: dvi. aShAD : 2495 Atmadharma : 7 :
ApaNA ek kolejiyan sabhyano patra
mumbaI–chemburamAn ApaNA utsAhI sabhya shailAben chandrakAnt jainano ek
patra ahIn raju thAy chhe–jemAn kolejashikShaN karatAn dhArmikashikShaNanI mahattA temaNe
pragaT karI chhe, temaj khAs prasange bAlavibhAganA bandhuone yAd karIne hArdik
vAtsalya vyakta karyun chhe. visheSh to temano patra ja bolashe. teo lakhe chhe:
“jIvananA ghaDataramAn keTalAk prasango kevI rIte madadarUp thAy chhe e hun ek dAkhalA
parathI jaNAvun chhun. hamaNAn amArun InTar ArTasanun pariNAm Avyun. hajI sAnjanA
to pAs thaIsh ke nApAs–enA vichAr AvyA. tyAn rAtre mArI ek sakhIe
AvI mane samAchAr ApyA ke hun pharsTa kalAsamAn pAs thaI chhun; temaj pharsTa
kalAsamAn bahu ja ochhA (kul 17 ja) nambar chhe. –paN sadbhAgye, hun e vakhate
TAIphoID thayo hovAthI 104 DIgrI tAvamAn sekAtI hatI, eTale mane evI
saphaLatA mATe abhimAn karavAnun kAraN na thayun. pachhI thoDA divas bAd tAv
ochho thatAn samay vItAvavA mATe men pustako mAngyA, to mane mammIe bhagavAn
RuShabhadev, vItarAgavignAn, be sakhI mahArANI chelaNA, sukumAlachAritra,
ratnasangrah, darshanakathA vagere pustako vAnchavA ApyA. angrejI mAdhyamamAn bhaNyA
hovAne kAraNe hun jhaDapathI gujarAtI vAnchI shakatI nathI eTale dhIme dhIme e
pustako vAnchyA. e vAnchatA mane khUb ja Anand thayo; ane em thayun ke jIvananI
saphaLatA jo ho to dharmamAn hojo. ane e satya dharma pU. gurudev sivAy anya
koI sthAne prApta thaI shake em nathI evI paN khAtrI thaI ne umaLako jAgyo ke
tyAn jaIne premapUrvak gurudevanI pavitra vANI sAmbhaLI A ja jIvanamAn dharma
pAmun.”
visheShamAn shailAben lakhe chhe ke ‘hun A rIte pAs thaI tenI khushAlImAn mane
rUA. 25/– bheT maLyA chhe–je hun AtmadharmanA bAlavibhAganA mArA sAdharmIone
InAm ApavA mATe mokalun chhun, –te svIkArasho. sarve bAlasabhyonI dharmavRuddhi
IchchhatI ben shailAnA jayajinendra! ’
(ben! tamArI bhAvanA ane bAlasabhyo pratyenI lAgaNI mATe dhanyavAd!)
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