: dvi. shrAvaN : 2492 Atmadharma : 23 :
A pramANe narakanA dukhanun varNan karIne prItinkarasvAmI shrIdharadevane kahe chhe ke he
bhavya! te shatabuddhimantrIno jIv pApakarmanA udayathI bIjI narakamAn AvA dukho bhogavI
rahyo chhe. je jIvo narakanA AvA tIvra dukhothI bachavA chAhatA hoy te buddhimAnoe
jinendrapraNIt dharmanI upAsanA karavI joIe. A jainadharma ja dukhothI rakShA kare chhe ne
mahAn sukh Ape chhe; ane A dharma ja karmonA kShayathI utpanna thatA mokShasukhane Ape chhe.
Indra, chakravartI tathA gaNadharapad A jainadharmanA prasAdathI ja prApta thAy chhe, ane
tIrthankarapad paN A ja dharmathI prApta thAy chhe; sarvotkRuShTa evun siddhapad paN A dharmathI ja
pamAy chhe. A jainadharma ja jIvono bandhu mitra ane guru chhe. mATe he shrIdharadev! svarga–
mokShanA sukh denAr evA A jainadharmamAn tun tArI buddhi joD.
shrI prItinkar–munirAjanA shrImukhathI jainadharmano Avo mahimA sAmbhaLIne pavitra
buddhidhArak shrIdharadev atishay dharmapremane pAmyo; ne prasannabuddhithI teNe kahyun–he prabho!
Ap mahA upakArI chho. mahAbalanA bhavamAn Ape ja jainadharmano upadesh ApIne mArun
hit karyun, pachhI bhogabhUmimAn munipaNe padhArIne param karuNApUrvak Ape ja mane
samyagdarshan Apyun ne atyAre paN arihantapaNe Ape mane dharmano upadesh ApIne mahA
upakAr karyo chhe. aho, prabho! ApanA jevA guruono sang jIvone param hitakAr chhe.
Am bhaktithI pharI pharIne prItinkar kevaLInA darshan karyA bAd, pUrvabhavanA
snehane lIdhe shatabuddhinA jIvane pratibodhavA mATe guruAgnAnusAr te shrIdharadev bIjI
narakamAn tenI pAse gayo ane karuNApUrvak kahevA lAgyo–he bhadra shatabuddhi! shun tun
mahAbalane jANe chhe? hun ja e mahAbalano jIv chhun ne atyAre tane pratibodhavA mATe
svargalokamAnthI ahIn Avyo chhun. te shatabuddhinA bhavamAn anek mithyAnayonA Ashraye ten
prabaL mithyAtvane sevyun hatun. dekh, e mithyAtvanun A ghor dukhadAyIphaL atyAre tArI
sAme ja chhe. AvA ghor dukhothI bachavA mATe he bhavya! tun mithyAtvane chhoD ne
samyagdarshanane angIkAr kar.
e pramANe shrIdharadevanA upadeshathI te shatabuddhinA jIve shuddha samyagdarshan dhAraN karyun
ane mithyAtvarUpI melanA nAshathI uttam shuddhi pragaT karI. aho, narakamAn AvIne paN
Ape mane dharma pamADayo, Ape mahAkRupA karI em pharI pharIne teNe shrIdharadevano upakAr
mAnyo. tyArabAd narakanun AyuShya pUrNa thatAn shatabuddhino te jIv bhayankar narakamAnthI
nIkaLIne pUrva–puShkaradvIpanA pUrvavidehamAn mangalAvatIdeshanI ratnasanchayanagarImAn mahIdhar
chakravartIno jayasen nAmano putra thayo. ekavAr tenA vivAhano utsav thato hato te
vakhate shrIdharadeve AvIne tene samajAvyo ne narakanAn bhayankar dukhonun smaraN karAvyun;
tethI sansArathI virakta thaIne teNe yamadhar munirAjanI samIp dIkShA dhAraN karI; narakamAn
bhogavelA ghor dukho