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lagnanun nAm sAmbhaLatAn ja anantamatI chamakI, ane bolI UThI: pitAjI! tame
A shun kaho chho? men to brahmacharyavrat lIdhun chhe, ne Ap paN te jANo chho. Ape ja mane
te vrat apAvyun hatun.
pitAjI kahe: ‘beTI, e to mArI nAnapaNanI gammat hatI; tem chhatAn te
gammatanI pratignAne paN tun satya mAnatI ho topaN te vakhate ATh ja divas pUratI
pratignAnI vAt hatI; mATe have tun lagna kar. ’
anantamatIe draDhatAthI kahyun: pitAjI! Ap bhale ATh divasanun samajyA ho paN
men to mArA manathI AjIvan brahyacharya pratignA dhAraN karI chhe. mArI pratignA hun prANAnte
paN toDIsh nahIn; mATe Ap lagnanun nAm na lesho. ’
chhevaTe pitAjIe kahyun; ‘bhale beTI, jevI tArI khushI. paN have tun amArI sAthe
gher chAl, ane tyAn dharmadhyAn karaje. ’
tyAre anantamatI kahe chhe– ‘pitAjI! A sansAranI lIlA men joI lIdhI
sansAramAn bhog–lAlasA sivAy bIjun shun chhe? enAthI have bas thAo. pitAjI! A
sansArasambandhI koI bhogonI mane AkAnkShA nathI. hun to have dIkShA laIne ArjikA thaIsh.
ne A dharmAtmA–ArjikAonI sAthe rahIne mArA Atmik sukhane sAdhIsh.’
pitAe tene rokavA khUb prayatna karyo, paN jenA romaromamAn vairAgya chhavAI
gayo hoy te AvA asAr sansAramAn kem rahe? sansArasukhone svapne paN na IchchhanArI
evI te anantamatI nikAnkShabhAvanAnA draDh sanskArabaLe mohabandhanane toDIne
vItarAgadharmane sAdhavA tatpar banI hatI; teNe padmashrI–arjikA samIp dIkShA angIkAr
karI lIdhI. ane dharmadhyAnapUrvak samAdhimaraN karI, strIparyAyane chhedIne bAramA
devalokamAn upajI.
ramatAn ramatAn lIdhelA shIlavratanun paN jeNe draDhapaNe pAlan karyun ane svapney
sansArasukhane na Ichchhayun. tem ja samyaktvathI ke shIlanA prabhAvathI AvI Ruddhi mane
maLo–evI AkAnkShA paN jeNe na karI, te anantamatI devalokamAn gaI; ahA! devalokanA
AshcharyakArI vaibhavanI shI vAt! paN param nikAnkShatAne lIdhe tenAthI paN udAs rahIne
te anantamatI potAnA Atmahitane sAdhI rahI chhe. dhanya chhe enI nikAnkShatAne
(–A kathA, sansArasukhanI vAnchhA chhoDIne Atmikasukhane ja
sAdhavAmAn tatpar thavAnun ApaNane shIkhave chhe.)