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tene to vRuddhAvasthAmAny tenI ugratA thashe, paN pahelAn jeNe AtmAnI darakAr nahi karI hoy ne dehamAn
mUrchhANo hashe te vRuddhAvasthA AvatAn gherAI jashe. mATe AchAryadev ati karuNAthI kahe chhe ke he bhAI! tun
pahelethI sAvadhAn thaIne AtmAnun hit karI leje. vRuddhAvasthA ane rog AvyA pahelAn tArA
AtmahitanI sambhAL karaje. vRuddhAvasthAmAn Ankhe dekhAy nahi, shravaN paN thAy nahi, hAth–pag kAm na
kare, anek rog sharIrane ghero ghAle–te pahelAn tArA chaitanyanA dharmane sAdhI leje.
‘Atmadharma’ nA gatAnkamAn keTalAk prashno ApelA, ane tenA javAbo te ja ankamAn
anyatra ApavAnA hatA, paN bhUlathI te javAbo te ankamAn chhApavAnun rahI thayun chhe, tethI ahIn te
javAbo ApyA chhe–
* bhagavAn RuShabhadevanA mukhya gaNadharanun nAm RuShabhasen; teo RuShabhadevanA ja putra hatA;
bharatanA nAnA bhAI hatA. dhanya e pitA–putra! temane namaskAr.
* bhagavAn RuShabhadevanI putrI, ane bharatachakrInI chhoTI bahen brAhmI Adyaguru AdinAthanI
kRupAthI dIkShit thaIne AryAonI vachche gaNinI padane pAmyA. te brAhmI pUjit thaI; vRuShabhadevanI
bIjI putrI sundarIdevIyane paN te samaye vairAgya thatAn teNe paN brAhmInI pAchhaL dIkShA lIdhI
hatI. A uparAnt anek rAjAoe temaj rAjakanyAoe paN te samaye dIkShA lIdhI hatI. temane
namaskAr.
* shrutakIrti nAmanA koI atishay buddhimAn puruShe bhagavAn RuShabhadevanA charaNasamIpe shrAvakanAn
vrato grahaN karyA hatA. ane deshavratI gRuhasthomAn te shreShTha hatA. temane namaskAr.
* dhIr, vIr ane pavitra antakaraNavALI priyavratA nAmanI satI strI, shrAvakanAn vrat dhAraN
karanArI strIomAn sauthI shreShTha hatI. temane namaskAr.
bhagavAn AdinAthane jyAre kevaLagnAn thayun tyAre anek rAjAo dIkShit thaIne moTI
moTI RuddhinA dhArak munirAj thayA. bharatanA bhAI anantavIrya paN divyadhvani sAmbhaLIne dIkShit
thayA, devoe temanI pUjA karI. ane A avasarpiNI yugamAn mokSha prApta karavAmAn sauthI agresar
thayA. temane namaskAr.
* bhagavAn mahAvIranA samavasaraNamAn mukhya gaNadhar IndrabhUti–gautam; mukhya arjikA
chandanabALA; mukhya shrAvak sAnkhasatak sheTh; mukhya shrAvikA sulasA ane revatIrANI;: temane
namaskAr ho.
* aparAjitavimAnamAn be jIvo sAthe hatA; tyAnthI nIkaLIne ek to videhakShetramAn aparAjit
nAmanA tIrthankar thayA, ane bIjA bharatakShetramAn naminAth tIrthankar thAy. aparAjit–tIrthankarane
kevaLagnAn thayun tyAre devo pUjA karavA AvyA ne dharmasabhAmAn koIe pUchhayun ke A bhagavAne uttar
Apyo ke hA; atyAre bharatakShetranA bangadeshanI mithilAnagarImAn naminAthasvAmI aparAjit
vimAnathI avataryA chhe, ane teo bharatakShetranA 21mA tIrthankar thanAr chhe. e rIte videhakShetranA
aparAjit tIrthankaranA samavasaraNamAn bharatakShetranA naminAth tIrthankaranI vAt AvI. pachhI jyAre
devodvArA naminAth kumAre e vAt sAmbhaLI tyAre teo sansArathI virakta thayA... (sonagaDh–
jinamandiramAn A prasanganun bhAvabhInun drashya chhe; pUrI kathA mATe juo Atmadharma ank 181)