Atmadharma magazine - Ank 355
(Year 30 - Vir Nirvana Samvat 2499, A.D. 1973)
(English transliteration).

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he sabhAsado! tame sAchA dAn vagerenun lakShaN sAmbhaLo. dAn devA yogya pAtra
kevA hoy, dAn kaI vastunun devAy, ane dAtA tathA vidhi kevA hoy, tathA tenun phaL kevun
hoy? te badhun hun kahuun chhun. potAnA temaj paranA anugrah mATe ke upakAr mATe je yogya
vastu devAmAn Ave tenun nAm dAn chhe. temAn dAn denArane potAne visheSh puNya thAy chhe
ne tenAthI bhogabhUmi ke svargapadanI prApti thAy chhe; ane dAn lenArane dharmadhyAn
vageremAn sthiratA thAy chhe;–te rIte dAnamAn sva–parano upakAr chhe. mAnsanun dAn denArane
devAmAn ke lenArane koIne upakAr thato nathI,–bannene pAp thAy chhe. mATe mAns devun tene
dAn kahI shakAy nahIn. ane sajjanapuruSho dAnanA nAme evun pAp karatA nathI.
jenAthI shraddhA–gnAn–nirlobhatA vagere guNonI puShTi thAy, dharmaprabhAvanA thAy,
koI jIvane dukh na thAy, evI nirdoSh vastu AhAr–shAstra vagere dAnamAn devAyogya chhe.
ratnatrayane sAdhanArA uttam dharmAtmA puruSho te dAn mATe uttam pAtra chhe. aho!
bhaktipUrvak evA satpAtrane dAn detAn potAne paN ratnatrayadharmanI bhAvanA puShTa thAy
chhe–te mahAn lAbh chhe. koI pAtra jIvanA sharIramAn rogAdi vyAdhi thayo hoy ne tene dUr
karavA mATe auShadhidAn Ape–to te auShadhi paN inDA–mAns vagere abhakShya vastuothI
rahit hovI joIe jemAn abhakShya hoy evI auShadhi dAnamAn devAy nahi ke pote paN
tenun sevan karAy nahIn. dAn denAr paN sadAchArI, jinabhakta, shraddhAvant ane vratI hoy
te uttam dAtA chhe. dAn evI vidhithI devun joIe ke je guNane vadhAranAr hoy ane
koIne pIDA upajAvanAr na hoy. dAn denArane sarva jIvo pratye dayAbhAv hoy.
[ahA, megharathakumAranA shrImukhathI ahinsAmay dAnadharmanI atyant shAntarasajharatI
A vAt sau sAmbhaLI rahyA chhe; sAmbhaLIne dev Ashcharya pAme chhe; gIdh potAnI bhUkhane
bhUlI gayun chhe; kabutarano bhay dUr thaI gayo chhe. badhA ekITase megharathanI vAt sAmbhaLI
rahyA chhe–]
megharath kahe chhe–aho, mokShane sAdhanArA munivaro A jagatamAn dhanya chhe,–teo
ja uttam pAtra chhe; teo sarva parigrahathI rahit chhe, ratnatrayathI vibhUShit chhe, sarva jIvonun
hit karanArA chhe, lobhathI rahit chhe, vItarAgI gnAn–dhyAnamAn sadAy tatpar chhe,
sansArathI taranArA chhe, ne bhavyajIvone mokShamArga dekhADIne param upakAr karanArA chhe,
koI dhanabhAgyathI AvA munirAj AngaNe padhAre ne temane navadhAbhaktisahit nirdoSh
AhArAdinun dAn daIe–te uttam dAn chhe, te dhanya avasar chhe. are, AvA pAtradAnane