248 ] [ pravachan ratnAkar bhAg-7 samakitI chhe. te badhA em mAne chhe ke-rAg mAro nathI, sharIr mArun nathI; hun to gnAtA ja chhun. temane samyaktva thayA pachhI mAnsAdino AhAr paN hoto nathI. temane to samudramAn hajAr jojananA lAmbA DoDA-kamaL thAy chhe teno khorAk hoy chhe.

bhagavAnano jIv juone! trilokanAth bhagavAn mahAvIrano jIv dashamA bhave sinh hato. te sinh haraNane thApo mArIne khAI rahyo hato. tyAn AkAshamAnthI munirAj nIche utaryA ane te sinhanI samIp AvavA lAgyA. ahA! mane dUrathI joIne manuShya bhAgI jAy ene badale A mArI pAse AvI rahyA chhe! shun chhe A? ekadam pariNAmamAn palaTo Avyo; tenA pariNAm pharI gayA, komaL thayA.

to shun enI kALalabdhi AvI gaI? kALalabdhi? puruShArtha karyo te ja kALalabdhi; puruShArtha kare chhe tyAre kALalabdhi Ave ja chhe.

prashna– paN juo, nimitta Avyun to puruShArtha thayo ne? samAdhAna– nA; em nathI. puruShArtha potAthI thayo chhe tyAre bIjI chIjane nimitta kahevAmAn Ave chhe. nimitta to par chIj chhe; enAthI shun thAy? pote andaramAn potAthI jAgRut thayo to munirAjane nimitta kahevAmAn Ave chhe.

sinhanA pariNAm komaL thayelA joIne munirAje kahyun-are sinh! tun A shun kare chhe? bhagavAn shrI kevaLIe kahyun chhe ke-tAro jIv dashamA bhave traNalokano nAth tIrthankar thavAno chhe. bhagavAn! tun sAkShAt bhagavAn thavAno chhe ne! A shun? A sAmbhaLIne sinhanI AnkhamAnthI AnsunI dhArA vahevA lAgI. pariNAm visheSh komaL thayA ane antaramAn smaraN thayun. ahA! hun to shuddha gnAyakasvabhAvI paramabrahmasvarUp ek chaitanyamay paramAtmadravya chhun. are! A shun? Am dhyAn karavAthI te sinh samyagdarshan pAmyo. hajI peTamAn to haraNanun mAns paDayun chhe topaN munirAjanI divya deshanA pAmIne antarnimagna thaI samakit pAmyo. vikalpathI-rAgathI haThIne tatkShaN bhagavAn gnAyakamAn andar utarI gayo ne dharma pAmyo.

prashna– munirAje sinhane jagADayo ne? uttara– bhAI! sinh jAgyo ke tene jagADayo? pote potAthI jAgyo to munirAje jagADayo em nimittathI kahevAy chhe. shun munie deshanA karI mATe jAgyo chhe? pote potAnA upAdAnathI jAgyo chhe, deshanA to nimittamAtra chhe.

prashna– paN munirAj AvyA tyAre jAgyo ne? uttara– bhAI! e vakhate ja jAgavAno potAno svakAL hato mATe jAgyo chhe.