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________________ 38. adhyAtmayogI zrI sahajAnandajI va bhUmikA : ApaNA dezanI jJAnanI paramparA atyaMta ujajvaLa ane prAcInatama che. A paramparAne akSuNa--avicchinna rAkhavAnuM zreya zAnI--vidvAna guruo tathA jijJAsu sAdhakone phALe jAya che, jemane AvI uttama paramparAnA aMgarUpa gaNI zakAya evA zrI sahajAnandajI manoharalAlajI varNI uccakoTinA vidrAna. tyAgI, anupama adhyAtmagraMtha-lekhaka ane viziSTa vaktA tarIke saune mATe preraNArUpa che. teozrI aneka AdhyAtmika, dArzanika ane saiddhAMtika granthonI racanA dvArA svapara kalyANanuM uttama, anukaraNIya ane prazaMsanIya kArya karI gayA che. samAja temanA RNamAMthI kadI paNa mukta thaI zake tema nathI. satata jJAnasAdhanA ane avicchinna sAhityopAsanA dvArA sarasvatInI niraMtara upAsanA karanAra mahAna adhyAtmaguru zrI gaNezaprasAdajI varNIjI(baDe varNIjI)nI paraMparAmAM thayelA temanA A ziSye uttama dhAraNAzakti ane tejasvI pratibhA dvArA "choTe varNIjI"nuM tathA 'sahajAnaMda'nuM biruda sArthaka karI batAvyuM hatuM. bAlyakALa : zrI manoharalAlajI varNIno janma vi. saM. 1972 nA kArataka vada dazamanA roja jhAMsI jillA aMtargata damadamA gAmamAM mAtuzrI tulasIbAInI kUkhe 255
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________________ arvAcIna jaina jyotirdharo pitAzrI gulAbarAmajIne dhera thayo hato. nAnapaNamAM peTanI moTI vyAdhi thaI hovAthI temanuM nAma 'maganalAla' rAkhavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. kaSTasAdhya cikitsA dvArA temane svAsthya lAbha thayo ane bALakamAM dhIre dhIre uttama saMskArono AbhAsa thavA lAgyo. 256 6 varSanI uMmare bALaka maganalAle gAmanI skUlamAM bhaNavAno prAraMbha karyo. doDha varSa pachI teone baDe varNIjI drArA sthApita sAgara vidyAlayamAM dAkhala karavAmAM AvyA. temanA pitAzrIno 'baDe varNIjI' tathA mAtA ciraOjAbAI pratye ananya premabhAva tathA pArivArika sambandha hato. maganalAlane vilakSaNa smaraNazaktine lIdhe abhyAsamAM saheja paNa muzkelI paDI nahi. khelakUdamAM paNa teo tatpara rahetA. saMgItamAM paNa temane khAsa ruci hatI. hArmoniyama, vAMsaLI vagere sAdhano paNa temaNe zIkhI lIdhAM, temanI madhura vANI paNa saMgItapremanI sUcaka hatI. temanA manohara svabhAva, manohara mudrA ane manohara vANInA pratApe temanuM nAma 'manohara' paDyuM. kizorAvasthA : temano vivAha temanI anicchA hovA chatAM dharanAM tathA sagAMsambandhIonA Agrahane lIdhe kizorAvasthAmAM ja vidyAlayanI rajAo daramyAna thaI gayo hato, vivAha thayA pachI paNa gRhasthI tarapha teonI sahaja udAnatA spaSTa dRSTigocara thatI. vivAhanI carcA paNa temane nApasaMda hatI. teo haMmezAM jJAnArjanamAM lIna rahetA. 15 thI 17 varSanI uMmaramAM temaNe zAstrInI parIkSAo pAsa karI. 17 varSanI uMmare to temaNe nyAyatIrthanI padavI paNa prApta karI lIdhI. temanI adhyayana-ruci, satata puruSArtha ane lagananA phaLasvarUpe TUMka samayamAM ja temaNe vizALa jJAnArjana karI lIdhuM hatuM. gurujano pratyenI ananya bhakti ane premapUrNa vyavahAra temanA jIvanamAM sahaja rIte vaNAI gayAM hatAM. jeTalI ruci manoharamAM adhyayananI hatI, teTalI ja ruci adhyApananA kAryamAM paNa hatI. keTalAka samaya sudhI temaNe saMskRta vidyAlayamAM saMskRta-zikSakanuM kArya paNa niSThApUrvaka kareluM. vidyAdAnane teo sarvottama mAnatA ane khUba ja prema parizramathI darekane vidyA zIkhavatA. parivartananI kSaNo tathA vairAgya mArga pratye : mahApuruSonA jIvanamAM sAMsArika sambandhonI parikSINatA jovA maLe che ane tevA nimitto paNa temanA jIvanamAM dRzyamAna thatAM hoya che. varNIjInA jIvanamAM paNa AvuM ja kaMIka banI gayuM. vIsa varSanI uMmare temanI sahadharmacAriNInuM dehAvasAna thayuM; paraMtu svajanonA Agrahavaza temane bIjuM lagna karavuM paDayuM. temanI bIjI dharmapatnIno paNa 6 varSa pachI svargavAsa thaI gayo, ane zrI varNIjIno mArga ekadama spaSTa thaI gayo. A ghaTanAcakra pachI varNIjIe jIvananA navA adhyAyano prAraMbha karavAno dRDha saMkalpa karyo. temaNe 26 varSanI uMmare brahmAcaryanuM vrata grahaNa karyuM. temanI vicAradhArA vairAgyamaya banI. tenA phaLarUpe vi. saM. 2008 mAM aSADha suda 15 nA divase siddhakSetra zrI zikharajI mukAme zrI varNIjIe zrIgaNezaprasAdajI (baDe varNIjI) samakSa AjIvana brahmacarya tathA zrAvakanAM vrato aMgIkAra karyAM, vAstavika sukhazAntinA mArgamAM teo nIvra gatithI AgaLa vadhavA lAgyA.
