Moksha Marg Prakashak-Gujarati (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Adhikar Chhatho; Kudev-kuguru-kudharma Nirakaran; Kudevanu Niroopan Ane Teni Sevano Nishedh; Vyantaradinu Swaroop Ane Temane Poojavano Nishedh; Kshetrapal, Padmavati Aadine Pujavano Nishedh; Kuguruna Shraddhanadikano Nishedh; Kul Apeksha Gurupanano Nishedh.

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dekhavāthī jevo bhāv thāy, tevo parokṣha smaraṇ karatān na thāy. lokamān paṇ strīno anurāgī
eṭalā ja māṭe strīnun chitra banāve chhe. tethī pratimānā avalambanavaḍe visheṣh bhakti thavāthī
visheṣh shubhanī prāpti thāy chhe.

ahīn koī kahe ke – ‘‘pratimāne juo, paṇ pūjanādi karavānun shun prayojan chhe?’

uttaraḥ — jem koī, koī jīvano ākār banāvī raudrabhāvothī teno ghāt kare, to tene

te jīvanī hinsā karavā sarakhun pāp lāge chhe; vā koī, koīno ākār batāvī dveṣhabuddhithī
tenī būrī avasthā kare, to jeno ākār banāvyo chhe, tenī būrī avasthā karavā sarakhun phaḷ
nīpaje chhe, tem arahantano ākār banāvī dharmānurāgabuddhithī tenun pūjanādi kare to arahantanun
pūjanādi karavā samān shubhabhāv utpanna thāy chhe. tathā evun ja phaḷ thāy chhe. ati anurāg
thatān, pratyakṣha darshan na hovāthī teno ākār banāvī pūjanādi karīe chhīe, ane e
dharmānurāgathī mahāpuṇya ūpaje chhe.

vaḷī teo evo kutarka kare chhe ke jene je vastuno tyāg hoy, tenī āgaḷ te vastu

dharavī, e hāsya karavā jevun chhe. māṭe chandanādivaḍe arahantanun pūjan yukta nathī.

tenun samādhān — munipad letān ja sarva parigrahano tyāg karyo hato, have pāchhaḷathī

kevaḷagnān thatān tīrthaṅkaradevane indre samavasaraṇādi banāvyān, chhatra – chāmarādi karyān te hāsya karyun

ke bhakti karī? jo hāsya karyun to indra mahāpāpī thayo, paṇ e to bane nahi; tathā bhakti
karī, to pūjanādimān paṇ bhakti ja karīe chhīe. chhadmasthanī āgaḷ tyāg karelī vastu dharavī
e hāsya chhe, kāraṇ ke tene vikṣhiptatā thaī āve chhe, paṇ kevaḷī vā pratimānī āgaḷ
anurāgavaḍe uttam vastu dharavāmān doṣh nathī, kāraṇ ke – temane vikṣhiptatā thatī nathī, ane

dharmānurāgathī jīvananun bhalun thāy chhe.

tyāre te kahe chhe ke – ‘‘pratimā banāvavāmān, chaityālayādi karāvavāmān ane pūjanādi

karāvavāmān hinsā thāy chhe, ane dharma to ahinsā chhe, māṭe hinsāvaḍe dharma mānavāthī mahāpāp
thāy chhe, tethī ame e kāryone niṣhedhīe chhīe.’’

teno uttaraḥ — temanān ja shāstromān evun vachan chhe keḥ —

सुच्चा जाणइ कल्लाणं सुच्चा जाणइ पावगं ।

उभयं पि जाणए सुच्चा जं सेयं तं समाचर१ ।।

१.श्रुत्वा जानीहि कल्याणं, श्रुत्वा जानीहि पापम्,
उभयंपि जानीहि श्रुत्वा यत्सेव्यं तत्समाचर ।

arthaḥ — kalyāṇ (puṇya) ane pāpane sāmbhaḷīne jāṇ tathā e bannene sāmbhaḷīne jāṇ ane

emānthī je sevavā yogya hoy tenun sevan kar.

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ahīn ‘‘kalyāṇ, pāp ane ubhay e traṇane shāstra sāmbhaḷīne jāṇ’’, em kahyun. have

ubhay to pāp ane kalyāṇ maḷatān thāy, evā kāryanun hovun paṇ ṭharyun. tyān ame pūchhīe
chhīe ke – kevaḷ dharmathī to ubhay ghaṭatun ja chhe, parantu kevaḷ pāpathī ubhay būrun chhe ke bhalun?

jo būrun chhe, to emān to kanīk kalyāṇano ansh maḷelo chhe, to tene kevaḷ pāpathī būrun kem
kahevāy? tathā jo bhalun chhe, to kevaḷ pāp chhoḍī evān kārya karavān yogya ṭharyān, vaḷī yuktithī
paṇ em ja sambhave chhe. koī tyāgī mandirādi karāvato nathī, paṇ sāmāyikādi niravadya
kāryomān pravarte chhe, to tene chhoḍī teṇe pratimādi karāvavā – pūjanādi karavun uchit nathī, parantu

koī potāne rahevā māṭe makān banāve, te karatān chaityālayādi karāvavāvāḷo hīn nathī, hinsā
to thaī paṇ pelāne to lobhapāpānurāganī vr̥uddhi thaī, tyāre āne lobh chhūṭyo ane dharmānurāg
thayo. vaḷī koī vyāpārādi kārya kare chhe, te jemān nukashān thoḍun ane napho ghaṇo hoy tevun
ja kārya kare chhe, tem ja pūjanādi kārya paṇ jāṇavā, eṭale ke koī vyāpārādi kārya kare
to tenāthī pūjanādi kārya karavān hīṇā nathī, kāraṇ ke – tyān to hinsādik ghaṇī thāy chhe,

lobhādik vadhe chhe, tathā e pāpanī ja pravr̥utti chhe, ane ahīn hinsādik kiñchit thāy chhe,
lobhādik ghaṭe chhe, tathā dharmānurāg vadhe chhe athavā je tyāgī na hoy, potānā dhanane pāpamān
kharachatā hoy, temaṇe to chaityālayādi karāvavān yogya chhe. tathā niravadya sāmāyikādi kāryomān
upayogane na lagāvī shake, temane pūjanādi kārya karavāno niṣhedh nathī.

ahīn tame kahesho ke — ‘‘niravadya sāmāyik ādi kārya ja kem na karīe, dharmamān ja

kāḷ gāḷavo tyān evān kārya shā māṭe karīe?’’

teno uttar — jo sharīravaḍe pāp chhoḍavāthī ja niravadyapaṇun thatun hoy to em ja karo,

paṇ tem to thatun nathī, pariṇāmothī pāp chhūṭatān ja niravadyapaṇun thāy chhe. have avalamban vinā
sāmāyikādikamān jeno pariṇām na lāge, te pūjanādivaḍe tyān potāno upayog lagāve chhe, ane
tyān nānāprakāranān avalambanavaḍe upayog lāgī jāy chhe. jo te tyān upayog na lagāve, to
pāpakāryomān upayog bhaṭake, ane tethī būrun thāy, māṭe tyān pravr̥utti karavī yukta chhe.

tame kaho chho ke — ‘‘dharmanā arthe hinsā karatān to mahāpāp thāy chhe, ane bījā

ṭhekāṇe hinsā karatān thoḍun pāp thāy chhe’’ paṇ pratham to e siddhāntanun vachan nathī, ane
yuktithī paṇ maḷatun nathī. kāraṇ ke – em mānatān to indra janmakalyāṇakamān ghaṇā jaḷavaḍe

abhiṣhek kare chhe, tathā samavasaraṇamān devo puṣhpavr̥uṣhṭi, chamar ḍhāḷavā ityādi kārya kare chhe,
to te mahāpāpī thayo.

tame kahesho ke — ‘‘temano evo ja vyavahār chhe.’’ paṇ kriyānun phaḷ to thayā vinā

rahetun nathī. jo pāp chhe, to indrādik to samyagdraṣhṭi chhe, teo evun kārya shā māṭe kare?
tathā jo dharma chhe, to tene niṣhedh shā māṭe karo chho?

