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ā rīte āṭh shaṅkādik doṣh tathā āṭhamad samyagdraṣhṭine hotān nathī; te uparānt chha

anāyatan ane traṇ mūḍhatānun sevan paṇ tene hotun nathī. arihant paramātmāe jīvanun

je svarūp batāvyun tathā samyagdarshan–gnān–chāritrarūp je vītarāgamārga batāvyo, tenāthī

virūddha kahenārā ne viruddha mānanārā evā kudev–kuguru–kudharmane dharmījīv sarvaprakāre chhoḍe

chhe, koī prakāre tenī anumodanā karatā nathī, temaj evā kudev–kuguru–kudharmane sevanārā

mithyādraṣhṭijīvono saṅg paṇ te chhoḍe chhe, dharmabuddhithī evā jīvano saṅg te karatā nathī.

vaḷī devasambandhī anek mūḍhatā, gurusambandhī anek mūḍhatā tathā dharmasambandhī anekamūḍhatā

lokomān chāle chhe, paṇ dharmī tene svapney māne nahīn.

je dharmanun sthān nathī, jenī pāse dharmano sācho upadesh nathī, samyaggnānanun

svarūp jemān nathī, anek prakāre je viṣhay–kaṣhāyanā rāg–dveṣhanā poṣhak chhe, jemān hinsā–

ahinsāno paṇ vivek nathī evā kudev–kuguru–kudharma te dharmanān anāyatan chhe, tenā

sevanathī ātmānun jarāpaṇ hit thatun nathī, tenā sevanathī to samyakatvādino ghāt thāy

chhe te ātmānun atyant būrun thāy chhe. evā kudevādinun sevan samyagdraṣhṭine to hoy ja

nahi, paṇ jain nām dharāvanār jignāsune paṇ evā kudevādinun sevan hoy nahīn.

vītarāg jainamārganā dev–guru–dharma, ane tene sevanārā sādharmī–dharmātmā sivāy

bījānun sevan ahitanun kāraṇ jāṇīne atyant chhoḍavā jevun chhe.

samyagdraṣhṭi, mahān alaukik ātmānā anrtasvabhāvanun jene bhān thayun chhe, tene

nishchay samyaktvanī sāthe vyavahār paṇ pachchīs doṣh rahit hoy chhe. ājīvikā chhūṭī

jāy, dhan lūṇṭāī jāy, desh chhoḍavo paḍe ke prāṇ jāy to paṇ samyagdraṣhṭi jīv koī prakāre

bhayathī–āshāthī–snehathī kudharmanun ke kudevādinun ārādhan kare nahīn. vītarāgī dev–guru–

dharmano bhakta hinsakadev–devalānne name nahīn. ahā, arihantadevano upāsak e to

chaitanyanā vītarāgamārge chālanāro, te bījā kumārgane kem ādare? te kumārganī ke tenā

sevakonī prashansā kare nahi, anumodanā kare nahi. amuk kudharma khūb phelāyelo chhe māṭe

sāro chhe, tenā bhakto sārā chhe, tenā shāstro–mandiro sārā chhe–evī prashansā dharmī na kare.

kudharmanā sevak koī moṭā mandir vagere bandhāve, karoḍo–abajo rūpiyā kharchīne yagnādik

moṭā utsav kare tyān dharmī tenī prashansā paṇ na kare ke tame bahu sārūn karyun. are,

vītarāgamārgathī viruddha evā kumārga, je jagatanā jīvonun ahit karanār, tenā kāryanī

prashansā shī? jemān mithyātvanun poṣhaṇ te kriyāne sārī koṇ