: 28 : Atmadharma dIvALI ank 2497
–AvI bhAvanA to vRuddha puruSho kare?
–nA; yuvAn jIvo AvI bhAvanA kare chhe; je yuvAn chhe eTale ke AtmAne
bhAI! jo tArA gnAnasvarUp AtmAnI anubhUti ten na karI to shAstra vAnchI–
vAnchIne sAmbhaLI–sAmbhaLIne ten sAr shun kADhyo? vAnchan–shravaNano sAr to e chhe ke
parabhAvothI bhinna thaIne gnAnabhAvarUpe pariNamavun. jenun vAnchan–shravaN karyun te shAstramAn
to em kahyun hatun ke ‘tun tArA gnAnasvarUpano anubhav kar.’–e pramANe je kare te ja
siddhine pAme chhe, te ja samyagdarshanAdi shuddhabhAvarUp thAy chhe, ne tenun ja gnAn saphaL chhe.
mATe he jIv! tun gnAnabhAvanA bhAv...
gnAnachetanArUp thA.
(bhAvaprAbhRut gA. 6p–66)