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AtmAnun svarUp to gnAn chhe. gnAnasvarUpanI prApti gnAn vaDe thAy; agnAnavaDe na
thAy. vikalpa te paN agnAnanI jAtamAn chhe, gnAnanI jAtamAn nathI. paN Ano artha em
na samajavo ke je jIvane vikalpa hoy te agnAnI chhe. gnAnIney vikalpa hoy paN gnAnI
te vikalpane gnAn sAthe bheLavatA nathI, vikalpane gnAnathI judo ja rAkhe chhe; vikalpanI
jAt ane gnAnanI jAt e bannene ekadam judI judI jANe chhe. jo vikalpane gnAn sAthe
bheLavIne ekamek kare to te jIv agnAnI chhe; te vikalpane sAdhan mAne chhe paN
vikalpathI bhinna gnAnane jANato nathI.
aho, A gnAnasvarUp jinapad chhe te gnAnaguNavaDe eTale ke samyaggnAnavaDe ja
prApta thAy chhe. parantu samyaggnAn vagaranA loko bIjA koI upAyathI A nijapadane pAmI
shakatA nathI. mATe he jIv! tane tArA svarUpanI prAptinI abhilAShA chhe to gnAnaguNavaDe
tun tene prApta kar, gnAnapariNatine antaramAn UnDI utArIne AtmAne anubhavamAn le.
vikalpa to upar upar rahenArA chhe, te kAI svabhAvamAn UnDe UtaratA nathI, gnAnaparyAy
vaDe svabhAvamAn UnDo UtarIne teno tAg le, to te kShaNe ja tane tArun svarUp prApta thashe...
ane tArA param atIndriy Anandano svAd paN tane tarat ja anubhavamAn Avashe.
gnAnInun chintan
gnAnI potAnA AtmAne kevo chintave chhe? te samajAvIne tenI
bhAvanA karavAnun kahe chhe–
kevalagnAnasvabhAvI, kevaLadarshanasvabhAvI, sukhamay ane
kevaLashaktisvabhAvI te hun chhun– em gnAnI chintave chhe.
je nijabhAvane chhoDato nathI, kaI paN parabhAvane grahato
nathI, sarvane jANe–dekhe chhe te hun chhun–em gnAnI chintave chhe.
gnAnI thavA mATe he jIv! tun paN tArA AtmAne chintav–em
shrI munirAjano upadesh chhe.
(niyamasAr gA. 96–97)