Moksha Marg Prakashak-Gujarati (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Shwetambar Mat Nirakaran; Anyalingathi Muktino Nishedh; Gruhastha Muktino Nishedh; Stri Muktino Nishedh; Shudra Mukti Nishedh; Acherano Nishedh; Shwetambar Mat Kathit Dev-guru-dharmanu Anyatha Swaroop; Munine Vastradik Upakaranano Nishedh; Gurunu Anyatha Swroop; Dharmanu Anyatha Swroop; Dhoondhakamatanu Nirakaran; Pratimadhari Shravak Na Hovani Manyatano Nishedh; Mukhapatti Aadino Nishedh; Moortipooja Nishedhanu Nirakaran.

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पशुरिंद्रमाहुतिरिति स्वाहा ।। ॐ त्रातारमिंद्रं ऋषभं वदन्ति अमृतारमिंद्रं हवे सुगतं सुपार्श्वमिदं हवे

शक्रमर्जितं तद्वर्द्धमानपुरुहूतमिंद्रमाहुरिति स्वाहा ।। ॐ नग्नं सुधीरं दिग्वाससं ब्रह्मगर्भं सनातनं उपैमि वीरं

पुरुषमर्हंतमादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् स्वाहाः ।। ॐ स्वस्तिन् इन्द्रो वृद्धश्रवा स्वस्तिनः पूषा विश्ववेदाः

स्वस्तिनस्तार्क्ष्यों अरिष्टनेमिः१ स्वस्तिन बृहस्पतिदधातु ।। दीर्घायुस्त्वायुबलायुवा शुभजातायु ॐ रक्ष रक्ष

अरिष्टनेमिः स्वाहा ।। वामदेव शान्त्यर्थमनुविधीयते सोऽरमार्कं २अरिष्टनेमिः स्वाहाः ।।

ahīn je jainatīrthaṅkaronā nām tathā pūjan kahyān, tethī em bhāse chhe ke — vedarachanā

tenā pachhī thaī chhe.’’

e pramāṇe anyamatonī sākṣhīthī paṇ jainamatanī uttamatā tathā prāchīnatā draḍh thaī. vaḷī

jainamatane jotān paṇ e mato kalpit ja bhāse chhe, tethī je potānā hitanā ichchhuk hoy,
teo pakṣhapāt chhoḍī sāchā jainadharmane aṅgīkār kare!

anyamatomān pūrvāpar virodh dekhāy chhe. pahelā avatāramān vedano uddhār karyo tyān

yagnādikamān hinsādikanun poṣhaṇ karyun, tyāre buddhāvatāre yagnanā nindak thaī hinsādi niṣhedhyān.
vr̥uṣhabhāvatāre vītarāgasanyamano mārga batāvyo, tyāre kr̥iṣhṇāvatāre parastrīramaṇādi viṣhay –

kaṣhāyādikanā mārga batāvyā. have emān ā sansārī jīv konun kahelun kare? konā anusār pravarte?
tathā e badhā avatārone ek batāve chhe. e ek paṇ koī veḷā kevī rīte tathā koī veḷā
kevī rīte kahe chhe, vā pravarte chhe, to ā jīvane tenā kahevānī vā pravartavānī pratīti kem āve?

koī ṭhekāṇe krodhādik kaṣhāyo vā viṣhayono niṣhedh kare chhe, tyāre koī ṭhekāṇe laḍavāno

vā viṣhay sevavāno upadesh āpe chhe, ane tyān prārabdha batāve chhe. paṇ krodhādik thayā vinā
jo e laḍāī ādi kāryo svayam thatān hoy to e ame paṇ mānīe; paṇ em to thatān
nathī. vaḷī laḍāī vagere kāryo thatān krodhādik thayā na mānīe, to e judā krodhādik koṇ
chhe? teno to tame niṣhedh karyo chhe, tethī em paṇ banatun nathī. emān pūrvāpar virodh chhe.
gītāmān vītarāgatā batāvī vaḷī laḍavāno upadesh karyo, e pratyakṣha virodh dekhāy chhe.
r̥̄iṣhīshvarādiko dvārā shrāp āpyā batāve chhe, paṇ evo krodh karatān nindyapaṇun shun na thayun?
ityādi jāṇavun.

vaḷī ‘‘अपुत्रस्यगतिर्नास्ति’’ em paṇ teo kahe chhe, tyāre bhāratamān em paṇ kahyun

chhe keḥ —

अनेकानि सहस्राणि कुमारब्रह्मचारिणाम् ।

दिवं गतानि राजेन्द्र अकृत्वा कुलसन्ततिम् ।।

3.r̥̄ugved aṣhṭa 1 a0 6 varga 16.

yajurved a0 25 mantra 16, aṣhṭa 91 a0 6 varga – 1

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ahīn kumārabrahmachārīone svarga gayā batāvyā, paṇ paraspar virodh chhe.
vaḷī r̥̄iṣhīshvarabhāratamān em kahyun chhe keḥ —

मद्यमांसाशनं रात्रौ भोजनं कन्दभक्षणम् ।

ये कुर्वन्ति वृथास्तेषां तीर्थयात्रां जपस्तपः ।।१।।

वृथा एकादशी प्रोक्ता वृथा जागरणं हरेः ।

वृथा च पौष्करी यात्रा कृत्स्नं चान्द्रायणं वृथा ।।२।।

चातुर्मास्ये तु सम्प्राप्ते रात्रिभोज्यं करोति यः ।

तस्य शुद्धिर्न विद्येत चान्द्रायणशतैरपि ।।३।।

ahīn madya – māns, rātribhojan, chomāsāmān to visheṣhapaṇe rātribhojan ane kandabhakṣhaṇano

niṣhedh karyo, tyāre moṭā puruṣhone madya – mānsādikanun sevan karavun batāve chhe, tathā vratādikamān

rātribhojan vā kandādibhakṣhaṇane sthāpan kare chhe. e pramāṇe viruddha nirūpaṇ kare chhe.

e ja pramāṇe anyamatanā shāstromān pūrvāparaviruddha anek vachano chhe. shun karīe? koī

ṭhekāṇe to pūrvaparamparā jāṇī vishvās aṇāvavā māṭe yathārtha kahyun, tyāre koī ṭhekāṇe viṣhay –

kaṣhāy poṣhavā arthe ayathārtha kahyun. have jyān pūrvāparavirodh hoy, tenān vachan pramāṇ kevī rīte
karīe?

anyamatomān kṣhamā – shīl – santoṣhādikane poṣhaṇ karatān vachano chhe te to jainamatamān hoy

chhe, paṇ viparīt vachano chhe te temanān kalpit chhe. jainamatānusār vachanonā vishvāsathī temanā
viparīt vachanonun paṇ shraddhānādik thaī jāy, māṭe anyamatonun koī aṅg bhalun dekhīne paṇ tyān
shraddhānādik na karavun, paṇ jem viṣh meḷavelun bhojan hitakārī nathī, tem ahīn jāṇavun.

vaḷī koī uttamadharmanun aṅg jainamatamān na hoy ane anyamatamān hoy; athavā koī

niṣhiddhadharmanun aṅg jainamatamān hoy ane anyamatamān na hoy, to anyamatane ādaro. paṇ em
to sarvathā hoy ja nahi, kāraṇ ke – sarvagnanā gnānathī kāī chhūpun nathī, māṭe anyamatonun

shraddhānādik chhoḍī jainamatanun draḍh shraddhānādik karavun. vaḷī kāḷadoṣhathī kaṣhāyī jīvoe jainamatamān
paṇ kalpitarachanā karī chhe, te ahīn darshāvīe chhīe.

✾ shvetāmbaramat – nirākaraṇ ✾

shvetāmbaramatavāḷā koīe sūtra banāvyān, tene teo gaṇadharanān karyān kahe chhe, temane

pūchhīe chhīe ke – gaṇadhare āchārāṅgādik banāvyān, ke je vartamānamān tamāre chhe, te eṭalā

pramāṇ sahit ja karyān hatān, ke ghaṇā pramāṇ sahit karyān hatān? jo eṭalā pramāṇ sahit

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ja karyān hatān, to tamārā shāstromān āchārāṅgādikanā padonun pramāṇ aḍhārahajār ādi kahyun
chhe, tenī vidhi meḷavī āpo!

padanun pramāṇ keṭalun? jo vibhaktinā antane pad kahesho to kahelā pramāṇathī ghaṇān pad

thaī jashe, tathā jo pramāṇapad kahesho, to e ek padanā sādhik (kanīk adhik) ekāvan
kroḍ shlok chhe. have ā to ghaṇān alpashāstra chhe, tethī e banatun nathī. āchārāṅgādikathī
dashavaikālikādikanun pramāṇ ochhun kahyun chhe, paṇ tamāre vadhāre chhe, to e kem bane?

tame kahesho ke — ‘‘āchārāṅgādik to moṭān hatān, paṇ kāḷadoṣh jāṇī temānthī ja

keṭalāk sūtra kāḍhī ā shāstro banāvyān chhe.’’ paṇ pratham to tūṭak granth pramāṇ nathī. vaḷī
evo prabandh chhe ke — jo koī moṭo granth banāve, to temān sarva varṇan vistār pūrvak kare,

tathā nāno granth banāve, to temān saṅkṣhep varṇan kare, parantu sambandh tūṭe nahi. tathā koī moṭā
granthamānthī thoḍuṅghaṇun kathan kāḍhī laīe to tyān sambandh maḷe nahi – kathanano anukram tūṭī jāy.

paṇ tamārān sūtromān to kathādikano paṇ sambandh maḷato bhāse chhe – tūṭakapaṇun bhāsatun nathī.

