kahānajainashāstramāḷā ]
chhe tyān sudhī adarshan, agnān tathā asamarthapaṇun hoy ja chhe; to pachhī kevaḷagnān thayā pahelān gnātādraṣhṭāpaṇun kem kahevāy?’’ tenun samādhānaḥ — pahelethī kahetā ja āvīe chhīe ke je svatantrapaṇe kare-bhogave, tene paramārthe kartā-bhoktā kahevāy chhe. māṭe jyān mithyādraṣhṭirūp agnānano abhāv thayo tyān paradravyanā svāmīpaṇāno abhāv thayo ane tyāre jīv gnānī thayo thako svatantrapaṇe to koīno kartā-bhoktā thato nathī, tathā potānī nabaḷāīthī karmanā udayanī baḷajorīthī je kārya thāy chhe teno kartā-bhoktā paramārthadraṣhṭie tene kahevāto nathī. vaḷī te kāryanā nimitte kāīk navīn karmaraj lāge paṇ chhe topaṇ tene ahīn bandhamān gaṇavāmān āvatī nathī. mithyātva chhe te ja sansār chhe. mithyātva gayā pachhī sansārano abhāv ja thāy chhe. samudramān bindunī shī gaṇatarī?
vaḷī eṭalun visheṣh jāṇavun ke — kevaḷagnānī to sākṣhāt shuddhātmasvarūp ja chhe ane shrutagnānī paṇ shuddhanayanā avalambanathī ātmāne evo ja anubhave chhe; pratyakṣha - parokṣhano ja bhed chhe. māṭe shrutagnānīne gnān-shraddhānanī apekṣhāe to gnātādraṣhṭāpaṇun ja chhe ane chāritranī apekṣhāe pratipakṣhī karmano jeṭalo uday chhe teṭalo ghāt chhe tathā tene nāsh karavāno udyam paṇ chhe. jyāre te karmano abhāv thashe tyāre sākṣhāt yathākhyāt chāritra thashe ane tyāre kevaḷagnān thashe. ahīn samyagdraṣhṭine gnānī kahevāmān āve chhe te mithyātvanā abhāvanī apekṣhāe kahevāmān āve chhe. gnānasāmānyanī apekṣhā laīe to to sarva jīv gnānī chhe ane visheṣh apekṣhā laīe to jyān sudhī kiñchitmātra paṇ agnān rahe tyān sudhī gnānī kahī shakāy nahi — jem siddhāntamān bhāvonun varṇan karatān, jyān sudhī kevaḷagnān na ūpaje tyān sudhī arthāt bāramā guṇasthān sudhī agnānabhāv kahyo chhe. māṭe ahīn je gnānī-agnānīpaṇun kahyun te samyaktva-mithyātvanī apekṣhāe ja jāṇavun.
have, jeo — jainanā sādhuo paṇ — sarvathā ekāntanā āshayathī ātmāne kartā ja māne chhe temane niṣhedhato, āgaḷanī gāthānī sūchanārūp shlok kahe chheḥ —
shlokārthaḥ — [ये तु तमसा तताः आत्मानं कर्तारम् पश्यन्ति] jeo agnān-andhakārathī āchchhādit thayā thakā ātmāne kartā māne chhe, [मुमुक्षताम् अपि] teo bhale mokṣhane ichchhanārā hoy topaṇ [सामान्यजनवत्] sāmānya (laukik) janonī māphak [तेषां मोक्षः न] temano paṇ mokṣha thato nathī. 199.