shuddha jIvatattva upayogarUp kevo chhun? kevaDo mahAn chhun? kevun mArun kArya chhe?–em potAnA
AtmAsambandhI anek prakAranA vichAramAn gnAnane lambAve chhe. jem jem vichAradhArA
lambAvato jAy chhe tem tem gnAnanI draDhatA vadhatI jAy chhe ne vikalpa taraphanun jo tUTatun
jAy chhe tathA nirNayamAn astirUp gnAnasvabhAv taraphanun jor vadhatun jAy chhe; ane vadhu ne
vadhu spaShTa bhAvabhAsan thatun jAy chhe ke–ahA! Avun chaitanya tattva hun ja chhun; anant
guNonA pinDarUp ekasvarUp chetanAmay ja hun chhu; hun phakta chetanA–chetanAmay ja chhun. mArI
chetanAmAn Anand vagere anant svabhAvo samAy chhe, paN rAgAdi koI parabhAvo temA
vichAravaDe bhedagnAnanI draDhatA thatI jAy chhe. pahelAnn to vichAramAn guN–paryAyanA vichAr
AvatA hatA, tathA ‘hun Avo nathI eTake ke rAg vALo, sharIravALo, karmavALo ke
bhedavALo hun nathI’ em nAstinA vichAr AvatA hatA, paN have to te vichAro gauN
thaIne astisvabhAvanA vichAranI ja mukhyatA varte chhe–eTale ‘Avo svabhAv chhun’ em
gambhIramahimApUrvak sanmukh thato jAy chhe; ne te svabhAvanun sAkShAt vedan karavA mATe te
jIv evo otaprot banI jAy chhe ke tene kyAy chen paDatun nathI, bIjekyAy bahAramAn
lakSha thambhatun nathI, sUkShma vikalpoy chhUTatA jAy chhe ne gnAn vadhu ne vadhu gambhIr thatun jAy
chhe. AtmAnA chintananI dhUnamAn upayog evo sUkShma thato jAy chhe ke bahAramAn to kyAy
gamatun nathI paN andar sUkShma vikalpo rahe temAn paN chen paDatun nathI; tenAthI chhUTI
andaranA svabhAvamAn ekamek thavA mATe upayog pharIpharIne andar UtaravA mathe chhe.
ahAhA! AvA gnAnAnandasvabhAvano apAr mahimA lAvIne tenA chintananI dhUnamAn te
jIvane antaramAn shAnti ane anAkuLatA vadhatI jAy chhe. jem suvarNanI shuddhatA karavA
mATe tene agnimAn tapAvavAmAn Ave chhe, ane te sonun jem jem tapatun jAy chhe tematem
tenI shuddhatA ane pILAsh vagere vadhatA jAy chhe; tem A jignAsu jIv paN gnAn ane
rAganI bhinnatAnA vichArarUpI tApamAn tapatAn–tapatAn shuddhatA taraph AgaL vadhato jAy
chhe; have shraddhAnI shuddhatA thavAne vAr nathI. ahAhA, AvA vichAranI ane nirNayanI
apUrva bhUmikAmAn AvatAn te mumukShune bAhyacheShTAo paN shAnt–gambhIr ane sthir thatI
jAy chhe. samyagdarshanarUpI sUrya UgatA pahelAnn sva sanmukh vichAradhArA AvavI te paN
balihArI chhe; ane AvI vichAradhArAnA ante pariNAm antaramAn ekAgra thatAn AnandanA
vedanasahit samyagdarshanano prakAsh thAy chhe