kShaNabhangur bhogone! e kALA nAganI pheN jevA bhayAnak chhe. AvA shUravIronI A
hAlat to ApaNI shI vAt? A sharIrane dhikkAr! je pANInA parapoTAsamAn nisAr,
jarAmaraN, IShTaviyog, aniShTasanyog ItyAdi kaShTanun bhAjan chhe. dhanya chhe te mahApuruSh,
bhAgyavant, uttam cheShTAnA dhArak, je vAndarAnI bhramar samAn lakShmIne chanchaL jANI, teno
tyAg karI dIkShA dhAraN kare chhe! A pramANe anek rAjA virakta thaI, dIkShA sanmukh thayA.
temaNe ek pahADanI taLeTImAn sundar van joyun. anek vRukShothI manDit, atyant saghan, nAnA
prakAranAn puShpothI shobhit, jyAn sugandhanA lolupI bhamarAo gunjArav karI rahyA chhe tyAn
mahApavitra sthAnakamAn rahetA dhyAnAdhyayanamAn lIn mahAtapanA dhArak sAdhu joyA. temane
namaskAr karI te rAjA jinanAthanA chaityAlayamAn gayA. te samaye pahADanAn shikharo par
athavA ramaNIk vanamAn athavA nadIonA taT par athavA nagar-grAmAdik jinamandir hatAn
tyAn namaskAr karI ek samudra samAn gambhIr munionA guru satyaketu AchAryanI nikaT
gayA, namaskAr karI mahAshAntaras bharelA AchAryane vinantI karavA lAgyA, he nAth! amane
sansArasamudrathI pAr utAro. tyAre munie kahyun ke tamane bhavapAr utAranArI bhagavatI
dIkShA chhe te angIkAr karo. muninI A AgnA meLavIne e khUb harSha pAmyA. rAjA
vidagdhavijay, merukrUr, sangrAmalolup, shrInAgadaman, dhIr, shatrudaman ane vinodakanTak,
satyakaThor, priyavardhan ItyAdi nirgranth thayA. temanA gaj, turang, rathAdi sakaL sAj
sevakoe jaIne temanA putrAdine sompyA eTale te khUb chintA karavA lAgyA. pachhI samajIne
anek prakAranA niyam dhAraN karyA. keTalAk samyagdarshan angIkAr karIne santoSh pAmyA.
keTalAk nirmaL jineshvaradevano dharma sAmbhaLIne pApathI parAngamukh thayA. ghaNA sAmanto rAm-
lakShmaNanI vAt sAmbhaLI sAdhu thayA, keTalAke shrAvakanA aNuvrat dhAraN karyA. ghaNI rANI
AryikA banI, ghaNI shrAvak thaI, keTalAk subhaToe rAmano sarva vRuttAnt bharat, dasharath
pAse jaIne kahyo te sAmbhaLIne dasharath ane bharat k kkhed pAmyA.
nagaramAnthI vanamAn gayA. sarvabhUtahit svAmIne praNAm karI ghaNA rAjAo sAthe jinadIkShA
lIdhI. ekAkIvihArI jinakalpI thayA, jemane param shukladhyAnanI abhilAShA chhe to paN
putranA shokathI koIk vAr thoDIk kaluShatA thaI jAy chhe. ek divas te vichikShaN puruSh
vichAravA lAgyA ke sansAranAn dukhanun mUL A jagatano sneh chhe, ene dhikkAr ho!
enAthI karma bandhAy chhe. men anant bhav karyA temAn garbhajanma ghaNA karyA, te mArA
garbhajanmanAn anek mAtApitA, bhAI, putra kyAn gayA? anek vAr hun devalokanAn bhog
bhogavI chUkyo ane anek vAr narakanAn dukh paN bhogavyA. tiryanchagatimAn mArun sharIr
anek vAr A jIvoe khAdhun ane emanun men khAdhun. jAtajAtanI