Atmadharma magazine - Ank 266-267 (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Page: 45.

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ātmānun svarūp to gnān chhe. gnānasvarūpanī prāpti gnān vaḍe thāy; agnānavaḍe na

thāy. vikalpa te paṇ agnānanī jātamān chhe, gnānanī jātamān nathī. paṇ āno artha em

na samajavo ke je jīvane vikalpa hoy te agnānī chhe. gnānīney vikalpa hoy paṇ gnānī

te vikalpane gnān sāthe bheḷavatā nathī, vikalpane gnānathī judo ja rākhe chhe; vikalpanī

jāt ane gnānanī jāt e bannene ekadam judī judī jāṇe chhe. jo vikalpane gnān sāthe

bheḷavīne ekamek kare to te jīv agnānī chhe; te vikalpane sādhan māne chhe paṇ

vikalpathī bhinna gnānane jāṇato nathī.

aho, ā gnānasvarūp jinapad chhe te gnānaguṇavaḍe eṭale ke samyaggnānavaḍe ja

prāpta thāy chhe. parantu samyaggnān vagaranā loko bījā koī upāyathī ā nijapadane pāmī

shakatā nathī. māṭe he jīv! tane tārā svarūpanī prāptinī abhilāṣhā chhe to gnānaguṇavaḍe

tun tene prāpta kar, gnānapariṇatine antaramān ūṇḍī utārīne ātmāne anubhavamān le.

vikalpa to upar upar rahenārā chhe, te kāī svabhāvamān ūṇḍe ūtaratā nathī, gnānaparyāy

vaḍe svabhāvamān ūṇḍo ūtarīne teno tāg le, to te kṣhaṇe ja tane tārun svarūp prāpta thashe...

ane tārā param atīndriy ānandano svād paṇ tane tarat ja anubhavamān āvashe.

gnānīnun chintan

gnānī potānā ātmāne kevo chintave chhe? te samajāvīne tenī

bhāvanā karavānun kahe chhe–

kevalagnānasvabhāvī, kevaḷadarshanasvabhāvī, sukhamay ane

kevaḷashaktisvabhāvī te hun chhun– em gnānī chintave chhe.

je nijabhāvane chhoḍato nathī, kāī paṇ parabhāvane grahato

nathī, sarvane jāṇe–dekhe chhe te hun chhun–em gnānī chintave chhe.

gnānī thavā māṭe he jīv! tun paṇ tārā ātmāne chintav–em

shrī munirājano upadesh chhe.

(niyamasār gā. 96–97)