kahAnajainashAstramALA ]
‘‘potAne jo pApano uday hoy to teo (vyantarAdik) sukh ApI shake nahi tathA puNyano uday hoy to dukh ApI shake nahi. vaLI temane pUjavAthI koI puNyabandh nathI, paN rAgAdik vRuddhi thaI UlaTo pApabandh ja thAy chhe; tethI temane mAnavA – pUjavA kAryakArI nathI, paN bUrun karavAvALA chhe.....’’
prashna — kShetrapAl, dahADI ane padmAvatI Adi devI tathA yakSha – yakShiNI Adi ke je jainamatane anusare chhe, temanun pUjanAdi karavAmAn to doSh nathI?
uttara — jainamatamAn to sanyam dhAravAthI pUjyapaNun hoy chhe. have devone sanyam hoto ja nathI. vaLI temane samyaktvI mAnI pUjIe to bhavanatrik devomAn samyaktvanI paN mukhyatA nathI; tathA jo samyaktva vaDe ja pUjIe to sarvArthasiddhi ane laukAntik devone ja kem na pUjIe? tame kahesho ke ‘Amane jinabhakti visheSh chhe,’ paN bhaktinI visheShatA to saudharma indrane paN chhe tathA te samyagdraShTi paN chhe, to tene chhoDI Amane shA mATe pUjo chho?......tIvra mithyAtvabhAvathI jainamatamAn paN evI viparIt pravRuttirUp mAnyatA hoy chhe. e pramANe kShetrapAlAdikane paN pUjavA yogya nathI.’’
‘‘vaLI gAy – sarpAdik tiryanch ke je potAnAthI pratyakSha hIn bhAse chhe, temano tiraskArAdik paN karI shakIe chhIe tathA temanI nindya dashA pratyakSha joIe chhIe. vRukSha, agni, jalAdik sthAvar chhe, te to tiryanchothI paN atyant hIn avasthAne prApta joIe chhIe tathA shastra, khaDiyo vagere to achetan ja chhe, sarva shaktithI hIn pratyakSha ja joIe chhIe. temAn pUjyapaNAno upachAr paN sambhavato nathI; tethI temane pUjavA e mahAmithyAbhAv chhe. temane pUjavAthI pratyakSha vA anumAnathI paN kAI phaLaprApti bhAsatI nathI, tethI temane pUjavA te yogya nathI.’’
‘‘jo iShTa – aniShTa karavun temanA (vyantarAdi devanA) AdhIn hoy to je temane pUje tene iShTa ja thavun joIe tathA koI na pUje tene aniShTa ja thavun joIe, paN tevun to dekhAtun nathI, kAraN ke shItaLAne ghaNI mAnavA chhatAn paN koIne tyAn putrAdi maratA joIe chhIe, tathA koIne na mAnavA chhatAn paN jIvatA joIe chhIe. mATe shItaLAne mAnavI kaIpaN kAryakArI nathI. e ja pramANe sarva kudevone mAnavA kAI paN kAryakArI nathI.’’1 23. 1. juo mokShamArga prakAshak, pRuShTha 171 thI 178.