244 ] [ pravachan ratnākar bhāg-8 paṇ emān abhāv chhe. ahā! je paryāy shuddhasvarūpane jāṇe chhe te paryāyano paṇ jemān abhāv chhe evo ek shuddhagnānamay bhagavān ātmā chhe. samajāṇun kāī...? ahā! jenāthī bhavano ant āvī jāy e mārag judā chhe bāpā! anantakāḷamān ā badhān thothān (vyavahār) karī karīne marī gayo bhagavān! paṇ hun shuddhagnānamay ātmā chhun em eṇe jāṇyun nahi!
‘pañchādhyāyī’ mān āve chhe ke shāstra vaḍe je shraddhā karī chhe te shraddhā nahi, ane jemān ātmā-shuddhagnānamay vastu prāpta na thāy e gnān nahi. shun kīdhun e? ke je gnānanī paryāyamān ātmā prāpta thayo nathī te bhale agiyār aṅganun gnān hoy topaṇ te gnān nathī. jemān ātmānun gnān-anubhav-pratīti nathī e to mātra shabdanun gnān chhe. ahā! abhavyane agiyār aṅganun gnān chhe e shabdanun gnān chhe, kemake jemān vyavahārashrutagnānano paṇ abhāv chhe evā shuddhagnānamay bhagavān ātmānā gnānathī te shūnya chhe. māṭe bhale te agiyār aṅg bhaṇe toy te agnānī ja chhe. aho! digambar santoe ekalān amr̥ut ghoḷyān chhe! shvetāmbarādi bīje kayāny āvī vāt chhe nahi.
bhagavān! tun ek vār sāmbhaḷ to kharo. bhāī! tun em pūchhe chhe ne ke ene agiyār aṅganun gnān hoy chhe chhatān ene agnānī kem kahyo?
to hun kahun chhun ke prabhu! ‘hun shuddhagnānamay ātmā chhun’ -evun ene svasvarūpanun gnān nathī, svānubhav nathī. shāstranā gnānathī gnān chhe paṇ e to badhun paralakṣhī gnān bāpā! bahārathī lāge ke ohohoho...! āvun gnān! paṇ e badhun agnān chhe bhāī!
ahā! agiyār aṅg bhaṇavā chhatān abhavya jīv, jemān ekalo shuddhagnānamay prabhu ātmā rahelo chhe evā mokṣhane ja shraddhato nathī ane tethī te gnānane-ātmāne paṇ shraddhato nathī. ahā! bahāramān te vītarāg devano, nirgranth guruno ane bhagavān jineshvare kahelān shāstrono anantavār vinay kare chhe, paṇ bhāī! e badhān paradravyano vinay to rāg chhe. bhagavān kevaḷī em kahe chhe ke-amārā vinayamān lābh mānī santuṣhṭa rahenārā rāgī jīv chhe ane ene e vaḍe kiñchit dharma nahi thāy. ahā! pote andar shuddha gnānānandasvabhāvī bhagavān chhe eno ādar-vinay karyā vinā ene dharma kem thāy? bhale agiyār aṅg bhaṇyo hoy toy anantakāḷamān ene dharma na thāy. samajāṇun kāī...?
prashnaḥ– to shāstrathī ātmagnān thāy chhe em āve chhe ne?
uttaraḥ– e to bhāī! nimittanun gnān karāvanārun nimittapradhān upachāranun kathan chhe. nishchayathī to shuddhagnānamay svasvarūpanā āshraye ja ātmagnān thāy chhe. shrīmade kahyun chhe ne ke-