14 : ek gajarAjanI AtmakathA )
( samyagdarshan
mokShasAdhak te hAthIne dekhIne vananA vAndarA paN rAjI thatA
hatA ne phaL vagere lAvIne tenI sevA karatA hatA. ekavAr
sarovaramAn pANI pIvA jatAn te vajraghoSh – hAthI kAdavamAn khUnchI
gayo; tyAre ek bhayankar sarpa tene karaDayo.....ne hAthI samAdhimaraN
karIne svargamAn gayo.
e sarpa koN chhe? te hAthIno ja pUrvabhavano bhAI kamaTh chhe
– je marIne sarpa thayo chhe. bhaviShyamAn hAthIno jIv jyAre
pArasanAth – tIrthankar thayA tyAre te sarpano ja jIv ‘samvaradev’ thaI
ne temanI ja samIpamAn samyagdarshan pAmIne mokShamArgI thayo.
‘pArasanA sange loDhun sonun banI gayun.’
(te hAthI ane te sarpanA vachchenA anek bhavonun sachitra
AnandakArI varNan Ap ‘mahApurAN’mAn vAnchajo.)