vaḷī anya kaviothī gaṇadharanī buddhi to vadhāre hovī joīe. eṭale tenā karelā

granthomān to thoḍā shabdomān ghaṇo artha hovo joīe. parantu ahīn to anya kavionā jevī
paṇ gambhīratā nathī.

vaḷī je granth banāve, te potānun nām ā pramāṇe to na dhare ke – ‘‘amuk kahe chhe,’’

parantu ‘‘hun kahun chhun’’ em kahe. have tamārān sūtromān ‘‘he gautam’’ vā ‘‘gautam kahe chhe’’ evān
vachan chhe. evān vachan to tyāre ja sambhave ke – jyāre anya koī kartā hoy. tethī e sūtro

gaṇadharakr̥ut nathī, paṇ anyanān karelān chhe. mātra gaṇadharanā nāmavaḍe kalpit rachanāne teo pramāṇ
karāvavā ichchhe chhe, paṇ vivekī to parīkṣhāvaḍe māne, kahevāmātrathī to na māne.

vaḷī teo em paṇ kahe chhe ke — ‘‘koī dashapūrvadhārī thayā, teṇe gaṇadharasūtronā

anusār ā sūtro banāvyān chhe.’’ tyān ame pūchhīe chhīe ke – jo navā granth banāvyā hatā,

to navān nām rākhavān hatān, aṅgādikanān nām shā māṭe rākhyān? jem koī moṭā shāhukāranī
peḍhīnā nāmavaḍe potānun shāhukārun pragaṭ kare, tevun ā kārya thayun. e sāchā hot to ( – jem

digambar āchāryoe anek granth rachyā te sarva gaṇadharadevadvārā bhāṣhit aṅgaprakīrṇak anusār
rachyā, tathā te sarvamān granthakartānun nām sarva āchāryoe potānun judun judun rākhyun, tathā e granthonān
nām paṇ judān judān rākhyān, parantu koī paṇ granthanun nām aṅgādik na rākhyun, vā na em
lakhyun ke – e gaṇadharadevanān rachelān chhe.) – jem digambaromān granthonān nām rākhyān, tathā pūrvagranthonun

anusārīpaṇun kahyun, tem kahevun yogya hatun. paṇ aṅgādikanun nām dharī gaṇadharadevano bhram shā
māṭe upajāvyo? tethī e gaṇadharadevanā vā pūrvadhārīnān vachan nathī. vaḷī e sūtromān vishvās

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aṇāvavā arthe je jinamatānusār kathan chhe te to satya ja chhe, digambar paṇ tem ja kahe
chhe. parantu je kalpit rachanā karī chhe, temān pūrvāparaviruddhapaṇun vā pratyākṣhadi pramāṇamān viruddhapaṇun
bhāse chhe, te ahīn darshāvīe chhīe —

✾ anyaliṅgathī muktino niṣhedh ✾

anyaliṅgīne, gr̥uhasthane, strīne vā chāṇḍālādi shūdrone sākṣhāt mokṣhaprāpti hovī māne chhe,

paṇ em bane nahi. kāraṇ samyagdarshan – gnān – chāritranī ekatā mokṣhamārga chhe. have teo

samyagdarshananun svarūp to evun kahe chhe ke —

अरहंतो महादेवो जावज्जीवं सुसाहणो गुरुणो ।

जिणपण्णत्तं तत्तं ए सम्मत्तं मए गहियं ।।१।।

have anyaliṅgīne arahant dev, sādhu, guru, jinapraṇīt tattvanī mānyatā kem sambhave?

ane tethī samyaktva paṇ na hoy, to mokṣha kevī rīte hoy?

ahīn jo kahesho ke — ‘‘antaraṅg shraddhān hovāthī temane samyaktva hoy chhe.’’ have

viparītaliṅgadhārakanī prashansādik karatān paṇ samyaktvane atichār kahyo chhe, to
satyashraddhān thayā pachhī pote viparītaliṅgano dhārak kevī rīte rahe? satyashraddhān thayā

pachhī mahāvratādi aṅgīkār karye samyakchāritra hoy te anyaliṅgīmān kyāthī bane? jo
anyaliṅgamān paṇ samyakchāritra hoy, to jainaliṅg anyaliṅg samān thayun, māṭe anyaliṅgīne
mokṣha kahevo mithyā chhe.

✾ gr̥uhasthamukit niṣhedhā ✾

vaḷī gr̥uhasthane mokṣha kahe chhe; paṇ hinsādik sarvasāvadyayogano tyāg karatān

samyakchāritra hoy chhe. have sarvasāvadyayogano tyāg karatān gr̥uhasthapaṇun kem sambhave? ahīn kahesho
ke – ‘‘antaraṅgano tyāg thayo chhe, paṇ ahīn to traṇe yog vaḍe tyāg kare chhe, to kāyavaḍe tyāg

kevī rīte thayo? vaḷī bāhyaparigrahādik rākhavā chhatān paṇ mahāvrat hoy chhe.’’ to mahāvratomān
bāhyatyāg karavānī to pratignā karavāmān āve chhe, tyāg karyā vinā mahāvrat hoy nahi, ane
mahāvrat vinā chhaṭhṭhun ādi guṇasthān paṇ na hoī shake, to mokṣha kevī rīte hoy? māṭe gr̥uhasthane
mokṣha kahevo e mithyāvachan chhe.

✾ strīmukita niṣhedhā ✾

vaḷī strīne mokṣha kahe chhe, paṇ jenāthī sātamī narakagamanayogya pāp na thaī shake,

tenāthī mokṣhakāraṇarūp shuddhabhāv kevī rīte thaī shake? kāraṇ ke – jenā bhāv draḍh hoy te ja

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utkr̥uṣhṭa pāp vā dharma upajāvī shake chhe. strīne niḥshaṅk ekāntamān dhyān dharavun, tathā sarva
parigrahādikano tyāg karavo sambhavato nathī.

tame kahesho ke — ‘‘ek samayamān puruṣhavedī, strīvedī tathā napunsakavedīne siddhi thavī

siddhāntamān kahī chhe, tethī strīno mokṣha mānīe chhīe.’’ paṇ tyān bhāvavedī chhe ke dravyavedī chhe?
jo bhāvavedī chhe, to te ame paṇ mānīe chhīe, tathā dravyavedī chhe, to puruṣh – strīvedī lokamān

ghaṇā dekhāy chhe, ane napunsak to koī viralā ja dekhāy chhe, to ek samayamān mokṣha javāvāḷā
āṭalā napunsak kevī rīte sambhave? māṭe dravyavedanī apekṣhāe e kathan banatun nathī.

jo tame kahesho ke — ‘‘navamā guṇasthān sudhī ved kahyo chhe,’’ to e kathan paṇ

bhāvavedanī apekṣhāe ja chhe, jo dravyavedanī apekṣhāe hoy to chaudamā guṇasthān sudhī vedano
sadbhāv sambhave.

māṭe strīno mokṣha kahevo mithyā chhe.

✾ shūdramukita niṣhedhā ✾

vaḷī shūdrono mokṣha kahe chhe, paṇ chāṇḍālādikane uttam kuḷavāḷā gr̥uhastho sanmānādik

karī dānādik kevī rīte āpe? āpe to lokaviruddha thāy. vaḷī nīch kulavāḷāne uttam
pariṇām thaī shake nahi, tathā nīch gotrakarmano uday to pāñchamā guṇasthān sudhī ja chhe,
uparanān guṇasthān chaḍhyā vinā mokṣha kevī rīte thāy? tame kahesho ke – ‘‘sanyam dhāryā pachhī

tene uchchagotrano uday kahīe chhīe.’’ to sanyam dhāravā, na dhāravānī apekṣhāe nīch –

uchchagotrano uday ṭharyo. em thatān asanyamī manuṣhya – tīrthaṅkar – kṣhatriyādikane paṇ nīchagotrano

uday ṭharashe. jo temane kul apekṣhāe uchchagotrano uday kahesho, to chāṇḍālādikane paṇ kul
apekṣhāe ja nīchagotrano uday kaho! tamārān sūtromān paṇ teno sadbhāv pāñchamā guṇasthān
sudhī ja kahyo chhe. kalpit kahevāmān to pūrvāpar virodh ja thāy, māṭe shūdrono mokṣha kahevo
mithyā chhe.

e pramāṇe temaṇe sarvane mokṣhanī prāpti kahī, tenun prayojan e chhe ke – sarvane bhalun

manāvavun, mokṣhanī lālach āpavī, tathā potānā kalpit matanī pravr̥utti karavī; parantu vichār karatān
e mithyā bhāse chhe.

