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chhe. ane gnAnavaDe jeNe shuddhAtmAne dhyey karyo chhe te asanyamI hoy topaN mokShamArgI chhe.
णाणम् आदत्थं eTale AtmAmAn je sthit chhe te ja jinamArgamAn sAchun gnAn chhe,
athavA–AtmA jeno artha chhe–AtmA ja jenun prayojan chhe evun gnAn te ja jinamArganun
gnAn chhe. jemAn AtmAnun prayojan na sadhAy, nijasvarUp na sadhAy, evA
shAstrabhaNatarane paN jinamArgamAn ‘gnAn’ kahetA nathI.
je jANe te gnAn;–kone jANe? potAnA lakShyarUp shuddhAtmAne jANe, te gnAn chhe.
jem, bAN tene kahevAy ke je potAnA lakShyane vedhe; tem, potAnA paramAtmasvarUpane je
vedhe–jANe–anubhave tene ja jainashAsanamAn gnAn kahevAy chhe. jene sAdhavAnun chhe evA
nijasvarUpane je na sAdhe tene gnAn kem kahevAy?
gnAnanun lakShya kAI rAg nathI; gnAnathI abhinna evun AtmasvarUp te ja gnAnanun
lakShya chhe. AvA lakShyane vedhavun–jANavun te to (arjunanI jem) atyant dhIrAnun kAm chhe;
chanchaLamanavaDe AtmA sAdhI shakAy nahi. AtmAne sAdhavA je gnAn antaramAn vaLyun te to
atyant dhIr chhe–shAnt chhe–anAkuL chhe, anantaguNanA madhurasvAdane ek sAthe AtmasAt
karatun te gnAn pragaTe chhe, chaitanyarasano atIndriyasvAd temAn bharyo chhe. AvA gnAnane
oLakhIne AtmAne sAdhavo–te bhagavAn vIranAthano mArga chhe.
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gnAnanun nishAn shuddhaAtmA; gnAnInA vinayavaDe tene jAN
je jIv panchaparameShThI bhagavanto pratye vinayavant chhe te mokShamArganA gnAnane pAme
chhe; te gnAn pAmIne te jIv mokShamArganA lakShyarUp param AtmasvarUpane lakhe chhe–jANe
chhe–anubhave chhe. Avun gnAn jainamArgamAn gnAnIonI ja paramparAthI maLe chhe; tethI jene
gnAnInA vinay–bahumAn na hoy te jIv sAchA gnAnane pAmI shakato nathI.
sarvagnaparamparAnA gnAnI–AchAryono vinay chhoDIne jeo jainamArgathI judA paDyA teo
mokShamArganun sAchun gnAn pAmI shakatA nathI.
gnAnIno kharo vinay paN tyAre thAy ke jyAre tenA gnAnanun sAchun svarUp
oLakhe, oLakhyA vagar bahumAn konun? gnAnanun dhanuSh ne shraddhAnA bANavaDe dharmIjIv
paramAtmasvarUpane lakShyarUp karIne mokShamArgane sAdhe chhe; te potAnA lakShyane chukato nathI.
bhAI, tArun lakShya to