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vaḷī tamane ja pūchhīe chhīe ke – tīrthaṅkaranī vandanā māṭe rājāo ādi gayā,

sādhuvandanārthe dūr dūr jaīe chhīe, tathā siddhānt sāmbhaḷavā ādi kāryo arthe gamanādi karīe
chhīe, tyān mārgamān hinsā thāy chhe. vaḷī sādharmī jamāḍīe chhīe, sādhunun maraṇ thatān teno
sanskār karīe chhīe, sādhu thatān utsav karīe chhīe. ityādi pravr̥utti āje paṇ dekhāy chhe.
have tyān paṇ hinsā to thāy chhe, paṇ e kāryo to dharmanā arthe ja chhe. anya koī prayojan
nathī. jo tyān mahāpāp ūpaje chhe, to pūrve evān kārya karyān teno niṣhedh karo, tathā āje
paṇ gr̥uhastho evān kārya kare chhe, teno paṇ tyāg karo. ane jo dharma ūpaje chhe, to dharmane
arthe hinsāmān mahāpāp batāvī shā māṭe bhamāvo chho?

māṭe ā pramāṇe mānavun yukta chhe ke – jem thoḍun dhan ṭhagātān jo ghaṇā dhanano lābh

thato hoy, to te kārya karavun bhalun chhe, tem thoḍī hinsādik pāp thatān paṇ jo ghaṇo dharma
ūpajato hoy, to te kārya karavun yogya chhe. jo thoḍā dhananā lobhathī kāryane bagāḍe to te
mūrkha chhe, tem thoḍī hinsānā bhayathī mahādharma chhoḍe to te pāpī ja thāy chhe. vaḷī koī ghaṇun
dhan ṭhagāve tathā thoḍun dhan upajāve, vā na upajāve to te mūrkha chhe; tem hinsādivaḍe ghaṇā pāp
upajāve, ane bhakti ādi dharmamān thoḍo pravarte, vā na pravarte, to te pāpī ja thāy chhe. vaḷī
jem ṭhagāyā vinā ja dhanano lābh hovā chhatān paṇ ṭhagāy to te mūrkha chhe; tem niravadyadharmarūp
upayog hoy, to sāvadyadharmamān upayog lagāvavo yogya nathī.

e pramāṇe anek pariṇāmo vaḍe potānī avasthā joī, jethī bhalun thāy te

karavun, paṇ ekāntapakṣha kāryakārī nathī. bījun, ahinsā ja kevaḷ dharmanun aṅg nathī, paṇ
rāgādikabhāv ghaṭavā e dharmanun mukhya aṅg chhe, māṭe jethī pariṇāmomān rāgādi ghaṭe te
kārya karavun.

vaḷī gr̥uhasthone aṇuvratādinun sādhan thayā vinā ja sāmāyik, pratikramaṇ ane prauṣhadhādi

kriyāonun ācharaṇ mukhya karāve chhe. have sāmāyik to rāg-dveṣharahit sāmyabhāv thatān thāy
chhe, paṇ pāṭhamātra bhaṇavāthī vā ūṭh – bes karavāthī to thatun nathī.

kadāchit kahesho ke — ‘‘anya kārya karat, te karatān to bhalun chhe!’’ e sāchun, parantu

sāmāyikapāṭhamān pratignā to evī kare chhe ke – ‘‘man – vachan – kāyāthī sāvadyane karīsh nahi,

karāvīsh nahi.’’ have manamān to vikalpa thayā ja kare chhe, tathā vachan – kāyāmān paṇ kadāchit

anyathā pravr̥utti thāy chhe, tyān pratignā bhaṅg thāy chhe. have pratignā bhaṅg karavā karatān to na
karavun bhalun chhe, kāraṇ pratignā bhaṅg karavī e mahāpāp chhe.

vaḷī ame pūchhīe chhīe ke — koī pratignā karato nathī paṇ bhāṣhāpāṭh bhaṇe chhe, ane

teno artha jāṇī temān upayog rākhe chhe; tathā koī pratignā karī tene barābar pāḷato nathī,

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prākr̥itādinā pāṭh bhaṇe chhe paṇ tenā arthanun potāne gnān nathī, ane artha jāṇyā vinā tyān
upayog rahe nahīn tyāre upayog anya ṭhekāṇe bhaṭake chhe, tethī pratignābhaṅg thāy chhe; have e
bannemān visheṣh dharmātmā koṇ? jo pahelāne kahesho, to tame evo ja upadesh kem karatā nathī?
tathā bījāne kahesho, to pratignābhaṅgamān pāp na thayun, athavā pariṇāmo anusār dharmātmāpaṇun
na ṭharyun, paṇ pāṭhādik karavā anusār ṭharyun.

māṭe potāno upayog jem nirmaḷ thāy te kārya karavun, sādhī shakāy te

pratignā karavī, tathā jeno artha jāṇīe te pāṭh bhaṇavā, paṇ paddhativaḍe nām dharāvavāmān
napho nathī.

vaḷī ‘‘paḍikkamaṇ’’ nām pūrvadoṣh nirākaraṇ karavānun chhe. have ‘‘मिच्छामि दुक्कडं’’ eṭalun

kahevāmātrathī to duṣhkr̥ut mithyā thāy nahi, paṇ mithyā thavā yogya pariṇām thatān ja duṣhkr̥ut
mithyā thāy chhe. māṭe ekalā pāṭh ja kāryakārī nathī.

vaḷī paḍikkamaṇanā pāṭhamān to evo artha chhe ke bār vratādikamān je duṣhkr̥ut lāgyān

hoy te mithyā thāo, paṇ vrat dhāryā vinā ja tenun paḍikkamaṇ karavun kem sambhave? jene upavās
na hoy, te upavāsamān lāgelā doṣhanun nirākaraṇapaṇun kare to te asambhavapaṇun jāṇavun.

tethī e pāṭh bhaṇavā koī prakāre banatā nathī.
vaḷī posahamān paṇ sāmāyikavat pratignā karī pāḷatā nathī, tethī tyān paṇ pūrvokta

doṣh ja chhe. ‘‘posah’’ nām to parvanun chhe. have parvanā divase paṇ keṭalok vakhat pāpakriyā
kare chhe, ane pāchhaḷathī posahadhārī thāy chhe; have jeṭalā kāḷ bane teṭalā kāḷ sādhan karavāmān
to doṣh nathī, paṇ tyān posahanun nām rākhavun e yogya nathī. kāraṇ ke sampūrṇa parvamān niravadya
rahe to ja posah kahevāy. jo thoḍā kāḷathī paṇ ‘posah’ nām thāy, to sāmāyikane paṇ
posah kaho! nahi to shāstramān pramāṇ batāvo ke jaghanya posahano āṭalo kāḷ chhe, amane
to moṭun nām dharāvī lokone bhamāvavā, e prayojan bhāse chhe.

vaḷī ākhaḍī levāno pāṭh to koī anya bhaṇe, tathā aṅgīkār koī anya kare. have

pāṭhamān to ‘māre tyāg chhe’ evun vachan chhe, māṭe je tyāg kare te ja pāṭh bhaṇe, em joīe.
jo pāṭh na āvaḍato hoy to bhāṣhāmān ja kahe. parantu paddhati arthe ja evī rīti chhe.

bījun pratignā grahaṇ karavā – karāvavānī mukhyatā chhe, paṇ tene yathāvidhi pālan karavāmān

shithilatā chhe, ane bhāv nirmaḷ thavāno kāī vivek nathī. ārttapariṇāmovaḍe vā lobhādik
vaḍe paṇ upavāsādik karī tyān dharma māne chhe, paṇ phaḷ to pariṇāmovaḍe thāy chhe.

ityādik anek kalpit vāto teo kahe chhe, je jainadharmamān sambhave nahi.

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e pramāṇe jainamān shvetāmbaramat chhe, te paṇ devādik, tattvādik ane mokṣhamārgādikanun

anyathā nirūpaṇ kare chhe, māṭe te paṇ mithyādarshanādikanā poṣhak chhe, tethī tyājya chhe.

jainadharmanun satyasvarūp āgaḷ kahīshun, je vaḍe mokṣhamārgamān pravartavun yogya chhe. temān

pravartavāthī tamārun kalyāṇ thashe.

e pramāṇe shrī mokṣhamārgaprakāshak shāstraviṣhe anyamat nirūpak

pāñchamo adhikār samāpta

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adhikār chhaṭhṭho

kudev-kuguru-kudhārma – nirākaraṇ

mithyādevādik bhaje, thāye mithyābhāv;
tajī tene sāchā bhajo, e hit hetu upāy.

arthaḥ — anādikāḷathī jīvone mithyādarshanādikabhāv chhe, ane tenī puṣhṭatānun kāraṇ

kudev, kuguru ane kudharmasevan chhe, teno tyāg thatān ja mokṣhamārgamān pravr̥utti thāy chhe, tethī ahīn
tenun nirūpaṇ karīe chhīeḥ —

✾ kudevanun nirupaṇ ane tenī sevāno niṣhedhā ✾

je hitakartā nathī, tene bhramathī hitakartā jāṇī sevan kare, te kudev chhe.

