: poSh : 2501 Atmadharma : 33 :
sun........da........ra........
be mitro; banne rAjaputro bannenA sharIr atyant sundar, banne sundar rAjamahelamAn
vasanArA, banne pAse sundar strIo, sundar vastro–AbhUShaNo, UnchAmAn UnchA ThAThamATh
vaibhav vachche banne rahenArA. banne mitronun milan thayAne ghaNo vakhat vItI gayo; varShothI
ekabIjAne joyelA nahi. ek mitrane thayun ke–chAl, mArA mitrane maLI Avun....ne e to
chAlyo. mitrane maLavA.
jatAnjatAn vachche ek van Avyun. vanamAn ek jhAD nIche jIrNa–shIrNa sharIravALA
koI sAdhu dhyAnamagna beThA hatA. pelo mitra paN tyAn visAmo levA beTho...teNe sAdhune
joyA...jotAn vent AshcharyathI tenA moDhAmAnthI udgAr nIkaLI gayA–are mitra! tun ahIn?
hun to tane maLavA jaI rahyo hato....ne tun ahIn, A–rUpamAn kyAthi? (pote je
rAjakumAramitrane maLavA jato hato te rAjakumAr ja sAdhuveShamAn hatA.)
sAdhue kahyun–mitra! e badhun chhoDIne hun sAdhu thayo chhun, AtmAno sAdhak thayo chhun.
‘are mitra! e sundar rAjya, sundar strIo, bAgabagIchA vagere vaibhavo–e
badhAyane tame kaI rIte chhoDI shakyA? e badhA sundar padArtho paN tamane asAr kevI rIte
lAgyA? ’ mitre pUchhyun.
‘sAmbhaL, mitra! ’ sAdhue kahyun–e badhI vastuo sundar to kharI, chhatAn te badhI
sundar vastuo paN jenI pAse sarvathA asundar lAge–evI bIjI koI ek param sundar
vastune men mArA antaramAn dekhI; eTale tenI pAse bIjA badhAyane asundar ane asAr
samajIne men chhoDI dIdhA. mane kAI khoT nathI gaI, men vadhu sundaratA meLavI chhe.
svAmI! e sundar vastu kaI chhe ke jenI sundaratAthI mugdha thaIne, e sundaratA pAse
Akhun jagat tamane asundar lAgyun?
he mitra! e vastu chhe–chaitanyatattva! potAnun chaitanyatattva ane tenA shAntarasanun
vedan, te adbhut sundar chhe. parathI bhinna AtmAnA ekatvamAn je sundaratA chhe te sundaratA
jagatamAn bIje kyAy nathI. enI sundaratAmAn vItarAgatA chhe, ne vItarAgatAmAn Anand chhe.