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________________ adhyAtmayogI zrI sahajAnandajI vaNI 257 temanI viraktatA vadhatI gaI ane lagabhaga be varSa pachI kAzImAM sAtamI pratimAnAM vrata grahaNa kya. te uparAMta temaNe jabalapuramAM AThamI, bAlAsAgaramAM navamI tathA Disembara 1948 mAM AgarAmAM baDe vaNajI samakSa dazamI pratimA dhAraNa karI. svAdhyAya jJAnArjana dvArA temanI jJAna-vairAgya dazA vadhavA lAgI ane vi. saM. 200pamAM hastinApura kSetro pUjaya zrI baDe vargIjI samakSa mulakanI agiyAramI pratimA grahaNa karI. tyArathI teo "choTe vaNajI'nA nAmathI prasiddha thayA. teonuM I. sa. 1974 nuM cAturmAsa amadAvAdamAM thayuM hatuM. ahIM temanI 18mI janmajayaMti ulAsapUrvaka UjavavAmAM AvI hatI ane sarvadharmasammalana paNa bharavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. zrI AtmAnaMdajI tathA zrI gokuLabhAIe AjIvana brahmacaryanI pratijJA temanI pAse ja lIdhI hatI. temanI keTalIka kRtiono gujarAtI tathA aMgrejImAM paNa anuvAda thayo che, jemAM vyasaMgraha TIkA" ane "Address to self' mukhya che. teonI daSTi vizALa ane AdhyAtmika hatI, jethI zrImad rAjacaMdra vihArabhuvana, IDara mukAme paNa teo gayA hatA ane mumukSuo sAthe dharmavArtA ane praznottarI karyA hatAM. saphaLa lekhaka ane adhyAtma-pUvakanA : vaNajI temanAM tyAga, tapasyA ane vidrattA mATe atyaMta prasiddha thayA. sAthe sAthe teo uccakoTinA adhyAtmalekhaka tathA pravaktA tarIke paNa jANItA thayA. teo gaMbhIra adhyAtmaviSayane paNa subodhasarala zailImAM samajAvI zakatA. temanI bodhazailI AkarSaka tathA bhAvagamya hatI. uttara pradezamAM temano paricaya samparka vizeSa rahyo ane sahAranapura, meraTha, mujhaphapharanagara, dilahI vageremAM aneka sajajano temanA madhura vyaktitva tathA pravacanazailIthI prabhAvita thayA hatA. varNIjI jyAM jyAM jatA, tyAM tyAM temanA madhuramohaka upadezathI janasamudAya prabhAvita thaI jato. cAre anuyogo para temanI addabhuta pakaDa hatI. samayasAra, pravacanasAra, niyamasAra, aSTasahastrI, parIkSAmULa vagere aneka graMtho para temaNe pravacano karyA, je pustakAkAre paNa pragaTa thayAM che. pU. vaNajInI nAnImoTI maLIne kula pa6pa jeTalI kRtio upalabdha che, jemAMthI 65 hastalikhita tathA 500 pravacananA rUpamAM che. ATalA vizALa granthasamudAyanA teo kartA hovA chatAM sahajatA, saralatA, nirabhimAnatA, nirlepatA, niSpakSatA, nirbhIkatA Adi aneka guNothI temaNe potAnA jIvanane suzobhita karyuM hatuM. chellA keTalAye dAyakAomAM ATalA badhA granthonI racanA koI eka vyaktie karI hoya evuM jANamAM nathI. vaNajI sAce ja eka siddhahasta lekhaka ane pravaktA hatA. temanI paramAtmaAratI', 'AtmakIrtana', sahajAnaMda gItA", "sapTadazAMgI TIkA', Adi aneka racanAo bahu prasiddha che. "huM svataMtra, nizcala, niSkAma, jJAtA, daSTA, AtamarAmaA AtmasaMbodhanarUpI kIrtana to dhera-dhera gUMje che. temanI bhASA-zailI haMmezA rocaka temaja AdhyAtmikatA dArzanikatAthI otaprota rahetI. ( 9 arvAcIna jaina jyotiro
