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________________ ja zrI yazovijayajI Ibollebac 18 2 dAdAsAheba, bhAvanagara, eetheat-2*eo : IPche 200484s ? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ -- anAvazyaka digambara jaina mUrtipUjA mUlya rUA. 26-0 Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ suko calau ula tarIyA - INMummunleum LUISAINTENUSur all INAICHIMINAICINITIMISAILAITM SANIMA HITRA SMARUMAMNIRAMINANTHANGINEymaayNeeilamemnangumALICIHINImam|R,NICIAHAMASWAITIMEDIANIHANATHANITHANIES anAvazyaka digambara jaina vidUra hiMdImAM - puSpa ane cIpakalAla je. anuvAda vaidyazAstrI maNizaMkara kAlIsa-cAlaka The. mahAvIra phArmasI-rAjakoTa, THIMIRINAINARIANISAIMURAISHUTCHINTIMINTINTICITISUALI prakAzaka: kapuracaMda raNachoDadAsa mahetA-rAjakeTa . AvRtti pahelI prata 1000 1 vi. saM. 197 vA. saM. 2467 sane 1941 ] aum | PINTERunnaint|umanITamilNIGATININE tyeka mUlya phA. 0-6-9 SiraittAUTIANISAMIAUNNIRAIMILISAI RAMNIRAMINI STRATINUEminem NCTINA INDIAN Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ maLavAnuM sthaLa anuvAdaka pAse tathA vedazAstrI zivAnaMda maNizaMkara che. mahAvIra phArmasI rAjakeTa sarvAdhikAra surakSita - mukusthaw : sArasvatI prinTIMga presa * sAra lAkhAjIrAja rADa cArSi kaliyA) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ anuvAdanI vicAraNuM jina darzana jevA vizvapremI ane aviredhI darzananI vartamAna paristhiti jotAM te paNa eka paMcama kAle saMkucita saMpradAya rUpe tenI sthiti che. bhagavAna mahAvIrane adhyAtmapUrNa jaina mArga kayAM? ane AjanI jaina darzananAM upAsakenI vikRta modazA kayAM? jaina darzananI A sthiti karavAmAM je kaI javAbadAra hoya to te AjanI aMdhazraddhALu zrAvaka prajA che. A graMtha lekhananuM maMgalAcaraNa karatAM ja digaMbarIya sAhityanuM smaraNa thAya che. digambarIya sAhityanuM svAgata zrImad rAjacaMdrajIe saurASTramAM karyuM che. zrI kuMdakuMdAcArya mahArAja digaMbarIya tatvajJa che ema mAnavAmAM jene aviSedha che. paNa je digaMbarIya jagata bhAratIya tamUrti-pUjaka athavA te sthAnaka vAsI jainasaMsAramAM parama sevya siddhAMta-Agame ke AgamAnukULa tatvajJa praNita sanAtana jaina sAhitya prati kaTAkSa kare te te asahya che ema AjanAM jaina jaganAM paricayathI jaNAya che. A graMtha lakhI taiyAra karavAnI mArA eka mitranI sucanA thaIsucanA AvakArapAtra jaNAyAthI te kArya Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ karavAne svIkAra karyo paNa A graMtha taiyAra thayA pachI digaMbarIya mUrtipUjaka bhAIone puNyaprakopa sahana kare paDaze e nirNaya paNa te samaye karI lIdhuM hatuM. A graMthane hetu dIgaMbarIya jagatanI mAnyatA sAme virodharUpe nathI kintu bRhad saurASTrIya sthAnakavAsI jaina jagat zrI kuMdakuMda bhagavAnanAM zabda citramAM mugdha banI zrI gaNadhara praNita batrIza - siddhAMta vANI: jene prabhunI vANuM kahevAmAM harakata nathI, tenAMthI vimukha na bane te hetune draSTi sAme rAkhI "anAvazyaka digaMbara mUrtipUjA" kiMvA zrI kuMdakuMda vacanAmRta lakhavAnuM karyuM che. zrI kuMdakuMdAcAryajInAM