pAse A sheno kolAhal chhe!! –vAh, juo to kharA! ApaNA deshanA muslIm bhAIo
paN mahAvIr bhagavAnano A abhUtapUrva utsav dekhIne kevA pramudit thaI rahyA chhe!
teo mahAvIr–sandesh lakhelA jhanDA vaDe julUsanun svAgat karI rahyA chhe, ne sAkar–
IlAyachI vahenchI rahyA chhe. keTalA badhA UnT–hAthI–ghoDA paN susajjit thaIne julusamAn
chAlatA thakA potAne bhAgyashALI samajI rahyA chhe! ne benDavAjAn to mangal nAdathI
AkhI nagarIne gajAvI rahyA chhe. ATalA badhA ApaNA sAdharmI bhAIone ekasAthe
dekhIne tathA mahAvIrashAsanano AvaDo moTo mahimA dekhIne kevo Anand thAy chhe!!–
“vAh bhAI vAh! dhanya avasar chhe! ’
chhe ke ame mahAvIranA santAn chhIe ane mahAvIraprabhuno aDhIhajAravarShIy
nirvANamahotsav ujavI rahyA chhIe. badhA tyAgIo–netAo–vidvAno tathA janatA
haLImaLIne chAlI rahyA chhe ne samasta janatAno ek ja avAj chhe ke ‘kalyAN karavun
hoy to vIramArgamAn Avo; mahAvIrano vItarAgI sandesh ja jagatanun kalyAN karashe. ’
saraghasamAn koI gujarAtI, koI panjAbI, koI rAjasthAnI, to koI mAravADI,–em
chitravichitra veshabhUShA hovA chhatAn badhAyanA mommAnthI ek ja bhAShA nIkaLatI hatI ke
‘bhagavAn mahAvIrakI jay! ’
vaDApradhAn shrImatI indirAben gAndhIe AkhA rAShTra taraphathI bhagavAn mahAvIrane
shraddhAnjali ApI ane bhAratanA gauravashALI adhyAtma–vArasAnI charchA karatAn temaNe
kahyun ke A ek ajabanI–AshcharyakArI vAt chhe ke bIjA desho pAse khUb ja dhanavaibhav ne
sukhasuvidhAo hovA chhatAn paN te desho ApaNI sAme mIT mAnDIne beThA chhe, kemake
AdhyAtmik kShetramAn temane garIbI anubhavAy chhe. bhArate duniyAne hammeshAn adhyAtmadAn
dIdhun chhe. bhagavAn mahAvIr mahA vijetA (jin–var) hatA–em kahIne indirAbene kahyun
ke mahA vijetA mahAvIre ApaNane em upadeshyun chhe ke ekabIjA andaroandar laDo nahi;
laDavun ja hoy to andar potAnA doShanI sAme laDo, bIjAnI sAthe nahi;