isaprakAr shrI kundakunda AchAryakRut gAthAbaddha pAhuDagranth hai, isamen ye pAhuD hain, inakI yah deshabhAShAvachanikA likhI hai. chhah pAhuD kI to TIkA TippaN hai. inamen TIkA to shrutasAgar kRut hai aur TippaN pahile kisI or ne kiyA hai. inamen kai gAthA tathA artha anya prakAr hain, mere vichAr men AyA unakA Ashray bhI liyA hai aiAr jaisA artha mujhe pratibhAShit huA vaisA likhA hai. lingapAhuD aur shIlapAhuD in donon pAhuD kI TIkA TippaN milI nahIn isaliye gAthAkA artha jaisA prati bhAs men AyA vaisA likhA hai.

shrI shrutasAgarakRut TIkA aShTapAhuD kI hai, usamen granthAntar kI sAkShI Adi kathan bahut hai vah us TIkA kI vachanikA nahIn hai, gAthA kA arthamAtra vachanikA kar bhAvArtha men merI pratibhAsamen AyA usake anusAr artha likhA hai. prAkRit vyAkaraNAAdi kA gnAn mere men visheSh nahIn hai isaliye kahIn vyAkaraN se tathA Agam se shabda aur artha apabhransh huA hoto buddhimAn panDit mUlagranth vichAr kar shuddha karake paDhanA, mujhe alpabuddhi jAnakar hansI mat karanA, kShamA karanA, satpuruShon kA svabhAv uttam hotA hai, doSh dekhakar kShamA hI karate hain. yahAn koI kahe–––tumhArI buddhi alpa hai to aise mahAn grantha kI vachanikA kyon kI? usako aisA kahanA ki isakAl men mere se bhI mans buddhi bahut hain, unake samajhane ke liye kI hai. isamen samyagdarshan ko dRuDh karane kA pradhAn rUp se varNan hai, isaliye alpa buddhi bhI vAnche paDhen artha kA dhAraN karen to unake jinamat kA shraddhAn dRuDh ho. yah prayojan jAnakar jaisA artha pratibhAs men AyA vaisA likhA hai or jo baDe buddhimAn hain ve mUl grantha ko paDh kar hI shraddhAn dRuDh karenge, mere koI khyAti lAbh pUjA kA to prayojan hai nahIn, dharmAnurAg se yah vachanikA likhI hai, isaliye buddhimAnon ke kShamA hI karane yogya hai.

is grantha ke gAthA kI sankhyA aise hai–––pratham darshanapAhuD kI gAthA 36. sUtrapAhuDakI gAthA 27. chAritrapAhuD kI gAthA 45. bodhapAhuDakI gAthA 61. bhAvapAhuDakI gAthA 165. mokShapAhuDakI gAthA 106. lingapAhuDakI gAthA 22. shIlapAhuDakI gAthA 40. aise pAhuD AThonkI gAthAkI sankhyA 402 hain.

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