zabdamAM zrAvakanI parU trepana kriyAo kahI che, temAM kaI paNa sthaLe mUrti pUjananuM vidhAna ApyuM nathI te pachI zrI kuMdakuMda mahArAjanAM vicArane anuyAyi varga mUrtipUjananuM nATaka kaI draSTie kare che te samAdhAna haju thatuM nathI. guNa vaya tava sama parimA dANaM, jalagAlaNaM, aNatthi miyaM dasaNaM NANaM caritaM kiriyA, tevaeNa sAvayA bhaNayA A zabda zrI kuMda. bhagavAnanAM che. artha-ATha mULa guNa, bAra vrata, bAra ta5, samatA, agiyAra pratimA, cAra dAna, jalagAlana, anastamita (rAtrI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ bhejanatyAga) darzana, jJAna, cAritra A sarve maLI patrepana kriyAo zrAvako mATe kahI che. A kriyAomAM mUrti pUjanane nirdeza koI sthaLe te mahAtmAe karyo nathI. tethI mUrti pUjana anAvazyaka havAmAM zrIbhagavAna kuMdakuMdAcAryajI sahamata che. ema mAnI temanA vacananuM ArAdhana karanAra tene bhakata gaNI zakAya. digaMbarIya sAhityamAM padmanaMdI pacazInuM paNa sthAna che temAM zrAvakanAM SaT karmo ApyAM che. vAMce upAsaka saMskAra 4 5 devapujA, gurUpAsti, svAdhyAyaH saMyamaH tapaH dAnaM ceti gRhasthAnAM SaT kamANi dine dine devapujA, gurUbhakti, svAdhyAya, saMyama, tapa, dAna; A cha kAryo zrAvaka gRhastha mATe kahyAM che, kadAca revapula zabda parathI keTalAka bhAIe mUrtipUjA evuM samAdhAna kare te teo jaina darzanane Thage che ema kahevAmAM harakata nathI. devapUjAne artha mUrtipUjA ema keIpaNa bhASA zAstranI draSTie thatuM nathI. devapUjAne artha AtmajAgRti karavAne purUSArtha thAya che. vAMce zabada tema mahAnidhi - -zakane reva-zabda puliga cetanAma na dIvyatikrIDate yasmAd rAcate dyotate divi, tasmAdeva iti proktaH Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ stUyate sarva devate "rityutte paramezvare brAhmaNasyopAdhauca ahiM mUrtipUjA e dhvani nikalate nathI; tethI padmanaMdI paNa digaMbarIya anAvazyaka mUrti pUjA mATe kuMdakuMdAcAryajInAM sUramAM potAne sUra milAve che. AjanAM viSama kALane sparza digaMbarIya samAjane paNa thayo che tethI tAraNa paMtha Adi bhinnabhinna zAkhAo temAM paDI che; paNa sAMbhaLavA pramANe hamaNAM saurASTramAM paNa dIgaMbarIya maMDalanI saMkhyA vadhe tema eka maMDalane jama thayuM che, paNa te maMDalane digaMbarIya maMDala kahevuM ke ! sthAnakavAsI kiMvA tA. mUrtipUjaka kahevuM athavA te zrImad rAjacaMdrajInuM maMDala gaNavuM te viSe haju AtmatRpti thAya te nirNaya te maMDalanA anuyAyIo paNa karI zakyA nathI eTale mAre te viSe A kSaNe nirNaya karavAnuM rahetuM nathI. digaMbara jemAM paNa eka amUrtipUjaka varga (tAraNapaMtha) ane bIje mUrtipUjaka vaga che. temAM tAraNapatha digaMbarIya maMDala taraphathI anAvazyaka digaMbara mUrtipUjA viSayanuM vidhavidha sAhitya prakAzana pAmyuM che. te saMsthAe bhAratamAM dareka jainadharmapremI A sAhityane svaprAMtIya bhASAmAM anuvAda karI tene pracAra kare ema sUcanA paNa karI che. A jaina dharmanI sevArUpa sUcanAne lakSyarUpe rAkhI mArA mitre mane anuvAda lakhavA preraNA karI paNa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ mArUM dhyeya te hiMdI pustakanAM mAtra