tenun sevan traṇ prakāranā prayojanasahit karavāmān āve chhe. koī ṭhekāṇe mokṣhanun prayojan

chhe, koī ṭhekāṇe paralokanun prayojan chhe, tathā koī ṭhekāṇe ā lokanun prayojan chhe. have emānthī
koī paṇ prayojan to siddha thatun nathī, paṇ kanīk visheṣh hāni thāy chhe, tethī tenun sevan
mithyābhāv chhe. te ahīn darshāvīe chhīeḥ —

anyamatamān jenā sevanathī mukti thavī kahī chhe, tene koī jīv mokṣhane arthe sevan

kare chhe, paṇ tethī mokṣha thato nathī. tenun varṇan pūrve anyamat adhikāramān ja kahyun chhe.
anyamatamān kahelā devane koī ‘paralokamān sukh thāy – duḥkh na thāy’ evā prayojan arthe seve

chhe. have tenī siddhi to puṇya upajāvatān, ane pāp na upajāvatān thāy chhe; paṇ pote to
pāp upajāve, tathā kahe ke – ‘‘īshvar mārun bhalun karashe,’’ paṇ e to anyāy ṭharyo. kāraṇ ke –

īshvar koīne pāpanun phaḷ āpe, koīne na āpe, evun to chhe nahi. jevo potāno pariṇām
karashe, tevun ja phaḷ pāmashe. māṭe koīnun bhalun – būrun karavāvāḷo īshvar koī chhe nahi.

vaḷī e devonun sevan karatān, e devonun to nām de, ane anya jīvonī hinsā kare,

tathā bhojan – nr̥ityādi vaḍe potānā indriyaviṣhayone poṣhe, paṇ pāp – pariṇāmonun phaḷ to lāgyā

vinā rahetun nathī. hinsā ane viṣhay – kaṣhāyone sarva lok pāp kahe chhe, tathā pāpanun phaḷ paṇ

khoṭun ja chhe, em sarva māne chhe. vaḷī e kudevonā sevanamān hinsā ane viṣhayādikano ja
adhikār chhe, tethī e kudevonā sevanathī paralokamān bhalun thatun nathī.

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✾ vyantarādinun svarup ane temane pūjavāno niṣhedhā ✾

vaḷī ghaṇā jīvo shatrunāshādik, rogādināsh, dhanādiprāpti tathā putrādinī prāpti

ityādik ā paryāy sambandhī duḥkh maṭāḍavā, vā sukh pāmavānā anek prayojanapūrvak e
kudevādinun sevan kare chhe. hanumānādik, bhairav, devīo, gaṇagaur, sāñjhī, choth, shītalā, dahāḍī,
bhūt, pitr̥u, vyantarādik, sūrya, chandra, shanīshcharādi jyotiṣhīone, pīr – pegambarādikone, gāy –

ghoḍādi tiryañchone, agni – jaḷādine tathā shastrādikane pūje chhe. ghaṇun shun kahīe! roḍān ityādikane

paṇ pūje chhe.

evā kudevonun sevan mithyādraṣhṭithī ja thāy chhe. kāraṇ ke pratham to te jenun sevan

kare chhe temānthī keṭalāk to kalpanāmātra ja dev chhe, eṭale temanun sevan kevī rīte kāryakārī
thāy? vaḷī koī vyantarādik chhe, paṇ te koīnun bhalun – būrun karavā samartha nathī, jo teo samartha

hoy, to teo ja kartā ṭhare, paṇ temanun karyun thatun kāī dekhātun nathī; teo prasanna thaī dhanādik
āpī shakatā nathī. tathā dveṣhī thaī būrun karī shakatā nathī.

ahīn koī kahe ke — teo duḥkh detā to joīe chhīe, tathā temane mānatān duḥkh

āpatā aṭakī paṇ jāy chhe.

uttaraḥ — āne pāpano uday hoy, tyāre temane evī ja kutūhalabuddhi thāy, je vaḍe

teo cheṣhṭā kare chhe; ane cheṣhṭā karatān ā duḥkhī thāy chhe. vaḷī kutūhalathī te kāī kahe, ane
ā tenun kahyun na kare, tyāre te cheṣhṭā karatān potānī meḷe ja aṭakī jāy chhe, āne shithil
jāṇīne ja te kutūhal karyā kare chhe. tathā jo āne puṇyano uday hoy, to teo kāī paṇ
karī shakatā nathī.

e ahīn darshāvīe chhīe — koī jīv temane pūje nahi, athavā tenī nindā kare, to

te paṇ ānāthī dveṣh kare, parantu āne duḥkh daī shake nahi. athavā em paṇ kahetā jovāmān
āve chhe ke – ‘amane phalāṇo mānato nathī, paṇ te amārā vash nathī, māṭe vyantarādik kāī

paṇ karavā samartha nathī, paṇ ānā puṇya – pāpathī ja sukh – duḥkh thāy chhe. eṭale temane

mānavā – pūjavāthī to ūlaṭo rog thāy chhe, paṇ kāī kāryasiddhi thatī nathī.

ahīn em jāṇavun ke — je kalpit dev chhe, temano paṇ koī ṭhekāṇe atishay – chamatkār

thato jovāmān āve chhe, paṇ te vyantarādivaḍe karelo hoy chhe. koī pūrvaparyāyamān āno sevak
hato, ane te pāchhaḷathī marīne vyantarādi thayo, tyān ja koī nimittathī tene evī buddhi thaī,
tyāre te lokamān tene sevavānī pravr̥utti karāvavā arthe, koī chamatkār dekhāḍe chhe. bhoḷā lok
kiñchit chamatkār dekhī te kāryamān lāgī jāy chhe. jem – jinapratimādikano paṇ atishay thato

sāmbhaḷīe, joīe chhīe, te jinakr̥ut nathī, paṇ jainī vyantarādikr̥ut thāy chhe, tem kudevono

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koī chamatkār thāy chhe te temanā anuchar vyantarādiko dvārā karyo hoy chhe.

vaḷī anyamatamān – ‘‘bhaktone parameshvare sahāy karī, vā pratyakṣha darshan āpyān,’’

ityādik kahe chhe. tyān koī to kalpit vāto kahe chhe, tathā koī temanā anuchar – vyantarādik

dvārā karelān kāryone parameshvare karyān kahe chhe. have jo parameshvare karyān hoy to parameshvar to
trikālagnānī chhe, sarva prakāre samartha chhe, to bhaktone duḥkh ja shāmāṭe thavā de? parantu āje
paṇ joīe chhīe ke – mlechchha āvīne bhaktone upadrav kare chhe, dharma vidhvans kare chhe, dharmakāryamān

upadrav kare chhe, tathā mūrtine vighna kare chhe. have parameshvarane jo e kāryonun gnān na hoy,
to tenāmān sarvagnapaṇun rahe nahi, tathā jāṇyā pachhī jo te sahāy na kare to tenī bhaktavatsalatā
gaī, vā te sāmarthyahīn thayo. vaḷī jo te sākṣhībhūt rahe chhe, to āgaḷ bhaktone sahāy
karī kaho chho, te jūṭh chhe; kāraṇ – tenī to ekasamān vr̥utti chhe.

vaḷī jo kahesho ke — ‘‘evī bhakti nathī.’’ paṇ mlechchhothī to ā bhalā chhe! vā

mūrti ādi to temanī ja sthāpit hatī, tene to vighna na thavā devun hatun? vaḷī mlechchha –

pāpīono uday thāy chhe, te parameshvarano karyo thāy chhe ke nahi! jo parameshvarano karyo thāy
chhe, to teo nindakone sukhī kare chhe tathā bhaktone duḥkh devāvāḷāone pedā kare chhe, to tyān
bhaktavatsalapaṇun kevī rīte rahyun? tathā jo parameshvarano karyo nathī thato, to e parameshvar
sāmarthyahīn thayo; māṭe e parameshvarakr̥ut kārya nathī, paṇ koī anuchar – vyantarādik ja e

chamatkāro batāve chhe; evo ja nishchay karavo.

prashnaḥ — ‘‘koī vyantar potānun prabhutva kahe chhe, apratyakṣhane batāve chhe, koī

kusthānanivāsādi batāvī potānī hīnatā kahe chhe, pūchhavā chhatān batāvatā nathī, bhramarūp
vachan kahe chhe, anyane anyathā pariṇamāve chhe, tathā anyane duḥkh āpe chhe, ityādi
vichitratā kevī rīte chhe?’’

uttaraḥ — vyantaromān prabhutvanī adhikatā – hīnatā to chhe, parantu kusthānamān nivāsādik

batāvī hīnatā dekhāḍe chhe, te to kutūhalathī vachan kahe chhe. vyantar bāḷakanī māphak kutūhal
karyā kare chhe, jem bāḷak kutūhalathī potāne hīn darshāve, chiḍāve, gāḷ sāmbhaḷe, rāḍ pāḍe,
tathā pāchhaḷathī hasavā lāgī jāy, tem vyantar paṇ cheṣhṭā kare chhe. jo teo kusthānavāsī
hoy, to uttamasthānamān āve chhe te konā lāvyā āve chhe? jo potānī meḷe ja āve chhe,
to potānī shakti hovā chhatān teo kusthānamān shāmāṭe rahe chhe? māṭe temanun ṭhekāṇun to teo
jyān ūpaje chhe tyān ā pr̥ithvīnā nīche vā upar chhe ane te manogna chhe, paṇ kutūhal arthe
teo ichchhānusār kahe chhe. vaḷī jo temane pīḍā thatī hoy, to rotā rotā kevī rīte hasavā
lāgī jāy?

