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AtmA to sadAy atIndriy gnAnamay chhe chhatA tene mUrtik kahevo; parano kartA, hartA ke svAmI kahevo te sthUL
vyavahAranayanun kathan chhe. koI jIv parano kartA, prerak ke svAmI thaI shakato nathI paN evo vikalpa–rAgabhAv
kare chhe. te vikalpano paN gnAnI svAmI thato nathI, koIpaN prakArano rAg karavA jevo mAne nahi, paravaDe,
jaDakarma vaDe rAgadveSh sukhadukh thavAnun mAne nahIn. nimitta naimittikano meL batAvavA shAstramAn vyavahAranA
kathan ghaNA Ave chhe. joIne chAlavun–UThavun–besavun, Am levun mukavun vagere, rAtrI AhAr pANI chhoDun em
rAg Ave kharo, paN kharekhar AtmA paranI kriyAne karI shakato nathI. agnAnathI be dravyamAn ekatAbuddhi
vALo mAne chhe ke men vanaspati khAvI chhoDI chhe, men Aje AhAr chhoDayo, amuk dravyano tyAg karyo, em
tyAganun abhimAn kare chhe. hun AhAr laI shakun–chhoDI shakun, hAth Unche uThAvI shakun chhun, hun paravastune meLavI shakun
chhoDI shakun e mAnyatA mithyAdraShTinI chhe.
AtmA sadAy potAnA bhAvano kartA–hartA chhe. paN AhAr pANI Adi par dravyanA grahaN tyAganun
kArya paranun kArya chhe tene karavAnun sAmarthya koI AtmAmAn nathI.
prashna:– to gnAnI A badhA kAryo kem kare chhe?
uttar:– sanyogane dekhanAr be dravyanI ekatA buddhithI em mAne chhe paN teno e mithyA pratibhAs chhe.
tenA vikalpa vyavahArathI em bolAy ke ANe Anun karyun paN kharekhar em nathI. kemake jIv to sharIrathI
tadna judA svarUpe chhe.
jIv potAnAn gnAnarUpe hovAthI potAnA bhAvane ja karI shake chhe. amuk dashAmAn rAg mand paDe chhe, jyAn
sudevAdinA AlambanarUp rAg hoy chhe tyAn kudev–kushAstra–kuguru AdinA Alambanano tyAg thaI jAy chhe,
amuk AhAr na laun, Ano tyAg karUn e prakAre charaNAnuyog shAstranA kathan chhe ane evo rAg gnAnIne
paN Ave chhatAn kharekhar te mokShamArga nathI paN bandhamArga chhe.
koI nimittane lAvI chhoDI shake evI tAkAt AtmAmAn nathI chhatAn vyavahArathI em bolAy chhe–te
kahevA mAtra chhe, Avo rAg lAvun ane chhoDun e paN vyavahAranun kathan chhe. jo rAganun grahaN–tyAg AtmAmAn
(trikALI svabhAvamAn) hoy to te kadi chhUTI shake nahi, paN te parAshrayavaDe thato kShaNik ane vishuddhabhAv
hovAthI svAshray vaDe chhUTI jAy chhe mATe rAgAdi AtmAno svabhAv nathI. je svabhAvamAn nathI te potAnA
hitamAn mokShamArgamAn madad kem kare?
bahu mudanI vAt AvI chhe. Aje mahAvIr bhagavAnanI janma kalyANak jayantino divas chhe. janma
jayanti to sAdhAraN prANInI paN ujavAy chhe paN tIrthankarabhagavAnanA janma kalyANak prasange Indro AvIne
mahotsav ujave chhe. samyagdarshan prApta karyun tyArathI gnAyak svabhAvanI vIratA pragaT thAy chhe. sarvagna bhagavAn
kShudhA tRuShAdi 18 doSh rahit hoy chhe, sarvagna dashA prApta thatAn tIrthankarane to vANIno yog hoy chhe. pAtra jIvane
Atma svabhAv taraph prere, vItarAgatA ane gnAtApaNun e ja kartavya chhe em batAve, evA AtmAne vIr
kahevAmAn Ave chhe.
vIr prabhuno mArga andaramAn chhe pUrNa svarUpanI ruchi mahimA vaDe–mithyAtva rAgAdinI utpati thavA na de
rAganI ruchirUp dinatA thavA na de eTale ke gnAtA rahe temAn vIr prabhuno mArga chhe.
mahAvIr bhagavAne kahelo samyagdarshan–gnAn–chAritrarUp hitano upAy–mokShamArga chhe, tene
aniyaTTagAmI eTale pAchhA na phare evA vIr dharmAtmA santo andar AtmatattvamAn ekAgratAnA baL vaDe
(mokShamArgane) sAdhe chhe. vIraprabhunA panthe chaDelA mahApuruShArthI aphar gAmI hoy chhe. je panthe chaDayA te chaDayA
kevaLagnAn lIdhye chhuTako evo nisandeh apUrvamArga A kALe paN spaShTa samajI shakAy chhe. muni ho ke gRuhastha
ho, dev, nArakI athavA pashunun sharIr hoy paN hun paranun grahaN tyAg karI shakun, parathI koInun kArya thaI shake,
rAgathI bhalun thaI shake evo abhiprAy koI gnAnIno hoto nathI. shubhAshubh rAg nIchalI dashAmAn hoy paN
tenAthI AtmAnun hit thAy; bhagavAnanI bhaktithI kalyAN thAy em koI gnAnI mAne nahIn. chhatAn ashubh
rAgamAn na javA bhakti vagereno rAg Ave kharo.