anuvAda puratuM na hatuM paNa zrI kuMdakuMda bhagavAna svayaM mUrtipUjana viSe je vicAro dharAvatA hoya te sAhitya meLavI ane temano abhiprAya: anAvazyaka digaMbarIya mUrti pUjananAM pakSamAM hoya te ja mAre anuvAda lakhave, A mArA Atmiya-vicAro heIne banatA prayAse meM zrI kuMdakuMda bhagavAnanuM prApta sAhitya avalokayuM ane temanI vicAradhArA paNa anAvazyaka mUrtipUjAnAM tarapheNamAM javAmAM AvI tethI aSTa prAbhUtemAMthI zrI kuMdakuMda bhagavAnanAM zabdonAM pramANa ApIne prAraMbha karyo che. te sevAne adhikAra mAro che, ane pratira rUpe je vinedapUrNa carcA che te caMpakalAla jainI tathA puSpa- A jugalajoDInI tapazcaryA che. praznottaranI puSpa vATikAmAM sumadhura gulAbane parimala che, gulAba vRkSamAM kAMTA hovAnuM keNa nathI jANatuM chatAM gulAba te gulAbaja che - hiMdI praznane gvAlIyara sTeTa (gaMjabA-dA) ane bhinnabhinna amUti pUjaka dIgaMbarIya bhAIo taraphathI prasidhdha thayA che. tene A anuvAda ja che. jaina adhyAtma vAImayamAM kevaLa caitanyanI upAsanA para vadhAre lakSya kheMcyuM che, tyAre adhyAtma prAdhAnya tatvadarzanamAM jaDa mUrtipUjAnuM sthAna kaI apekSAe hoI zake? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ dIgaMbarIya jaina mUrti pUjako mATeja A anuvAda che. anya dharmAvalaMbI mUrtipUjake badhuone A graMtha sAthe kaI prakArane saMbaMdha nathI. kAIpaNa murtipujaka bhAIonI lAgaNI na duHkhAya te mATe graMthanuM prayojana jaNAvyuM che. mAtra sArASTravAsa jaina jagata pAse digaMbarIya amUti pUjakanA vicAre je prarUpe hiMdImAM bahAra paDayA che, te praznane parathI A graMtha digaMbarIya che ema nirNaya karaze ane temAM paNa anuvAdamAM kaI prakAre bhASAdeSa ke AtmIka bhAvamAM asaMtoSa jaNAya te te nimitte kSamA yAcavAnuM ja mAre mATe zreyakara che. Apa pAThake haMsavRtithI vAMcaze evI AzA sAthe viramuM chuM. * vikramArka 17 ) lI. vaidyazAstrI, jayeSTha kRNa (maNizaMkara kAlIdAsa yAjJika aSTamI ke mahAvIra phArmasI-rAjakoTa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ OM namaH siddhAya dareka jaina siddhAMta mUrtipUjAthI virUddha che. samyak darzana e mekSa mArga mATenI prAraMbhanI sthiti che, ane teja samyagdarzana AtmAnI pitAnI vastu che. samyagdarzananAM nizcaya tathA vyavahArarupathI be prakAranAM bheda che, nizcaya samyagdarzana te kevaLa AtmAnI samIpa athavA te AtmAnI ja vastu che, paraMtu vyavahAra samyagdarzana paNa AtmAnI najIka pahoMcADanAro mArga che; arthAt A vyavahAra samyagdarzananuM lakSya biMdu paNa kevala "AtmA "ja che. vyavahAra samyagdarzana vALA paNa vastunAM "tatvArtha zraddhAnaM" nI anusAra jemaM che tema ja zraddhAna kare che. "mUrtimAM jineMdra ane jibeMkane mUrtimAM A prakAranI avaLI savaLI zraddhA te vyavahArika samyagdaSTithI lAkhe kesa dUra bhAge che, te te je vastu je rUpamAM che, tene teja rUpamAM juve che ane jANe che, A prakAre e samyagdarzana vyavahAra athavA nizcaya rU5 nirNaya jenA AtmAmAM thaI jAya che teja samyagdaSTi kahevAya che. A samyagadRSTi padaja mokSa mArgane prAraMbhika mArga che. samyagdarzanaja dharmanuM mULa che. A