✾ achchherāno niṣhedhā ✾

vaḷī temanān shāstromān ‘‘achherān’’ kahe chhe, ane kahe chhe ke – ‘‘huṇḍāvasarpiṇīkāḷanā

nimittathī e thayān chhe, ene chheḍavān nahi.’’ paṇ kāḷadoṣhathī ghaṇī ya vāto thāy, parantu
pramāṇaviruddha to na thāy. jo pramāṇaviruddha paṇ thāy. to ākāshamān phūl tathā gadheḍānne shīṅgaḍān

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ityādi thavun paṇ bane, paṇ tem thavun sambhavatun nathī. māṭe teo je achherān kahe chhe, te
pramāṇaviruddha chhe. shāmāṭe te ahīn kahīe chhīeḥ —

‘‘vardhamānajin keṭalok kāḷ brāhmaṇīnā garbhamān rahī, pachhī kṣhatriyāṇīnā garbhamān vadhyā’’

em teo kahe chhe. have koīno garbha koīmān mūkyo pratyakṣha bhāsato nathī, tem anumānādikamān
paṇ āvato nathī. tīrthaṅkarane thayo kahīe, to garbhakalyāṇak koīnā gher thayun tathā janmakalyāṇak
koī anyanā gher thayun, ratnavr̥uṣhṭi ādi keṭalāk divas koīnā gher thaī, ane keṭalāk divas
koī anyanā gher thaī, soḷasvapna koīne āvyān tyāre putra koīne thayo; ityādik
asambhavitatā bhāse chhe. vaḷī mātā to be thaī, tyāre pitā to ek brāhmaṇ ja rahyo, ane
janmakalyāṇādikamān tenun sanmān na karyun, anya kalpit pitānun karyun, tathā tīrthaṅkarane be pitā
kahevā mahāviparīt bhāse chhe, sarvotkr̥uṣhṭapadanā dhārak māṭe evān vachan sāmbhaḷavān paṇ yogya
nathī.

vaḷī tīrthaṅkaranī paṇ evī avasthā thaī, to anya strīno garbha anya strīmān dharī devo

sarvatra ṭhare. ane em thatān vaiṣhṇavo jem anek prakārathī putra – putrīnun ūpajavun batāve chhe, tevun

ā kārya paṇ thayun. have āvā nikr̥uṣhṭakāḷamān paṇ e pramāṇe hoy ja nahi, to chothākāḷamān
em thavun kevī rīte sambhave? māṭe e kathan mithyā chhe.

vaḷī malli tīrthaṅkarane teo kanyā kahe chhe, paṇ muni – devādikanī sabhāmān strīnī sthiti

karavī, upadesh āpavo sambhavato nathī. vā strīparyāy hīn chhe, je utkr̥uṣhṭa tīrthaṅkarapadadhārakane hoy
nahi. vaḷī teo tīrthaṅkarane nagnaliṅg ja kahe chhe, paṇ strīne nagnapaṇun sambhave nahi. ityādik
vichār karatān asambhavit bhāse chhe.

harikṣhetranā bhogabhūmiāne narakamān gayo kahe chhe, paṇ bandhavarṇanamān to bhogabhūmiāne

devagati – devāyuno ja bandh kahe chhe, to te narakamān kevī rīte gayo? siddhāntamān to anantakāḷamān

je vāt hoy, te paṇ kahe chhe. jem trījā narak sudhī tīrthaṅkaraprakr̥itinun sattva kahyun, tathā
bhogabhūmiyāne narakāyu – gatino bandh na kahyo. have kevalagnānī to bhūle nahi. māṭe e mithyā

chhe.

e pramāṇe sarva achchherān asambhavit jāṇavā.

vaḷī teo kahe ke — ‘‘ene chheḍavān nahi.’’ paṇ jūṭh kahevāvāḷo em ja kahe. ahīn

jo kahesho ke – ‘‘digambaramān jem tīrthaṅkarane putrī ane chakravartīnun mānabhaṅg, ityādi kārya

kāḷadoṣhathī thayān kahe chhe, tem ā paṇ thayān’’ paṇ e kāryo to pramāṇaviruddha nathī anyane
thatān hatān. te mahānapuruṣhone thayān, tethī kāḷadoṣh thayo kahe chhe. paṇ garbhaharaṇādi kārya, ke
je pratyakṣha – anumānādikathī viruddha chhe, te temane hovā kem sambhave?

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vaḷī anya paṇ ghaṇān kathano pramāṇaviruddha kahe chhe. jem kahe chhe ke – sarvārthasiddhino dev

manathī ja prashna kare chhe, ane kevalībhagavān manathī ja uttar āpe chhe. have sāmānya jīvanā
ja mananī vāt manaḥparyay gnānī vinā jāṇī shake nahi, to kevaḷīnā mananī vāt sarvārthasiddhino
dev kevī rīte jāṇe? vaḷī kevalīne bhāvamanano to abhāv chhe, tathā dravyaman jaḍ chhe –

ākāramātra chhe, to uttar koṇe āpyo? māṭe e mithyā chhe.

e pramāṇe anek pramāṇaviruddha kathan karyān chhe, māṭe temanān āgam kalpit jāṇavān.

✾ shvetāmbaramat kathit dev – guru – dhārmanun anyathā svarup ✾

shvetāmbaramatavāḷā dev – guru – dharmanun svarūp paṇ anyathā nirūpaṇ kare chhe.

devanun anyathā svarup —

kevaḷīne kṣhudhādik doṣh kahe chhe, e devanun anyathā svarūp chhe. kāraṇ ke – kṣhudhādik doṣh

hotān ākulatā hoy tyāre anant sukh kevī rīte bane? ahīn jo kahesho ke – ‘‘sharīrane kṣhudhā

lāge chhe, paṇ ātmā tadrūp thato nathī’’ to kṣhudhādikano upāy, āhārādik grahaṇ karyo shā
māṭe kaho chho? kṣhudhādivaḍe pīḍit thāy, tyāre ja āhār grahaṇ kare. jo kahesho ke – ‘‘jem

karmodayathī vihār thāy chhe, te ja pramāṇe āhār grahaṇ thāy chhe.’’ paṇ vihār to
vihāyogatiprakr̥itinā udayathī thāy chhe, tathā e pīḍāno upāy nathī, ichchhā vinā paṇ koī
jīvane thato joīe chhīe; parantu āhār chhe, te prakr̥itinā udayathī nathī, kṣhudhā vaḍe pīḍit thatān
ja grahaṇ kare chhe. vaḷī ātmā pavanādikane prere tyāre ja tenun gaḷī javun thāy chhe, māṭe
vihāravat āhār nathī.

jo kahesho ka — ‘‘shātāvedanīyanā udayathī āhār grahaṇ thāy chhe,’’ to e paṇ banatun

nathī. kāraṇ ke – je jīv kṣhudhāvaḍe pīḍit hoy, ane pāchhaḷathī āhārādi grahaṇathī sukh māne,

tene āhārādik shātānā udayathī thayān kahevāy. shātāvedanīyanā udayathī āhārādikanun grahaṇ
svayam thāy, em to nathī. jo em hoy to shātāvedanīyano mukhya uday devone chhe, to teo
nirantar āhār kem karatā nathī? vaḷī mahāmuni upavāsādik kare chhe temane shātāno uday
paṇ hoy chhe, tyāre nirantar bhojan karavāvāḷāne ashātāno uday paṇ sambhave chhe.

māṭe jem ichchhāvinā paṇ vihāyogatinā udayathī vihār sambhave chhe, tem ichchhā

vinā kevaḷ shātāvedanīyanā ja udayathī āhār grahaṇ sambhavatun nathī. tyāre te kahe chhe ke –

‘‘siddhāntamān kevaḷīne kṣhudhādik agiyār pariṣhah kahyā chhe, tethī tene kṣhudhāno sadbhāv sambhave
chhe. vaḷī āhārādik vinā tenī (kṣhudhānī) upashāntatā kevī rīte thāy? māṭe tene āhārādik
mānīe chhīe.’’

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tenun samādhān — karmaprakr̥itino uday mand – tīvra bhedasahit hoy chhe. tyān ati mand uday

thatān tenā udayajanit kāryanī vyaktatā bhāsatī nathī, tethī mukhyapaṇe teno abhāv kahīe chhīe,
paṇ tāratamyapaṇe teno sadbhāv kahīe chhīe. jem – navamā guṇasthānamān vedādikano uday mand

chhe, tyān maithunādi kriyā vyakta nathī, tethī tyān brahmacharya ja kahyun, paṇ tāratamyamān tyān maithunādikano
sadbhāv kahīe chhīe. tem kevaḷīne ashātāno uday atimand chhe, kāraṇ ke – ek ek kāṇḍakamān

anantamā bhāg – anubhāg rahe chhe, evā ghaṇā anubhāgakāṇḍakovaḍe vā guṇasaṅkramaṇādikavaḍe sattāmān

ashātāvedanīyano anubhāg atyant mand thayo chhe, paṇ tenā udayamān evī kṣhudhā vyakta thatī nathī
ke je sharīrane kṣhīṇ kare, tathā mohanā abhāvathī kṣhudhājanit duḥkh paṇ nathī, tethī kevaḷīne
kṣhudhādikano abhāv kahīe chhīe, tathā tāratamyamān teno sadbhāv kahīe chhīe.

vaḷī ten kahyun ke — ‘‘āhārādik vinā kṣhudhānī upashāntatā kevī rīte thāy?’’ paṇ

āhārādik upashāntatā hovāyogya kṣhudhā lāge to mand uday kyān rahyo? dev – bhogabhūmiyā

ādine kiñchit mand uday thatān, ghaṇākāḷ pachhī kiñchit āhāragrahaṇ hoy chhe. to kevaḷīne
ati mand uday thayo chhe, tethī temane āhārano abhāv sambhave chhe.

tyāre te kahe chhe ke — ‘‘dev bhogabhūmiyānun to sharīr ja evun chhe ke jene to ghaṇākāḷ

pachhī thoḍī bhūkh lāge, paṇ kevaḷīnun sharīr to karmabhūminun – audārik chhe, tethī tenun sharīr

āhāravinā utkr̥uṣhṭapaṇe deshenyūnakroḍapūrva sudhī kevī rīte rahe?’’

