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popaTiyA gnAnavaDe dukhamAnthI
AtmAnI rakShA nahi thAy.
chaitanyapariNaman vaDe ja AtmAnI rakShA thashe.
AtmAne samajAy ane je samajatAn AtmAne shAnti thAy–evI A vAt chhe,
ekakor vItarAgI shAntarasano dariyo, bIjIkor sansAranA rAgarUpI dAvAnaL,–te bannene
bhinna jANanArun samyaggnAn rAganA dAvAnaLane bujhAvI nAnkhe chhe, ne AtmAne shAntimAn
ThAre chhe. jyAn Avun samyaggnAn thayun tyAn gnAnIne rAganI majA UDI gaI, have tene
gnAnanI atIndriy shAntimAn ja majA Ave chhe. AvI shAntinA vedan vagar AtmAne kadI
kaShAyo shAnt paDe ja nahIn,–bhale tyAgI thAy, vrat pALe ke shAstronun raTaN kare,–e to
badhun popaTiyun gnAn chhe.
* popaTIyun gnAn eTale shun?
ek hato popaT. tenA mAlike tene bolatAn shIkhaDAvyun ke ‘billI Ave to UDI
javun....billI Ave to UDI javun....’ ekavAr kharekhar bilADI AvI, ne popaTane
moDhAmAn pakaDyo, topaN bilADInA moDhAmAn paDyo–paDyo paN te popaT gokhe chhe ke
‘billI Ave to UDI javun....billI Ave to....’ e gokhavun shun kAmanun! e
gokhaNapaTTIthI kAI potAnI rakShA thatI nathI. tem andar chaitanyatattva shun chhe tenA bhAn
vagar “shAstramAn Am kahyun chhe, rAgane dukhadAyak kahyo chhe, AtmAne gnAnasvarUp kahyo
chhe” em popaTanI jem raTayA kare ke andar tevA vikalpo karyA kare, paN kharekhar
vikalpathI pAr thaIne antaranA chaitanyatattvamAn pariNAm joDe nahi to shAnti kyAthi
thAy? bilADInA moDhAnI jem te mithyAtvanA moDhAmAn ja Ubho rahIne gokhe chhe ke
‘vikalpathI judA paDavun...gnAnarUp thavun’ paN kharekhar judo to paDato nathI, gnAnarUp thato
nathI, to ekalA shAstra gokhye kAI shAntinun vedan thAy nahIn; andar tevA bhAvarUp
pariNaman thavun joIe. ane jenI chetanA rAgathI judI paDI gaI chhe ne samyaggnAnarUp
pariNaman thayun chhe teNe ‘rAgathI judo chhun...’ em gokhavun na paDe; gnAnane TakAvavA mATe
vikalpa na karavA paDe. jem koI popaTane ‘bilADI Ave to UDI javun’ em bolatAn
bhale na AvaDe,–paN bilADIno prasang Ave tyAn pote dUr bhAgI jAy to tenI rakShA ja
thAy chhe; tem shAstrabhaNatar bhale jhAjhun na hoy, paN rAg ane gnAnanI bhinnatA jANIne
jenI pariNati chaitanyabhAvarUpe pariNamI gaI chhe tenun gnAn to darek prasange vikalpathI
judApaNe ja chaitanyamAn varte chhe, eTale janma–maraNathI tenI rakShA thAy chhe.