: dvi. bhAdra : 2500 Atmadharma : 25 :
lagnanun prayojan siddha thatAn sAgaradatta pharIne kumArgagAmI banI gayo. ne nIlIne
paN tenA pitAne tyAn jatAn rokI....AthI jinadatta sheThane ghaNo pastAvo thayo...ane
potAnI putrI jANe kuvAmAn paDIne marI gaI hoy–evun tene dukh thayun. kharUn chhe–putrIne
kuvAmAn nAkhI devA karatAn paN mithyAtvanun sevan karanArA mUrkha sAthe paraNAvavI te vadhu
kharAb chhe. kemake mithyAtvanA sanskArathI ghaNA bhavomAn jIvanun bUrun thAy chhe. je potAnI
putrIne vidharmamAn Ape chhe te tenun mahAn ahit kare chhe, tene jainadharmano
prem nathI.
nIlIne paN A vAtathI dukh thayun; parantu te pote draDhapaNe jainadharmanun pAlan
karatI hatI. kharun chhe–jene jainadharmano sAcho rang lAgyo chhe tene koIpaN prasangamAn tenA
uttam sanskAr chhUTatA nathI.
nIlInA sasarA samudradatte vichAryun ke amArA guruonA sansargathI nIlI potAno
jainadharma chhoDI deshe ne anya dharma angIkAr karashe.–Am vichArI teNe potAnA (anya
matanA) bhikShukone bhojan mATe ghare nimantryA. paN nIlIe yuktithI temanI parIkShA
karIne temane agnAnI TharAvyA.
potAnA bhikShukonun Avun apamAn thavAthI, samudradattanA kuTumbIjano nIlI pratye
dveShabuddhi rAkhavA lAgyA, tene anek prakAre herAn karavA lAgyA ne tenI naNande to tenA
upar parapuruSh sAthe vyabhichAranun mahAn kalank nAnkhyun....ane te vAt sarvatra prasiddha
karavA lAgI. arere, nirdoSh shIlavant nIlI upar pApakarmanA udayathI A mahA doShanun
jUThUn kalank Avyun.
nIlI to dhairyapUrvak jinamandire bhagavAn pAse pahochI gaI; ane, A kalank dUr
thAy tyArapachhI ja bhojan karIsh, nahitar sukhapUrvak anashan vrat dhAraN karIsh–evI
pratignA karIne jinendradevanI sanmukh besI gaI, ne antaramAn jinendradevanA guNonun
smaraN karIne tenun chintan karavA lAgI.
–paN shIlavant nArI uparanun kalank kudarat kem joI shake? tenA shIlanA prabhAvathI
nagararakShak devatA tyAn AvyA, ne nIlIne kahyun: he mahAsatI! tun prANano tyAg na kar;
tArun kalank savAramAn ja dUr thashe....mATe tun chintA na kar. te devatAe rAjAne paN
svapnamAn ek vAt karI.