karavAnun hatun te to na thayun, to shAstranun paDhavun–sAmbhaLavun jIvane shun kAryakArI thayun?
kAI nahIn, mAtra puNyabandh thayo, paN svarUpanI prApti to na thaI, bhavano abhAv na
thayo, samyagdarshan na thayun to jIvane shun phaL Avyun? bhAvashuddhi vagar to badhun niShphaL
chhe. shrAvakapaNun ke munipaNun tenun kAraN to ‘bhAv’ chhe eTale ke samyaktvAdi
bhAvashuddhithI ja shrAvakapaNun ke manipaNun thAy chhe. jeNe svarUpanI prApti karI tene ja
paDhavA–sAmbhaLavAnun phaL Avyun. samyagdarshanapUrvak bhedagnAnanI sahaj dhArA vadhatAn vadhatAn,
bhAvashuddhi vadhatAn vadhatAn, vachche akartApaNe vratAdinA shubhabhAv Ave chhe. jem jem
svarUpanI dashA vadhe te pramANe vratAdi shubhapariNAm hoy chhe evo nimitta–
naimittakasambandh chhe; sahaj dhArA vadhatAn vadhatAn svAnubhUti karatAn karatAn, rAgane toDIne
kevaLagnAn pragaT kare chhe. aho, AvA svarUpane sAdhanArA munionI dashA alaukik
hoy chhe. ek svarUpanI ja dashAmAn AgaL vadhavAnun temanun dhyey hoy chhe. munio
vAramvAr svarUpamAn lIn thAy chhe. svarUpanI dashA ja temane mukhya hoy chhe. khAvun–pIvun–
TADh–taDako–nidrA vagere badhA pariNAm atyant alpa thaI gayA chhe, ek svarUp ja
mukhya thaI gayun chhe; svarUpanI ja evI mukhyatA thaI gaI chhe ke TADh–taDako vagere to
jarAy lAgatA nathI, hAthIne kAnkarI jevun lAge chhe. te muni svarUpamAn lIn thaI shreNI
mAnDI kevaLagnAnane prApta kare chhe. anantA munivaroe AvI jAtanI svarUpadashA prApta karI
chhe. juo ne, bAhubalI munirAj dhyAnamAn UbhA chhe.... bas! UbhA te UbhA! nathI
nidrA lIdhI, nathI AhAr lIdho.....svarUpanI lInatAmAn evA sthir UbhA chhe ke sharIr
par velaDIyun vInTANI chhatAn jem UbhA tem UbhA ja chhe;–svarUpanA dhyAnamAn evA
UbhA chhe ke kevaLagnAn thayun ke thashe! AvI munionI dashA chhe. bhAvashuddhi ja AvI
dashAnun kAraN chhe. ek prakAranun gnAnasvarUp tenI bhAvanA karavAthI AvI dashA tenA
phaLamAn prApta thAy chhe. A rIte shAstranun shravaN–paThan vagere badhun jo bhAvashuddhi sahit
hoy to ja saphaL chhe. mokShamArgamAn bhAvashuddhinI ja pradhAnatA chhe. mATe he jIv! tun
gnAnasvarUpanI bhAvanA vaDe pratham bhAvashuddhi (eTale ke samyagdarshanAdi) pragaT kar.