Aacharya Kumudchandrasuri Jivan Katha

Author(s): Sheelchandravijay
Publisher: N N Shah
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/005771/1

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Alekhana vijayazIlacandrasUri pUjya tapasvIjI mahArAja (AcArya zrI vijaya kumudacaMdrasUrijI mahArAjanI jIvanakathA)

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pUjya tapasvIjI mahArAja (AcArya zrIvijayakumudacandrasarijI mahArAjano jIvanakathA) 3451915 ena.ena. zAha nAgaravADa, navasArI saM.2063 6.2009

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pUjya tapasvIjI mahArAja (AcArya zrI vijayakumudacandrasUrijI mahArAjanI jIvanakathA) Alekhana vijayazIlacandrasUri prakAzaka ena.ena. zAha nAgaravADa, navasArI saM.2063 i. 2006

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pUjya tapasvIjI mahArAja (AcArya zrIvijayakumudacandrasUrijI mahArAjanI jIvanakathA) le. vijayazIlacandrasUri preraNAH pU. A. zrIvijayaprabodhacandrasUri mahArAja prakAzaka ena.ena. zAha nAgaravADa, navasArI prAptisthAnaH 1. satIzakumAra nemacaMda zAha vesTa vyU bloka naM. 2, pahele mALe, rUma naM.-7; khetavADI 10mI galI, muMbai-400004 2. ketanakumAra dhanasukhalAla zAha mahAvIradarzana epArTamenTa, 1le mALe, paMDoLanI poLa, nANAvaTa, sUrata-395001 mudraNa vyavasthA AnaMda zAha - prAraMbha, amadAvAda. mo. 9825011414

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nivedana 5.pU. 52matapasvI AcArya mahArAja zrIvijayakumudacandrasUrIzvarajI mahArAja jaina saMgha-zAsananA eka ajoDa tapasvI prabhAvaka mahApuruSa hatA. teozrInI puNyasmRtimAM eka sarasa smRtigraMtha saM. 2049nA varSe prakAzita thayo hato. te graMthamAM A jIvanakathA chapAi hatI. tenuM A svataMtra punaHmudraNa thai rahyuM che, teno AnaMda che. A graMthanA prakAzanano saMpUrNa lAbha pa.pU. tapasvIjI ma.nA paTTaziSya pa.pU. AcArya zrIvijaya prabodhacaMdrasUrijI mahArAjanI preraNAthI tapasvI mahArAjanA guNarAgI bhaktagaNe lIdho che, tenI khUba anumodanA. tapasvI mahArAjanI smRti romAMca-upajAve che, to temanA jIvananI anupama vAto haiye UMDo ahobhAva janmAve che. e vAtonuM Alekhana ka2vAnuM saubhAgya mane maLyuM teno apAra harSa che. AvA puNyapuruSanuM pavitra caritra vadhu ne vadhu phelAya, vaMcAya tevI abhilASA sAthe .. saM.2062, Aso viMda 14 dIpotsava amadAvAda zIlacandravijaya

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1. sarva samaya sAvadhAna 2. 3. 4. pUrvAvasthA - 1 5. pUrvAvasthA - 2 6. dhanyo gRhasthAzramaH 7. parivartana-biMdu 8. dharmayAtrAH 1989 thI 1996 9. tIrthayAtrA-1 10. tIrthayAtrA - 2 11. ane dIkSA 12. 'dIkSA'no marma 13. guruparaMparA 14. cAritrya ghaDatara : pA pA pagalI mahAvidehanA vaTemArgu samajaNanA gharamAM vartatA vairAgInI sthiti 15. cAritrya ghaDatara : mukAma pahelo 16. cAritrya ghaDatara : mukAma bIjo 17. cAritrya ghaDatara : mukAma trIjo 18. cAritryaghaDatara : mukAma cotho 19. cAritrya ghaDatara : mukAma pAMcamo 20. cAritrya ghaDatara : mukAma chaThTho 21. have vAta gajarAbahenanI 22. ziSyasaMpadA, padonnati, zAsanaprabhAvanA 23. nirupAdhika jIvanano samAdhimaya aMta 24. thoDuMka aMgata anukramaNikA ...1 ..2 -*** ...7 ...G .11 ...13 ...14 ...18 ...20 ...25 ...29 ...34 ...38 ...40 ...43 ...46 ...para ...56 ...58 ...61 ...64 ...68 ...72

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tapatethI tapatA sadA tapachAcchanA bhUkhaNA-samAM smRtivaza tapasvI thavA pratye sakAmAM ghaNA; e balAmAM me-mahAzAzA thayA A kALamAM zrIkumudacandra tapasvI sUrIzva8 namuM prahajhALamAM

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(1) sarva samaya RAvadhAna tame kadI khisakolIne joI che? kevI majAnI hoya che e! jyAre juo tyAke uchaLatI ane kUdatI, khelatI ane killolatI. vaLI paLe paLe udyamI. tame jyAre nihALo tyAre e kAMI ne kAMI udyama karyA ja karatI hoya; na maLe ALasa ke na dekhAya thAka. kyAreka ghara | mALo bAMdhavA mATenI dhamAcakaDI, to vaLI peTiyuM raLavAnI doDAdoDa to rojeroja ja. ane e kAmomAMthI paravAre tyAre kAM to potAnA bhAI-bhAMDaraDAM sAthe khelakUdamAM ane kAM to ko'kanI sAthe mArAmArInI doTamAM udyamanI tAjagImaDhI prakriyA to enI avirata cAlu ja. ane jevI e udyamI tevI ja sAvadhAna paNa kharIja. enA jevuM nityajAgRta prANI maLavuM muzkela. koI paNa kSaNe, koI paNa sthitimAM ke sthaLa para e hoya, paNa e satata sAvadha ja hovAnI. rastAnI vacamAM be paga TekavIne, be hAthamAM pakaDeluM khAja khAtI khisakolI ghaNAe joI haze. e kSaNe e kevI mAsUma, keTalI nirdoSa ane bhoLI bhoLI dekhAya che! paNa nA, e dekhAya che eTalI badhI bhoLI athavA gAphela nathI hotI. e khAvAmAM, ramavAmAM ke gharakAmamAM game tevI layalIna hoya, paraMtu tenI AsapAsamAM kyAMya paNa jarAka paNa khakhaDATa thAya, dhabAko thAya ke pachI pagarava thAya, to te sAthe ja khisakolIbrAI kyAMka raphUcakara ! kilakArI : karatI ane chalAMgo mAratI e evI to bhAgaze ke tame jotAM ja rahI jAva ane eno pattoya nahi lAge ! are, ethIya vadhu majA to enI e che ke jo ekAeka garabaDa thAya ane ene ema lAge ke bhAgIne saMtAI zakAya tevI taka nathI rahI, to te jyAM haze tyAM ja bhoyasarasI cIpakIne niSNANa khoLiyAnI mAphaka sUI javAnI. jANe zatrudaLanA sainikone thApa khavaDAvavA jamInasaraso caMpAIne nirjIva dehanI jema paDelo sainika ! ane pachI taka maLatAM ja ke bhaya osaratAM ja e UbhI thaIne Ama tema jatI raheze. kAM pachI kAme lAgI jaze: paNa gaphalatamAM to nahi ja rahe. kema ke ene mATe to gaphalata e mRtyuno paryAya ja banI rahe. jene jIvavuM che, jIvananuM mUlya samajAyuM che, ene gaphalatamAM rahevuM kema pAlave ? je sAdhu che, te khisakolI jevo hoya che satata udyamI, sadA sAvadhAna, chatAM nitya killolato. nija svabhAvamAM ramatA sAdhuno AtamarAma haMmezAM prasanna varte chepelI tAjagImaDhI killolatI khisakolInI jema; Atmahita-kAje satata mathanAro sAdhu sadeva apramatta vihare che : pelI aharniza khaMtIlI khisakolInI jema;

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pApathI, pramAdathI ane karmabaMdhathI trAselo sAdhu "sarva samaya sAvadhAna' hoya cheH paLe paLe jAgRta/sAvadha rahetI khisakolInI jema ja. - Avo sAdhu zarIrathI sajja hoya che, ane cittathI svastha. kema ke enuM citta nirmaLa hoya che, nirdoSa hoya che : pelI mAsUma khisakolInI jema ja enuM vartana paNa niSpApa - mugdhakara hoya che. -Avo sAdhu saMsAranI viSamatAo thakI nitya bhayabhIta rahe che, ane eTale ja jAgRta paNa. je Dare che, teNe jAgRta rahevuM ja paDe. gAphela rahevAno vaibhava mAtra nirbhayane ja paravaDe. duniyAdArI ane sAdhutA vacceno mULabhUta taphAvata ATalo ja ke sAdhutA pApathI sadA DaratI rahe che, ane duniyAdArI pApanA bhayane taDake mUkyA pachI ja jAmatI hoya che. sAcA sAdhune manamAM ane jIvanamAM pApa pesI na jAya tenI satata ciMtA rahe che. duniyAdArI A bAbatamAM mANasane nirbhaya thavAnuM zIkhavatI rahe che. savAla e thAya ke sAcA sAdhu keTalA? khisakolInI mAphaka paLe paLe jAgRta rahenArA sAdhu Aje maLe kharo ke? je satata tarIne cAlavAno | jIvavAno udyama sevatA hoya, evA koI sAdhujana atyAranA samayamAM hoI zake kharA? A savAlano uttara zodhavAno ahIM upakrama che. vAta karavI che ahIM eka sAdhucarita sAdhunI. yAtrA karavI che ahIM eka saMtanA jIvananI. ane e rIte prayatna karavo che A savAlano uttara meLavavAno, sAcI sAdhutAnA svarUpane pichAnavAno. prayatna pramANika, to pariNAma pAkuM, e AzA sAthe prasthAna AdarIe. mahAvidehanA vaTemArga jagatamAM be prakAranAM sthAnaka che: dharmasthAnaka ane pApasthAnaka. jyAM jaIne, besIne ke vasIne manuSya pApakarmo kare te pApasthAnaka. jyAM gayA pachI dharmathI ane nItithI viparIta ja vartavAnuM sUjhe te pApasthAnaka. jayAM puNyano uccheda thAya, ane pApano bhAro baMdhAto ja rahe, tenuM nAma pApasthAnaka. AvAM pApasthAno A sRSTimAM sarvatra patharAyelAM paDyAM che; e asaMkhya che, ane vaLI nitya vadhatAM ja rahe che.

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dharmasthAnakanI vAta tenAthI taddana sAmA cheDe che. jyAM besIne uttama manuSyo ane sAdhujano dharmadhyAna kare, pApathI bacavAno sabhAna udyama seve, ane pApa ghaTADI puNyanI vRddhi kare, tenuM nAma dharmasthAnaka. AvAM dharmasthAno, sarakhAmaNImAM, bahu alpasaMkhya che; to AvAM dharmasthAnono samucita upayoga karI potAnA AtmAne nirmaLa banAvanArA dharmAtmAo paNa virala che. AvA dharmAtmAothI ja e dharmasthAna dIpe, ane evAM dharmasthAno vaDe A dharatI dhanya bane. dharatIne dhanya banAvatuM AvuM ja eka majAnuM dharmasthAna che H zaheranA madhya bhAgamAM sohaMtA e dharmasthAnanA vizALa saMkulamAM gaganottuMga jinAlaya, AlIzAna upAzraya ane tenI upAsanA karanAra zrI saMghanI dharmasAdhanAmAM upakAraka bane tevAM anyAnya sthAnako varte che. bhagavAna tIrthaMkaranA samavasaraNa sarIkhA uttuMga e jinAlayanI saMnidhimAM vilasI rahelo bhavya upAzraya, havA ane prakAzanA masta vAtAvaraNane kAraNe, ArAdhakone mATe manabhAvana dharmadhAma banI gayo che. nIce pravacanakhaMDa che, to upara ArAdhanA khaMDa che. ArAdhanAkhaMDa ghaNo vizALa che. enA madhya bhAgamAM, bhIMtane aDhelIne prasthApelI kASThapATa upara, potAnI sAdhanAmAM tallIna evA eka sAdhupuruSa, khaMDamAM dAkhala thatAM ja beThelA dekhAya che. havAmAM pharapharatI, rUpAnA tArathI ghaDI hoya tevI zveta caLakatI dADhI; pAkaTa uMmaranI gavAhI pUratAM AchA paNa UjaLA keza; aMtaranI zuddhino saMketa ApatAM dhavala vastro, ane bokhuM paraMtu naravA ane akAraNa ja udbhavatA smitathI maDheluM mukha; -pATa para birAjelA e sAdhupuruSanuM A prathama ane madhura darzana che. ane kALadevatAe ATha dAyakAthIye vadhu samaya sudhI kheDelA e mukha upara, kALanA e kheDANe ja pADelA karacalIonA cAsane DhAMkI detI, akhaMDa-dharmasAdhanAnI vilasI dIpti; sAdhanAnI koI khAsa prakriyAmAM mazagUla ane dunyavI ghaTamALathI para banIne DolatI emanI kAyA; pUrva dizA-sanmukha mAMDelI sthira beThaka; ane A badhAMne sabhara banAvatuM prabhAtanuM zAMta-prasanna vAtAvaraNaH eka khuzanumA mAhaula racAyo che jANe - e sAdhupuruSanI AsapAsa ! ardhakhUlI AMkhe ane prasanna vadane beThelA, beThA beThA DolI rahelA e sAdhupuruSa kyAranA kAMIka gaNagaNI rahyA che. AjubAjunA parivezathI, koI Ave che ke jAya che, bole che ke garabaDa kare che, te badhAMthI teo sAva abhAna banIne kAMIka guMjana karI rahyA che. nijAnaMdanI mojamAM magana ! temanI pATanI paDakhe, caraNo pAse ja eka munirAja beThA che kyAranA, ane temanI A akhaMDa dhyAnadhArAne vismayabhAve nirakhI rahyA che. samaya thayo che amuka dharmakriyAno, e mATe e kyAranAya taiyAra thaIne AvI gayA che. paNa A sAdhupuruSanI maganatA evI banI che ke te joIne ja temAM bhaMga paDAvavAnI temanI himmata nathI vadhatI. eka tarapha samaya vahe che, to 3

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bIjI tarapha e munine kutUhala paNa pAra vinAnuM jAge che. AvI anupama lInatA temanA mATe kadAca sAva navI bAbata che. temane rahI rahIne thAya che ke pUchuM? bolAvuM? bhaMga paDAvuM? aMtarmukhatAnA pradezamAM jeNe kyAreya paga mUkyo nathI hoto, tene sAdhanA zI cIja che te samajAvuM zakaya nathI. ane sAdhanAnI mastIthI aNajANa vyakatine, koI sAdhakanI sAdhanAmAM bhaMga pADavAthI keTalI hAni thaI zake, te kevI rIte samajAya ? pelA muninI A ja dazA che. eka bAju kautuka, to bIjI bAju utAvaLa; e benA mizra AvegamAM temaNe e sAdhupuruSane DhaMDhoLI dIdhAH "sAheba ! zuM karo cho ?" javAbamAM mauna. pharI DhaMDhoLavuM, pharI pRcchA. javAba: "kAMI nahi". be-traNa vakhata A ja krama, ane pelA munithI na rahevAyuM. temaNe paga pakaDIne kahyuM: "sAheba, Apa bhale nA kaho, paNa huM hamaNAM traNa divasathI joyA karuM chuM ke Apa A rIte ja bhAvavibhora banIne DolyA karI che, ane kAMIka na samajAya tevuM gaNagaNatA raho cho. vAparavAnuM che nahi - aTTama, koI sAthe vAta paNa karatA nathI; dahADeya Ama DolyA karo cho, ane rAte paNa jyAre jyAre huM jANuM chuM tyAre Ama ja DolatAM beThA ho cho. vAta zuM che? kaho to kharA !. javAba: "kAMI nahi". DolavAnuM cAlu. have pelA munine jida caDI : "sAheba ! zuM zAsanadeva dekhAya che? sImaMdharasvAmI Ave che? emanI sAthe kAMI vAta karo cho ? konI sAthe vAto karo cho ? Aje cotho divasa che A vAtane; Aje to kahevuM ja paDaze". muninA manamAM jidanI sAthe ramUjano bhAva paNa jAgI gayo hato. aMtevAsInA A Agraha sAme sAdhupuruSa aMte thAkyA. emaNe bokhaluM moM ughADyuM ane harakhaghelA bALaka jevI kAlIghelI paNa tUTaka jabAnamAM kahyuM: "bhAI ! Ama paNa mArI uMgha uMmarane lIdhe ghaTI gaI che te tuM jANe ja che. paNa A traNa dahADAthI to uMgha na AvatI nathI; UDI ja gaI lAge che. eTale huM to mArI Teva pramANe mAruM gaNavAnuM te gaNyA karuM ane sImaMdharasvAmInuM raTaNa karyA karuM chuM. emAM A traNa divasathI mane jhAkajhamALa kAMgarAvALA cakacakita samavasaraNanA traNa gaDha dekhAyA kare che. emAM ghaNA badhA devo ane devIo dekhAya puruSo ne strIono to koI pAra nahi. vacamAM moTuM azokavRkSa dekhAya, tenI nIce caumukhajI bhagavAna beThA hoya. te dezanA ApatA hatA. meM paNa dezanA sAMbhaLI. dezanA pUrI thayAthI bhagavAna pAchA jatA hatA tyAre meM pUchyuM ke Apa kyAM padhAro cho? to bhagavAne kahyuM ke mahA videhe jauM chuM. meM kahyuM : bhagavAna ! ahIM AvyA ane mane mUkIne jAo cho? mane sAthe laI jAo ne ! to bhagavAna kahe ke tamAre AvavAnI haju vAra che hamaNAM ahIM raho."

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pelA munirAja to stabdha ! DaghAI ja gayA ! have zuM bolavuM te ja samajI na zakyA. thoDI paLo pachI kaLa vaLatAM te vicAranA cagaDoLe caDI gayA, ane AvuM banI zake kharuM ? tenA pRthakkaraNamAM aTavAyA. thoDIka, basa thoDIka ja kSaNo gaI, ane ekAeka temanA magajamAM jhabakAro thayo. pote thoDIvAra pahelAM ja mahAprabhAvika zrIRSimaMDaLa stotrano pATha karIne AvelA. ane A pUjya sAdhupuruSa varSothI prabhAtamAM te stotrano pATha kare che te paNa temane sAMbharI AvyuM. emane yAda Avyo e stotrano pelo pATha : aSTAmAsAvadhiM yAvat, prAtarutthAya yaH paThet / stotrametanmahAteja-stvarhadvimbaM sa pazyati // dRSTe satyArhate bimbe, bhavasaptamake dhruvam / padaM prApnoti zuddhAtmA, paramAnandananditaH // varSothI pote jeno pATha karye jatA hatA, te zlokono marma temane A paLe ekAeka sphuTa thaI. gayo. e sAthe ja, temanuM vismaya ahobhAvamAM pariNamI gayuM. potAnI samakSa birAjatA haLukarmI e sAdhupuruSanA caraNomAM potAnA sarva Atma-pradezo vaDe te muni vaMdI rahyA.. A ghaTanA che vi. saM. 2040nI. A ghaTanA banI hatI navasArImAM. ane have, A ghaTanA banyAnA barAbara sAta varSa vahyA pachI ghaTelI eka anya ghaTanA joIeH svanAmadhanya e sAdhupuruSa viharI rahyA che pAlanapura-paMthakanA grAmya pradezamAM. uMmara che varSa 93. A vaye paNa ArAdhanAmAM pramAda nathI. sAdhanAmAM leza paNa zithilatA nathI. e to avirata, askhalita, yathAvat cAlu ja che. eka divasa, emanA paTTa ziSya para, emanAthI ghaNe dUra saurASTranA pradezamAM vicaratA eka munino patra Avyo. patramAM munirAje, pote jenI kalpanA paNa'karI zake tema nathI tevAM, potAne thayelAM eka svapnadarzananI hakIkata noMdhI mokalI che. majAnI vAta to e che ke 2040nI, navasArImAM ghaTela, pelI ghaTanAno aNasAra paNa A munine nathI. te to acAnaka ja, koI ja pUrvabhUmikA, prasaMga ke prayojana vinA ja potAne AvelA svapranuM vAstavika bayAna ja A patramAM lakhI mokale che. patramAM temaNe lakhyuM che ke, "...rAtre eka majAnuM svapuM AvyuM. kalpanAmAM paNa na Ave tevuM svamuM hatuM. svaprAmAM mane saudharmendra siMhAsana para beThelA dekhAyA, ane bIjI bAju pUjyazrI sAdhuveSamAM jovAyA. saudharmendra mane kahyuM ke A mahArAja sAhebanI sadgati thaze ane najIkanA kALamAM mokSe jaze. .... AvuM sAMbhaLatAM AMkha khUlI gayelI.' A bayAna pachI te munirAja patramAM umere che : "teozrInI ArAdhanA jotAM A svapra sAcuM paDe tevI zraddhA jAge che." 5

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vibhinna sthaLa-samayamAM banelI A be ghaTanAomAM varatAtuM sAmya zuM koI yogAnuyoga haze? - ke koI agamya/gUDha bhAvIno rahasyamaya saMketa haze? je hoya te. paraMtu A banne prasaMgo, tenA kendramAM rahelA eka sAdhupuraSanI sAdhanAnI UMcAI, emanA AtmAnI nirmaLatA ane emanI sAcI sAdhutA pratye aMguli-nirdeza to kare ja che. koNa haze e sAdhupuruSa? cAlo, emanI bhautika pahecAna pAmavAno ApaNe prayatna karIe. samajaNanA gharamAM vartatA vairAgInI sthiti "tatra devagurubhaktikAraka suzrAvaka yogya, dharmalAbha ! prAtaH smaraNIya pUjyapAda zrI gurumahArAjanA pasAyathI hamo sarve khuzImAM che. avicchinna prabhAvazALI trikALAbAdhita advitIya anupamazAlI zrI vItarAgadharma pAmI tenI yathArtha ArAdhanA karavI, je thakI A bhava para bhava kalyANa thAya. dharmakAryamAM udyama rAkhazo. lI..." eka nUtana dIkSita muninA hAthe potAnA, pUrvAvasthAnA koI paricitane lakhAyelo A patra che. jagatanI tamAma cIjo meLavyA pachI paNa, jeNe jinazAsana meLavyuM nathI teNe haju kAMI ja meLavyuM nathI; ane jinazAsana jene maLI gayuM, tene A jagatamAM have meLavavA lAyaka, ethI UMcI koI.cIja bAkI nathI rahetI; AvI UMDI samajaNa ane gherI zraddhA A patranAM vAkyomAM chalakAI rahI che. mohajanita bhramaNAnI bhIMtane bhedIne ugelA vairAgyathI dIkSA AtmAnI aMtaHsthitinI jhalaka A patramAM ghotita thAya che. paripakva vairAgya ane gupta samajadArIthI prerAIne svIkArelo tyAga-mArga eka jIvanane kevuM Alokita banAvI zake che, teno Alekha A patranA zabdezabdamAM vAMcI zakAya che. potAnuM cAle tyAM sudhI gRhasthane patra lakhavAnuM TALe te sAdhu. paraMtu koI saMyogomAM lakhavo ja paDe, to te kevo patra lakhe, teno AdarzanamUno, uparanA patra dvArA rajU thAya che. koI kAraNavaza, saMsArI jIvo sAthe koI prakArano patraprasaMga pADavo paDe, to paNa temAM pratyeka zabda niravadyabhAva jALavavAno upayoga ane dharmamArga pratye vaLavAnI preraNAno Azaya satata DokAto ja hoya; teno garbhita saMketa paNa A patrathI maLI rahe che.

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sAdhu, sAvadyabhIru hoya; tenuM pratyeka vacana-bolAtuM ke lakhAtuM-zAsananI niSThAthI sabhara hoya. sAdhu, maLelA bhavanuM ane dharmanuM mUlya barAbara prIchato hoya; ene jhAMkhapa lAge tevuM lakhavAnuM tene mATe kalpanAtIta hoya. saMsAranI saghaLIye mohajALono pUro anubhava thayA pachI vikaselI sAcI samajanA phaLasvarUpe jAgelA ane pachI pAkaTa banelA vairAgyathI vAsita AtmAnI A sthiti che. AvI uttama sthitithI saMpanna eka AtmAnI ApaNe ahIM vAta karavI che. e dhanya AtmAnuM nAma che; "AcArya zrI vijayakumudacandrasUri mahArAja : tapasvIjI mahArAja." upara varNavyo tevo vairAgya, tevI samajaNa ane tevI zAsananiSThA temanA A patramAM ApaNane cAkhavA maLe che. prazna eTalo ja thAya ke AvA paripuSTa vairAgyano Avirbhava jenA aMtaramAM thAya tenI mULabhUta dhAtu kevI haze? kyAreka, koI nimittavaza pragaTelo vairAgya, pachIthI judAM nimitto upasthita thatAM kaDaDabhUsa thato paNa jovA maLe che. paraMtu amuka AtmAnA cittamAM ekavAra ugelo vairAgya aMtima zvAsaparyata evo ja daDha, balka vRddhigata banato rahe che, e joIne thAya ke emanA jIvananuM pota kevuM ghaTTa haze? A praznano zreSTha uttara eTale tapasvIjI mahArAjanuM jIvana. ApaNA samayamAM ja thaI gayelA, sarva samaya sAvadhAna ane mahAvidehanA vaTemArga, A tapasvI sAdhupuruSanuM jIvana svayaM, vairAgyavAsita jIvana-sAdhanAne lagatA tamAma praznonA samAdhAnasamuM che. emanA jIvana-paricayanA paDache, ApaNA cittamAM ugatAM praznonuM nirAkaraNa ApaNe meLavIe. (4). pUrvAvasthA - 1 dakSiNa gujarAta : lIlA sonAnI khANa jevo phaLadrupa pradeza. navasArI: itihAsanAM agaNita saMbhAraNAMne saMgharIne beTheluM ane vaLI Adhunika ItihAsanAM navasarjana mATe thanaganatuM majAnuM zahera. enA khoLe ramatuM khobalA jevuM gAma tavaDI. vAstavamAM to e gAmaDuM ja, paNa gAmanA goMdare ja vahetI "pUrNA nadInA sAdA vahetA vaheNane lIdhe eno eka Agavo mobho upasato hato. jene lIdhe "rUpakaDA gAma' tarIkeno eno vaTa,

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jonAranA mAnasamAM anAyAsa aMkAI jato. dakSiNa gujarAta eTale desAI ane dUbaLA lokonuM ghara; to paradezathI saikAo agAu AvelA pArasI bAvAo ane pAchaLathI AvelA mAravADI parivAronuM navuM ghara. vItelA saikAmAM seMkaDo mAravADI parivAro dhaMdhArthe A pradezamAM UtarI AvyA, ane A pradezane ja potAnuM vatana banAvI, pArasIonI jema ja, A dharatInI dhULa sAthe ekarasa banI gayA. Aje paNa A pradezanAM gAmomAM, A pradezanI bolacAlamAM jIvatAM hovA chatAM, mULa mAravADI kahI zakAya tevI amuka raheNI karaNIne sAcavIne beThelA vaNika parivAro jovA maLe. bhASA dakSiNa gujarAtanI bole, paNa emanI jabAnamAM hajIye paraMparAgata rAjasthAnI bolInI chAMTa kaLAI Ave. tavaDI gAma mukhyatve koLI lokonuM. khetI upara nabhanArI e koma. ekAda-be pArasI parivAro ane thoDAMka vaNika kuTuMbo paNa kharAM. gAmano vyApAra vaNikonA hAthamAM. gAmaDAMnI dukAna eTale apanA bajAranI gAmaThI AvRtti. grAmINa jarUriyAtanI saghaLI cIjo tyAM maLe. vadhumAM vyAja vaTAvanuM kAma paNa kharuM ja. ApaNe jemanA jIvanano paricaya pAmavo che te tapasvIjI mahArAjanA mosALanuM gAma paNa A ja. ahIM rahetA zA. premAjI nAme vaNika gRhastha ane temanAM patnI bhUlIbahena (nAnAnAnI) nA ghare, AjathI 94 varSo pahelAM, vi.saM. 1955nA mAgasara vadi 1ne budhavAre temano janma thayelo. nAma chaganabhAI. mAtAnuM nAma maMchAbahena, pitAnuM nAma phakIracaMda okhAjI. temano vasavATa "sarabhoNamAM hato. "hara hara loTo sarabhaNa gAma, batrIza pIpaLA eka ja pAna" jevA UkhANA dvArA lokajIbhe calaNI banelA sarabhoNanuM saMskRta mULa zodhavuM hoya to "zrI bhuvana' sudhI avazya pahoMcI zakAya. paNa desAIbhAI barachaTa jabAna mATe to sarabhoNa ja mAphaka Ave. bAraDolI e dakSiNa gujarAtano eka samRddha tAluko. e tAlukAno eka raLiyAmaNo ko te sarabhoNa, ane eja chaganabhAI eTale ke tapasvI mahArAjanuM mULa * 'vatana.' prAraMbhika bacapaNa tavaDI ane sarabhoNa vacce vahyuM. temanA pitAne temanA sivAya cAra saMtAna. be putro : nAnacaMda ane hIrAlAla; be putrIoH devIbahena ane jamanAbahena. chaganabhAI saumAM nAnA. pitA phakIracaMda sAmAnya madhyama varganA baravALa gRhastha. duHkhI nahi, tema khAsa sukhI paNa nahi. svamAnabhera gujarAna calAve. moTo dIkaro nAnacaMda ThIka ThIka samaju, taiyAra. pitAne vyApAra-vyavahAramAM sahAyaka. pitA paNa temane samajapUrvaka paLoTavA mAMDelA. te samayanA rivAja mujaba temanAM lagna paNa nAnI vaye thaI gayelAM. temanAM patnInuM nAma dhanIbahena. pratyeka gRhasthane mana potAnI gRhasthImAM ja potAnuM vizva samAI gayuM hoya che. ane e vizvanuM saMcAlana te pote ja kare che evI pAkI samajaNa ja tenA saMsAranI AdhArazilA banI jatI hoya che. jo ke kALasattAnI eka ja thapATa tenI A samajaNane kaI kSaNe ane kevI rIte

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roLI nAkhaze te samajavuM koInA paNa mATe kalpanAtIta hoya che. phakIracaMda okhAjInA bharyA bhAdaryA parivAra para kALasattAnI AvI ja eka joradAra thapATa ekAeka paDI. chaganabhAI hajI bacapaNanA uMbarAne pUrepUro oLaMgIne bahAra Ave tyAra pahelAM ja kALadevatAe pahelAM mAtA maMchAbahenane ane tenA ekAda varSa pachI pitA phakIracaMdane potAnA koLiyA banAvI dIdhA. sAta varSa pUrAM thAya tyAM to pitA-mAtAnA chatra-chAMyaDAthI chaganabhAI sadAne mATe vaMcita ! eka subhASita pramANe, saMsAramAM traNa manuSyo sauthI vadhu duHkhI che : namAyuM bALaka, vidhavA yuvatI ane vidhura gharaDo. A uktinuM kaThora satya chaganabhAIe barAbara anubhavyuM. temanA parivAra mATe paNa zirachatronI AvI vidAya bhAre vasamI ane nirAdhAra banAvI mUkanArI banI rahI. paraMtu A vasamI veLAe moTA bhAI nAnacaMdanuM hIra jhaLakI UThyuM. game tevI musIbatone paNa ghoLIne pI janAruM asala mAravADI khamIra temanA lohImAM vahetuM hatuM, te uchaLI AvyuM ; te kALanA rItarivAjone anusarIne karavAnAM zokavidhinAM kAryo samApta thatAM ja gharano saghaLo vahIvaTa temaNe saMbhALI lIdho. nAnAM bhAIbahenono sahakAra to kharo ja; paNa pitAnA hAthe maLelI tAlIma paNa A kharI vakhate khapamAM AvI gaI. temaNe eka tarapha dhaMdho saMbhALI lIdho, to bIjI tarapha temaNe ane dhanIbene chaganabhAIne mAtAnI khoTa varatAvA na dIdhI. temaNe chaganabhAIne gAmanI zALAmAM dAkhala karI krame krame sAta dhoraNa gujarAtI tathA traNa dhoraNa aMgrejInA karAvyAM. bhaNavAnI hoMza tathA cIvaTa sArI, tethI sArI guNAMke pAsa thatA. emanA akSara paNa sArA gaNAtA. mAtA-pitAnI hUMpha vagaranuM bALaka akALe gaMbhIra ane puSTa banI jatuM hoya che, ane javAbadArInA bhAnano boja, sarakhAmaNImAM, tenA mana para vadhu ane vahelI savAra thaI jato hoya che. chaganabhAInI sthiti AnAthI jarAya judI nahotI. tethI ja, temaNe nizALanuM ATaluM bhaNatara cIvaTathI pUruM karIne, moTA bhAI pAse nAmuM zIkhI lIdhuM, ane pachI temanI sAthe ja bApIkA vyApAra-vyavahAramAM teo paNa jotarAI gayA. pUrvAvasthA - 2 samaya satata sarve jAya che. saMjogo avirata palaTAtAM jAya che.. phakIracaMda okhAjInA be dIkarA moTA nAnacaMda ane nAnA chaganalAla. banne ghara ane dhaMdhAnI

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dhoMsarI vahetA tanatoDa puruSArtha karI rahyA che. vaceTa bhAI hIrAcaMdanA sagaDa bahu nathI maLatAM. tethI te vahelI vaye mRtyu pAmyA haze tema jaNAya che. baheno che. moTAM jamanAbahenanAM lagna sarabhoNamAM ja thayAM hatAM, to nAnAM devIbahenano saMbaMdha AmadharA gAme baMdhAyo hato. banne bhAIo dhaMdhAmAM khovAyA che. to dhanIbahena gharanI AbarU jALavI rahyAM che. varSo ragaziyA gADAnI mAphaka vahyuM jAya che. paraMtu varSonA vahevA sAthe dhaMdhAmAM AvavI joItI barakata nathI AvatI. lAMbo samaya jhajhUmavA chatAM bhAgya yArI nathI ApatuM. ulaTuM, sthiti evI kathaLatI gaI ke eka dahADo dhaMdhAno pathAro saMkelI levAno vakhata AvI lAgyo. banne bhAIoe samaya-saMyoga varatyA. ALasunI jema aphasosa karatA teo besI na rahyA. koinA oziyALA banIne jIvavAnuM to temanA lohImAM nahotuM. temaNe dhIme dhIme badhuM saMkelyuM, ane najIkamAM AvelA marolI gAmanA jinIMga presamAM bannee nokarI zodhI kADhI. A ghaTanAnuM cokkasa varSa to maLatuM nathI, paraMtu saMvata 1970nI AsapAsa ke te pachI kyAreka A pheraphAra Avyo hovAnuM anumAna che. banne khaMtIlA-cIvaTavALA, banne hisAba-kitAbamAM ekkA, ane vaLI banne pAkA pramANika, eTale nokarI meLavavAmAM vAra na lAgI. ema lAge che ke ochAmAM ochAM bAreka varSa tyAM nokarImAM gALyAM hovA joIe. A gALAmAM chaganabhAI maselIvALA zeThanA eTalA badhA bharosApAtra banI gayA ke eka tabakke zeTha temane muMbaI laI gayA ane tyAMnI ophisamAM vizvasanIya kArya soMpyuM. A arasAmAM ja, saM. 1984mAM chaganabhAInAM lagna thayAM. Ama to e jamAnAmAM paMdara-soLa varSanI nAnI uMmare lagna karavAno cAla; paraMtu viSama saMjogone AdhIna, chaganabhAInAM lagna 29 varSanI bahu moTI gaNAya tevI vaye thayAM. tavaDI jevuM ja khetIpradhAna, paraMtu tavaDIthI jarA moTuM veDachA nAmanuM gAma. navasArIthI sAva najIka. tyAM rahetA zA. gopALajI vAdhAjInAM putrI gajarAbena sAthe teonAM lagna thayAM. sAsunuM nAma pAlIbahena. patnI abhaNa ane vaLI khAsAM nAnAM. jAna sarabhoNathI nIkaLI veDachA gayelI. moTA bhAI nAnacaMda to varSo agAu paraNelAM. temane saMtAnono bahoLo parivAra paNa kharo ja. emAM chaganabhAIno samAveza saraLatAthI thato. vaLI potAnI thoDIka Avaka paNa kharI ja. paraMtu lagnaprasaMgamAM, atyAra sudhI bannee mahenata ane karakasara karIne je bacata karelI te vaparAI gaI. emAM gajarAbahena AvatAM javAbadArI paNa vadhI. AnI sAme Avakano AMka bahu ocho-najIvo hato. zeThane pagAra vadhArI ApavA kahyuM, paNa zeThe vAta kAne nA dharI. tethI banne bhAIo parivAra sAthe surata gayA, ane tyAMnA prakhyAta ane AbarUdAra sadgRhastha zeTha zrI dalIcaMda vIracaMda zrophanI peDhImAM bannee nokarI meLavI. A nokarImAM chaganabhAInA bhAgamAM hisAbI kAmakAja AvyuM. teo khUba niSThAthI, eka pAInI paNa garabaDa ke bhUla thavA dIdhA vinA A kAmamAM parovAyA. A nokarImAM temane 10

