: 18 : “Atmadharma” : pra. vaishAkh 2498 :
upar chAmaDI lapeTI chhe paN andar to viShTA bharI chhe. AvA atyant durgandhI apavitra
sharIramAn mUrakh jIv prIti vadhAre chhe. paN deh to vinAshik chhe; jIv avinAshI nityasvarUp chhe.
(9) yah tan jIrNa kuTI sam Atam, yAtain prIti na kIjai,
nUtan mahal milai jab bhAI, tab yAmen kyA chhIje?
mRutyu honase hAni kaun hai, yAko bhay mat lAvo,
samatAse jo deh tajoge, to shubh tan tum pAvo.
are AtmA! jIrNa jhUmpaDI jevA A sharIramAn prIti na kar. A deh–jhUmpaDI chhoDIne svargamAn
jatAn tane navo mahel maLashe, –to maraNathI tAre shun gumAvavAnun chhe? mRutyu thatAn tane kAI hAni
nathI mATe maraNano bhay na kar. jo samatAthI sharIr chhoDIsh to tun devalokanA uttam sharIrane
pAmIsh.
(10) mRutyu–mitra upakArI tero, Is avasarake mAhIn.
jIran tanase det nayo yah, yA sam sAhU nAhIn.
yA setI Is mRutyusamay par, utsav hI ati kIjai,
kalesh–bhAvako tyAg sayAne, samatA–bhAv dharIjai.
are, mRutyu to mitrasamAn tArun upakArI chhe, –kemake maraNanA avasare te jIrNa sharIrane
badale navun sharIr Ape chhe. –enA jevun bhalun bIjun shun? mATe he bhavya! AvA maraNasamaye to tun
kahAn utsav karaje; he sUgna! kaleshabhAvane chhoDIne samatA–bhAvane dhAraN karaje.
(11) jo tum pUrav puNya kiye hain tinako phal sukhadAI,
mRutyu–mitra bin kaun dikhAvai, svarga–sampadA bhAI.
rAg–roShako chhoD sayAne, sAt vyasan dukhadAI,
antasamayamen samatA dhAro, par–bhav–panth sahAI.
he bhAI! pUrve tame je puNya karyAn chhe tenA sukhadAy phaLarUp svargasampadA, mRutyurUpI mitra
vagar bIjun koN pamADashe? mATe he bhavya! maraNasamayamAn rAg–dveSh tathA dukhadAyak sAt
vyasanone chhoDIne samatA dhAraN karo–ke je parabhavamAn paN sahAy karashe.
(12) karma mahAduTh vairI mero, tA setI dukh pAvai,
tan–pinjaramen bandha kiyo mohi yAson kaun chhuDAvai.