vAtane pUjya zrI kuMdakunda svAmI potAnAM aSTapAhuDanAM darzana pAhuDamAM kahe che - dasaNamUlo dhammA, upaiTTo jiNa varehi sissANa / ta seoUNa sakaeNe desaNahINo Na vaMditvA / / 2 / / Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ artha--dharmanuM mUla samyagdarzana che, ema jinendra pitAnA ziSya prati upadeza karyo che. e samyagdarzanane sAMbhaLI bhavya jIvoe samyagdarzana hInane vaMdanA nahi karavI joIe. ahiM zrI kundakundAcArya mahArAja samyagdarzana hInane ja "i vaMdanA nahi karavI joIe, ema samajAvyuM che. jyAre samyagdarzana hIna AtmA vaMdanIya nahi te pachI AtmA rahita jaDa svarUpe mUti zuM samyagdarzana yukta che? je mUrti samyagdarzana yukta nathI, te zuM te mUrti namaskAra karavA yogya che? athavA namaskAra karavA samaye temAM samyagdarzana zuM AvI jAya che.? jyAre koI sthaLethI koI paNa samaye samyagdarzananuM mUtimAM AvavuM saMbhavita nathI, to pachI zA mATe ane zuM prayojanathI mUrtine namaskAra karavuM joIe. te amAre mUti pUjaka digambara jaina bhAI zA mATe vinA prayojananI namaskAra, pUjanAdi kiyAe mUrtinAM sAme nitya prati karyA kare che ? zrI kundakundrAcArya mahArAjanI upara kahela gAthAnusAra amAre mUrtipUjaka badhuoe mUti- pUjana karavuM cheDI devuM joIe. samyagdarzana rahita bhale cetana hoya athavA te acetana te sarvathA avaMdanIya che. have ahiM koI ema kaheze ke mUrtimAM samyagdarzana nahi hoya te bhale na rahyuM? paNa kadAca koI bIjo guNa hoya te paNa namaskAra kare ke nahi ? tenA uttaramAM Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ ema kahevuM paDaze ke AtmAne mukhya ane prathama guNa samyagdarzana jemAM nathI temAM bIjo guNa te nathI jovAmAM Avate ane je jAte hoya te batAve ? jenI mUti hoya tenAM guNe temAM hovA joIe, ane jo tema hoya te ame kahI zakIe ke mUrtine avazya namaskAra kare joIe. zuM arihaMta bhagavAnanI mUrtimAM chetAlIza guNa tathA siddhanI mUrtimAM ATha guNe jovAmAM Ave che je A mUtiomAM mUrtimAnane eka paNa guNa jovAmAM na AvI zake te pachI zAmATe e guNahIna mUrtine pUjya mAne che ? jarA kuMdakuMda svAminI vAta to sAMbhaLe teo A viSayamAM zuM kahe che Navi deho badijjai Navi ya kulo Navi ya jAi sa jutto keA vadani guNahINA Nahu savaNo Neya sAvao heAi // 27 // (darzana pAhuDa) artha -deha vaMdanIya nathI, kula tathA jAti saMyukta paNa kaI vaMdanIya nathI, AcArya bhAra ApIne kahe che ke guNahIna kANu vaMdanIya che? kaI nahi. guNa hIna muni nathI banI zaktA. temaja zrAvaka paNa nathI banI zaktA. jyAre kundakundrAcArya mahArAja jevA dhuraMdhara ane pramANika AcAryanI eja AjJA che ke koI paNa hoya, tepaNu guNahIna je che te kadApi vaMdanIya nathI thaI zakatA. jyAre guNahIna "AtmA" jevI vastu paNa vaMdanIya nathI thaI zakatI tyAre te kapita mUrti ke je Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ jaDa svarUpa che te te kevI rIte vaMdanIya thaI zake ? nahi thaI zake. te pachI A AjJAnuM ullaMghana karI mUrtipUjA kema karavAmAM Ave che ? amArA mUrtipUjaka digaMbara jaina bhAI amane kAMte mUrtimAM mUrtimAnanAM tamAma guNa batAve athavA