kahānajainashāstramāḷā ]
(निश्चयात्) dravyanā nij svarūpane vichāratān, bhāvārtha ām chhe ke jevī rīte sonun ane rūpun joke ekakṣhetre maḷelān chhe – ekapiṇḍarūp chhe topaṇ sonun pīḷun, bhāre ane chīkaṇun evā potānā guṇo sahit chhe, rūpun paṇ potānā shvetaguṇ sahit chhe, tethī ekapaṇun kahevun jūṭhun chhe, tevī ja rīte jīv ane karma paṇ joke anādithī ekabandhaparyāyarūp maḷelān chālyān āve chhe – ekapiṇḍarūp chhe topaṇ jīvadravya potānā gnānaguṇe birājamān chhe, karma-pudgaladravya paṇ potānā achetan guṇ sahit chhe, tethī ekapaṇun kahevun jūṭhun chhe. te kāraṇe stutimān bhed chhe. (te ja batāve chhe — ) ‘‘व्यवहारतः वपुषः स्तुत्या नुः स्तोत्रं अस्ति, न तत् तत्त्वतः’’ (व्यवहारतः) bandhaparyāyarūp ekakṣhetrāvagāhadraṣhṭithī jotān (वपुषः) sharīranī (स्तुत्या) stuti karavāthī (नुः) jīvanī (स्तोत्रं) stuti (अस्ति) thāy chhe. (न तत्) bījā pakṣhe vichāratān, stuti nathī thatī. kaī apekṣhāe nathī thatī? (तत्त्वतः) shuddha jīvadravyasvarūp vichāratān. bhāvārtha ām chhe ke jem ‘shvet suvarṇa’ em joke kahevāmān āve chhe topaṇ shvetaguṇ rūpāno chhe, tethī ‘shvet suvarṇa’ em kahevun jūṭhun chhe, tevī ja rīte —
‘‘[bhāvārtha — ] be tīrthaṅkaro raktavarṇe, be kr̥iṣhṇa, be nīl, be pannā ane soḷ suvarṇaraṅge chhe,’’ joke ām kahevāmān āve chhe topaṇ shvet, rakta ane pīt ādi pudgaladravyanā guṇo chhe, jīvanā guṇo nathī. tethī shvet, rakta ane pīt em kahetān jīv nathī hoto, gnānaguṇ kahetān jīv chhe. koī prashna kare chhe ke sharīranī stuti karatān to jīvanī stuti thatī nathī, to jīvanī stuti kaī rīte thāy chhe? uttar ām chhe ke chidrūp kahetān thāy chhe — ‘‘निश्चयतः चित्स्तुत्या एव चितः स्तोत्रं भवति’’ (निश्चयतः) shuddha jīvadravyarūp vichāratān (चित्) shuddha gnānādinān (स्तुत्या) vāramvār varṇan-smaraṇ-abhyās karavāthī (एव) niḥsandeh (चितः स्तोत्रं) jīvadravyanī stuti (भवति) thāy chhe. bhāvārtha ām chhe — jevī rīte ‘pīḷun, bhāre ane chīkaṇun suvarṇa’ em kahetān suvarṇanī svarūpastuti thāy chhe, tevī ja rīte ‘kevaḷī evā chhe ke jemaṇe pratham ja shuddha jīvasvarūpano anubhav karyo chhe eṭale ke indriy-viṣhay-kaṣhāyane jītyān chhe, pachhī mūḷathī khapāvyān chhe, sakaḷ karma kṣhay karyān