382 ] [ pravachan ratnākar bhāg-7 chhe? paisā to dhūḷ-māṭī chhe. e dhūḷamān shun chhe ke enāthī moṭān kām (samakit ādi) thāy? ahīn to rāgathī-shubharāgathīy ātmāmān (samakit ādi) kāī na thāy em kahe chhe, kemake rāgamān ātmā nathī ne ātmāmān rāg nathī. bhāī! ā dayā, dān, vratādino bhāv rāg chhe ane te ātmānī chīj nathī. kharekhar agnānī rāganī kriyāmān paḍayo thako hun rāgī chhun em mānato karmathī lepāy chhe.
juo, sarvagna paramātmā mahāvidehamān sadā birāje chhe. kayārey-koī di’ mahāvidehamān bhagavān tīrthaṅkaradevano virah hoto nathī. sākṣhāt bhagavān tyān atyāre paṇ birāje chhe ne samosaraṇamān bhagavānanī divyadhvani chhūṭe chhe. have tyān samosaraṇanī madhyamān beṭho hoy topaṇ agnānī rāgathī-mithyātvathī lipta thāy chhe. kem? kemake agnānīne sarva paradravya pratye karavāmān āvato je rāg tenā grahaṇarūp svabhāvapaṇun chhe. joyun? shubharāganā grahaṇarūp jeno svabhāv chhe te agnānī chhe. agnānīno rāganā grahaṇarūp svabhāv chhe. gnānīne rāganā tyāgasvabhāvapaṇun chhe, jyāre agnānīne rāganā grahaṇarūp svabhāvapaṇun chhe. bemān āvaḍo moṭo pher chhe.
agnānīno rāgane grahaṇ karavārūp svabhāv chhe. tene shuddha chaitanyanun grahaṇ karavāpaṇun nathī tethī rāgane grahaṇ karavāno teno svabhāv chhe. agnānīne rāganī pakaḍ chhe tethī te karma madhye rahyo thako karmathī lipta thāy chhe. jyāre gnānīne rāg āve chhe, paṇ rāganī pakaḍ nathī. gnānī to rāganā tyāgarūp svabhāvavāḷo chhe ne? tethī tene rāganī pakaḍ nathī. tethī te karma madhye hovā chhatān karmathī lipta thato nathī. gnānī svabhāvane pakaḍe chhe ne rāgane chhoḍī de chhe; jyāre agnānī svabhāvane chhoḍī de chhe ane rāgane pakaḍe chhe to te rāgathī bandhāy chhe. āvī vāt chhe.
‘jem kādavamān paḍelā suvarṇane kāṭ lāgato nathī ane lokhaṇḍane kāṭ lāge chhe tem karma madhye rahelo gnānī karmathī bandhāto nathī ane agnānī bandhāy chhe. ā gnān-agnānano mahimā chhe.’
shun kahyun? ke gnānī shubhāshubh pariṇāmanī madhyamān rahelo hoy chhatān tene karma bandhātun nathī. kem? kemake shubhāshubhanā kāḷe paṇ tenī draṣhṭi shuddha chaitanyasvabhāv par chhe. jyāre agnānī karmathī bandhāy chhe. kem? kemake enī draṣhṭi shubhāshubh pariṇāmamān chhe. shubhāshubh pariṇām ja hun chhun em agnānīnī pariṇām upar draṣhṭi chhe tethī te bandhāy chhe. āvo gnān-agnānano mahimā chhe.
prashnaḥ– gnānano mahimā to barābar, paṇ agnānano mahimā shun? uttaraḥ– bhāī! rāgane-ke je potāno svabhāv nathī tene-potāno māne te