tenun samādhān — devādikanun sharīr paṇ evun chhe, je karmanā ja nimittathī chhe, ahīn

kevaḷagnān thatān evā ja karmano uday thayo, jethī sharīr evun thayun ke jene bhūkh pragaṭ thatī
ja nathī. jem kevaḷagnān thayā pahelān kesh nakh vadhatā hatā te have vadhatā nathī, chhāyā thatī
hatī te have thatī nathī, ane sharīramān nigod hatā teno abhāv thayo, ghaṇā prakārathī jem
sharīranī avasthā anyathā thaī, tem āhār vinā paṇ sharīr jevun ne tevun rahe, evī paṇ
avasthā thaī. pratyakṣha juo! anyane ghaḍapaṇ vyāpatān sharīr shithil thaī jāy chhe. tyāre
kevaḷīne āyunā ant sudhī paṇ sharīr shithil thatun nathī, tethī anya manuṣhyonun sharīr ane
kevaḷīnā sharīranī samānatā sambhavatī nathī.

prashnaḥ — ‘‘devādikane āhār ja evo chhe ke jethī ghaṇākāḷanī bhūkh maṭī

jāy, paṇ kevaḷīne bhūkh shānāthī maṭī, tathā sharīr kevī rīte puṣhṭa rahyun?’’

uttaraḥ — ashātāno uday mand thavāthī bhūkh maṭī, tathā samay samay param-

audārikasharīr vargaṇānun grahaṇ thāy chhe, eṭale have to nokarmaāhār chhe, tethī evī
nokarmavargaṇānun grahaṇ thāy chhe ke jethī kṣhudhādik vyāpe ja nahi, vā sharīr shithil thāy nahi.
ane siddhāntamān e ja apekṣhāe kevaḷīne āhār kahyo chhe.

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vaḷī annādikano āhār kāī sharīrapuṣhṭatānun mukhya kāraṇ nathī. pratyakṣha juo! koī

thoḍo āhār kare chhe, chhatān sharīr ghaṇun puṣhṭa hoy chhe, koī ghaṇo āhār kare chhe, chhatān sharīr
kṣhīṇ rahe chhe, pavanādik sādhavāvāḷā ghaṇā kāḷ sudhī āhār letā nathī, chhatān temanun sharīr
puṣhṭa rahyā kare chhe, tathā r̥̄iddhidhārī muni ghaṇā upavāsādi kare chhe, chhatān temanun sharīr puṣhṭa
banyun rahe chhe, to kevaḷīne to sarvotkr̥uṣhṭapaṇun chhe, eṭale temane annādik vinā paṇ sharīr
puṣhṭa banyun rahe, to emān shun āshcharya thayun? vaḷī kevaḷī kevī rīte āhār māṭe jāy, kevī
rīte yāche?

teo āhār arthe jāy, tyāre samavasaraṇ khālī kem rahe? athavā koī anyanun lāvī

āpavun ṭharāvasho, to koṇ lāvī āpe? temanā mananī vāt koṇ jāṇe? pūrve upavāsādikanī
pratignā karī hatī, teno nirvāh kevī rīte thāy? jīv antarāy sarvatra pratibhāse tyān kevī rīte
āhāragrahaṇ kare? ityādi viruddhatā bhāse chhe. tyāre te kahe chhe ke – ‘‘āhār grahe chhe, parantu

koīne dekhāto nathī.’’ have āhāragrahaṇane nindya jāṇyun tyāre to ‘tene na dekhavun’ atishayamān
lakhyun, paṇ tenun nindyapaṇun to rahyun, bījā nathī dekhatā tethī shun thayun? e pramāṇe anek prakārathī
viruddhatā upaje chhe.

vaḷī teo anya paṇ avivekapaṇānī vāt kahe chhe – ‘‘kevaḷīne nihār (shauch javun) kahe

chhe, rogādi thayā kahe chhe, tathā kahe chhe ke, koīe tejoleshyā chhoḍī je vaḍe vardhamān svāmīne
peṭhuṅgāno (pechisano) rog thayo, jethī temane ghaṇīvār nihār thavā lāgyo.’’ paṇ tīrthaṅkar
kevaḷīne paṇ evā karmano uday rahyo ane atishay na thayo, to indrādivaḍe pūjyapaṇun kem
shobhe? vaḷī teo nihār kevī rīte kare? kyān kare? e pramāṇe anek viparītarūp prarūpaṇā
kare chhe. kyān sudhī kahīe? koī sambhavatī vāt ja nathī. jem koī rogādikayukti chhadmasthane
kriyā hoy tevī ja kriyā kevaḷīne paṇ ṭharāve chhe.

vardhamānasvāmīnā upadeshamān ‘he gautam?’ em vāramvār kahevun ṭharāve chhe, paṇ temane

to potānā kāḷamān divyadhvani sahaj thāy chhe, ane tyān sarvane upadesh thāy chhe, ekalā
gautamane ja sambodhan kem bane? kevaḷīne namaskārādi kriyā ṭharāve chhe, paṇ anurāg vinā
vandanā sambhave nahi, vaḷī guṇādhikane vandanā sambhave, paṇ temanāthī koī guṇādhik rahyo nathī,
to e kem bane?

vaḷī teo ‘hāṭamān samavasaraṇ ūtaryun’ kahe chhe, paṇ indrakr̥ut samavasaraṇ hāṭamān kevī

rīte rahe? eṭalī badhī rachanā tyān kevī rīte samāy? prabhu hāṭamān shā māṭe rahyā? shun hāṭ
jevī rachanā karavā paṇ indra samartha nahoto, ke jethī hāṭano āshray levo paḍyo?

vaḷī kahe chhe ke — ‘‘kevaḷī upadesh devā gayā,’’ par gher jaīne upadesh devo to

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atirāgathī hoy chhe, munine paṇ em sambhave nahi to kevaḷīne kevī rīte bane? e ja pramāṇe
anek viparītatā tyān prarūpe chhe. kevaḷī shuddhagnān – darshanamay rāgādirahit thayā chhe, temane

aghātinā udayathī sambhavatī kriyā koī hoy chhe, paṇ mohādikano abhāv thayo chhe, tethī
upayog joḍavāthī je kriyā thaī shake, te kriyā sambhavatī nathī. pāpaprakr̥itino anubhāg atyant
mand thayo chhe, evo mand anubhāg anya koīne nathī, tethī anya jīvone pāpaudayathī je kriyā
thatī jovāmān āve chhe, te kevaḷīne hoy nahi.

e pramāṇe sāmānya manuṣhya jevī kriyāno sadbhāv kevaḷī bhagavānane paṇ kahī teo

devanā svarūpane anyathā prarūpe chhe.

✾ munine vastrādik upakaraṇano niṣhedhā ✾

gurunun anyathā svarup

vaḷī gurunā svarūpane paṇ anyathā prarūpe chhe. munine vastrādik chaud

upakaraṇ kahe chhe, tyān ame pūchhīe chhīe ke munine nirgranth kahe chhe, tathā munipad letān

navaprakāre sarvaparigrahanā tyāg vaḍe mahāvrat aṅgīkār kare chhe, tyān e vastrādik parigrah chhe
ke nahi? jo chhe, to tyāg karyā pachhī teo shāmāṭe rākhe chhe? tathā nathī, to e vastrādik
gr̥uhastha rākhe chhe, tene paṇ parigrah na kaho, mātra suvarṇādikane ja parigrah kaho!

ahīn jo em kahesho ke — ‘‘jem kṣhudhā arthe āhār grahaṇ karīe chhīe, tem shīt –

uṣhṇādik arthe vastrādik grahaṇ karīe chhīe,’’ parantu munipad aṅgīkār karatān āhārano to
tyāg karyo nathī, paṇ parigrahano to tyāg karyo chhe. annādikano saṅgrah karavo e to parigrah
chhe, parantu bhojan karavā jāy, e parigrah nathī. vastrādikano saṅgrah karavo vā paheravān,

e sarva parigrah ja chhe. lokamān paṇ prasiddha chhe.

jo kahesho kee — ‘‘sharīranī sthiti arthe vastrādik rākhīe chhīe paṇ mamatva nathī, tethī

tene parigrah kahetā nathī.’’ paṇ shraddhānamān to jyārathī samyagdraṣhṭi thayo, tyārathī ja sarva
paradravyamān mamatvano abhāv thayo chhe, eṭale e apekṣhāe to chothun guṇasthān ja parigraharahit
kaho! tathā jo pravr̥uttimān mamatva nathī to grahaṇ kevī rīte kare chhe? māṭe vastrādik grahaṇ –

dhāraṇ jyāre chhūṭashe, tyāre ja niṣhparigrahī thashe.

jo kahesho ke – ‘‘vastrādik koī laī jāy to krodh na kare, kṣhudhādik lāgatān tene veche

1. pātra – 1, bandh – 2, pātra kesarīkar – 3, pāṭalīyo – 4 – 5, rajastrāṇ – 6, gochchhak – 7, rajoharaṇ – 8,

mukhavastrikā – 9, be sutarāu kapaḍā – 10 – 11, ek ūnanun kapaḍun – 12. mātrak (peshābanun pātra) -

13, cholapaṭṭa – 14, (br̥u0 kalpasūtra u0 bhāg 3 gā. 3962 thī 3965 sudhī)

