: 54 : Atmadharma : chaitra : 2501
mahAvIr bhagavAnano moTo upakAr chhe
[gnAnathI, bhaktithI, ne tan–man–dhanathI sau utsavamAn bhAg lyo.]
chaitrasud terase bhagavAnanA janmanI mangal vadhAI AvI gaI.
atyAre bhagavAn mahAvIranA aDhIhajAravarShIy nirvANamahotsavano mangal
nAd bhAratabharamAn khuNe khuNe prasarI rahyo chhe. Akho desh jAgyo chhe,
–mandiro ne makAno mahAvIraprabhunI bhaktinA jayanAdathI gunjI rahyA chhe...
jANe pharIne dharmayug AvI rahyo chhe. ApaNA sarve jainabandhuo!–beno!
jAgo....AnandathI haLImaLIne AtmasAdhanA karatAn–karatAn bhagavAnanA
mokShano utsav Ujavo. prabhue ApaNane je mokShamArga batAvyo chhe te
mokShamArganA gnAnavaDe, temanA sarvagnatA vagere guNopratyenI bhaktivaDe, tan–
man–dhanane shAsananI sevAmAn joDIne, dharmaprabhAvanA karo; –harakoI prakAre–
je rIte sva–parane lAbh thAy te rIte–Anandamay utsavane Ujavo. utsav
UjavavAnA hajAro prakAr chhe, temAnthI je prakAr tamane ruche te prakAre utsav
Ujavo. ApaNA bhagavAnano utsav ApaNe sau jaino nahi ujavIe to
bIjun koN ujavashe? utsavadvArA prabhunI bhakti karavI te ApaNI pharaj chhe,
–kemake– ‘न हि कृतमुपकारं साधवो विस्मरन्ति। ’ to prabhunA param
upakArone ApaNe kem bhUlIe?
A mahAn utsav mATe prasannatApUrvak potAnI sammati ane AshIrvAd
ApatAn pU. shrI kAnajIsvAmIe jayapuramAn, phattepuramAn, sonagaDhamAn temaj
mumbaI vageremAn vAramvAr kahyun chhe ke–
badhA jainoe bhegA thaIne AnandathI mahAvIr bhagavAnanA nirvANanA
aDhI hajAr varShano utsav karavo–te sArun chhe. te jainadharmanI prasiddhinun tathA
prabhAvanAnun kAraN chhe. temAn matabhed bhUlIne saue sAth Apavo joIe.
jainanA badhA sampradAyoe maLIne bhagavAn mahAvIranA mArganI prasiddhi
thAy te karavA jevun chhe; temAn koIe virodh karavo na joIe. arasaparas
koI jAtanA kalesh vagar sau sAthe maLIne mahAvIr bhagavAnano utsav
thAy te to sArI vAt chhe. mahAvIr bhagavAnanA