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hā! eṭalun chhe ke – mantrādikanī achintyashakti chhe. tyān koī sāchā mantrane nimitta –

naimittik sambandh thāy, to tenāthī kiñchit gamanādi thaī shake nahi, vā kiñchit duḥkh ūpaje
chhe, vā koī prabaḷ tene manāī kare to te aṭakī jāy. vā potānī meḷe paṇ aṭakī jāy.
ityādi mantranī shakti chhe. parantu saḷagāvavun ādi thatun nathī; mantravāḷo ja saḷagāvyun kahe chhe.
te pharī pragaṭ thaī jāy chhe kāraṇ ke – vaikriyik sharīrane saḷagāvavun ādi sambhavatun nathī.

vaḷī vyantarone avadhignān koīne alpakṣhetra-kāḷ jāṇavānun chhe, tathā koīne ghaṇun chhe,

tyān tene jo īchchhā hoy, ane ghaṇun gnān hoy, to koī apratyakṣhane pūchhatān teno uttar āpe,
vā potāne alpagnān hoy, to koī anya mahatgnānīne pūchhī āvī javāb āpe. vaḷī jo
potāne alpagnān hoy, ane īchchhā na hoy, to pūchhavā chhatān paṇ teno uttar na āpe, em
samajavun. vaḷī alpagnānavāḷā vyantarādikane ūpajyā pachhī keṭalok kāḷ ja pūrvajanmanun gnān
hoī shake chhe, pachhī tenun smaraṇamātra ja rahe chhe. tethī tyān koī ichchhāvaḍe pote kāī cheṣhṭā
kare to kare, pūrvajanmanī vāt kahe, paṇ koī anya vāt pūchhe, to tene avadhignān thoḍun hovāthī
jāṇyā vinā kevī rīte kahe? vaḷī teno uttar pote āpī shake nahi, vā ichchhā na hoy,
athavā mān – kutūhalādithī uttar na āpe vā jūṭh paṇ bole; em samajavun.

devomān evī shakti chhe ke – teo potānā vā anyanā sharīrane vā pudgalaskandhone

potānī ichchhānusār pariṇamāve chhe, tethī nānāprakāranā ākārādirūp pote thāy. nānā prakāranān
charitra batāve, vā anya jīvanā sharīrane rogādiyukta kare.

ahīn eṭalun samajavun ke — potānā sharīrano, anya pudgalaskandhone, potānī jeṭalī

shakti hoy teṭalā pramāṇamān ja teo pariṇamāvī shake chhe, kāraṇ ke – temanāmān sarva kārya

karavānī shakti nathī. vaḷī anya jīvonā sharīrādikane tenā puṇya – pāpānusār pariṇamāvī shake

chhe. jo tene puṇyano uday hoy, to pote rogādirūp pariṇamāvī shake nahi, tathā pāpano uday
hoy to tenun iṣhṭakārya paṇ karī shake nahi.

e pramāṇe vyantarādikanī shakti jāṇavī.

prashnaḥ — eṭalī jenī shakti hoy, tene mānavā – pūjavāmān sho doṣh?

uttaraḥ — potāne pāpano uday jo hoy to teo sukh āpī shake nahi, tathā puṇyano

uday hoy to duḥkh āpī shake nahi. vaḷī temane pūjavāthī kāī puṇyabandh thato nathī, paṇ
rāgādivr̥uddhi thaī ūlaṭo pāpabandh ja thāy chhe, tethī temane mānavā – pūjavā kāryakārī nathī, paṇ

būrun karavāvāḷā chhe. vyantarādik manāve – pūjāve chhe, te to kutūhalādik ja kare chhe, paṇ kāī visheṣh

prayojan rākhatān nathī. je temane māne – pūje tenāthī kutūhal karyā kare, tathā je na māne – pūje tene

kāī kahe nahi. jo temane prayojan ja hoy. to na mānavā – pūjavāvāḷāne teo ghaṇā duḥkhī kare,

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paṇ jene na mānavā – pūjavāno nishchay chhe, tene teo kāī paṇ kahetā dekhātā nathī. vaḷī prayojan

to kṣhudhādikanī pīḍā hoy to hoy, paṇ te to temane vyakta thatī nathī, jo thatī hoy to temanā
arthe naivedyādik āpīe chhīe, tene teo kem grahaṇ karatā nathī? athavā bījāone jamāḍavā
ādi karavānun shā māṭe kahe chhe? tethī temanī kriyā kutūhalamātra chhe. ane potāne temane kutūhalanun
sthān thatān duḥkh ja thāy, hīnatā thāy, māṭe temane mānavā – pūjavā yogya nathī.

prashnaḥ — e vyantaro em kahe chhe ke – ‘‘gayā ādimān piṇḍadān karo, to amārī

gati thāy, ame pharīthī āvīe nahi.’’ e shun chhe?

uttaraḥ — jīvone pūrvabhavanā sanskār to rahe ja chhe, ane vyantarone pūrvabhavanā

smaraṇādithī visheṣh sanskār chhe, tethī pūrvabhavamān tene evī ja vāsanā hatī ke ‘‘gayādikamān
piṇḍadānādi karatān gati thāy chhe,’’ tethī teo evān kārya karavānun kahe chhe. musalamān vagere
marīne vyantar thāy chhe, teo e pramāṇe kahetā nathī. teo potānā sanskārarūp ja vākya kahe
chhe. jo sarva vyantaronī gati e ja pramāṇe thatī hoy, to badhā samān prārthanā kare, paṇ
em to nathī, em samajavun.

e pramāṇe vyantarādinun svarūp samajavun.
vaḷī sūrya, chandra, grahādik jyotiṣhīne pūje chhe, te paṇ bhram chhe. sūryādikane paṇ

parameshvarano ansh mānī pūje chhe, paṇ temanāmān to ek prakāranī ja adhikatā bhāse chhe, have
prakāshamān to anya ratnādik paṇ chhe, tenāmān anya koī evun lakṣhaṇ nathī, ke jethī tene
parameshvarano ansh mānīe. chandramādikane paṇ dhanādinī prāpti arthe pūje chhe. paṇ tene pūjavāthī
ja jo dhan thatun hoy, to sarva daridrī e kārya kare chhe, tethī e paṇ mithyābhāv chhe. vaḷī
jyotiṣhanā vichārathī khoṭā grahādik āvatān tenun pūjanādik kare chhe, tenā arthe dānādik āpe
chhe, paṇ te to jem haraṇādik potānī meḷe gamanādik kare chhe, have te puruṣhane jamaṇī –

ḍābī bājue āvatān āgāmī sukh – duḥkhanā gnānanun kāraṇ thāy chhe, paṇ kāī sukh – duḥkh

āpavā te samartha nathī; tem grahādik svayam gamanādik kare chhe, ane te pramāṇe yathāsambhav
yog prāpta thatān, āgāmī sukh – duḥkh thavānā gnānanun kāraṇ thāy chhe, paṇ kāī sukh – duḥkh

āpavā te samartha nathī. koī temanun pūjanādik kare chhe, tene paṇ iṣhṭa thatun nathī, tathā koī
nathī karatā, chhatān tene iṣhṭa thāy chhe, māṭe temanun pūjanādi karavun te mithyābhāv chhe.

ahīn koī kahe chhe ke — ‘‘āpavun, pūjanādi karavun e to puṇya chhe, tethī te bhalun

ja chhe.’’

teno uttar — dharmanā arthe āpavun, pūjanādi karavun e puṇya chhe. paṇ ahīn to duḥkhanā

bhayathī ane sukhanā lobhathī āpe chhe, pūje chhe, tethī te pāp ja chhe.