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nahi, vā vastrādik paherī pramād kare nahi, paṇ pariṇāmonī sthiratāvaḍe dharma ja sādhe chhe
tethī mamatva nathī.’’ have bāhya krodh karo vā na karo parantu jenā grahaṇamān iṣhṭabuddhi hoy tenā
viyogamān aniṣhṭabuddhi thaī ja jāy. jo iṣhṭabuddhi nathī, to tenā arthe yāchanā shāmāṭe karavāmān
āve chhe? vaḷī vechatā nathī, paṇ te to dhātu rākhavāthī potānī hīnatā thashe em jāṇī
vechatā nathī; parantu jem dhanādik rākhavāmān āve chhe, te ja pramāṇe vastrādik rākhavāmān āve
chhe. lokamān parigrahanā ichchhuk jīvone e bannenī ichchhā chhe, tethī chorādikanā bhayādi kāraṇamān
e banne samān chhe. vaḷī pariṇāmonī sthiratāvaḍe dharma sādhavāthī ja parigrahapaṇun na thāy, to
koīne ghaṇī shīt lāgatān rajāī rākhī pariṇāmonī sthiratā kare, ane dharma sādhe, tene paṇ
niṣhparigrahī kaho? ane e pramāṇe to gr̥uhasthadharma – munidharmamān visheṣhatā shun rahī? jene parigrah

sahavānī shakti na hoy, te parigrah rākhī dharma sāthe tenun nām gr̥uhasthadharma, tathā jenā pariṇām
nirmaḷ thayā hoy; parigrahathī vyākuḷ na thāy te parigrah na rākhe ane dharma sādhe tenun nām
munidharma, eṭalo e bannemān bhed chhe.

ahīn jo kahesho ke — ‘‘shītādikanā pariṣhah vaḍe vyākuḷ kem na thāy?’’ paṇ vyākuḷatā

to moh udayanā nimittathī chhe. have munine chhaṭhṭhāādi guṇasthānomān traṇ chokaḍīno* uday

nathī, tathā sañjvalananā sarvaghātīsparddhakono paṇ uday nathī, paṇ mātra deshaghātīsparddhakono uday
chhe, paṇ tenun kāī baḷ nathī. jem vedakasamyagdraṣhṭine samyagmohanīyano uday chhe, paṇ te
samyaktvano ghāt karī shakato nathī, tem deshaghātī sañjvalanano uday pariṇāmone vyākuḷ karī
shakato nathī. muninā tathā anyanā pariṇāmonī samānatā nathī, kāraṇ ke – sarvane sarvaghātīno

uday chhe, tyāre munine deshaghātīno uday chhe, tethī anyanā jevā pariṇām thāy tevā temanā
kadī paṇ thāy nahi. māṭe jemane sarvaghātīkaṣhāyono uday hoy te gr̥uhastha ja rahe. tathā jemane
deshaghātīno uday hoy te munidharma aṅgīkār kare, eṭale temane shītādithī pariṇām vyākuḷ
thatā nathī, tethī teo vastrādik rākhatā nathī.

kadāpi kahesho ke ‘‘jainashāstromān chaud upakaraṇ muni rākhe, em kahyun chhe.’’ e tamārā

ja shāstromān kahyun chhe, digambar jainashāstromān nahi, temān to laṅgoṭamātra parigrah rahetān paṇ
agiyāramī pratimādhārī shrāvak ja kahyo chhe.

have ahīn vichāro ke — bannemān kalpit vachan konān chhe? pratham to kaṣhāyī hoy te

ja kalpit rachanā kare, ane te ja nīchāpadamān uchchapaṇun pragaṭ kare. have, digambaramān vastrādik
rākhatān dharma hoy ja nahi — em to kahyun nathī, parantu tyān shrāvakadharma kahyo chhe; tyāre

shvetāmbaramān munidharma kahyo. tethī ahīn jeṇe nīchī kriyā hovā chhatān paṇ uchchapad pragaṭ karyun,

* anantānubandhī, apratyākhyānāvaraṇī tathā pratyākhyānāvaraṇī e traṇ chokaḍī. — anuvādak.

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te ja kaṣhāyī chhe. em kalpit kahevāthī vastrādi rākhavā chhatān paṇ potāne lok muni mānavā
lāge, tethī e mānakaṣhāy poṣhyo. tathā anyane sugamakriyāmān uchchapad prāpta thavun batāvyun, tethī
ghaṇā lok temān joḍāī gayā. je kalpitamat thayā chhe te e ja pramāṇe thayā chhe. māṭe kaṣhāyavān
thaīne vastrādi hovā chhatān paṇ munipaṇun kahyun chhe, te pūrvokta yuktivaḍe viruddha bhāse chhe, tethī
e kalpitavachan chhe; em jāṇavun.

ahīn kahesho ke — digambaramān paṇ shāstra – pīñchhī ādi munine upakaraṇ kahe chhe, tem

amāre paṇ chaud upakaraṇ kahe chhe.

tenun samādhānaḥ — jenāthī upakār thāy, tenun nām upakaraṇ chhe. have ahīn shītādik

vedanā dūr karavāthī jo upakaraṇ ṭharāvīe to sarva parigrahasāmagrī upakaraṇ nām pāme, paṇ
dharmamān tenun shun prayojan chhe? e to pāpanun kāraṇ chhe. dharmamān to je dharmane upakārī thāy
tenun ja nām upakaraṇ chhe. have shāstra to gnānanun, pīñchhī dayānun, tathā kamaṇḍal shauchanun kāraṇ
chhe, tethī e to dharmanā upakārī thayā, paṇ vastrādik kevī rīte dharmanā upakārī thāy? e
to kevaḷ sharīranā sukhane ja arthe dhārīe chhīe.

hā, muni jo shāstra rākhī mahantatā batāve, pīñchhīvaḍe vāsīdun kāḍhe; tathā kamaṇḍalavaḍe

jalādi pīve vā mel utāre to e shāstrādik parigrah ja chhe. paṇ muni evān kārya kare ja
nahi, māṭe dharmanā sādhanane parigrahasañgnā nathī, paṇ bhoganā sādhanane parigrah sañgnā hoy chhe,
em jāṇavun.

ahīn jo kahesho ke ‘‘kamaṇḍalathī to sharīrano maḷ ja dūr karavāmān āve chhe’’ paṇ

maḷ dūr karavānī ichchhāthī muni kamaṇḍal rākhatā nathī, parantu shāstravāñchanādi kārya kare, tyān
malalipta hoy to teno avinay thāy ane lokanindya thāy, tethī e dharmane arthe kamaṇḍal rākhe
chhe. e ja pramāṇe pīñchhī ādi upakaraṇ to sambhave chhe parantu vastrādi upakaraṇasañgnā sambhavatī
nathī.

kām – arati ādi mohanā udayathī vikār bāhya pragaṭ thāy, tathā shītādi sahyān jāy

nahi, tethī vikārane ḍhāṅkavā māṭe, vā shītādik maṭāḍavā māṭe, vastrādik rākhī mānanā udayathī
potānī mahantatā ichchhe chhe, tethī kalpitayuktidvārā tene upakaraṇ ṭharāvavāmān āve chhe.

vaḷī ghar – ghar yāchanā karī āhār lāvavo teo ṭharāve chhe. paṇ pratham to e pūchhīe

chhīe ke – ‘‘yāchanā dharmanun aṅg ke pāpanun aṅg chhe?’’ jo dharmanun aṅg chhe, to māgavāvāḷā

badhāy dharmātmā thayā. tathā jo pāpanun aṅg chhe, to munine e kem sambhave?

tun kahīsh ke – ‘‘lobh vaḍe kāī dhanādik yāche to pāp thāy, paṇ ahīn to dharmasādhan

arthe sharīranī sthiratā karavā ichchhe chhe.’’

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tenun samādhānaḥ — āhārādik vaḍe to dharma thato nathī, paṇ sharīranā sukhane arthe

atilobh thatān yāchanā karavāmān āve chhe. jo atilobh na hoy to pote shāmāṭe māge?
te āpe, to āpe, na āpe to na āpe, atilobh thayo tyān ja pāp thayun, ane munidharma
naṣhṭa thayo, to bījo dharma sho sādhashe?

tyāre te kahe chhe ke — ‘‘manamān to āhāranī ichchhā hoy, ane yāche nahi to te

māyākaṣhāy thayo; tathā yāchanāmān hīnatā thāy chhe, tethī garva vaḍe yāche nahi, to te mānakaṣhāy
thayo; tethī āhār levo hato te māgī līdho, emān vaḷī atilobh sho thayo, tathā emān
munidharma kevī rīte naṣhṭa thayo? te kaho.’’ tene kahīe chhīe ke —

jem koī vyāpārīne kamāvānī ichchhā mand chhe, te dukān upar to bese chhe, manamān

vepār karavānī ichchhā paṇ chhe, parantu te vastu levādevā rūp vyāpār māṭe koīne prārthanā karato
nathī, svayam koī āve ane potānī vidhi maḷī jāy, to vyāpār kare, to tyān tene lobhanī
mandatā chhe paṇ māyā – mān nathī. māyā – mān kaṣhāy to tyāre thāy jyāre chhaḷ karavā arthe

vā potānī mahantatā arthe evo svāṅg te kare. paṇ sārā vyāpārīne evun prayojan hotun nathī,
tethī tene māyā – mān kahetā nathī; tem munine āhārādikanī ichchhā mand chhe. have teo āhār

levā āve tathā manamān āhār levānī ichchhā paṇ chhe, parantu āhāranā arthe prārthanā karatā
nathī. svayam koī āpe ane potānī vidhi maḷe to āhār le; tyān temane lobhanī mandatā
chhe paṇ māyā vā mān nathī. māyā – mān to tyāre hoy, ke jyāre chhaḷ karavā māṭe vā mahantatā

māṭe evo svāṅg kare; paṇ munine evān prayojan to nathī, tethī temane māyā – mān nathī.

jo em ja māyā – mān thaī jāy, to je man vaḍe ja pāp kare paṇ vachan – kāyathī na kare,

te sarvane māyā ṭhare tathā koī uchchapadanā dhārak nīchavr̥utti aṅgīkār karatā nathī, te badhāne
mān ṭhare evo anartha thāy.

