Atmadharma magazine - Ank 320 (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Page: 43.

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40 varṣhano rājakumvar jevo dīkaro–rātre to shāntithī suto hoy ne savāramān (jāgīne

joun to jīvan dīse nahīn!) achānak enun avasān najare paḍatān ke tenā samāchār

sāmbhaḷatān enān sagānone mohathī keṭalun duḥkh thāy? te bījun shun kare? kānto shokathī

duḥkhī thāy, kān to gnānanā lakṣhe vairāgya karīne samādhān kare. bākī sākṣhāt traṇ lokanā

nāth tīrthaṅkar bhagavān paṇ koīnā āyuṣhyamān ek samay mātrano paṇ vadhāro karī

shakatā nathī. āyuṣhyamān pheraphār karavā to īndra–narendra ke jinendra paṇ samartha nathī.

devalokanā devo, ke jemanun karoḍo–abajo varṣhanun āyuṣhya hoy chhe temano paṇ maraṇasamay

āve chhe tyāre temanī rakṣhā karīne temane maraṇathī koī bachāvī shakatun nathī; to pachhī ā

manuṣhyalokanā sādhan sagavaḍ ke ḍokṭar, ke kuṭumbījano to shun karī shake? te sharīranī

sāthe svajanano sambandh chhe tethī duḥkh thāy chhe; nāsh to sharīrano thāy chhe; ātmā to

amar chhe, te ā sharīranun ghar badalīne bījā gharamān jāy chhe. jo sharīrarahit evā

ātmānī draṣhṭi kare to tene pharī āvā sharīr dhāraṇ karavā paḍatā nathī; deh vagaranun

kāyamī jīvan te jīve chhe, ne mokṣhapurīmān mahāle chhe.

pū. gurudev kahe chhe tem, ā manuṣhyabhav vījaḷīnā chamakārā jevo chhe, pāṇīnā

parapoṭā jevun kṣhaṇik jīvan chhe; he bhāī! jo tun ā manuṣhyabhavamān paṇ satsamāgame

ātmahit māṭe kāī nahīn kare to anant janma–maraṇanā pherāmān pharyā karīsh māṭe ā

bhavamān ja shīghra pramādane chhoḍ. tīvrabuddhino upayog karī kharo ātmārthī ban, ane jaḍ–

chetananī atyant bhinnatāne samajī le. ā māṭe, ātmasiddhinān pravachano ane

ātmadharmanān aṅko sharūātanā jignāsu–mumukṣhu jīvone khūb ja upayogī tathā vairāgyanā

prabaḷ kāraṇarūp chhe; tethī tenun shravaṇ, tenun vāñchan, tenun manan e badhun karavāno samay

chhe. re jīv! pūrvapuṇyanān phaḷathī ā jīvan daramiyān dharma karavāne yogya badhī jātanī

anukūḷatā ane gnānīno satsaṅg maḷ‌yo chhe, to temān ātmahit māṭe taiyārī karavānī

chhe; kāraṇ ke jīv to ekalo ja janme chhe ne ekalo ja deh chhoḍīne chālyo jāy chhe,–sāthe

pāp–puṇyanā phaḷ ane dharmanā sanskār ja āve chhe. ā lokanī koīpaṇ vastu tane

sāth āpanār nathī, mātra dharmanun sharaṇun ja sāthīdār bane chhe.

sansāranī viṭambanā evī chhe ke jīvane anādi kāḷanī ṭev hovāthī te bāhya

pralobhanomān ākarṣhāī jāy chhe; parantu jo ugra puruṣhārtha upāḍe to tene aṭakāvavā koī

samartha nathī. ātmā svayam ānandamay, sukh ane shāntino samudra chhe. puṇya–pāpanā phaḷamān

anukūḷ–pratikūḷatānī kalpanā karyā vagar, ekalā chidānand svabhāvamān ja chittane

kendrit karavāthī sāchī apūrva shānti anubhavī shakāy chhe.