vaDe ja gnAnInI oLakhAN thAy chhe.
vItarAg Anandamay evA AtmabhAvano AhAr (anubhav) gnAnIne chhe; jaD
khorAkano AhAr gnAnIne nathI, jaD khorAkano kaIyo paN AtmAmAn praveshato nathI.
–hA; potAno chetanamay gnAnabhAv tenA vaDe gnAnI jIve chhe, pudgalavaDe gnAnI
gnAnaprANavaDe AtmAnun jIvan chhe, gnAnamAn AtmAnun vidyamAnapaNun chhe; tene TakavA mATe
pudgalanA AhAranI jarUr nathI. are, gnAnamay AtmA, temAn rAganoy pravesh nathI,
tyAn jaDano pravesh kevo? Avun gnAnamay jIvan te ja gnAnInun jIvan chhe. jem
siddhabhagavantonun jIvan atIndriy gnAnamay chhe, tem chothA guNasthAnavartI gnAnInun jIvan
paN evun ja atIndriy gnAnamay chhe.
moTo pinD! tem A asankhyapradeshI AtmA paN kevaLagnAnanA anant prakAshathI bharelo,
gnAn–AnandathI paripUrNa adbhut nidhAnavALo chhe, tenA mahimAnun shun kahevun? tenA
vaibhavanun shun kahevun? Avo AtmA jeNe potAmAn dekhyo te potAnA gnAn–AnandanA
anubhavarUp jIvan jIve chhe,–e ja gnAnInun jIvan chhe. rAg vagar hun nahIn jIvI shakun–ke
khorAk vagar hun nahIn jIvI shakun evI mithyAbuddhi gnAnIne hotI nathI. sharIr ja hun nathI,
tyAn khorAk mArAmAn kevo? ne IchchhAo mArA gnAnamAn kevI? gnAnanun jIvavun, gnAnanun
Takavun temAn to IchchhAno ane jaDano abhAv chhe. jo gnAnamAn IchchhAno ke jaDano pravesh
thAy to, AtmAnun astitva gnAnarUp na rahetAn, jaDarUp ne rAgarUp thaI jAy, eTale ke
bhAvamaraN thAy. AhAravaDe ne IchchhA vaDe potAnun jIvan mAne te gnAnI nathI; te to
agnAnathI bhAvamaraN karI rahyo chhe. hun to gnAn chhun, gnAnamAn to Anandano khorAk chhe,
gnAn to nitya–Anandane bhogavanArun chhe;