diyA hai; kaisA upadesh diyA hai?–––ki darshan jisakA mUl hai. mUl kahA.N hotA hai ki–jaise ma.ndir ke nI.nv aur vR^ikSha ke ja.D.h.h hotI hai usI prakAr dharmakA mUl darshan hai. isaliye AchArya upadesh dete hai.n ki–– he sakarNa arthAt satpuruSho.n! sarvaj~na ke kahe hue us darshanamUlarUp dharma ko apane kAno.nse sunakar jo darshanase rahit hai.n ve va.ndan yogya nahI.n hai.n;isaliye darshan hIn kI va.ndanAmat karo. jisake darshan nahI.n hai usake dharma bhI nahI.n hai; kyo.nki mUl rahit vR^ikShake ska.ndh, shAkhA, puShpa, phalAdik kahA.N se ho.nge? isaliye yah upadesh hai ki– jisake dharma nahI.n hai usase dharmakI prApti nahI.n ho sakatI, phir dharmake nimitta usakI va.ndanA kisaliye kare.n?–aisA jAnanA.

ab yahA.N dharmakA tathA darshan kA svarUp jAnanA chAhiye. vah svarUp to sa.nkShepame.n granthakAr hI Age kahe.nge, tathApi kuCh anya grantho.nke anusAr yahA.N bhI de rahe.n hai.nH–‘dharma’ shabda kA artha yah hai ki––jo AtmAko sa.nsAr se ubAr kar sukh sthAn me.n sthApit kare so dharma hai. aur darshan arthAt dekhanA. isaprakAr dharma kI mUrti dikhAyI de vah darshan hai tathA prasiddhi me.n jisame.n dharmakA grahaN ho aise mat ko ‘darshan’ kahA hai. lok me.n dharmakI tathA darshanakI mAnyatA sAmAnyarUp se to sabake hai, parantu sarvaj~na ke binA yathArtha svarUpakA jAnanA nahI.n ho sakatA; parantu Chadmastha prANI apanI buddhi se anek svarUpo.n kI kalpanA karake anyathA svarUp sthApit karake unakI pravR^itti karate hai.n. aur jinamat savarj~na kI paramparA se pravartamAn hai isaliye isame.n yathArtha svarUpakA prarUpaN hai.

vahA.N dharmako nishchay aur vyavahAr––aise do prakAr se sAdhA hai. usakI prarUpaNA chAr prakAr se hai––pratham vastusvabhAv, dUsare uttam kShamAdi das prakAr, tIsare samyagdarshan–j~nAn– chAritrarUp aur chauthe jIvo.n kI rakShArUp aise chAr prakAr hai.n. vahA.N nishchay se siddha kiyA jAye tab to sabame.n ek hI prakAr hai, isaliye vastusvabhAv kA tAtparya to jIv nAmak vastukI paramArtharUp darshan–j~nAn–pariNAmamayI chetanA hai, aur vah chetanA sarva vikAro.nse rahit shuddha– svabhAvarUp pariNamit ho vahI jIv kA dharma hai. tathA uttamakShamAdi das prakAr kahane kA tAtparya yah hai ki AtmA krodhAdi kaShAyarUp na hokar apane svabhAv me.n sthir ho vahI dharma hai, yah bhI shuddha chetanA rUp huA.

darshan–j~nAn–chAritra kahane kA tAtparya yah hai ki tIno.n ek j~nAn chetanA ke hI pariNAm hai.n, vahI j~nAn svabhAv rUp dharma hai. aur jIvo.n kI rakShAkA tAtparya yah hai ki– jIv krodhAdi kaShAyo.nke vash hokar apanI yA par kI paryAy ke vinAsharUp maraN tathA duHkh, sa.nklesh pariNAm na kare–aisA apanA svabhAv hI dharma hai. isaprakAr shuddha dravyArthikarUp nishchay se sAdhA huA dharma ek hI prakAr hai.

4][aShTapAhuD arthaH––jinavar jo sarvaj~na dev hai.n unho.nne shiShya jo gaNadhar Adikako dharmakA upadesh