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jhīlīne anubhav kare tyāre shrīgurunī sevā karī kahevāy, ane shrīgurunī sevāthī mukti

pāmyo–em nimittathī kahevāy.

samayasāranī chothī gāthāmān kahe chhe ke vibhāvanī kathā jīvoe pūrve anantavār

anubhavī chhe, teno parichay karyo chhe ne tenun shravaṇ karyun chhe, paṇ parathī bhinna potānā

ekatvasvabhāvanī kathā pote kadī jāṇī nathī, anubhavī nathī tathā bījā ātmagna–santonī

sevā karī nathī. pote jāṇyun nathī ne jāṇanārānī sevā karī nathī, –em banne vāt batāvī.

eṭale gnānīnā upadeshaanusār pote potānā ātmāne jāṇīne pote nishchayaguru thayo, tyāre

bījā gnānī gurue tene ātmā samajāvyo–evo vyavahār thayo. paṇ jo pote jāgīne

ātmāne na jāṇe to gurunī saṅgatinun phaḷ shun? guru ene shun kare? –ene kharekhar guruno

saṅg karyo nathī.

koīvār bahārathī sevā karavāno prasaṅg āvyo, paṇ te vakhate ya gnānīnā antaranā

āshayane pote samajyo nahi tethī samyaktvādi pāmyo nahi, ne tethī gnānīnī kharekhar

upāsanā teṇe karī–em paṇ kahevāmān āvyun nahi. pote potāmān antarmukh thaīne gnān

pāmyo tyāre gnānīnī kharī upāsanā karī em kahyun. eṭale sva–ātmānī sevā (shraddhā–

gnān–anucharaṇ) vaḍe pote potāno paramārthaguru jyāre thayo tyāre vyavahāramān bījā gnānī

gurunī sevā sāchī karī em kahevāyun. are jīv! tane gnānīnī sāchī sevā karatāny

anantakāḷamān na āvaḍī. ek vār gnānīne oḷakhīne sāchī sevā kare to te jīv pote jarūr

gnānī thaī jāy.

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nishchayathī ātmā ja ātmāno guru chhe. sarvagnadev ane gnānīguruo maḷ‌yā, temaṇe

ātmānā hitano upadesh āpyo, paṇ jo jīv pote te samajīne ātmagnān na kare to dev ke

guru shun kare? te pote svataḥ potānā svasamvedanathī ja potāne prakāshe chhe. jem ākāshane rahevā

māṭe bījo koī ādhār nathī, svayam pote potāmān ja rahelun chhe, jem kāḷane pariṇamavā māṭe

koī bījo ādhār nathī, te svayam potānā svabhāvathī ja pariṇame chhe, tem gnānasvabhāvī

ātmā svayam potāthī ja potāne jāṇe chhe. e rīte jeno je svabhāv chhe te nirālambī chhe.

ātmāne ātmagnānanī prāpti māṭe koī bījānun avalamban nathī, pote potānā avalambanathī

ja potāne jāṇe chhe. samavasaraṇamān tīrthaṅkar paramātmā paṇ sinhāsanathī chār āṅgaḷ ūñche

ākāshamān nirālambīpaṇe birāje chhe–

“ūñche chaturāṅgul jin rāje,

īndro narendro munirāj dhyāve;

jevun nirālamban ātmadravya,

tevo nirālamban jinadeh.”

bhagavānano ātmā to kevaḷagnān ānandamay nirālambī thaī gayo chhe. ne deh paṇ

nirālambanapaṇe ākāshamān rahe chhe; badhā