vagere paranI apekShAsahit je gnAn thAy te to parokSha chhe. pratyakSha gnAnamAn paranun
avalamban hotun nathI. are, jANavAno svabhAv potAno, temAn vaLI paranA AlambananI
parAdhInatA kevI? parAlambI parokSha–gnAnavaDe AtmA jaNAy nahIn. IndriyAtIt ane
rAgathI pAr evA svAdhIn atIndriy gnAnavaDe AtmA jaNAy chhe. svAdhIn kaho,
atIndriy kaho ke pratyakSha kaho, te gnAn spaShTa chhe, teno Arambh chothA guNasthAnathI thaI
jAy chhe, chothA guNasthAne svAnubhUtimAn samyak mati– shrutagnAn pratyakSha hoy chhe, temAn
Indriy ke man nimitta nathI. Avun svAnubhav pratyakSha atIndriy gnAn ATh varShanI
bAlikAne paN thAy chhe. te samyagdraShTi bAlikAne antaramAn dhyAnakALe potAnA gnAn–
Anandamay AtmAnun vedan, rAg ane IndriyonI apekShA vagaranun chhe; te vakhatanA
samyaggnAnane adhyAtma shailImAn pratyakSha kahevAy chhe. te dhyAnamAn hoy tyAre svAnubhavamAn
pote potAnA AtmAne tanmay thaIne jANe chhe, tyAre bahAramAn bIjA badhAnun lakSha chhUTI
jAy chhe. A rIte gnAn pote potAmAn ekAgra thaIne atIndriyapaNe AtmAne anubhave
chhe tyAre AtmAmAn atIndriy AnandarasanI dhArA ullase chhe. sinh vagere pashuomAn paN
je jIv samyagdraShTi hoy te jIvane Avun pratyakSha gnAn pragaTyun hoy chhe. tIrthankar
paramAtmAnA samavasaraNamAn nAg ne vAgh hAthI ne haraN sinh ne sasalAn vagere pashuo
paN Ave chhe ne temAthI ghaNA jIvo AvA AtmAnun svarUp oLakhIne pratyakSha –
atIndriy gnAnavaDe teno anubhav kare chhe. mahAvIr bhagavAnanA AtmAe sinhaparyAyamAn
Avo anubhav karyo hato, ne pArshvanAth bhagavAnanA AtmAe hAthInI paryAyamAn Avo
anubhav karyo hato. te sinhane tathA hAthIne paN Avun pratyakSha – atIndriy gnAn hatun.
atyAre paN A madhyalokamAn asankhya pashuo AvA AtmagnAn sahit varte chhe.
chho. AvA AtmAnun gnAn karavAno A avasar chhe. lankAnA mahArAjA rAvaNano mukhya
hAthI ‘trilokamanDan, ’ , jene rAmachandrajI potAnI sAthe ayodhyA lAvyA hatA, te hAthIne
paN Avun AtmagnAn thayun hatun, tem ja pUrva bhavanun jAtismaraN gnAn paN thayunhatun – e
paN AtmA chhe ne! enAmAny gnAnashakti bharelI chhe; te pote svasamvedanavaDe pratyakSha
anubhavamAn laIne teNe samyagdrarshan ne samyaggnAn pragaT karyun.