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________________ 258 arvAcIna jaina jayotirdharo AgamanA UMDA ane vistRta abhyAsathI, guruonAM samAgama ane sevAthI, niraMtara ciMtana ane mananathI temaja ratnatrayanI ArAdhanAthI teone zuddha dRSTinI prApti thaI hatI. siddhAMta ane adhyAtmano samanvaya karanArI temanI eka nAnI paNa uttama kRti "aviruddha nirNaya' hindI ane gujarAtImAM pragaTa thaI che. abhyAsI sAdhakone te vizeSa upakArI che. uparyukta aneka kRtio dvArA teono bhAratanI adhyAtmapremI janatAmAM ThIka ThIka samAdara thayo, paraMtu teonA sAhityasarjananI zarama sImA to temanI zrI samayasAra ane zrI pravacanasAra nAmanA prasiddha adhyAtmagraMthonI satadazAMgI TIkAo ja che. A TIkA dvArA bhAratabharanI vidusamAjamAM sarvatra temanI kIrti vyApI gaI. zrI samayasArajInI TIkAnuM vimocana dilhI vizvavidyAlayanA vivekAnaMda holamAM te samayanA uparASTrapati Do. jatI dvArA tA. 18-2-78nA roja thayuM, ene jinazAsananI prabhAvanAno eka viziSTa zubha samAraMbha ane yAdagAra prasaMga gaNI zakAya. - vartamAnamAM "sahajAnaMda graMthamAlA" sadara meraTha tathA "vaNa pravacana-prakAzinI saMsthA"--mujaphapharanagara dvArA temanuM sAhitya prakAzamAM AvyuM che. "varNa pravacana" nAmanI mAsika patriA paNa temanAM pravacano-lekhone prakAzita kare che ane temanA sAhityanA pracAra prasAramAM prayatnazIla che. zAna-saMyamanI UrdhvagAmI bhAvanA : zrI varNajInI mahecchA hatI ke dhArmika jJAnano khUba phelAvo thAya, jinavANI paramparAnI surakSA thAya ane sadAcAra, satya, saMyama, prati lokomAM abhiruci utpanna thAya. A mATe kSullaka avasthAmAM temaNe jyAM jyAM vicaraNa karyuM, cAturmAsa karyA, tyAM tyAM sArA evA pramANamAM prayatna karyA. baDe vaNajInA dehAvasAna pachI adhyAtmapremI jaina samAja mATe teo ekamAtra preraNAprada, zraddhAspada hatA. samAjane temanuM samayocita mArgadarzana prApta thatuM rahyuM. hA, temano moTA bhAgano samaya paThana-pAThana, lekhana, cinanamAM ja vyatIta thato. zrI vaNajInI aMtima bhAvanA nirgathapada aMgIkAra karavAnI hatI, paraMtu kALalabdhino sAtha temane maLyo nahi ane acAnaka meraThamAM tA. 29 mArca I. sa. 1978nA roja, sAmAyika karatAM karatAM ja hRdayaroganA humalAthI temano dehavilaya thayo. jainasamAjano eka camakato sitAro, akALe ja asta thayo. temano akSaradeha hayAta che, teTaluM AzvAsana sau laI zake tema che. upasaMhAra : traNeka varSa upara pUjyazrInA vyaktitva ane kRtitvane lagato eka suMdara smRtigrantha meraThathI prakAzita thayo che. temAM aneka mahAnubhAvonI temanA pratyenI zraddhAMjali ane jainavidyA tathA adhyAtmane lagatA vividha viSayo upara adhikRta lekhakonA lekhono saMgraha che. teozrInuM eka smAraka zrIhastinApura tIrthakSetramAM, triloka zodha-saMsthAnanA anvaye taiyAra thaI rahyuM che, jyAM jenavidyA ane jainasaMskRtinA pracAra-prasAra mATe vidyAlaya, zodhasaMsthAna vagerenI pravRttio cAle che. ApaNe sau teoe cIMdhelA bhagavAna mahAvIranA adhyAtmamArge cAlIne jJAna-cAritrano vikAsa karIe te ja temanA pratyenI ApaNI sAcI prIti ane niSThAnuM pratIka gaNAze.