Atmadharma magazine - Ank 285
(Year 24 - Vir Nirvana Samvat 2493, A.D. 1967)
(English transliteration).

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chAr tIrtharUp chaturvidhasanghanI sthApanA
e ja vakhate, bharatanA nAnAbhAI vRuShabhasen–ke je A puritamAl nagarInA
rAjavI hatA, tathA je prAgna, shUravIr, pavitra, dhIr–gambhIr ne atishay buddhimAn hatA
temaNe paN bhagavAnanA pratham upadeshathI sambodhit thaIne bhagavAnanA charaNomAn
munidIkShA dhAraN karI ne teo bhagavAnanA pratham gaNadhar thayA; bhagavAnanA je putra
hatA te ja temanA dharmaputra (gaNadhar) thayA;
ne sAt Ruddhi tathA chAr gnAnavaDe shobhI
UThayA; A uparAnt AhAradAn denArA rAjA somaprabh, shreyAnsakumAr tathA anya
rAjAo paN dIkShA laIne bhagavAnanA gaNadhar thayA. bhagavAnanI putrI ane bharatanI
nAnI bahen brAhmIdevI paN bhagavAn samIp dIkShit thaIne AryikAonA sanghanA
gaNinI banyA, devoe paN tenI pUjA karI. bhagavAnanI bIjI putrI ne bAhubalInI
sahodarA sundarIdevIe paN prabhucharaNomAn vairAgyapUrvak dIkShA lIdhI; bIjA paN keTalAy
rAjAo, rAjakumAro ne rAjaputrIoe sansArathI bhayabhIt thaIne dIkShA dhAraN karI.
shrutakIrti nAmanA atishay buddhimAn puruShe shrAvakavrat grahaN karyA, ne deshavratI
shrAvakomAn te shreShTha thayA; e ja rIte pavitra antakaraNavALI satI priyavratAe
shrAvikAnAn vrat dhAraN karyA ne shrAvikAomAn te shreShTha thaI. A rIte bhagavAn
RuShabhadevanA shAsanamAn A bharatakShetramAn muni–arjikA–shrAvak ne shrAvikArUp
chaturvidhasanghanI sthApanA thaI.
mokShanA daravAjA khulyA
bhagavAnanI sAthe dIkShA lenArA je 4000 rAjAo bhraShTa thaI gayA hatA temAnA
ek marIchi sivAyanA bIjA badhA tapasvI–rAjAo bhagavAn RuShabhadevanA upadeshathI
tattvanun yathArtha svarUp samajIne pharIthI dIkShit thayA ne bhAvalingI muni thayA. bIjA
anek uttam rAjAoe paN dIkShA lIdhI; temAn bhagavAnanA putra anantavIrya (bharatanA
bhAI) paN bhagavAn pAse dIkShA laIne, alpakALamAn kevaLagnAn pragaTAvI A
avasarpiNI yugamAn sauthI pahelA mokSha pAmyA. devoe paN temanI pUjA karI. A rIte
bhagavAnanI divyadhvani sharU thatAn bharatakShetramAn mokShanAn daravAjA khulyAn.
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mahArAjA bharat paramabhaktipUrvak bhagavAn RuShabhadevanI pUjA karIne, temanA
kevaLagnAnano utsav karIne, temanI divyavANInun shravaN karIne ane potAmAn
darshanavishuddhi