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paU. benashrI–ben champAben–shAntAbenanA pavitrahaste thaI hatI. rAtre ajameranI bhajan–
manDaLIe bhajan–nRitya karyA hatA. mAh sud 7 (tA. 17) nI savAramAn pArshvanAth
bhagavAnanA janmotsavano AnandakArI utsav thayo. jyAre sabhA Atur hatI ke have shun
banashe? –tyAn to achAnak ghanTanAd thavA lAgyA, chArekor dIpako jhagajhagI UThayA,
vAjAnthI manDap gAjI UThyo, shun thayun? shun thayun? ke kAshInagarImAn bhagavAn pArshvanAth
tIrthankarano avatAr thayo. saudharmaIndranI sabhAmAn devo prabhujanmano utsav ujavI rahyA
chhe...16 Indro ne IndrANIthI bharapUr bhavya IndradarabAr shobhato hato ne chArekor
janmotsavano Anand chhavAI gayo hato, devIo harShathI mangalavadhAI gAtI hatI. ahIn
kAshInagarImAn paN Anand chhavAI gayo hato, kAshInA panDit phUlachandajI paN kAshInI
rAjasabhAmAn AvI pahonchyAn hatA. saudharmaIndra airAvat laIne AvI pahonchyA ne
shachIdevIe bAlatIrthankarane AnandathI teDIne IndranA hAthamAn ApyA; Indra temane godamAn
laI airAvat upar savAr karI merUparvat upar chAlyA. prabhunI bhavya savArI AkhI
nagarImAn pharatI pharatI merUparvate pahonchI. nagarajano AshcharyapUrvak prabhunI savArIne
nIhALI rahyA. lAmbI lAmbI savArI mahAn Anand vyakta karatI karatI je raste pasAr
thAy te rastA ghaDIbhar to hajAro mANasonA AnandakArI kolAhalathI gAjI UThatA;
nagaranA anyamati prekShako–teo paN mAtra prekShako ja nahotA rahyA, parantu ajameranI
bhajanamanDaLInun bhaktibhInun nRitya dekhIne teo evA ullAsamAn AvI jatA ke enA
tAlanI sAthe sAthe pote paN nAchI UThatA. savArImAn ek chheDethI bIjA chheDA sudhI jyAn
juo tyAn prabhunA janmotsavanA AnandamAn bhakto nAchI UThatA hatA. savArI meru parvate
pahonchI ne AnandapUrvak prabhuno janmAbhiShek thayo. e janmAbhiShek tIrthankaraprabhunA
apAr mahimAne prasiddha karato hato. merUparvat jANe jorashorathI kolAhal karIne em
bolato hato ke are manuShyo, hun moTo nathI, prabhunA mahimA pAse hun to sAv nAno chhun,
moTA mahimAvant to A bhagavAn chhe ke jeo jagatanA jIvone mokShano mArga dekhADashe.
AnandapUrvak abhiShek karIne manDapamAn AvyA tyAre Indro ane bhakto ati bhaktipUrvak
prabhusanmukh nAchI UThyA hatA. lagabhag pAnch–chha hajAr mANasoe prabhunA
janmotsavano Anand mANyo. gurudevanA pravachanamAn nagaranA anek pratiShThit AgevAno
paN AvatA. baporanA pravachan pachhI prabhu pArasakumAranun pAraNAjhulan AnandapUrvak thayun
hatun. tathA rAjasabhAne mATe