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mahA kaShTe asankhyAt varShanI e ghor narakayAtanAno bhogavaTo pUrNa karIne te
jIv gangAkinAre sinhagiri par sinh thayo....pAchho dhagadhagatA agni jevI pahelI narake
gayo...ne tyAnthI nIkaLI jambudvIpanA himavan parvat upar dedIpyamAn sinh thayo.
mahAvIrano jIv A sinhaparyAyamAn AtmalAbh pAmyo. kaI rIte pAmyo? te
prasang joIe:
* sinhaparyAyamAn samyagdarshan *
ekavAr te sinh krUrapaNe haraNane phADI khAte hato, tyAre AkAshamArge jaI rahelA
be munioe tene dekhyo, ne ‘A jIv bharatakShetramAn antim tIrthankar thavAno chhe’ evA
videhanA tIrthankaranA vachananun smaraN thayun. tethI dayAvash AkAshamArgethI nIche UtarIne
munioe sinhane dharmanun sambodhan karyun:
he bhavya mRugarAj! A pahelAnn tripRuShThavAsudevanA bhavamAn ten ghaNA vAnchhit viShayo
bhogavyA ne narakanA anek prakAranA ghor dukho paN asharaNapaNe Akranda karIkarIne te
bhogavyA, tyAre dashe dishAmAn sharaN mATe ten pokAr karyo, paN kyAy tane sharaN na maLyun.
are! hajI paN kruratApUrvak tun pApanun upArjan karI rahyo chhe? tArA ghor agnAnane lIdhe
hajI sudhI ten tattvane na jANyun. mATe shAnt thA...ne A duShTa pariNAm chhoD...
munirAjanAn madhur vachano sAmbhaLatAn ja sinhane pUrvabhavonun gnAn thayun, AnkhamAnthI
AnsunI dhArA TapakavA lAgI...pariNAm vishuddha thayA...tyAre munirAje joyun ke A
sinhanA pariNAm shAnt thayA chhe ne te mArA taraph AturatAthI dekhI rahyo chhe, tethI
atyAre jarUr te samyaktva grahaN karashe.
–em vichArI munirAje tene shAntasvarUpI chaitanyano apAr mahimA batAvyo
ane pururavA bhIlathI mAnDIne tenAn anek bhavo batAvIne kahyun ke he shArdUl! havenA
dashAmA bhave tun bharatakShetrano tIrthankar thashe–em shrIdharatIrthankaranA shrImukhathI videhamAn ame
sAmbhaLyun chhe. mATe he bhavya! tun mithyAmArgathI nivRutta thA ne AtmahitakArI evA
samyakmArgamAn pravRutta thA.
mahAvIrano jIv (sinh) te munirAjanA vachanathI tarat pratibodh pAmyo; teNe
atyant bhaktithI vAramvAr munione pradakShiNA dIdhI ne temanA charaNomAn namrIbhUt