dekhavAthI jevo bhAv thAy, tevo parokSha smaraN karatAn na thAy. lokamAn paN strIno anurAgI
eTalA ja mATe strInun chitra banAve chhe. tethI pratimAnA avalambanavaDe visheSh bhakti thavAthI
visheSh shubhanI prApti thAy chhe.
ahIn koI kahe ke – ‘‘pratimAne juo, paN pUjanAdi karavAnun shun prayojan chhe?’
uttara — jem koI, koI jIvano AkAr banAvI raudrabhAvothI teno ghAt kare, to tene
te jIvanI hinsA karavA sarakhun pAp lAge chhe; vA koI, koIno AkAr batAvI dveShabuddhithI
tenI bUrI avasthA kare, to jeno AkAr banAvyo chhe, tenI bUrI avasthA karavA sarakhun phaL
nIpaje chhe, tem arahantano AkAr banAvI dharmAnurAgabuddhithI tenun pUjanAdi kare to arahantanun
pUjanAdi karavA samAn shubhabhAv utpanna thAy chhe. tathA evun ja phaL thAy chhe. ati anurAg
thatAn, pratyakSha darshan na hovAthI teno AkAr banAvI pUjanAdi karIe chhIe, ane e
dharmAnurAgathI mahApuNya Upaje chhe.
vaLI teo evo kutarka kare chhe ke jene je vastuno tyAg hoy, tenI AgaL te vastu
dharavI, e hAsya karavA jevun chhe. mATe chandanAdivaDe arahantanun pUjan yukta nathI.
tenun samAdhAn — munipad letAn ja sarva parigrahano tyAg karyo hato, have pAchhaLathI
kevaLagnAn thatAn tIrthankaradevane indre samavasaraNAdi banAvyAn, chhatra – chAmarAdi karyAn te hAsya karyun
ke bhakti karI? jo hAsya karyun to indra mahApApI thayo, paN e to bane nahi; tathA bhakti
karI, to pUjanAdimAn paN bhakti ja karIe chhIe. chhadmasthanI AgaL tyAg karelI vastu dharavI
e hAsya chhe, kAraN ke tene vikShiptatA thaI Ave chhe, paN kevaLI vA pratimAnI AgaL
anurAgavaDe uttam vastu dharavAmAn doSh nathI, kAraN ke – temane vikShiptatA thatI nathI, ane
dharmAnurAgathI jIvananun bhalun thAy chhe.
tyAre te kahe chhe ke – ‘‘pratimA banAvavAmAn, chaityAlayAdi karAvavAmAn ane pUjanAdi
karAvavAmAn hinsA thAy chhe, ane dharma to ahinsA chhe, mATe hinsAvaDe dharma mAnavAthI mahApAp
thAy chhe, tethI ame e kAryone niShedhIe chhIe.’’
teno uttara — temanAn ja shAstromAn evun vachan chhe ke —
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 ।
artha — kalyAN (puNya) ane pApane sAmbhaLIne jAN tathA e bannene sAmbhaLIne jAN ane
emAnthI je sevavA yogya hoy tenun sevan kar.
pAnchamo adhikAra anyamat nirAkaraN ][ 163