mUrtipUjA cheDI dIe, athavA te zrI kundakuMdAcArya mahArAjanI ukata gAthAne asatya che ema siddha karI Ape. zrI bhagavAna kuMdakuMdAcArya mahArAja potAno mokSa pAhuDamAM ajJAnI tathA jJAnInI paribhASA keTalI spaSTa samajAvI rahyA che, jarA amArA mUrtipUjaka bhAI A gAthAne samajaNapUrvaka vAMce- acceyaNa picedA jo, maeNaDa se havei aegAgI / seA puNa NANI bhaNao, jo maeNai ceyaNe cedA // (mekSa pAhuDa 58) artha, acetanane je cetana mAne che te ajJAnI che, tathA jJAnI teja che ke je cetanane ja cetana mAne che. vicAra karavAnI vAta che ke zrI kuMdakuMda svAmInI A AjJA (jJAnI, ajJAnInI paribhASA) sAme rahelI che chatAM paNa jANI bujhIne loke kema bhUle che. A eka durbhAgyanI vAta che ke hAthamAM dIve chatAM kuvAmAM paDI javuM. arihaMtanI tathA siddhanI mUrti ke je pratyakSa acetana che, tene cetana mAnIne namaskAra pUjanAdi karavAvALA zrI kuMdakuMda svAmInI AjJAnusAra te ajJAnI ja che, chatAM paNa je teo pitAnAM manamAM pitAne Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ jJAnI samaje te teo pApanA bhAgI che. eka te mithyAbhimAnanuM pApa ane bIju gurUnI kahelI AjJAne bhaMga tenuM pApa. e pramANe mUrti pUjanamAM pApa upArjana vinA kalyANa kAMI paNa cheja nahi. arthAta kalyANa jovAmAM AvatuM nathI. guNanA pujArInuM kartavya che ke guNenA dhArakane ja vaMdanA kare, A viSayamAM zrI kuMdakuMda svAmI zuM kahe che te juo dasaNa NANa caritte, tava viNaye NiccakAla pasatthA ede du vaMdaNoyA je guNavAdI guNa dharANa (darzana pAhuDa 23) artha-darzana, jJAna, cAritra, tathA tapa-vinayamAM tarabola guNadhArI purUSaja guNIjane dvArA vaMdanIya che, anya nahiM. have vicAra karo ke pratimA (mUrti) ke je acetana (jaDa svarUpa) che, upara kahela guNe pikInAM temAM keTalA guNa rahelA che? je ukata ratnatrayAdi guNemAMthI eka paNa guNa temAM nathI te pachI te (mUti) kevI rIte vaMdanIya hoI zake ? je ATaluM chatAM paNa koI evI mUtine mAne, namana, pUjanAdi kiyA tenI samakSa kare te temAM tenuM buddhimAnapaNuM nathI. pharI paNa zrI kuMdakuMdAcArya mahArAja darzana pAhuDanAM aMtamAM sthAvara pratimAnuM svarupa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ viharadi jAva jiNi do, sahaTTadasulakakhaNehi sajutto cautIsa aisaya judo, sA paDimA thAvarA bhaNiyA (darzana pAhuDa 35) artha-eka hajAra ATha lakSaNo sahita, caitrIza atizaya yukata samavasaraNanAM dvArA vihAra karatA sAkSAt jineMdraja " sthAvara pratimA" che. guNae emAM sthAyI nivAsa karyo che, te kAraNathI sthAvara kahevAya che. - zrI kuMdakuMda svAmI A pramANe sthAvara pratimAnuM svarUpa kahe che. nizcaya pUrvaka evA prakAranI sAkSAt kevaLa jJAnamayI (sthAyI guNa yukata) jireMdranI mUrti ja pUjya hoI zake che, anya jaDa svarupa sthAvara mUtio pUjya hoI zake nahi, AgaLa jaMgama pratimAnuM svarUpa paNa sAMbhaLI lIo saparAjaMgama dehA, saNa NANeNa zuddhacaraNANaM NimAMtha voyarAyA, jiNa magge risA paDimA saMskRta svaparA jaMgamadehA, darzana mAnena zuddhacaraNAnAm nirgrantha vItarAgA, jinamArge IdRzI pratimA bodha pAhuDa-10) artha-pitAnI utkRSTa jagama deha