: bhAdaravo : Atmadharma : 1p :
ek sAdharmI pratye sankaT vakhate je udAr bhAvanAthI vAtsalya batAvyun te A jamAnAmAn
atyant anukaraNIy chhe. AjanA jainasamAjane AvA vAtsalyavant bhAIonI ghaNI
jarUr chhe. banArasIdAsajIne vepAramAn be varShe 200 rUA. nI kamANI thaI, ne eTalun ja
kharcha thayun. vepAranA anek prayatna karyA paN saphaLatA na maLI; alIgaDhanI yAtrAe gayA
tyAn prabal tRuShNAvash prabhu pAse lakShmInI prArthanA karI.
A daramiyAn temanI patnIne trIjo putra thayo, paN mAtra pandar divas jIvIne te
mRutyu pAmyo ne tenI mAtAne paN laI gayo. potAnI sALI sAthe pharI lagna karyA; san.
1673 mAn temanA pitAno svargavAs thayo. tyArabAd teo AgrA gayA. AgrAmAn
plegano bhayankar prakop thayo. loko bhayabhIt thaIne jangalamAn rahevA gayA. san. 1677
thI 79 mAn mAtA, bhAryA tathA putra–traNeno svargavAs thaI gayo. san. 1680 mAn (37
mA varShe) trIjI vAr lagna karyA.
AgrAmAn arthamallajI nAmanA adhyAtmarasik sajjan hatA, teo
banArasIdAsajInI kAvyashakti dekhIne Anandit thatA, paN temAn adhyAtmikarasano
abhAv dekhIne dukh paN thatun. temaNe ekavAr avasar pAmIne pt.. rAjamallajI rachit
samayasAr–kalashaTIkA ApIne tenI svAdhyAy karavA kahyun; parantu gurugam vagar temane
adhyAtmamArganI sUjh na paDI. temane ane temanA mitrone AtmasvAd to Avyo nahi
ne kriyAono ras maTI gayo; ekavAr to nagna thaIne koTaDImAn pharavA lAgyA ne kahe ke
ame muni thayA. evAmAn pt.. rUpachandajI AgrAmAn AvyA ne ekAntagrasit
banArasIdAsajIne gommaTasAranA abhyAs dvArA guNasthAn– anusAr gnAn–kriyAonun
vidhAn samajAvyun; te samajatAn temanI Ankho khUlI gaI.–
tab banArasI aurahi bhayo,
svAdvAd paraNati pariNayo,
suni suni rUpachand ke vain,
banArasI bhayo driDh jain.
hirademen kachhun kAlimA,
hu tI saradahan bIch,
sou miTi, samatA bhaI,
rahI na Unch na nIch.