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samaje chhe? ane em mAne chhe ke, AmAnthI koI pudgal evAn paN chhe ke men bhogavyAn nathI.’’ e to mahAn AshcharyanI vAt chhe! bhalA, vichAr to kar ke A mUrtik pudgal tArA arUpImAn koI prakAre maLI shake tem chhe? mAtra indriyonA grahaNapUrvak tene anubhavIne ten em mAnI lIdhun chhe ke, ‘hun ja teno bhog karun chhun.’ to he dUradarshI! have bhrAntabuddhine sarvathA chhoDI de ane nirmaL gnAnAnandamay AtmatattvamAn lavalIn thA. A te ja samay chhe ke jemAn gnAnI jIv shuddhatAmAn sAvadhAn rahe chhe ane bhedagnAnanA baLathI chintavan kare chhe ke, ‘‘hun anya chhun ane e pudgal dehAdi mArAthI sarvathA bhinna – judA ja padArtha chhe. mATe he mahAshay! paradravyothI moh turat ja chhoD ane potAnA AtmAmAn nishchal – sthir rahevAno prayatna kar. jo koI pudgalamAn Asakta rahIne maraN pAmIsh to yAd rAkhaje, ke halakA – tuchchha jantu thaI tAre A pudgalonun bhakShaN vAramvAr karavun paDashe. A bhojanathI tun sharIrano upakAr karavA chAhe chhe te koI rIte paN yogya nathI, kem ke sharIr evun kRutaghnI chhe ke te koInA karelA upakArane mAne nahi, mATe bhojananI ichchhA chhoDI kevaL AtmahitamAn chitta joDavun te ja buddhimattA chhe.’’

‘‘he ArAdhak! shrutaskandhanun ‘एगो मे सासदो आदा’ ityAdi vAkya ‘णमो अरिहंताणं’ ityAdi pad ane ‘अर्हं’ ityAdi akShar – emAnthI je tane ruchikar lAge teno Ashray karIne tArA chittane tanmay kar. he Arya! ‘hun ek shAshvat AtmA chhun’ e shrutagnAnathI potAnA AtmAno nishchay kar. samasta chintAothI pRuthak thaIne prANavisarjan kar ane jo tArun man kShudhA – pariShahathI athavA koI upasargathI vikShipta (vyagra) thaI gayun hoy to narakAdi vedanAonun smaraN karIne gnAnAmRutarUp sarovaramAn pravesh kar, kem ke agnAnI jIv sharIramAn Atmabuddhi arthAt ‘hun dukhI chhun, hun sukhI chhun’ – evA sankalpa karIne dukhI thayA kare chhe, parantu bhedagnAnI jIv AtmA ane dehane bhinna – bhinna mAnIne dehane kAraNe sukhI – dukhI thato nathI, paN vichAre chhe ke ‘mane maraN ja nathI to pachhI bhay kono? mane rog nathI pachhI vedanA kevI? hun bALak, taruN vA vRuddha nathI to pachhI manovedanA kevI?’ he mahAbhAgya! A jarAk jeTalA shArIrik dukhathI kAyar thaIne pratignAthI jarApaN chyut na thaIsh.......shun tun dhIravIr pAnDavonun charitra bhUlI gayo chhe? jemane loDhAnAn ghareNAn agnithI tapAvIne shatruoe paherAvyAn hatAn topaN teo tapasyAthI kinchit paN chyut na thatAn AtmadhyAnathI mokSha pAmyA. sukomaL kumAranun sharIr shiyALe traN divas sudhI bhakSha karyA chhatAn kinchit paN teo mArgachyut na thayA. tenun tane shun