: shrAvaN : 2497 : Atmadharma : 5 :
ahA, nijAnandamAn Dolatun chaitanyapad, shAntarasanA pinDarUp nijapad A AtmA
pote chhe. bahAramAn jovAno ras chhoDIne pote potAnA chaitanyapadane nIhALatAn param
Anand thAy chhe. evA AnandamArgamAn santo bolAve chhe.
(sa. kaLash 138–139nA pravachanamAnthI)
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rAtribhojan chhoDo
bhagavAn rAmachandrano jIv pUrve bharatakShetramAn dhanadatta nAmano ek
vaNik hato. ekavAr mArgamAn atyant thAkelo te dhanadatta khedakhinna thaIne
sUryAsta pachhI koI dhArmik AshramamAn pahonchyo. tene taras khUb lAgI
hatI, tethI tyAn koI mahAtmAne joIne kahyun–Ap puNyakArya karanArA chho,
hun bahu tarasyo chhun mATe mane pANI Apo! tyAre te mahAtmAe tene
sAntvanA detAn madhuravANIthI kahyun–he vatsa! rAtrimAn amRut paN pIvun
uchit nathI, topachhI pANInI to shun vAt? jyAre Ankh potAno vepAr
(dekhavAnun) chhoDI de chhe ane AnkhathI na dekhAy evA sUkShma jIvo jyAre
chArekor pharatA hoy chhe– evA andhakAramAn rAtrisamaye tun bhojan–pAn na
kar. he bandhu! kaShTa thAy topaN tun rAtribhojan na kar. rAtribhojan karIne
dukhathI bharelA sansArasamudramAn na paD.
dharmAtmAnI amRut jevI madhuravANI sAmbhaLatAn dhanadattanun man
shAnt thaI gayun, ne prasannatAthI tenA chittamAn dayA pragaTI. tethI teNe
rAtribhojan chhoDIne ahisAdi aNuvrat dhAraN karyA alpashaktine lIdhe
te mahAvrat dhAraN karI na shakyA. aNuvratasahit deh chhoDIne te svargano
dev thayo.–bandhuo, A dhanadattano jIv e ja AgaL jatAn ApaNA
bhagavAn rAmachandrajI thayA. temanA prasang uparathI tame paN rAtribhojan
chhoDo.
(–padmapurAN pRu–301 navun)