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khAvApIvA uparAMta varSe rUpiyA cArasono pagAra maLato, je e samayamAM bahu sArI vaka gaNAya. vaLI, pote jevA niSThAvAna, tevA ja nItimAna. potAnA mananI sahaja dharmarucine lIdhe temanAmAM pApabhIrutAno guNa ghaNo vikaselo. A kAraNe hisAbI kAmakAjaMmAM pote golamAla karavAnI vAta to bAju para, paraMtu koI vakhate zeThajI vagere taraphathI hisAbamAM ghAlamela ke anIti karavAnuM sUcana thAya to teno teo saptAithI inkAra karI detA. tyAM sudhI ke joIe to nokarI choDI devA taiyAra, paraMtu peDhInA hitanA bahAne paNa anIti AcaravAnA pAkA virodhI. A paddhatinA pariNAme, chaganabhAI, zeThanA vizvAsapAtra tathA pUchavA joga mANasa to banyA ja, sAthe sAthe temanA tathA temanA parivAranA aMgata svajana paNa banI gayA. vizvAsano A saMbaMdha pachI to chaganabhAIe saMsArano tyAga na karyo tyAM sudhI atuTa rahyo. balka varSovarSa vRddhigata ja thato rahyo. lobha ocho, karakasara vadhu saraLa mana ane sAduM jIvana; duniyAnI khaTapaTa ke huMsAtuMsIno sadaMtara abhAva; moTA bhAI ane bhAbhI pratye kRtajJatAbharyo sanniSTha vyavahAra; dharma ane tapazcaryA pratyenI vizeSa abhiruci; A badhAM tattvo chaganabhAInA jIvanamAM, A gALAmAM soLe kaLAe khIlavA mAMDyA. A kAraNe temano gharasaMsAra sukhI ane prasanna banI rahyo. (9) dhanyo gRhasthAzrama: mAnavI: aneka vicitratAono bhaMDAra. enI eka majedAra paraMtu phaLadrupa vicitratA e che ke, eka divasa AkhI duniyAnA svAmI thavAnuM ene zamaNuM AvyuM. eNe joyuM ke A irAdo koI rIte pAra paDe tema nathI. eTale eNe eka nAnakaDI paNa pUrNapaNe potIkI duniyA vasAvI dIdhI. ene nAma ApyuM: "ghara-saMsAra', eka strI, eka puruSa ane eka makAna ochAmAM ochAM ATalAM vAnAM bhegAM thAya tyAre je nIpaje tenuM nAma "ghara-gRha'. ane AvA gharamAM rahe ane mAnavocita vartaNUka jALavIne jIvI jANe tenuM nAma gRhastha. IMTa-mATInAM banelAM badhAM makAno ghara nathI gaNAtAM. ema be hAtha - be pagavALuM mALakhuM dharAvatAM badhA manuSyone gRhasthano darajjo maLe ja, evuM paNa nathI. manuSya thavuM e ja jo kaThina hoya to gRhastha thavAnuM to keTaluM agharUM ! ane sadagRhastha thavuM te to vaLI tethIye durlabha ! chaganabhAIne ApaNe saMgRhastha kahI zakIe. athavA to, eka sagRhasthamAM hoI zake te 1 1

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tamAma lAyakAto chaganabhAImAM hatI, ema kahevuM vadhu yogya gaNAze. pote moTA, patnI nAnAM; pote bhaNelAM, patnI abhaNa; emAM vaLI satata jhalavo paDato jIvanasaMgharSa ane sapta parizramavALuM tadana sAduM jIvana;- ATalI bAbato evI hatI ke je pati-patnInA joDAne kAM to kajoDAmAM palaTI Ape ane kAM to gharamAM kleza kaMkAsano rogacALo lAve. paraMtu, chaganabhAI ane gajarAbahena banne nokhI mATInAM piMDa hatAM. emanA jIvanamAM AvuM nahi banyuM hoya athavA nathI ja banyuM, ema mAnavAne pUratAM ane vAjabI kAraNo che. paraspara samajUtIno abhAva, sahanazaktinI nyUnatA, adhikArano bhAva ane jiddI valaNa, paristhitine anukULa thavAnI sajjatAnI gerahAjarI tathA ochAmAM calAvI levAnI akSamatA; sukhI gharasaMsAramAM paNa klezano palIto cAMpe tevAM A sAmAnya tattvo che. pAchaLathI sAdhujIvanamAM jovA maLelA, chaganabhAI ane gajarAbahenanA anAsakta tathA niSpApa vartAvanA AdhAre, temanA pUrvajIvananA pArasparika vyavahAronuM tathA temanA svabhAvanuM pRthakkaraNa karatAM, upara jaNAvyA te tamAma phlezakAraka tattvo temanA jIvanamAM pravezI zakyAM nahotAM, evA tAraNa para AvavAmAM atizayokti nathI. chaganabhAIno svabhAva atyaMta karakasariyo ane tethI vadhu paDatI cokasAIvALo jarUra; ane A kAraNosara kAMIka aMze jida paNa kharI; paraMtu patnI pratye tuccha ane upekSAtmaka vyavahAra ke mAlikIno bhAva nahIM ja. enI sAme gajarAbahenamAM paNa te samayanI lAjamalAjA pALatI khAnadAna strInene zobhe tevI sahanavRtti, nyUnatAmAM paNa ochuM na ANatAM prasannatAthI je hoya tethI nibhAvI levAnI taMdurasta manodazA jevAM sat tattvo bharapUra. phalasvarUpe, banneno saMsAra sadgRhasthane chAje tevo ane vaLI bhIMta-kamADanA jaDa makAnane "ghara' banAvI mUke tevo. beu ekamekane preraka, pUraka, sahAyaka. abhaNa gajarAbahenane chaganabhAI apAra dhIrajathI ane akhUTa khaMtathI bhaNAve; temanAmAM saMskAronuM vAvetara kare; to gajarAbahena paNa, dhanamilkata ne dAgInAnA strIsulabha mohathI para banIne rahevuM, game tevA palaTAtA ane samaviSama saMyogone paNa hasate haiye jIravI javA, ane evI veLAe pati tathA parivAranA paDakhe UbhAM rahI te saMyogone haLavA-sahya banAvavAmAM sAtha Apavo, evI evI samaja bharelI vartaNUka dvArA saMsArane salUNo banAvavAmAM pUrI haiyAukalata batAve. bIjI eka bannemAM samAna vizeSatA e hatI ke bannemAM lobhavRtti ati alpa hatI. vadhu kamAI levAnI ke bheguM karI levAnI vRtti bemAMthI ekeyamAM na maLe. je maLe temAM saMtoSI. eTaluM ja nahi, paNa je maLe te paNa apramANikatAnuM ke aNahakanuM to nahi ja khape-e TekamAM e banne ekasarakhAM spaSTa ane makkama hatAM. AvuM hoya tyAM kleza kema Ave? AvAM pAtro vacce sumeLa hoya temAM navAI paNa zI? 1 2

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parivartana-biMdu chaganabhAInA jIvananuM eka mahattvanuM pAsuM hatuM temanI sahaja dharmaci. temanA vaDIlo taraphathI amuka dharmasaMskAro maLyA ja hoya tevuM nizcitapaNe svIkArIe to paNa, temanuM citta, samayanA : vahevA sAthe, dharmabhAvanA prati vadhu ne vadhu DhaLatuM gayuM tema mAnavuM Avazyaka che. Ama zAthI banyuM, tenuM nidAna tapAsatAM janmAMtaranA saMskAro ke adhUrI sAdhanA joradAra hovAnuM saheje jaNAya. taduparAMta, tAttvika daSTie vicArIe to temanuM jIvadaLa haLukarmI haze ja; anyathA tadana gAmaDiyA saMskAromAM ucharelA mANasamAM kula-paraMparAthI prApta dharmasaMskArone atikramIne pragaTatI baLukI naitiktA, sahaja saMtoSavRtti ane svayaMvikasita dharmaruci kyAMthI saMbhave? are, emanAM lagna 1984mAM thayAM, ane eka varSathI temaNe navapadajInI oLInI vidhisahita ArAdhanA, sADA cAra varSe pUrNa karavAnI pratijJApUrvaka AdarI hatI ! eka navapariNIta yuvAnamAM AvI taparuci hovA pAchaLa kAMI aNadITha kAraNa kAma karatuM ja haze, ema mAnavAmAM kAMI ajugatuM nathI ja. bAhya nimittonI dRSTie joIe to, temanAM lagna pachI eka-doDha varSe temane eka putra thayo. paraMtu leNAdeNI nahi hoya te e putra thoDA ja vakhatamAM mRtyu pAmyo. A zoka-ghaTanAe emanA AMtarika pravAhomAM dharamULanuM parivartana ApyuM hoya, saMsAra duHkhamaya bhAsyo hoya ane temanI vRddhigata thatI dharmabhAvanA temanA aMtaramAM dIkSAnAM bIja vAvI beThI hoya to te pUrepUruM zakya dIse che. kadAca A ja vAta vi. saM. 1986mAM tathA 1988mAM, anukrame, dIkSA na levAya tyAM sudhI khajUranI tema bhAtanI bAdhA lIdhI temAM pratibiMbita thAya che. eka bAju temanA cittano Avo jhoka, to bIjI bAju saMyukta parivAra ane nokarI, beno meLa maLavo muzkela banI gayo. paraMtu upara varNavelAM kAraNosara have temanI AMtarika sthiti evI banI gaI hatI ke temane dharmamAM ane tapa-tyAgamAM ja jIvananuM AzvAsana maLatuM. jIvananA nirvAha mATe nokarI anivArya to rahI ja, paNa eTalAthI emanA manane samAdhAna nahotuM paDatuM. enAthIye judI koIka cIja jIvana mATe anivArya hovAnuM emanA manamAM upasatuM jatuM hatuM. ane e cIja mAtra satata dharmasAdhanA dvArA ja pAmI zakAze tevo emane pAko ahesAsa, kadAca, ugI gayo hato. paNa A badhAM mATe nokarI ane gharavyavahAranI pakaDamAMthI jAtane aLagI karavAnuM Avazyaka hatuM, je saMyukta parivAramAM rahIne thAya te azakyaprAya hatuM. bahoLuM kuTuMba, maryAdita Avaka, kamAnAra paNa be bhAIo ja; eTale saMyukta parivAramAM rahevuM ane yatheccha dharmasAdhanA karavI, te saraLa na bane te dIvA jevuM hatuM. temaNe potAnA bhAI-bhAbhI sAthe A mudo caryo, ane rAjIkhuzIthI potAne chUTA kare tevI 13.

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mAgaNI mUkI. temanI badalAyelI manodazA ane dharmabhAvanAthI te banne barAbara paricita hatA, ane temanI chUTA thavAnI vAta pAchaLa koI svArtha ke klezano hetu na hovAnuM spaSTa hatuM. baddha A to AjJAMkita dIkaro bApa pAse nikhAlasabhAve potAnI lAgaNI vyakta kare tevI rajuAta hatI. eTale moTAbhAI paNa temanI vAta samajyA ane premapUrvaka judA rahevAnI tathA dharmamAM AgaLa vadhavAnI saMmati ApI. pariNAme, saMvata 1988mAM navasArImAM ja chaganabhAI moTAbhAIthI judA thayA. judA thayA pachI navasArImAM rahyA tyAM sudhI cunIlAla amaracaMda jhaverInA makAnamAM rahyA ane sUrata gayA pachI tyAM navAparA-karavA roDa paranA zrI zAMtinAthajInA derAsara pAsenA basarAI mahollAnAM makAnamAM rUma bhADe rAkhI tyAM ghara cAlu karyuM. have teo mukta hatAH dharmamaya jIvana jIvavA mATe. ahIM AvyA pachI temaNe A mATe kevI kamara kasI, kevI sAdhanAo karI, temaja temanI e karaNImAM gajarAbahene paNa kevo sUra pUrAvyo, tenI hakIkato bhAre romAMcaka ane ApaNane cakita karI mUke tevI che. AgaLanAM prakaraNomAM ApaNe emanI e sAdhanAyAtrAnuM rasadAyaka vihaMgAvalokana karIzuM. (8) dharmayAtrA: 1989 thI 1@ "dharma vadhe to dhana vadhe, dhana vadhe mana vadhI jAya; mana vadhe mA'tama vadhe, ema vadhata vadhata vadha jAya" - A paMktiomAM "dhana vadhe " eTaluM bAda karIe, athavA "dhana'no artha "saMtoSadhana" evo . karavAnI chUTa laIe to, saMyukta parivAra thakI chUTA thayA pachInI chaganabhAInI sthitinuM AbAda citraNa thayuM che. 1989nA varSathI ja, je hetusara teo chUTA paDyA hatA te hetunI siddhi mATe teoe kamara kasI. sau prathama temaNe vardhamAna tapano pAyo nAkhyo. agAu kahevAyuM che tema, navapadajInI nava oLI to A varSe ja pUrI thatI hatI. paraMtu eka vakhata je tapa lIdhuM, zarU karyuM, te tenI mudata pUrI thatAM pUruM karavuM-mUkI devuM, te vAta temane svIkArya nahotI. A divasomAM AdarelAM anekavidha tapa temaNe jIvananA aMta sudhI satata cAlu ja rAkhelAM. A varSe suratamAM paMnyAsajI zrIbhaktivijayajI mahArAja (AcArya zrI vijayabhaktisUrijI - samIvALA) birAjatA hatA. teonI nizrAmAM upadhAnatapa maMDAtAM chaganabhAI tathA gajarAbahena temAM joDAI gayAM. vidhivat ArAdhanA karI mALA paherI. saM. 1986mAM putra maraNa-nimitte achaDatuM vavAyeluM vairAgyanuM bIja, A ArAdhanA daramyAna, sAdhusamAgama tathA dharmazravaNanA , pratApe daDhamULa banyuM. phalataH upadhAnanI ArAdhanA, temane mana sAcA arthamAM saMyamanI vAnagI

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athavA tAlIma samI nIvaDI. be ja varSamAM temaNe tamAma-chae upadhAna vahI lIdhAM. vardhamAnatapano pAyo 1989nA phAgaNa sudi pUname temaNe nAkhavo AraMbhyo. te vakhate dara varSe eka oLI karavAno temaNe saMkalpa karyo hato. paraMtu 1996nA Aso sudi pUnama sudhImAM temaNe raphate raphate batrIza oLI karI lIdhI. oLI daramiyAna bIjAM anekavidha nAnA-moTAM tapa cAlu ja rAkhyAM, eTaluM ja nahi, paNa e tapa-nimitte, cAlu oLImAM upavAsa karavAnA thAya, to tenA vaLatararUpe, oLI pUrNa thayA bAda, jeTalA divasa upavAsamAM gayA hoya teTalAM AMbela judAM vALI ApavAnI paddhati temaNe apanAvI hatI. saM. 1986mAM temaNe caudazanuM tapa aMgIkAra kareluM. pratyeka caudaze upavAsa karavAno, ane bane to te divase pauSadha vrata paNa; A tapa saM. 2001mAM pUruM karavAnI temanI gaNatarI hatI. paraMtu pAchaLathI to caudazanA upavAsano saMkalpa temaNe jIvananA aMta sudhI jALavI rAkhyo. eTale sudhI ke vardhamAnatapanI oLImAM siddhitapa cAlato hoya, temAM pAraNAnuM AMbala caudazanA divase AvatuM hoya, ane te upara sAta ke ATha upavAsa karavAnA hoya, to paNa te caudazanuM AMbela nahi paNa upavAsa ja karatA. mauna ekAdazInI ArAdhanA saM. 1988 thI ane jJAnapaMcamInI 1989thI AdarI ; ArAdhanA kramazaH saM. 2008mAM ane 1996 mAM pUrI thAya te rIte. paraMtu A bannenA upavAsa (kriyApUrvaka ja) temaNe jIvanabhara cAlu ja rAkhyA. poSadazamInI zrI pArzvanAtha - kalyANakanI ArAdhanA 1990 thI AraMbhI. aSTamI (AThama) nuM tapa 1989thI AraMmmu, 1998mAM pUruM thAya te rIte. 1990mAM vIzasthAnakapadanI ArAdhanA ekAsaNAthI zarU karI. 1994 sudhImAM 14 oLI karI. dara varSe be oLI karavAnI ja. yAda rahe ke A badhI vAto chaganabhAInI che. eTale ke dIkSA lIdhA pahelAMnI avasthAnI che. saM. 1994-95-96 daramyAna saLaMga be varSItapa karyA. bIjA varSItapamAM gajarAbahene paNa sAtha Apyo. A uparAMta, 1994-95mAM ja, siddhitapa, 45 Agama-tapa, cauda pUrvatapa, aSTApadajIno tapa, bAvana jinAlaya tapa, covIsa jinano tapa, kSIrasamudra tapa, 16 ane 8 upavAsa, traNekavAra 7 upavAsa, covihAra chaThTha karI 7 yAtrA - cAra vakhata (1989 thI 1995mAM) jevA vividha tapa chaganabhAIe karyA. zrI zAMtinAtha bhagavAne megharatha rAjAnA bhavamAM karela tapa-e nAme oLakhAtI eka ArAdhanA paNa teoe A gALAmAM karavA dhAryAnuM temanI noMdhamAM che. paraMtu te tapa kyAre karyuM teno spaSTa nirdeza nathI. A to viziSTa taponI vAta thai. paraMtu tevu koi tapa cAlu nA hoya tevA divasomAM paNa upavAsa, AMbela ke ekAsaNAbesaNAM to niyamitapaNe cAlu ja rahetAM. vrata-niyamonI vAta karIe to, saM. 1990 thI bAra parvatithi tathA vArSika cha aThThAiomAM brahmacarya-pAlanano teo bannee niyama karI lIdhelo. ane 1995mAM mAgazara zudi pAMcame, pAlItANAmAM, bAra vrata ane cothuM vrata-sarvathI, mAvajIva, vidhipUrvaka bannee aMgIkAra karyA hatAM. 1989 thI varSanI traNe comAsI caudazanA pauSadhopavAsanI pratijJA hatI ja, 15

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taduparAMta ahorAtrinA pauSadhopavAsa 1989 thI 1995 sudhImAM ghaNA karyA. dara varSe cosaTha pahorI pauSadha kharA ja. parvadinoe paNa. vratomAM karelI dhAraNA pramANe pauSadhopavAsa tathA dezAvagAzika kharAM ja. te uparAMta, 1988 thI 95nA gALAmAM 193o ahorAtra pauSadhopavAsa to vadhArAnA karyAnuM temanI noMdhamAM temaNe svahaste noMdhyuM che. e ja rIte, dara varSe eka ke be vakhata karavA dhArela dezAvagAzika vratano AMka 1995mAM ja 58no Avyo hato. cauda niyama nitya savAre dhAravAnA ane sAMje saMkSepavAnA, tenI temanI noMdha jotAM acaMbo thAya. nAnakaDI cabarakhImAM thayelI e noMdhamAM, keTaluM dhAryuM tenI saMkhyA, keTaluM vAparyuM tenI saMkhyA, dhAraNA karatAM ochuM ja vAparyuM hoya tethI te na vAparavAthI thayela lAbhamAM keTaluM tenI vigata, A badhuM ja jovA maLe. sAthe niyamonI TUMkAkSarI paNa suspaSTa samajUtI paNa kharI ja. navakAravALI tathA sAmAyikanI ArAdhanA to nitya cAlu ja hoya. paNa te mATe 1988mAM niyamo lIdhAH roja eka sAmAyika karavAnI ane amuka navakAravALI gaNavI ja. paNa vadhAro eTalo badho ke 1995 sudhImAM pa656 sAmAyika ane 10163 bAMdhI mALA karyAnI noMgha maLe che. AmAM paNa koIka svajana ke munirAja AdinA svargagamanAdi nimitte dhArela sAmAyika tathA mALA alaga ja. zrAvakocita anya Avazyaka niyamomAM-sAta vyasana ane cAra mahAvigaIno sarvathA tyAga, ukALela pANI pIvAnuM, nitya ubhaya TaMkanAM pratikramaNa, pAMca tithie tathA be zAzvata oLImAM lIlotarIno tyAga, vAsI-dvideLa boLa-athANAM-kaMdamULa Adi, abhakSya anaMtakAya-baraphaAIsakrIma vagere, pAna-sopArI-cA-bIDI-rAtribhojana A badhAMno sarvathA tyAga, ArkA nakSatra pachI kerIno ATha mAsa tyAga, nATaka, sinemA, kArnivala jovAno sarvathA tyAga, nitya covihAra (kAraNe tivihAra) tathA navakArazI; comAsAmAM bhAjIpAlAno tyAga, vrata lIdhA pachI saMthArA para zayana, dara varSe koIka tIrthanI yAtrA karavI ja vagere vagere. vaLI cAturmAsa daramyAna, - maga sivAyanuM AkhuM kaThoLa tathA amuka sivAyanI sarva lIlotarI baMdha; bajAranA ravA, meMdA, loTano tyAga; khAMDano tyAga; pagarakhAnI eka joDInI chUTa ane pAchaLathI to teno paNa tyAga; bahAranA (ghara sivAyanA) cUlAmAM paNa amukanI jayaNA ane zeSano tyAga, (svAmIbhaktimAM tathA gocarIpauSadhamAM te viSayanI jayaNA). 1996mAM cha vigaino traNa mahinA mATe tyAga; sUko mevo baMdha ; roja eka kAcI vigaIno tyAga; thALI dhoIne pIvI (kAyama) vagere vagere... AvA to eTalA badhA niyamo che ke te vAMcIne ja ApaNI AMkho pahoLI thaI jAya ! pAlItANAmAM zrI siddhagirinI chAyAmAM 1994mAM comAsuM paNa karyuM, ane bhava AlocanA paNa lIdhI ane karI. ane A badhI vAto to mukhyatve chaganabhAInI thaI. paNa gajarAbahenanI sthiti zI? tevo prazna ahIM ApaNane avazya thAya. Ano javAba zodhatAM eka muddo AMkhe UDIne vaLage che ke , gajarAbahenanI kSamatA chaganabhAI jeTalI nahi ja hoya; ane vaLI chaganabhAInI sAravAra

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tathA vaiyAvaccanI saghaLIya javAbadArI paNa, moTA bhAIthI chUTA paDyA pachI gajarAbahenanI ja hatI; eTale temaNe chaganabhAIe karyuM tevuM nahi karyuM hoya. chatAM uparokta niyamomAM mahadaMze teo paNa joDAyAM hatAM, ane bAra vrato, cothuM vrata, temaja traNe upadhAna, varSItapa (eka), 24 jinano tapa, vardhamAna tapanI oLIo (1991mAM pAyo nAkhIne 93 sudhImAM 11 oLI karyAnI noMdha che), caudazanI ArAdhanA vagere bAbato temaNe paNa karI hatI. ane te vikasAvavAmAM chaganabhAinI dhIraja ane samajAvaTapUrvakanI ane chatAM jida ke baLajabarI vinAnI mahenate mahattvano bhAga bhajavyo hato. A ja kAraNe, pote je na karI zake te badhuM ja chaganabhAi karatAM hoya to, temAM temanI premabharI sahamatI ja nahI, paNa teone je paNa jAtanI zuzruSA tathA anukULatA joie te tamAma saMbhALavAnI gajarAbahene satata kALajI sevI hatI. moTA bhAge strI dharma ke tapa karavA jatAM puruSane, svAsthyanI ke kAmakAjanA bojanI ke tevI koi paNa bIka batAvI, tene tapa ane dharmamAM AgaLa vadhato rokavAnI ja peravI karatI hoya che. caudaza hoya ane pati ke putra jo AMbela-ekAsaNuM karavAnI vAta kare, to tene mAthuM du:khavAthI laine evI eTalI badhI vAtonI bIka athavA pralobhana tenI patnI ke mAtA Apaze, ke pelAnu mana tyAM ne tyAM ja paDI jAya. mohanI A ja ramata che. AnI sAme gajarAbahenane yAda karIe, to khyAla Ave ke Adarza dharmapatnI kevI hoya ! pati dharma vadhu kare, to tene rokavAne badale uttejana Ape ane zakya hoya tyAre sAthe paNa cAle, enuM nAma dharmapatnI. gajarAbahenano evo sAtha na hota to chaganabhAi ATalI badhI ArAdhanA karI zakyA hota ke kema, te prazna thAta. Avu dAMpatya paNa A kALamAM to virala che. * (9) tIrthayAtrA-1 bhAratIya saMskAra pramANe bhavasAgara heya che, mokSa upAdeya. bhavasAgara taravAnI adamya jhaMkhanA e AryatvanuM pramukha lakSaNa che. bhavasAgara taravA mATe Arya puruSoe vividha upAyo-AlaMbano darzAvyA che. emAnuM eka zreSTha AlaMbana te tIrthayAtrA. aphATa saMsAra-sAgaranA be kinArAH eka tarapha tIrtha ane bIjI tarapha mukti. tAre, sAme kinAre yAtrikane pahoMcADI Ape, tenuM nAma tIrtha. ApaNI A sRSTi para AvAM keTalAMka tIrtho 17

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che, jenI yAtrA karIne bhAviko potAnI mukti aMke karI zake che. AvAM tIrtho vize mahAbhAratakAre kahyuM che ke, - jema ApaNI kAyAmAM amuka avayavo uttama manAya che, tema pRthvInA paNa amuka amuka bhAga pavitra mAnavAmAM Ave che. e sthAnonI bhUmino vilakSaNa prabhAva; tyAM vahetAM nadI, sarovara, kuMDa AdinAM jaLanuM viziSTa mAhAsya ane pUrve mahAna sAdhaka munionAM tyAM thayelAM padArpaNa tathA sAdhanA-A badhAM kAraNothI te bhUbhAgone "pavitra ane vaLI "tAraka tIrthano darajjo prApta thayo hoya che. AvAM tIrthonI, manane nirmaLa banAvI, sAcA bhAvapUrvaka yAtrA kare, te avazya bhavasAgara tarI jAya." chaganabhAInI tIrthayAtrA A prakAranI hatI, ema nizcitapaNe kahI zakAya. emaNe lIdhelA vrato ane meLavavA mAMDelo vairAgya-e be cIjane yAda rAkhIe, to ja A vidhAnanI yathArthatA samajI zakAya. * ApaNe joyuM ke emanI niyamAvalImAM dara varSe koI ne koI tIrthanI yAtrA karavA no paNa eka niyama hato. eTale teo prativarSa yAtrA to karatAM haze ja. paraMtu, pote ekAkI tema ja sajoDe karelI keTalIka viziSTa tIrthayAtrAonI noMdha temaNe svahaste karelI maLI Ave che. enuM achaDatuM avalokana paNa, ApaNI samakSa, emanA vyavahAru zANapaNane tathA emanA aMtaranA bhAvajagatane chatuM karI Ape tevuM bane tema che. temanI noMdha pramANe, temaNe (bannee) prathama padayAtrA sUratathI jhaghaDIyAjI tIrthanI karI hatI. khUba TUMkAkSarI evI A noMdhanuM mathALuM temaNe A rIte bAMdhyuM cheH saMvata 1989nA mAgazara suda 13ze suratathI jhaghaDIAno charI pAlI page cAlato saMgha muni mahArAja zrI bhaktivijaya AdI ThANA sAthe saMgha nIkaLyo tyAre kAma karyo che." A saMgha mAgazara vada 8nA jhaghaDiyA pahoMcyo ane te rAtre Trena-pherathI saMgha pAcho pharyo hato. AmAM kle divase kyAM mukAma karyo, kyAM derAsara hatuM, tema ja kyAM-keTalAM saMghajamaNa thayAM vagerenI TUMkI noMdha temaNe karI che. A pahelI padayAtrA emanA dilane barAbara mAphaka AvI gai hovI joie, ane tethI AvI padayAtrA pharI pharI karavA mATe temaNe gAMTha vALI hovI joie. kema ke A pachI ekAda varSamAM ja temaNe, mAtra eka mitranI sAthe maLIne, bharUcathI siddhAcalajInI pagapALA yAtrA karI che. Ama karavA pAchaLa tIrthayAtrA uparAMta, aMtaramAM uchaLatA dIkSA levAnA bhAve paNa bhAga bhajavyo haze. kyAre levI tenuM nizcita Ayojana na hoya, to paNa game tyAre levI hoya to, lIdhA pachI vihArAdi sahana thaI zake ke nahi, tenI jAta-cakAsaNI karavAnI vRtti AvI yAtrA pAchaLa kAma karI gaI hoya to nA nahi. temaNe A yAtrAnI TUMkI paNa rasadAyaka vigatonI karelI noMdhanuM zIrSaka bAMdhatAM lakhyuM cheH saMvata 1990nAM caitra vada 13ne vAra budha tA. 11-4-34 ze navasArIthI bharUca TrenamAM jaI 18

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tyAMthI manasukhalAla sAthe page cAlIne "zrI sIddhakSetra pAlItANA'' nI jAtrA chaganalAla gayAM tyAre rastAnA mukAmanI noMdha.' A noMdhamAM temaNe tithi, gAma, bapore ke rAte rahyA te, derAsara, upAzraya, tathA mULanAyaka bhagavAnanAM nAma, tyAMnA mukhya kAryakartA gRhasthanAM nAma, rimArka-ATalA koMika noMdhyA che. kyAMka ardho to kyAMka eka divasa teo rahyA che. navasArIthI caitra vida terase Trena dvArA nIkaLyA. rAtre bharUca pahoMcyA. tyAM tyAMnA saMgAthI mitra gRhastha manasukhalAla dharamacaMdane tyAM UtaryA. caitra vadi caudazanI savAre te banne mitroe prasthAna karI dIdhuM. te varSe vaizAkha be hatA. prathama vai. zu. trIje kAvI pahoMcyA. zuda 4nA teo kAvI darIAnA ovAre AvI tyAM sUi rahyA, tenI noMdha pramANe-'da2IAmAM sUi rahelA. bIjI cothe savAre hoDImAM beThA, ane dhovAraNa 10 vAge UtarI, tyAMthI cAlatAM bapore traNa vAge rALaja pahoMcyA'. "rALajano rasto khAravALo . bheMkAra jhADa vastI vagarano" ema teo noMdhe che. tyAM darzana karI sAMje zakarapara thai rAte khaMbhAta pahoMcI gayA. tyAM 'vardhamAna khAtA' mAM mukAma karyo. tyAM 75 deharAM hovAnuM teo noMdhe che. khaMbhAtathI teo bhAlanA mArge AgaLa vadhyA. bhAlanA mulaka mATe temaNe lakhyuM che ke "ahIMthI bhAlano mulaka. darIAno bahoLo rasto. pANI sAthe rAkhavAnI jarUra. jhADa bIDa mANasa koi maLe nahI tevo bheMkA2 rasto. retALa medAna.' A mulakamAM amuka gAmomAM ghara derAsara, to kyAMka upAzrayamAM siddhacakranA gaTA ke phoTA hovAnuM temaNe noMdhyuM che. pra. vai. zu. 12nA bapore teo ITArIA pahoMcyA. tyAMthI sAMjaveLAe siddhagirinAM darzana temaNe karyA. pachI vaLA gayA ane tyAMthI umarALAvALo rasto lIdho. rastAmAM AvatAM gAmomAM jyAM jyAM derAsara hoya tyAM tyAM darzana mATe aTakavAno temano nizcaya haze ane teno pAko amala karyo haze, tema noMdha parathI samajAya che. pra. vai.zu. 14nA roja savAre umarALAthI nIkaLI, vATamAM AvatAM nava gAmo khuMdIne te ja dinanI rAtre 9 vAge teo pAlItANA pahoMcI gayA.tyAM prathama vIrajI devajInI dharmazALAmAM rAta rahI,pachI kukasIvAlA caMpAlAlanI dharmazALAmAM mukAma karyo. Ano matalaba e ke caitra vadi 14thI prathama vaizAkha zudi 14 ema phakta paMdara ja divasamAM teo bharucathI pAlItANA pagapALA pahoMcyA hatA. be jaNa ekalA, ajANyA, ane vaLI te kALe AjanA jevA pAkA rastA tathA vAhanavyavahAra vagerenI suvidhA paNa nahi; A badhuM lakSyamAM letAM temanuM A pravAsa- sAhasa ApaNane ekabAju herata pamADI jAya che, to bIjI bAju temanA AMtarika bhAvonA pravAhanI dizAno kAMIka aNasAro paNa ApI jAya che. AgaLa vadhIe. pAlItANA pahoMcIne be-cAra dahADA vIsAmo levAnI to vAta ja temanA magajamAM nahi ugI hoya. kema ke pUnamanA divase ja temaNe girirAjanI yAtrA karI. kharekhara 19

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to pUnamathI temaNe yAtrAno AraMbha karyo, ema kahevuM vadhu yogya gaNAya. teo potAnA A pravAsanI noMdhanuM samApana karatAM lakhe che ke, "ane prathama vaizAkha zudi 15nI prathama jAtrA siddhagIrInI kIdhI che ne te sAthe ja navANuM jAtrA paNa pUrI karI. akhADa (aSADha) zuda 7me pAlItANAthI nIkaLI rastAmAM zIhora, gIranAra, vaMthalI, rAjakoTa, jAmanagara, bhoyaNI, methANAM, tAraMgAjI, pAnazara, kalola, zerIzAjI, amadAvAda, bharuca, karI zrAvaNa suda 4the navasArI gayA hatA. A uparathI phalita thAya che ke temaNe siddhAcalajInI prathama navANuM 1990mAM karI hatI, ane te paNa pagapALA AvIne. chaganabhAInuM A sAhasa ApaNane acaMbo pamADe tevuM jarUra che. paraMtu tethIye vadhu dAda to gajarAbenane ja ApavI paDe. kema ke emaNe juduM ghara mAMDyuM hatuM. tethI pote ATalA vakhata pUratAM sAva ekalAM thaI javAnAM teno pUro khyAla temane hato. chatAM temaNe koI ja rukAvaTa karyA vinA patine pagapALA javAnI ane 99 karavAnI saMmati ApI. emAM emanI patiniSThA to kharI ja, sAthe sAthe mUMgI paraMtu daDha evI dharmaniSThA paNa pragaTa thatI jovAya che. (10) tIrthayAtrA - 2 A pachI to chaganabhAIne padayAtrAno jANe casako lAgyo ! pahelI 1989mAM saMgha sAthe, bIjI 1990mAM ekalA; e be yAtrA pachI thoDA ja mahinAmAM - 1991mAM - amadAvAdathI mAkubhAI zeThano aitihAsika saMgha nIkaLavAnuM jAhera thayuM. A vAtanI khabara maLatAM ja temaNe sajoDe saMghamAM joDAvAnuM nakkI karyuM ane potAnuM nAma paNa mokalI dIdhuM. mAkubhAI (zeTha mANekalAla manasukhabhAI)no saMgha e A kALanuM - vIsamA saikAnuM moTuM ane AzcaryarUpa dharmakArya hatuM. sUrisamrATa zrI vijayanemisUrIzvarajI mahArAjanA upadezathI tathA teozrInA sAMnidhyamAM nIkaLelA A saMghe, maMtrIzvara vastupALa-tejapALanA virATa saMghonI yAtrA kevI haze, tenI anupama jhAMkhI ApelI. saMghamAM tera hajAra jeTalA yAtriko hatA, to terasothI vadhu baLadagADAM hatAM. paheluM gADuM sAmA mukAme pahoMce tyAre chelluM gADuM pAchalA mukAmethI AgaLa vadhavA mATe rasto maLe tenI pratIkSA karatuM hoya. saMghanuM prasthAna thayuM hoya tyAre amadAvAdanA mANekacoka ane traNa daravAjAnA vistAramAM saMghane vaLAvavA mATe pacAsa hajAra karatAM vadhu janasamUha bhego maLelo. A samUhamAM bhAvanagara rAjayanA vayovRddha dIvAna sara prabhAzaMkara paTTaNI paNa hatA. te prasaMge temaNe kaheluM ke "A to saMghanI bhIDa che. emAM yAtrikonA dhakkA paNa puNya hoya to khAvA maLe. A bhIMsathI DarIne bhAgI na javAya'. 20

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A saMghamAM joDAyelA yAtriko ke saMghane jonArA bhAviko paikI Aje to kyAMka koI raDyAkhaDyA bacyA hoya to. paraMtu AvA mahAna saMghanI vistRta noMdha te samaye koIe lIdhI ke lakhI nahi, te ApaNI moTI kamanasIbI ja gaNAya. varSothI phAMphAM mAravA chatAM A saMghanI pramANabhUta thoDIka paNa likhita mAhitI meLavavAmAM muzkelI ja anubhavI che. e samaya mUMgI philmono hato. phoTogrAphInI tathA philmanI kaLAno te vakhate ThIka ThIka vikAsa thayelo. teno lAbha laIne saMghapatie A AkhAye saMghanI mUMgI philma levaDAvelI. jaina dharmanA itihAsamAM e prathama philma hovI joIe. e samaya rUDhicustatAno hato, ane e yuga bhavabhIru gItArthono yuga hato. chatAM A pravRtti sAme koIe virodha karyo hoya ke philma levAtI hoya tyAre moDhA ADA paDadA DhAMkavA ke maMca ke varaghoDAmAMthI anyanI laghutA thAya te rIte bhAgI javAnuM koIe karyuM hoya tevuM jANavA maLatuM nathI. khAnagImAM judA ane jAheramAM judA - evA, Aje jovA maLatA, daMbhathI paNa te badhA vegaLA hatA. durbhAgye, mAvajatanI sadaMtara upekSAne kAraNe, e philmanA saghaLA (Azare trIsa) rIlo Aje to barabAda thaI gayAnuM jANavA maLe che. paraMtu e philma jyAre joI zakAya tevI sthitimAM hatI tyAre jeNe joI che teNe emAM sakala saMghane ja nahi, paNa sUrisamrATazrI tathA zrIAnaMdasAgarasUri ma. jevA pUjyone paNa, aNagamAnI ke daMbhanI jarAsarakhI paNa lAgaNI vagara tadana sahaja rIte vartatAM joyelAM che. potAno pracAra karavA mATe potAnAM vAjiMtra jevAM chApAM - sAmayiko calAvavAM, ane sAthe sAthe, philma - phoTAnI sahaja ke svaprerita pravRtti thatI hoya tenI sAme - khAsa karIne jAhe2mAM - puNyaprakopa Thalavavo, Avo aMtarvirodha 1991nA e gItArthapuMgavonA jIvanamAM na hato, eTaluM kahevuM prasaMgocita bane tema che. mULa muddA para AvIe. saMghanI philma tathA phoTA-badhuM naSTa thayuM che, ane saMghanI saMkSipta noMdha paNa kyAMyathI maLI zake tama nathI; A sthitimAM chaganabhAIe, potAnI paddhati pramANe mAtra mukAmo, mAileja ane derAsara - upAzrayanI noMdha, potAnI noMdhapothImAMthI karelI maLI Ave che, te paNa bhAvatAM bhojanasamI lAge che. e noMdhanuM mathALuM temaNe Ama bAMdhyuM cheH "saMvata 1991nAM mAgazara vada 8 zanIe rAtre 8 nI TrenamAM navasArIthI amadAvAda jaI tyAMthI zeTha manazukhabhAI bhagubhAInAM traphathI (taraphathI) zeTha mANekalAla manasukhabhAIe 'cha' rI' pArato saMgha mAgazara vada 10 ne somavAre amadAvAdathI kADhyo. "junAgaDha raivatAcaLagIrI'' tthA 'zrI siddhakSetra pAlItANA''no page cAlato kADhyo temAM chaganalAla tyAM gajarA baMne gayA. tyAre rastAmAM mukAma AvyA tenI noMdha.' mAgazara vide dazame saMghanuM prayANa thayuM. pahelo paDAva sosAyaTImAM thayo. tyAMthI sarakhejanA mArge dhoLakA, koTha, lIMbaDI, cuDA, pALiyAda, vIMchiyA, jazadaNa, goMDala, jetapura thaIne poSa vida amAse saMgha jUnAgaDha pahoMcyo hato. rastAmAM AvatAM tamAma dezI rAjyoe saMghanuM svAgata kareluM. ekamAtra goMDala rAjye potAnA niyamomAM pheraphAra nahi karavAnuM ane jakAta mAphI vagere nahi karavAnuM akkaDa valaNa dAkhaveluM. eTale saMghe paNa thoDAka mukAmono vadhu cakrAvo laIne paNa, goMDalane badale bIjA raste javAnuM TharAveluM. 21

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AthI goMDala rAjyanI cotarapha bhAre TIkA thaI. eTaluM ja nahi, paNa goMDalanAM jaina - ajaina --khAsa karIne vahorA - mahAjano vagerenI lAgaNI dUbhAI ke saMgha jevo saMgha, rANAzrInI akaDAIne kAraNe, ApaNA zaherane TALIne jAya, te ucita nathI thatuM. A lokalAgaNI goMDalanAM mahArANI sudhI pahoMcI. temano dharmaparAyaNa jIva paNa A badhuM jANatAM dUbhAyo. eTale temaNe rAja sAme satyAgraha jAhera karyo ke saMgha goMDalamAM na Ave tyAM sudhI mAre anna-jaLa-tyAga. goMDalanA rANA zrIbhagavatasiMhajI to coMkI ja gayA, A sAMbhaLIne. prajAnI tathA potAnA gharanI lAgaNI temane samajAI. temaNe tatkALa saMghane mATe jakAtamAphI sahitanAM saghaLAM pagalAM jAhera karI mahAjanone saMgha pAse mokalyAM. paNa saMghe to cakrAvo laI lIdhelo, tethI pAcho kema vaLe? chevaTe rANAzrI pote saMghane vinaMti karavA AvyA; saMghane thanArI nukasAnInuM kharca rAja taraphathI saMgha svIkAre tevI mAgaNI karI; ane vadhumAM, saMghanuM lAla jAjama bichAvIne, gavarnara janaralanuM ja thAya te prakAranuM, viziSTa svAgata rAjya taraphathI karavAnuM TharAvyuM. mahArANIno satyAgraha, rAjanI AvI bhAvanA ane lAbhAlAbha e badhAno vicAra karI saMghe goMDala javAnuM svIkAryuM, te pachI ja rANIjIe pAraNAM karyA. A prasaMganI TUMka noMdha chaganabhAIne A zabdomAM karI che : "goMDala nahIM javA mATe cakrAvo levo paDyo hato, te pAchaLathI goMDalanA rAjanA bahu AgrahathI saMgha gayo hato." jUnAgaDhamAM mahA zudi ekame saMghe yAtrA karI, ane pAMcame pAlItANA mATe prayANa AraMbhya. mahA vadi ekame saMgha gheTI pahoMcyo. chaganabhAI tathA gajarAbahena pUnamanI rAte ja gheTI pahoMcI gayelAM, ane vada ekame girirAja para caDI dAdAnI pUjA karI pAchA gheTI UtarI saMghamAM maLI gayelAM. vada trIje saMghe pAlItANA praveza karyo. vada pAMcame saMghavIe tIrthamALA paherI, zetruMjI nadInI tathA DuMgaranI pUjA paNa karI. mahA vadi chaThe saMghe bAra gAunI pradakSiNA zarU karI, temAM chaThe kadaMbagiri ane sAtame hastagirinI sparzanA karI. AThame coka thaI pAlItANA pAchA AvyA. have saMghanuM visarjana thaI javAnuM hatuM. yAtrALuone amadAvAda sudhI pahoMcADavA mATe saMghavI taraphathI khAsa TreIna mUkAvavAmAM AvI hatI. chaganabhAI ane gajarAbahena, temanI paddhati pramANe kadAca pAlItANA thoDo vakhata rokAyAM hota, ane yAtrAo karI hota, tema anumAna karI zakAya. paraMtu eka kamanasIba banAva evo banyo hato ke teone ghera pahoMcavAnI pharaja . paDI gaI. banyuM evuM ke chaganabhAInA pitAtulya vaDIla bhAI nAnacaMdabhAInuM sUratamAM mahA zudi pUname duHkhada avasAna thaI gayuM. tenA samAcAra Apato kAgaLa barAbara mahA vadi nomane dahADe ja chaganabhAIne maLyo. yogAnuyoga to juo! patra vahelo maLyo hota to AkhAye saMgha daramyAna karelI ArAdhanAnI lahera adhavacce tUTI jAta, ane chellA divasomAM temane badhuM mUkIne nAsabhAga karavI paData. paNa A to badho ja kAryakrama patI gayo pachI ja patra pahoMcyo !

