaḍe dharma nathī tathā te dharmanun kāraṇ paṇ nathī. jo paranī rakṣhā koī jīv karī shakato

hoy to vahālā putra ane patni vagere kem marī jāy chhe? tene kem rākhī shakato nathī! prabhu! tun tārā gnān–

agnānamay bhāvane karī shake chhe, parane tun rākhī shake nahi ne bījo tārun kāī karī shake nahi.

bhagavān ātmā dehamān rahyo chhatān dehathī judo ānandadhām chhe. teṇe anādithī potānā behad gnān–

ānand svabhāvane dhārī rākhel chhe. agnānī tene bhūlīne paranī āshāvaḍe duḥkhī thayā kare chhe, rāgādi tathā

sharīr–īndriy vageremān potānun hovāpaṇun mānī teno āshray kare chhe ne tethī duḥkhī thaī rahyo chhe. jo bhedagnān

kare ke ā hun nahi, hun to pūrṇagnātā, atīndriy ānandanun dhām chhun. evo mahimā lāvī, svasanmukh thāy tyāre

svānubhav pratyakṣha anubhavavaḍe ānandamūrti ātmā vedanamān pratyakṣha thāy chhe.

bhāī! tārun ghar to tārī pāse ja hoy ne! māmānun ghar keṭale? to kahe dīvā baḷe eṭale. em

ātmānun ghar kyān? ke andaramān chaitanyamūrti jāgr̥utavastu chhe te ātmānun ghar chhe. ātmā chaitanya prakāsh

shaktino pūñj chhe, tyān ekāgra thāy to apūrva shāntinun vedan karanāro ātmā vedanamān pratyakṣha jaṇāy evo

chhe. ānand e teno guṇ chhe. rāganun vedan e ātmāno guṇ nathī. bahārathī sādhan mānyun chhe te vyavahāranī

shraddhā chhoḍī de, kemake ātmā to aliṅgagrāhya arthāt enā vaḍe (vyavahār–nimittanā āshrayavaḍe) jaṇāy

evo nathī.

ā atīndriy gnāyak svabhāv paripūrṇa chhe em mahātmya karatān andaramān apūrva vedanasahit je

bhāvabhāsan thāy chhe tene ātma sākṣhātkār–svasamvedan kahevāmān āve chhe. tene ja mokṣhamārganī sharūāt thaī;

te mokṣhanā panthe vaḷ‌yo–ḍhaḷ‌yo em kahevāmān āve chhe.

īndriyavāḷo ātmā māne teṇe ātmā mānyo nathī. nishchayavinā vyavahāranun gnān khoṭun chhe. īndriyo

vaḍe ātmā paranān kām karī shakato nathī, bhramathī māne bhale. bhāī! enāthī tun nathī tenāthī (rāg,

vyavahār, nimittathī) tārun sādhan thatun nathī ne tenā vinā tārūn sādhan aṭakatun nathī. tun sadāy vignānaghan

pratyakṣha gnātā chhe.

prabhu! tun deh, īndriy ane rāganā āshray vināno pūrṇa chho. bahāranun badhun bhūlī jā. vikalpothī pār

ekalo gnān shāntimay ātmā chhe enun mahātmya lāv. ātmā akhaṇḍ nitya vastu chhe, tenān shraddhā, gnān,

sukh, vīryan ādi badhā guṇo pūrṇa ane akhaṇḍ chhe em nirṇay karī antaramān vaḷe tene bhedagnān ane

samyagdarshan kahevāy chhe. āvo pratyakṣha gnātā tene ātmā kahīe. vikalpa–rāganā ālambanathī khasīne

antarmukh thatān pratyakṣha samvedan thāy chhe–atīndriy ānandamūrti ātmā pratyakṣha vedanamān āve chhe. ām potāne

svasamvedanapratyakṣha karavo enun nām dharma chhe.