: bhAdaravo : Atmadharma : 13 :
ttApapUrvak gomatI nadImAn phenkI dIdhI hatI. san. 1660 mAn temane pharI pAchhI moTI bimArI
thayel, 21 lAnghaN bAd teo nIrog thayA.
san. 1661 mAn (18 varShanI vaye) ek sannyAsI–bAvAe banArasIdAsajIne
jALamAn phasAvyA, ek mantra ApIne ek varSha sudhI tenA jAp karavAthI roj ek
sonAmahor AngaNAmAn paDelI dekhAshe–em kahyun, banArasIdAsajI enI jALamAn phasAyA
ne manDayA jAp japavA. mAnD mAnD varSha pUrun karyun ne sonAmahoranI utkanThAthI AngaNun
tapAsavA lAgyA–paN kAI maLyun nahi. sannyAsInI A banAvaTathI emanI Ankh
UghaDI.
paN vaLI pAchhA ek bIjA jogIe temane phasAvyA; ek shankh ApIne kahyun ke
A sadAshiv chhe, tenI pUjAthI mahA pApI paN shIghra mokSha pAme chhe.–banArasIdAsajI
mUrkhatAthI e shankhanI pUjA karavA lAgyA. A murkhAI sambandhamAn teo lakhe chhe ke–
shankharUp shiv dev, mahA shankh banArasI,
dou mile abeb, sAhib sevak ekase.
san. 1661 mAn hIrAnandajI osavAle shikharajInI yAtrAno sangh kADhayo,
kharagasenajI paN tenI sAthe yAtrA karavA chAlyA. e vakhate relve vagere na hatI. tethI
yAtrAmAn ekAd varSha vItI jatun. sangh ghaNA divase yAtrA karIne pAchho Avyo tyAre anek
loko lUnTAI gayA, anek bImAr thaI gayA ne anek marI gayA. kharagasenajI paN
rogathI pIDit thayA ne mAnD mAnD jonapur ghare pahonchyA.
kharagasenajI shikharajInI yAtrAe gayA te daramiyAn pAchhaLathI
banArasIdAsajIne pArshvanAthajInI (banArasanI) yAtrAno vichAr thayo, ane pratignA
karI ke jyAnsudhI yAtrA na karun tyAn sudhI dUdh–dahIn–ghI–chAval–chaNA–tel vagere padArthano
bhog nahIn karun. A pratignAne chha mahinA vItI gayA bAd kArtikI pUrNimAe ghaNA loko
gangAsnAn mATe tathA jainI loko pArshvanAth prabhunI yAtrA mATe banAras taraph chAlyA,
temanI sAthe banArasIdAsajI paN koIne pUchhayA vinA banAras chAlyA gayA. tyAn
gangAsnAnapUrvak bhagavAn pArshvanAthanI bhAvasahit pUjA karI ane sAthe tyAn shankhApUjA
paN karatA hatA. yAtrA karIne, shankh sAthe laIne harShapUrvak teo ghare AvyA.
ekavAr teo gharanI sIDI upar beThA hatA, tyAn khabar sAmbhaLyA ke akabar
bAdashAhanun mRutyu thayun. te sAmbhaLatAn ja AghAtathI teo sIDI uparathI nIche paDI gayA,
ne mAthAmAn phUT paDI tethI kapaDAn lohIlUhAN thaI gayA. A prasang pachhI ekAntamAn
beThAbeThA ekavAr tene vichAr Avyo ke–
jab main giryo paDyo murajhAy, tab shiv kachhun nahin karI shakAy.