ke je darzana tathA zuddha cAritra yukata ane nirgastha vItarAgatA yukata hoya teja jinamArgamAM pratimAM kahI che sthAvara tathA jaMgama pratimAne guNa uparanI be gAthAomAM kahe che. have pAThaka gaNa! upara kahela sthAvara tathA jaMgama banenAM guNe pASANa matimAM ghaTAvIne jIve ane pachI nirNaya karI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ lIe ke te kahelA guNo paikInAM keTalA guNa pASANa pratimAMnI aMdara maLI Ave che. je sthAvara pratimAnAM eka hajAra ATha-lakSaNa, cotrIza atizayAdi temAM nathI te pachI te pASANa mUrti kadApi pUjya na hoI zake, tathA jemAM jaMgama pratimAnAM guNa samyagdarzanAdi tathA nirgastha vItarAgatA Adi guNa paNa nathI to te pASANa mUti jinendranAM mArgamAM pUjya hoI zake ja nahi. AgaLa bIjI paNa vaMdanIya pratimAnuM svarUpa zrI kuMdakuMda svAmi kahe che. jaMcaradi zuddhacaraNaM, jANai picchei zuddha sammataM sA hAi vaMdaNIyA NiggaMthA sajadA paDimA saMskRta siddharAjasirasiddha rAma sA bhavati vaMdanIyA nirgranthA sAMyatA pratimA baMdha pADa-11 artha-je zuddha caritranuM AcaraNa kare che, tathA samyajJAna dvArA jANe (vastune vastu svarUpe jANe) valI zuddha samyakatA dvArA pitAnI ane pArakAnI pIchANu kare te vaMdanIya nigraMtha saMyamInI (tIrthakare ane muniyAnI sAkSAta) pratimA ja pUjya che. priya vAMcaka gaNu! pASANanI mUrtimAM upara kahela zuddha cAritrAdinuM pAlana karavAnuM ghaTAvI juve ke te cAritra di AtmIya guNene te pASANunI nijIva mUti kevI rIte pAlana karIne pUjya banI zake che ? zrI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ ' kuMdakuMda svAmInI AjJAnusAra te te kadApi pUjya nahi thaI zake, kema ke te acetana mUrtimAM bhAtmIya guNAnuM dekhAvuM te AkAzanAM phulanI mAphaka taddana asambhava che. have bIjI paNa acala pratimAnuM svarUpa sAMbhaLe. niruvama macala makhehA; nimniAvayA jagameNa ruveNa siddhaTTANAmma ThiyA, vAsara paDimA dhuvA siddhA saMskRta nirupamA acalA akSobhA, nirmApitA jaMgamena rUpeNa siddhasthAne sthitAH vyutsarga pratimA dhuvAH siddhAH ( edhapAhuDa 13) a--nirUpama, acala, akSeAbha, nizcala, nirmApita siddhasthAnamAM sthita dhruva evI vyutsaga siddha pratimA jANavI joie. AgaLa para pharI paNa jina khiMkhanuM svarUpa sAMbhaLI lIdhe. jiNabiMba NANamartha. saMghama suddha suvIyarAya ca jadei dikkha sikkhA, kammak khaya kAraNe zuddhA saMskRta jinaviMba jJAnamayaM saMyamazuddha suvItarAga'ca yat dadAti dIkSA zikSe, karmakSaya kAraNe zuddhe // ( edhapAhuDa 16 ) a -jJAnamaya, saMyamathI zuddha, suvItarAga, dIkSA zikSA dAyaka, tathA karmAMnA kSayanuM kAraNu tathA zuddha svarUpa je DAya te jInabimba che. have jInabiMbanA A samasta jJAnAdi guNAne pASANunI pratimAnAM guNNA sAthe mIlAvIne jAve. ane kaka' svAmInA ukata vacanA te peAtAnI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com "
