: 26 : Atmadharma ponnUr yAtrA–ank
bahu puNyakerA punjathI shubhadeh mAnavano maLyo,
toye are, bhavachakrano AnTo nahIn ekke TaLyo;
sukh prApta karatAn sukh TaLe chhe lesh e lakShe laho,
kShaN kShaN bhayankar bhAvamaraNe kAn aho rAchI raho?
Avo manuShyadeh ratnachintAmaNi samAn chhe, temAn shAntithI AtmAne sAvadhAn
karIne manuShyabhav saphaL karavA jevun chhe; nahitar to A ratna, chauTAmAn paDelA ratnanI
jem chorAI jashe. badhAy AtmAmAn (ahIn beThA chhe te darek AtmAmAn paN) evI
tAkAt chhe ke prabhutA pragaTAvI shake ne doShano nAsh karI nAnkhe, AtmAnA bhAn vaDe
sajjanatA pragaTAvIne doShano nAsh thaI shake chhe. koI vyakti upar dveSh na hoy. badhA
AtmAmAn prabhutA bharI chhe, tenun pote bhAn karIne te pragaTAvI shake chhe.
kShaNik AveshathI tIvra rAg–dveShamAn ke krodhamAn taNAI jAy to AtmAnun bhAn na
thAy. vichAr karavo joIe ke are! jIvanamAn kevun kArya karavA jevun chhe! satsamAgame
AtmAnun bhAn nAnA bALak paN karI shake chhe, are, sinh vagere pashu paN evun bhAn
karI shake chhe, pApImAn pApI jIv paN kShaNamAn potAnA vichAr palaTIne Avun bhAn karI
shake chhe; ‘so undar mArIne billI pATe beThI’ –em ghaNAn pAp karyA ne have jIvan kem
sudharI shake? –evun nathI; bhAI, pApanun prayashvit karIne, kShaNamAn pApane TALI shakAy chhe
ne jIvanane sudhArI shakAy chhe. A manuShyabhav pAmIne e karavA jevun chhe.
vidvattA ane gnAn
vidvattA ane gnAn ek samajavAnun nathI, ek nathI,
vidvattA hoy chhatAn gnAn na hoy.
sAchI vidvattA te ke je AtmArthe hoy, jenAthI AtmArtha sare,
Atmatva samajAy, pamAy; AtmArtha hoy tyAn gnAn hoy,
vidvattA hoy vA na paN hoy.
(shrI. rA. upadeshanondh: 19)