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kAgaLa maLatAM ja teo bane te ja rAtre 7-00 vAge upaDatI spezyala TrenamAM besI dasame bapore amadAvAda AvyAM. tyAMthI eka vAgyAnI gADImAM besI rAte agiyAra vAge navasArI UtarI bAra vAge sUrata pahoMcyAM. bacapaNamAM ja mAtA-pitAnI chatrachAyA gumAvela, eTale moTA bhAI ja temanA mATe pitAtulya hatA. vaLI bhegA hatA tyAre ane chUTA thayA pachI paNa, moTA bhAI - bhAbhIe A daMpatIne putravatu ja pALelAM - sAcavelAM. eTale emanA pratye ananya mamatA hoya temAM koI zaMkAne sthAna nathI. A ja kAraNe, Ama ekAeka moTA bhAIno viraha temanA mATe AghAtajanaka banyo ja haze. paraMtu navAInI vAta e che ke potAnI yAtrA, tapasyA vagere dharmakaraNInI vigatavAra noMdha karanAra chaganabhAI, koI noMdhamAM kyAMya, potAnI sAMsArika AvI ghaTanAo ke viDaMbanAo vize eka akSara paNa lakhatA nathI. mAtra eka ThekANe eTaluM nodhyuM che ke - "bhAI mAhA sudi 15me rAtre 2 vAge gujarI gayA, tenI pAchaLa karavAnuM sAmAyaka 101, bAMdhI nokAravALI 101, upavAsa 5, pozA 2, chaTha 1." ane A badhuM pote 1991mAM ja karI dIdhuM hovAnuM sUcavatI cokaDI paNa temaNe A darekanI joDe ja lakhI dIdhI che. A sivAya, potAne lAgela duHkha vize ke moTA bhAInA parivAra vize ke te parivAra sAthenA potAnA havenA vyavahAra vize koI ja nirdeza teo kyAMya karatA nathI. saMsAranI A badhI kSaNikatAno pUro paricaya, tene kAraNe manamAM cUMTAye jatI anAsakti ane virAga dazA - AnA lIdhe A badhI sAMsArika ghaTamALa paratve vadhu udAsIna, vadhu nirlepa banyA haze evuM, A uparathI kalpI zakAya che. sa. 1992mAM chaganabhAI ane gajarAbahene zrI sametazikhara tIrthanI Trena dvArA yAtrA karI, tenI noMdhanuM mathALuM bAMdhatAM teoe lakhyuM che ke : "zaMvata 1992nAM Azo vada 7 vAra guru tA. 5-11-36ne dIne savAre 10 vAge suratathI nIkalI 11AAnI suratathI zrI zametazikharajI jaina spesIyala Treina oragenAijhara zA. caMdulAla chaganalAla zAhe amadAvAdathI lAvI suratathI upADI nIcenAM sthaLoe jAtrAo karAvI tenuM TUMka vRttAMta. muzApharI dIvaza 64nI khorAkI sAthe Trena phera rU. 105, temAM chagana tthA chagananI vahu tyA mAmA rAmAjI tthA mAzI ratana gayA tyAranI vIgata." kayA divase kayA kSetranI yAtrA karI, tyAM keTalAM maMdiro vagere che tathA te kSetranI zI vizeSatA che, tenI TUMkI paNa majAnI noMdha temaNe karI che. A pravAsamAM sametazikhara bAjunAM tamAma tIrtho uparAMta dilhI ane rAjasthAna taraphanAM jesalamera sudhInA tamAma tIrthonI yAtrAno upakrama hato. sUratathI tA. pa-11-36nA nIkaLela spe. Trena tA. 10-1-37nA sUrata pAchI AvI. pachI Ayojake TikiTa dITha 10 rUpiyA riphaMDanA ApatAM rU. 95mAM khorAkI sAthe 64 divasanI Tena yAtrA thaI. AvI yAtrAnI Aje kalpanA paNa thaI zake kharI ? 23

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vadhumAM teoe noMdhyuM che ke "moTara kharaca vagere sau saune mAthe kharaca thayo che. eka TIkITa -kharacanA rU. 50 thI 75 sudhI gaNavA. dharmAdA judA. spezIyalane rastAmAM 25 thI 30 nokArazIo maLI hatI. cA pANI nAsto paNa maLelo." spezyala Trena jyAM jAya tyAM sudhI yAtrA saMghe dharmAdo karavo paDe, tevI te samayamAM (paNa) pravRtti haze, tethI te mATe Ayojake yAtriko pAse TIparUpe rakama ugharAvI hatI. A TIpa vize eka vyavahAru TippaNI karatAM chaganabhAIe noMdhyuM ke - "spezIyalamAM dharmAdAnI TIpa karelI tethI dareka sthaLoe spezIyala taraphathI rakamano dharmAdA ApI che. TIpa nahIM kare to dharmAdA vadhAre vaparAte. mATe dareka sthaLe dareka judA judA ApavA te uttama." A sivAya, 1994mAM temaNe pAlItANA comAsuM karyuM. tyAre tyAM rahyA te vakhatamAM jaya taLATInI 225 yAtrA karI. cauvihAra chaThe sAta yAtrA saM. 1989mAM be vAra karelI, tema A varSe paNa be vakhata karI. cAturmAsa bAda girirAjanI bIjI vAra navANuM karI. pAlItANAnI paMcatIrthI juhAravApUrvaka taLAjA tIrthanI 109 yAtrA tyAM rahIne karI. 1995mAM vadhu be vakhata girirAjanI navANuM karI. temanI noMdha anusAra, 1989 thI 1996 sudhImAM temaNe siddhagirijI pa10 yAtrA karI hatI. saM. 1996mAM te daMpatIe kezarIAjI vagere tIrthonI yAtrA Trena ane basa dvArA karI. temAM madhya bhAratanAM badhAM tIrthonI tathA hastinApuranI sparzanA karIne banne pAlItANA pahoMcyAM. tyAM temaNe varSItapanAM pAraNAM karyA. A thayo temanA tIrthATanano rocaka vRttAMta. (11) ane dIkSA chaganabhAI ane gajarAbahenanI gRhacaryAno ane te caryAmAM satata DokAyA karatI temanI prakRtino tathA temanA mAnasano pRthakkaraNAtmaka abhyAsa karatAM eka vAta spaSTa tarI Ave che ke A be vyaktionuM dAMpatya eka Adarza ane saMvAdI dAMpatya hatuM, ghaNIvAra bhaNataranI khAI, dhana - sAdhananI ochapa ane koI eka pAtranI vadhu paDatI dhArmikatA, AvA dAMpatyamAM UbhI tirADa pADIne mAnasika kajoDAnuM sarjana karI Ape che. pariNAme dekhItI rIte dharmamaya jaNAtuM jIvana vAstavamAM klezamaya ane tanAvagrasta jIvana banI rahe che. sadbhAgye, A daMpatInI jIvana - paddhati eTalI badhI samajaNabharelI hatI ke emanA dAMpatyamAM tirADa paDavAnI vAta to bAju para, balka jema jema samaya vItato gayo ane dharmaparAyaNatA vadhatI gaI, tema tema bannenA pArasparika sauhArda athavA sabhAvamAM satata vRddhi ja thatI rahI. 24

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AnuM sIdhuM phaLa e nIpajeluM ke te bannemAM ekameka uparano adhikArabhAva athavA to potAne game te ja sAmI vyaktie karavuM paDe tevo haThAgraha, kadApi Avyo ja nahi. je karavuM te parasparanA salAha - saMpa ane samajUtIthI karavuM; dharmanuM koI paNa kAma bane tyAM sudhI bannee sAthe ja karavuM; koI pravRtti ekane anukULa hoya paNa bIjAne anUkULa na hoya to te pravRtti baLajabarIthI tenA para lAdavAnI koI ja tatparatA nahi; to, jene je pravRtti anukULa na hoya, te sAmAne paNa te pravRtti na karavA de, tevuM paNa nahi. AvI samajaNa ane saMvAditAne lIdhe ja chaganabhAI varSo sudhI dhArI tapasyA, yAtrA ane dharmasAdhanA karI zakyA hatA. temaNe ghaNI kaThina ArAdhanAo paNa karI, satata karI. paNa gajarAbahene te badhAmAM pharajiyAta joDAvuM ja tevI vAta nahi. to sAmA pakSe, potAnAthI jyAre je thaI zake tevI ArAdhanAmAM gajarAbahena hoMzabhera joDAya, paNa potAnAthI na thaI zake ke potAne karavAnuM mana na hoya tevI ghaNI badhI ArAdhanAo chaganabhAI kare, to temane koI niSedha ke avarodho nahi, balba premapUrvaka saMmati ja Ape ane anukULatA paNa karI Ape. vadhumAM, gRhasthI calAvavAmAM koI vAte ochA vadhatAno koI kakaLATa paNa nahi. AvuM dAMpatya Adarza dAMpatya banI rahe temAM navAI paNa zI? ApaNe AgaLa joI gayA chIe tema, potAne tyAM thayela eka saMtAnanuM avasAna nIpajyA pachI, chaganabhAInA cittamAM vairAgyabhAvanAe praveza karI dIdho hato, ane te bhAvanAne poSaNa maLe te rItanI dharmacaryA paNa, tyAra pachI, temaNe vizeSe apanAvI lIdhI hatI. A dharmacaryA vadhatI vadhatI saMvata 1996 sudhImAM kaI hade vRddhi pAmI, te paNa ApaNe vistArathI avalokyuM che. uttarottara vadhatI A dharmakaraNInI sAthe ja temanA aMtarano vairAgyabhAva paNa prabaLa banato gayo hato. ane A vairAgyanI vAta arthAt pote have A saMsAramAM vadhu vakhata rahevA nathI mAgatA, paNa saMsAra tyAgIne cAritranA paMthe paLavA icche che tenI vAta, teo gajarAbahena sAthe carcatA ja haze, temAM zaMkA nathI. hamaNAM ja, upara varNavyuM tema, pArasparika samajaNanA setuthI maDhelA dAMpatyamAM AvI mahattvanI ane gaMbhIra bAbata paratve evI zaMkA karI paNa kema zakAya? vadhumAM, A arasAmAM chaganabhAIe guru bhagavaMtono samAgama paNa vadhArI dIdho hato. samIvALA pU. bhaktisUri mahArAja, pU. AnaMdasAgarasUri mahArAja, tathA tyAra pachI sUratanA AMgaNe padhArelA, zAsanasamrATa bAlabrahmacArI pUjyapAda AcAryazrIvijayanemisUrIzvarajI mahArAjanA paTTadharo pUjyapAda AcAryazrI vijayaamRtasUrIzvarajI mahArAja, pUjyapAda AcArya zrIvijayalAvaNyasUrIzvarajI tathA pUjyapAda zAMtamUrti AcArya zrIvijayavijJAnasUrIzvarajI mahArAja Adi pUjayono satsaMga teo satata keLavatA rahelA. A badhA pUjyomAM AcArya 2 5

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zrIvijayavijJAnasUrijI mahArAja tathA temanA ziSya paMnyAsa zrIkastUravijayajInuM cAturmAsa 1996mAM sUrata - navAparAnA upAzraye thatAM temanA saumyatA, cAritraparAyaNatA tathA jJAna - dhyAna vagere prati chaganabhAI vizeSa AkarSAyA. potAnA vairAgyane tathA tapobaLane soLe kaLAe vikasAvavA mATe kevo sahAro khapato hato, te A pUjayo pAse barAbara maLI raheze tenI temanA dilane khAtarI beThI. ane te sAthe ja, have vahelI take dIkSA grahaNa karavA mATe temanuM aMtara thanaganavA mAMDyuM. puNyazALI to eTalA badhA ke teo dIkSA le to temanA parivAramAMthI temane rUkAvaTa kare tevuM koI pAtra na hatuM. hajI to banne bhAIono parivAra saMyukta ja hato. vyAvahArika daSTie, bApIkI milakatamAMthI koI bhAgalAga vaheMcAyA nahotA; balka evI judAInI kalpanA paNa temanA parivAramAM koIne na hatI. chatAM mAtAtulya bhAbhI, bhatrIjAo ane anya sarva sagA - snehIo - sau kauI chaganabhAI dIkSA le temAM prasannabhAve saMmata hatA. are, gajarAbahena paNa prasanna hatAM. vAta ema hatI ke chaganabhAI jevA sAdhaka jIvanA sAhacaryanA pratApe gajarAbahena mAtra dharmanA ja nahi, paNa vairAgyanA raMge paNa raMgAyAM hatAM. tyAM sudhI ke temanA aMtaramAM paNa chaganabhAI nIkaLe to sAthe nIkaLavAnAM aramAna pedA thayAM hatAM. takalIpha eka ja hatI ke temanuM dhArmika bhaNatara sAva najevuM hatuM. vaLI, navuM bhaNavAmAM kaSTa paNa ghaNuM paDatuM. tethI sAdhvI thaIne koIne mAthe paDavAnuM ke lAcAra ke oziyALI jiMdagI jIvavAnuM temane nAmaMjUra hatuM. AthI bhAva thatA, vadhatA ane pAchA paDI jatA. chaganabhAInA manamAM kharuM ke ekavAra dIkSA laI levI. pachI paDe evA devAya. kAma kAmane zIkhave. paraMtu temaNe temanI, dAMpatyajIvanamAM kAyama dAkhavelI samajaNa ane samatulA A prasaMge paNa akabaMdha jALavI. potAnI sAthe gajarAbahene dIkSA levI ja evo Agraha, ADakatarI rIte paNa temaNe sevyo nahi. gajarAbahene potAne mATe je nirNaya karavo hoya tenI temane svataMtratA ApI. balka potAnI dIkSAno nirNaya paNa gajarAbahenanI rAjIkhuzIthI saMmati - maLyA pachI ja temaNe lIdho. sagAMvahAlAM paNa evAM ke A banne jaNa je nirNaya le, te pachI udbhavanArI dareka paristhitine premapUrvaka sAnukULa banIne saMbhALI levAne taiyAra. Ama, 1996nA cAturmAsa daramiyAna, A comAsuM pUruM thaye dIkSA levAno nirNaya, chaganabhAIe karI lIdho hato. te nirNayane anurUpa rIte ja, te comAsAno moTo bhAga temaNe, AMbelanI oLI, ahorAtra tathA dezAvanAzika vrata karavApUrvaka upAzrayamAM ja vyatIta karyo. have eka vAta nakkI hatI ke chaganabhAI dIkSA le, ane gajarAbahena ghare rahe. bhaviSyamAM temanA bhAva thAya ane dIkSA levI hoya to le, paNa tema na bane to ane tyAM sudhI temanA jIvana-nirvAhanuM zuM? vyavahAranI UMDI sUjha dharAvatA chaganabhAIe A muddo khUba gaMbhIratAthI vicArI lIdho. gajarAbahene koInI parAdhInatA veThavI na paDe ke koIne gajarAbahenano bhAra mAthe paDyAnuM na lAge te rIte, potAnA nikaTanA svajano sAthe salAha masalata karIne, gajarAbahenanA bhAvIne aMge, potAnI ApakamAIthI tathA bApIkI milakatamAMthI potAnA

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bhAge AvanAra milakatanuM eka vIla taiyAra karyuM. e vIlanuM lakhANa vAMcatAM, chaganabhAI keTalA badhA dUraMdezI vicAranA mANasa hatA, ane potAno manoratha pAra pADavA jatAM potAnAM patnIne leza paNa anyAya na thAya te mATenI temanI tatparatA kevI hatI, teno ApaNane pAko khyAla maLe che. vIlano AraMbha temaNe A rIte karyo cheH zrInA zrI pArzvanAthAe nama: zrI gautamasvAmIjInI labdhI hojo 'zrI saMvata 1996nA Aso vada 7 ne vAra budha tA. 23-10-40nA dIne lakhata naMga 1 huM nIce sahI karanAra zA. chaganalAla phakIracaMda TharAva karuM chuM ke mArI icchA cAritra grahaNa karavAnI eTale dIkSA levAnI thaI che. ane tethI karIne meM mArI pAsenI je kAMI rokaDa rakama tyA sunAM (sonA) rUpAnI janazo tathA rAzarazIluM nIce pramANe che, te tamAma hamAre dhaNIANI bAI gajarAne soMpavAmAM Ave che. tenI vyavasthA karavA nIce jaNAvelA mArA sagAsaMbaMdhI huM zoMpI jAuM chuM, te mujaba teoe vyavasthA karavI. vyavasthA karanArAonA nAma- zA. rAmacaMdra premAjI tthA zA. kezarIcaMda rAmacaMda tthA hamAre bhAI nAnacada phakIracaMdanI peDhInAM vahIvaTa karanAra maganalAla nAnacaMda te traNeva malI vyavasthA karavI." A pachI potAnI pAsenI jaNaso tathA rokaDa vagerenI yAdI ApI che ane pachI teno upayoga tathA vyavasthA, kyAre - kevA saMyogomAM kevI rIte karavAM, tenI spaSTa sUcanA ApatAM temaNe lakhyuM che ke - upara mujabanI jaNAvelI milakatonI vyavasthA upara jaNAvelAM zakhazoe vahIvaTa karavo, ane hamArI dhaNIANI bAI gajarAne temanI hayAtI sudhI dara mAse rU. 10 daza lekhe khorAkI (AjIvIkA) vIgere paracuraNa vAparavA zArU ApavA. te daramiyAna emane eTale hamArI dhaNIANI bAI gajarAnI bhAvanAM jyAre dIkSA levAnI thAya tyAre mIlakatamAMthI emanI zalAha laI dIkSA mATe joIto kharaco karavo ane rAjI raMge dIkSA apAvavI. te dIkSA thayA bAda je kAMI janazamAM tthA rokaDa tathA rAzarazIluM vIgere upara jaNAvelI yAdImAM rahe te tamAma hamAre bhAI nAnacaMda phakIracaMdanAM vArasone ApavI. temAM bIjA koIno haka rAkhyo nathI. .bAI gajarAe dIkSA lIdhA pachI bhaviSyamAM karmanA aMtarAye dIkSA choDI pAchuM saMsAramAM AvavuM paDe to tene tamArA bhAI nAnacaMda phakIracaMdanAM vArasoe jayAM lagI jIve tyAM sudhI e hamArI dhaNIANIne pALavI. hamAre pItA zrI phakIracaMda okhAjInI peDhImAMthI phakta janazo paikI pallAnI janazonI vaheMcaNa karI che. te zIvAyanI tamAma vaheMcaNa haju bAkI che. temAM hamAre hase je kAMI Ave te tamAma AjathI hamAre bhAI nAnacaMda phakIracaMdanAM vArasone suparata karuM chuM. eTale pItAzrI phakIracaMda okhAjInI peDhImAM bhAgIdAra tarIke bIjA koIno koI paNa prakArano hakka ke dAvo meM rAkhyo nathI. chatAM bhaviSyamAM mArA taraphathI koI mArA nIme (nAma) bhAgano hisso levA nIkaLe to te A lakhatathI rada che. Aja sudhImAM mAre mAthe koI paNa

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prakAranuM koInuM devuM nathI. ane koI kADhatA Ave to te AthI 26 che. A lakhata meM mArI * rAjIkhuzIthI karyuM che, te mane kabUla che. uparanI rakama tthA janazo zA. rAmacaMda premAMjIne tyAM ja kAyama rAkhavI. e ja dA. zA. chaganalAla phakIracaMdanAM che. A vIla vAMcyA pachI chaganabhAInI nyAyavRtti tathA koThAsUjha mATe ahobhAva na jAge to ja Azcarya. * chaganabhAI pote mULa navasArInA, tethI dIkSA tyAM levAnI temanI dhAraNA haze. paraMtu temanA zeTha zrIdalIcaMda vIracaMda zropha tathA chaganabhAInI sAthe navAparA - upAzrayamAM kAyama ArAdhanA karanAra zrAvaka baMdhuo temane potAnA svajana mAnIne ja vartatA. te sauno Agraha rahyo ke dIkSA to navAparAnA AMgaNe ja thavI joIe. ame bIje nahi javA jaIe. AthI dIkSAno prasaMga tyAM ja karavAnuM nakkI thayuM. te nirNaya anusAra pUjya gurubhagavaMtane vinaMti karatAM teozrIe saM. 1997nA mAgazara zudi bIjanuM zubha muhUrta ApyuM. te muhUrtane zrIsaMghe tathA chaganabhAInA parivAre ullAsabhera vadhAvyuM, ane dIkSA mahotsavanI taiyArIo AdarI dIdhI. navAparAnA saMghe potAnA panotA sapUtanA dIkSA - mahotsavanA, vAyaNAM jamavAM, mAnapatrano bhavya meLAvaDo, varSIdAnano varaghoDo ityAdi prasaMgo evA umaMgathI ane ThAThathI ujavyA ke sUratanA te samayanA itihAsamAM e mahotsava ajoDa gaNAI gayo. jarA kalpanA to karo ! pati va22AjAnA lebAzamAM bagImAM beTho hoya ane chUTA hAthe varSIdAna uchALato hoya ; enAM patnI pAchaLa pAchaLa ToLe vaLelI strIonA samUha - vacALe pagapALAM cAlatAM hoya, emaNe paNa soLa zaNagAra sajyAM hoya ane vaLI mAthe dIkSAnI chAba lIdhI hoya; maMgalagIto gavAtAM hoya ane banneno harakha mAto na hoya; kevuM alaukika e dRzya haze ! patinA viyoge rokakaLa macAvavAne badale, sanmArge jatAM patine hasate haiye vadhAvIne vidAya karavA nIkaLatI Arya nArInuM A divya svarUpa A dezamAM ja, are, A jaina zAsanamAM ja jovA maLe. bAkI na bhUto na bhaviSyati. gururubhagavaMte pha2mAvelA muhUrtanA zubha dina mAgazara zudi bIje, navAparA-saMghanA AMgaNe, chaganabhAInI dIkSAnI maMgalakriyA pUjya gurubhagavaMtonA hAthe saMpanna thaI, ane te divase chaganabhAI chaganabhAI maTI, paMnyAsa zrIkastUravijayajInA ziSyaratna munirAja zrIkumudacaMdravijayajI tarIke prasthApita thayA. te ja samaye dhrAMgadhrAnA rahIza bhANajIbhAI nAmanA mumukSu zrAvakanA paNa dIkSA thaI, jeo muni zrIjayavijayajI tarIke jAhera thayA. te divase jIvananA utthAnanI eka mahAna AkAMkSA chaganabhAIe siddha karI, ane potAnA A mAnava bhavane raLiyAta banAvI lIdho. 28

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(12) 'dIkSA'no marma dIkSA vize eTaluM badhuM kahevAyuM che ane kahevAya che ke te vize have kAMI paNa kahevuM te kadAca piSTapeSaNa ke punarAvartana ja banI rahe. Ama chatAM, dIkSA e eka evo padArtha che ke tenA vize gerasamajo paNa ochI nathI thaI. Aje to dIkSA vize eTalI badhI vicitra dhAraNAo pracalita banI beThI che, jemAM vivekanI sarakhAmaNImAM gatAnugatikatAnuM tattva vadhu jovA maLe che. A tattva lAlapILA paDadA ke raMgaberaMgI kaMkotrIomAM lakhAtAM ane varaghoDAmAM UMce avAje uccArAtAM sUtromAM AbAda pragaTa thAya che. sUtrono paNa eka nazo hoya che. ane nazo haMmezAM vAstavikatAthI dUra rAkhanAruM tattva che. koI paNa prasaMga hoya, tenI vadhAmaNI ke teno virodha sUtroccAro dvArA ja karavAnI ApaNane pUratI phAvaTa che. e prasaMganI pUrI jANakArI ke samajaNa na hoya, ane moTA bhAge to te prasaMgamAM bhAga letI veLAe paNa tenAthI tadana viparIta vartana - valaNa bindhAsta dharAvatA hovA chatAMya, te prasaMgane anurUpa sutroccAro karavAnI phAvaTa ane cIvaTa ApaNane koThe paDI gaI jaNAya che. AmAM je te prasaMganI tatpUratI ronaka ubharatI haze, paraMtu e prasaMganA mAdhyamathI jIvanamAM ke manamAM je ajavAsa patharAvo joIe tenAthI mahadaMze vaMcita ja rahI javAya che. phalataH, te prasaMga koInA Atmika utthAnanA zreSTha avasararUpa prasaMga hovA chatAM, tenI smRti ApaNAmAM amITa banI rahevAne badale kSaNajIvI ke phaTakiyA banI rahe che. chaganabhAInI dIkSAno prasaMga Avo, ADaMbaranA tAMDava jevo phaTakiyo prasaMga nahoto, paraMtu aneka AtmAonA aMtarane jagADI denAro ane sUrata jevA kSetra mATe to bhAvimAM AvA uttama prasaMgo mATenuM bIjAropaNa karI janAro prasaMga banI rahyo hato. AvuM kema banyuM, te samajavA mATe paNa ApaNe ahIM dIkSAnA marmane ane svarUpane tapAsI levAnuM jarUrI che. 'dIkSA' mAM be akSara cheH dI ane kSA. dI eTale dInatA ane kSA eTale kSaya. dInatAno kSaya kare tenuM nAma dIkSA. sAdhu kyAreya dIna na hoya, ane je dIna hoya te kadI sAdhu na hoI zake. sUtramAM sAdhune "adINamaNaso" - adIna manano dhaNI gaNAvyo che. te paNa A vidhAnane ja puSTa kare che. vAcaka yazovijayajI zrI zAMtinAtha prabhunA stavanamAM A muddAne jarA vadhu nikhAlasabhAve. chaNe che: 29

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"mITa gaI dInatA sabahI hamArI, prabhu, tuja samakti-dAnameM" AnuM tAtparya A rIte paNa tAravI zakAyaH dInatA e mAnavamAtrane vaLagelI bhUtAvaLa che. e dInatAnA vaLagADane dUra karavAnA IrAdA sAthe thato khAsa prayatna tenuM nAma dIkSA. AvI dInatA dUra karI ApatA haze mATe ja bhagavAna "dIna-dayALa" kahevAtA haze ne ! dIkSA lenA2mAM be cIjo hovI anivAryaH 'bodha' ane 'niSThA.' upAdhyAyajI mahArAja kahe che tema "bhavanI nirguNatAno bodha hoya, ane vratapAlana mATe pUratI dhIratA hoya, te ja dIkSA mATe yogya' gaNAya. vAta paNa sAcI che. niSThA vinAno bodha mAtra mAhitI banI rahe ane mANasane jaDa banAve. ane bodha vinAnI niSThA jhanUnamAM ja pariName. ekalI niSThA jyAre jhanUnamAM pariName tyAre te samAjanA svAstha mATe hAnikara nIvaDe. to ekalA bodhane lIdhe pedA thatI jaDatA vyaktine vyaktigata nukasAna pahoMcADe. eTale bodha ane niSThA banneno samanvaya sadhAya tyAre manuSyamAM viveka ane zraddhAno 'doya zikhAno dIvaDo' pragaTe che, je ene ekatarapha dIkSA mATe yogya puravAra karI Ape che, to bIjI tarapha dInatAnA kSaya mATenI sajjatA paNa bakSe che. nA, sAdhu dIna na hoya. e lokono, lokonAM dhana - sAdhanono ke mAnamaratabA ane ADaMbarono hevAyo na hoya. eka sAdhakane dIna banAvavA mATe AmAMnuM ekAda vAnuM paNa pUratuM gaNAya. ane ekavAra A badhAM tophAnonA ravADe caDyo ke khalAsa ! pachI e tophAno ene dIna ja nahi, paNa duHkhI duHkhI karI mUkavAnAM. vAcakavarya zrIumAsvAtijI mahArAjanI vAta A saMdarbhamAM gAMThe bAMdhavA jevI cheH "lokavyApArathI para banelA sAdhune je sukha che, tevuM sukha devonA indrane ke cakravartI samrATane paNa sulabha nathI." ane je dIna na hoya te hIna to hoya ja zAno ? dInatA ja hInatAnI janetA che. dIna jaNa, potAnI lAlasAne poSavA khAtara hIna kAryo karatAM acakAto nathI, te to jagajAhera vAta che. hInatA eTale kSudratA; hInatA eTale kSullakatA; hInatA.eTale nIcatA. A hInatA ekavAra haiyAmAM peThI, pachI na karavAnAM kAma sUjhe; mAyA ane prapaMca, dveSa ane kleza, mAruM ane tAruM, vikAro ane vAsanAo ane evuM evuM badhuM ja pachI khaDakAtuM rahe ane jIvanane kacarAno kothaLo banAvatuM rahe. dIkSArthI paheleprathama dInatAne naSTa karI mUke che, pachI AvI hInatAne avakAza kyAMthI rahevAno ? ane chatAM sudIrgha bhUtakALanI "Adata se majabUra'" dIkSArthImAM dIkSA lIdhA pachI AvI koI dInatA ane hInatAnA saMskAra rahI gayA hoya, to tene nAbUda karavA mATenI koziza/sAdhanA te ja dIkSA. dIkSA letAM pahelAM ATalI samaja keLavI le te dIkSA mATe yogya gaNAya. dIkSA lIdhA pachI potAnAmAM paDelI dInatA-hInatAne prIchIne tene nAbUda karavAmAM lAgI paDe, tenI dIkSA lIdhI pramANa. 30

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chaganabhAI, A arthamAM dIkSA mATe pUratA lAyaka hatA, tema kahevAmAM have atizayokti nathI lAgatI. ane ApaNe have pachInAM pRSThomAM e paNa joIzuM ke teo dIkSA jIvanamAM kevA adIna banIne jIvyA, ane potAnAmAM je dIna - hIna bhAvo hatA tene vINIvINIne kevI rIte temaNe khatama karyA. kyAreka evuM jovA maLe che ke dIkSA lenAro dekhItI rIte ja ayogya chatAM tene dIkSA ApavAmAM Ave. ghaNIvAra evuM paNa bane ke dIkSA lIdhI hoya paNa tenuM pachInuM AcaraNa tene ayogya TharAvI jatuM hoya. AvuM jue, tyAre ghaNA loko hobALo macAvI mUke che ane dIkSAne tathA dharmane vagovavA mAMDe che, ane badhA ja sAdhu bagaDI gayA che, kharAba che, tevI dhAraNAno zikAra paNa banI bese che. koI paNa bAbatamAM vivekanuM sthAna dekhAdekhI ke gADariyA-vRtti le tyAre AvuM ja banavAnuM. e rIte, vivekavihoNA manuSyo"bicArA" ja gaNAya, ane eTale dayApAtra paNa gaNAya. AvA loko koI dIkSAno prasaMga Ave tyAre "saMsAra kALo nAga che, saMyama lIlo bAga che." "sonA karatAM moMghuM zuM? saMyama saMyama" ane "mIThA karatAM khAruM zuM? saMsAra saMsAra" jevAM sUtro pokAravAmAM pAchuM vALIne jovAnA nahi. to kyAreka koInuM ajugatuM bhALI jAya tyAre gokIro macAvavAmAM paNa e AgalI haroLamAM ja birAjavAnA ! saMsAra jo "kALo nAga hoya, to e kyAreka karmane paravaza paDelA saMyamIne paNa AbhaDI jaI zake e tathya pratye AvA loko jhAjhe bhAge AMkha ADA kAna ja karIne cAle che. paNa emAM emanoya zo doSa? khATale moTI khoDa ke "viveka"no cotho pAyo ja na maLe ! sara prabhAzaMkara paTTaNI AvA "avivekI"ne "mAnasika rIte apaMga" tarIke oLakhAvatA. vAstavamAM dIkSA e eka padhdhati che - sAdhanAnI padhdhati. evI padhdhati ke je ApaNA cittanI dIna-hIna vRttione nAmazeSa kare, ane ApaNA cittanuM jIvananuM tathA AtmAnuM UrdhIkaraNa kare. AvI dIkSApadhdhati zIkhave te dharma, te jaina zAsana. samajavAnuM eTaluM ja ke koI vyakti ke vyaktio potAnI ja koi AMtarika ane mULabhUta khAmIne kAraNe dIkSA lIdhA pachI paNa bagaDe, to temAM A zAsanano ke tenI dIkSA padhdhatino zo doSa? pADAnAM vAMke pakhAlIne DAma kema ApI ja zakAya? eka be dAkhalAthI A muddAne vadhu spaSTa karIe. paiso saune priya che ane ene meLavavA mATe sau udhAmA kare che. pariNAme ghaNA loko paisAdAra bane paNa che. have jagatamAM jeTalA paisAdAro che, temAMnA ghaNAbadhA loko paisAno avanavA anartho sarajavA pAchaLa geraupayoga karatA ja rahe che. e ja rIte, vakIlono moTo samudAya deza ne duniyAmAM sarvatra vyApelo che. vakIla eTale buddhimAna, evo buddhimAna ke je potAnA buddhibaLa vaDe sAcAne khoTuM to khoTAne kharuM puravAra karI Ape. have juo ke vakIlonA A buddhikauzalyanA kAraNe vizvamAM keTalA nirdoSo daMDAya che e keTalA badhA doSito nirdoSa chUTI jAya che ! A sthitimAM bahetara e che ke anartho sarje tevA paisA ane buddhibaLane vizvamAMthI, chevaTe 31

