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puṇya bandhāy chhe. bhāvaliṅgī santane nirdoṣh āhār āpe tenā māṭe vechātun na lāve, udeshik āhār na āpe,
navadhā bhaktinī vidhi sahit āpe to puṇya bandhāy chhe. dharmīnī draṣhṭi puṇya upar nathī chhatān sāchā guru pratye
āhāradān devāno bhaktibhāv āve chhe.
puṇya ne dharma banne bhinna chīj chhe. sāt tattvo chhe. bhagavānanī bhakti āsravatattva chhe. samvar–nirjarā
dharma chhe. sāt tattvo prathak chhe. chidānand svabhāvanā āshraye je dashā pragaṭ thāy te samvar–nirjarā chhe. āsravathī
samvar thato nathī. bhaktithī athavā puṇyathī dharma māne tene navatattvanī shraddhā nathī, te agnānī mithyādraṣhṭi chhe.
agnānī jīv āsravamān majā māne chhe. ātmā to sundar ānandakand chhe, tenī paryāyamān rāg dveṣhanā pariṇām
thāy te mel chhe. ashubhabhāv to mel chhe, shubharāg paṇ mel chhe, rāgarahit anrtapariṇām thavā te dharma chhe.
dharmī jīv bhaktinā pariṇāmane upādey mānato nathī paṇ shuddhopayogano udyamī rahe chhe.
pt.. ṭoḍaramallajī pañchāstikāy gāthā 136 nī amr̥utachandrāchārya nī ṭīkāno ādhār āpe chhe–
अयं हि स्थूललक्ष्यतया केवलभक्तिप्राधान्यस्याज्ञानिनो भवति। उपरितनभूमिकायामलब्धास्पदस्या–
स्थानरागनिषेधार्थ तीव्ररागज्वरविनोदार्थ वा कदाचिज्ज्ञानिनोऽपि भवतीति।
artha:– ā bhakti, kevaḷ bhakti ja chhe pradhān jene evā agnānī jīvone ja hoy chhe, tathā tīvra
rāgajvar maṭāḍavā arthe vā asthānano rāg niṣhedhavā arthe kadāchit gnānīne paṇ hoy chhe.
bhaktithī kalyāṇ thashe evī mānyatāsahit bhakti agnānī jīvone ja hoy chhe. gnānīne tīvra
ashubharāg maṭāḍavā bhaktino shubharāg āve chhe; chhatān shubharāgane te hey samaje chhe.
gnānī ane agnānīnī bhaktimān visheṣhatā
prashna:– jo em chhe to gnānī karatān agnānīne bhaktinī visheṣhatā thatī hashe?
utar:– jene samyagdarshan thayun chhe, je puṇya–pāpane hey samaje chhe, dehādinī kriyāne gney samaje chhe,
chidānand svabhāvane upādey samaje chhe evā dharmī jīvane sāchī bhakti hoy chhe. mithyādraṣhṭi jīv bhaktine
muktinun kāraṇ māne chhe; tethī tenā shraddhānamān ati anurāg chhe. bhagavānanī bhaktithī samyagdarshan thashe ne
mukti thashe–em te māne chhe. samyagdarshan arāgī paryāy chhe. rāganī paryāyamānthī arāgī paryāy āvashe?–nā.
teno nishchay khoṭo chhe māṭe vyavahār paṇ khoṭo chhe. agnānī jīv bhaktimān ati anurāg kare chhe, bhakti
karatān karatān koīvār kalyāṇ thaī jashe em te māne chhe. rāg karatān karatān samyagdarshan thatun nathī. sarva
prakāranā rāgane hey samajī, ātmāne upādey māne to samyagdarshan thāy chhe. shrutagnān pramāṇ thayā pachhī
nishchay ne vyavahār evā be nayo hoy chhe. nishchayanun bhān nathī tene vyavahārabhāsī mithyādraṣhṭi kahe chhe.
dharmī jīv shraddhānamān bhagavānanī bhaktine bandhanun kāraṇ māne chhe tethī tene antaramān agnānīnā jevo
bhaktimān anurāg āvato nathī. have brāhyamān kadāchit gnānīne ghaṇo anurāg hoy chhe. nandīshvar dvīpamān
shāshvat pratimā chhe, tyān īndro nāchī ūṭhe chhe. teo ekāvatārī chhe. nishchayabhakti sahit bhagavānanī bhakti kare
chhe, gnānānand svabhāvanī draṣhṭi chhūṭatī nathī; chhatān rāg āve chhe tyāre bhakti kare chhe–bāhyamān ghaṇī bhakti karatā
dekhāy. rāmachandrajīe mahān utsavapūrvak shāntināthabhagavānanī bhakti karel hatī. jaḍanī kriyā ātmānī
īchchhāthī thatī nathī. agnānīne paṇ evo anurāg hoy chhe paṇ te bhaktine muktinun kāraṇ māne chhe.
agnānīnī gurubhakti
je jīv āgnānusārī chhe, teo ā jainanā sādhu chhe te amārā guru chhe, māṭe temanī bhakti karavī–
em vichārī temanī bhakti kare chhe, paṇ gurunī parīkṣhā karato nathī. jainamān janmyā māṭe dekhādekhīthī gurunī
bhakti kare chhe. anyamatavāḷā paṇ potānā sampradāyanā gurune māne chhe. kuḷanā hisābe gurune māne tene satya
asatyano vivek nathī.