: aShAD : 2492 Atmadharma : 37 :
vibhAvano prayatna kare ane em mAne ke hun AtmAnI prAptino ghaNo prayatna karun chhun–e
to kevaDI moTI bhUl kahevAy? AvI bhUlathI bachavA mATe ja AtmagnasantajanonI
sAkShAt upAsanAnun khAs mahatva chhe. gnAnInI chhAyAmAn AtmaprAptino upAy
saralatAthI samajAy chhe.
bhagavAn banyA pachhI sukh dukh kAI hotun nathI–to lAbh sho (772)
bhAIshrI, bhagavAn banyA pachhI dukh nathI hotun e vAt sAchI, parantu tyAn
Atmik sukh to bharapUr hoy chhe. potAnA AtmAmAnthI ja sukh utpanna thaIne AtmA
te sukhane bhogave chhe, ne te sukh evun majAnun chhe ke sadAkAL teno bhogavaTo (anubhav)
karavA chhatAn kadI kanTALo Avato nathI. –jemAn koI bIjAnI jarUr na paDe evun svAdhIn
Atmasukh anubhavAy–enA jevo lAbh A jagatamAn bIjo koI nathI. bhagavAnane
sukhadukhano abhAv kahyo hoy tyAn Indriyajanya parAdhIn sukhano abhAv samajavo,
svAdhIn Atmasukhano nahi.
mAtra jANavun–jovun, (karavun kAI nahi) temAn to jaDatA jevun na jaI jAy? (772)
are bhAI! jANavun–jovun e ja chetanano svabhAv chhe; mAtra jANavun–te kAI
jaDatA nathI paN temAn ja kharI jAgRutI chhe; emAn to mahAn Anand, vItarAgatA vagere
bhAvo bharyA chhe.
dAhodanA sabhya nan. 407 lakhe chhe ke–“bAlavibhAgamAn joDAyA bAd jyAre
darshanakathA chopaDI maLI tyArathI mane dharma pratye prem vadhyo chhe. bAlamitro vadhe ne
bAlavibhAg hajI khIle evI AshA sAthe, badhA bAlamitrone temanA janma divase
mArAvatI abhinandan Apasho.”
romesh jain (218) amadAvAd; Atmadharma ank 272 mAn ‘vIraprabhunA vanshaj’
tathA temanI 29 thI 32 peDhI viShe vAnchIne Apane Anand thayo, ne 1 thI 32 peDhI viShe
jANavAnI IntejArI thaI; to ShaTkhanDAgam pustak 1 nI prastAvanA vAnchavAthI Apane te
sambandhI ghaNI mAhitI maLashe.
mahApuruShonA jIvanaprasango vagere sambandhI sAhitya gujarAtI bhAShAmAn ghaNun ochhun
chhe. tamArI jem hajAro bALako e sAhitya mATe jhankhI rahyA chhe. AtmadharmamAn badhI
vastuo ApavAnun shaky nathI, kemake chAlu lekhono mAnDamAnD samAvesh thAy chhe. Am
chhatAn jignAsuo taraphathI utsAhabharyA sahakArane lIdhe Atmadharmanun kad dhImedhIme vadhArI
rahyA chhIe. ane jem jem kad vadhatun jashe tem navun navun sAhitya visheSh pramANamAn
ApI shakashun. RuShabhadev prabhunun charitra Apane khub gamyun ne e rIte chovIse
bhagavantonA charitra ApavA mATe lakhyun, to kramekrame jarUr ApIshun.