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tyAre tenI bAjumAn jinanandananA nAnakaDA jhumpaDAmAn paN teno janmadivas
ujavAto hato......paN tyAn na hatAn koI uttam vastro, ke na hatI mIThAI.....tyAn to tenI
vahAlasoI mAtA premabharelI AshIShapUrvak tene gnAnanAn madhur ras pIvaDAvatI hatI....
bhaktibhAvathI pagamAn namaskAr karI rahelA putrane mAtA kahetI hatI–beTA!
bAjunA mahelamAn jevA ThAThamAThathI tArA mitrano janmadivas ujavAy chhe tevo ThAThamATh
ApaNA A jhUmpaDAmAn tArA janmadivase nathI, parantu tethI tun em na mAnIsh ke ApaNe
garIb chhIe. beTA, tun kharekhar garIb nathI, tArI pAse to ghaNI sampatti chhe.
jinanandane Ashcharya pAmIne kahyun– bA, ApaNe tyAn khAvAnun mAnDamAnD maLe chhe–
chhatAn ApaNe garIb nathI?
mAtA kahe : beTA, tane khabar chhe tun koN chho?
putra kahe : hun jinanandan chhun.
mAtA kahe– e to tArun nAm chhe; kharekhar tun koN chho ne tArAmAn shun chhe? tenI
tane khabar chhe?
A to jinanandan hato, enI mAtAe ene dharmanA sanskAro sInchyA hatA; ‘jen
bALapothI’ nA pATh te bhaNyo hato. mAtAne javAb ApatAn teNe honshathI kahyun– hA,
mAtA! Ape ja mane shIkhavyun chhe ke hun jIv chhun; mArAmAn gnAn chhe.
mAtA kahe: dhanya beTA! tArA dharmasanskAr dekhIne hun gaurav anubhavun chhun. bahAranA
dhanathI bhale ApaNe garIb hoIe, paN andaranA gnAnathI ApaNe garIb nathI. tArAmAn
anant chaitanyaguNo chhe, tene oLakhIne tenA Anandane tun bhogav...e ja janmadivasanI
mArI bheT chhe. tAro ‘chaitanya–hIro’ tun prApta kar ane sukhI thA. evA mArA AshISh chhe.
vAh! mArI mAtAe mane chaitanya hIro Apyo–em te jinanandan khUb harShit
thayo.....
–evAmAn teno mitra lakShmInandan paN tyAn mIThAI laIne AvI pahonchyo. banne
mitro AnandathI ekabIjAne bheTayA; lakShmInandan hIrAmAtAne page lAgyo ane mAtAe
tene paN AshISh ApyA. lakShmInandane kahyun–mAtAjI! amAre tyAnthI Apane