: vaishAkh : 2496 Atmadharma : 43 :
pAse antaramAn ja birAje chhe, paN paranI mamatA ADe potAno prabhu dekhAto nathI. have
he jIv! manuShyapaNun ane satsamAgam maLyo temAn AvA tArA AtmAne oLakh, AvI
oLakhAN karavI te mahAn mAngalik chhe.
mangalapravachan bAd vedI–pratiShThA mahotsavanA mangal prArambhamAn pratiShThAmanDapamAn
jainajhanDAropaN thayun, jhanDAropaN punAnA bhAIshrI nAthAlAl viThThaladAse karyun hatun. ane
manDapamAn jinendrabhagavAnane birAjamAn karavAnI vidhi suratanA bhAIshrI dineshachandra
manaharalAle karI hatI.
bapore pravachananA prArambhamAn ja नमो अरिहंताणं no artha samajAvatAn gurudeve
kahyun ke AmAn arihant paramAtmAne namaskAr karyA chhe; te arihant kevA chhe? AtmA
gnAnaAnandasvarUp chhe, tenun bhAn karIne jemaNe mohAdi arine haNyA ane pUrNa gnAn–
AnandadashA pragaT karI te sarvagnadev arihant paramAtmA chhe. tevI dashA pragaT karavI te
AtmAne IShTa chhe, vallabh chhe, mangal chhe.
–AvA arihant paramAtmAne namaskAr karIne A mangal sharUAt thAy chhe. A
AtmAno svabhAv paN arihant paramAtmA jevo chhe; tenun bhAn karatAn arihantane sAchA
namaskAr thAy chhe.
chha varSha pahelAn (san. 2020 mAn) A kAnAtaLAv gAme AvelA tyAre pravachanamAn
lInDIpIparano dAkhalo ApIne AtmAnun svarUp samajAvyun hatun. jem lInDIpIparanA darek
dANAmAn chosaTh porI tIkhAs rahelI chhe te ja temAnthI pragaTe chhe; tem arihant paramAtmA
jevA shuddha guNo darek AtmAmAn chhe, tene oLakhatAn te pragaTe chhe. darek jIvamAn
gnAnasvabhAv chhe. A mAkhInAn ToLA dekhAy chhe temAn paN jIv chhe, tenAmAn paN
paramAtmasvabhAv bharyo chhe; paN te jIvo potAnA svabhAvane bhUlIne sansAramAn rakhaDI
rahyA chhe, ne mahA dukhI chhe.
ahIn arihantane namaskAr karyA eTale arihant jevun potAnun svarUp chhe em
svIkAryun. AtmAnun svarUp kem sAdhavun? te vAt ahIn rAjAnI sevAnun draShTAnt ApIne
(samayasAr gA. 17–18 mAn) samajAve chhe.
be hajAr varSha pahelAn madrAs pAsenA ponnUr parvat par ek vItarAgI digambar
sant rahetA hatA, temanun nAm kundakundAchArya. teo ahInthI videhakShetramAn gayA hatA ane
tyAn birAjamAn sAkShAt paramAtmA sImandharabhagavAnanI divyavANI