Atmadharma magazine - Ank 343
(Year 29 - Vir Nirvana Samvat 2498, A.D. 1972)
(English transliteration).

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* shrAvakanI dharmadraDhatA *
तं देश तं नरं तत्स्वं तत्कर्माण्यपि नाश्रयेत्।
मलिनं दर्शनं येन येन च व्रतखण्डनम्।।
potAnA samyaktvAdi dharmanI jemAn rakShA na thAy,
samyaktvamAn ke vratamAn malinatAnun kAraN hoy, evA
deshano, evA puruShono ke evA dhanavaibhav vagereno sambandh
dharmI jIv chhoDI de chhe. samAn pratikULatA kare topaN dharmI
jIv potAnI shraddhAthI Dage nahi. jemAn shraddhA vagerene doSh
lAge tevA dhanane paN dharmI jIv chhoDe chhe. bhale pratikULatA
ho, dharma kyAn enA AdhAre chhe? dharmI jIv potAnA dharmathI
kadI Dage nahi. narakanI ghor pratikULatA vachche dharmIjIv
antaranI chaitanyadraShTine TakAvI rAkhe chhe mAtA–pitA–bhAI–
ben game te ho, paN dharmamAn je pratikULatA kare eno
Ashray dharmIjIv leto nathI. evA manuShyono sang te chhoDe
chhe. karoDo rUpiyA maLatA hoy paN dharmIjIv potAnI
shraddhAne DhIlI kare nahi. koI vAr em bane ke sAmA kahe ke
amArA ghare AvIne tAre tAro dharma nahi paLAy, amAro
dharma pALavo paDashe–to AvA puruShanA ke strInA sangane
dharmIjIv chhoDI de chhe. potAnA dharmanI rakShAmAn dharmIjIv
tatpar chhe, temAn duniyAno sAth rahe ke na rahe tenI paravA
dharmI jIv karato nathI. koI anArya desh jyAn khorAkanI
shuddhI jaLavAy nahi, jyAn dev–guru maLe nahi, jain dharma maLe
nahi–evA kukShetramAn lAkho–karoDo rUA. nI kamANI thatI hoy
topaN dharmIjIv evA kShetrane, evA manuShyonA sangane,
evA vepArane tathA evA badhA kAryone chhoDI de chhe, ne
potAnA shraddhA vagere dharmo jem puShTa thAy tem kare chhe.
(phattepur: padmanandI shrAvakAchAr–pravachanomAnthI)