ten kahyun ke — ‘‘āhār māgavāmān ati lobh sho thayo?’’ paṇ ati kaṣhāy hoy, tyāre

ja lokanindya kārya aṅgīkār karīne paṇ, potāno manorath pūrṇa karavā ichchhe, have māgavun e
lokanindya chhe, tene aṅgīkār karīne paṇ āhāranī vāñchhā pūrṇa karavānī ichchhā thaī, tethī tyān
atilobh thayo.

vaḷī tame kahyun ke — ‘‘emān munidharma kevī rīte naṣhṭa thayo?’’ paṇ munidharmamān evo

tīvrakaṣhāy sambhave nahi, vaḷī koīne āhār āpavāno pariṇām nahoto, āṇe tenā gharamān
jaī yāchanā karī, tyān tene saṅkoch thayo, vā na āpavāthī lokanindya thavāno bhay thayo, tethī
teṇe āne āhār āpyo, paṇ tenā antaraṅg prāṇ pīḍavāthī hinsāno ja sadbhāv āvyo.

jo pote tenā gharamān na gayo hot, ane tene ja devāno upāy hot, to te āpat, ane

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tethī tene harṣha ja thāt. paṇ tenā makānamān jaī bhojan māṅgavun, e to tene dabāṇ karī
kārya karāvavā jevun thayun. vaḷī potānā kārya māṭe yāchanārūp vachan chhe te to pāparūp chhe, tethī
tyān asatya vachan paṇ thayun. tene āpavānī ichchhā nahotī, chhatān āṇe yāchanā karī, tyāre

teṇe potānī ichchhāthī to āpyo nahi paṇ saṅkoch karī āpyo, tethī e adattagrahaṇ paṇ

thayun. gr̥uhasthanā gharamān strī jematem beṭhī hatī ane ā chālyo gayo, tethī tyān brahmacharyanī

vāḍano bhaṅg thayo. āhār lāvī keṭalok vakhat rākhyo, āhārādik rākhavā pātrādik rākhyān,

eṭale te parigrah paṇ thayo. e pramāṇe pāñch mahāvratano bhaṅg thavāthī tyān munidharma naṣhṭa

thāy chhe, tethī yāchanāpūrvak āhār levo munine yukta nathī.

tyāre te kahe chhe ke — ‘‘munine bāvīs pariṣhahomān yāchanā pariṣhah kahyo chhe; have

māgyā vinā e pariṣhahanun sahevun kevī rīte thāy?’’

tenun samādhānaḥ — yāchanā karavānun nām yāchanāpariṣhah nathī, paṇ yāchanā na karavī tenun

nām yāchanāpariṣhah chhe, jem arati karavānun nām aratipariṣhah nathī, paṇ arati na karavānun
nām aratipariṣhah chhe. tem ahīn jāṇavun. jo yāchanā karavī e pariṣhah ṭhare, to raṅk ādi
ghaṇī yāchanā kare chhe, to temane ghaṇo dharma hoy. jo kahesho ke – ‘‘mān ghaṭāḍavāthī tene pariṣhah

kahīe chhīe.’’ paṇ koī kaṣhāyī kāryanā arthe koī kaṣhāy chhoḍe, topaṇ te pāpī ja chhe. jem
koī lobh arthe potānā apamānane paṇ na gaṇe, to tene lobhanī ati tīvratā ja chhe, tethī
e apamān karāvavāthī paṇ mahāpāp thāy chhe. tathā potāne kāī paṇ ichchhā nathī, ane koī
svayam apamān kare, to te (sahan karanārane) mahādharma thāy chhe. have ahīn to bhojananā lobhathī
yāchanā karī apamān karāvyun tethī te pāp ja chhe, dharma nathī. vaḷī vastrādik māṭe paṇ yāchanā
kare chhe, paṇ vastrādik kāī dharmanun aṅg nathī, te to sharīrasukhanun kāraṇ chhe, tethī teno paṇ pūrvokta
rīte niṣhedh jāṇavo. potānā dharmasvarūp uchchapadane yāchanā karī nīcho kare chhe, emān to dharmanī
hīnatā thāy chhe, ityādi anek prakārathī munidharmamān yāchanādi sambhavatān nathī, chhatān evī
asambhavatī kriyānā dhārakane teo sādhu – guru kahe chhe, tethī teo gurunun svarūp anyathā kahe

chhe. tathā dharmanun svarūp paṇ anyathā kahe chhe tethī e vachan kalpit chhe.

✾ dhārmanun anyathā svarup ✾

samyagdarshan – gnān – chāritranī ekatā e mokṣhamārga chhe, ane e ja dharma chhe. have tenun

svarūp paṇ teo anyathā prarūpe chhe, e ja ahīn kahīe chhīeḥ —

tattvārthashraddhān samyagdarshan chhe, tenī to pradhānatā nathī, paṇ pote jevā arhantadev – sādhu –

guru – dayā – dharmane nirūpaṇ kare chhe, tenā shraddhānane samyagdarshan kahe chhe. have pratham to

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arahantādikanun svarūp ja anyathā kahe chhe. vaḷī tattvashraddhān thayā vinā mātra eṭalā ja
shraddhānathī samyaktva kevī rīte hoy? māṭe te mithyā kahe chhe.

vaḷī tattvonā shraddhānane samyaktva kahe chhe. paṇ prayojanasahit tattvonun shraddhān kahetā

nathī. guṇasthān – mārgaṇādirūp jīvanun, aṇuskandhādirūp ajīvanun, puṇya – pāpanā sthānonun,

avirati ādi āsravonun, vratādirūp samvaranun, tapashcharaṇādirūp nirjarānun, tathā siddha thavānā
liṅgādibhedovaḍe mokṣhanun svarūp jevun temanā shāstromān lakhyun chhe, te pramāṇe shīkhī laīe, ane
kevalīnun vachan pramāṇ chhe. evā ja tattvārthashraddhānavaḍe samyaktva thayun māne chhe.

ame pūchhīe chhīe ke — graiveyak javāvāḷā dravyaliṅgī munine evun shraddhān hoy

chhe ke nahi? jo hoy chhe, to tene mithyādraṣhṭi shā māṭe kaho chho? tathā nathī, to teṇe to
jainaliṅg dharmabuddhipūrvak dhāryun chhe, to tene devādikanī pratīti kem na thaī? tene ghaṇo shāstrābhyās
chhe, chhatān teṇe jīvādikanā bhed kem na jāṇyā? tathā anyamatano lavalesh paṇ abhiprāyamān
nathī, chhatān tene arahantavachananī pratīti kem na thaī? tene evun shraddhān to chhe, parantu samyaktva
na thayun. vaḷī nārakī, bhogabhūmiyā ane tiryañchādine evun shraddhān thavānun nimitta nathī, chhatān
temane ghaṇākāḷ sudhī samyaktva rahe chhe, tethī temane evun shraddhān nathī hotun, topaṇ samyaktva
hoy chhe.tethī samyakshraddhānanun svarūp evun nathī. sāchun svarūp āgaḷ varṇan karīshun

tyānthī jāṇavun.

vaḷī shāstrono abhyās karavo, tene teo samyaggnān kahe chhe. have dravyaliṅgī munine

shāstrābhyās hovā chhatān paṇ mithyāgnān kahyun, tathā asanyatasamyagdraṣhṭinā viṣhayādik jāṇavāne
paṇ samyaggnān kahyun, tethī evun svarūp nathī. sāchun svarūp āgaḷ kahīshun te jāṇavun.

vaḷī temanān nirūpaṇ karelān aṇuvrat – mahāvratādirūp shrāvak – yatino dharma dhāravāvaḍe

samyakchāritra thayun māne chhe. paṇ pratham to vratādikanun svarūp ja anyathā kahe chhe, e kanīk
pūrve guruvarṇanamān kahyun chhe, tathā dravyaliṅgīne mahāvrat hovā chhatān paṇ samyakchāritra hotun nathī.
vaḷī temanā matānusār gr̥uhasthādikane mahāvratādi aṅgīkār karyā vinā paṇ samyakchāritra thāy
chhe,

paṇ evun svarūp nathī. sāchun svarūp anya chhe, je āgaḷ kahīshun.

ahīn te kahe chhe ke — ‘‘dravyaliṅgīnā antaraṅgamān pūrvokta shraddhānādik nathī, mātra bāhya

ja thayān chhe, tethī temane samyaktvādik na thayān.’’

teno uttaraḥ — jo antaraṅg nathī ane bāhya dhāre chhe, to te kapaṭathī dhāre chhe. have

tene jo kapaṭ hoy to graiveyak kevī rīte jāy? te to narakādimān jāy. bandh to antaraṅg
pariṇāmothī thāy chhe, tethī antaraṅg jainadharmarūp pariṇām thayā vinā graiveyak javun sambhave nahi.

vaḷī teo vratādirūp shubhopayogathī ja devagatino bandh māne chhe, tathā tene

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ja pāchho mokṣhamārga māne chhe. e to bandhamārga ane mokṣhamārgane ek karyo, paṇ
e mithyā chhe.

vyavahāradharmamān paṇ anek viparīt nirūpaṇ kare chhe. ‘*nindakane māravāmān pāp nathī.’

em kahe chhe. have tīrthaṅkarādinā astitvamān paṇ anyamatī nindako thayā, temane indrādike māryā
nahi, jo pāp na thatun hoy to temane indrādike kem na māryā? vaḷī pratimāne ābharaṇādi
banāve chhe, paṇ pratibimb to vītarāgabhāv vadhāravā māṭe sthāpan karyun hatun? tyān ābharaṇādi
banāvyān, eṭale e paṇ anyamatanī mūrtivat thaī, ityādik anek anyathā nirūpaṇ teo
kare chhe. ahīn kyān sudhī kahīe?

e pramāṇe shvetāmbar mat kalpit jāṇavo. kāraṇ ke – tyān samyagdarshanādikanun anyathā

nirūpaṇ hovāthī mithyādarshanādik ja puṣhṭa thāy chhe, māṭe tenun shraddhānādik na karavun.

