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paū. benashrī–ben champāben–shāntābenanā pavitrahaste thaī hatī. rātre ajameranī bhajan–

maṇḍaḷīe bhajan–nr̥itya karyā hatā. māh sud 7 (tā. 17) nī savāramān pārshvanāth

bhagavānanā janmotsavano ānandakārī utsav thayo. jyāre sabhā ātur hatī ke have shun

banashe? –tyān to achānak ghaṇṭanād thavā lāgyā, chārekor dīpako jhagajhagī ūṭhayā,

vājānthī maṇḍap gājī ūṭhyo, shun thayun? shun thayun? ke kāshīnagarīmān bhagavān pārshvanāth

tīrthaṅkarano avatār thayo. saudharmaīndranī sabhāmān devo prabhujanmano utsav ujavī rahyā

chhe...16 īndro ne īndrāṇīthī bharapūr bhavya īndradarabār shobhato hato ne chārekor

janmotsavano ānand chhavāī gayo hato, devīo harṣhathī maṅgalavadhāī gātī hatī. ahīn

kāshīnagarīmān paṇ ānand chhavāī gayo hato, kāshīnā paṇḍit phūlachandajī paṇ kāshīnī

rājasabhāmān āvī pahoñchyān hatā. saudharmaīndra airāvat laīne āvī pahoñchyā ne

shachīdevīe bālatīrthaṅkarane ānandathī teḍīne īndranā hāthamān āpyā; īndra temane godamān

laī airāvat upar savār karī merūparvat upar chālyā. prabhunī bhavya savārī ākhī

nagarīmān pharatī pharatī merūparvate pahoñchī. nagarajano āshcharyapūrvak prabhunī savārīne

nīhāḷī rahyā. lāmbī lāmbī savārī mahān ānand vyakta karatī karatī je raste pasār

thāy te rastā ghaḍībhar to hajāro māṇasonā ānandakārī kolāhalathī gājī ūṭhatā;

nagaranā anyamati prekṣhako–teo paṇ mātra prekṣhako ja nahotā rahyā, parantu ajameranī

bhajanamaṇḍaḷīnun bhaktibhīnun nr̥itya dekhīne teo evā ullāsamān āvī jatā ke enā

tālanī sāthe sāthe pote paṇ nāchī ūṭhatā. savārīmān ek chheḍethī bījā chheḍā sudhī jyān

juo tyān prabhunā janmotsavanā ānandamān bhakto nāchī ūṭhatā hatā. savārī meru parvate

pahoñchī ne ānandapūrvak prabhuno janmābhiṣhek thayo. e janmābhiṣhek tīrthaṅkaraprabhunā

apār mahimāne prasiddha karato hato. merūparvat jāṇe jorashorathī kolāhal karīne em

bolato hato ke are manuṣhyo, hun moṭo nathī, prabhunā mahimā pāse hun to sāv nāno chhun,

moṭā mahimāvant to ā bhagavān chhe ke jeo jagatanā jīvone mokṣhano mārga dekhāḍashe.

ānandapūrvak abhiṣhek karīne maṇḍapamān āvyā tyāre īndro ane bhakto ati bhaktipūrvak

prabhusanmukh nāchī ūṭhyā hatā. lagabhag pāñch–chha hajār māṇasoe prabhunā

janmotsavano ānand māṇyo. gurudevanā pravachanamān nagaranā anek pratiṣhṭhit āgevāno

paṇ āvatā. baporanā pravachan pachhī prabhu pārasakumāranun pāraṇājhulan ānandapūrvak thayun

hatun. tathā rājasabhāne māṭe