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ityādi anek prakārathī jyotiṣhīdevone pūje chhe, te mithyā chhe.

vaḷī devī – dahāḍī ādi chhe, temān koī to vyantarī vā jyotiṣhiṇī chhe, tenun anyathā

svarūp mānī koī pūjanādik kare chhe, tathā koī kalpit chhe, tenun paṇ kalpanā vaḍe ja pūjanādik
kare chhe.

e pramāṇe vyantarādikanā pūjanano niṣhedh karyo.

✾ kṣhetrapāl, padmāvatī ādine pūjavāno niṣhedhā ✾

prashnaḥ — kṣhetrapāl, dahāḍī ane padmāvatī ādi devī, tathā yakṣha – yakṣhiṇī

ādi ke je jainamatane anusare chhe, temanun pūjanādi karavāmān to doṣh nathī?

uttaraḥ — jainamatamān to sanyam dhāravāthī pūjyapaṇun hoy chhe. have devone sanyam hoto

ja nathī, vaḷī temane samyaktvī mānī pūjīe chhīe; to bhavanatrik devomān samyaktvanī paṇ
mukhyatā nathī. tathā jo samyaktvavaḍe ja pūjīe, to sarvārthasiddhi ane laukāntik devone ja kem
na pūjīe? tame kahesho te ‘‘āmane jinabhakti visheṣh chhe,’’ paṇ bhaktinī visheṣhatā to saudharma
indrane paṇ chhe tathā te samyagdraṣhṭi paṇ chhe, to tene chhoḍī āmane shāmāṭe pūjo chho? tame
kahesho ke ‘‘jem rājāne pratihārādik chhe, tem tīrthaṅkarane ā kṣhetrapālādik chhe,’’ paṇ
samavasaraṇādimān to temano adhikār ja nathī. māṭe e jūṭhī mānyatā chhe. vaḷī jem
pratihārādik dvārā rājāne maḷī shakāy chhe, tem e tīrthaṅkarano meḷāp karāvatā nathī, tyān to
jene bhakti hoy, te tīrthaṅkaranān darshanādik kare chhe. ane e paṇ kāī koīne ādhīn nathī.

juo to kharā ā agnānatā! āyudhādisahit, ane raudra chhe svarūp jenun, tenī gāī

gāīne bhakti kare chhe. have jainamatamān paṇ jo raudra rūp pūjya thayun to e paṇ anyamatanā
samān ja thayo. tīvra mithyātvabhāvathī jainamatamān paṇ evī viparīt pravr̥uttirūp mānyatā
hoy chhe.

e pramāṇe kṣhetrapāḷādikane paṇ pūjavā yogya nathī.

vaḷī gāy – sarpādik tiryañch, ke je potānāthī pratyakṣha hīn bhāse chhe, temano

tiraskārādik paṇ karī shakīe chhīe, tathā temanī nindyadashā pratyakṣha joīe chhīe. vr̥ukṣha, agni,
jalādik sthāvar chhe, te to tiryañchothī paṇ atyant hīn avasthāne prāpta joīe chhīe. tathā
shastra, khaḍiyo vagere to achetan chhe, sarvashaktithī hīn pratyakṣha joīe chhīe. temān pūjyapaṇāno
upachār paṇ sambhavato nathī, tethī temane pūjavā e mahāmithyābhāv chhe. temane pūjavāthī pratyakṣha
vā anumānathī paṇ koī phaḷaprāpti bhāsatī nathī. tethī temane pūjavā e yogya nathī.

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e pramāṇe sarva kudevone pūjavā – mānavāno niṣhedh chhe.

juo to kharā mithyātvanī mahimā! lokamān to potānāthī nīchāne namatān potāne nindya

māne chhe, paṇ ahīn mohit banī roḍāmparyantane pūjatān paṇ nindyatā mānato nathī. lokamān paṇ
jenāthī potānun kāī paṇ prayojan siddha thatun jāṇe, tenī ja sevā kare chhe, paṇ mohit banī
‘‘kudevothī mārun prayojan kem siddha thashe’’ teno vichār karyā vinā ja kudevonun sevan kare chhe.
vaḷī ā kudevonun sevan karatān hajāro vighna thāy, tene to gaṇe nahi, ane koī puṇyanā
udayathī iṣhṭakārya thaī jāy tene kahe ke – ‘‘ānā sevanathī ā kārya thayun.’’ kudevādikanā sevan

karyā vinā je iṣhṭakāryo thāy, tene to gaṇe nahi, paṇ koī aniṣhṭa thāy, tene kahe ke – ‘‘ānun

sevan karyun nahi, tethī aniṣhṭa thayun.’ eṭalun paṇ vichārato nathī ke – jo iṣhṭa – aniṣhṭa karavun

temanā ja ādhīn hoy, to je temane pūje, tene iṣhṭa ja thavun joīe, tathā koī na pūje,
tene aniṣhṭa ja thavun joīe, paṇ tevun to dekhātun nathī. kāraṇ ke – shītalāne ghaṇī mānavā chhatān

paṇ koīne tyān putrādi maratā joīe chhīe, tathā koīne na mānavā chhatān paṇ jīvatā joīe
chhīe. māṭe shītalāne mānavī kāī paṇ kāryakārī nathī.

e ja pramāṇe sarva kudevone mānavā kāī paṇ kāryakārī nathī.

prashnaḥ — ‘kāryakārī bhale na ho! paṇ tene mānavāthī kāī bagāḍ to thato nathī?’

uttaraḥ — jo bagāḍ na thato hoy, to ame shāmāṭe niṣhedh karīe? parantu temane

mānavāthī ek to mithyātvādik draḍh thavāthī mokṣhamārga durlabh thaī jāy chhe, ane e moṭo
bagāḍ chhe. bījun enāthī pāpabandh thāy chhe, ane tethī bhāvimān duḥkh pāmīe chhīe e ja
bagāḍ chhe.

prashnaḥ — mithyātvādibhāv to atattvashraddhānādik thatān thāy, tathā pāpabandh

kharāb kāryo karatān thāy chhe, paṇ āmane mānavāthī mithyātvādibhāv ane pāpabandh kevī
rīte thāy?

uttaraḥ — pratham to paradravyone iṣhṭa – aniṣhṭa mānavān, e ja mithyātva chhe. kāraṇ ke –

koī dravya koīnun mitra – shatru chhe ja nahi. vaḷī je iṣhṭa – aniṣhṭa padārtha maḷe chhe, tenun kāraṇ

puṇya – pāp chhe, māṭe jem puṇyabandh thāy, pāpabandh na thāy tem karo. jo karmanā udayano paṇ

nishchay na hoy, ane kevaḷ iṣhṭa – aniṣhṭa bāhyakāraṇonā sanyog – viyogano upāy kare, topaṇ

kudevane mānavāthī iṣhṭa – aniṣhṭabuddhi kāī dūr thatī nathī, parantu kevaḷ vr̥uddhine prāpta thāy chhe.

vaḷī tethī puṇyabandh paṇ thato nathī, pāpabandh ja thāy chhe. e kudevo koīne dhanādik āpatā
ke khūñchavī letā jovāmān āvatā nathī, tethī e bāhyakāraṇ paṇ nathī, to enī mānyatā shāmāṭe
karavāmān āve chhe? jyāre atyant bhramabuddhi thāy, jīvāditattvonā shraddhān – gnānano ansh paṇ

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na hoy, tathā rāg – dveṣhanī atyant tīvratā hoy tyāre ja je kāraṇ nathī, tene paṇ iṣhṭa –

aniṣhṭanun kāraṇ māne chhe tyāre kudevonī mānyatā thāy chhe.

e pramāṇe tīvra mithyātvādibhāv thatān, mokṣhamārga ati durlabh thaī jāy chhe.

✾ kugurunā shraddhānādikano niṣhedhā ✾

have āgaḷ kugurunā shraddhānādikano niṣhedh karīe chhīeḥ —

je jīv viṣhay – kaṣhāyādik adharmarūp to pariṇame chhe, ane mānādikathī potāne dharmātmā

manāve chhe, dharmātmāyogya namaskārādi kriyā karāve chhe, kiñchit dharmanun koī aṅg dhārī mahān
dharmātmā kahevaḍāve chhe, tathā mahān dharmātmā yogya kriyā karāve chhe, e pramāṇe dharmanā āshrayavaḍe
potāne mahān manāve chhe, te badhā kuguru jāṇavā. kāraṇ ke – dharmapaddhatimān to viṣhay – kaṣhāyādi

chhūṭatān jevo dharma dhāre, tevun ja potānun pad mānavun yogya chhe.

