: jeTh : 249p Atmadharma : 49 :
kahAnaguru jinarathanA sArathi hatA. anek vaibhavasampanna e rathayAtrAne nIhALIne
lAkho loko Ashcharya pAmatA, rAjasthAnI–gujarAtI–mulatAnI sau bhakto, ekabIjAnI
sAthe umangathI jinabhakti karatA hatA. dasadas divasanA karaphyunI vedanAmAnthI chhUTelI
jayapuranagarI A adbhut rathayAtrA dekhIne AnandathI praphullit banI hatI. rathayAtrAnI
pUrNatA thatAn aDhAr hAthIoe sUnDh UnchI karIne salAmI ApI, ke barAbar te ja vakhate
kudaratanI amIvRuShTirUpe AkAshamAnthI jharamar chhAnTaNA varasyA. adbhut hato jayapurano
e prabhAvashALI utsav, –ane ethIye vadhu romAnchakArI Anandano prasang hajI bIje
divase banavAno chhe. –kyAn? e to hamaNAn Ap A ankamAn ja vAnchasho.
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phAgaN sud chhaThThanA roj jayapurathI sammedashikharajInA yAtrAsanghanun 400 yAtriko
sahit prasthAn thayun. mahAvIrajInI prashAntamUrtinA darshan karyAn, ane phAgaN sud sAtame
AvyA–bayAnA shaher.
bayAnAshaheramAn sImandhar bhagavAnanA darshanathI gurudevane apUrva ullAs
ane gurumukhathI pUrvabhavanun AnandakArI varNan
bayAnA shaheramAn sImandharabhagavAnanA prAchIn pratimAjI (san. 1pa07 nA)
birAje chhe; pratimAjI paranA shilAlekhamAn lakhyun chhe ke– ‘पूर्व्व विदेहके तीर्थकर्ता श्री
जीवन्तस्वामी श्री सीमंधरस्वामी.’ e videhInAthanA darshanathI gurudevane alaukik
Urmio jAgI, emanI sAthenA pUrvabhavanA sambandhanA smaraNo tAjA thayA ne pravachan
vakhate atyant AnandabharyA vAtAvaraNamAn e vAt gurudeve prasiddha karI. mangalapravachanamAn
gurudeve kahyun ke–atyAre sImandhar bhagavAn pUrvavidehamAn tIrthankarapaNe vichare chhe. be hajAr
varSha pahelAn jemanI vANI sAmbhaLIne kundakundAchAryadeve shAstro rachyAn te ja sImandhar
bhagavAn atyAre paN birAjI rahyA chhe. amAre sonagaDhamAn paN sImandhar bhagavAnanI
sthApanA chhe, ahIn sImandhar bhagavAnanA pa00 varSha prAchIn pratimAnA darshanathI hamako
baDA pramod AvyA.
A sImandharabhagavAn hamArA prabhu hai, hamArA dev hai, temano amArA upar mahAn
upakAr chhe. A pahelAnnA bhavamAn ame te bhagavAn pAse hatA, paN amArI bhUlanA
kAraNe ahIn bhAratamAn AvyA chhIe, kundakundAchAryadev ahInthI sImandharaparamAtmA