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ApaNA ghara ane jIvanamAMthI kAyama khAte dezavaTo ApI devo. paNa AvuM koI kare nahi, -vicAre paNa nahi. kema ke e ja paiso ane buddhibaLanA sadupayogathI A saMsAramAM agaNita bhalAInAM kAryo paNa thAya che ane aneka jIvonuM tathA manuSyonuM rakSaNa paNa thatuM ja hoya che. bahu bahu to paiso ane buddhino geraupayogane bahekAvanArI paddhatimAM pheraphAra ANI zakAya athavA teno geraupayoga ghaTe tevI koI vyavasthA navaserathI goThavI zakAya. tethI vadhu kAMI na thaI zake. A ja vAta dIkSA ane dharmanI bAbatane paNa barAbara lAgu pADI zakAya tema che. dIkSAno eTale ke muniveSano ane tenA AdhAre maLatI suvidhAono geraupayoga karanArA thoDAka jIvo hoI zake. samajavA thatAM te vAtane calAvI lenArA paNa koI koI hoI zake. paraMtu teTalA mAtrathI 'dIkSA ane dharma kharAba' evA tAraNa para pahoMcavAmAM to buddhinuM devALuM ja gaNAya. paddhatimAM parivartana jarUra ANI zakAya. paraMtu "badhuM kharAba ja che" ema mAnavAmAM to avivekanuM varavuM pradarzana ja che. vastutaH A AkhAye vivAdano ukela upAdhyAyajI mahArAje eka ja paMktimAM ApI dIdho cheH "yo budhvA bhavanairguNyaM dhIraH syAd vratapAlane, sa yogyaH" "je saMsAranI asAratAne samajato hoya ane vratapAlanamAM dhIra paNa hoya te dIkSA mATe yogya.' A vidhAnano marma pakaDatAM AvaDe to ghaNA badhA jhaghaDA ApoApa maTI jAya. kharI rIte eka mArmika praznanA ukelamAM thayeluM A vidhAna che. upAdhyAyajI mahArAje pote ja eka prazna Ubho karyo ke kayA manuSyano AMtarika bhAva zuM che te ApaNe kema kaLI zakIe ? ane koInA manobhAvano tAga na pAmI zakIe tyAM sudhI te dIkSA mATe yogya ke ayogya - te paNa kema nakkI thAya ? te nakkI na thaI zake, to dIkSA ApavI ja nahi te ja yogya gaNAya ne ? temAM ja zAstrAjJAnuM pAlana ne ? A savAlono javAba ApatAM teoe uparanuM vidhAna karyuM che. teo A vidhAna dvArA ema sUcavavA / mAge che ke "koInA manano tAga pAmavo te jarUra kaThaNa che. paNa eTale koIne dIkSA ja na ApavI te to bahu bhayAnaka niSkarSa banI rahe. koInA manobhAva na kaLI zakAya teTalA mAtrathI koIneya dIkSA ApavAnuM mulatavI rAkhavAmAM to 52mAtmAnA mArgano ja uccheda AvI paDaze. dIkSA nahi apAya to sAdhu nahi rahe, ane sAdhu nahi hoya to "mArga" avicchinnapaNe ze pravartaze ? balke mArgano dhvaMsa ApaNA ja hAthe nahi thaI jAya ? ane prabhunA mArganA ucchedamAM A rIte paNa nimittabhUta banI jaIe to ApaNA zA hAlahavAla thAya ? nA, AvuM haragIjha na karAya. are, dhIra mahApuruSo to mithyAdaSTi AtmAone paNa, mArgamAM praveza ApavAnI dRSTithI ja, dravyathI samyakatvanuM temanAmAM AropaNa karIne temane dIkSA suddhAM Ape che. have jo je spaSTapaNe mithyAdaSTi che, tene paNa A rIte vrata ApavAmAM mahApuruSo ' 32

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anaucitya na jotAM hoya; UlaTuM mArganI avicchinnatA samajatA hoya, to koInA manobhAva na kaLI zakAya teTalA parathI ja dIkSA aTakAvavAno ApaNane kayo adhikAra ? paNa to kevA manuSyane dIkSA ApavI? athavA dIkSA ApI zakAya te mATenI laghutama lAyakAta zI? AnA javAbamAM upAdhyAyajI mahArAje be kasoTI ApIH bhavanI asAratAno bodha ane vratapAlanamAM dhIratA - A be vAnAM jenAmAM jaNAya, te dIkSA mATe yogya. bAkI "vamevastu, kurto nopayuSyate- mananA bhAvo kevA hoya te oLakhavAnuM duSkara hoI tene kasoTI banAvI zakAya nahi. A AkhIye laMbANa carcAno sAra eTalo ke dIkSA lenAra/lIdhelA badhA kharAba ja hoya; have diIkSA ApatAM vicAra karavo joIe; sAdhuo bagaDI gayA che; dharma nakAmo che" ItyAdi maMtavyo bauddhika aparipakvatAnI athavA to nAdAna buddhinI nizAnIrUpa maMtavyo che. paramAtmAnuM zAsana jema svacchaMdI ke daMbhI sAdhuo para AdhArita nathI, tema AvAM adhakacarA maMtavyone AdhAre paNa te nathI cAlavAnuM. Ama juo to Akho manuSya - samAja aparipakva ja chene ! alabatta, Atmika unnati ke UrvIkaraNanI daSTie ja, aparipakvane paripakva banAvanArI sAdhanAnI bhaThThI eTale dIkSA.. AvI dIkSA chaganabhAIne maLI gaI, gurubhagavaMtonA hAthe. temanAmAM bhavanI asAratAno bodha tIvra hovA vize tathA temanI vratapAlanamAM niSThA vize khuda gurudevone paNa atUTa AsthA hatI. eTale yogyatA aMge to koI prazna ja nahoto UThato. dIkSA maLavA sAthe ja potAnI caitasika vRttionuM saMzodhana karI tenA UrvIkaraNanA kAmamAM teo kevA macI paDyA ane keTalI mahenate kevI saphaLatA temaNe hAMsala karI, tevuM avalokana have karIzuM. (13) gu27525 jaina zAsana traNa tattvonA sApekSa samanvayathI vikaseluM dharmazAsana che. jaina zAsananI ImAratanA traNa AdhAra AH deva tattva, guru tattva ane dharmatattva. : pratyeka ImAratane sarjavA mATe ane aDIkhama rAkhavA mATe traNa vAnAM mahattvanAM cheH pAyo, dIvAla ane chata. paripUrNa ImArata caNavI hoya to AmAMnuM eka paNa ochuM na cAle. jaina zAsananI zAzvata ImAratamAM paNa devatattva pAyo che. gurutattva dIvAlarUpe che, to dharmatattva enI chata che. A traNa paikI eka paNa tattva na hoya to jaina zAsanamAM na cAle. deva tattvano pAyo ja na hoya to ImArata svayaM binapAyAdAra banI jAya. ane majabUta pAyo naMkhAyA 33

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pachI te para jo dIvAla caNIne chata na naMkhAya to pAyo nakAmo paDe ! A traNa tattvomAM koI eka tattvanuM ja mahattva nakkI karavuM hoya to bahu muzkela paDe. bIjA saMpradAyomAM ghaNe bhAge "guru"ne sarvoparI pada apAya che. "guru goviMda donoM khaDe, kisako lAguM pAya? balihArI gurudevakI, goviMda diyo batalAya" "gururbrahmA gururviSNuH gururdevo mahezvaraH / gujaH sAkSAt paraM brahma tasai zrI gurave nama: " A badhI uktio deva karatAM guru vadhu caDiyAtA hovAnuM sUcavI jAya che. jaina zAsanamAM A rIte nirapekSapaNe eka tattva anya tattvone utArI pADe ke ochuM AMke tevI mAnyatAne koI sthAna nathI. ahIM traNe tattvonuM potapotAnuM sthAna ane mahattva che, paNa te anya tattvothI sApe kSabhAve ja. koI tattvanuM nirapekSa mahattva jaina zAsanane asvIkArya che. A traNe tattvonI sAdI oLakha kAMIka A pramANe ApI zakAya : deva che, je mArga dekhADe-mArgadarzana karAve. guru che, je mArga para cAle ane calAve. dharma eTale deve dekhADelo mArga. deve mArga dekhADyo te temano moTo upakAra. paNa temanI bhautika anupasthitimAM temaNe cIMdhelA mArgane satata cAlu rAkhavAnuM kAma to gurunuM ja gaNAya. AvA guruonI eka avicchinna paraMparA bhagavAna mahAvIranA zAsanamAM pravartI. e paraMparAnA Adiguru bhagavAna sudharmAsvAmI. e sudharmAsvAmI mahArAjanI pATa paraMparAmAM aneka mahAna dharmAcAryo thayA, jemaNe eka tarapha paramAtmAnA mArgane akhaMDa rAkhyo, to bIjI tarapha potAnA AtmAnuM hita paNa sAdhyuM. guruparaMparAnI A ujjavala zRMkhalAno eka baliSTha aMkoDo te zrIvijayanemisUrijI mahArAja. nemisUri mahArAja eTale vikramanI vIsamI sadImAM thayelA eka prabhAvaka dharmapuruSa. emanI oLakhANa ApavI e sUryane phAnasa dharI oLakhAvavA jevuM banI rahe. jaina hoya ane emanuM nAma na jANato hoya tevuM bhAgye ja bane. vi.saM. 1929nA kArtaka zudi ekame mahuvAmAM janma ane saM. 2005nA Aso vadi amAsanI rAte mahuvAmAM - janmasthaLathI pacAsa DagalAM ja dUra kALadharma; janmadAtA mAtAnuM nAma dIvALIbAI, to kALadharmano divasa paNa dIvALI; A atyaMta virala chatAM skUla ghaTanAone bAju para rAkhIe to paNa, potAnI 16 varSa vaye gherathI bhAgI jaIne dIkSA lIdhI, te pachInA dIrgha saMyamajIvanamAM patharAyelI temanI anekavidha vizeSatAo tathA siddhio, temanA pratye saheje mAthuM jhUkAvavA prere tevI che. keTalIka vAtonuM vihaMgAvalokana karIe: 34

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paramaguru zrI vRddhicaMdrajI mahArAjanA caraNomAM dIkSA grahaNa pachI teonI AjJA anusAra cAritranuM UMcuM pAlana tathA teozrInA akhaMDa vaiyAvacca dvArA gurukRpAnuM saMpAdana; athAga parizramapUrvaka jJAnopArjana; gurunI ciravidAya pachI svataMtra vicaraNa dvArA uttarottara caDiyAtI zAsanasevA; aneka tejasvI AtmAono pratibodhIne ziSyo banAvyA, jeo samartha zAsana prabhAvaka, pratibhAsaMpanna vidvAna tathA saMyamanA khapI banyA; Thera Thera pAThazALAonI yojanA karI samyag jJAnano prasAra vadhAryo tathA jJAnabhaMDAronI sthApanA dvArA prAcIna sAhityanI rakSAnuM tathA saMvardhananuM dezakAlocita kArya paNa karyuM; jIvadayAnAM evAM evAM kAryo karyAM ke samAjamAM jIvadayAnA jyotirdhara tarIke jANItA thayAH dariyAkAMThAnAM gAmomAM vicarI hajAro mAchImAronI jALo mUkAvI, kasAIkhAne jatAM agaNita jIvone bacAvyA, chApariyALInI pAMjarApoLanAM lAkhonA devAM be vAra pheDAvyAM - vagere; mAtara, staMbhatIrtha, zerIsA, vAmaja, kAparaDA, kaMdagiri vagere prAcIna aneka tIrthonA jIrNodhdhAra karAvyA, to zatruMjya, giranAra, tAraMgA, sametazikhara jevAM aneka mahAtIrthonI rakSA kAje saphaLa rIte satata jhajhUmyA ane zeTha, ANaMdajI kalyANajInI peDhInA mArgadarzaka banI rahyA; aneka graMthonI svayaM racanA karI, ziSyo dvArA paNa racanA karAvI, ane zrIharibhadrasUri, zrIhemacaMdrAcArya tathA zrIyazovijayavAcakanA zreSTha aneka graMthonuM sarvaprathama saMpAdana tathA prakAzana karAvIne zrIsaMghanI jJAnasAdhanAne vikasAvavAmAM pAyAnA pattharanI garaja sArI; aMjanazalAkA tathA siddhacakrapUjana, arihaMtamahApUjana jevAM zAsanamAnya viziSTa anuSThAnonI asta thayelI paraMparAne punaH jIvita karI te vidhAnone tenI AmnAya sAthe punaH prastuta karyAM; to yogondvahananI vIsarAyelI prathAno punaH AraMbha karI vidhisahita gaNi-paMnyAsapada tathA sUripada prApta karanAra vIsamI sadInA teo prathama tapAgacchIya AcArya banyA; bhAvanagara, valabhIpura, lIMbaDI, goMDala, dhrAMgadhrA, jesalamera, udayapura vagere aneka riyAsatonA rAjA - rANAone pratibodha pamADI temanA dvArA tIrtharakSA tathA jIvadayA vagerenAM satkAryo karAvyAM; aneka kSetromAM jJAti-goLa-saMgha vageremAM prasarelA kusaMpo zamAvyA; 1990nA sAdhu saMmelananA saphaLa karNadhAra banI sAdhu - samudAyane kleza karato tathA tUTI paDato bacAvavAnuM bhagIratha kArya karyuM; potAno tejodveSa karanAra sAdhuoe paNa, temanI Apattine samaye temanI paDakhe rahIne bacAvI lIdhA ane potAnA mahAnatA caritArtha karI. - zrInemisUrijI mahArAjanI be mukhya ane ananya vizeSatA te AH teo Ajanma naiSThika brahmacArI hatA ane vacanasiddha paNa hatA. teo saMyamapAlanamAM ane ziSyonA anuzAsanamAM atizaya custa - kaThora hatA, ane chatAM temaNe kyAreya potAne cAritracUDAmaNi tarIke na oLakhAvatAM, pUrvakALanA mahApuruSonA caraNanI raja lekhe tathA pAmara AtmA tarIke ja oLakhAvavAnuM pasaMda karyuM hatuM. A mahAna sUrijIne sakala saMgha 'zAsanasamrATa'' tarIke oLakhato rahyo che, ane emAM ja upa2 varNavelI saghaLIya vAtono sAra samAI jAya che. emanA paTTadhara ziSyo aneka. emAMnA eka te AcArya zrIvijayavijJAnasUrijI mahArAja.. mULa pote pATaNanA. soLa varSanI uMmare saM. 1962mA, bhAgIne dIkSA lIdhI. ane sUrisamrATanA 35

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ziSya vijJAnavijayajI banyA. pachIthI temanA kuTuMbIjanoe dhamAla karI. paraMtu mohanA e AkramaNa sAme teo aDIkhama rahyA; phasAyA nahi. sUrisamrATa atyaMta kaThora anuzAsaka hatA. emanA anuzAsananI vAto Aje to daMtakathAo banI gaI che. A anuzAsanamAM ratnatrayInA zuddha pAlananI UMcI tAlIma vijJAnavijayajIe meLavI. pote zAstromAM niSNAta banyA, paNa vadhu 2sa gurubhagavaMtanI vaiyAvaccamAM, tethI temAM vizeSa tatpara rahI ananya gurukRpA meLavI. phalasvarUpe kramazaH teo AcAryapada sudhI pahoMcyA. gurukRpAnuM sIdhuM phaLa temane A. zrIkastUrasUrijI jevA dhuraMdhara ziSya ane vizALa ziSyasamudAyarUpe prApta thayuM. brahmacarya-pAlanamAM guru jeTalA ja aNIzuddha ane dRDha. jJAna ghaNuM, kSamatAo paNa asAdhAraNa, paraMtu teo aMtaHsalilA sarasvatI jevuM jIvana jIvyA. potAnI saghaLIye zaktino upayoga tathA viniyoga potAnA paTTaziSyane kAje karyo. temanA jIvananAM viziSTa tattvo te AH tapa pratye saheja viziSTa ruciH svAvalaMbanano tIvra Agraha; prAcIna hastalikhita sAhityanA jIrNoddhAra - 2kSaNamAM khAsa rasa tathA UMDI sUjha; zAMta-saumya-svastha jIvanacaryA. pote 77 varSa jIvyA, paNa chevaTa sudhI DoLIno upayoga nahi karavAnA valaNane custapaNe vaLagI rahyA. roja traNa-cAra mAila cAlI zake, teTalo paMthamAMya 5-6 kalAka lAge, paNa DoLI to nahi ja. emano kALadharma saM. 2022mAM khaMbhAtamAM thayo. temanA ziSya AcArya zrIvijayakastUrasUrijI mahArAja. mULe amadAvAda - khetarapALanI poLanA. bApajI mahArAja zrIvijayasiddhisUrijI dAdAnA bhatrIjA thAya. nAnapaNamAM zrIvijJAnavijayajIno samAgama thatAM mana saMvegavAsita banyuM, ane temaNe potAnA guruonI paMraparAne anurUpa rIte, 19 varSanI vaye, bhAgIne dIkSA laI lIdhI. dIkSA lIdhI tyAre divasanI mAMDa ekAda gAthA karI zake. bolavAmAM jIbha paNa acakAya. koIke to vijJAnavijayajInI mazkarI paNa karelI - AvA ziSya zodhI lAvavA badala. paraMtu AvI vAtono javAba kAma karI dekhADIne ja ApavAmAM mAnanArA vijJAnavijayajIe kastUravijayajI `mATe kamara kasI. satata daseka varSa sudhI rAjasthAnanA vikaTa pradezamAM vicarI, aneka vidvAna zAstrIjIo tathA yatio vagereno paricaya - anunaya karI, temanI pAse kastUravijayajIne bhaNAvyA. pote aharniza akhaMDa kaDaka dekharekha rAkhI. vaDIla pUjyonI pAsenuM adhyayana to juduM. pariNAme kastUravijayajI saMskRta ane prAkRta zAstronA evA svastha vidvAna banyA ke khuda zAsanasamrATa prasanna thayA ane temane paMnyAsapada pradAna karyuM. kALAMtare temanI ja khAsa AjJAthI temane AcAryapada paNa ApavAmAM AveluM. kastUrasUri mahArAja mATe vijJAnasUri mahArAje Apelo bhoga, ane vijJAnasUri-guru mATenuM kastUrasUri mahArAjanuM samarpaNa - A kALamAM ajoDa ane lagabhaga daMtakathAsamuM che. jJAna- dhyAna - cAritrArAdhana tathA brahmacaryanI zuddhimAM potAnA guruvaryone aNIzuddha anusaratA zrIkastUravijayajI mahArAje dhIre dhIre evo saMgIna vikAsa sAdhyo ke prAkRta bhASAnA A kALanA teo sarvamAnya ane prathama paMktinA niSNAta muni gaNAyA. temaNe aneka graMthonAM 36

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saMpAdana - saMzodhano to karyA ja, uparAMta abhidhAnaciMtAmaNikozano pragarbha anuvAda temaja pAiyavijJANakatAo, prAkRta vijJAna pAThamAlA, siricaMdarAyacariyuM, sirisihanAhacariya jevA mAtabara prAkRta graMthonuM navasarjana karIne, jaina sAhityanA navasarjananI saikAo-jUnI paraMparAmAM A yuganuM sabaLa pratinidhitva pratipAdita karyuM. jJAnanI - tattvanI carcA emano priya viSaya. sAme jJAtA hoya ke yogya jijJAsu hoya ane tAttvika viSaya cheDAI jAya to pachI samayano khyAla teo na rAkhatA. uMgha, AhAra - badhuM ja pachI gauNa banI jatuM. svabhAve parama zAMta, bhadrika. jIvana parama pavitra - nirmaLa. kalikAlanAM koI pAtaka ke prapaMca temanA cittane sparzelAM nahi, ema kahI zakAya. guNagrAhaka vRtti prabaLa. sAdhuomAM jJAnAbhyAsa vadhe tenA AgrahI. pAchaLathI zAsanasamrATazrInA samudAyanA teo nAyaka banelA. temanA varada haste zatruMjayagirirAja paranI navI TUMkanI aitihAsika pratiSThA thaI. tyAra bAda saM. 2032mAM .. vaizAkha vadi caudaze sojitrAmAM teozrI kALadharma pAmyA. AvA pavitra munirAja ApaNA chaganabhAI ane have muni kumudacandravijayajIne gurupade prApta thayA hatA, e temanA ahobhAgyanI nizAnI ja gaNAya. yogAnuyoga to evo ke mAgazara zudi bIje chaganabhAInI dIkSA thaI, ane tenA bIjA ja divase, mAgazara zudi trIje pUjaya vijJAnasUri mahArAje paM. kastUravijayajIne upAdhyAyapada arpaNa karyuM ! Ama chaganabhAInI dIkSAnA prasaMgamAM temanA gurujInI padavInA prasaMgano sumeLa sonAmAM sugaMdhano anubhava karAvanAro banI rahyo, ane AvA supAtra gurunI prApti te chaganabhAI mATe saMsArathI taravA mATenA bhavya AlaMbanarUpa banI gaI. (14) cAritrya ghaData2 : pA pA pagalI dIkSA eTale jIvananA saMgharSane ughADuM AmaMtraNa. eka marAThI saMte kaheluM ke "ame to rAtadahADo laDyA ja karIe chIeH bAhyAMtara saMsAra sAthe ane vaLI mananAM dUSaNo sAthe." A saMdarbhamAM vicArIe to pote potAnI jAta sAthe khelavAnA avirata saMgharSanuM nAma ja dIkSA. manuSyanuM citta eTale aDhaLaka doSono abhare bharyo bhaMDAra. manovijJAnanI paribhASAmAM ajAgRta mana tarIke oLakhAtA cittanA UMDA tharamAM jAmelA doSonA kAMsane prIchI zake, parakhI zake ane teno nikAla karavAnI saphaLa ke niSphaLa paNa mahenata karavA mATe kamara kasI zake te dIkSA pALI zake. IrSyA ane dveSa, kSudratA ane huMpada, paMcAta ane chidrAnveSaNanI Adata, mAruM - tArunuM dhanDa, gamAM ane aNagamA, vAsanA ane vikAro, AvAM agaNita dUSaNothI

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ApaNuM citta kharaDAyeluM che. A dUSaNothI akaLAmaNa jAge ane napharata chUTe te sthitine ApaNe tyAM vairAgyadazA gaNAvavAmAM Ave che. Avo vairAgI dIkSA le pachI tenI jokhamadArI anekagaNI vadhI jatI hoya che. paheluM jokhama to e ke ATalAM badhAM dUSaNo cittamAM lapAIne beThAM hovA chatAM, dIkSA lIdhA pachI, 'mArAmAM have koI doSa nathI' ke 'huM to A doSothI para - mukta thaI gayo' evI bhramaNA pedA thAya che. bIjuM ane dekhItuM jokhama e ke jenAthI napharata thavAne kAraNe saMsAra choDIne sAdhu thayo hoya te badhuM ja, dIkSA pachI saheje sAMpaDatI bhautika phurasadamAM, ghaNIvAra, vaLagavA mAMDe che. AvuM bane tyAre ghera jenI sAthe bolyAvahevAra na hoya te ekAeka vahAlAM lAgavA mAMDe che ane ghare je bAbatoM pratye kadI dhyAna paNa ApyuM na hoya te badhI ekAeka agatyanI lAgavA mAMDe che. A badhAM jokhamo thakI ugAre, avasare TapAre - cetave, tenuM nAma guru. guru dIkSA ApIne ja aTakI nathI jatA. dIkSA ApyA pachInI emanI pahelI javAbadArI ziSyane zikSA ApavAnI hoya che. guru dvArA maLatI e zikSAnA AlaMbane eka bAju ziSya tyAga - vairAgyamAM dRDha - sthira bane chaeN, to bIjI bAju tenAmAM jJAnadazA jAgavA sAthe te potAnA cittamAM pravartatAM dUSaNone parakhavA tathA nAbUda karavA kAje kevA upAyo prayojI zakAya teno nizcaya karavA zaktimAna bane che. bIjI rIte, je jIvana saMgharSane teNe dIkSA laIne ughADuM AmaMtraNa ApyuM che, te saMgharSa khelavA ane jhelavA mATenI kSamatA apAvanAruM sAdhana te zikSA. 43 varSanI prauDha uMmare dIkSA lenArA muni zrIkumudacandravijayajInuM e saubhAgya hatuM ke temane AvI zikSA ApanArA uttama guru sAMpaDyA hatA. dAdAguru zrIvijayavijJAnasUrijI tathA 'gurujI' upAdhyAya zrIkastUravijayajI mahArAjanA sAMnidhyamAM temanA cAritrajIvananuM evuM to mAvajata bharyuM ghaDatara thavA mAMDyuM ke samaya vaheto gayo tema tema teo potAnAM AMtarika dUSaNone oLakhI kADhavAmAM ane krame krame te dUSaNone mArI haMphAvavAmAM sakSama thatA gayA. dIkSA laIne sau prathama temaNe zAhIvALI penane tilAMjali ApavAnuM kAma karyuM. temaNe tyAra pachI jIvanabhara pensilano ja upayoga karyo. bIjo nirNaya ekAsaNAMno karyo. dIkSA pachI mAMDalInA joga vahyA ane vaDIdIkSA navasArImAM thaI. tyAra pachI temaNe ekAsaNAM AraMbhyAM, te jIvananA chevaTa sudhI abhaMgapaNe cAlu ja rahyAM. joga to AMbelathI ja vahyA. saMyamane upakAraka Avazyaka sUtro, dazavaikAlika sUtra ityAdinuM paThana potAnA kSayopazama anusAra, dhImI gatIe temaNe karyuM. teo je kAMI bhaNyA ane je moDhe karyuM, te badhuM jIvanabhara bhUlyA vinA jALavI rAkhyuM e temanI vizeSatA. sAdhucaryAnuM yathArtha jJAna temaNe khUba rasapUrvaka meLavyuM. sAdhune zuM kalpe - na kalpa, zuM thAya - na thAya, kema bolAya - zuM na bolAya, AvI anekavidha sUkSma caryAno abhyAsa temaNe prAraMbhanA divasomAM ja karI lIdho. emano Adarza hato ke zakya ema vadhumAM vadhu nirdoSa jIvana jIvavuM. - varSonI dharma sAdhanAnI phalazrutirUpe cha kAya jIvonI rakSAnA tathA nirdoSa jIvanacaryAnA phAyadAno 38

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teoe pAko khyAla meLavelo. 'mArA kAraNe bane tyAM sudhI jIvahiMsA na thAya, ochI thAya' tenI cIvaTa gRhasthAvasthAmAM paNa teo vizeSa rAkhatA. have sAdhucaryAmAM to cha kAya jIvonI rakSA ja sArabhUta hatI. enuM lakSya na keLavAya to nirdoSa jIvanacaryAnI vAta nakAmI ja Thare. eTale ja temaNe sarvaprathama sAdhucaryAno khyAla bArIkAIthI meLavI lIdho, ane pachI cha jIva kAyanI rakSA thAya ane mahAvratonuM yathArtha pAlana thAya tevuM nirdoSa - zuddha jIvana jIvavAnI dizAmAM, gurujInI doravaNI heThaLa Daga bharavA mAMDyA. upAdhyAyajI mahArAjanuM vacana - "nirdaya - hradaya cha kAyamAM, muni veSe je varte re, gRhi - yati dharmathI bAherA, te nirdhana gati varte re.'' temaNe hajI vAMcyuM na hoya, paraMtu te vacananuM hArda gurujInA upadezothI samajI lIdhuM hoya te rIte ja temaNe jIvanacaryA goThavavA mAMDI. temano sauthI moTo guNa banyo - temanuM mauna, ane temano zAMta - sahanazIla svabhAva, bolavuM ja nahi, pharaja paDe tyAre paNa eka zabdathI patatuM hoya, to bIjuM vacana na bolavuM, evI temaNe prakRti apanAvI lIdhelI. kSayopazamanI maMdatAne aMge medhAvI munio kyAreka TIkhaLa kare to paNa tene prema ane udAratAthI svIkAre - hasI kADhe, ane potAnAM karmo cIkaNAM hovAno ekarAra paNa karI de. varSo sudhI saMsA2mAM ramelA, hisAbI kAmakAja ane vahIvaTa ghaNA karelA, tethI amuka bAbato prakRtigata banI ja hoya. AvI prakRtimAM anyano hisAba rAkhavo ke paMcAta karavI vagere bAbato Tevavaza ubharAI paNa Ave. paraMtu ja bahu jhaDapathI potAnI A khAmIo pratye sabhAna banI gayA hatA ane potAnI dRDha icchAzakti dvArA tene nAmazeSa paNa banAvI zakelA. potAnI khAmIo paratve sabhAnatA jAge ane vaLI potAno AMtarika vikAsa karavAnI utkaTa tamannA jAge te ja AvA doSone nirakhI zake ane TALI paNa zake. sAdhaka AtmA mATe doSa hovA e agatyanuM nathI. doSane doSa lekhe pichANIne tenI nAbUdI mATe puruSArtha kare temAM ja sAdhakanI mahattA che. vairAgya eTalo baLakaTa ke pUrvAvasthAnAM patnI ane svajano maLavA Ave to paNa nirlepa rahetA. vAta karavAnI pharaja paDe, to zrAvikAne dIkSA mATe ja preraNA karyA karatA. bIjI koI tathA nahi. tapazcaryA u52 mULathI ja rAga vizeSa. emAM paNa AMbela ke upavAsa ka2vA maLe to rAjI rAjI thaI jAya. svAdajaya upara vadhu dhyAna. jIbha ja jIvonI virAdhanAnuM nidAna che - e vAtamAM teo khUba spaSTa hatA. eTale ja, ekAsaNAmAM paNa parimita dravyothI ja patAvatA, ane moTA bhAge to AMbelanuM ja sevana rAkhatA. A badhAMnA pariNAme, dIkSA temanA mATe saMgharSarUpa banavAne badale jIvananA zreSTha samAdhAna samI banI rahI. 39

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(15) cAritrya ghaData2 : mukAma pahelo jJAnArjana e munijIvananI pAyAnI bAbata che. "muni' zabda ja potAnA peTamAM "jANavuM ne saMgopIne beThelo - nIpajelo zabda che. jANe te muni. jANavuM eTale samajavuM, e ahIM ja spaSTa thavuM joIe. jJAnano saMbaMdha "jANavA' sAthe che, paNa "jANavAno sIdho anubaMdha to "samajaNa" sAthe che. vivekapUta samajaNa ane puSTha vairAgyano saMyoga thAya tyAre pragaTatI avasthAne jANakAro jJAnadazA' kahe che. jJAna vadhatuM jAya tema cittanI dazA badalAtI jAya to "jJAnadazA tasa jAgIema kahI zakAya. alabatta, badhA bhaNelA jJAnI ja hoya evI rUDhine jaina zAsanamAM bahu vajUda nathI apAtuM. aMtaranAM dvAra ughaDI gayAM hoya evA ochuM bhaNelAnI paNa jJAnadazA vikasI hoya tevI pUrI zakyatA che. A jJAnadazA jAgI gaI ke jAgI rahI che tene oLakhavAnI nizAnI kaI ? prathama dRSTie AvuM sUjhe cheH jema jema cAritrajIvana ucharatuM jAya tema tema nijanA doSonI sabhAnatA vadhatI jAya, ane tenA nivAraNane kendramAM rAkhIne sAdhanAnI carcA - jJAnarjana, kriyAzuddhi, tapazcaryA, japayoga, samatA, nirdabhatA ityAdirUpa - goThavAtI jAya tenA jIvanamAM jJAnadazA jAgI rahI hovAnuM anumAnI zakAya. muni zrIkumudacandravijayajInA cAritra jIvananA ucherane A kasoTI zabdazaH lAgu pADI zakAya. dIkSA bAda temaNe goThavelI potAnI sAdhanAcaryA, chadmasthasulabha anupayoga ke pramAdane bAda karIe to mahadaMze uparokta kramane ke prakriyAne anusaratI hatI. emanI caryAnA ekeka aMzane ApaNe kramazaH tapAsIe. sau prathama vAta Ave jJAnAbhyAsanI. vairAgya to hato ja. paNa tene spaSTa ane puSTa banAvavA mATe jJAnArjana e anivArya bAbata hatI. kSayopazama pramANamAM moLo, paNa tenI sAme laganI eTalI ja tIvra. majAnI vAta e ke gurujI khUba jJAnI ane bhaNAvavAmAM hoMzIlA maLI gayelA. eTale temaNe gurujInAM mArgadarzana pramANe dhIme dhIme prAkaraNika vastuo kaMThe karavA uparAMta saMskRta be copaDI, temAM AvatA zabdo tathA 1100 dhAtuonAM sarva rUpo, candrikA vyAkaraNa, prAkRta pAThamALA vagerenuM adhyayana karyuM. mULe gAmaDAmAM ucharelA eTale uccArazuddhi mATe parizrama ghaNo pahoMce, paNa temAM hAratA nahi. badhe khaMtapUrvaka macyA rahetA. stavano - sajhAyo - thoyo - caityavaMdano vagere to aDhaLaka zIkhyA. kaMThe karavAnI temanI maryAdita kSamatAne lakSyamAM laIne gurujI temane uttarAdhyayana tathA dazavaikAlika vagere sUtronI vAcanA paNa ApatA. badhuM yAda nA rAkhI zake. athavA yAda rahe chatAM zabdomAM pote abhivyakta na karI zake, chatAM te sUtro dvArA prApta bodhano sAra teo AtmasAt avazya karatA. e rIte teo potAnA cittane svaccha karatA gayA ane jIvanane vadhu ne vadhu zAMta banAvatA gayA. emanI eka jIrNa noMdhapothI maLe che. temAM thoDAMka varSonI vAto temaNe achaDatI noMdhI che. temAM - : 40

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paNa pensIlathI lakhelA ghaNA akSaro ghasArAne kAraNe ukalavA kaThina che. paraMtu te noMdha parathI eka vAta spaSTa thAya che ke teoe pratyeka varSe, cAturmAsa daramyAna, kAMIne kAMI svAdhyAya - poSaka vAMcana karavAnuM cAlu rAkhela. upalabdha noMdha pramANe saM. 2009 - jAvAla, dharmaparIkSA sAra (rAsa haze), jainaratna bhAmazAha, jayAnaMdakevalI caritra - bhASAMtara, puSyaprakaraNamALA (puSpamALA), AcArAMga sUtra - bhASAMtara, uttarAdhyayana sUtra - bhASAMtara (amuka aMza) vagerenuM svayaM tathA yogazAstra 1 thI 4 prakAzanuM vAMcana paMDita pAse karyuM, tema teo nodhe che. 2010- surata, mahAbaLa malayasuMdarI caritra, jaMbUsvAmI caritra - saMskRta, 45 AgamanI rUparekhA, vardhamAna dezanA - saMskRta; 2011 - mATuMgA, kuvalayamAlA - bhASAMtara, uttara hindustAnamAM jaina dharma, AdhyAtmika prabaMdhAvalI, zrIcandrakevalI caritra - bhASAMtara; 2013 - muMbaI - pUnA, upadezamALA saTIka tathA bhagavatIsUtranI vAcanA - gurujI pAse (yoMgoddhahana , . sAthe) tathA svayaM vAMcanamAM pArzvanAthacaritra tathA adhyAtmasAra bhASAMtara; 2014 - muMbaI, vAcanAo cAlu, tathA zAMtinAtha - caritranuM vAMcana; 2015 - 16 - muMbaI, sAgara samAdhAna 1-2, senaprazna, gaNadhara (gaNadharavAda ?) uttararAdhyayana - pUrNa, mahAvIravANI, ratnasAra, caritra, neminAtha caritra - gadyazrIcaMdrarAja caritra, yazovijaya caritra vagere. 2017 - surata, ratnasaMcaya prakaraNa vagere. temanI noMdhamAM AthI AgaLanAM varSonI vIgato che. paraMtu durbhAgye pensilanA te akSaro ghasAI javAne kAraNe avAcya thaI paDyA che. paraMtu uparanI thoDIka prApta thayelI noMdha uparathI kalpanA karI zakAya ke teoe potAnI kSamatA tathA kSayopazamane anurUpa sAruM evuM vAcana karyuM haze tathA vAcanA meLavI haze. temanI nirmaLatA to juo ! saM. 2012mAM pote khAsa vAMcana karI nathI zakyA, to noMdhamAM lakhI de che : "vAMcana thayuM nathI. zrIcandracaritra." arthAt, zrIcaMdracaritra agAunuM adhUruM haze te pUruM karyuM ke pachI navesarathI vAMcyuM hoya, te sivAya kAMI vAMcana te varSe karyuM nathI, ema teo sUcavatA jaNAya che. ane A muddo ja temanAmAM jAgI rahelI jJAnadazAno aNasAro ApI jAya che. duniyA je ne vyavahAru. mANasa kahe che tevI vyakti, pote kAMI vAMcana na karyuM hoya to te bAbate potAnI noMdhamAM capa rahevAnI. "vAMcana thayuM nathI' - tevI noMdha to te ja mUke je samajaNadazAnA gharamAM pravezavA thanaganI rahyo hoya. AvA samajaNavaMta aNasamajune daMbha karavAnuM ke jAtane chetaravAnuM kadI na paravaDe. jJAnavRddhinI AvI tIvra lagana chatAM pote bIjAo jevuM jJAna saMpAdana nathI karI zakatA, nathI karI zakyA, teno temanA aMtaramAM satata khaTako raheto. jo ke temaNe kadI te aMge phariyAda ke kakaLATa nathI noMdhAvyo. paraMtu temanI eka virala gaNAya tevI khAsiyata e hatI ke koI paNa nAnA ke moTAnuM vadhatuM - viziSTa bhaNatara jue ke sAMbhaLe, tyAre temanA manane bhAre zAtA upajatI. teonA moM para ke te vakhate anAyAse nIkaLI paDatAM thoDAMka veNamAM te mATeno AnaMda ane ahobhAva acUka vyakta thato. A ahobhAvamAM, potAne nathI AvaDyuM teno 41