✾ ḍhūṇḍhakamat – nirākaraṇ ✾

e shvetāmbaramān ḍhūṇḍhiyā pragaṭ thayā. teo potāne sāchā dharmātmā māne chhe, paṇ te bhram

chhe. shā māṭe? e ahīn kahīe chhīe.

koī to veṣh dhāraṇ karī sādhu kahevaḍāve chhe, paṇ temanā granthānusār paṇ vrat-samiti –

gupti ādinun sādhan bhāsatun nathī. man – vachan – kāy ane kr̥ut – kārit – anumodanāvaḍe sarva-

sāvadyayog tyāg karavānī pratignā karī, pāchhaḷathī pāḷatā nathī, bāḷakane, bhoḷāne vā koī
shūdrādikane paṇ dīkṣhā āpe chhe. e pramāṇe tyāg kare, tathā tyāg karatī veḷā kāī vichār
paṇ na kare ke – hun shāno tyāg karun chhun? pāchhaḷathī pāḷe paṇ nahi, chhatān tene badhā sādhu

māne chhe.

vaḷī te kahe chhe ke — ‘‘pāchhaḷathī dharmabuddhi thaī jāy, tyāre to tenun bhalun thāy ne?’’

paṇ prathamathī ja dīkṣhā āpavāvāḷāe pratignābhaṅg thatī jāṇīne paṇ pratignābhaṅg karāvī, tathā
āṇe pratignā aṅgīkār karī bhaṅg karī, e pāp kone lāgyun? pāchhaḷathī te dharmātmā thavāno
nishchay sho? vaḷī je sādhuno dharma aṅgīkār karī, yathārtha na pāḷe, tene sādhu mānavo ke na
mānavo? jo mānavo, to je sādhu – muni nām dharāve chhe, paṇ bhraṣhṭa chhe, te sarvane sādhu māno!

tathā na mānavo, to tene sādhupaṇun na rahyun! tame jevā ācharaṇathī sādhu māno chho, tenun pālan
paṇ koī viralāne ja hoy chhe, to pachhī sarvane sādhu shāmāṭe māno chho?

* shvetāmbaramānya mahānishīth shāstramān lakhyun chhe ke – ‘देव – गुरु धम्मकज्जे, चूरिज्जई चक्कवटी सेणंजो ।

णवि कुणदि साहू तओ अनंत संसारी होई ।।१।। संघस्स कारणेणं चूरिज्जई चक्कवटी सेण्णंपि, जओ णं चूरिज्जई

तं अणंत संसारी होई ।।२।। bhagavatī sūtramān sumaṅgaḷāchāryanun draṣhṭānta paṇ chhe. (narahatyā, pashuhatyā karī

pāp na lāgyun.)

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ahīn koī kahe ke – ‘‘ame to jenāmān yathārtha ācharaṇ dekhīshun, tene ja sādhu mānīshun,

anyane nahi’’ tene ame pūchhīe chhīe ke – ‘‘ek saṅghamān ghaṇā veṣhadhārī chhe, tyān jene yathārtha

ācharaṇ māno chho, te bījāone sādhu māne chhe ke nahi? jo māne chhe, to te tamārāthī
paṇ ashraddhānī thayo, to pachhī tene pūjya kevī rīte māno chho! tathā nathī mānato, to tenī
sāthe sādhuno vyavahār shāmāṭe rākho chho? vaḷī pote to tene sādhu na māne, paṇ potānā
saṅghamān rākhī bījāonī pāse sādhu manāvī anyane ashraddhānī kare, evun kapaṭ shāmāṭe kare?
vaḷī tame jene sādhu mānatā nathī, to anya jīvone paṇ evo ja upadesh āpasho ke – ‘‘āne

sādhu na māno.’’ to e pramāṇe to dharmapaddhatimān viruddhatā thāy! tathā jene tame sādhu māno
chho, tenāthī paṇ tamāro virodh thayo; kāraṇ ke – te āne sādhu māne chhe. vaḷī tame jenāmān

yathārtha ācharaṇ māno chho, tyān vichāravaḍe juo, to te paṇ yathārtha munidharma pāḷato nathī.

ahīn koī kahe – ‘‘anya veṣhadhārī karatān to ā ghaṇā sārā chhe, tethī ame temane sādhu

mānīe chhīe.’’ paṇ anyamatiomān to nānā prakāranā veṣh sambhave, kāraṇ ke tyān rāgabhāvano
niṣhedh nathī, paṇ ā jainamatamān to jem kahyun chhe tem ja thatān, sādhusañgnā hoy.

ahīn koī kahe ke — ‘‘shīl – sanyamādi pāḷe chhe, tapashcharaṇādi kare chhe, tethī jeṭalun

kare teṭalun to bhalun chhe?’’

tenun samādhānaḥ — e satya chhe. dharma thoḍo paṇ pāḷavo bhalo chhe, parantu pratignā to

mahānadharmanī karavāmān āve ane pāḷīe thoḍo to tyān pratignābhaṅgathī mahāpāp thāy chhe. jem
koī upavāsanī pratignā karī ekavār bhojan kare, to tene ghaṇī vakhat bhojanano sanyam hovā
chhatān paṇ, pratignābhaṅgathī pāpī kahīe chhīe. tem munidharmanī pratignā karī koī kiñchit dharma
na pāḷe to tene shīl – sanyamādi hovā chhatān paṇ pāpī ja kahevāy tathā jem koī ekāsaṇānī

pratignā karī ekavār bhojan kare, to te dharmātmā ja chhe; tem potānun shrāvakapad dhāraṇ karī,
thoḍun paṇ dharmasādhan kare, to te dharmātmā ja chhe. paṇ ahīn to uchchanām dharāvī, nīchī kriyā
karavāthī pāpīpaṇun sambhave chhe. jo yathāyogya nām dharāvī dharmakriyā karato hot to pāpīpaṇun
thāt nahi. jeṭalo dharma sādhe teṭalo ja bhalo chhe.

ahīn koī kahe ke — ‘‘pañchamakāḷanā ant sudhī chaturvidhasaṅghano sadbhāv kahyo

chhe. tethī āmane sādhu na mānīe to kone mānīe?’’

teno uttaraḥ — jem ā kāḷamān hansano sadbhāv kahyo chhe, tathā gamyakṣhetramān hans

dekhātā nathī, tethī kāī bījāone to hans mānyā jatā nathī, hans jevun lakṣhaṇ maḷatān ja
hans mānyā jāy tem ā kāḷamān sādhuno sadbhāv chhe tathā gamyakṣhetramān sādhu dekhātā nathī,
tethī kāī bījāone to sādhu mānyā jāy nahi, paṇ sādhunān lakṣhaṇ maḷatān ja sādhu mānyā
jāy. vaḷī emano paṇ ā kāḷamān thoḍā ja kṣhetramān sadbhāv dekhāy chhe, tyānthī dūr kṣhetramān

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sādhuno sadbhāv kevī rīte mānasho? jo lakṣhaṇ maḷatān māno, to ahīn paṇ e ja pramāṇe
māno, tathā lakṣhaṇ vinā māno, to tyān anya kuliṅgī chhe tene paṇ sādhu māno, paṇ e
pramāṇe mānavāthī viparītatā thāy, māṭe em paṇ banatun nathī.

koī kahe — ‘‘ā pañchamakāḷamān āvun paṇ sādhupad hoy chhe’’ to evun siddhānt vachan

batāvo! siddhānt sivāy paṇ tame māno chho, to pāpī thasho. e pramāṇe anek yuktivaḍe temane
sādhupaṇun banatun nathī, tathā sādhupaṇā vinā temane sādhu – guru mānatān mithyādarshan thāy chhe. kāraṇ

ke – sāchā sādhune ja guru mānatān samyagdarshan hoy chhe.

