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achauryavratanun varNan: adhyAy–14
jeo pote anant guNanA sAgar chhe ne anant guNanA pradAtA chhe evA shrI
anant–jinane, anantaguNanI prApti arthe namaskAr karIne, ahinsAvratanI rakShAnA heturUp
achauryavrat kahIe chhIe.
he bhavya! dIdhA vagar anyanA dhan–dhAnya vagerenun grahaN na karavun te achorI chhe;
vagar dIdhelA anyanA dhanane levAnI vRutti tun dUrathI ja chhoD; kem ke, sarpane pakaDavo to
bhalo chhe paN bIjAnun dhan laI levun te ThIk nathI; bhIkh mAngIne peT bharavun sArUn paN
anyanun dravya chorIne ghI–sAkar khAvA te sArUn nathI. chorInun pAp karanArA jIvanun man
kayAny svastha rahI shakatun nathI...arere, chorane to shAnti kyAthi hoy? tenun chitta sadA
shankAshIl rahe chhe.
traNalokanI uttam lakShmI puNyavAnanA ghare nItimArgathI ja Ave chhe. (chakravartI
vagere vibhUti kAI chorI karIne koIne nathI AvatI, e to puNyavant jIvone
nItimArgathI saheje prApta thAy chhe.) dhananA lobhathI sadoSh (abhakShya vagereno) vyApAr
karavo paN uchit nathI. dhanano nAsh thatAn sansArI jIvone maraN jevun dukh thAy chhe; dhan
temane prAN jevun vahAlun chhe tethI jeNe bIjAnun dhan choryun teNe tenA prAN ja choryA, eTale
tene jIvahinsA ja thaI. mATe he buddhimAn, hinsA–pApathI bachavA tun chorI paN chhoD. are,
evo te koN buddhimAn hoy ke je thoDAk dhanane mATe chorInun mahApAp karIne narakAdi
durgatimAn bhame? kuTumbIjanonA upabhogane mATe paN je chorInun pAp kare chhe te paN te
pApanun phaL bhogavavA narakamAn javA TANe to ekalo ja jAy chhe, jene mATe chorI karI te
kuTumb kAI sAthe jatun nathI. Am samajIne he bhavya! tun viShasamAn abhakShyasamAn,
pAp–kalesh tathA apayashanA kAraNarUp evI chorIne chhoD...paradhanaharaNane chhoD...ne
santoShapUrvak achauryavratanun pAlan kar. bIjAe chorelA dhanane paN tun tArA gharamAn na
rAkh. achauryavratanA pAlanamAn vAriSheN–rAjaputra prasiddha chhe. teo sthitikaraNamAn paN
prasiddha chhe; temanI kathA ‘samyaktva kathA’ mAnthI jANI levI. (chorInA pApasevanamAn ek
dambhI–tApasInI kathA prasiddha chhe.)