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aphasosa dabAI jato; ane potAne na AvaDyuM te sAmAne AvaDyuM tethI te rIte paNa potAnI te mATenI UMDI apekSA sAmA dvArA saMtoSAI, teno paritoSa chalakAto raheto. ane eTale ja, koI bhaNI zake tevA sAdhu hoya chatAM te bhaNavAmAM Avaze ke kaMTALe, to sAmAnya rIte covIsa kalAkamAM ke divaso sudhI koInI sAthe eka zabda paNa nahi bolanArA teo, te sAdhune bolAvatA, pAse besADatA, ane premapUrvaka bhaNavA mATe samajAvatA. bhaNavAthI kevA lAbha thAya ane pramAdathI keTalI hAni thAya teno bALasulabha jabAnamAM evo to bodha pelAnA magajamAM sAravatA ke pelo vagara ThapakAe zaramiMdo banato ane bhaNavAmAM lAgI jato. AthIye AgaLa vadhIne, teo aneka nAnA munioe adhyayanamAM tathA svAdhyAyamAM mogherI sahAya karatA. nAnA munione pATha ke gAthA ApavA - levAmAM, kalAko sudhI temano svAdhyAya sAMbhaLavAmAM teo kadI na kaMTALatA. balka potAno jApa ke svAdhyAya paDato mUkIne paNa tene sahAya karatA, ane avasare kaDaka thaIne TapAratA paNa kharA. e kSaNonI emanI kaDakAImAM paNa jJAna pratyenI UMDI ruci ane bhaNanAra mATeno mAtRtvamUlaka prema ja DokAto. AcArya zrIvijayasUryodayasUrijI mahArAja to kahe che ke "jo tapasvI mahArAje mArI pAchaLa paDIne mahenata na karI hota to kadAca mAre vyAkaraNanuM adhyayana na thayuM hota." pAchalI uMmare kyAreka zArIrika sthitine aMge koI sAdhunuM anivArya prayojana temane upasthita thatuM, tyAre paNa jo te sAdhu bhaNato ke svAdhyAya karato hovAnuM temanA dhyAnamAM Ave to teo potAnI vAta ke jarUriyAta manamAM ja dabAvI detA. e sAdhu svayameva paThana-pAThana pUrNa karIne Ave tyAM sudhI rAha jotA. paNa potAnA kAraNe bhaNanArane aMtarAya na paDe tenI pUrI cIvaTa teo rAkhatA. kadIka trIjI vyaktinA dhyAnamAM teonI AvazyaktA AvI jAya e teone pUchyA vinA te vyakti pelA sAdhune bolAvI lAve, to te vakhate temano puNyaprakopa chAno na raheto. teo tarata pelI vyaktine ThapakAratA ane potAno aNagamo pragaTa karI detA. A AkhIye vAtano sAra eTalo ja ke abhaNa athavA ochuM bhaNelA mANasane jJAna prati jeTaluM bahumAna hoya che, teTaluM bahumAna ghaNIvAra bhaNelA ke bhaNI zake tevA manuSyane nathI hotuM. (16) cAritrya ghaData2 : mukAma bIjo haLukarmI jIvanI sAdI oLakha zI? zAstromAM to ghaNI badhI kasoTIo maLe, paNa zAstronI AmanyA taTe nahi ane chatAM zAstronI gahanatAthI makta hoya evI, haLakarmIne oLakhavAnI nizAnI kaI ? Ano tatkaNa jaDato javAba Avo che. potAnI vrataniSThAmAM aDaga hoya ane 42

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yau anya pratye udAra hoya, saMkucita ke dveSI mAnasa - dharAvato na hoya, tene haLukarmI kahevAmAM khAsa koI Apatti nathI. vrataniSThA eTela kriyAci. saMyama lIdhA pachI dharmakriyAo karavAnuM to anivArya che ja, paraMtu te karavA chatAM temAM ruci jAgavI jarA muzkela che. ghaNIvAra evuM bane che ke rojiMdI thaI paDelI kriyAo pratye saMyamIne paNa khAsa ruci nathI jaLavatI. pariNAme kriyA yaMtravata cAlyA kare che, paNa tenAthI tene kaMTALA sivAya khAsa kAMI maLatuM nathI. ruce te ja pace ne ! AvI kriyAne jJAnIo gadheDAnI pITha para lAdelA caMdananA bhArA sAthe sarakhAve che. pITha para caMdanakAi vahevA chatAM gadheDAne jema caMdanano koI lAbha na maLe, tema nitya dharmakriyA karavA chatAM te mATenI ruci na vikasavAne lIdhe ke pachI arucine lIdhe saMyamInI sarakhAmaNI paNa anAyAse gadheDA sAthe thaI jAya to temAM jJAnIono zo doSa? viriyANu appamano e sUtra mudrAlekha banI rahe tyAre pragaTatI kriyAnI mastI ja saMyamIne vrataniSTha banAvI zake. . . vrataniSTha manuSya custa kriyAcine varelo jarUra hoya, paraMtu e potAnA pADozInI kriyA ane vratapAlanano hisAba rAkhavAne TevAyelo nahi hoya. vrataniSTha manuSyonA paNa be varga cheH kriyApAtra ane kriyAkhora. bahumatI haMmezAM bIjA varganI ja hoya te sahaja che. doSasevanathI ja A nahi. doSadarzanathI paNa bacavA mathe te kriyApAtra. pADozInA doSadarzanamAM UMDo rasa leto hoya ane chatAM doSasevana na thaI jAya tenI vadhu paDatI cIvaTa rAkhIne cAle te kriyAkhora. kriyApAtra vyakti potAnI dharmakriyAmAM eTalI to masta haze ke tene anya tarapha jovAnI navarAza paNa nahi hoya. ane kyAreka anAyAsa koInI kriyAnI garabaDa tenI najare caDI Ave, to te yogya lAge to hitabuddhithI tene Takora karI deze, paNa tenI niMdA karavA jeTalo ke satata tenI ja phirAkamAM rAcavA jeTalo anudAra nahi banI zake. AthI UlaTuM, kriyAkhora mANasa pote custapaNe dharmakriyA avazya karaze, paraMtu tenuM dhyAna satata pADozInI kriyAo bhaNI ja raheze. pote kriyAmAM bhUla kare ja nahi tevo atuTa AtmavizvAsa dharAvanArA te mANasanI dRSTimAM pADozInI dareka kriyA mAtra goTALApaMcaka jevI ja hovAnI, ane tethI te bApaDo paLe paLe "pADozInI zI. dazA thaze?" tenI ciMtAnI bhaThThImAM ja zekAto rahevAno. kriyApAtranI rucinuM mULa tenI sahaja saraLatAmAM ane potAnuM sAdhI levAnI tenI tatparatAmAM jaDavAnuM. jyAre kriyAkhoranI kriyAparAyaNatAnA pAyAmAM daMbha, garva ane anyane hIna najare ja jovA TevAyeluM vikRta mAnasa dharabAyuM haze. upAdhyAyajI mahArAja AvA mAnasano cheda eka ja vAkyamAM uDADI de cheH" jeha kare kiriyA garava bhariyA eha jUTho dhaMdha re." vastutaH haLukarmI hovAnI vAtano sIdho saMbaMdha vyaktinI potIkI karaNI sAthe ane potAnI pariNati sAthe hoya che. A mudo jene samajAI jAya tenAmAM anudAratAvihoNI vrataniSThA soLe kaLAe khIlyA vinA na rahe. muni zrIkumudacandravijayajIno paricaya jene thayo che, te loko temanI A prakAranI samudAra vrataniSThAnA sAkSI che. A lakhanAre to temanI pAchalI vaye temane khUba nikaTatAthI nihALyA 43

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che ane temanI prasanna vataniSThA-kriyApAtratAne barAbara pramANI che. gRhastha hatA tyArathI ja kriyAnI ramaNatA temanAmAM vizeSa, ane dIkSA pachI to kriyAparAyaNa ja banI gayA. eka vAta nakkI thaI ke koI sAdhaka sAdhanA AraMbhe te paLathI ja paripUrNa vrataniSTha ke udAra hoya tevuM to bhAgye ja bane. paraMtu jema jema samaya vaheto gayo, samajaNa vadhatI gaI, tema tema temanI kriyApAtratA AtmalakSI banatI gaI ane cittanI prasannatAnuM tattva temanAmAM vikasAvya gaI. Avazyaka kriyAo UbhA UbhA ane maunapaNe ja karavAnI; jinamaMdire be TaMka caityavaMdana tathA devavaMdanAdi temaja bAra logassa bAra.khamAsamaNAM vagere bhAvapUjA nitya karavAnI; nitya purimuDhanA samaye ja paccakakhANa pAravAnuM, paNa te pUrve vaLI devavaMdana acUka karavAnuM; je kriyA je samaye karavAnuM vidhAna hoya te samayanuM pAlana pUrI kALajIthI karavAnuM; game tevI moTI tapasyA hoya to rAtre saMthArAporasI tenA samaye ja bhaNAvavAnI, temAM kadI bAMdhachoDa nahi; amuka svAdhyAya karavAno ja; RSimaMDala stotra tathA tevA anya vividha pATha nitya karavAnA ja - A badhI temaNe dIkSA pachI goThavelI ane jIvananA aMta sudhI jALavelI paripATI hatI. ochAmAM ochI upadhi ane pustakAdino parigraha teo dharAvatA. pote upADI zake tethI vadhu cIjo - upakaraNo teo bhAgye ja rAkhatA. varSo sudhI temaNe zrAvako pAsethI kAMI vahoryuM na hoya tema ja vaDIlo pAsethI kAMI lIdhuM na hoya tevuM banyuM che. bIjAne je kapaDAM cAra ke cha mAsa cAle, te kapaDAM teo doDha - be varSa to khUba ja sahajatAthI TakAvatA. temaNe dIkSA lIdhI tyAre je saMthAriyuM, pAtro vagere upakaraNo maLelAM, te temaNe pacIsathI paNa vadhu varSo sudhI tenAM te ja vAparyA che. badalavAnAM to nahi ja, paNa tenA vikalpamAM paNa bIjI cIjano upayoga paNa e gALAmAM na karyo. e upakaraNo badalavAnI pharaja paDI tyAre paNa, navAM maLelAM upakaraNo paNa varSo sudhI vAparyA che. - eka vakhata evuM banyuM ke temanAM pAtrone ghaNAM thIMgaDAM thaI gayelAM. raMgavAmAM paNa kaSTa paDe. tyAre temanA ziSya temanI gerahAjarImAM te pAtramAM saMtADI dIdhAM ane navAM mUkI dIdhAM. thoDIvAra pachI paDilehaNano avasara thatAM temaNe pAtro kholyAM. joyuM to badalAyelAM ! temaNe te paLe eTaluM ja kahyuM : "hajI pelAM cAle tema che. eTale te pAchAM nahi maLe to mAre paccakkhANa nathI pAravAnuM. upavAsa thaze, paNa gRhasthanA aDhAra pApanA paisAnI AvelI cIjano durupayoga to huM nahi karI zakuM." aMte jUnAM pAtro pAchAM ApavAM ja paDyAM. AhAra ane pANI banne nirdoSa maLe tenI gaveSaNA teo vizeSe karatA. pANI bIjI porasInuM ja lAvatA. pote upAdhyAya banyA tyAM sudhI potAnAM AhAra - pANI jAte ja lAvatA. eka ghaDo pANI lAve. eka katharoTa paDilehI temAM ThAre pachI nitya kriyAmAM pAchA parovAya. purimaDhano samaya thAya tyAre AhAra vahoravA jAya, tyAre pANI jAte gALI le. AhAra lAve. gurujano tathA nAnA - moTA munio samakSa dhare. badhAne lAbha ApavA vInave. koI kAMI le, to rAjI 44

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thAya. koIvAra koI badhuM laI le, to vizeSe rAjI thAya. kacavATa nahi, tema pharIvAra levA mATe bIjAne mokalavAnA paNa nahi. pAchA jAte jAya, navo AhAra lAve, pachI vApare. pANI paNa tyAre ja le. Akho divasa eka ghaDo pANIthI ja calAvavAnA AgrahI. AhArAdi levA bIjAne na javA devA pAchaLa eka ja daSTi ke koI mArA pratye rAga ke bhaktine lIdhe doSita paNa lAvI de to? e karatAM jAte ja javuM eTalA ciMtA ja nahi. comAsAnI mosamamAM varasAda paDato hoya to vahoravA nIkaLavAnuM TALe-upavAsa karI le. AvuM to asaMkhya vAra banyuM haze. AhAra karatAM kadI bolavAnuM nahi ja. anivArya kAraNe mukhazuddhi karIne ja bole. yogo dvahananI vAta laIe to temaNe 45 AgamanA tamAma joga vahelA. paNa temAM kriyAzuddhi tathA jogamAM pALavAnA niyamonA pAlananI cIvaTa eTalI ke anya yogavAhIonI tulanAmAM temano doSasevanano ke bhalono AMka tadana nIco raheto. ane jogamAM tapa tathA svAdhyAyamAM evA to lIna rahe ke temanA bhAge AvatI AloyaNAno ghaNo hisso to te rIte ja vaLI jato. vihAramAM paNa nirdoSa AcaraNA. aMdhArAmAM viharavuM nahi, ane potAno bhAra koIne upADavA Apavo nahi, e temanI rIta. rAtre saMthArAmAM saMthArA - uttarapaTTA thakI adhika upakaraNano upayoga nahi. game tevI TADha hoya to paNa potAnI dezI pAlInI kAmagIthI ja calAvavAnuM, dhAbaLA AdinuM sevana nahi. UnALAmAM paNa te ja kAmaLI oDhe. sUvAmAM kAyama "kukkaDi pAyapasAraNa'nI maryAdA jALave. vastrono kApa potAno pote ja kADhe. te aMge paNa temanA khAsa niyamo. amuka divase ja kApa kADhavAno. kApamAM eka ghaDAthI adhika jaLano upayoga nahi karavAno. pote upAdhyAya thayA tyAM sudhI kApanuM kAma jAte ja karyuM. AvI to keTalI vAto noMdhavI? TUMkamAM kahI zakAya ke eka kriyAniSTha sAdhumAM hovI joItI tamAma custatAo temaNe supere apanAvI hatI. ane chatAM, potAnI AjubAjumAM ja koI pramAda - paravaza banIne kriyA karatuM hoya hoya to tenI paMcAtamAM teo kadI paDyA nathI. alabatta, temane ucita lAge to kyAreka koIkane TapAre jarUra. paNa te ekAda zabda ke ardhA vAkyamAM ja pate. lAMbI vAta na hoya. ane te mATe pharI pharI TokavAnuM ke bIjA AgaLa tenI niMdA karavAnuM to Ave ja nahi. vrataniSThAmAM udAratAnuM meLavaNa maLe tyAre ja AvI paripakvatA jAme. AvI paripakvatA e haLukarmI hovAnI pUrvazarata che. 45

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(17) cAritrya ghaData2 : mukAme trIjo tapazcaryA vize be bAbato hamaNAM hamaNAM ApaNe tyAM khUba calaNI banI che : 1. '"tavasA niAyALuM tti - tapathI nikAcita karmo paNa khape che." ane 2. "bahu koDyo varase khape, karma ajJAne jeha; jJAnI zvAsocchvAsamAM, karma khapAve teha.' tapano mahimA varNavavA ane vadhA2vA mATe A vAto sArI gaNAtI haze. paraMtu tapano mahimA gAvAnA utsAhamAM keTalAka pAyAnA prazno tarapha koInuM dhyAna ja nathI jatuM. prazna e che ke tapathI nikAcita karmono paNa nAza thAya te sAcuM, paNa kevA tapathI ? ane ajJAnathI, bhale te kroDo varase paNa, karmo dhovAya kharAM ? vaLI jJAnI karmo khapAve, te korA jJAnanA ja baLathI ke bIjuM paNa koI sAdhana te mATe jarUrI kharuM ? A prazno tarapha dhyAna na apAyuM tethI sthULa dhAraNA evI baMdhAI ke game te rIte thatA tapathI paNa nikAcita karmono paNa nAza thAya, ane sarakhAmaNImAM vadhu adhyayana dharAvatI vyaktine joIne '(AvA) jJAnI to eka zvAsocchvAsamAM badhAM karmono ghANa kADhI nAkhe' evA kathanano samajaNavihoNo yatheccha upayoga paNa thavA lAgyo. ApaNI AvI galata dhAraNAono pardAphAza thAya te rIte uparanI uktionA marmanuM udghATana karatAM upAdhyAyajI mahArAje kahyuM : "ajJAnI AtmA kroDa janmo sudhI tapasyA kare ane je karma khape, te karmono kSaya, jJAnavAna evo tapasvI kSaNavAramAM kare che." "bhUkha sahana karavI ke dehane dUbaLo pADI devo te ja mAtra tapa nathI; tapa to te che jyAM titikSA, brahmacarya ane gupti AdithI alaMkRta zuddha jJAna hoya, jyAM kaSAyono tyAga hoya, brahmapAlana hoya, jinezvaranuM dhyAna hoya tenuM nAma zuddha tapa, bAkI badhuM lAMghaNa.'' ane A badhAno sAra eTalo ke, "jJAnayoga (jJAnadazA) sAthe abhedabhAve pravartatI tapasyA e zuddha tapa che, ane tevuM tapa ja karmonI nirjarA tathA nikAcita karmono kSaya - badhuM sAdhI Ape che.'' "kaSTa karo saMjama dharo, gALo nija deha; jJAnadazA viNa jIvane, nahIM du:khano cheha' - A vacanano marma paNa have supere pakaDI zakAya. A jJAnadazA paNa bhAre mArmika padArtha che. gaNadhara gautamasvAmI jevA parama zrutadhara jo jJAnadazAnA svAmI che, to mASatuSa muni jevA abhaNa AtmA paNa jJAnadazAnA zaNagAre suzobhita che. jJAnadazAnAM ghaTaka tattvo kaMIka A prakAranAM che : bAhya tapa, zuddha vratAdipAlana, samatA, viveka, zAstrayoga ane gurvAjJApArataMtrya ityAdi. majAnI vAta to e che ke zAstranuM 46

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leza paNa jJAna na hovA chatAM gurvAjJApArataMtryanI pracaMDa tAkAta mASatuSa munine zAnadazAnA gharamAM ane chevaTe kevaLajJAna sudhI laI jAya che. A uparathI "jJAnI zvAsocchvAsamAM karma khapAve teha" e paMktimAM Avato 'jJAnI' zabda keTalo badho arthagaMbhI2 ane mArmika che te kalpavuM saraLa bane che. muni zrIkumudacandravijayajInI tapasAdhanAnI vAta karavA jatAM bhUmikArUpe ATaluM lAMbuM lakhavAnuM eTalA mATe samucita gaNAya ke teo svayaM noMdhapAtra zAstrAbhyAsa karI zake tevA sakSama nahotA. paraMtu temanI tapasAdhanAnI pazcAdbhUmimAM traNa vAnAM evAM sarasa ane prabaLa hatAM ke samayanA vahevA sAthe teo ghaNe aMze jJAnadazAnA gharamAM pravezI zakyA hatA. e traNa vAnAM te AH nirdoSa saMyama-ArAdhanA, vivekamaMDita samatA ane gurvAjJApArataMtrya. temanA saMyama vize kahevAyuM che ane kahevAze. teno sAra eTalo ke teo saMyamanI dareka caryA upayogapUrvaka tathA jayaNApUrvaka thAya, kyAMya ajANatAM paNa koI doSanuM sevana na thaI jAya te mATe khUba sAvadha rahetA. samatA to temanI ajoDa. krodha ane ahaMkAra A be upa2 teno jabaro kAbU. game teTalA ugra tapa tapyAM, chatAM kyAMya huMpada ke A AchakalAI na dekhAya. koI utsAhI vadhu paDatA vakhANa karI jAya to teno Aveza temanAmAM na praveze. temanI sthiti to vakhANa karo tyAre ke kAMI na kaho to paNa, banne samaye eka sarakhI. gusso paNa na maLe. kyAreka koI nAnA sAdhu ke ziSyAdi ke bIjA samAna darajjAnA sAdhu cIDave, temanI vastu AghIpAchI karI de, to paNa hasIne ja vAtane le. kharekhara to vastu saMtADanAre DaravuM paDe, tene badale teo koNe lIdhI haze tenI aTakaLa kare ane tene pUchavA jAya tyAre pUchatAM pUchatAM Dare ke kyAMka ene khoTuM to nahi lAgI jAya ! ane temaNe jeTalI ArAdhanA ke tapazcaryA vagere karyuM, te badhuM gurujInA sIdhA nirdezataLe ja. gurujInI AjJA, sUcanA, AzISa tathA doravaNIthI viparIta ke uparavaTa teo kAMI na karatA. potAne koI vAtamAM zaMkA thAya ke takalIpha lAge tyAre sIdhA gurujI pAse pahoMcI jAya; teozrI je nirAkaraNa Ape te vinA dalIle svIkArI le. pachI game te vyakti game tema samajAve, paNa tenI vAta kAne na dhare. gurujInuM vacana eTale AkharI vacana. moTA bhAge to temanI ArAdhanAnI vAtamAM gurujI rAjI ane saMmata ja hoya. AzIrvAda hamezAM sAMpaDatA ja hoya. chatAM temanI maMjUrI vinA ke kAne vAta nAkhyA vinA koI tapa Adi na letA. agAu kahevAyuM che tema temaNe dIkSA lIdhI tyArathI AcArya thayA tyAM sudhI prAyaH gurujanonI nizrA mUkI nahotI. jyAre alaga viharyA tyAre paNa gurvAjJAne anusaravAnuM cUkyA nathI. A badhAM paribaLoe temanAmAM eka tAkAta pragaTAvI : vivekanI, samajaNanI. vartamAna kSetrakALa AdinA saMdarbhamAM A bAbatane 'jJAnadazA'no aMzAvatAra gaNAvIe to temAM atyukti nathI lAgatI. 47

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ane have temanI tapasAdhanA upara dRSTipAta karIe. temanI tapazcaryA eTalI to vipula che ke - tenuM vistRta varNana karavuM kaThina ja paDe. eTale ApaNe mAtra dRSTipAtathI ja saMtoSa meLavavo rahyo. - gRhastha - jIvanamAM temaNe vardhamAnatapanI batrIsa oLI karelI. dIkSA pachI temAM makkama gatithI AgaLa vadhavA mAMDyA, ane 2022nA varSa sudhImAM so oLI samApta karI. vaLI, e ja varSamAM navesarathI vardhamAnatapano pAyo nAkhyo, ne 93 varSanI uMmara thaI tyAM sudhImAM - 2047 sudhImAM - 75 oLI karI. - navapadajInI banne oLIo jIvanaparyaMta cAlu rAkhI; kula 131 oLI karI. emAM paNa caudaza - pUnamanA banne chaThTha to kAyama kharA ja. - 45 AgamonA yoga AMbelathI ja vahyA. sUripada pachI pAMca prasthAnanI oLIo vidhipUrvaka karI. - dIkSA pachI vIseka varSa sudhI, comAsAno praveza thAya te dinathI mAMDIne te kSetramAMthI vihAra thAya tyAM sudhI AMbela karatA. - saMlagna pa00 tathA 600 AMbela ekeka vakhata karyA. alabatta, te saLaMga oLIonA rUpamAM ja, - kula maLIne jIvanamAM dasa hajAra karatAM vadhu AMbela karyA. - gRhasthadazAmAM eka siddhitapa karelo. teno rasa temane evo to lAgI gayo ke dIkSA pachI 90 varSanI vaye pahoMcyA tyAM sudhImAM bIjA 19 siddhitapa karyA. temAM 17 to AMbelathI. arthAt siddhitapanI ATha bArImAM pAraNAM Ave temAM temaNe AMbela ja karyo. moTA bhAganA siddhitapa paNa temaNe moTI oLIo daramyAna ja karelA. : - ekavAra evuM banyuM ke somI oLI daramyAna temaNe siddhitapa Adaryo. temAM sAtamI bArInA sAta upavAsane pAraNe caudaza AvI. gaNatarImAM saratacUka thavAthI Ama thayeluM. have pote jIvanamAM kadI caudazano upavAsa mUkelo nahi. temaNe tatpaNa nirNaya karyo. ane te divase AMbela na karatAM (AThamo) upavAsa karI lIdho, ane te para AThamI bArI karI. kula thayA 16 upavAsa. tenA pAraNe ekAda AMbela karIne sIdhA 15 upavAsa lIdhA, ane te pUrA thaye somI oLInuM pAraNuM karyuM. - 95mI oLI daramyAna siddhitapa lIdho. tenI AThamI bArInA 8 upavAsa para bIjA 22 upavAsa karI mAsakSamaNa karyuM, pachI pAraNuM karyuM. - bIjI vakhata pAyo nAkhyA pachI, saM. 2024mAM, 21mI oLI karI te upara saMlagna 45 upavAsa karyA. saM. 2018mAM e ja rIte 33-34mI oLIo daramyAna mAsakSamaNa karyuM. - ekavAra zreNItapa karyo; temAM paNa besaNAMne sthAne ekAsaNAM ane te paNa pAMca dravyathI ja 48

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karyA. ekavAra cattAri - aTTa - dasa - doya tapa tapa saMlagna karyuM. vIsa sthAnakanI 20 oLInA 420upavAsa ekAMtare saMlagna karyAM. 96 jina ArAdhanAnA 96 upavAsa; 4 thI mAMDIne 16 sudhInA upavAso aneka vAra; paryuSaNamAM 1-2-3 upavAsa, dIvALInA tathA traNa comAsInA chaThTha eMzI varSa sudhI karyA. varSamAM AvatI cha aDhAIonA 8-8 upavAsa eka ja varSamAM ekavAra karyA. samavasaraNatapa karyuM. - navakAramaMtranA nava padanA, padanA akSara pramANe 7-5-7-7-9-8-8-8-9 e rIte upavAsa tathA ekeka padanI ArAdhanAnA cheDe pAraNuM ema 9 pAraNAMvALA 68 upavAsa ekavAra karyA. bIjIvAra saMlagna 68 upavAsa karI tenA pAraNe 11 AMbela karI pachI pAraNuM e rIte utkRSTa navakAra tapa karyo. - zatrujyatIrthanI covihAra chaTha karI sAta yAtrA dIkSA pUrve cAra vAra karelI; dIkSA pachI 10 vAra karI. ekavAra 7ne badale 11 yAtrA karI. zrIgiranAratIrthanI aDhama karIne 11 yAtrA karI. - ekavAra AMkhe motiyo UtarAvyo, ane te be - traNa divasamAM ja phAgaNa vadi AThama AvatAM, davAkhAnAmAM ja, DokTaranI manA chatAM akrama karyo. - jIvananAM chellAM varSomAM emane sahagnakUTa tapa karavAno bhAva thatAM ekAMtarA 1024upavAsano AraMbha karyo hato. paraMtu svAthya vadhu paDatuM kathaLI jatAM te vAta jatI karavI paDelI. joke tevI sthitimAM paNa ekAsaNAM tathA nityakramamAM AvatAM AMbela - upavAsa to cAlu ja rahyA. - AMbela - ekAsaNAM paNa hamezAM purimaDhathI ja karatA. sADhaporasI temane phAvatI ja nahi. potAno jApa AdirUpa dainika krama ATope tyAre barAbara purimuThThano samaya pahoMcI jato. balamAM teo pAMca ke sAta dravyo letAM, jemAM moTA bhAganAM pravAhI rahetAM. sUMTha-marIbalavaNa jevAM vyaMjano uparathI levAnI kadI vAta nahi. lAvelAM dravyo eka moTA pAtramAM bhegAM karI ekarasa thAya pachI ja vAparavAnI paddhati. pAchalAM varSomAM kRtrima dAMta AvyA pachI to gocarI kalAka ke tethI vadhu vakhata sudhI palALI rAkhavI paDatI, pachI ja teo laI zakatA. temanI A AhAra paddhati joIne AcArya zrIvijayadharmadhuraMdharasUrijI kahetA : "tapasvIjI, tame hamezAM eka ja pAtrAmAM badhA rasa bhegA karIne vAparo to tamane kyAreya sUga nathI thatI?" javAbamAM teo kahetA : "mane to A rIte vAparavAmAM khUba ja AnaMda Ave. AmAM sUga zenI?" tyAre AcAryazrI anumodanApUrvaka kahetA : "amane to eka divasa paNa Ama bheguM karIne vAparavAnuM na phAve. UlaTI ja thAya. tamane dhanya che." - 68 upavAsanI vAta karIe to te tapa karyuM saM. 2025mAM. tyAre teo pUjya gurujI sAthe vejalapura comAsuM rahelA. vejalapurathI bharUcanuM aMtara eka mAila uparanuM gaNAya. 45 upavAsa sudhI teo hamezAM A aMtara kApIne, koInA ya TekA vinA, tIrthapati zrImunisuvrata svAmInA 48

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darzanArthe jatA tathA pAchA pharatA. 60mA upavAse zrIsaMgha sahita vAjate gAjate tyAM gayA hatA. 42mA upavAse loca karAvelo. 60 upavAsa sudhI potAnuM bIjI porasInuM pANI pote ja vahorI lAvatA. pachIthI gurvAjJA anusAra te kArya anyane soMpeluM. 68 divasomAM potAno varSono nitya krama kadI mUkyo nahi ke divase sUtA nahi. 68 upavAsane pAraNe 11 AMbela karyA, temAM gALeluM maganuM pANI tathA pANI - ema be ja dravyono upayoga. 68 upavAsamAM jemanI A sthiti - paddhati hoya, temanI 30 ke 45 upavAsa ke anya nAnAM nAnAM tapomAM kevI paddhati haze te kalpavAnuM jarAya agharuM nathI. - svAdaaMya ati utkRSTa. A bhAve ke A na bhAve, evI vAta temanI jIbhe kadI sAMbhaLI nathI. rasagRddhi ke rasagAravano koI prakAra temanAmAM jovA maLyo nathI. jyAre je AhAra maLe temAMthI potAnI ArAdhanAne tathA tabiyatane zuM anukULa che teno vicAra karIne ja AhArano khapa karatA. 'kSamAsahita je AhAra-nirIhatA" - pada temane jotAM sAkSAta anubhavAtuM. dIkSA bAda bajAru koI cIja. ke padArthano upayoga AhAramAM temaNe karyo nathI. ane A badhAM tapa, sthiratAmAM ja thatAM hatAM evuM nathI. tapa cAlu hoya to arasAmAM lAMbA vihAro paNa temaNe karyA che ane vividha tIrthayAtrAo paNa karI che. - tIrthayAtrAnI vAta karIe to zatrutIrthanI temaNe kula 1850 jeTalI yAtrAo jIvanamAM karI, jemAM anekavAranI 99 yAtrAno paNa samAveza thAya che. giranAra tIrthanI 108 yAtrA temaNe 35 divasamAM karI, tyAre roja ThAma covihAre avaDha ekAsaNuM thatuM. zatrujyanI taLeTInI 108 yAtrA temaNe rojanI bAMdhI 20 mALA gaNavA sAthe karI. taLAjA tathA kaMdabagirinI 108-108 yAtrA karI. amadAvAda - pAMjarApoLa upAzrayethI haThIbhAInI vADInI tathA sUratamAM vaDAcauTAthI katAragAmanI 108-108 yAtrA karI. - kadaMbagirimAM taLeTIthI cheka TekarI upara zrIkadaMba gaNadharanI pAdukAnI temaNe, pagathiyAM nahotAM tyAre, 108 yAtrA karI. e vakhate pUjyapAda zrIvijayodayasUrIzvarajI dAdA tyAM birAjamAna hatA. temaNe A vikaTa yAtrAo joIne kahyuM ke, "tapasvI, amArA dhyAnamAM nathI AvatuM ke Aja dina sudhImAM TekarInI 99 jAtrA koIe karI hoya, bahu kaThina che. caturvidha saMghamAM tamAro naMbara pahelo che ke tame A vikaTa parvatanI 99 yAtrA karI. tamone dhanya che." A uparAMta kaccha, rAjasthAna, gujarAta, saurASTranAM tIrthonI yAtrA temaNe munijIvanamAM, te paNa vividha tapasyA tathA ekAsaNAM cAlu rAkhIne, karI hatI. AvI to keTalI vAto noMdhavI ! vAstavamAM temanA tapomaya jIvananI jhINI jADI agaNita vAtonuM varNana karavuM, e ApaNA jevA mATe gajAbahAranI vAta che. vastupALa maMtrI mATe kavio kahetA ke "temaNe je dharmakAryo karyA che te koNa gaNI zake ! jo koI dharatI paranAM rajakaNonI ke samudranA jalabiMdunI saMkhyA gaNI zake to te kadAca vastupALa - tejapALanAM dharmakAryonI noMdha karI zake to karI zake." 50

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A tapomUrti mahApuruSanI tapa sAdhanAnI noMdha karavA besanAre paNa kavinI A vAtane ja najara sAme rAkhavI paDe tevI temanI vipula sAdhanA che. vi. saM. 2019mA potAnA pUjyo sAthe A tapasvIjI pAlItANA hatA tyAre paramapUjya AcArya zrIvijayanaMdanasUrIzvarajI mahArAja temane joIne hetA, "vartamAna sAdhu samudAyano dhanno aNagAra che A. tenAM darzana paNa pApano nAza kare." teo jyAre vaMdana karavA Ave tyAre pUjya naMdanasUri mahArAja hamezAM "dhana dhana dhanno RSIsa2 tapasIjI, khamAtaNo bhaMDAra re" - A paMkti bolIne temanI anumodanA karatA. - ane saM. 2020mAM bhAvanagara cAturmAsa thayuM, tyAre pUjyapAda zrIvijayodayasUrIzvarajI dAdA zArIrika rIte nAdurasta hatA. teo Amane jue, paccakakhANa karAve tyAre gadgadabhAve bole ke "tapasvI, tamane dhanya che. tame kAyAnI mAyA choDIne tapa karo cho ane AtmAnuM kalyANa karI rahyA cho. amArAthI to have kAMI banatuM nathI.' A anumodanAmAM ApaNe paNa ApaNo sUra pUrAvIe. (18) cAritryaghaData2 : mukAma cotho koInI sAdhanA saphaLa thAya tenuM kharuM rahasya zuM ? cokkasa teNe samatA siddha karI lIdhI hovI joIe. koInI sAdhanA aphala jAya tenuM rahasya paNa jANI levA jevuM che. teNe samatAno droha avazya karyo haze. viSamatA na hoya ane sAdhanA vyartha jAya evuM bhAgye ja bane. samatA hoya ane sAdhanA eLe jAya evuM kadI na bane. pratyeka sAdhanA samatAthI zobhe che ema kahI zakAya. jo ke te karatAM samatA e koI paNa sAdhanAno prANa che ema kahevuM e tathyanI vadhu najIka gaNAya. A abhiprAyathI ja kavie gAyuM haze : 'tapa karIe samatA rAkhI ghaTamAM.' sAdhaka hoya ane vaLI te saMyamI hoya, to to samatAno khapa ora vadhI jAya. saMyamI sAdhakane mana samatAnuM sthAna DahoLA pANImAM phaTakaDI jevuM hoya che. DahoLAyelA mananuM vizodhana samatA dvArA thAya tyAre ja enI sAdhanA sUjhe. samatAvihoNuM mana kaluSita hovAnuM ane mana kaluSita hoya 'tyAM lage sAdhanA sarva jUThI.' upAdhyAyajI mahArAje to tyAM sudhI kahI dIdhuM ke "cAritra nAme puruSanA samatArUpa prANa jo cAlyA jAya to tevA samatArahita cAritradhArI pAse lokonA ToLAnuM thatuM Agamana to tenAmAMnA cAritra-puruSanI maraNottara kriyArUpa (besaNuM) ja jANavuM.' 51

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samatAno ahIM bhAre mahimA che. A mAro ane A parAyo- evA bheda gaLavA mAMDe tyAre * samajavuM ke samatAno udaya thaI rahyo che. A bhAve che ne A nathI bhAvatuM, A phAve ne A na phAve, A game ne A na game - AvA pratyeka dvandvanI pAchaLa viSamatAnuM cakkara kAma karatuM hoya che. viSamatAnuM saheluM nAma mamatA. A mamatA sIdhI rIte naSTa nathI thatI, tene TALavI paDe che. samatA paNa ApoApa ugatI nathI, ene prayatnapUrvaka sAdhavI paDe che. samatAne sAdhavAno prayatna eTale gamatI ke na gamatI koI paNa vAta, paristhiti, vastu } vyaktine calAvI levAnI, sahI levAnI ane daragujara karavAnI manovRttinI keLavaNI. sAmAnyataH nitAMta azakya jaNAtI A bAbata sAdhakane mATe anivArya AvazyakatA samI che. azakyane zakya banAvavA mathavuM te ja to sAdhanA che. AvI sAdhanA karanArane sAdhanA karatAM karatAM aDacaNo aneka Ave, kasoTIo paNa pAra vinAnI thAya. sAdhanAnA nAme carI khAvAmAM rasa hoya tevA DhoMgI ke asahiSNu jaNa AvI aDacaNo sAme bhAgye ja TakI zake che. koIka vIralo sAdhaka ja AvI kasoTIo sAme Takkara jhIlI zake che. enA aMtaranI daDhatA enAmAM prANazakti pUre che, ane enA sahAre e AgekUca karato jAya che. jAta tarapha nirmama bane ane bIjAo paratve sama bane, e vyakti ja AvI dRDhatA hAMsala karI zake che. sadbhAgye, ApaNA tapasvI munirAja AvI daDhatA supere hAMsala karI zakyA hatA. varSonA vItavA sAthe teo alpakaSAyI ane sahiSNu banavAmAM saphaLa thayA hatA. AraMbhanA divasono temano AgrahI svabhAva jate dahADe dRDha saMkalpabaLamAM rUpAMtara pAmyo hato, jene lIdhe tapasyA Adi karavA ADe AvatAM koI paNa vighno teo hasate mukhe jhIlI zakatA, ane teno evo to pratikAra karatA ke vighnone hAra mAnye ja chUTako thato. thoDAMka udAharaNo joIe : 1. dIkSA pachInuM paheluM comAsuM temanuM valasADamAM thayuM. valasADamAM saMghamAM vikhavAda thatAM be 'taDA paDelA, tethI varSothI koI munirAjanuM comAsuM thatuM nahotuM. pUjyapAda AcArya zrIvijayavijJAnasUrIzvarajI mahArAja tyAM padhAryA, ane potAnI kunehathI saMghamAM vyApelA kusaMpanuM upazamana karI samAdhAna karAvyuM. pariNAme saMghe teozrIne ja Agraha karI comAsuM karAvyuM. tyAre tapasvIjI mahArAja nUtana dIkSita tarIke sAthe ja hatA. e comAsAmAM ekavAra temane mAthAno dukhAvo thaI AvatAM bAma lagAvyo. bhUlamAM bAma AMkhamAM jato rahyo. AMkha phUlIne daDo ! kALI baLatarA upaDI. gurubhagavaMto tathA saMghane ciMtA peThI. temaNe turata davAkhAne laI javA tathA upacAra karAvavA TharAvyuM, AMkha jatI rahevAnI dhAstIthIja to. paNa A sAMbhaLatAM ja navadIkSita kumudacandravijayajIe daDha saMkalpa jAhera karyo ke je thavuM haze te thaze, paNa mAre davAkhAne javuM nathI ane DokTarano upacAra levo nathI. virAdhanA na joIe. chevaTe gurupasAye gharagaththu upacArothI ja temane e pIDA maTI gayelI. jAta pratye nirmama banavAnI dizAmAM temanuM A prathama DagaluM hatuM, kadAca. 52

