: 44 : Atmadharma : Aso : 249p
26 mun varSha purun thAy chhe –
vIsamI shatAbdinun ek varSha, ane A ekavIsamI shatAbdinA pachIs varSha, em
‘Atmadharma’ nA chhavvIs varSha A ankanI sAthe pUrA thAy chhe, ane AgAmI anke 27 mAn
varShamAn pravesh thashe.
gujarAtI ane hindI maLIne pAnch hajAr jeTalI grAhak sankhyA ane pachIs hajAr
jeTalI vAchak sankhyA dharAvatun ‘Atmadharma’ pU. gurudevadvArA vItarAgI jinamArgano
sandesh laIne Avatun hovAthI sarve jignAsuone khUb vahAlun chhe. moTA vidvAnonI jem
nAnA bALako paN te umangathI vAnche chhe. jevI uchcha kakShAno gurudevano upadesh chhe tevI ja
uchcha kakShAno vAchakavarga chhe–e Atmadharmanun gaurav chhe.
pU. shrI kahAnagurudevanI mangal AshISh jhIlIne, temanI mangal chhAyAmAn chAlatun
A ‘Atmadharma’ chAr mukhya udesh dharAve chhe: sauthI pahelun AtmArthItAnun poShaN (2)
dev–guru–dharmanI sevA (3) sAdharmIomAn vAtsalyano vistAr ane (4) bALakomAn
dhArmik sanskAranun sInchan.–ApaNA e chArey udesh santoShapUrvak pAr paDI rahyA chhe. Am
chhatAn hajI ghaNA ghaNA prakAre AtmadharmanA vikAs mATe avakAsh chhe; ane te mATe sarve
sAdharmIbandhuono sahakAr tathA sUchanAo ame saharSha svIkArIe chhIe.
chAlu varShamAn keTalIk vividhatAo mATe prayAs karel chhe, ane AvatA varShamAn
paN vividhatA mATe prayatna karIshun. kAraNavashAt A varShamAn bALako mATenun sAhitya
ochhun apAyun chhe, –chhellA bAr ankamAn bAlavibhAgamAn mAtra 20 pAnAn ja ApI shakAyA
hatA, AvatA varShe te taraph visheSh dhyAn ApIshun–ne bALakone Anand karAvashun.
antamAn eTalun kahIshun ke Atmadharma ApaNun saunun chhe; saunA sahakArathI teno
jeTalo vadhu vikAs thAy teTalI saunI shobhA chhe. eTale sarve adhyAtmapremI
jignAsuonA premabharyA sahakAranI AshA rAkhIe chhIe; ane atyAr sudhI sahakAr
ApanArA sauno AbhAr mAnIe chhIe.
bra–harilAl jain