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kiye sune jAte hai.n; muni hokar to kisIne hi.nsAdik kArya kiye nahI.n hai.n, parigrah rakhA nahI.n
hai, isaliye aisI yukti kAryakArI nahI.n hai.
dekho, AdinAthajIke sAth chAr hajAr rAjA dIkShA lekar punaH bhraShTa hue, tab dev
unase kahane lage — ‘jinali.ngI hokar anyathA pravartoge to ham da.nD de.nge. jinali.ng Cho.Dkar
jo tumhArI ichChA ho so tum jAno’. isaliye jinali.ngI kahalAkar anyathA pravarte, ve to
da.nDayogya hai.n; va.ndanAdi-yogya kaise ho.nge?
ab adhik kyA kahe.n! jinamatame.n kuveSh dhAraN karate hai.n ve mahApAp karate hai.n; anya
jIv jo unakI sushruShA Adi karate hai.n ve bhI pApI hote hai.n. padmapurAName.n yah kathA hai
ki — shreShThI dharmAtmAne chAraN muniyo.nko bhramase bhraShTa jAnakar AhAr nahI.n diyA; tab jo pratyakSha
bhraShTa hai.n unhe.n dAnAdik denA kaise sambhav hai?
yahA.N koI kahe — hamAre antara.ngame.n shraddhAn to satya hai, parantu bAhya lajjAdise shiShTAchAr
karate hai.n; so phal to antara.ngakA hogA?
uttaraH — ShaTpAhu.Dme.n lajjAdise vandanAdikakA niShedh batalAyA thA, vah pahale hI kahA
thA. koI jabaradastI mastak jhukAkar hAth ju.DvAye, tab to yah sambhav hai ki hamArA antara.ng
nahI.n thA; parantu Ap hI mAnAdikase namaskArAdi kare, vahA.N antara.ng kaise na kahe.n? jaise —
koI antara.ngame.n to mA.Nsako burA jAne; parantu rAjAdikako bhalA manavAneko mA.Ns-bhakShaN kare
to use vratI kaise mAne.n? usI prakAr antara.ngame.n to kuguru-sevanako burA jAne; parantu unako
va logo.nko bhalA manavAneke liye sevan kare to shraddhAnI kaise kahe.n? isaliye bAhyatyAg karane
par hI antara.ngatyAg sambhav hai. isaliye jo shraddhAnI jIv hai.n, unhe.n kisI prakArase bhI
kuguruo.nkI sushruShA Adi karanA yogya nahI.n hai.
is prakAr kugurusevanakA niShedh kiyA.
yahA.N koI kahe — kisI tattvashraddhAnIko kugurusevanase mithyAtva kaise huA?
uttaraH — jis prakAr shIlavatI strI parapuruShake sAth bhartArakI bhA.Nti ramaNakriyA sarvathA
nahI.n karatI; usI prakAr tattvashraddhAnI puruSh kuguruke sAth sugurukI bhA.Nti namaskArAdi kriyA
sarvathA nahI.n karatA. kyo.nki yah to jIvAdi tattvo.nkA shraddhAnI huA hai — vahA.N rAgAdikakA
niShedh karanevAlA shraddhAn karatA hai, vItarAgabhAvako shreShTha mAnatA hai — isaliye jisake vItarAgatA
pAyI jAye, unhI.n guruko uttam jAnakar namaskArAdi karatA hai; jinake rAgAdik pAye jAye.n
unhe.n niShiddha jAnakar kadApi namaskArAdi nahI.n karatA.