vAtAvaraN sarjIne te varasAd barAbar samayasar aTakI gayo. ane Anandamay madhur
vAtAvaraN vachche savAramAn sADA chha vAgatAn to AkhI nagarImAn harShollAs phelAvatI ne
jainadharmanA jayajayakAr gajAvatI rathayAtrA sharU thaI. shI bhavya e rathayAtrA! ajamerano
airAvat hAthI ne saphed ghoDAvALo sundar sonerI rath A rathayAtrAnI shobhA vadhAravA
AvI pahonchyA hatA. soek varSha pahelAnn banelo ajamerano A rath rAjasthAnamAn
prasiddha chhe, tenI shobhA sundar chhe. te rathamAn beThA bhagavAn.... ne tene hAnkavA beThA
gurukahAn! jinarathanA e sArathI khushakhushAl hatA... ne jainadharmano Avo mahAn
prabhAv dekhIne hajAro haiyA Anandit thatA hatA. anek benDavAjAn ne ekavIs hAthI vaDe
shobhatA e bhavya julusamAn sauthI mokhare hAthIpar godikAjInA suputro sudhIrabhAI
ane sushIlabhAI dharmadhvaj pharakAvatA hatA. ajamerI geIT pAse mahAvIrapArkathI sharU
thaIne tripoliyA bajAr, jhaverIbajAr ane bApubajAr tathA sAngAnerI daravAjA –
rAmalIlA medAn pAse thaIne myujhIyamanA vishAL paTAngaNamAn rathayAtrA pUrI thaI, tyAre
ekasAthe ekavIs hAthIo sUnDh vaDe salAmI ApatA hatA. pachAsahajAr jeTalA darshakonI
bhIDathI medAn to ubharAtun hatun, ne adbhut jayajayakArathI vAtAvaraN gAjatun hatun.
bhaktonI apAr bhID AnandathI rathayAtrA bhAg letI hatI, to darshakonI moTI bhIDathI
moTAmoTA makAnonI agAshIo ne aTArIo chikakAr hatI. pahoLA rastAo mATe
jenI prasiddhi chhe evA jayapuranA rastAo paN AjanI rathayAtrA mATe to sAnkaDA
paDatA hatA. temAny jhaverIbajAramAnthI jyAre bhagavAnano rath pasAr thayo tyAre to
adbhut drashya hatun. jANe AkhI jayapuranagarI jainadharmano prabhAt jovA umaTI paDI hatI.
jainashAsananA mahAn jhagamagAT pAse jhaverIbajAranun jhaverAt paN jhAnkhu lAgatun hatun.
tethI bichArun kyAnk santAIne beThun hatun! ane kadAch khullun beThun hot topaN bhagavAnanA
rathanI shobhA jovAmAn ne bhajan–bhaktimAn! mashagul bhaktone e jhaverAt sAme
jovAnI phUrasade kyAn hatI? jainashAsanano ane gurudevano Avo adbhut prabhAv
dekhIne pU. benashrI – ben paN ghaNo ja harShollAs vyakta karatA hatA.....