✾ kuḷaapekṣhā gurupaṇāno niṣhedhā ✾

tyān koī to kuḷavaḍe potāne guru māne chhe. temān keṭalāk brāhmaṇādik to kahe chhe ke –

‘‘amārun kuḷ ja uchcha chhe, tethī ame sarvanā guru chhīe.’’ paṇ kuḷanī uchchatā to dharmasādhanathī
chhe. jo koī uchchakuḷamān ūpajīne hīn ācharaṇ kare, to teene uchcha kevī rīte mānīe? jo
kuḷamān ūpajavāthī ja uchchapaṇun rahe, to mānsabhakṣhaṇādi karavā chhatān paṇ tene uchcha ja māno,
paṇ em bane nahi. bhāratagranthamān paṇ anek prakāranā brāhmaṇo kahe chhe, tyān ‘‘je brāhmaṇ
thaī chāṇḍālakārya kare, tene chāṇḍālabrāhmaṇ kahevā,’’ em kahyun chhe. jo kuḷathī ja uchchapaṇun rahe,
to evī hīnasañgnā shā māṭe āpī?

vaḷī vaiṣhṇavashāstromān evun paṇ kahyun chhe ke – ‘‘vedavyāsādik māchhalī ādithī ūpajyān.’’

to tyān kuḷano anukram kevī rīte kahyo? tathā mūḷ utpatti to brahmāthī kahe chhe, tethī sarvanun
ek ja kuḷ chhe, bhinna kuḷ kyān rahyun? vaḷī uchchakuḷanī strīne nīchakuḷanā puruṣhathī tathā
nīchakuḷanī strīne uchchakuḷanā puruṣhathī saṅgam thatān santati thatī jovāmān āve chhe, tyān uchcha –

nīch kuḷanun pramāṇ kyān rahyun?

prashnaḥ — jo em chhe, to uchcha – nīch kuḷano vibhāg shā māṭe māno chho?

uttaraḥ — laukik kāryamān to asatyapravr̥utti paṇ sambhave, parantu dharmakāryamān to asatyatā

sambhave nahi. māṭe dharmapaddhatimān to kuḷ apekṣhā mahantapaṇun sambhavatun nathī, paṇ dharmasādhanathī ja
mahantapaṇun hoy chhe. brāhmaṇādi kuḷomān je mahantatā chhe, te dharmapravr̥uttithī chhe; dharmapravr̥utti chhoḍī
hinsādik pāpapravr̥uttimān pravartatān mahantapaṇun kevī rīte rahe?

vaḷī koī kahe chhe ke – ‘‘amārā pūrvavaḍīlo mahān bhakta thaī gayā chhe, siddha thayā

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chhe, vā dharmātmā thayā chhe ane ame tenī santati chhīe. māṭe ame guru chhīe.’’ paṇ e
vaḍīlonā vaḍīlo to evā hatā nahi, have temanī santatimān āmane uttamakārya karatān jo uttam
māno chho, to e uttam puruṣhonī santatimān je uttam kārya na kare, tene shāmāṭe uttam māno
chho? shāstromān vā lokamān paṇ prasiddha chhe ke – pitā shubhakāryavaḍe uchchapad pāme chhe, tathā putra

ashubhakāryavaḍe nīchapad pāme chhe. vā pitā ashubhakāryavaḍe nīchapad pāme chhe, tyāre putra
shubhakāryavaḍe uchchapad pāme chhe. māṭe pūrva vaḍīlonī apekṣhāe mahantatā mānavī yogya nathī.

e pramāṇe kuḷavaḍe gurupaṇun mānavun, e mithyābhāv samajavo.

vaḷī koī – paṭṭavaḍe gurupaṇun māne chhe. pūrve koī mahānapuruṣh thayo hoy, tenī pāṭe je

shiṣhya – pratishiṣhya chālyā āvatā hoy, temān e mahantapuruṣh jevā guṇ na hoy, topaṇ temān

gurupaṇun mānavāmān āve chhe jo em ja hoy, to e pāṭamān koī gādīpati parastrīgamanādik
mahāpāpakārya karashe, te paṇ dharmātmā thashe tathā sugatine prāpta thashe, paṇ em to sambhave nahi.
tathā jo te mahāpāpī chhe, to tene gādīno adhikār ja kyān rahyo? māṭe je gurupadayogya
kārya kare, te ja guru chhe.

vaḷī koī – pahelān to strī ādinā tyāgī hatā, paṇ pāchhaḷathī bhraṣhṭa thaī vivāhādi

kārya karī gr̥uhastha thayā, temanī santati paṇ potāne guru māne chhe. paṇ bhraṣhṭa thayā pachhī gurupaṇun
kyān rahyun? gr̥uhasthavat e paṇ thayā. hā! eṭalun visheṣh thayun ke – ā bhraṣhṭa thaī gr̥uhastha thayā,

to temane mūḷagr̥uhasthadharmī kevī rīte guru māne?

vaḷī koī – anya to badhān pāpakārya kare, paṇ mātra ek strī paraṇe nahi, ane e

ja aṅg vaḍe potānāmān gurupaṇun māne chhe. have ek abrahmacharya ja pāp nathī, parantu hinsā –

parigrahādik paṇ pāp chhe. e karavā chhatān paṇ temane dharmātmā – guru kevī rīte manāy? bījun

e kāī dharmabuddhithī vivāhādikano tyāgī thayo nathī, paṇ koī ājīvikā vā lajjādi
prayojan arthe vivāh karato nathī. jo dharmabuddhi hot, to hinsādik shāmāṭe vadhārat? vaḷī
jenāmān dharmabuddhi nathī, tenī shīlanī draḍhatā paṇ rahe nahi, ane vivāh kare nahi tyāre te
parastrīgamanādi mahāpāp upajāve, tethī evī kriyā hovā chhatān tenāmān gurupaṇun mānavun e
mahā bhramabuddhi chhe.

vaḷī koī – koī prakāranā veṣh dhāravāthī gurupaṇun māne chhe. paṇ mātra veṣh dhāravāmān

sho dharma thayo, ke jethī dharmātmā tene guru māne? temān koī ṭopī pahere chhe, koī gūdarī
(godaḍī) rākhe chhe, koī choḷo pahere chhe. koī chādar oḍhe chhe, koī lālavastra rākhe chhe, koī
shvetavastra rākhe chhe, koī bhagavān rākhe chhe, koī ṭāṭ pahere chhe, koī mr̥ugachhālā pahere chhe, tathā
koī rākh lagāve chhe, ityādi anek svāṅg banāve chhe. paṇ jo shīt – uṣhṇādik sahan thatān

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nathī, tathā lajjā chhūṭī nathī, to pāghaḍī ane aṅgarakhādi pravr̥uttirūp vastrādikano shāmāṭe tyāg
karyo? tathā ene chhoḍī āvā svāṅg banāvavāmān kayun dharmanun aṅg thayun? paṇ mātra gr̥uhasthone
ṭhagavā māṭe ja evā veṣho chhe, em jāṇavun. kāraṇ ke – jo teo gr̥uhastha jevo potāno svāṅg

rākhe, to gr̥uhastha kevī rīte ṭhagāy? paṇ temane āvā veṣh dvārā ā gr̥uhastho pāsethī
ājīvikā, dhanādik tathā mānādik prayojan sādhavun chhe. tethī teo evā svāṅg banāve chhe,
ane bhoḷun jagat e svāṅgane joī ṭhagāy chhe, dharma thayo māne chhe. paṇ e bhram chhe,
‘upadeshasiddhāntaratna’mān kahyun chhe ke —

जह कुवि वेस्सारत्तो मुसिज्जमाणो विमण्णए हरिसं,
तह मिच्छवेसमुसिया गयं पि ण मुणंति धम्म-णिहिं ।।५।।

(upadeshasiddhāntaratnamāḷā)

arthaḥ — jem koī veshyāsakta puruṣh dhanādi ṭhagāvato hovā chhatān paṇ harṣha māne chhe,

tem mithyāveṣhavaḍe ṭhagātā jīvo, nāsh pāmatā dharmadhanane jāṇatā nathī. bhāvārtha — e

mithyāveṣhavāḷā jīvonī sushruṣhādithī potānun dharmadhan nāsh thāy chhe, teno to temane khed nathī,
paṇ ūlaṭā mithyābuddhithī harṣha kare chhe.

tyān koī to — mithyāshāstromān nirūpaṇ karelā veṣhane dhāraṇ kare chhe; e shāstronā

rachavāvāḷā pāpāshayīoe sugamakriyāthī, uchchapadaprāptinā prarūpaṇathī ‘‘amārī mānyatā thashe, vā
anya ghaṇā jīvo ā mārgamān joḍāshe,’’ evā abhiprāyathī mithyā upadesh āpyo. ane tenī
paramparāvaḍe vichārarahit jīvo, eṭalo paṇ vichār karatā nathī ke – sugamakriyāthī uchchapadaprāpti

batāve chhe, tyān kanīk dago chhe! paṇ mātra bhramapūrvak temanā kahelā mārgamān teo pravarte chhe.

