‘adhyAtmatIrtha’ banAvI dIdhun chhe ane jemanI anekAntamudrit nishchay-vyavahAr-sumeLasamanvit shuddhAtmatattvapradhAn adhyAtmaras- nirbhar chamatkArI vANImAnthI ‘gurudevashrInAn vachanAmRut’ sankalit karavAmAn AvyAn chhe — evA saurAShTranA AdhyAtmik yugapuruSh pUjya gurudev shrI kAnajIsvAmIno pavitra janma saurAShTranA (bhAvanagar jillAnA) umarALA gAmamAn vi. san. 1946, vaishAkh sud bIj, ravivAranA shubh dine thayo hato. pitA shrI motIchandabhAI ane mAtA shrI ujamabA jAtie dashA-shrImALI vaNik tathA dharme sthAnakavAsI jain hatAn.

shishuvayathI ja bALak ‘kAnajI’nA mukh par vairAgyanI saumyatA ane AnkhomAn buddhi ne vIryanI asAdhAraN pratibhA tarI AvatI hatI. te nishALamAn tem ja jainashALAmAn prAya pahelo nambar rAkhatA hatA. nishALanA laukik gnAnathI temanA chittane santoSh thato nahi; temane UnDe UnDe rahyA karatun ke ‘jenI shodhamAn hun chhun te A nathI’. koI koI vAr A dukh tIvratA dhAraN karatun; ane ek vAr to, mAtAthI vikhUTA paDelA bALakanI jem, te bALamahAtmA satnA viyoge khUb raDyA hatA.

yuvAvayamAn dukAn upar paN teo vairAgyaprerak ane tattvabodhak dhArmik pustako vAnchatA hatA. temanun man vepAramay ke sansAramay thayun nahotun. temanA antarano jhok sadA dharma ne satyanI shodh prati ja raheto. temano dhArmik abhyAs, udAsIn jIvan ane saraL antakaraN joIne sagAnsambandhIo temane ‘bhagat’ kahetAn. temaNe bAvIs varShanI kumArAvasthAmAn AjIvan brahmacharya- pAlananI pratignA laI lIdhI hatI. vi. san. 1970nA mAgashar sud 9 ne ravivAranA divase umarALAmAn gRuhasthajIvanano tyAg