Atmadharma magazine - Ank 253
(Year 22 - Vir Nirvana Samvat 2491, A.D. 1965)
(English transliteration).

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: 2 : : kAratak :
jevA jIvo chhe siddhigat tevA jIvo sansArI chhe,
jethI janamamaraNAdihIn ne aShTaguN sanyukta chhe.
asharIr ne avinAsh chhe, nirmaL atIndriy shuddha chhe,
jyam lok–agre siddha, te rIt jAN sau sansArIne.
mahAvIr prabhu AjanA divase Avun mahimAvant siddhapad pAmyA. e mahAvIr kevA
hatA...ne kevI rIte Avun majAnun siddhapad pAmyA? ke jenA Anandano utsav hajAro
dIvaDAvaDe Akhun ya bhArat Aje paN Ujave?
ApaNA saunI jem e mahAvIr bhagavAn paN ek AtmA chhe. ApaNI jem
pahelAn e AtmA paN sansAramAn hato. are, e honahAr tIrthankar jevo AtmA paN jyAn
sudhI AtmagnAn na kare tyAn sudhI anek bhavamAn sansArabhramaN kare chhe. e rIte
bhavachakramAn bhamatAn bhamatAn te jIv ekavAr videhakShetramAn punDarIkiNI nagarInA madhuvanamAn
pururavA nAme bhIlarAjA thayo; tyAre sAgarasen nAmanA munirAjane dekhIne pratham to
mAravA taiyAr thayo paN pachhI temane vanadevatA samajIne namaskAr karyA ne temanA shAnta
vachanothI prabhAvit thaIne mAnsAdinA tyAganun vrat grahaN karyun. vratanA prabhAve pahelA
svargano dev thayo ne pachhI tyAnthI ayodhyAnagarImAn bharatachakravartIno putra marIchI thayo;
chovIsamA–antim tIrthankarano jIv pratham–tIrthankarano pautra thayo. tyAre teNe potAnA dAdA
sAthe dekhAdekhIthI dIkShA to lIdhI parantu vItarAg–munimArganun pAlan karI shakyo nahi
tethI bhraShTa thaIne teNe mithyAmArganun pravartan karyun. mAnanA udayathI tene em vichAr thayo
ke jem bhagavAn RuShabhadAdAe tIrthankar thaIne traNalokamAn AshcharyakArI sAmarthya prApta
karyun chhe tem hun paN bIjo mat chalAvIne teno nAyak thaIne temanI jem Indra vaDe pUjAnI
pratIkShA karIsh; hun paN mArA dAdAnI jem tIrthankar thaIsh. (bhAvi tIrthankar thanAr dravyamAn
tIrthankaratvanA koD jAgyA!)
RuShabhadevanI sabhAmAn ekavAr bharate pUchhayun ke prabho! A sabhAmAnthI koI jIv
ApanA jevo tIrthankar thashe? tyAre bhagavAne kahyun ke: hA, A tAro putra marIchIkumAr A
bharatakShetramAn antim tIrthankar (mahAvIr) thashe. prabhunI vANImAn potAnA tIrthankaratvanI
vAt sAmbhaLatAn marIchIne ghaNun Atmagaurav thayun. to paN hajI sudhI te dharma pAmyo na
hato. are, tIrthankaradevanI divyadhvani sAmbhaLIne paN eNe samyakdharmanun grahaN na karyun.
AtmabhAn vagar sansAranA keTalAy bhavomAn te jIv rakhaDayo.