ATMADHARAM Reg. No. G 82
prabhutA bhUlI pAmar thayo, nij hatyAmAn rAchI rahyo.
shrI guNabhadrAchArya AtmAnun shAsanamAn kahe chhe ke,
he bhoLA prANI! ten A paryAy pahelAn sarva kArya “अजाकृपाणोयवत्” karyAn. koI manuShya
bakarIne mAravA mATe chharI Ichchhato hato–paN bakarI ej potAnI kharIthI potAnA nIche daTAyelI chharI
kADhI ApI, jethI tej chharIthI te mUrkha bakarInun maraN thayun, tem je kAryothI tAro ghAt thAy–burun thAy
tej kArya ten karyun, kharekhar tun hey upAdeyanA vivekathI rahit mUrkha chhe.
ghAt shun ane jIvan shun tenA bhAn vinA jIvo potAnI ja mUrkhatA vaDe potAno ja ghAt
kare chhe. jem pote ja potAnA nIche daTAyelI chharI kADhIne dharavI e jem bakarAne mATe svaghAtak
kArya chhe, tem A manuShya paryAyamAn tane je kaI viShayAdi sevanathI sukhajevun bhAse chhe, ane tethI tun
em mAnI rahyo chhe ke A sukhaavasthA mArI Am sadAy banI raheshe, em samajI nishchint thaI
rahyo chhe, paN e bharose nishchint rahevun tane yogya nathI. tAro e vichAr tane ja ghAtarUp chhe, tenun
tane lesh bhAn chhe? e viShayAdi sevanamAn sukh nathI ja, sukhAbhAs mAtra chhe ane te paN kShaNik
chhe em jANI tenI lubdhatAmAn agnAn vaDe A amUlya mAnav jIvanano hIn upayog na kar!
ethI tAro ja ghAt thAy chhe te vichAr! potAnA upayogane pote ja malin karI potAnA ja shuddha
gnAn, darshan, sukhAdi bhAv–prANano nAsh karI Anand mANavo e pelA bakarA jevun svaghAtak kArya
nahIn to bIjun shun? par dravyathI potAnun bhalun bUrUn thavA mAnIne, parane IShTaaniShTamAnIne, potAnA
gnAn darshanamay upayogane bagADI rahyo chhe. AvAn nirantar bhAvamaraNane jIvan mAne, temAn
AnandamAne e ghelachhA nahin to bIjun shun chhe?
jain dharmanI visheShatA.
videshI anek dharmono abhyAs karIne, bhAratIy darshanonA adhyayan–abhyAs karavAvALA
jarman vidvAne jain darshananA prakAnDa vidvAn panDitajI phulachandajI siddhAntashAstrI (vArANasI) pAse jaIne
prashna pUchhyo, shAstrIjI! jain darshanamAn evI shun visheShatA chhe ke jethI Ap tenun alag astitva rAkhavA
mAgo chho? ahinsA Adi to anek dharmomAn hoy chhe, mATe Ap jainoe koI vishALakAy dharmamAn
bhaLI javun joIe athavA jainadharmanI evI visheShatA batAvavI joIe ke je anya darshanomAn na maLI
shake!
shAstrIjIe kahyun ke “mahoday! ahinsA Adi to dharmanun sAmAnya sharIr chhe, paN jain dharmano
AtmA (jainadharmanun svarUp) to A be visheShatAomAn chhe– (1) svAvalamban ane (2) vyakit
svAtantrya, arthAt bhed vignAnamay tattvagnAn dvArA potAnA ja baL upar darek AtmA paramAtmA banI
shake chhe.” Am jarman vidvAne jainadharmanI visheShatA jANIne bahu prasannatA batAvI.
(sanmati – sandeshamAnthI)
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shrI digambar jain svAdhyAy mandir TrasTa vatI prakAshak ane
mudrak: harilAl devachand sheTh, Anand prInTIng pres–bhAvanagar.