
gAndhI uparAnt bhArat sarakAranA anek pradhAno paN upasthit hatA. shrImatI indirAbene
jussAdAr bhAShAmAn kahyun ke–‘yah sach hai ki Aj ham AdhunikatA aur vignAnake yugamen
bah rahe hain–lekin AdhunikatAkA matalab yah nahIn ki ham apanI prAchIn
adhyAtmasanskRitiko chhoD de yA unase kinArAkasI karane lagen, AgaL jatAn temaNe kahyun ke
ApaNe shAnti mAtra manuShyomAn nahi paN badhA prANIomAn lAvavI chhe, ane te shAntinun
sthApan bhagavAn mahAvIre ApelA ahinsA ane aparigrahanA mULamantra vaDe ja thaI
shake tem chhe. antamAn pharIne shraddhAnjalipUrvak temaNe kahyun ke bALako ane navI peDhI
bhagavAn mahAvIranA siddhAntone potAnA jIvanamAn utAro. (mAnanIy rAShTrapatijIe
paN potA taraphathI temaj samasta rAShTra taraphathI bhagavAn mahAvIr–nirvANotsav mATe
shraddhAnjali vyakta karI hatI.
netAo shrImAn sheTh kasturabhAI lAlabhAI tathA shrImAn sheTh shAntiprasAdajI sAhujI
vageree paN potAnI ghaNI bhAvabhInI prasannatA vyakta karI hatI. A prasange samasta
jainasamAjanI je ekatA jovAmAn AvI te ghaNI khushInI vAt chhe. ApaNe badhA
ekabIjA sAthe haLI–maLIne prasannatAthI vIraguN gAIe, kyAy paN kalesh na hoy,
ane mahAvIranA shAsanamAn sau potapotAnun Atmahit kare–e ja bhAvanA; ane e ja
prabhu mahAvIrano sAcho mahotsav chhe:–badhAy jainone te IShTa chhe.
rahyo chhe. ajameramAn nirvANadhAm pAvApurInI rachanA evI sundar chhe ke jANe vIranAth
bhagavAn pharI padhArIne pAvApurImAn dharmopadesh daI rahyA hoy! samasta janatA ghaNA
AnandathI bhAg laI rahI chhe.