9r ] [ pravachan ratnAkar bhAg-8 mAnyatA enI shAntine haNe chhe arthAt e mAnyatA enI vItarAgI shAntinA pariNAmane pragaT thavA detI nathI.

ahA! ‘teo mithyAdraShTi, AtmAnA haNanArA chhe’-A shabdoe to gajab karyo chhe. parane haNI shakato nathI, chhatAn ‘parane haNI shakun chhun’-evI mAnyatAmAn, kahe chhe, pote haNAI jAy chhe; parane jivADI shakato nathI, chhatAn ‘parane jivADI shakun chhun’-evI mAnyatAthI potAnun jIvan haNAI jAy chhe; pote paranAn sukh-dukh karI shakato nathI, AhAr-auShadhAdi vaDe parano upakAr karI shakato nathI vA shastrAdinA ghAt vaDe parano apakAr karI shakato nathI, chhatAn ‘paranAn sukh-dukh, upakAr-apakAr karI shakun chhun’-evI mAnyatAthI potAno AtmA haNAI jAy chhe. tethI kahyun ke -‘paranAn kArya hun karun’-evI mAnyatA vaDe ahankAr karanArA teo mithyAdraShTi AtmAne haNanArA mahApApI ja chhe. lyo, AvI vAt chhe!

‘jeo parane mAravA-jivADavAno tathA sukh-dukh karavAno abhiprAy kare chhe teo mithyAdraShTi chhe.’

shun kIdhun? parane mAravA-jivADavAno eTale paranA prANone haravAno ane paranA prANonI rakShA karavAno jene abhiprAy chhe te mithyAdraShTi chhe. vaLI paranAn sukh-dukh karavAno eTale parane anukUL sanyogo devAno ane parane pratikUL sanyogo devAno je abhiprAy kare chhe te paN mithyAdraShTi chhe.

hamaNAn IndoramAn traN-traN mandiramAn chorI thaI. bhagavAnanI mUrti upADI gayA, ane polIse ATh jaNane pakaDayA. ahA! dharmanA sthAnamAn paN chorI! gajab vAt chhe ne! ahIn kahe chhe-te mUrti choravAnI kriyA (tenun sthAnAntar thavAnI kriyA) to tun karI shakato nathI. paN hun parane chorI shakun chhun em abhiprAyathI choravAnI vAnchhA chhe ne! ahIn kahe chhe-te mithyAtvabhAv chhe. ahA! paranI kriyA karavAno abhiprAy chhe te mithyAtvabhAv chhe ane tevA jIvo mithyAdraShTi chhe. have kahe chhe-

‘teo potAnA svarUpathI chyut thayA thakA rAgI, dveShI, mohI thaIne potAthI ja potAno ghAt kare chhe, tethI hinsak chhe.’

juo, shun kahe chhe? ke hun bIjAnA prANonI rakShA karI shakun chhun, vA bIjAne mArI shakun chhun tathA bIjAne anukUL-pratikUL sanjogo daI shakun chhun-ityAdi jeno abhiprAy chhe teo potAnA shuddha chaitanyasvarUpathI bhraShTa thaIne rAgI, dveShI, mohI thaIne potAthI ja potAnA AtmAno ghAt kare chhe ane tethI teo hinsak chhe. ahA! hun paranAn kAm karI shakun chhun em mAnanAre, hun pote shuddha akhanD ek gnAnAnand-