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2. saM. 2002nuM cAturmAsa Indora thayuM. cAturmAsa bAda mALavAnAM tIrthonI sparzanA aMge cAlu vihAra daramyAna ekavAra bAvaLanI zULa DAbA page vAgI. e zULa evI rIte bhoMkAI ke trIjI AMgaLImAM pesIne aMgUThAne vIMdhIne ArapAra nIkaLI. vedanA asahya thatI ja hoya, ane vihAra karavAnuM paNa muzkela ja hoya, chatAM 'sahana karavAmAM ja vadhu lAbha' evuM samajanArA temaNe kAMTAnI vAta ja koIne na karI. paNa zarIra keTaluM khame? jotajotAmAM tAva bharAyo ane traNeka DigrI sudhI vadhI gayo. paNa vihAra cAlu ja. sahaja che ke cAlamAM lathaDiyAM Ave ja. gurujInI najaramAM A pheraphAra AvI gayo. temaNe pUchyuM, "tapasvIjI, kema DhIlA cAlo. cho ?' javAbamAM phariyAdano koI bhAva nahi. sahaja vAta kare tema kahyuM : "kAMI nathI, jarA kAMTo vAgyo che." tarata gurujIe temane besADIne kAMTo tapAsyo to ghaDIbhara to teo paNa avApha thaI gayA: Avo kAMTo ! A rIte vAgyo che ne chatAM kAMI nahi ema kaho cho? zarIra to tAvathI dhakhe che ! gurujIe tatkSaNa paheluM kAma kAMTo kADhavAnuM karyuM. kAMTo kADhatAM mahenata paDI, to pagamAM vedanA paNa bhAre thaI. kAMTo bahAra nIkaLatAM lohInI pIcakArI ja chUTI gaI. paNa koI rADArADa nahi, koI phariyAda nahi. ardho kalAka tyAM beThA, ane kaLa vaLatAM bAkIno ATheka mAilano vihAra pUro karyo. yogAnuyoga evo ke te dahADe caudaza hatI. eTale e vedanA ane tAvamAM paNa temaNe upavAsa ja karyo. bIjI savAre daseka mAIlano vihAra paNa karyo, ane ekAsaNuM paNa karyuM ja. 3. saM. 2006nuM comAsuM boTAda hatuM. niyamAnusAra comAsAmAM AMbela (oLI) cAlu hatAM. emAM azubhano udaya Avyo, ane nyUmoniyA lAgu paDI gayo. tAva vadhIne cha DIgrI : sadhI jato. AvI mAMdagI svAbhAvika rIte ja ciMtAno viSaya bane, DokTaroe kahyuM ke pAraNa karo, to upacAra thaI zake. nahi to jokhama che. AnA javAbamAM durbaLa svare temaNe je kahyuM temAM kAyAnuM kAsaLa kADhI levAnI temanI nirmama manodazA barAbara pragaTe che. temaNe kahyuM : "DaoNkTara, mane mArI rIte tapa karavA do. mane nirbaLa na banAvo. huM motane paNa paDakArIza, paNa tapa nahi choDuM." ane saunA Azcarya vacce temaNe te sthitimAM paNa bAkInAM pAMtrIsa AMbela maganuM pANI ane gaLosattva laine pUrAM karyA. pAraNuM thayuM tyAre nyUmoniyA gAyaba ! 4. AvuM tAvavAnuM to pachI ghaNIvAra banyuM. AMbelamAM tAva jANe temane koThe paDI gayo. paNa tAva tAvanuM kAma kare, teo potAnuM tapa kare. jANe kAMI paravA ja na hoya ! 5. saM. 2036nI vAta che. pote pAlItANA tIrthAdhirAjanI chAyAmAM cAturmAsa birAjelA. comAsAmAM oLIo zarU ja hatI. vAtAvaraNa maccharamaya, tethI meleriyAno upadrava vAraMvAra thato, paNa macaka na ApatA. kArtika zudamAM meleriyAnA prakope mAjhA mUkI. tAvano jorAvara humalo, ne sAthe sakhata jhADA. zarIramAM saLagelI aganajavALAe zakti badhI cUsI lIdhI. hAlata ciMtAjanaka banatAM temanI nA chatAM DokTarone teDavA paDyA. DokTaro kahe ke sthiti 53

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gaMbhIra gaNAya. hamaNAM ja lIMbunuM pANI, davAo, dUdha vagere ApavuM jarUrI che. nahi to bAjI amArA vazamAM nahi rahe, DokTaronuM sakhata dabANa, ziSyono tathA zrAvakavargano joradAra Agraha,paNa tapasvI mahArAja to saMthArAmAM sUtAM sUtAM potAnA InkArane ja vaLagI rahyA. kSINa svare temaNe eTaluM ja kahyuM: "ghaNI uMmara thaI che. nahi bacuM ema to tame badhA kaho ja cho. to jo javAnuM ja hoya to AMbela jevuM tapa ane girirAja jevI bhUmi kyAM maLavAnAM? huM paccakakhANa to nahi ja bhAMguM. chatAM tame ciMtA na karo. sau sArAM vAnAM thaze." DokTaro bAhya upacAra karIne puSkaLa pANI pIvAnI sUcanA ApIne gayA. sAMje pharI tapAsyA ane kahyuM ke savAra karatAM ThIka gaNAya. paNa avasthA che eTale kyAre bagaDe te na kahevAya, mATe kAle savAre ... DokTara ATaluM bolyA tyAM to tapasvI mahArAje vAta pakaDI lIdhIH "kAle paNa AMbela thaI jaze, DaoNkTara !" DokTara kahe ke "mahArAjazrI, AMtaraDAM sUkAI gayAM che. e jo vadhu coMTI jaze to oparezana sivAya koI vikalpa nahi rahe. ane oparezananuM pariNAma kevuM Ave te kahI na zakAya. mATe AMbela choDavuM ja paDaze." "DaoNkTara, ciMtA nahi karo. be AMbela paNa thaI jaze, ane pachI comAsIno chaTha paNa thaI jaze." DokTara to stabdha ! temaNe joyuM ke AmanA manobaLa sAme ApaNI vAto nakAmI che. temaNe be AMbela karavA dIdhAM, ne bAhyopacAra cAlu rAkhyA. terazanI sAMje DokTare vinaMti karI ke "kAle ekAsaNuM karajo ane parama di' upavAsa rAkhajo." paNa na mAnyA. "to kAle AMbela ane pUname upavAsa rAkho" - DokTare kahyuM. paNa teo ekanA be na ja thayA. temaNe kahyuM, "kAlanI ciMtA kAle. Aje AjanuM karo." comAsI caudazanI savAra paDI. pratikramaNamAM temaNe jAte covihAra chaThThanuM paccakhANa karI lIdhuM. DokTara niyama mujaba tapAsavA AvyA ane kahyuM ke "Aje to AMbela ja karajo hoM." tyAre kahe, "AMbelanI vAta choDo DokTara, Aje to cha& thaI gayo che, ane kAle kArtakI - pUnamanI jAtrA karavAnI che." DokTaranuM mAthuM temanA A AtmabaLa AgaLa namI paDyuM. temaNe kahyuM: "ame tamane zuM sAjA karIe? tamArI A sAdhanAnI zakti ja tamane sAMbhaLe che." ane kArtikI pUname savAre, kAyA kSINa thaI hovA chatAM, ghAsanI khurazImAM besIne girirAjanI vidhisahita yAtrA teoe karI. nIce UtarIne ThANAo ThANe nI maryAdA paNa sAcavI, ane kArtaka vadi ekame ekAsaNuM karIne ja oLInuM samApana karyuM. 54

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A prasaMga banyo tyAre temane 81muM varSa vahetuM hatuM. ane A prasaMgo to thoDAka namUnArUpa camakArA ja samajavA. AvA tapasaMbaMdhI ja nahi, anyAnya ArAdhanA saMbaMdhI dRDhatAnA prasaMgo besumAra che. e badhA prasaMgomAM temanI samatA, sahiSNutA ane sthiratAnAM ja pAvanakArI darzana thAya che. majAnI vAta to e che ke ATaATalI sAdhanA ane sthiratA chatAM te aMgenI koI sabhAnatA ke 'pote kAMIka karI batAvyuM che' tevA koI gumAnano aNasAro paNa temanI vAtamAM ke vartanamAM kadI na maLe. koI vakhANa karavA jAya ke sAheba ! Ape to Ama karyuM ! to tenI vAta koI trAhita mANasanI jema sAMbhaLI aNasAMbhaLI karI mUke ane potAnA citta para ke kartavyo para teno leza paNa bhAra na AvavA de. teonI bIjI eka khUbI paNa ahIM ja noMdhavI ucita lAge che. teoe ATalA badhA ugra tapa karyA, rojanA 30-35 kilomITaranA hisAbe 89 varSanI vaya sudhI to vihAra karyA, chatAM jIvanamAM kyAreya koInIya pAse temaNe mAthuM, kamara ke paga dabAvyA nathI. na mAnI zakAya tevI zabdazaH sAcI vAta che A ke game tevI sthitimAM paNa koIka temanA pagane hAtha aDADe, te sAthe ja teo teno hAtha upADIne dUra phaMgoLI detA, kAM potAno paga vALI letA, paNa kadI dabAvavA na detA. zarIranI ATalI sarakhIye mamatA ke sA2vA2 temane pasaMda nahotI, te A uparathI samajAya che. ATalI laMbANa vAtano sAra eTalo ja ke 'tapa karIe samatA rAkhI ghaTamAM' e uktine teoe evI adbhuta rIte AcarI batAvI hatI ke temanuM e AcaraNa, ApaNA jevAM ochAM pAtro mATe jvalaMta Adarza banI rahe tema che. * (19) cAritrya ghaData2 : mukAma pAMcamo jaina sAdhuno mArga AtmasAdhanAno mArga che. cittanuM zuddhIkaraNa ane UrdhIkaraNa thAya tevI prakriyA te sAdhanA. A prakriyA vyaktidITha, tenI bhUmikAne anurUpa, niranirALI hoya che. koIka jJAnasAdhanAthI tare, to koIka dhyAnasAdhanA dvArA AgaLa vadhe. koIkane kriyA (karma) yoga mAphaka Ave, to koIkane samatAyoga anukULa paDI jAya. A badhA yogo vAstavamAM cittazodhananI prakriyA ja gaNAya. madhyayugamAM thayelI vyApaka mathAmaNanA phaLasvarUpe sAdhanAnA A mALakhAmAM eka navuM sAdhana umerAyuMH bhaktiyoga. anya yogonI sarakhAmaNImAM ghaNA saraLa ane zIghra - phaLadAyI A sAdhane jotajotAmAM ja bIjAM badhAM sAdhanone atikramI lIdhAM, ane A paMcamakALamAM 'bhakti' 55

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e bhava taravAno zreSTha upAya hovAnuM saheje prasthApita thayuM. bhaktinAM aneka pagathiyAM che. emAM sauthI paheluM te nAmasmaraNa, nAma-japa. paramAtmAnI sAkSAt upalabdhi to che nahi. ane chatAM paramAtmAnI bhakti-sevA to karavI che, te mATe hAthavago kayo upAya ? Ano javAba che "nAmasmaraNa'. vAta paNa sAcI che. sAkSAt zrIparamAtmAnA darzanathI tathA upadezathI jeTalA jIvo taryA, te karatAM anekaguNA adhika jIvo paramAtmAnA nAmathI taryA che, tare che. kahenAra to tyAM sudhI kahI de che ke "paramAtmA potAno samagra prabhAva, nirvANa pAmatI veLAe, potAnA nAmamAM sthApIne ja jAya che." cAra nipAmAM paNa pahelo nAmanikSepo ja che ne paramAtmAnuM nAma raTavAnI paNa eka moja hoya che. A moja jene lAgI gaI, tene pachI nAmanA raTaNa vinA bIjI vAto ochI bhAvavAnI. nAma japatAM japatAM ja enA aMtaramAM eka AsthA banI jAya ke nAma ja mane nAmI chatAM anAmI evA paramAtmA sAthe advaita sAdhI Apaze. A AsthAne ApaNe "bhakti' kahI zakIe. A bhakti sAdhakanA cittanuM zanaiH zanaiH zodhana karIne tenuM UrdhIkaraNa karI Ape che, ane e rIte enI bhakti e enI AtmasAdhanA banI rahe che. munirAja zrIkamudacandravijayajI nAma-bhaktinI A sAdhanAnA adakerA sAdhaka hatA. teo gRhasthaparyAyamAM hatA tyAre paNa navakAra-ja5 upara apAra prIti dharAvatA. dIkSA pachI uttarottara A japayoga teo vadhAratA gayA. divasa ane rAtanA maLIne kula sAtathI ATha kalAka teo jApa karatA. savAre 3-30lagabhaga UThe ane ISTa japa kare. prabhAte dainika nitya karmo patAvIne jApamAM bese to traNeka kalAka to nitya jApa kharo ja. vaLI rAtre pratikramaNAdi Avazyaka karaNI pUrI thAya eTale japamAM lIna, te agiyAra to saheje vAge. A krama jIvananA aMta sudhI akhaMDa rahyo. temaNe jIvanamAM be karoDathI vadhu navakAra maMtra gaNyA haze. eka vyakti kalAko sudhI jApa kare ane dAyakAo sudhI te cAlu rahe, chatAM teno kula AMka be - aDhI karoDa jevo ja thAya te jANyA pachI, koIka vyakti pAMca- paMdara nahi, paNa tethIye anekaguNA adhika karoDa navakArano jApa karyAnA dAvA to te zaMkAspada athavA kutUhalapreraka to avazya lAge. gaNipada maLyuM tyAre gurujI dvArA vardhamAnavidyA prApta thaI. teno jApa paNa pachI lAkhonI saMkhyAmAM karyo. 2028mAM AcAryapada pAmyA tyAre sUrimaMtra prApta thatAM teno jApa paNa te ja rIte lAkhono karyo. A badhA jApa mATe temanI mALA eka ja. dIkSA lIdhI tyAre pUjya gurubhagavaMte akalaberanA maNakAnI eka mALA ApelI. pote jIvyA tyAM sudhI te mALA ja temaNe gaNI. arthAtu karoDono tathA lAkhono je jApa upara gaNAvyo, te badho A eka ja mALA upara thayo. saM. 2011mAM muMbaI - mATuMgAmAM zrIvAsupUjya - jinAlayanI aMjanazalAkA - pratiSThA hatI. te vakhate gurujIe pharamAvyuM ke tapasvI! akhaMDa savA lAkha akSata laIne eka dANe eka vAra e 56

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rIte tamAre vAsupUjya svAmIno jApa karavAno che. AvA AdezathI teo eTalA to khuza thaI gayA ke bhAgye ja harSanI ke bIjI lAgaNI zabdo dvArA vyakta karanArA teo te kSaNe bolI UThyA ke "mArA ahobhAgya ke mArA gurujIe mane AvA puNyanA kAryamAM bhAgI banAvyo." khaMbhAtamAM temanAM cAra-pAMca comAsAM thayelAM. tyAM mANekacokamAM bhoMyarAmAM birAjatA AdIzvara dAdAnA bhavya biMba upara teone apAra bhAva. pote roja tyAM jaIne dAdA sAme bese ane kalAko sudhI dAdAnA mukhAraviMdanuM dhyAna dharyA kare. je je tapa Adare, e tapanA vidhimAM AvatAM pada ke padono niyata jApa teo kadI cUkyA nathI. varSa daramyAna jJAnapaMcamIthI laI dIvALI sudhInAM je je parvo Ave te parvo sAthe saMbaMdha dharAvatA jApa paNa teo acUka karatA. vaLI, je vakhate je AgamasUtranA joga karyA, te sUtranI te joga daramyAna temaNe mALa gaNI che. vadhumAM, temaNe temanI eka jUnI-jIrNa noMdhamAM potAne roja kayA kayA padanI mALA gaNavAnI che tenI yAdI lakhI rAkhI che. tenI saMkhyAM ekavIsanI , thAya che. eka svastha mANasane eka beThake e 21 mALA ekekI ja mAtra gaNavI hoya to be thI aDhI kalAka avazya joIe. jo ke teo Asana-siddhine varelA jIva hatA. kasAyelI kAyA, vaLI saMyama-niyamanuM jIvana, eTale eka vAra Asana jamAvyA pachI pAMca-cha kalAka sudhI to akhaMDa beThaka rAkhI zakatA. jApanI A sAdhanAe temane maunanI siddhi to ApI ja, sAthe sAthe teo je bole te thAya ja, tevI vacanasiddhi paNa ApI; alabatta, anAyAse. teo bhAgye ja koI vAta bolatA ke vidhi - niSedha karatA. paNa jyAre bolatA tyAre acUka te phaLatuM. (20) cAritrya ghaData2 : mukAma chaTho "jo AMkho ja na hoya to ArIsA ke dIvAno zo upayoga? ema jo manano daMbha na gayo to vrato ane tapa paNa zA khapanAM ?" "rasa lolupatA tajI zakAya, ghareNAMno moha nivAravo saraLa, managamatAM kAmabhogono tyAga karavo paNa zakya; daMbha karavAnI AdatathI bacavuM ati kaThina." "sarpano mastaka - maNi game tevo jhaLahaLato hoya, paNa tenA huMphADAne lIdhe te nakAmo banI rahe; e ja rIte keza-loca, bhUmizayana, gocarInI caryA ane brahmacaryAdinuM rUDuM pAlana sAdhune hoya to paNa "daMbha'nuM pradUSaNa te tamAmane dUSita karI mUke." 57.

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"kulaTAno dekhIto sadAcAra paNa tenA durAcArano poSaka ja bane, ane daMbhInuM vratapAlana vAstavamAM tenA vratakhaMDananuM ja nidAna gaNAya." "potAnA doSa DhaMkAya, lokomAM mAnapAna maLe, gaurava vadhe - ATalA amathA pralobhanathI bicArA jIvo (dharmano) daMbha karavAmAMthI UMcA AvatA nathI, e kevI kadarthanA !" "je kALe je ucita hoya tevI jaNayAnuM samyapha pAlana karavAnI paNa jemane tamA na hoya, tevA lokoe "sAdhu' nAma dharAvIne jagatane chetaravAno ja upakrama racyo gaNAya." "daMbhI loko satata potAno utkarSa (ame ja utkRSTa sAdhu chIe) ane bIjAono apavAda (bIjA badhA kusAdhu che)gAtA rahe che, ane tenA lIdhe bhavAMtaramAM dharma ane saMyamanI prApti thavAmAM bAdhaka bane tevAM kaThaNa mohakarmo teo bAMdhatAM rahe che." upara jemanAM vacano TAkyAM che te mahopAdhyAya zrIyazovijayajIe eka mArmika padArtha pIrasyo che: jJAna ane kriyA-banne tattvono suyoga sadhAya tyAre pragaTatI sthitine ja "adhyAtma kahI zakAya; paNa te adhyAtma TakAu tyAre ja bane che, jyAre sadAcAra daMbhamukta hoya." tapasvIjI mahArAjanuM jIvana tapAsIe to A "adhyAtma-padArtha sadehe anubhavavA maLe. na daMbha nuM prapaMca, na khaTapaTa na kAvAdAvA. nichala, saraLa ane nirmaLa jIva eTale tapasvIjI mahArAja. sadAcAra - saccAritrathI maghamaghatuM jIvana kharuM, chatAM kyAMya teno DoLa ke ADaMbara na maLe. daMbhInuM eka lakSaNa noMdhI levA jevuM che : ADaMbara. daMbhI vyakti dharma ane vrata - tapanuM pAlana karatI rahe, paNa tenI eka khevanA satata hovAnI ke kema vadhu ne vadhu loko mArI A vAto jANe. A khevanAnI pUrti mATe tenI pAse keTalAka khAsa kImiyA paNa hoya che. sau prathama to AvA loko potAnA khAsa mANasonI nimaNUka kare che. e mANasone ejanTa ke mujAvara gaNAvI zakAya. e ejanTonuM eka ja kAma : kazala selsamenanI adAthI pelA lokono pracAra karavAno ane pote temanAthI kevA prabhAvita che te dekhADatAM jaIne pAchuM "emane to potAnI AvI vAha vAha gamatI ja nathI' evo AbhAsa Ubho karI devAno. A paddhatimAM, pracArataMtramAM ane camacAgIrImAM jeTalAM dUSaNo hoya te badhAM umerAtAM - bhaLatAM jAya te tadana sahaja che. paNa AthI pelA daMbhI lokonI mahattA to lokahRdayamAM jaDabesalAka vasI ja jAya. tapasvIjI mahArAja AvA ADaMbarathI lAkha jojana cheTA hatA. eka vAtamAM teo svayaMspaSTa hatA : huM mArA AtmA mATe A badhuM karuM chuM. koIne dekhADavA ke bIjI koI hetu mATe nathI karato. 58

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sapuruSanI kRti ane satkarma ja zAsananI prabhAvanA banI rahe. e mATe chApAmAM chapAvavAnI ke Dhola TIpIne huM zAsananI prabhAvanA karuM chuM, evo tamAzo karavAnI zI jarura? AvuM teo vicAratA. alabatta, pote AvI spaSTatAthI zAbdika rajUAta na karI zakatA, paNa teo je IcchatA ane kahetA, teo sAra evo ja raheto. emanA ziSyo sabaLa thayA pachI temaNe emanI thoDIka prasiddhi jarUra karI. jo ke temAM paNa daMbhanI vAto to nahi ja. paraMtu tapasvI mahArAje pote potAnA samagra jIvanamAM kyAreya "huM Apo tapasvI chuM, samAjamAM mArA jevuM koI nathI, mArA mATe AvuM bolo ane lakhAvo" - AvI vAta ke IzAro chAne chapane paNa karyo nathI. are, emanA aMtaramAM Avo vicAra udbhave e ja asaMbhavita vAta hatI. te ja rIte, bIjA koIne UtArI pADavA mATe ke bIjo potAnA karatAM vadhI na jAya te mATe temaNe kadI koI khaTapaTa AdarI nathI. evI AvaData ja temanAmAM nahotI, ema kahevuM vadhu yogya gaNAya. tapasvI mahArAjanA samakAlIna kahI zakAya tevA keTalAka AtmAo tapasyA ane AcaraNanI daSTie AgalI haroLamAM zobhe tevA hovA vize saMdehana sevIe, to mAyA ane prapaMca karavA - karAvavAnI phAvaTamAM paNa te AtmAo AgalI haroLamAM ja zobhI zake,- e bAbata paNa zaMkAthI para ja gaNAya. "Apa prazaMse re paraguNa oLave"nI saMpUrNa kSamatA dharAvanArA AvA AtmAo potAno utkarSa ane anyonA chidrAnveSaNanI kaLAmAM niSNAta gaNAya tevA hatA. susAdhu ane musAdhunI zAstrIya oLakhano potAnI tarapheNamAM ane anyonA virodhamAM bharapUra upayoga karI "gRhyaste mAnavAzca darbhana" e nItisUtranuM anukaraNa karavAmAM e lokoe nakkara saphaLatA hAMsala karI hatI. ApaNA tapasvIjI mahArAja A badhI kaLA tathA kSamatAothI tadana para ane anabhijJa hatA. teonI eka ja rIta hatI : AtmAnuM sAdhavAnI, ane e mATe je kAMI paNa vahoravuM - veThavuM paDe te mATenI tatparatAnI. jema daMbhathI teo dUra hatA, tema daMbhanI ja pedAza jevI svacchaMdatAthI paNa teoM sadaMtara alipta hatA. ghaNIvAra koIka viziSTatAnuM vadhI gayeluM pramANa athavA vadhu paDatI maLatI prasiddhine lIdhe bhalabhalo ArAdhaka AtmA paNa, yatheccha vartavuM te have potAno adhikAra hoya tema vartavA mAMDe che. te ema mAnI le che ke "huM ATalo moTo, ATalo badho prasiddha, Avo tapasvI, huM game tema vartana karuM toya mane pUchanAra - kahenAra koNa ? pahelAM mArA jeTaluM tapa vagere karI to jue, pachI kahevA Ave !" mULe paDato kALa, emAM koI ocho jIva hoya to tenI AvI dazA avazya thAya. paNa tapasvIjI mahArAja AvA ochAM pAtra na hatA, te to "sarva samaya sAvadhAna' evA AtmasAdhaka sAdhu hatA. pote dIkSA lIdhI te kSaNe AtmasAdhanAno je thanaganATa hato, te ja thanaganATa AcArya banyA pachI paNa, ane jIvananA aMtima divase paNa temaNe jALavI rAkhyo 59

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hato. potAnI sAdhanAnI samagra kArakirdI daramiyAna, potAnuM pahoMce tyAM sudhI, koI doSa ke aticAranuM sevana na karavuM ane zuddha AhAra-vihAra tathA carcAthI ja vartavuM - e mATe temaNe akhaMDa sAvadhAnI sevI hatI. zithila, yatheccha ke svacchaMda AcaraNAno to temaNe vicAra sudhdhAM karyo ke svIkAryo nathI. pAchalI vaye potAnA hAthe - page azakta thayA pachI, kyAreka bhUlecUke paNa ziSyo dvArA koI bAbatamAM DhIla calAvAya ane te potAnA dhyAnamAM AvI jAya, to te bhAre saMtApa anubhavatA, potAno sakhata aNagamo pradarzita karatA ane pharIthI evI garabaDa na thAya tenI tAkIda karatA. ApaNe tyAM amuka ThekANe keTalIka navI vAto mAtra tarkanI tAkAtathI cAlI che. dA.ta., aNAhArI cIjonI paraMparAgata tathA gItArthamAnya yAdImAM jene sthAna ja nathI ke na ApI zakAya tevI javAhara moharAnI goLI, lokAmayahara kastUrI goLI, sudarzana ghanavaTI, sorbITreTa tathA novAljIna jevI elopathI TIkaDIo vagerenuM sevana aNAhArI tarIke tapasyAmAM tathA mAMdagI Adi kAraNosara rAte vyApakapaNe vadhyuM che; to kyAMka lAMbI oLImAM valoNAMnI chAzanuM paNa sevana thatuM saMbhaLAya che. bhASyagraMthamAM nirdeza na hovAthI zIMgatela vagere telo lukhkhI nIvImAM vAparI zakAya tevAM vidhAno tathA osAvelA paMca mevAno bAre mAsa vaparAza berokaToka thavA lAgyA che; to navakArazI AMbela vagere paccakkhANo paNa kyAMka calaNI banAvavAmAM AvyAM che. AvI badhI asaMmata ke paraMparAthI viparIta bAbatone tapasvIjI mahArAje kyAreya AdarI ke AcarI nathI. temanA gurujI parama gItArtha hatA, ane temanA asaMdigdha mArgadarzana anusAra, gItArthonI paraMparAnuM tathA zAstrapramANanuM baLa na hoya tevI vAtone teo niSiddha ja samajatA. ane niSiddhanuM AcaraNa te ja to svacchaMdAcaraNa che. temanA jevA Atmika utkarSane ja jhaMkhatA puNyAtmA AvA svacchaMda AcaraNanA bhoga bane paNa zA mATe ? vastutaH zAstromAM apavAdo che. apavAdika AcaraNAo paNa che. koIka mAnya vyaktie cokkasa kAraNosara ke viziSTa saMyogomAM tenuM sevana karyuM hoya ke karavAnI chUTa ApI hoya, teno dAkhalo laIne pachI apavAda mArgane keTalAka sagavaDapremIo calaNI karI mUke te ja che svacchaMdAcaraNa. tapasvIjI mahArAja jevA sAcA sAdhaka AvuM kare to nahi, paNa svIkAre paNa nahi. temanA cittamAM to tapa - tyAga - svAdajaya - jayaNA - A badhAM vAnAM evA to ramatAM ke temane AvA sahelA ke vacalA rastA pakaDavAnuM phAve ja nahi, karmo para prahAra karavAnuM temanuM dhyeya evA sahelA raste siddha paNa na thAya. temanI AvI nirmaLa sAdhanAnuM sIdhuM pariNAma e hatuM ke pakSIya dRSTie virodhI gaNAya tevA ane potAnA kSetramAM mUrdhanya gaNAtA AcAryonA aMtaramAM paNa temanA pratye sahaja Adara ane ahobhAva pedA thaI gayA. tapasvIjI mahArAjanA samovaDiyA gaNAya tevA svapakSanA tapasvIonA tapa vize viparIta sUra uccAranArA AcAryo paNa tapasvIjInI tapasAdhanAnI to nirbheLa ane nirdezabhAve anumodanA ja karatA. niHzalya vratapAlana ane nirdabha tapa - ArAdhanAnI A anAyAsa-prApta siddhi hatI. 60

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(21) have vAta gajarAbahenanI chaganabhAI to dIkSA laIne kumudacandravijayajI banI gayA. are, vihAra paNa karI gayA ! have to temanAM darzana paNa durlabha ! teo viharatA hoya tyAM jAya to ja darzana paNa maLe. temAM paNa temane to koI rasa ja nahi. darzana karanArane saMtoSa ke je kAMI thatuM hoya te bhale, paNa jenAM darzana mATe jAya tene to kazI ja tamA nathI. gajarAbahena vicAre che : zuM saMsAranA saMbaMdho ATalA badhA phaTakiyA hoya ? gaIkAla sudhI jenI sAthe varSo vItAvyAM ane sukha - duHkhamAM sAtha nibhAvyo, te mANasa sAdhu thayA pachI jANe vAta karavA paNa rAjI nahi ! ke pachI huM cUkI gaI chuM ? hA, vAta sAcI che. huM ja thApa khAI beThI chuM. 'emaNe' to mane vAraMvAra samajAvyuM hatuM, saMsAranuM viSama svarUpa. saMsAranAM badhAM sukho mAtra bhramaNA che ane saMyamanI sAdhanA dvArA ja pAmI zakAya tevo Atmika AnaMda ja vAstavika sukhano AdhAra che - A vAta keTalA badhA hetathI ane hoMzathI mane samajAvavAnI temaNe mathAmaNa karI ! samajatI paNa hatI. tethI ja to meM emane dIkSA levAnI rajA ApI ane dIkSA apAvI paNa kharI. paNa te paLe mAre paNa je samajavuM joItuM hatuM ane emanA pagale pagale AtmasukhanA upabhogamAM paNa bhAgIdAra banavA nIkaLI paDavuM joItuM hatuM, te mAtra mArI aMdara paDelA koIka ahaMkArane lIdhe ane mananA UMDe khUNe rahI gayelI koIka Asakti ane saMyama nahi pALI zakAya tevI kAlpanika bIkane lIdhe huM cUkI gaI. paNa have ? have zuM thAya ? je banI gayuM temAM koI pheraphAra thAya tema nathI. have to eka ja rasto che H bhale moDuM thayuM, paNa huMya emanI pAchaLa emanA mArge hajIye cAlI nIkaLuM, to saMsAranI jaMjALo chUTI jAya ane 'emanA' pagale cAlIne AtmAnuM kAMIka aMze paNa kalyANa sAdhI zakAya. nA, hajI bAjI hAthamAMthI sarI nathI paDI. A vicArone gajarAbahene khUba ghUMTyA. potAnA manobhAvane khUba puSTa ane spaSTa banAvyo. ane pachI e 1997nA ja comAsAmAM upaDyAM valasADa. tyAM jaIne pUjyapAda AcArya mahArAjane vInavyA : "mane paNa have dIkSA Apo. huM moDI paDI chuM. paNa have vadhu moDuM nathI karavuM. mane jhaTa dIkSA Apo.'' AcArya bhagavaMte temanI manodazAnI - bhAvanAnI cakAsaNI karI. kyAMya vyaktimoha ke ghelachA athavA du:khajanya vairAgya to nathI, tenI pAkI parIkSA karI. temane pratIti thaI ke nA, pariNAma nirmaLa che. saMsAranI koI vAsanAthI doravAIne dIkSAnI vAta nathI karatAM; sAcI samajaNathI prerAIne ja AvyAM che. chatAM temaNe tatkALa hA na pADI. paNa to gajarAbahena paNa kyAM kama hatAM ! e comAsAmAM cAra - pAMca vakhata teo tyAM AvyAM, 61

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ane gurubhagavaMta samakSa dIkSAnI vAta laI beThAM. chevaTe temanAM bhAbhI dhanIbahena, bhatrIjAo tathA temanA vIlanA rakhevALo rAmajIzAha vagere svajanone laIne teo AcAryadeva pAse AvyAM. svajanoe temanA vatI AcAryadevane Agraha karyo. tyAre AcArya bhagavaMte comAsA pachI dIkSA ApavAnuM svIkAryuM. gajarAbahena to rAjInA reDa ! comAsuM Utarye gurubhagavaMto vihAra karIne navasArI padhAryA. mAgazara vadi chaThanuM muhUrta nakkI thayuM hatuM. gajarAbahenane dIkSAnI evI to hoMza jAgI hatI ke temaNe potAnA kharce, potAnA paramazraddheya zrIcintAmaNi pArzvanAthanA derAsare mahotsava maMDAvyo. mAgazara vadi pAMcame zAntisnAtra hatuM. te dahADe gajarAbahenane paramAtmAnI pUjA karatAM karatAM evo to bhAvollAsa pravarco ke potAnA gaLAmAM paherelo pAMca tolAno sonAno hAra temaNe kADhIne prabhujInA kaMThe AropI dIdho ! ArAdhaka AtmAne mana jinezvara deva ja potAnuM sarvasva hoya. paraMtu prabhujIne potAnuM sarvasva mAnanArA paNa badhA AtmAo evI nathI hotA ke jeo potAnI pAse je hoya te, mAtra bhAvollAsane vaza banIne ja, paramAtmAnA caraNomAM nyocchAvara karI de. e kAma to koI vIralAnuM je. gajarAbahena AvA vIralA ArAdhaka hatAM, ane temaNe A prasaMgathI siddha karI batAvyuM hatuM.' A agAu paNa temaNe potAnA pacAsa tolAnA cAMdInA dAgInAmAMthI zrIneminAtha prabhunI cAMdInI pratibhA bharAvI zrI navasArI saMghane arpaNa karI hatI. kadambagiri tIrthamAM paNa eka derIno lAbha laI temAM potAnA tathA chaganabhAInA nAme prabhu-pratiSThAno lAbha lIdho hato. arthAt potAnI pAse je thoDIka mUDI hatI, teno mahattama viniyoga temaNe dIkSA pUrve ja paramAtmAnI bhaktimAM karI lIdho hato. ane temaNe dIkSAnA pUrvadine sonAno kaMTho paramAtmAnI caDhAvI dIdhAnI vAta jyAre muni zrIkumudacaMdravijayajIe jANI, tyAre teo muni banI gayA hovA chatAM anumodanAnA harSathI DolI UThyA hatA. temanA moMmAMthI sahaja vacana saryuM ke, "huM gRhastha hato tyAre paNa mAruM jigara na cAlyuM, te A zrAvikAe hiMmata karI batAvI che; kharekhara temane dhanya che ke bhagavAnanI AvI bhakti karI." vadi 6 nA khUba dhAmadhUmathI gajarAbahenanI dIkSA thaI. zAsanasamrATa zrIvijayanemisUrIzvarajI mahArAjanAM AjJAvartinI sAdhvI zrIguNazrIjI mahArAjanAM ziSyA tarIke sAdhvI zrIsUryaprabhAzrIjInA nAme temane prasthApita karavAmAM AvyAM. temanI vaDIdIkSA phAgaNa zudi trIjanA dine godharA gAme thaI. jJAnAvaraNIyano kSayopazama maMda, tethI khapajogo abhyAsa ane sAdhujIvananI caryA vagere temaNe zIkhI lIdhuM. paNa bhaktino, vaiyAvaccano ane vizrAmaNAno guNa temaNe soLe kaLAre khIlavyo. nAnAM - bhaNatAM sAdhvIonI bhakti karavI, moTAM tathA glAna - vRddhonI vaiyAvacce

