4 Atmadharma 242–243
chihnadvArA paN jaNAto nathI. atIndriy AtmAnun chihna indriyovaDe kem jaNAy?
indriyagamya to jaD chihna hoy, paN chaitanyanun chihna indriyagamya kem hoy? kAnavaDe
bhAShA sambhaLAy, tyAn bhAShA kAi AtmAnun chihna nathI, te to jaDanun chihna chhe.
bIjAo vaDe mAtra anumAn dvArA jaNAy–evo AtmA nathI. juo, AmAn
achintya vAt chhe; gnAnI dharmAtmAne kem oLakhavA–tenI adbhut vAt A chothA
bolamAn AvI jAy chhe; potAne svasamvedan thayA vagar, sAmA gnAnInA AtmAnI kharI
oLakhAN thatI nathI.
ahA, santoe hRudayanI vAt bahAramAn mUkI dIdhI chhe,
jagat upar mahAn upakAr karyo chhe.
bhAI, chaitanyaratananI achintya kimmat kem thAy tenI A vAt chhe. sAmo AtmA
gnAnI–dharmAtmA chhe te kaI rIte oLakhasho? oLakhAy to kharA, paN kai rIte oLakhAy?
AtmAnI ke dharmAtmAnI kharI oLakhAN gnAnasvabhAv taraph jhUkIne ja thAy chhe, indriyo
taraph jhUkIne, ke ekalA anumAnavaDe te oLakhAN thatI nathI. rAganA sangathI ne indriyonA
sangathI jarAk dUr thaine ja AtmAnI ke dev–guru–dharmAtmAnI oLakhAN thai shake chhe. paN
‘A AtmA Am bole chhe, Am chAle chhe, shAnt dekhAy chhe mATe te dharmAtmA chhe’–em
mAtra bol–chAl uparathI gnAnInI oLakhAN kharekhar thai shakatI nathI. jyAre rAgathI
jarAk judo paDIne gnAnasvarUpI AtmAno nirNay karyo tyAre potAne kharI
oLakhAN thai ke dev kevA? guru kevA? dharmAtmA kevA? ane jyAre evI kharI
oLakhAN thai tyAre ja kharo pramod jAgyo! ahA, anantakALamAn AvA paramArthasvarUpe
gnAnIne oLakhyA nathI, bhagavAnane oLakhyA nathI, gurune oLakhyA nathI, ke dev–gurunI
vANI (shAstra)nA rahasyane oLakhyun nathI.
bAr anganA shabdomAn kAi AtmA nathI, ne te shabdovaDe AtmA jaNAto nathI,
AtmA to svasamvedan vaDe jaNAy chhe. Am to ekek gAthAmAn AtmA batAvyo chhe–paN
svasamvedan kare tene tenI khabar paDe. svasamvedan vagar bAr anganun rahasya samajAy nahIn.
svasamvedan vagar bhale laukik bhaNatar bhaNI jAy paN AtmAne jANavA mATe te kAi sAdhan
nathI; are shAstrabhaNatar paN svasamvedan vagar laukik bhaNatar jevun ja chhe.
koi kahe ke ame ghaNun bhaNyA, ne moTA moTA bhAShaN karIne ghaNAne samajAvI
daie, ne bIjA amuk to ekalA potAnun ja kare chhe; ghaNAne samajAve to gnAnI sAchA–
em kahenAr kharekhar mUDh chhe, tene gnAnInI khabar nathI. are bApA! gnAnInI dashA shun chhe
tenI tane khabar nathI. gnAnInI kharI oLakhAN mATe paN koi apUrva pAtratA hoy
tyAre oLakhAy chhe. gnAnIne oLakhe ne potAmAn svasamvedan na thAy em bane ja
nahIn. gnAnIne kharekhar jANanAr jIv pote paN te gnAnInI nAtamAn bhaLI jAy chhe.
bhagavAnanA mArgamAn bhaLelo jIv ja bhagavAnane kharekhar