batAvanArA tIrthankar!–jo ApaNe rAgane ekakor rAkhIne, ane gnAnane 2500
varSha lambAvIne joIe to ApaNI sanmukh ja ek sarvagna ane pUrNa
AnandasvarUp paramAtmA ApaNane sAkShAt dekhAy chhe : A rahyA bhagavAn! ne
A rahyo emano sundar mArga! namaskAr ho temane.
vahAlA sAdharmIo! kevA mahAbhAgya chhe ApaNA–ke Ajey ApaNane AvA
sarvagnadev, ane temano mArga gurupratApe prApta chhe; ne teno mahAn utsav ApaNe
UjavI rahyA chhIe. ApaNA utsavanun dhyey chhe ‘Atmahit’. kem Atmahit
thAy, ne ekabIjAne AtmahitamAn ja puShTi karIe–e rIte sarvashaktithI A
utsav ApaNe ujavIshun. gurudeve nirvANotsavanI miTing vakhate TUnkAmAn ghaNun
kahI dIdhun chhe ‘ApaNe to AtmAnI shuddhinI vRuddhi thAy–te kharo utsav chhe.’–A
mULabhUt vAt salAmat rAkhIne pachhI bIjI badhI vAt chhe.
bandhuo, ApaNun Atmadharma gurudevanI mangalachhAyAmAn, gambhIratApUrvak A
dhyeyanI preraNA ApavAnun kArya karI rahyun chhe. divase–divase tenI shaili vadhu ne vadhu
vikasI rahI chhe. hajI paN tenA vadhu vikAs mATe, ke temAn rahelI gambhIratA
barAbar na samajavAnA kAraNe, koI jignAsune kAI prashna UThe ke sUchanA karavAnI
hoy, to te sIdhesIdhun sampAdakane jaNAvavA nimantraN chhe. parantu sampAdakane
jaNAvavAne badale khoTI rIte gerasamaj phelAvIne AtmadharmanA vikAsane
nukashAn pahonche tevun koI na karasho; kemake A kALamAn hajAro jignAsuone
AdhArabhUt ane jiNavANInA prachAranA sarvottam sAdhanarUp ApaNun
‘Atmadharma’ ja chhe. ane AvA mahAn kAryamAn rahelI gambhIr javAbadArInA
barAbar khyAlapUrvak khUb ja chIvaTathI ne hArdik bhAvanAthI sampAdak dvArA ghaNAn
varShothI tenun lekhan–sampAdan thAy chhe. emAn sahakAr ApIne dev–guru–dharmanI
prabhAvanAmAn sAth Apavo–te saunun kartavya chhe.