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vahAn vah pUchhatA hai — aisA hai to gnAnIse agnAnIke bhaktikI adhikatA hotI hogI?
uttara — yathArthatAkI apekShA to gnAnIke sachchI bhakti hai, agnAnIke nahIn hai aur
rAgabhAvakI apekShA agnAnIke shraddhAnamen bhI use muktikA kAraN jAnanese ati anurAg hai, gnAnIke
shraddhAnamen shubhabandhakA kAraN jAnanese vaisA anurAg nahIn hai. bAhyamen kadAchit gnAnIko anurAg
bahut hotA hai, kabhI agnAnIko hotA hai — aisA jAnanA.
is prakAr devabhaktikA svarUp batalAyA.
gurubhaktikA anyathArUp
ab, gurubhakti usake kaisI hotI hai so kahate hain —
kitane hI jIv AgnAnusArI hain. ve to — yah jainake sAdhu hain, hamAre guru hain, isaliye
inakI bhakti karanI — aisA vichArakar unakI bhakti karate hain aur kitane hI jIv parIkShA
bhI karate hain. vahAn yah muni dayA pAlate hain, shIl pAlate hain, dhanAdi nahIn rakhate, upavAsAdi
tap karate hain, kShudhAdi parIShah sahate hain, kisIse krodhAdi nahIn karate hain, upadesh dekar auronko
dharmamen lagAte hain — ityAdi guNonkA vichAr kar unamen bhaktibhAv karate hain. parantu aise guN
to paramahansAdik anyamatiyommen tathA jainI mithyAdRuShTiyommen bhI pAye jAte hain, isaliye inamen
ativyAptipanA hai. inake dvArA sachchI parIkShA nahIn hotI.
tathA jin guNonkA vichAr karate hain unamen kitane hI jIvAshrit hain, kitane hI
pudgalAshrit hain; unake visheSh na jAnate hue asamAnajAtIy muniparyAyamen ekatvabuddhise mithyAdRuShTi
hI rahate hain. tathA samyagdarshan-gnAn-chAritrakI ekatArUp mokShamArga vah hI muniyonkA sachchA lakShaN
hai use nahIn pahichAnate. kyonki yah pahichAn ho jAye to mithyAdRuShTi rahate nahIn. isaprakAr
yadi muniyonkA sachchA svarUp hI nahIn jAnenge to sachchI bhakti kaise hogI? puNyabandhake kAraNabhUt
shubhakriyArUp guNonko pahichAnakar unakI sevAse apanA bhalA honA jAnakar unamen anurAgI
hokar bhakti karate hain.
isaprakAr gurubhaktikA svarUp kahA.
shAstrabhaktikA anyathArUp
ab, shAstrabhaktikA svarUp kahate hain —
kitane hI jIv to yah kevalI bhagavAnakI vANI hai, isaliye kevalIke pUjyapaneke
kAraN yah bhI pUjya hai — aisA jAnakar bhakti karate hain. tathA kitane hI isaprakAr parIkShA
karate hain ki in shAstrommen virAgatA, dayA, kShamA, shIl, santoShAdikakA nirUpaN hai; isaliye