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vIranAthanA mokShanun aDhIhajAramun varSha chAle chhe.....ApaNe vIranAn santAn chhIe,
eTale ApaNe paN vIr thaIne vIranAthanA mArge javAnun chhe.
jyAre vajradant chakravartIne sansArathI vairAgya thayo ane putrane bolAvIne kahyun ke
beTA! have A rAjyabhArane tun sambhAL. hun rAjya chhoDIne muni thavA mAngun chhun.–tyAre
vairAgyavant rAjakumAre namratApUrvak kahyun–ke pitAjI! Ap A rAjyane shA mATe chhoDI
rahyA chho?
vajadanta kahe chhe:–beTA, A vinAshI rAjyane chhoDIne hun avinAshI mokShasukhane
sAdhavA mAngun chhun. A rAjya to anantavAr bhogavI chukel eThasamAn chhe. je Atma sukh
munipaNAmAn chhe, te kAI rAjapadamAn nathI, tethI hun tene chhoDI rahyo chhun.
putra gambhIratAthI kahe chhe–vAh re vAh, pitAjI! Ap jene eTh samAn samajIne
chhoDI rahyA chho tene hun shA mATe khAun? ApanI jem men paN Atmasukhane jANyun chhe,
eTale hun paN ApanI sAthe ja asAr sansArane chhoDIne, muni thaIsh ne mokShasukhane
sAdhIsh.
–Anun nAm–‘bAp jevA beTA! ’
ApaNe paN nAnA nathI ho! ApaNe mahAvIranAn santAn chhIe.
ApaNe paN mahAvIraprabhunI jem mokShapurInA mArge javAnun chhe.
chitrakAr bandhuone–
ApaNA Atmadharma mATe, temaj bIjA bAlasAhitya mATenAn dhArmik chitro
(blokas banAvavA mATe) karI Ape evA jain chitrakAr bhAInI khAs jarUr chhe.
chitranI sampUrNa mAhitI sahit kAchI rUparekhA ame ApIshun te uparathI DIjhAIn karI
ApavAnI raheshe, teno suyogya chArja ApIshun. ApanI kaLAno dhArmik sAhityamAn
uttam upayog thashe. to je kalAkAr jainabhAI dhArmik sAhityamAn potAnI sevA ApavA
taiyAr hoy temaNe nIchenA saranAme patravyavahAr karavA AmantraN chhe.
–bra. harilAl jain, sonagaDh saurAShTra ()