Atmadharma magazine - Ank 275 (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Page: 8.

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jain bhagavatashāstra chhe. svānubhavamān pahoñchavā māṭenī chhellāmān chhellī vāt āchāryadev

nikaṭavartī shiṣhyane samajāve chhe. shiṣhyane manamān ek ja dhūn chhe ke jevo gnāyak

shuddhaātmā shrīguru kahe chhe tevo anubhavamān levo; bījo koī rog manamān nathī. ām

ātmānī jignāsāvaḍe rāgathī dūr thaīne svabhāvanī samīp āvyo chhe. āvā shiṣhyane

asādhāraṇ dharmo dvārā eṭale ke gnān–darshan–chāritrarūp dharmo dvārā ek dharmīnun svarūp

samajāve chhe. āmān joke vachche sūkṣhma guṇabhed āve chhe, paṇ te guṇabhed anubhavamān

nathī. taiyārīvāḷo shiṣhya te bhedanā avalambanamān na aṭakatān abhed ātmāne

anubhavamān lye chhe.

ātmā rāgī chhe ke bandhanavāḷo chhe–evī ashuddhapaṇānī vāt to dūr raho, gnān

te ātmā–evā guṇ–guṇī bhedanā lakṣhe paṇ shuddhātmā anubhavamān āvato nathī. jo ke

gnān–darshan–chāritrādi guṇono kāī ātmāmān abhāv nathī; paṇ ahīn shuddhaātmāno

anubhav karavo te prayojan chhe, ne guṇabhedanā āshraye te prayojan siddha thatun nathī; māṭe

kahe chhe ke ‘gnān te ātmā’ em kahetān te bhed upar joīne tun aṭakīsh nahi, kathanamān

bhale bhed āvyo paṇ tun bhedanun avalamban chhoḍīne abhed ātmāne anubhavamān leje.

ā vāt draṣhṭāntathī samajāve chhe: jem koī mlechchhane koī brāhmaṇ em āshīrvād

āpe ke ‘स्वस्ति!’ tyāre स्वस्ति eṭale mārun avināshī kalyāṇ thavānā āshīrvād

mane āpe chhe em nahi samajanāro te mlechchha brāhmaṇ upar kaṇṭāḷo lāvyā vagar

bahumān ane vinayapūrvak tenī sāme jignāsāthī joī rahe chhe;–konī jem? ke meṇḍhānī

jem; meṇḍhāne anusaravānī ṭev chhe tem shiṣhya paṇ gurue shun kahyun tene anusaravā māge

chhe, eṭale te meṇḍhānī jem āṅkho phāḍīne ṭagaṭag joī rahe chhe.

āṅkho phāḍīne ṭagaṭag animeṣh netrathī joī rahe chhe, temān na samajyāno kaṇṭāḷo

nathī paṇ samajavānī tīvra jignāsā chhe. ā kanīk mārun hit batāvavā māṅge chhe evo

vishvās chhe.

āṅkho phāḍīne:– samajavānī tīvra jignāsā chhe eṭale āṅkho phāḍīne joī rahe

chhe, tem antaramān gnānarūpī āṅkho phāḍīne ekāgratāthī shiṣhya samajavā māṅge chhe. āṅkh

bandh nathī rākhato, bedarakārī nathī karato paṇ animeṣhapaṇe, ṭamakār vagar āṅkho phāḍīne

ṭagaṭag joī rahe chhe. shiṣhyajan ātmā samajavā māṭe gnānachakṣhu ūghāḍīne, eṭale ke

kṣhayopashamabhāvane te taraph joḍīne samajavā taiyār thayo chhe.

pachhī jyāre te ja brāhmaṇadvārā, athavā brāhmaṇ ane mlechchha bannenī bhāṣhā

jāṇanārā bījā koī dvārā svasti shabdano artha te mlechchha samajī jāy chhe ke tarat tenā

netro ānandamay ānsuothī bharāī jāy chhe ke aho! ā to mārā avināshī kalyāṇ māṭe

āshīrvād āpatā hatā! tem ātmā gnān–darshan–chāritrasvarūpī chhe em ātmānun svarūp