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karavI, tathA moTA samudAyamAM avanavA pariNata - apariNata jIvo hoya temanI vizrAmaNA karavI, A traNa bAbatamAM te sAdhvIjI thoDA ja vakhatamAM nipuNa banI gayAM. A guNone lIdhe teo sAdhvIgaNamAM evAM to mAnItAM ane AdaraNIya banI gayAM ke teo jIvyAM tyAM sudhI nAnA - moTAM saue mAsI mahArAja tarIke apanAvyAM ane temanA vacanane mAnya gaNyuM. temaNe potAnAM vaDIlonAM veNane kadI utthApyAM nahi, to temanAthI nAnAMoe ane vaDIloe paNa temanAM veNane paNa kadI uvekhyuM nahi. teonAM vaDIla gurubahena hatAM sAdhvI zrIdharaNendrazrIjI. temane pAchalI uMmare kensarano rAjaroga thayo. te evo vakaryo ke gAMTha phUTI jaI ghArAmAM kIDA paDI javAnI hade vikRti thaI gaI. vyAdhi asAdhya. vedanA asahya. lohInA to phuvArA vahe. AvA bhayaMkara vyAdhimAM niyamita DresIMga tathA upacAra thAya te agatyanuM hatuM. ane A vikaTa ane jugupsAjanaka kAma karavuM te paNa te kAcApocAnA gajA bahAranuM hatuM. koNa saMbhALe ? A vikaTa samaye sUryaprabhAzrIjI AgaLa AvyAM. temaNe vaDIlonI saMmati laIne DresIMga sahitanI samagra sAravArano havAlo saMbhALI lIdho. ane pachI eka ja gAma - vejalapura - mAM rahIne sAta - sAta varSa sudhI temaNe te glAna gurubahenanI karelI sAravAranuM varNana to te paristhitine najare jonAra ja karI zake. na ghRNA, na sUga, na kaMTALo, na phariyAda. basa eka ja vAta : mArAM moTAM gurubahenane zAtA upajavI joIe, emanI vedanA ghaTavI joIe, emane samAdhi rahevI joIe. temanI A vaiyAvacca - kSamatA ajoDa hatI, ema temanAM sahavartI sAdhvIjIo tathA vejalapuranA gRhastho pAsethI anekavAra sAMbhaLavA maLyuM che. teo tapazcaryAmAM thoDA maMda hatAM. paNa dIkSA lIdhA pachI gurujanonA satata sahavAsane kAraNe temanAmAM tapano ullAsa vadhato gayo. jenA pariNAme, temaNe mAsakSamaNa, soLa bhaththuM, aThThAI, zreNitapa, siddhitapa, 500 akhaMDa - saLaMga AMbela, karmasUdanatapa ityAdi vividha tapo to karyAM ja; vadhumAM vardhamAna tapanI 86 oLI paNa karI. emAM 500 AMbelanA aMtima divasomAM to kasoTI thaI. eka rAtre AMkhe ekAeka mITho jhAmara UtarI Avyo, ane tatkAla oparezana karavuM paDyuM. paNa to paNa temaNe AMbela to na ja choDyAM; operazananA divase paNa karyuM ja. Ama, tapasvIjI mahArAja jo potAnA viziSTa sAmarthya pramANe AtmasAdhanAmAM AgaLa vadhyA hatA, to gajarAbahena eTale ke sAdhvI zrIsUryaprabhAzrIjI paNa potAnI kSamatAne anurUpa AgaLa vadhI zakyAM hatAM, ane e rIte jema gRhastha avasthAmAM tema muni avasthAmAM paNa banne AtmAo, parasparanA atizaya nirlepabhAve paNa, parasparanA anurUpa rIte Atmika vikAsa sAdhavAne zaktimAna banyA hatA. 63

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(22) ziSyasaMpadA, pojhAti, zAsanaprabhAvanA A badhI to thaI AMtarika vikAsanI vAta. have thoDIka temanA - tapasvI mahArAjanA bahiraMga vikAsanI vAto paNa jANIe. munijIvanamAM bahiraMga vikAsanAM traNa sopAna mukhya gaNAya : 1.ziSyo 2. padavI. 3. zAsananI prabhAvanAnAM kAryo. tapasvIjI mahArAje A traNe sopAno leza paNa AyAsa vinA ane tadana sahaja bhAve sara karI lIdhAM. kramazaH ekeka vAta joIe. . temanA saMsArapakSe moTA bhAI nAnacaMda phakIracaMda. temane sAta dIkarA: maganabhAI, amaracaMda, mANekacaMda, gulAbacaMda, nemacaMda, dharamacaMda, ThAkorabhAI. nAnacaMdabhAInuM AkhuM kuTuMba navasArImAM sthAyI thaI gayeluM. vi. saM. 2010nuM varSa. e varSe comAsA mATe pUjyapAda zrIvijayavijJAnasUrijI tathA pUjya zrIvijayakasUrasUrijI mahArAja potAnA samudAya sAthe sUrata - gopIpurAnA upAzraye padhArelA. A comAsA daramyAna surendranagaranA eka mumukSu bhAI pUjyonA samAgamamAM AvyA ane temane dIkSA levAnA bhAva thayA. comAsA pachI sArA muhUrta ane sArI rIte temanI dIkSA thavAnI vAta paNa vahetI thaI. yogAnuyoga, nAnacaMdabhAInA sauthI nAnA - sAtamA putra ThAkorabhAI, jeo nizALamAM bhaNatA ane sattareka varSanI vaya hatI, teo pUjya vijJAnasUrijI mahArAjanA samAgamamAM AvI gayA, ane temane paNa dIkSAno bhAva jAgyo. AcAryadeve temanuM hIra pArakhI lIdheluM, - tethI teo temane mATe pUratI kALajI levA mAMDyA. ThAkorabhAI paNa dara zanivAre skUlanuM daphatara ghera mUkIne navasArIthI sUrata cAlyA Ave, te somavAre pAchA jAya. be dahADA AcAryadevano bharapeTa satsaMga kare, ane dIkSAnI vAta cokkasarUpe AgaLa vadhe. Ama to temanI vAta jAhera karavAnI na hatI. paNa sAdhunA vadhu paDatA samAgamamAM AvelA chokarAnI vAta kyAM sudhI chAnI rahe ? anya sAdhuo ane pachI pelA dIkSArthI bhAI sudhI ThAkorabhAInI vAta pahoMcI gaI. te bhAInI dIkSA comAsuM Utarye nakkI hatI. temane e paNa khyAla hato ke ThAkorabhAIne levI haze to paNa temanA gherathI rajA maLe tema nathI. eTale te bhAIe ThAkorabhAInI mazkarI karavAnI zarU karI. jyAre beya jaNA maLe tyAre pelA aMgUTho dekhADIne kahe, tame rahI javAnA, huM laI levAno. ThAkorabhAIe A vAta AcAryadevane karatAM temaNe dhIraja dharavA samajAvyA ane dIkSA mATe vadhu ne vadhu makkamatA sIMcavA mAMDI. pachI to e haMmezano silasilo thaI gayo ke pelA bhAI mazkarI karyA kare ane ThAkorabhAI tene - * * |

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hasI kADhe. Ama karatAM comAsuM pUruM thayuM, ane pelA mitranI dIkSAno divasa najIka Avyo. jema divasa najIka Avato gayo, tema te mitra ThAkorabhAIne UtArI pADavAnI hada sudhI mazkarI karatA gayA. cheka dIkSAnA AgalA divasa sudhI e krama cAlu rahyo. A bAju ThAkorabhAI ane AcAryadeva vacce saMtalasa thaI cUkI hatI. gherathI dIkSAnI rajA maLavAnI nathI ane koI kALe koI potAne dIkSA levA devAnuM nathI, tenI pAkI khAtarI hatI. to bIjI bAju AcAryadevanuM siMcana evuM jaDabesalAka hatuM ke dIkSA vinA have ghaDI paNa rahevAnuM ThAkorabhAI mATe muzkela hatuM. emAM pelA bhAInI asahya mazkarIo to cAlu ja hatI, ane vAba ApavAno bAkI ja hato. ThAkorabhAIe AcAryadevane kahyuM ke kAle savAre A bhAIno varaghoDo caDe tyAre mane dIkSA ApI do. have huM nahi rahI zakuM. AcAryadeve to kyAranuMya pANI mApI lAdheluM. temaNe te vAta svIkArI lIdhI, ane bIjA divase jyAre pelA dIkSArthI baMdhuno varSIdAnano varaghoDo nIkaLyo, tyAre upAzrayanA ekAMta khUNe AcAryadeva ThAkorabhAIne dIkSA ApI dIdhI, ane tapasvIjI mahArAjanA ziSya tarIke muni ! zrIprabodhacandravijayajI tarIke sthApI dIdhA. e kArya pUruM thAya tyAM ja varSIdAnano varaghoDo AvI pahoMcyo, eTale AcAryadeva navadIkSitane laIne maMDapamAM padhAryA. navadIkSita anya munionI sAthe pATa upara beThA. pelA dIkSArthI, bhAI to potAno vaTa chelle pradarzita karavA ane "kema rahI gayA ne ?' evuM kahI devA mATe jAjama upara upasthita medanImAM ThAkorabhAIne zodhI rahyA hatA. emanA hAvabhAva kaLI jaIne AcAryadeve emane hasatAM hasatAM kahyuM : "tuM jene zodhe che e to A beTho pATa upara." ane temane muMDela mastakavALA muniveSamAM jotAM ja e bhAI levAI gayA. emane thayuM ke huM varaghoDAnA mohamAM phasAyo, bolato rahyo, ane ANe to cUpacApa karI dekhADyuM! e bhAI paNa dIkSA pachI muni zrIpramodacandravijayajI thayA, ane pachI to banne sahAdhyAyI mitra banI rahyA. tapasvIjI mahArAjanA A saMsArI bhatrIjA ThAkorabhAI te temanA prathama ziSya. temaNe jIvanabhara tapasvIjI mahArAjanI sevA - zuzruSA tathA vaiyAvacca khaDe page karI ane teonI ArAdhanAmAM sadAya sahAyaka banI rahyA. hAla teo AcArya zrIprabodhacandrasUrijI tarIke vicarI rahyA che. A sivAya anya paNa be - traNa ziSyo tathA cAra - pAMca praziSyono parivAra tapasvIjI mahArAjane prApta thayo hato. A pachI AvI padavInI vAta. vi. saM. 2013nuM cArtumAsa AcArya bhagavaMto pUnAmAM birAjelA. tyAM cAturmAsa daramyAna anya munivaro joDe tapasvIjI mahArAjane paNa zrIbhagavatIsatranA jogamAM praveza karAvyo. cAturmAsa bAda gaNipada arpaNa karavAmAM AvyuM. tyAra bAda te ja varSamAM aSADa zudi 10nA dine, muMbaImAM zrInaminAthajI jaina upAzrayamAM temane paMnyAsapadathI vibhUSita karavAmAM AvyA.

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saM. 2024mAM sUratamAM pUjya gurujI zrIvijayakasUrasUrijI mahArAje temane upAdhyAya pada - pradAna karyuM. tyArabAda vi. saM. 2018nA mAgazara zudi bIje, paramapUjya saMghanAyaka AcArya zrIvijayanaMdanasUrijI mahArAjanA nirdezathI, sUratamAM birAjatA pU. A.deva zrImANikyasAgarasUrijInA haste tapasvIjI mahArAjane AcAryapadathI alaMkRta karavAmAM AvyA. majAnI vAta to e che ke tapasvIjI mahArAja pote koI moTA vyAkhyAnakartA nahotA. prasiddha lekhaka ke prakhara vaktA nahotA. temaNe potAnA jIvanamAM vyAkhyAna ApyuM haze ke kema te ja savAla che. temanI pAse to eka ja vAta hatI : mauna ane tapArAdhanA. na koI ADaMbara, na koI ThaThAro. na prasiddhinI bhUkha ke na bhaktonI bhIDa. pote bhalA ne potAnI sAdhanAnI mastI bhalI. A bhUmikA jotAM AcAryapadavI potAne maLe tevI temanA manamAM kalpanA paNa na hoya. meLavavAno prayAsa - prapaMca to hoya ja zAno? AtmakrIDa - AtmAmAM ja ramamANa vyakti paratve AvI kalpanA paNa temane anyAya karavArUpa banI rahe. are, koIka to evuM paNa vicaratuM ke uccAratuM hoya ke "e to tapasvI che, tapa karyA kare; emane padavI ApavAthI zuM?" paNa kudaratano krama che ke "na mAge doDatuM Ave." je anAsakta che tene padavI jevI cIjo sAmethI zodhatI Ave che, ane vaLI Agamaca jANa karyA vinA ja AvI pahoMce che. tapasvIjI mahArAja mATe AvuM ja baneluM. temane svapramAM paNa kalpanA nahi, ane acAnaka pAlItANAthI AcArya bhagavaMtano Adeza Avyo, ane padavI thaI. paNa padavI thayA pachI emanI AbhA, emano prabhAva ane emanuM tapateja - badhuM evuM to nikharyuM ke AcAryapadavIne zobhAvI jANanArA gaNyA gAMThyA pUjayomAM temanuM nAma ApoApa ja umerAI gayuM. saMtakabIre gAyuM che ke - jahAM jJAnI tahAM gaDabaDA, jahAM paMDita tahAM vAda jahAM tapasI tahAM teja hai, jahAM zAMti tahAM svAda" pAchalAM varSomAM zAMti ane tapanI tejamUrti - samA tapasvIjI mahArAjane jemaNe nikaTatAthI, bAhya - skUla vAtAvaraNanA kocalAne bhedIne nihALyA che, temane uparanI paMktinI jhAMkhI avazya thaI haze. ane chelle Ave zAsanaprabhAvanA. zAsanaprabhAvanA' zabda Aje ApaNe tyAM "saMgha, ujamaNAM, upadhAna, pratiSThA, aMjanazalAkA, jinamaMdirAdinuM nirmANa tathA jIrNoddhAra, lokasamUhane AkarSavAnI kSamatA ityAdi kAryonA arthamAM prayojAya che. AvI zAsanaprabhAvanA teonA haste, upadezathI tathA sAMnidhyamAM aDhaLaka thaI che. temanA mana ane nirADaMbara vyaktitvamAM eka akaLa jAdu hato ke jenA lIdhe grAmya pradezanI bhAvika janatA potAnAM dharmakAryomAM teonuM sAMnidhya vizeSe jhaMkhatI. tapasvIjI

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mahArAjanA jIvanano chello dAyako sUrata - navasArI ane mukhyatve banAsakAMThAnAM kSetromAM pasAra thayo. A pradezamAM teo khUba vicaryA. page vAnI takalIphane kAraNe 90mA varSe jyAre pote cAlavAne azakta banyA, tyAre DoLIno upayoga paNa temaNe ahIM ja svIkAryo. jo ke DoLI mATe potAnuM jarA paNa mana nahi. paraMtu temaNe pAchalAM varSomAM potAnuM mana mahadaMze saMkelI lIdhuM hatuM, ane potAnA ziSya A. zrIprabodhacandrasUrijI nakkI kare te rIte premapUrvaka vartavAnuM temaNe svIkAryuM hatuM. AthI temano Agraha vizeSa thavAthI temaNe DoLIno upayoga svIkAryo ane dharmakAryomAM lokone lAbha Apyo. temanA jIvananI A eka noMdhapAtra vizeSatA hatI. kyAMya kadI potAno Agraha ke mamata nahi, kyAMya jIbhAjoDI nahi. potAnA manane pratikULa lAgatI vAta paNa maunabhAve tathA koI jAtanA kleza vinA svIkAravI, ane je sthiti Ave temAM saMtoSa mAnavo. ekaja vAtamAM teone bAMdhachoDa na pAlavatI potAnA tapa-japa- kriyA-saMyamanI sAdhanAmAM.. emAM garabaDa ke pheraphAra thAya to teo cAlavI na letA. bAkI badhuM uMmara tathA deza-kALane AdhIna yogyAyogyano viveka karI svIkAravAmAM teo nAnama na anubhavatA. (23) nirapAdhika jIvanano samAdhiMmaya aMta jIvana maraNadharyA che. zarIra kSaNabhaMgura che. AyuSyanA paDiyAmAM kaI kSaNe kANuM paDaze te akaLa che. pratyeka nAmadAra chevaTe to nAdAra ja thavAno. A sanAtana satyanuM pratipAdana zrIhemacandrAcArye potAnI AgavI ane marmasparzI zailImAM A rIte karyuM che. yat prAtastanna madhyAhne yanmadhyAhne na tannizi / nirIkSyate bhave'traiva, padArthAnAmanityatA / / arthAta - "je savAre te na sAMje, je sAMje te na rAtrie, dIsaMtuM jagamAM saMdhuM, re ! kevuM che anitya A !" ane badhuM ja - jIvana paNa - anitya che, kSaNika che, nAzavaMta che, tethI ja vivekI jIva potAnuM jIvana, potAnA mRtyune samAdhimaya banAve tevuM - samAdhipUrNa - jIvavAno satata sabhAna udyama karato rahe che. vijJAna athavA sAhitya athavA dunyavI vyavahAramAM jIvananuM mUlya bhale moTuM aMkAtuM hoya paNa - tattvajJAna ane dharmanA kSetramAM to mRtyunI ja kiMmata adakerI AMkavAmAM Ave che. jo mRtyu ?

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kSaya na hota to tattvajJAna ke adhyAtmano AvirbhAva ja jagatamAM na thayo hota, ema kahI - zakAya. "eka manuSyanI mRtyuSaNa kevI hatI te mane kaho, to huM tenuM jIvana kevuM haze teno nakazo dorI ApuM." - evuM koI kahe to temAM te atyukti nathI karato hato. zAMta jIvana, to mRtyu samAdhimaya; upAdhigheryuM jIvana, to mRtyu pIDAmayaH - A sAva sAduM gaNita jene pAke AvaDI gayuM che, te vyaktinI eka ja jIvana - jhaMkhanA hovAnI : samAdhi mRtyunI. jaina darzanamAM A gaNita zIkhavAnI ane pAkuM karavAnI majAnI sagavaDa che. ahIM pratyeka jaine bhagavAna samakSa karavAnI prArthanAmAM be vastunI yAcanA karavAnuM khAsa zIkhavavAmAM Ave che : samAdhi ane samAdhimaraNa. arthAt "bhagavaMta ! tArI karuNA mArA para avataro, jethI mane (jIvanabhara) samAdhi ane aMta samaye samAdhimaya mRtyu paNa maLe !" potAnA iSTadeva pAse bIjuM ghaNuM badhuM mAgavAnI vAta to badhe ja Ave che, paNa "mRtyunI mAgaNI karavAnI vAta e jaina darzananI AgavI lAkSaNiktA che. A darzananA tattvajJono spaSTa khyAla che ke jIvana - zuddhi jALavI jeNe tene ja maMgala mRtyu maLe. ane maMgala mRtyu maLe tenuM AgAmI jIvana zuddha ane unnata ja hoya. ApaNA caritranAyaka zrItapasvIjI mahArAja samAdhimaya jIvana ane samAdhimaya mRtyunI prArthanA paraMparAgata rIte tathA zabdomAM to hamezAM karatA hatA. paraMtu tethI eka DagaluM AgaLa, potAnI pUrvAvasthAmAM teo chaganabhAI hatA tyAre, eka munirAje eka apUrva ArAdhanA karAvelI : samAdhimaraNanA aDhamanI. ghaNuM karIne vi. saM. 1989nA cAturmAsamAM, sUratamAM birAjamAna zrIjayAnaMda vijayajI mahArAje saMghamAM sAmudAyika rUpe A ArAdhanA karAvI hatI. e ArAdhanA karanAre mAtra ekaja manoratha keLavavAno hato ke jyAre paNa mRtyunI veLA Ave tyAre mane samAdhimRtyu maLe. emAM aTTama karIne traNa divasa daramyAna zrIjinamaMdiramAM amuka cokkasa padano cokkasa saMkhyAmAM japa karavAno hoya che. A aTTamanI ArAdhanAmAM chaganabhAI samAdhimaraNanI utkaTa pariNati sAthe joDAyelA, tevI temanI noMdha maLe che. samAdhimRtyunI 'eka khUbI e che ke samyatvavaMta ane haLukarmI AtmAne ja maLe, anyane nahi. have jo A rIte utkaTa manoratha ane bhAvollAsa sAthe aTTamanI kriyA karavAthI samAdhimRtyu ja nahi, paNa tenI sAthe sAthe samyaktvanI chApa paNa maLI jatI hoya to te meLavavAno avasara chaganabhAI jevA supAtra AtmA kema cUke? emaNe e ArAdhanA khUba hoMzabhera karI, ane potAnuM samAdhimRtyu jANe ke rijharva ke eDavAnsa buka karAvI lIdhuM! aThThAvana varSa agAu karelI A ArAdhanA phaLIbhUta thavAno avasara have najIka AvI rahyo hato. jIvanasaMdhyAnA AMgaNe AvI UbhelA 92 varSanA tapasvIjI mahArAjanI tapaHpUta kAyA have potAnA saDana- paDana - vidhvaMsana svabhAvane puravAra karavA mATe ja hoya tema khakhaDavA lAgI hatI. Ama to eka ja vAra AhAra ne eka vAra nIhAra, A niyama varSono akhaMDa hato. ethI AhAra - vihAranI aniyamitatAne kAraNe thAya tevA koI doSane ahIM avakAza ja nahoto. have to AyuSya-karmanI apekSAe karmonA niyamane AdhIna je kAMI garabaDa thavAnI hoya teTalo ja avakAza rahelo. ane karma tathA kALa konI zarama bhare che? 68

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saM. 2047nA varSe memadapurathI jIrAvalIjI tIrthano cha'rI pAlaka saMgha teozrInI nizrAmAM nIkaLyo. jIrAvalIjInI yAtrA pachI potAne rANakapurajInA darzanano abhilASa thatAM saparivAra te tarapha padhAryA. tyAM rANakapura uparAMta mUchALA mahAvIra, varakANA, brAhmaNavADA ItyAdi lagabhaga badhAM mukhya tIrthonI sparzanA karI mAlavADA AvyA. tyAMthI bhIlaDIyAjI ane pachI pAlaDI, vAva, tharAdanAM kSetromAM viharatAM phAgaNamAM bhorola tIrthe pahoMcyA. tyAM yAtrA to sarasa thaI, paNa tyAM phA. va. 8nA ekAeka tabiyata lathaDI gaI. DokTaranI doDadhAma thaI gaI. badhAnI salAha paDI ke (peTanuM) oparezana anivArya che mATe DIsA ke pAlanapura khaseDo. DokTaronI salAhane saMghono Agrahatemaja tabiyatanI gaMbhIratA - A badhAMne AdhAre teozrIne tAbaDatoDa pAlanapura laI javAmAM AvyA. potAnI sarNa nAmarajI ane nArAjagI chatAM, tyAM mahAjananI hospiTalanA niSNAta dAktaroe ghaniSTha sAravAra to AraMbhI, paNa 92nI jaipha vaya, lohInuM alpa pramANa ane kamajorI - A badhAM lakSaNone lakSamAM laI TharAvyuM ke A tabakke operazana karI na zakAya. bAhya je thaI zake te upacAra karavA. ane te pramANe DokTaroe upacAro AraMbhI paNa dIdhA. peTanI - AMtaraDAnI bImArI hatI. eTale moDhAmAM - peTamAM AhAra - pANI ochAM jAya te Avazyaka hatuM. tapasvI mahArAjane to A "bhAvatuM'tuM ne DokTare kahyuM jevuM banyuM. temaNe te sthitimAM davAkhAnAmAM pAMca divasa covihAra upavAsa kheMcI kADhyA. DokTarone bAhya sAravAra daramyAna khyAla Avyo ke maLazuddhi thaI zake to kadAca bAjI sudhare. temaNe enImAno prayoga karyo. ane tenuM pariNAma evuM sarasa AvyuM ke tabiyata pAchI sArI thaI gaI. tapasvI mahArAja bhayamukta thaIne upAzraye AvI gayA. paraMtu A takalIpha uMmarajanya hatI, eTale have satata sAvadhAnI to rAkhavAnI ja hatI, ane te rakhAI paNa kharI. tenA pahelAM pagalAMrUpe tapasvIjI mahArAje 1024 ekAMtara upavAsanI sahagnakUTa tapanI ArAdhanA thoDA vakhata agAu AraMbhelI, te upara pUrNavirAma mUkavo paDyo. jo ke te chatAM ekAsaNAM ane pAMcama - agyArasa - caudaza vagerenA upavAsa to cAlu ja rahyA. mAtra moTI tapazcaryA upara pratibaMdha Avyo. vaizAkhamAM bIjIvAra svAthya kathaLyuM. vaLI hospiTalamAM laI javA paDyA. pUrvavata upacArathI sAjA thayA. paraMtu zArIrika kSINatA vadhI gaI. comAsAno avasara thatAM te mATe vihAra karyo. mArgamAM ArakhI gAme trIjI vAra tabiyata bagADI. vaLI tyAM DokTaronI sAravAra maLI rahetAM svasthatA prApta thaI. e pachI comAsuM pAMthAvADA karyuM. comAsuM ane tyAra pachInAM upadhAna, jIrAvAlAjI tIrthano padayAtrA - saMgha vagere kAryo nirvighna ane prabhAvaka rUpe thayAM. tabiyatane kAMI AMca na AvI. jIrAvalAjIthI dAMtIvADA, sallA vagere kSetromAM dharmaprabhAvaka kAryo karAvatAM karAvatAM chApIthI nIkaLanAra yAtrA - saMghane AzIrvacana ApavA te tarapha AgaLa to vadhyA, paNa mArgamAM kANodara gAme ekAeka tabiyate uthalo khAdho. prAthamika sAravAra tatkAla maLI gaI ane tethI rAhata paNa maLI jatAM vihAra karI DaoNkTaronI salAha mujaba pAlanapura AvyA, ane tyAM mahAjananAdavAkhAne dAkhala karavAmAM AvyA.

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dara vakhata karatAM A vakhatanI mAMdagInuM svarUpa jarA juduM - vadhu gaMbhIra hatuM. DokTaro satata * satarka rahIne cAMpatI sAravAra Apyu ja gayA. pariNAme poSa vada 8thI mahA suda 8nA gALAmAM aneka caDaUtara AvI. A avasthAmAM paNa temaNe ekAsaNAM to na ja mUkyAM. mahA sudi AThamathI sthiti gaMbhIra banI. sakaLa saMgha tathA anyAnya gAmonA seMkaDo bhAvikono pravAha davAkhAnA tarapha vahevA mAMDyo. saunI eka ja kAmanA hoya : mahArAjajI sAjA thAya. DokTaro paNa te rIte potAnAthI banatI zreSTha sAravAramAM vyasta hatA. to sAme AcAryazrI prabodhacandrasUrijI paNa sAvadhAna hatA. temane lAgyuM ke paristhita vaLAMka levA mAMDI che, te sAthe ja temaNe navakAramaMtra sahita dharmazravaNarUpa nirdhAmaNA cAlu karI dIdhI. tapasvI mahArAjane e bahu gamyuM. zrAvaka varga potAnI rIte tyAM ja jIvadayA Adi sukRtamAM dhanavyayanA tathA aneka AtmAo tapa - japa- svAdhyAya AdinA saMkalpo pragaTa karavA lAgyA. tapasvI mahArAja glAna hatA paNa plAna ke bebhAna nahotA. emanA vadana para ArAdhanAnA zravaNane lIdhe navI ja surakhI vartAvA lAgI. teo samajI gayA ke have mArA prasthAnanI veLA AvI lAgI che. e sAthe ja teo saceta banI gayA. ArAdhanA to rAte paNa akhaMDa zarU ja rahI. mahA suda 9-10mAM bhegAM hatAM. te divase savAre pratikramaNa thayuM tyAre tapasvIjI mahArAje manomana covihAra upavAsa dhArI lIdho. paccakhkhANa pAravA vakhate sAdhuoe parAvavAnuM kahyuM tyAre temaNe jAhera karyuM ke Aje covihAra che. have koNa zuM bole? paNa sahune temanA ArAdhakabhAvanI ane AMtarika jAgRtinI te pratIti to thaI ja gaI. e Akho divasa tabiyatamAM uthalA-caDaUtara AvatA rahyA. DokTaronA bAhyopacAra cAlu rahyA, ane sAthe sAthe nirdhAmaNA paNa akhaMDa cAlyA ja karI. agyArasanI savAra paDI. Aje paNa pratikramaNamAM ja temaNe covihAra upavAsa laI lIdho. chaThTha thayo. kadAca temane bhAsI gayuM haze ane tethI AkhA bhavanI prIta jenI sAthe joDI te tapazcaryAne A bhavanA chellA juhAra karI levA ane AvatA bhavamAM pAchA maLavAno saMketa ApavAnI gaNatarI haze, tethI jANe temaNe have jIvana che tyAM sudhI anazana karavAno mAnasika saMkalpa karyo hoya ! game tema, paNa gaMbhIra ane jIvaleNa sthitimAM paNa temanI A tapovRttithI dAktaro herAna hatA, to sakala saMgha tAjuba hato ! miniTo vahetI hatI. svasthatA labuka jhabuka thatI hatI. navakAramaMtranI dhUna akhaMDa pravartatI hatI. pote bilakula sabhAna hatA. barAbara savA bAra vAge teozrIe saune velAsara AhArAdi patAvI levAnI saMjJA karI. teno amala paNa thayo. ghaDiyALano kAMTo AgaLa vadhyo ane thoDI ja vAramAM 12-35 upara pahoMcyo. pUrA sabhAna dekhAtA chatAM tapasvI mahArAjanI have A chellI kSaNo che tevuM ArAdhanA karAvavA ToLe vaLelA sau koIne sahaja samajAI gayeluM. eTale ArAdhanAno vega vadhato gayo. barAbara 12 ne 39 miniTe tapasvI mahArAje potAno hAtha UMco karyo. jANe badhAne "Avajo, huM jAuM chuM' ema kahetA hoya ! ane e sAthe ja teonA tapapUta AtmAe tapathI bhAvita evA dehano tyAga karI paraloke prayANa karI dIdhuM !

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saM. 1989mAM karelI samAdhimaraNanI ArAdhanA Aje phaLI. saunA mukhamAM eka ja vAta hatI : dhanya tapasvI ! dhanya mRtyu ! A pachI teonA pArthiva dehane jagadguru zrIhIravijayasUrIzvarajI upAzrayamAM lAvIne ucita vidhipUrvaka padharAvavAmAM Avyo. gAma - paragAmathI hajAro bhAviko temanA aMtima darzana kAje umaTI paDyA. zrIsaMghe bhavya jariyAna pAlakhInuM nirmANa karyuM. temAM mahA zudi 12nA dine zubha coghaDiye tapasvIjI mahArAjanI kAyAne padharAvI. pachI jaya jaya naMdA jaya jaya bhaTTAnA jayanAda sAthe aMtima yAtrA AraMbhAI. uchAmaNIo sArI thaI. jIvadayAnI TIpa moTI thaI. anukaMpAdAna zrAvakoe mana mUkIne karyuM. aMtima yAtrA zaheranA rAjamArgo para pharIne chevaTe gAma bahAranI aMbikAnagara sosAyaTInA madhya bhAgamAM AvI. mahemadapuravAsI kamalezabhAI tathA mahezabhAI bI. somANIe tapasvI mahArAja pratyenA bahumAnathI prerAIne, tyAM potAnA baMgalo banAvavA mATe rAkhelI khullI jamIna aMtima vidhi ka2vA mATe ane pachI tyAM tapasvI mahArAjanuM smAraka banAvavA mATe te ja divase bheTa ApI dIdhI. te jagyAmAM, sakala saMghanA hajAro bhAvikonI upasthitimAM tapasvIjI mahArAjanAM saMsArI bhatrIjA zrInemacaMdabhAInA parivAranA- kusumabena nemacaMda tathA satIza nemacaMda tathA siddhArthakumAra satIzabhAIe UMcI bolI bolavApUrvaka, raDate haiye ane AMsubhInI AMkhe tapasvIjI mahArAjanA nazvara dehano vidhivat aMtima saMskAra karyo, tyAre tyAM upasthita rahelI vizALa medanInI AMkho AMsubhInI hatI, caherA gamagIna hatA, ane haiyAM anumodanAnA bhAvathI chalakAtAM hatAM. Go (24) thoDuMka aMgata tapasvIjI mahArAjanuM jIvanacaritra ahIM pUrNa thAya che. ApaNA samayanA eka ajoDa eka mahAna tapomUrti sAdhupuruSanuM caritra AlekhavAnI taka maLI teno apAra AnaMda che. jenuM caritra lakhavuM game evAM jIvana keTalAM ? e praznano uttara jaDavo durlabha bhanyo che tyAre eka, bAhyAMtara guNothI samRddha, surekha- saumya ane nirmala evA jIvanano Alekhanano avasara maLavo e paNa puNyodaya gaNAya. tethI ja, A caritralekhanamAM je kSaNo vItI, te svargIya AnaMdanI AsvAdakSaNo hatI, ema kahetAM saMkoca nathI thato. 71

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A caritrAlekhana atyuktithI bace tenI pUrI cIvaTa sevI che. guNavaMta ane te paNa upakArI hoya te tevI vyakti pratye pUjyabuddhi ane ahobhAva avazya hoya, ane emAM kazuM ajugatuM paNa nathI; chatAM te ahobhAvamAM taNAIne pramANabhAna na cUkAya tenI zakya kALajI levA jeTalI sabhAnatA jALavI zakyo chuM, tenuM mane gaurava che. atireka ane koI paNa bAbatane pramANabhAna jALavyA vinA ADedhaDa - lagabhaga viveka cUkI jaIne - bahelAvavIne ke bahekAvavI e sAMprata jaina lekhakonuM sAmAnya lakSaNa banyuM che tyAre, enAthI bacavuM e paNa jevI tevI kasoTI nathI. mArA tema ja mArA pUjyapAda gurujI AcArya zrIvijayasUryodayasUrijI mahArAjanA - ubhayanA upakArI eka sAdhupuruSanA guNakIrtana dvArA temanuM RNatarpaNa karato houM evI lAgaNI A lakhatAM lakhatAM cittamAM satata ramyA karI che. mUka preraNA dvArA jJAnAbhyAsamAM joDanAra tathA vatsala zabdo dvArA cAritrapathamAM AgaLa vadhAranAra vyaktinA upakAronA anRNIkaraNano AthI vadhu zreSTha upAya paNa kayo hoya ? A lakhavAmAM mukhyatve be sAdhanono AdhAralekhe upayoga thayo che : eka to caritranAyaka pUjye svahaste karelI ane Aja sudhI sacavAyelI be traNa nAnakaDI noMdhapothIo ane bIjuM, pUjya AcArya zrIvijayaprabodhacandrasUrijI mahArAje mokalelI ghaTanAnoMdho. A uparAMta anyAnya rIte keTalAka mahattvanA mudAo paNa maLyA che. A badhAno viniyoga karavA uparAMta vadhu mAruM kartRtva AmAM jarAya nathI. AjanA viSama deza - kALa - vAtAvaraNanA varavA ochAyA ApaNA zramaNasaMgha upara paDI cukyA che, ane tenI bAhyAMtara sthiti jotAM koI paNa sujJa ane khapI AtmAnuM hRdaya ciMtAkuLa ja nahi, digmUDha bane tema che. A sthitimAM, A lakhanAra sahita sahu koIne ucca cAritranI preraNA maLe tevo khyAla rAkhIne, tapasvIjI mahArAjanA bAhyAMtara guNonA kendranI pharate cAritrya - ghaDataranA keTalAka padArthonuM nirUpaNa vaNI levAnuM ucita mAnyuM che. koIne A binajarUrI ke anadhikRta ceSTA jevuM lAge to teo daragujara kare. mane to zraddhA che ke AvA mahAna sAdhaka AtmAnuM jIvana, jema temanI hayAtImAM, tema temanI gerahayAtImAM paNa, aneka AtmAone tapanI, saMyamanI ane antarmukha jIvana jIvavAnI ucca preraNA pAtuM raheze. A lekhanamAM kyAMya viparIta pratipAdana thayuM hoya ke vIgatadoSa ke tapasvIjI mahArAjanI pratibhAne hAni pahoMcADe tevuM kAMI lakhAyuM hoya to tenI pUrI javAbadArI mArI che, ane te badala huM kSamApanAno adhikArI chuM, eTaluM umerIne viramuM chuM. 72

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(pariziSTa) pUjyapAda A.bha. zrI vijayakumudacaMdrasU. ma.sA. nAM cArtumAsonI yAdI... tathA jIvananI yAdagAra tavArIkha 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. AcAryazrI vijayaprabodhacaMdrasUrijI mahArAja vi.saM. 1997 mA.su.2 sUratabaMdara navApurA madhye : pa.pU.zAsanasamrATa, bAlabrahmacArI pU.A.bha.zrI vijaya nemisUri ma.sA.nA paTTaghara samayajJa pa.pU.A.ma.zrIvijayavijJAnasUri ma.sA.nA paTTaghara prAkRtavizArada pa.pU. A.bha.zrI vi. kastUrasUri ma.sA.nA ziSya muni zrIkumudacaMdravijayajI nAme dIkSita thayA. zrIdazavaikAlika - mAMDalInA joga AyaMbilathI karyA. 1997 mahA suda 6 nA navasArI madhumatI madhye vaDIdIkSA karavAmAM AvI. valasADa mukAme prathama cArtumAsa karyuM. cAturmAsamAM adhyayananI zarUAta, lIlotarIno tyAga, AyaMbila niyamita, be kalAka mauna, 20 bAMdhI navakAravALI namaskAra mahAmaMtranI, mahinAmAM cAra divasa kApa kADhavAno te paNa phakta eka ghaDA pANIthI vadhAre nahi. iriyAvahIthI mAMDIne rAta sudhInI badhI ja Avazyaka kriyA UbhA UbhA ja karavAnI. vi.saM. 1998nA navasArI : abhyAsa pAchaLa lakSa rAkhI AyaMbila, navakAravALI, lagabhaga mauna, thoya, stavana, sajjhAya va., bhAMDArakaranI prathama tathA bIjI buka cAlu - 12 pATha thayA. savAra sAMja derAsa2mAM devavaMdana tathA 12 logassano kAussagga haMmezA. vi.saM. 1999 sUrata : nemubhAinI vADInA upAzraye, triSaSTi zalAkA purUSanuM caritra vAMcana pU. upAdhyAya kastUra vi. gaNi. pAse. bukanI AvRtti. samagra rUpo dhAtunAM lakhyAM. vacalA samayamAM cAra prakaraNa, traNa bhASya, 6 karmagrantha artha sahita karyA. tyArabAda rUpAvalI tathA candrikA vyAkaraNanI zarUAta karI. mauna, 20 bAMdhI navakAravALI vagere cAlu ja. cAre mahinA AyaMbila. vi.saM. 2000 khAnadeza : zIrapura eka navI pravRti zarU karI ke AyaMbilamAM pAMca dravyathI vadhAre dravya vAparavA nahi. vi.saM. 2001 indauramAM pU. mohanalAlajI ma.nA pU. puSyamunijI ma.nI. preraNAthI gocarI - AyaMbilanI ke ekAsaNAnI levA javI temAM phakta eka ta25NI ane u52 DADiyo, temAM jeTaluM Ave teTaluM vAparavuM. vadhAre nahi. tyArathI mAMDIne pote AcArya thayA tyAM sudhI te ja rIte karatA AhAra saMjJA upara vadhAre kAbU Avyo. 73

