chaitra 2494 : Atmadharma : 33
: sampAdakIy :
tIrthankar bhagavAn...eTale mAtra bhAratanI ja nahi paN AkhA vishvanI mahAn
vibhUti. –Indro ane chakravartIonI vibhUti paN jemanA charaNamAn jhUkI jAy, evA 24–
24 tIrthankar bhagavantone avatAr ApavAnun gaurav ApaNI A bhArat mAtAne ja prApta chhe.
tIrthankaronA vihArathI pAvan ApaNA A bhAratadeshanI dhArmikasamRuddhi badhA deshomAn sarvochcha
chhe. hajI aDhI hajAr varSha paN pUrA nathI thayA tyArapahelAn bhagavAn varddhamAnatIrthankar A
bharatabhUmimAn sAkShAt vicharatA hatA; ne shreNIkarAjA jevA anek rAjA–mahArAjAo
temanA upadeshathI potAnA AtmAne pavitra karatA hatA. rAjagRuhI jevI bhUminAn rajakaNo
paN e tIrthankaranA sparshe tIrtharUp banI gayA. ne bhAvashrutavaDe jemaNe tIrthankar bhagavAnano
bhAvasparsha karyo te jIvo ratnatray pAmIne bhAvatIrtharUp banI gayA.
bhagavAn shrI varddhamAn tIrthankar ApaNA saurAShTramAn paN padhArelA...ne temanA nAm
uparathI ‘वड्ढमाण’ varddhamAn nAmanI nagarI banI, te ‘वड्ढमाण’ nun apabhransh e ja Ajanun
‘vaDhavAN’. varddhamAnaprabhunI vANInA nAd Ajey saurAShTramAn gUnje chhe ne bhAratabharane
DolAve chhe. varddhamAnaprabhunI kharI mahattA tyAre ja samajAy ke jyAre temanA kahelA upadeshanun
rahasya AtmAmAn samajAy. mahAvIr e koI sAmAnya manuShya na hatA, mahAmAnav kahIne
temane oLakhAvavA te paN barAbar nathI, teo to sarvagnatAne pAmelA paramAtmA hatA.
emane sarvagna–vItarAg tarIke oLakhavA e ja emanI sAchI oLakhAN chhe.
AvA mahAvIr 2pa66 varSha pahelAn kunDagrAm–vaishAlImAn mahArAjA siddhArtha ane
trishalAmAtAne tyAn sarvagnapadane sAdhavA mATe chaitra sud terase avataryA...72 varShanA AyumAn
AtmasAdhanA pUrNa karavAnI hatI...teo na to rAjamAn rokAyA ke na to lagna karyun. jIvant
mAtA–pitAnA mohane paN chhoDIne teo AtmasAdhak sAdhu thayA. trishalAmAtAno
ekanoek lADakavAyo nandan, potAnI mAtAnI rajA laIne vItarAgamArge kevaLagnAn levA
chAlyo...sAdhu thaIne temaNe maunapaNe AtmasAdhanAmAn ja potAnun chitta joDyun ...sarvagna
thayA pahelAn adhurI dashAmAn temaNe koI upadesh na Apyo...tIrthankaro munidashAmAn maun ja
rahe chhe. –kevo uttam Adarsha!
sADAbAr varShanI AtmasAdhanA bAd, eTale ke 42 varShanI vaye prabhu kevaLagnAn
pragaT karI arahant thayA; ne pachhI vipulAchal par samavasaraNamAn divyadhvaninI varShA karIne,