chokhA kyAthi nIkaLe? te bAIe mAtra bAhya anukaraN karyun. tem agnAnI jIvo
paN gnAnIonI UnDI antaradraShTine oLakhatA nathI ane mAtra temanA shubharAganun
ane bahAranI kriyAnun anukaraN kare chhe. gnAnIone antaramAn puNya–pApanI
lAgaNIo upar draShTi hotI nathI, ane jaD sharIranI kriyA mAre lIdhe thAy chhe–em
teo mAnatA nathI, temanI draShTinun jor antaramAn nijapad upar hoy chhe ke hun
anAdianant dhruvasvabhAvI gnAyakamUrti AtmA chhun.– evI antarangadraShTine to
agnAnI jANato nathI, ane avasthAmAn vartatI puNya–pApanI lAgaNIone tathA
dehAdinI kriyAne jue chhe, ane tenAthI ja dharma thato hashe em te mAne chhe; eTale
photarAn khAnDanAr bAInI mAphak, te paN photarAn jevA shubharAgamAn ne dehAdinI
kriyAmAn aTakI rahe chhe. gnAnIo to potAnA antaramAn svabhAv taraphanun valaN karI
rahyA chhe, svabhAvanI shraddhA, gnAn ne ekAgratArUpI kas to andaramAn utare chhe
(arthAt AtmAmAn abhed thAy chhe), tenun phaL bahAramAn dekhAtun nathI; asthiratAnA
k krAgane lIdhe pUjA–bhakti–vrat vagere shubharAg tem ja vepAr–dhandhA vagere
sambandhI ashubharAg thAy tene gnAnI photarAn samAn jANe chhe tathA deh–man–vANInI
kriyA to jaDanI chhe; te bannethI bhinna potAnA nijasvabhAv upar gnAnInI draShTi chhe.
AvI draShTine lIdhe dharmIne kShaNe kShaNe antaramAn nijapad taraphanun valaN chhe. vachche
puNya–pApanI lAgaNI UThatAn nimitto upar lakSha jAy chhe ane dehAdinI kriyA tenA
kAraNe svayam thatI hoy chhe, tene ja agnAnI jue chhe. parantu gnAnIne antaranI UnDI
draShTine lIdhe kShaNe kShaNe dharma thAy chhe, tene te joto nathI. oLakhato nathI.
anekAntamArga kahyo chhe te samyak ekAnt evA nijapadanI prApti mATe ja upakArI chhe.
anekAnt eTale shun? vastumAn nitya–anitya vagere babbe paraspar viruddha dharmo
rahelA chhe, tenun nAm anekAnt chhe. AtmA svabhAve shuddha chhe, avasthAe vartamAn
ashuddha chhe–ItyAdi prakAre babbe paDakhAn jANIne ek svabhAv taraph vaLavun te ja
prayojan chhe, ane tenun nAm ‘samyak ekAnt’ chhe. AtmA svabhAve shuddha ane
avasthAe ashuddha–em babbe paDakhAn jANIne tenA vikalpamAn aTakI rahe ane
shuddhasvabhAv taraph vaLe nahIn, to tene nijapadanI prApti thAy nahIn, ane teNe kharekhar
anekAntane jANyo na kahevAy.