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9. vi.saM. 2002. godharA : cAre mAsanA AyaMbila tathA uparanI dareka pravRtti. vi.saM. 2003, khaMbhAta coLAvADAmAM : uparanI dareka pravRtti sAthe AyaMbilanA pAraNe siddhitapanI zarUAta karI. gocarImAM ghaNI kasoTI thatI hatI paNa eka akSara bolyA vinA calAvI letA. krodhanI to vAta ja nahi. vi.saM. 2004. amadAvAda (pAMjarApoLa) cArtumAsa pravezathI mAMDIne mauna ekAdazI sudhI AyaMbila sAthe abhyAsa, vAMcana haMmezA navA navA jinAlayanA darzana to kharAM ja. vi.saM. 2005. borasada : Akho divasa prAyaH mauna paNe rahIne potAnI kAyamI pravRtti cAlu. 10. vi.saM. 2006 boTAda : Dabala nyumoniyA thayo. gurU ma. kahyuM chatAM paNa AyaMbilanI oLI cAlu ja rAkhI. phakta maganuM pANI vAparIne ja AyaMbila karyAM. ane saMskRta vAMcana karyuM. 11. vi.saM. 2007 khaMbhAta coLAvADAmAM, 12. vi.saM. 2008. khaMbhAta coLAvADAmAM : 6-6 mahinAnAM AyaMbila, vAMcana ne vAcanA. vaLI bajA2mAM zrI ciMtAmaNI pArzvanAthanA derAsaramAM bhoMyarAmAM prabhu sanmukha dhyAna dharatA. tema ja sakala saMgha sAthe tyAMnA derAsaranI cAra vakhata caitya paripATI karI. 13. vi.saM. 2009. jAvAla (rAjasthAna) : sAta mahinAnA AyaMbila sAthe abhyAsa, vAMcana, tAraka gurUdeva pAse. 14. vi.saM. 2010 sUrata : nemubhAInI vADInA upAzraye. cAturmAsanA pravezathI AyaMbila zarU karyA. gRhasthapaNAmAM sUrata vadhAre rahyA hovAthI paricita koIpaNa gRhasthane vadhAre besADatA nahi. potAnuM kArya patAvI potAnI AtmAnI pravRttimAM lAgI jatA. bapore tAraka gurUdeva jyAre 2-30thI 4 sudhI muni zubhaMkara vi., mu. caMdrodaya vi., prophesara hIrAbhAI, jhaverabhAI mAstara, sobhAgacaMdabhAI lAkaDAvALA, temane tattvArthasUtranI vAcanA ApatA tyAre tapasvI gurUdeva paNa vAcanA levA jatA hatA. jyArathI saMyamapaNuM svIkAryuM ne jyAM sudhI upAdhyAyapaNAmAM hatA tyAM sudhI potAnI jAte je phakta eka ja ghaDA pANImAM kApa kADhatA hatA, ane jamIna para pATalUchaNuM mUkI jarApaNa pANI nIce javA detA na hatA. be ghaDIthI vadhu kApanuM pANI DolamAM na rahI zake tenI pUrI takedArI rAkhatA. 74

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kArtika pUnama pachI navasArIvALA temanA vaDIla baMdhu nAnacaMdabhAI phakIracaMdabhAInA suputra ThAkorabhAI vijJAnasUri - kastUrasUri ma.sA.nA sUcanathI (AjJAthI) vi.saM. 2011 mA.su. 5 nA roja nAsIne (bhAgIne) Avela. mA.su.6 nA bhAI ThAkorane nemubhAInI vADImAM pAchaLa navalakAkAnA oraDAmAM dIkSA ApI. te divasathI tapasvI muni gurUjI banyA. arthAt temanA ziSya muni zrIprabodhacaMdravi. thayA. vijJAnasUrijI - kasturasUrijI kahetA ke ApaNA grupamAM "tapasvI kumudacandra" nAmanI "candra' nI zarUAta thaI che to Aja sudhInI lagabhaga sAdhunA nAmanI pAchaLa "candra zabda che. jethI tapasvInA nAmanI zarUAta zubha thaI. muni zrI zubhaMkara vi.ma. ne jyAre bhagavatInA joga cAlatA hatA tyAre teo tapasvI gurudevane kahetA ke tapasvI, tamone bhatrIjo ziSya maLyo. have tamo padastha thaIne AcArya thavAnA. tyAre tapasvI kahetA ke munizrI zubhaMkara vi., tamo amArI mazkarI na karo. 44 ke 45 varSanI uMmare cAritra grahaNa karyA pachI keTalA varSo jAya. 25 thI AgaLa, pachI padastha thaIne jo AcArya thavAya to tamArA moDhAnI vANI phaLe. tyAra pachI keTalAka samaye jyAre zubhaMkara sUrijI ma. jyAre borasadamAM maLyA tyAre tapasvI gurUjIne pU. A. zrI e vAta karI ke, kema tapasvI? AcArya thayAne? tyAre tapasvI ma. kahetAM ke deva-gurU-dharmanA prabhAvathI vi.saM. 2011nI sAlamAM karelI vAta tamArA moDhAmAMthI phaLIbhUta thaI. pU. A zrI zubhaMkarasUrijInI vANI phaLI. muni kIrticandra vi., muni sUryodaya vi., muni municandra vi., muni vijayacandra vi., muni jayacandra vi., muna zIlacandra vi. Adi munivaro jyAre tapasvI gurUdevane kahetA ke amArAM sUtro jevAM ke vyAkaraNa, amarakoSa, abhidhAnacintAmaNI, Adi sAMbhaLo, tyAre tapasvI gurUdeva potAnuM badhuM ja choDI daIne tarata ja AvanAra munivaronAM sUtro sAMbhaLatA. ATalo zrutajJAna pratye bhAva hato. 15. vi.saM. 2011 muMbaI (mATuMgA) - jIvaNa abajI jJAnamaMdiramAM cAra mahinA pravezathI mAMDIne AyaMbila tathA kAyamI ArAdhanAnI pravRtti. "bhaviSyamAM lakhyuM hoya te thAya, DahApaNa koInuM kAma na Ave" A sajajhAya ghaNI vakhata bolatA. tapasvI jyAre tapanI ArAdhanA karatA tyAre saMghamAM paNa tapasvI pratye ghaNA ja jIvo prabhAvita thayA thatA. dIkSA bAda keTalAMya varSo sudhI Akho saMthAro pAtharIne pUjayazrI rAtre ke divase sUtA nathI. prAyaH jyAre AcAryapadavI thaI te pachI saMthArAno upayoga karyo. mATuMgAmAM temano lAbha levA mATe keTalAka bhAvuko vinaMtI karatA. tyAre tapasvI kahetA ke mAre to AyaMbila cAle che. tyAre keTalAka AyaMbilano lAbha levA mATe kahetA. to temane tapasvI gurU kahetA ke ame to je AyaMbila kare tenA ghare jaIe. to keTalAka 75

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bhAvuko jeNe jiMdagImAM AyaMbila karyuM nathI tevA AtmAo AyaMbila karIne tapasvI gurUno lAbha letA. ne tyArabAda keTalAMye vardhamAnatapano pAyo nAkhyo. keTalAMye vardhamAnatapanI ne navapadajInI oLI karatA thaI gayA. 16. vi.saM. 2012 muMbaI (koTa) : comAsI AyaMbila zarU karyA. paNa koTamAM AyaMbila khAtuM (borA bajAramAM) nahi hovAthI nimanAthamAM pAyadhUnI pa.pU. A zrI vijJAna sU.manI nizrAmAM rahIne cAre mahinA AyaMbila Adi tapa karyAM. ane comAsuM badalavA mATo koTa; borA bajAramAM AvyA. 17. vi.saM. 2013 pUnA : pa.pU. A. bha. sAthe zrIsaMghanA upAzraye gurUvAra peThamAM cAturmAsa karyuM tyAM zrItapasvIratna, muni. candrodaya vi., muni kIrticandra vi. e bhagavatI sUtranA yogamAM praveza karyo., temAM pU. tapasvI gurUdeva prAyaH mAMDalInA jogathI mAMDIne bhagavatI sUtra saha 45 AgamanA yoga AyaMbilathI ja karyA. AkhA divasamAM phakta eka ja vakhata saMghaTTo letA hatA. kArtikI pUnama bAda pUnA khAte zAsanaprabhAvanA-pUrvaka tapasvI munivara AdinI gaNipadavI thaI., temAM temanA saMsArI bhAbhI, bhatrIjA va. kuTuMbIjanoe AvI vardhamAna vidyAno parTa tathA kAmaLa vahorAvI lAbha lIdhela. 18. vi.saM. 2014 muMbaI (pAyadhUnI) naminAtha upAzraye : cAre mahinAnA AyaMbila sAthe satata 270 AyaMbila karyA. 19. vi.saM. 2015 muMbaI (pAyadhUnI) nimanAtha upAzraye : samagra comAsuM AyaMbila ne '500' AyaMbilanuM pAraNuM, aSADa mAsamAM gaNi kumudacandra vi. ne paMnyAsa padavI arpaNa karI. 20. vi.saM. 2016 nA muMbaI goDIjI (pAyadhUnI) : cAturmAsanA AyaMbila cAlu. emaNe ahIMyA lagabhaga ATha mahinA uparAMta AyaMbila karyA. tathA lagabhaga mauna pALatA hatA. A pramANe muMbaImAM pU. zrInA pAMca comAsA thayA. 21. vi.saM. 2017 sUrata : nemubhAInI vADInA upAzraye cha mahinAnA AyaMbila cAlu. temA varSAda paDe ne rAha juve, varSAda rahe to ThIka, nahi to covihAra upavAsa karyA. 22. vi.saM. 2018 amadAvAda (ujamaphaInI dharmazALAmAM) : pravezathI mAMDIne vihAra na karyo tyAM sudhImAM cha mahInAnA AyaMbila thayA. 'kastUrabhAI lAlabhAI' paryuSaNamAM vyAkhyAne AvatAM tyAre tapasvI gurUdevanI pAse besatA ane kahetA ke "A paMcamakALamAM bhAre tyAgI tapasvI mahAtmAomAM tamAro naMbara prathama 76

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Ave. kharekhara tamane dhanya che. amArAthI kaMI banatuM nathI." AvI rIte ATha divasa AvatA ne A pramANe kahetA ane pahelethI cheka sudhI besatA. 23. vi.saM. 2019 pAlItANA : pa.pU.A.bha. zrI vi. naMdanasUri ma.sA., pa.pU. A.bha.zrI vi. vijJAnasUri ma.sA., pa.pU. A.bha.zrI vi. kastUrasUri ma.sA. AdinI zItala chAyAmAM AyaMbilanI cAra oLI. tenA upara eka mahinAnA upavAsa ne tenuM pAraNuM AyaMbilathI. pachI siddhitapa cAlu karyo. rojanI talATInI yAtrA to kharI ja. sAthe ja 20 namaskAra mahAmaMtranI bAMdhI navakAravALI. te samaye pAlItANAmAM tapasvI gurUdevanI A tapaHzakti joI aneka sAdhu sAdhvI vaMdanArthe AvatAM ane temanAM mastaka jhUkI jatAM. 24. vi.saM. 2020 bhAvanagara (dAdAsAheba) pa.pU. A.bha. zrI vi. udayasUri ma.sA. pU.A. zrI yazobhadrasUrijI, ne gAmamAM pa.pU. .A.bha. zrI vi. vijJAna-kastUra sU.ma.sA. AdinI pAvana nizrAmAM sAta ' mahinAnA lagAtAra AyaMbila, upA. zrI sumitra vi. gaNi tapasvI gurUne kahatA ke kharekhara dhanya che. tamoe parigraha upara kAbU meLavyo. tamArI jeTalI stavanA karIe teTalI ochI che. 25-26. vi.saM. 2021 nA khaMbhAta osavALanA upAzraye ane vi.saM. 2020 khaMbhAta lADavADAnA upAzraye : 97-98mI oLI karI. tyArabAda 99-100mI oLInuM pAraNuM karatAM chelle 15 upavAsa karyA. bRhadaSTottarI snAtra saha 11 divasanA pUjano sahita 21 choDanuM ujamaNuM. pAraNA prasaMge uparokta pUjyo temaja pa.pU. rAmacaMdrasUri ma. sA.nA pU.A.zrI vi. mukticandrasUri ma. Adi munibhagavaMto temaja sva-52 samudAyanA thaIne 300 uparAMta sAdhvIjI ma. hatAM. pU. zAsanasamrATazrInA samudAyamAM '100' oLI saMpUrNa thayAno prAyaH prathama ja prasaMga hato. 27. vi.saM. 2023 nA pAlItANA (zatruMjaya vihAra). 28. vi.saM. 2024 sUrata (vaDacauTA) pa.pU. A.bha.zrI vi. kastUrasUri ma.sA.nI nizrAmAM. 29. vi.saM. 2025, bharUca (vejalapura) mukAme. 5.pU. tArakagurUdeva zrI vi. kastUrasUri ma.sAnI zItaLa chAyAmAM karyuM. temAM pU. tapasvI gu.ma. ne vardhamAna tapanI 24 mI oLInuM pAraNuM karyA vinA ja saLaMga 68 upavAsanI ArAdhanA. temAM 58mAM upavAse vejalapurathI samaDIvihAra jinAlaye siddhacakra mahApUjanamAM cAlatA gayA ne cAlatA pAchAM padhAryA. '68' upavAsanA pAraNe 12 AyaMbila. tenI sAthe ekAsaNA cAlu karyA. vi.saM. 1997 thI 2025 sudhI (28 varSa) badhAM ja cAturmAsa prAkRtavizArada tArakagurUdeva pU.A.bha.zrI vi. kastUrasUri ma.sA.nI nizrAmAM ja karyA. 77

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68 upavAsamAM 42mA upavAse 48 miniTanA maunamAM arihaMtanA dhyAnapUrvaka ja loca karAvyo. 30. vi.saM. 2027 sUrata vaDAcauTA, zrI saMghanI sAgraha punaH vinaMtinA baLe cArtumAsa rahyA. phAgaNa mahinAmAM phakIracaMda maganalAlalAkaDAvALAnA suputra harezakumArane dIkSA ApI muni. hitacandra vi. nAma sthApana karI mu. prabodhacandra vi.nA ziSya karyA. tathA dhINojavALA zA. vADIlAla lIlAcaMdanI suputrI gItAbenane dIkSA ApI pU. A zrI. vi. vallabhasUri ma.sA.nA samudAyamAM 'sunItaprajJAzrIjI' nAme sthApana karyA. vai.va. 5 nA roja zubhamuhUrte sUrata zAkhApura rAMdera nagare lAlA ThAkoranI poLe zrI neminAtha jinAlaye zrIcandraprabhujI Adi jinabiMbonI pratiSThA zAsanaprabhAvanApUrvaka thaI. 31. vi.saM. 2028 navasArI - madhumatI upAzraye pU. tapasvI gurUbhagavaMte cArtumAsa karyuM. te samaye munizrI ajitacandra vi. ne mu. prazAMtacandra vi. paNa sAthe hatA. cArtumAsa bAda sUrata vaDAcauTA padhAryA. tyA zrI kalyANa pArzvanAtha jinAlaya pAse maMDapamAM pU. gacchanAyaka A. zrIvi. naMdanasUrIzvarajI ma.nI AjJAnusAra pa.pU. A.ma.zrImANikyasAgarasUri ma.sA., pU.A.ma. zrI devendrasAgarasUri. ma.sAnI nizrAmAM pUjyazrInA varada haste pU. upA. zrI kumudacandra vi.ma. ne AcAryapada pradAna thayela. sUrata paMDoLanI madhye zrInaminAtha jinAlaye pratiSThA thayela. 32. vi.saM. 2029 amadAvAda. pAMjarApoLe, pa.pU. zrI vi. kastUrasUri ma.sAnI nizrAmAM cAturmAsa karyuM. tyAM cAtu. mAM paMcaprasthAnanI saLaMga ArAdhanA AyaMbilathI. (saMsArI bhatrIjA) mu. prabodhacandravi. Adine zrI bhagavatIjI sUtranA yogamAM praveza. yogodvahana karAvela. cAturmAsa bAda 'kArtika vada 6' nA mu. prabodhacandra vi. Adine 'gaNipada pradAna' thayela. tyArabAda gacchAdhipati pa.pU.A.bha.zrI vi. naMdanasUri ma.sA.nA AgrahathI khaMbhAta mukAme upadhAna prasaMge gayA. sUrata vaDAcauTA zrI saMghanA AgrahathI pU. tapasvI gurUbhagavaMta sUrata padhAryA. bA.bra. mRgendrakumA2ne (uMmara varSa 17) vai.va.6 nI dIkSA dhAmadhAmapUrvaka tapasvI A.bha. ApI, mu.prabodhacandra vi.nA ziSya mu.maticandra vi. nAma sthApita karyuM. 33. vi.saM. 2030 sUrata vaDAcauTA cArtumAsa karyuM. 34. vi.saM. 2031 sUrata ripurA cAturmAsa karyuM. tyA bhagavAna mahAvIranA 2500'mA nirvANa kalyANakanI ujavaNI nimitte kA.va. 10nA prabhuvIranAM dIkSA kalyANaka nimitte 3000 sAmUhika AyaMbila ane prathamavAra sUratamAM 5000 bhikSukone bhojana, zAha amRtalAla kastUracaMdanA prayatnathI pachI mAMDavI gAme upadhAna tapanI ArAdhanA. tyArabAda bIlImorA nagare bA.bra. gItAbenane dIkSA ApI pU.A.ma.zrI vi. kezarasUri ma.sA.nA samudAyanA sA. nemazrIjInA praziSyA sA.vArikheNAzrInA ziSya tarIke vaMditAzrIjI nAma sthApana karyuM. amalasADa gAme zrI zAntinAtha prabhujInA 78

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derAsaranA nUtana dhvajAdaMDanI pratiSThA thaI. 35. vi.saM. 2032 pAlanapuravALA zAha sobhAgacaMda harIcaMdanA dha.5.a.sau. kamaLAbena sobhAgacaMda zAhanA varasItapanA pAraNArthe pAlItANA gayA. sUrata - gopIpurA zrI vAsupUjya svAmi jinAlaye 102 bhagavantonI garbhagRha praveza. aSTAhnikA mahotsava sameta pratiSThA, 2032nuM cAtu. pU.tapasvI A.bha.nuM gopIpurAmAM thayuM, tyAM upadhAna thayAM. tyArabAda pAlanapura sallAvALA narottamabhAInI dIkSA. mu.nIticaMdra vi.nAma rAkhI mu. prabodhacandra vi. gaNInA ziSya thayA. tyArapachI sAtema gAme pratiSThA mahotsava thayela. 36. vi.saM. 2033 mAgasara mahine sAtemavALA bhIkhAbhAI khImacaMda taraphathI gopIpurA vADInA upAzrayathI jhaghaDIyA cha'rI pAlita saMgha 700 upara bhAvukonI nIkaLyo. mahA mahine sUrata zAkhApura rAMdera gAme bA.bra. sudhAkumArI dIkSA. phA.su. 3 nA cANasmA gAme zA. dharaNendrabhAI zivalAlanI bA.bra. suputrI cArUbenane dIkSA ApI. tyArabAda a.su. 10 pAlanapuranI hIravijayasUrI jaina mitramaMDaLa nUtana upAzrayanuM cAturmAsa praveza. tyAM upadhAnanI tapanI ArAdhanA. metA gAmathI kIrtIlAla nAgaradAsa zAha parivAra taraphathI cha' rI pAlita saMgha metrANA tIrthanI. 37. vi.saM. 2034 khImata gAme zA. tribhovanadAsa mayAcaMda, zA. jayaMtilAla mayAcaMda parivAra tathA zrI saMghanA atyAgrahathI cAturmAsa padhAryA. sA. sUryaprabhAzrIjI (tapasvI ma.sA.nA saMsArI saMbaMdhe dha.5.) tathA sA. vinItayazAzrIjI Adi ThANAM hatAM. tyAM 31 choDanuM ujamaNuM 31 divasano mahotsava - 31 saMghajamaNa thayA. 38. vi.saM. 2035 mahAsuda 7 nA bhavya ujamaNA sahita navasArI - madhumatI madhye mu. prabodhacandra vi. gaNinI panyAsa pada pradAna vidhi tapasvIratna sUridevanA sAMnidhyamAM pU. A. zrI. vi. sUryodayasUri ma.sA. dvArA thaI. vaizAkha su. 4 nA tA. 30-4-1979 nA zubha mUrhute zrI jhaghaDIyAjI tIrtha mahotsava saMghapUjana saMghajamaNane varaghoDA sahita zrIrAyaNa pagalAMnI pratiSThA. a.su.3nA banAsakAMThA - dhAnerA cAturmAsapraveza karyo. 39. vi.saM. 2036 pAlItANA - kezarIyAjI nagara jaina dharmazALAmAM 850 bhAvukone cAturmAsa karAvavA saha cAturmAsa sthiratA. 31 vakhata suvarNa gInIthI taleTInI arcanA vAjate gAjate prabhAvanA yukta thayela. paryuSaNa bAda pAlItANAmAM sarve zramaNa samudAya bhegA maLIne eka ja uchAmaNI bolI eka ja varaghoDo nIkaLyo. A. zrI kalApUrNasUri ma., A. zrI vardhamAnasUri ma., A zrI raivatasUri ma.,A. zrImAnatuMga sUri ma., A. zrIzAntivimala sUri ma., A zrI jayAnaMdasUri ma., A zrIyazodeva sUri ma., pU.paM. zrI narendrasAgarajI ma., pU. 5. prabodhacandra vi.gaNi AdimAM pU. tapasvI gurUdeva mukhya hatA. 79

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hajA2 AsapAsa sAdhvIjI ma.nAM ThANAM hatAM. bhAvukonI udAratAthI upadhAnatapa thayela. upadhAnamAM 505 ArAdhako hatA. 300 mALavALA hatA. cArtumAsa ArAdhakomAM 68 upavAsa, 45 upavAsa, mAsakSamaNavALA 11 bhAvuko, 281 aThThAI, 550 cosaTha pahorI pauSadhavALAM hatAM. madhyamavargavALAne comAsuM karAvela. temAMthI 27 bhAvukoe dIkSA lIdhI hatI. tapasvI gurUdeve vardhamAna tapanI 100 upara 56-57-58-59 oLI, tenA chellA divasomAM kA. su. 10 nA svAsthya asvastha thayuM. DokTare pAraNuM karavA jaNAvyuM. je na karatAM oLI cAlu rAkhI. comAsIno chaThTha karI oLI pUrNa karI, dayALu dAdAnI jAtrA karI pAraNuM karyuM. navasArIvALA sva. dhanIbena nAnacaMdanA suputra nemaMcadabhAI nAnabhAI zAhe potAnI saMpatti muktamane vA52I, khUba ja lAbha lIdho. vi.saM. 2037nI kArtikI pUnamanA dine yAtrA karIne AvatA samasta yAtrikonuM saMghapUjana karavAmAM AvyuM. cAturmAsa bAda yAtriko taraphathI doDha gAu, gAu, 6 gAu ne 12 gAunI yAtrA tathA Dema, kadaMgirI ane talAjAno saMgha kADhela. pAlItANAnAM samagra jinAlayonI vAjate gAjate caitya paripATI yojAyela. rAmAjI tArAjI bhInamAlavALA taraphathI dAdAvADImAM zrI paMcamaMgala mahAzruta skaMdharUpa upadhAna tapanI ArAdhanA kAvavAmAM Avela. samagra pAlItANAnAM jinAlayonI punaH vAjate gAjate caitya paripATI thayela 99 yAtrA karavAmAM Avela. samagra pAlItANAnA peDhInA, dharmazALAonA sTAphano bahumAna yukta jamaNavAra rAkhavAmAM Avela. 41. vi.saM. 2037 sUrata vaDacauTA cAturmAsa karyuM. A.su. 10thI paMcamaMgala mahAzruta skaMdharUpa upadhAna tapanI ArAdhanA thaI. maLAropaNa prasaMga bAda - 2038 nA mAgazara mahine ghaDIyAjI tIrthano cha' rI pAlita yAtrA saMgha nIkaLela, tyAM upadhAna tapa thayela. tyArabAda 2038 nI caitra mahinAnI oLI sva. dhanIbena nAnacaMda zAha parivAra taraphathI jhaghaDIyAjI tIrthe thaI. 42. vi.saM. 2038 navasArI madhumatI cAturmAsa sthiratA. tapasvI garUdevanA praziSya muni zrIhitacandra vi.ma.sA.e '45' upavAsanI ArAdhanA maunapaNe karela. A su. 10thI upadhAna tapanI ArAdhanA vi.saM. 2039 nA kA.va. 11 vAlIAvALA (ji. bharUca) dalIcaMda mANekacaMda naharAnI suputrI bA.bra. RjuvaMtAnI dIkSA navasArI mukAme thaI. sA. mayaNarehAzrIjInA siddhazIlAzrIjInA ziSyA sA. rayaNazIlAzrIjI nAme thayA. mahA mahine mahAvIra nagara jharevI saDakanA upAzraye gacchAdhipati pU. A devendra sAgara sUri. ma.sA. tathA pU.pA. tapasvI gurUdevanI nizrAmAM pa.pU. niraMjana sAgarajI ma.nA saMsArI bhatrIjI bA.bra. dIpikAbenanI dIkSA thaI. pU. zAsana samrATazrInA samudAyanA sA. kalpapUrNAzrInA ziSyA darzitamAlAzrIjI nAme thayA. 80

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43-44-45. vi.saM. 2039-40-41 zrI vaDAcauTA sImaMdhara svAmInA upAzraye cAturmAsa. sthiratA. vi.saM. 2037nA cAturmAsamAM vaDAcauTA saMvegI jaina upAzrayano Amulacala jIrNoddhAra karavAnuM nakkI thayela tenI visarjana vidhi 2039 nA cAturmAsa daramyAna zrAvaNa mahine thaI. cAturmAsamAM upadhAna tapa thayA. jeTha mahine (2040 nA) rAMdera gAme karacelIA vALA bIlImorA nivAsI zA choTAlAla camanAjInI dIkSA thaI ne (sarata paMDoLanI poLanA nivAsI) maNibena kezavalAla tribhovanadAsa vorAnA suputra mahendrabhAI tathA ji. banAsakAMThA tA. dIodara gAma pAlaDInA bAbulAla maNilAla dozInA suputra navInacandranI sUrata vaDAcauTAmAM dIkSA thaI. 5. prabodhacandra vi. gaNinA ziSya mu.zrI. samyagTandra vi. ane mu. nayanacandra vi. nAme thayA. kA.va. 10 (2042)nA navasArI jaina borDIMga pAse sarvamaMgala epArTamenTa bhUmi para nUtanamunizrIonI vaDI dIkSA temaja navasArI borDIMgamAM zrI puMDarIka svAmi Adi jinabiMbonI pratiSThA. mA.su. 2. nA navasArI madhumatImAM zAha amRtalAla mayAcaMdra - khImatavALAnA AyaMbila bhuvananuM udghATana karyuM. vi.saM. 2042 sUrata vaDAcauTA ce.va.9 nA jIrNoddadhRta vaDAcauTA saMvagI jaina nUtana upAzrayanuM UdghATana jagIdazacaMdra cImanalAla cokasI parivAre karyuM. tyArabAda vai.su. 6 upAdhyAya pada ane vai. su. 10 nA pa.pU. prabodhacandra vi. ma. no Aca prasaMge upasthita thatAM te prasaMge vartamAna gacchAdhipati pU.A.bha.zrI.vi. merUprabhasUri ma. muMbaI cAturmAsa padhAratAM sUrata vaDAcauTA zrI saMghanA AgrahathI pU. gacchAdhipatie saMghanI vinaMtI mAnya rAkhI. jethI zrI saMghamAM AnaMda ane utsAha sonAmAM sugaMdhanI jema vRddhi pAmyo. pU. panyAsajI ma.nI AcAryapadavIno prasaMga khUba ja umaLakAbhera ujavavA mATe AbAlavRddhanA haiyA nAcI uThyA. zrIsaMghe ekAdazAhnikA mahotsava, sAta mahApUjano, mahAna be navakArazI, 11 choDanA udyApana sahita nirNAta karyA. khUba ja AnaMdollAsa sAthe utsavAdi kAryakramo cAlu thayAM. pavitra divase khUba ja dhAmadhUmapUrvaka pU. gacchAdhipatino sUrata vaDAcauTAnA AMgaNe sAmaiyA saha zrI saMghe praveza karAvyo. te samaye AbAlavRddha sahune AnaMdanI koI sImA na hatI. A rIte divaso jatA je puNya divasanI ApaNe rAha jotA hatA te sonerI divasa AvI gayo ane kalyANa pArzvanAtha bhagavaMtanA cokamAM vizAla mAnava medanI, vartamAna gacchAdhipati pa.pU. A.bha.zrI vi. merUprabhasUri ma.pU. A. zrI vi. devasUri. ma., pU. A. zrI kumudacandra sUri. ma.sA., pU.A.zrI vi. hemacandra sUri masA. pU.pradyumna vi.ma.sA. pU.paM. mAnatuMga vi.ma.sA. pU.paM. indrasena vi.ma.sA. pU. muni zrI hitacandra vi.ma.sA. Adi sAdhu bhagavaMto temaja viduSI sA. pravINAzrIjI ma., pU.sA. sUryaprabhAzrIjI ma. (thanAra A.zrI.nA saMsArI kAkI) pU.sA. manoramAzrIjI Adi. pU.sA. harSaprabhAzrIjI Adi. pU.sA. puSmAzrIjI ma.nA ziSyA praziSyAo padhArela. sA. mayaNarehAzrIjI Adi, hemalattAzrIjI Adi zAsanasamrATazrInAM temaja sAgarAnaMda sUri ma.sA.nAM 81

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5.sA. manakazrIjI AdI sAdhvIjI ma.sAnI vidyamAnatAmAM zrI saMghasamakSa pU.gacchAdhipatie AcArya padAropaNa karatA zrI saMghanA haiyA nAcI uThyA. vAjiMtronA nAda sahanUtana AcAryazrIne vadhAvyA hatA. te samaye AcAryapadavI prasaMge sva. dhanIbena nAnacaMdabhAI zAhanavasArIvALA parivAre (nAtana AcAryazrInA sAMsArika bhAIoe) potAnI lakSmIno vyaya karI khUba ja lAbha lIdho hato. sAdharmika bhakti, jIvadayA, garIbone anna, phuTa va. temaja hospITalamAM paNa sAruM evuM dAna karyuM hatuM. 47. vi.saM. 2043 mAgazara mahine zrI saubhAgacaMda harIcaMda zAha - pAlanapura taraphathI surata vaDAcauTA zrI jhaghaDIyAjI tIrthane cha'rI pAlita saMgha nIkaLyo. jemA 600bhAvuko joDAyA hatA. vaizAkha mahine pU.A.zrI vi. prabodhacandrasUri ma.sA. ne. varasItapanuM pAraNuM citroDA mukAme. thayuM. pU.A.zrInuM cAturmAsa khaMbhAta osavAlanA upAzraye. sAmUhika siddhitapanI ArAdhanA thaI. temAM pU. tapasvI A.bha. 90 varSanI uMmare ekAsaNAnA pAraNe siddhitapa karyo. 48. vi.saM. 2044 mAgazara vadamAM ji. sUrata mAMDavI gAmathI jhaghaDIyAjI tIrthano cha'rI pAlita padayAtrAsaMgha. te pachI madhumatI zrIcintAmaNI upAzraye nUtana holanI "vijaya kumudacandra sUri ArAdhanA bhavana"nAmakaraNa vidhi, zrIcintAmaNI jinAlaye zrI jIrAvalA pArzvanAtha bhagavAnanA uparanA gabhArAmAM zrIsudharmAsvAmI tathA gautamasvAmI gaNadhara bhagavaMtanI mUrtinI pratiSThA thaI. tyArabAda cArtumAsa mATe khaMbhAta - lADavADAnA upAzraye padhAryA. cArtumAsamAM sAmUhika samavasaraNanI bArIno tapa temaja pU.A.bha.zrIne sahagnakUTanA ekAsaNAnA pAraNe 1024 upavAsanI ArAdhanA cAlu hatI temA pU. zrI cAturmAsanI samApti pUrve dharmacakra' tapanI ArAdhanA zarU karI. 49 vi.saM. 2045 nA mAgasara mahine sUrata - mAMDavI gAme upadhAna karAvyA. dharmacakra tapanuM pAraNuM paNa tyAM thayu. tyArabAda 2045 nuM cAturmAsa - zAntiniketana, saradAranagara sumula DerI roDa sUrata karyuM. A.su. 10 thI zrI upadhAna ArAdhanA. tAraka gurUdevanA AzIrvAdathI zrI saMghamAM upAzraya tathA zrI vAsupUjya svAmI jinAlaya thayAM. pU. tapasvI gurUdevane sahannakUTanI ArAdhanA cAlu ja hatI. 50. vi.saM. 2046 mAgazara sudamAM navasArI kAlIAvADI zrI zAntinAtha Adi jinabiMbonI jIrNodhRta nUtana jinAlaye pratiSThA thaI. baudhAna (sUrata) gAme A.zrI. vi. prabodhacandra sUri ma.sA.nA 500 AyaMbilanuM pAraNuM pU. tapasvI gurU. ma.nI nizrAmAM thayuM. sAthe upadhAna tapa, sUrata sonI phaLiyA zrI vimalanAthAdi jinabiMbonI jIrNoddhata nUtana jinAlaye pratiSThA mahAvada "10' nA kokIlAbena rasIkalAlanA 5OO AyaMbilanA pAraNA. mahAvada 13 nA jIrAvalIjI padayAtrA saMghanuM prasthAna. tyArabAda caitrI navapadajInI AyaMbilanI oLI kIrtIlAla ena. zAha taraphathI metrANA . -

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51 tIrthe thaI. vaizAkha mahine tapasvI gurUdevanA ArzIvAdathI salemakoTa gAme muni zrI samyakacaMdravi. ne varasItapanuM pAraNuM. pAMcaDA gAmathI zrI jIrAvalAjI tIrthano cha'rI pAlita saMgha caitra vada 13 thI vaizAkha suda 7 sudhI pAMthavADA gAme navAhinakA mahotsava, jIrNodbhuta nUtana jinAlaye zrI AdIzvara bhagavaMta Adi jinabiMbonI pratiSThA. jeTha.su. 10nA chApI gAme bhAlusaNA vALA zrI bAbulAla kacarAlAlanI dIkSA khUba ja AnaMdollAsa sAthe thaI. temane muni. zrI hitacandra vi. nA ziSya tarIke muni. zrI prabhavacandra vi. nAma sthApana karyuM. asADa mahine memadapura gAme cAturmAsa mATe praveza karyo. memadapura gAme pU.A.bha.nuM prathamavAra cAturmAsa. sAmUhika siddhitapanI ArAdhanA. jemAM tapasvI gurUdeve 93 varSanI umare 20 mo siddhitapa ekAsaNAnA pAraNAthI karyo. upadhAna tapanI ArAdhanA thaI. yAtrAnA vi.saM. 2047nA mAgazara mahine jIrAvalAjI cha'rI pAlita saMgha, jIrAvalajI tIrthanI yAtrA bAda pU. tapasvI gurUdeve svaziSya parivAra sAthe rANakapura, mUchALA mahAvIra nADola, nADalAI, varakANA, zirohI, bAmaNavADA, vi. rAjasthAnanI yAtrA karI. mahA suda 5 nA mAlavADAthI vAhana dvArA sameta zikharajI Adi tIrtha prayANamAM AzI:pradAna. mahAvada 13-14-15 bhIlaDIyAjI tIrtha 45 varSa bAda navagAma vIzA poravALa jaina saMghanuM saMgaThana - meLAvaDo, phAgaNa vada 2 nA diodara tAlukAnA pAlaDI gAme prAcIna zrI AdinAtha prabhunA jinAlayanI visarjana vidhi. prabhujInA utthApana pUrvaka paroNAgata sthApanAvidhi. vi.saM. 2047 nA pAMthAvADA zrI saMgha cAturmAsanI vinaMtI karatAM tapasvI gurUdeve svecchAe cAturmAsa nakkI karatAM 2047 nA a.su. 2. nA bhavya cAturmAsa praveza karyo. zrI saMgha taraphathI upadhAna tapa thayela. upadhAna bAda pAMthAvADAthI jIrAvalAjIno cha'rI pAlita yAtrAsaMgha, tapasvI gurUdeve nAdurasta svAsthyanA kAraNe ekAsaNA karyA hatA. pAlanapura pAse sallA gAme mA.su. 10 nA jIrNodbhuta nUtana vijaya kumudacandra sUri mukti maMdira - upAzrayanuM udghATana karyuM. pAlanapura po.va.1. nA ramezacandra punamacaMda koThArI ThANodaravALAnA nUtana AvAse tapasvI gurUdevanA janmadina ujavaNI nimitte pUjana bhaNAvyuM. jamaNavAra navagAma samAjano. * iitt = 83

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