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AtmA tenA ja Ashraye gnAnachetanA UghaDe chhe. mATe mokShArthIe gnAnasvarUp AtmAne
jANIne teno ja Ashray karavo, ne paranA AshrayanI buddhi chhoDavI. shAstro paN em
ja pharamAve chhe ke anrtamukh thaIne tun tArA gnAnasvarUpano Ashray kar. evo Ashray
je kare tenun ja shAstrabhaNatar sAchun kahevAy, ‘shAstra bhaNavAno guN’ tene thayo
kahevAy.
shAstra bhaNI bhaNIne shun karavun?–
ke parabhAvothI bhinna shuddha gnAnamay Atmavastu chhe,–tene jANIne teno anubhav
karavo. shrImad rAjachandrajI paN kahe chhe ke–
jinapad nijapad ekatA, bhedabhAv nahIn kAI;
lakSha thavAne tehano kahyAn shAstra sukhadAI.
jinapad kaho ke AtmAnun nijapad kaho, temAn paramArthe kAI ja pher nathI; AvA
shuddha nijapadanun lakSha karAvavA mATe ja shAstro kahyAn chhe ne te ja sukhadAtAr chhe. bhale jhAjhA
shAstro na paDhyo hoy. lakhatAn–vAnchatA bhale na AvaDatun hoy, chhatAn deDakun ne sinh
vagerenA jIvo paN antaranA vedanamAn gnAn ane rAgane judA pADIne, potAne
shuddhagnAnamay anubhave chhe, to te jIvoe badhA shAstranun phaL meLavI lIdhun chhe,
shAstrabhaNatarano guN temane pragaTyo chhe. kemake gnAn to shuddhaAtmAnA Ashraye tanmay
chhe, te kAI shAstrabhaNataranA vikalpanA Ashraye nathI. aho, nirAlambI gnAnamArga! temAn
parano Ashray kevo?
nitya gnAnachetanAmAtra Atmavastu, tene anubhave te gnAnI
AtmAnI gnAnachetanA andaramAn samAy chhe, enun kArya bahAramAn nathI Avatun.
Anandamay AtmAno svAnubhav te gnAnachetanAnun phaL chhe. paN gnAnachetanA UghaDe eTale
bahAranun jANapaNun ke shAstranun bhaNatar paN UghaDI jAy–evun kAI tenun mAp nathI;
bahAranA jANapaNA uparathI gnAnachetanAnun mAp thatun nathI.
gnAnachetanAnA gambhIr mahimApUrvak gurudev kahe chhe ke gnAnachetanA to antaramAn
potAnA AtmAne chetanArI chhe. gnAnachetanAnA phaLamAn shAstranA shabdonA artha UkelatA
AvaDe evun kAI gnAnachetanAnun phaL nathI, paN AtmAnA anubhavano ukel pAmI jAy–
evI gnAnachetanA chhe. agnAnI rAganA anubhavathI 11 ang 9 pUrva jeTalun shAstrabhaNatar
bhaNavA chhatAn gnAnanA anubhavarUp gnAnachetanA