vaḷī koī – shāstromān nirūpaṇ karelā kaṭhaṇ mārga to potānāthī sadhāy nahi, ane potānun

uchchanām dharāyā vinā lok māne paṇ nahi, e abhiprāyathī yati, muni, āchārya, upādhyāy,
sādhu, bhaṭṭārak, sannyāsī, yogī, tapasvī ane nagna ityādi nām to uchcha dharāve chhe, paṇ
tevā ācharaṇone sādhī shakatā nathī, tethī ichchhānusār nānā prakāranā veṣh banāve chhe, tathā
keṭalāk to potānī ichchhānusār ja navīn nām dhāraṇ kare chhe ane ichchhānusār veṣh banāve
chhe. ane evā anek veṣh dhāravāthī potānāmān gurupaṇun māne chhe, paṇ e mithyā chhe.

prashnaḥ — veṣh to ghaṇā prakāranā dekhāy chhe, to temān sāchā{jūṭhā veṣhanī

pichhāṇ kevī rīte thāy?

uttaraḥ — je veṣhamān viṣhay – kaṣhāyano kāī paṇ lagāv nathī, te veṣh sācho chhe. e

sācho veṣh traṇ prakārano chhe, bākīnā sarvaveṣh mithyā chhe.

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e ja vāt ṣhaṭpāhuḍamān shrīkundakundāchārye kahī chheḥ —

एगं जिणस्स रूवं र्बायं उक्किट्ठसावयाणं तु,
अवरट्ठियाण तइयं चउत्थ पुण लिंग दंसणं णत्थि ।।१८।। (दर्शनपाहुड)

arthaḥ — ek to jinasvarūp – nirgranth digambar muniliṅg, bījun utkr̥uṣhṭashrāvakarūp –

dashamī – agiyāramī pratimādhārak shrāvakaliṅg, ane trījun āryikāonun rūp e strīonun liṅg,

e pramāṇe e traṇ liṅg to shraddhānapūrvak chhe, chothun liṅg samyakdarshanasvarūp koī nathī.
bhāvārtha — e traṇ liṅg vinā anya liṅgane je māne chhe te shraddhānī nathī, paṇ mithyādraṣhṭi

chhe. vaḷī e veṣhomān koī veṣhī potānā veṣhanī pratīti karāvavā arthe kiñchit dharmanā aṅgane
paṇ pāḷe chhe, jem koī khoṭā rūpiyā chalāvavāvāḷo temān kanīk rūpāno ansh paṇ rākhe chhe,
tem ā paṇ dharmanun koī aṅg batāvī potānun uchchapad manāve chhe.

prashnaḥ — jeṭalun dharmasādhan karyun, tenun to phaḷ thashe?

uttaraḥ — jem koī upavāsanun nām dharāvī, kaṇamātra paṇ bhakṣhaṇ kare to te pāpī

chhe; paṇ ekāshananun nām dharāvī, koī kiñchitnyūn bhojan kare, topaṇ te dharmātmā chhe; tem
koī uchchapadanun nām dharāvī, temān kiñchit paṇ anyathā pravarte, to te mahāpāpī chhe. paṇ
nīchāpadanun nām dharāvī, thoḍun paṇ dharmasādhan kare, to te dharmātmā chhe. māṭe dharmasādhan to jeṭalun
bane teṭalun karo, emān koī doṣh nathī, paṇ uchcha dharmātmā nām dharāvī nīchī kriyā karatān
to te mahāpāpī ja thāy chhe. ṣhaṭpāhuḍamān shrī kundakundāchārye kahyun chhe ke —

जहजायरूवसरिसो तिलतुसमित्तं ण गिहदि हत्तेसु
जइ लेइ अप्पबहुयं तत्तो पुण जाइ णिग्गोदम् ।।१८।। (सूत्रपाहुड)

arthaḥ — munipad chhe te yathājātarūp sadrash chhe; jevo janma thayo hato tevun nagna chhe.

e muni, artha je dhanavastrādi vastune tilatusamātra paṇ grahaṇ kare nahi. kadāpi tene thoḍīghaṇī
paṇ grahaṇ kare, to tethī te nigod jāy.

juo! gr̥uhasthapaṇāmān ghaṇo parigrah rākhī, kanīk pramāṇ kare, topaṇ te svarga – mokṣhano

adhikārī thāy chhe, tyāre munipaṇāmān kiñchit parigrah aṅgīkār karatān paṇ te nigodagāmī
thāy chhe, māṭe uchcha nām dharāvī nīchī pravr̥utti karavī yogya nathī.

juo! ā huṇḍāvasarpiṇīkāḷamān ā kaḷikāḷ pravarte chhe. jenā doṣhathī jainamatamān paṇ

āje viṣhayakaṣhāyāsakta jīv munipad dhāraṇ kare chhe. teo sarvasāvadyanā tyāgī thaī
pañchamahāvratādi aṅgīkār kare chhe, chhatān shvet – raktādi vastrone grahaṇ kare chhe, bhojanādimān

lolupī hoy chhe, potapotānī paddhati vadhāravāmān udyamī hoy chhe. koī dhanādik paṇ rākhe chhe,

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tathā hinsādi nānā prakāranā ārambh kare chhe. paṇ alpaparigrah grahaṇ karavānun phaḷ nigod
kahyun chhe, to āvā pāponun phaḷ to anantasansār avashya hoy.

vaḷī lokonī agnānatā to juo! koī ek nānī pratignā bhaṅg kare, tene to teo

pāpī kahe chhe, paṇ āvī mahān pratignā bhaṅg karatā jovā chhatān tene guru māne chhe. muni
samān tenun sanmānādik kare chhe. shāstramān kr̥ut – kārit – anumodanānun ekasarakhun phaḷ kahyun chhe,

tethī temane paṇ evun ja phaḷ lāge chhe.

munipad levāno kram to ā chhe ke — pahelān tattvagnān thāy, pachhī udāsīn pariṇām

thāy, pariṣhahādi sahan karavānī shakti thāy. ane te potānī meḷe ja muni thavā ichchhe, tyāre
shrīguru tene munidharma aṅgīkār karāve.

ā te kaī jātanī viparītatā chhe ke – tattvagnānarahit ane viṣhayāsakta jīvane, māyā

vaḍe vā lobh batāvī munipad āpī, pāchhaḷathī anyathā pravr̥utti karāvavī! paṇ e mahān
anyāy chhe.

e pramāṇe kuguru ane tenā sevanano ahīn niṣhedh karyo.

have e kathanane draḍh karavā māṭe anya shāstronī sākṣhī āpīe chhīe.

‘upadeshasiddhāntaratnamāḷā’mān kahyun chhe ke —

गुरुणो भट्टा जाचा सद्दे थुणि ऊण लिंति दाणाइं ।

दोण्णवि अमुणिचसारा दूसमिसमयम्मि बुड्ढंति ।।३१।।

arthaḥ — kāḷadoṣhathī guru je chhe te to bhāṭ thayā, bhāṭ samān shabdovaḍe dātāranī

stuti karīne, dānādi grahaṇ kare chhe. paṇ tethī ā duṣhamakāḷamān dātār ane pātra banne
sansārasamudramān ḍūbe chhe. vaḷī tyān kahyun chhe ke —

सप्पे दिट्ठे णासइ लोओ णहि कोवि किंपि अक्खेइ ।

जो चयइ कुगुरु सप्पं हा मूढा भणई तं दुट्ठं ।।३६।।

arthaḥ — sarpane dekhī koī bhāge, tene to lok kāī paṇ kahe nahi, paṇ hāy hāy

juo to kharā! ke ā kugurusarpane koī chhoḍe, tene mūḍh loko duṣhṭa ane būro kahe chhe.

