* shrI kahAn–ratnachintAmaNi–jayantimahotsav visheShAnk *
: 10 : Atmadharma : vaishAkh : 249p
dukAn sArI jAmI. vepAramAn temanun vartan pramANik hatun. ek vAr (lagabhag 16 varShanI
vaye) temane koI kAraNe vaDodarAnI korTamAn javun paDyun hatun. tyAn teoshrIe amaladAr
samakSha satya hakIkat spaShTatAthI jaNAvI dIdhI hatI; temanA mukh par taravaratI
nikhAlasatA, nirdoShatA ne nIDaratAnI amaladAr par chhAp paDI ane temaNe kahelI sarva
hakIkat kharI chhe em vishvAs AvavAthI amaladAre te sarva hakIkat sapUrNapaNe mAnya rAkhI.
pAlejamAn teoshrI koIvakhat nATak jovA jatA; parantu atishay AshcharyanI vAt
to e chhe ke nATakamAnthI shRungArik asar thavAne badale koI vairAgyaprerak drashyanI UnDI
asar te mahAtmAne thatI ane te keTalAy divas sudhI rahetI. koI koI vakhat to nATak
joIne AvyA pachhI AkhI rAt vairAgyanI dhUn rahetI. ek vAr nATak joyA pachhI
‘shivaramaNI ramanAr’ tun, tun hI devano dev? e lITIthI sharU thatun kAvya temaNe banAvyun
hatun. sAnsArik rasanAn prabaL nimittone paN mahAn AtmAo vairAgyanAn nimitta
banAve chhe!
vairAgya ane dIkShA
A rIte pAlejanI dukAnamAn vepAranun kAmakAj karatAn chhatAn te mahAtmAnun man
vepAramay ke sansAramay thayun nahotun. temano antarvyApAr to judo ja hato. temanA
antarano svAbhAvik jhok hammeshA dharma ane satyanI shodh prati ja raheto. upAshraye koI
sAdhu Ave ke teo te sAdhunI sevA tem ja temanI sAthe dhArmik vArtAlAp mATe doDI
jatA ane ghaNo samay upAshraye gALatA. dhArmik abhyAs paN chAlu hato. temanun dhArmik
jIvan ane saraL antakaraN joIne temanA sambandhIo temane ‘bhagat’ kahetAn. temaNe
temanA moTA bhAI khushAlabhAIne spaShTa jaNAvI dIdhun ke ‘mArun vevishAL karavAnun nathI;
mArA bhAv dIkShA levAnA chhe.’ khushAlabhAIe temaNe ghaNun samajAvyA ke– ‘bhAI, tun na
paraNe to bhale tArI IchchhA, parantu tun dIkShA na le. tAre dukAne na besavun hoy to bhale tun
Akho divas dhArmik vAnchanamAn ne sAdhuonA sangamAn gAL paN dIkShAnI vAt na kar.’
Am ghaNun samajAvavA chhatAn ne mahAtmAnA vairAgI chittane sansAramAn rahevAnun pasand paDyun
nahi. dIkShA lIdhA pahelAn teoshrI keTalAk mahinAo sudhI AtmArthI gurunI shodh mATe
kAThiyAvAD, gujarAt ne mAravADamAn anek gAmo pharyA; ghaNA sAdhuone maLyA paN
kyAy man Tharyunn nahi. kharI vAt to e hatI ke pUrva bhavanI–adhUrI mukelI sAdhanAe
avatarelA te mahAtmA pote ja guru thavAne yogya hatA. Akhare boTAd sampradAyanA
sthAnakavAsI jain sAdhu hIrAchandajI mahArAjanA hAthe dIkShA levAnun nakkI thayun ane san.
1970 nA mAgashar sud 9 ne ravivArane divase umarALAmAn moTI dhAmadhUmathI
dIkShAmahotsav thayo.