✾ pratimādhāārī shrāvak na hovānī mānyatāno niṣhedhā ✾

vaḷī teo shrāvakadharmanī paṇ anyathā pravr̥utti karāve chhe. trasahinsā ane sthūlamr̥uṣhādi

hovā chhatān paṇ, jenun kāī prayojan nathī evo kiñchit tyāg karāvī, tene deshavratī thayo kahe
chhe, ane te trasaghātādi jemān thāy evān kārya kare chhe. have deshavrat guṇasthānamān to teo
agiyār avirati kahe chhe, to tyān trasaghāt kevī rīte sambhave? shrāvakanā agiyār pratimābhed
chhe, temān dashamī – agiyāramī pratimādhārī shrāvak to koī thato nathī, ane sādhu thāy chhe.

pūchhīe chhīe tyāre kahe chhe ke – ‘‘paḍimādhārī shrāvak ā kāḷamān thaī shakato nathī.’’

juo – ‘shrāvak dharma to kaṭhaṇ tathā munidharma sugam’ e pramāṇe viruddha kahe chhe. vaḷī agiyāramī

pratimādhārakane thoḍo parigrah, tathā munine ghaṇo parigrah batāve chhe, paṇ e sambhavit vachan
nathī. teo kahe chhe ke – e pratimā to thoḍo ja kāḷ pāḷī chhoḍī daīe chhīe.’’ have e

uttam kārya chhe, to dharmabuddhi jīv uchcha kriyāne shāmāṭe chhoḍe? tathā nīchun kārya chhe, to tene
shāmāṭe aṅgīkār kare? tethī e sambhavatun ja nathī.

vaḷī kudev – kugurune namaskārādi karatān paṇ shrāvakapaṇun batāve chhe. teo kahe chhe ke –

‘‘dharmabuddhi vaḍe ame vandatā nathī, paṇ laukik vyavahār chhe.’’ paṇ siddhāntamān to temanī prashansā –

stavanane paṇ samyaktvamān atichār doṣh kahyo chhe. to gr̥uhasthone bhalun manāvavā arthe vandanā
karavī kem sambhave?

ahīn kahesho ke — ‘‘bhay – lajjā – kutūhalādivaḍe ja ame vandīe chhīe.’’ to e kāraṇo

vaḍe kushīlādik sevatān paṇ pāp na kaho, mātra antaraṅgamān tene pāp jāṇavun joīe, paṇ
e pramāṇe to sarva ācharaṇamān viruddhatā thashe.

vaḷī khedano viṣhay chhe ke – mithyātva jevā mahāpāpanī pravr̥utti chhoḍāvavānī to mukhyatā

nathī, paṇ pavanakāyanī hinsā ṭharāvī, khullā mukhe bolavānun chhoḍāvavānī mukhyatā jovāmān āve
chhe. paṇ e kramabhaṅg upadesh chhe. vaḷī dharmanān aṅg ghaṇān chhe, temān ek parajīvanī dayāne
ja mukhya kahe chhe, teno paṇ vivek nathī. jaḷ gāḷavun, anna shodhavun, sadoṣhavastunun bhakṣhaṇ na

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karavun, tathā hinsādirūp vyāpār na karavo, ityādi tenān aṅgonī to mukhyatā nathī,

✾ mukhapÀī ādino niṣhedhā ✾

paṇ mukhapaṭṭī bāndhavī ane shauchādik thoḍun karavun, ityādi kāryonī teo mukhyatā kare

chhe, paṇ melayukta paṭṭīmān thūṅkanā sambandhathī jīv ūpaje, teno to yatna nathī, paṇ pavananī
hinsāno yatna batāve chhe, to nāsikādvārā ghaṇo pavan nīkaḷe chhe, teno yatna kem karatā nathī?
vaḷī temanā shāstrānusār jo bolavāno ja yatna karyo to tene (mukhapaṭṭīne) sarvadā shāmāṭe rākho
chho? jyāre bolo tyāre yatna karī lo! kahe chhe ke – ‘‘bhūlī jaīe chhīe.’’ have jo eṭalun

paṇ yād rahetun nathī. to anya dharmasādhan kevī rīte thashe? shauchādik thoḍān karo chho, paṇ
sambhavit shauch to muni paṇ kare chhe, māṭe gr̥uhasthoe potānā yogya shauch to karavo. kāraṇ
ke – strīsaṅgamādi karī shauch karyā vinā sāmāyikādi kriyā karavāthī, avinay – vikṣhiptatādivaḍe

pāp ūpaje chhe. e pramāṇe teo jenī mukhyatā kare chhe tenun paṇ ṭhekāṇun nathī. teo dayānān
keṭalāk aṅg yogya pāḷe chhe, haritakāy ādino tyāg kare chhe, jaḷ thoḍun nākhe chhe, teno
ame niṣhedh karatā nathī.

✾ mūrtipūjā niṣhedhānun nirākaraṇ ✾

vaḷī evī ahinsāno ekānt pakaḍī teo pratimā, chaityālay ane pūjanādi kriyānun

utthāpan kare chhe. paṇ temanā ja shāstromān pratimā ādinun nirūpaṇ kare chhe, tene āgrahathī
lop kare chhe. bhagavatī sūtramān r̥̄iddhidhārī muninun nirūpaṇ chhe, tyān merugiri ādimān

jaī ‘‘तत्थ चेचयाइं वंदई’’ evo pāṭh chhe. teno artha – ‘‘tyān chaityone vandun chhun.’’ have chaitya

nām prasiddha rīte pratimānun chhe, chhatān teo haṭh karī kahe chhe ke – ‘‘chaitya shabdanā gnānādik

anek artha thāy chhe, tyān bījā artha chhe, paṇ pratimā artha nathī.’’ have tene pūchhīe chhīe
ke – merugiri ane nandīshvaradvīpamān jaī tyān chaityavandanā karī. have tyān gnānādikanī vandanā karavāno

artha kevī rīte sambhave? gnānādikanī vandanā to sarvatra sambhave chhe. paṇ je vandanā yogya chaitya
hoy tyān ja sambhave tathā sarvatra na sambhave tene, tyān vandanā karavāno visheṣh sambhave. have evī
sambhavit artha pratimā ja chhe, tathā chaitya shabdano mukhya artha paṇ pratimā ja chhe, e prasiddha
chhe. e ja artha vaḍe chaityālay nām sambhave chhe. tene haṭh karī shāmāṭe lopo chho?

vaḷī devādik nandīshvaradvīpādimān jaī pūjanādi kriyā kare chhe, tenun vyākhyān temanāmān

jyān – tyān chhe. tathā lokamān paṇ jyān – tyān akr̥utrimapratimānun nirūpaṇ chhe. have e rachanā

anādi chhe. te kāī bhog kutūhalādi māṭe to nathī. tathā indrādikonān sthānomān niṣhprayojan
rachanā sambhave nahi. have indrādik tene joī shun kare chhe? kān to potānā mandiromān e
niṣhprayojan rachanā joī tenāthī udāsīn thatā hashe ane tyān temane dukh thatun hashe, paṇ e

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sambhavatun nathī, agar kān to sārī rachanā joī viṣhay poṣhatā hashe, paṇ samyagdraṣhṭi
arhantamūrtivaḍe potāno viṣhay poṣhe, em paṇ sambhavatun nathī, parantu tyān tenī bhakit ādi ja
kare chhe, em ja sambhave chhe.

temanāmān sūryābhadevanun vyākhyān chhe, tyān pratimājīne pūjavānun visheṣh varṇan karyun chhe;

tene lopavā māṭe teo kahe chhe ke – ‘‘devanun evun ja kartavya chhe.’’ e sāchun, parantu kartavyanun phaḷ

to avashya hoy ja. have tyān dharma thāy chhe ke pāp thāy chhe? jo dharma thāy chhe to bīje
ṭhekāṇe pāp thatun hatun ane ahīn dharma thayo, to tene anyanī sadrash kem kahevāy? kāraṇ ke –

e to yogyakārya thayun. tathā pāp thāy chhe, to tyān ‘‘णमोत्थुणं’’ no pāṭh bhaṇyo, have pāpanā

ṭhekāṇe evo pāṭh shāmāṭe bhaṇyo?

vaḷī ek vichār ahīn e thāy chhe ke — ‘‘णमोत्थुणं’’nā pāṭhamān to arhantanī bhakti

chhe. pratimājīnī āgaḷ jaī e pāṭh bhaṇyo, māṭe je arihantabhaktinī kriyā chhe te
pratimājīnī āgaḷ karavī yogya thaī.

vaḷī jo te em kahe ke – ‘‘devone evān kārya hoy chhe, paṇ manuṣhyone nahi, kāraṇ

ke pratimādi banāvatān manuṣhyone hinsā thāy chhe.’’ to temanā ja shāstromān evun kathan chhe ke –

‘‘draupadīrāṇī sūryābhadevanī māphak pratimājīnun pūjanādik karavā lāgī, māṭe manuṣhyone paṇ e
kārya kartavya chhe.

ahīn ek e vichār thāy chhe ke – jo chaityālay – pratimā banāvavānī pravr̥utti nahotī,

to draupadīe pratimānun pūjan kevī rīte karyun? tathā e pravr̥utti jo hatī, to banāvavāvāḷā
dharmātmā hatā ke pāpī? jo teo dharmātmā hatā, to gr̥uhasthone paṇ evun kārya karavun yogya
thayun. tathā pāpī hatā, to tyān bhogādikanun prayojan to hatun nahi, pachhī shāmāṭe banāvyun?
vaḷī draupadīe tyān

‘‘णमोत्थुणं’’no pāṭh karyo, vā pūjanādik karyun te kutūhal karyun ke dharma karyo?

jo kutūhal karyun to te mahāpāpiṇī thaī, kāraṇ dharmathī kutūhal shun? tathā dharma karyo, to
bījāoe paṇ pratimājīnī stuti – pūjā karavī yukta chhe.

ahīn teo evī mithyāyukti banāve chhe ke – ‘‘jem indranī sthāpanāthī indranī kāryasiddhi

nathī, tem arahantapratimāvaḍe kāryasiddhi nathī.’’ paṇ arahant koīne bhakta mānī bhalun karatā
hoy to em paṇ mānīe, parantu te to vītarāgī chhe. ā jīv bhaktirūp potānā bhāvothī
shubhaphaḷ pāme chhe. jem strīnā ākārarūp kāṣhṭha – pāṣhāṇanī mūrti dekhī tyān vikārarūp thaī

anurāg kare, to tene pāpabandh thāy, tem arahantanā ākārarūp dhātu – kāṣhṭha – pāṣhāṇanī mūrti

dekhī dharmabuddhithī tyān anurāg kare to shubhanī prāpti kem na thāy? tyāre te kahe chhe ke –

‘‘pratimā vinā ja ame arahantamān anurāgavaḍe shubh upajāvīshun.’’ tene kahīe chhīe ke – ākār

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