सप्पो इक्कं मरणं कुगुरु अणंताइ देह मरणाईं ।

तो वर सप्पं गहियं मा कुगुरु सेवणं भद्दं ।।३७।।

arthaḥ — sarpavaḍe to ek ja vakhat maraṇ thāy chhe, paṇ ā kuguru anantamaraṇ āpe

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chhe, anantavār janma – maraṇ karāve chhe. māṭe he bhadra! sāpane grahaṇ karavo to bhalo chhe, parantu

kugurunun sevan bhalun nathī.

bījī gāthāo paṇ tyān ā shraddhān draḍh karavā māṭe ghaṇī kahī chhe, te granthamānthī joī

levī.

saṅghapaṭṭakamān paṇ kahyun chhe ke —

क्षुत्क्षामः किल कोपि रंकशिशुकः प्रवृज्य चैत्ये क्वचित्,
कृत्वा किंच न पक्षमक्षतकलिः प्राप्तस्तदाचार्यकम्;
चित्रं चैत्यगृहे गृहीयति निजे गच्छे कुटुम्बीयति,
स्वं शक्रीयति बालिशीयति बुधान् विश्व बराकीयति

।

arthaḥ — juo! kṣhudhāvaḍe kr̥ush koī raṅkanun bāḷak, koī chaityālayādimān dīkṣhā dhārī,

pāparahit na hovā chhatān, koī pakṣhavaḍe āchāryapadane prāpta thayun; have te chaityālayamān potānā
gharasamān pravarte chhe, potānā gachchhamān kuṭumbasamān pravarte chhe, potāne indrasamān mahān māne
chhe, gnānījanone bāḷakasamān agnānī māne chhe, tathā sarva gr̥uhasthone raṅkasamān māne chhe. e
mahān āshcharya chhe.

vaḷī — ‘‘यैर्जातो न च वर्द्धितो न च क्रीतो’’ ityādi kāvya chhe. jenāthī janma thayo nathī,

vadhyo nathī, mūlya āpī dīdho nathī, tathā deṇadār thayo nathī, ityādi koī prakārano sambandh
nathī, chhatān gr̥uhasthone baḷadanī māphak hāṅke chhe, tathā jorāvarīthī dānādi le chhe, paṇ hāy!
hāy! ā jagat rājā vaḍe rahit chhe, arthāt koī nyāy pūchhavāvāḷo nathī.

ahīn koī kahe ke — ‘‘e to shvetāmbararachit upadesh chhe, tenī sākṣhī shāmāṭe āpo chho?’’

uttaraḥ — jem koī nīcho puruṣh jeno niṣhedh kare, teno uttam puruṣhane to sahaj niṣhedh

thayo. tem jene vastrādi upakaraṇ kahyān chhe, teo paṇ jeno niṣhedh kare, to digambaradharmamān
to evī viparītatāno sahaj ja niṣhedh thayo.

vaḷī digambar granthomān paṇ e shraddhānanān poṣhak vachano chhe.
shrīkundakundāchārya ṣhaṭpāhuḍamān (darshanapāhuḍamān) paṇ kahyun chhe ke —

दंसणमूलो धम्मो उवइट्ठो जिणवरेहिं सिस्साणं ।

तं सोऊण सकण्णे दंसणहीणो ण वंदिव्वो ।।२।। (दर्शनपाहुड)

arthaḥ — samyagdarshan chhe mūḷ jenun, evo jinavar dvārā upadeshelo dharma sāmbhaḷī, he

karṇasahit puruṣho! tame em māno ke samyaktvarahit jīv vandan yogya nathī. je pote kuguru

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chhe ane kugurunā shraddhān sahit chhe, te samyagdraṣhṭi kyāthī hoy? tathā samyaktva vinā anya
dharma paṇ na hoy, to te dharma vinā vandan yogya kyāthī hoy?

जे दंसणेसु भट्ठाः णाणे भट्ठा चरित्तभट्ठा य ।

एदे भट्ठ वि भट्ठा सेस पि जणं विणासंति ।।८।। (दर्शनपाहुड)

arthaḥ — je shraddhānamān, bhraṣhṭa chhe, gnānamān bhraṣhṭa chhe, tathā chāritramān bhraṣhṭa chhe. te jīv

bhraṣhṭamān paṇ bhraṣhṭa chhe, anya jīvo ke jeo teno upadesh māne chhe, te jīvono paṇ te nāsh
kare chhe – būrun kare chhe.
vaḷī kahe chhe ke

—

जे दंसणेसु भट्ठा पाए पाडंति दंसणधराणं ।

ते होंति लल्लमूआ बोही पुण दुल्लहा तेसिं ।।१२।। (दर्शनपाहुड)

arthaḥ — je pote to samyaktvathī bhraṣhṭa chhe. chhatān samyaktvadhārakone potānā page

paḍāvavā ichchhe chhe, te lūlā, gūṅgā, vā sthāvar thaī jāy chhe, tathā tene bodhinī prāpti
mahādurlabh thaī jāy chhe.

जे वी पडंति च तेसिं जाणंता लज्जागारवभयेण ।

तेसिं पि णत्थि बोही पावं अणुमोचमाणाणं ।।१३।। (दर्शनपाहुड)

arthaḥ — je jāṇato hovā chhatān paṇ, lajjā, gārav ane bhayathī tenā page paḍe

chhe, tene paṇ bodhi arthāt samyaktva nathī. kevā chhe e jīvo? mātra pāpanī anumodanā kare
chhe. pāpīonun sanmānādik karatān paṇ te pāpanī anumodanānun phaḷ lāge chhe.

vaḷī kahe chhe ke —

जस्स परिग्गहगहणं अप्पं बहुयं च हवइ लिंगस्स ।

सो गरहिउ जिणवयणे परिगहरहिओ णिरायारो ।।१९।। (सूत्रपाहुड)

arthaḥ — je liṅgamān thoḍo vā ghaṇo parigrahano aṅgīkār chhe, te liṅg jinavachanamān

nindā yogya chhe. parigraharahit ja aṇagār hoy chhe. kahe chhe ke —

धम्मम्मि णिप्पवासो दोसावासो य इच्छुफु ल्लसमो ।

णिष्फलनिग्गुणयारो, णडसवणो णग्गरूवेण ।।७१।। (भावपाहुड)

arthaḥ — je dharmamān nirudyamī ane doṣhonun ghar chhe, te īkṣhuphūl samān niṣhphaḷ chhe;

je guṇonā ācharaṇathī rahit chhe, te mātra nagnarūpavaḍe naṭashramaṇ chhe – bhāṇḍasamān veṣhadhārī chhe.

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have nagna thatān to bhāṇḍanun draṣhṭānt sambhave chhe, paṇ parigrah rākhe to e draṣhṭānt paṇ bane nahi.
kahyun chhe ke —

जे पावमोहियमई लिंगं घेत्तूण जिणवरिंदाणं ।

पावं कुणंति पावा ते चत्ता मोक्खमग्गम्मि ।।७८।। (मोक्षपाहुड)

arthaḥ — pāpavaḍe mohit thaī chhe buddhi jenī, evā je jīvo jinavaranun liṅg dhārī

pāp kare chhe, te pāpamūrti mokṣhamārgamān bhraṣhṭa jāṇavā.

vaḷī kahyun chhe ke —

जे पंचचेलसत्ता गंथग्गाहींय जायणासीला ।

आधाकम्मम्मि रया ते चत्ता मोक्खमग्गम्मि ।।७९।। (मोक्षपाहुड)

arthaḥ — je pāñchaprakāranā vastromān āsakta chhe, parigrahane grahaṇ karavāvāḷā chhe,

yāchanā sahit chhe, tathā ādhākarmādi doṣhomān līn chhe, te mokṣhamārgamān bhraṣhṭa jāṇavā.

bījī paṇ gāthā tyān te shraddhānane draḍh karavā māṭe kahel chhe te tyānthī jāṇavun.
shrī kundakundāchāryakr̥ut liṅgapāhuḍamān, jeo muniliṅgadhārī hinsā, ārambh, yantra – mantrādi kare

chhe, teno ghaṇo niṣhedh karyo chhe.

shrīguṇabhadrāchāryakr̥ut ātmānushāsanamān paṇ kahyun chhe ke —

इतस्ततश्च त्रस्यन्तो विभावर्य्यां यथा मृगाः ।

वनाब्दिषन्त्युपग्रामं कलौ कष्ट तपस्विनः ।।१९७।।

arthaḥ — jem rātri viṣhe mr̥ug jyān tyānthī bhayavān banī vanamānthī nagaranī samīp

āvīne vase chhe, tem ā kaḷikāḷamān tapasvī paṇ mr̥uganī māphak jyān tyānthī bhayabhīt
banī, vanamānthī nagaranī samīp āvī vase chhe, e mahākhedakārak kārya chhe. ahīn nagar-
samīp ja rahevun niṣhedhyun to nagaramān rahevun to svayam niṣhedh thayun. vaḷī e ja granthamān kahyun
chhe ke —

वरं गार्हस्थ्यमेवाद्य तपसो भावि जन्मनः ।

सुस्त्रीकटाक्षलुण्टाकैर्लुप्तवैराग्यसंपदः ।।१९८।।

arthaḥ — jenāthī anantasansār thavā yogya chhe, evā tap karatān to gr̥uhasthapaṇun ja

bhalun chhe, kevun chhe e tap? prabhāt thatān ja strīonā kaṭākṣharūp luṇṭārāovaḍe jenī vairāgyasampadā
luṇṭāī gaī chhe.

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