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________________ hRdaya kasoTI para kasIne juve, tathA jineMdranI sAkSI rAkhIne tenAM siddhAntAnusAra vicAro ke zuM A pASaNa pratimA kayAreya paNa pUjya hoI zake che? AgaLa upara paNa namana, pUjana, vinaya, vAtsalya karavA gya pratimAnuM nirUpaNa kare che. tamsa ya karaha paNAma savvaM pujjaM ca viNaya vacchallaM jassa yA dasasANANa, athi dhuva ceyaNA bhAvo saMta-tasya ca kuruta praNAma, sarvApUjAMca vinaya vAtsalyama yasya ca darzana jJAna, asti dhruva cetanA bhAvaH bodha pAhuDa-17 artha-tene ja praNAma kare, tenIja sarva prakAre pUjA kare, vinaya tathA vAtsalya paNa tenuM ja karo ke jenI pAse darzana, jJAna tathA dhruva (avinAzI) cetanAnAM bhAvone saddabhAva che. e prakAra ahIM sudhInI (bodhapAhuDanI lagabhaga 19 gAthA sudhI samasta gAthAomAM zrI svAmI kuMdakuMdAcArya mahArAja keTaluM spaSTa kare che ke, eka aNasamaju mANasa paNa temanI sarala samajAvaTane sahajamAM hRdayaMgama (hRdayamAM utArI le) karI zake che. have amArA buddhimAna pAThakavRnda "aSTa pAhaDa" graMtha (zrI kunda kunda svAmI viracita) ne potAnAM sAme rAkhI ane ame je uparanI gAthAo ApI che, tene akSareakSara meLavI juve ane zabdArthomAM zrI kuMdakuMdAcAryanI AjJAnI tapAsa kare ke vAstavamAM temaNe pASANa mati-pajananAM Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 10 DhAMganI peAla kheAlI nAkhI che, ane peAtAnI sarva zaktie dvArA keTale bhrama dUra karyAM che, ke pASANunI mUti siddha karavAmAM temanI upara kahelI gAthAo pAse keIpaNu cUM ke cA nathI karI zakatA. tApaNu svArthI leAkeAe potAnAM svArthane puSTa karavA mATe te kahelI samasta gAthAnAM ane mahA viparIta anartha rUpamAM pheravI nAkhIne kevA aMdhakAra phelAvyeA che ke vAstavikatAnuM nAma nizAna paNa TALI devAnI koziza karatAM aTakayA nathI. paraMtu amArA agraDa che ke je pAThakeAne A gAthAonA arthamAM hajI paNa saMzaya hAya ! temaNe peAtAnA paricIta, vizvAsapAtra, tathA niSpakSapAtI keAipaNa zabda zAstrI vidvAna pAse jaine A gAthAonAM anA nirNaya karI le ane kundakunda svAmInA vastavika Azayane samajI lIe te pUrNa rIte soe so TakA A vAta--samajI javAze. ane ATalu kahevA chatAM paNa jo kAI pAtAnA ekAnta haThAgraha na che|De te pachI e tenA mithya!tra karmonA prabaLa udaya samajavA joie. khaMdhue ? zrI kuMdakuMda svAmInAM eka eka zabdamAM Adarza amUrti pUjaka jaina sidhdhAMtanuM samatA ane jaDa mUrtinA niSedha karavAmAM AvyA che. A vAta te temanAM vizAla graMtharAja zrI aSTa pAhuDa vigere zAstrAmAM vistArathI joI zakaze. ame te ahiM ghaNIja thADI gAthAo lakhIne viSayane mazcimamAM lakhIne Apa saunA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ samakSa rAkhe che, kemake vidvAnane te mAtra Isaro karAya te paNa basa che apu vidunA have AgaLa ame gRhastha zrAvakanAM kartavyane je zrI kuMdakuMda AcAryajI batAve che te ApanAM samakSa mUkuM chuM. jemAM Apa joI zakaze ke koIpaNa sthala ke keIpaNa kartavyamAM 5 :Na mUrtinI pUjA karavAnI AjJA jinaMdra bhagavAne karI che kharI ? arthAt nathI karI. baMdhuo ! zrI kuMdakuMda svAmInA graMthanAM TIkAkAroe svArthavaza banIne temanI gAthAone kheMcatANa karI tenAM ulaTAja artho karI dIdhA che. (eTaluM ja nahi paNa mUla gAthAomAM temaja Azaye mAM paNa pheraphAra karyo che. tenuM ekaja udAharaNa ahi ApIza--zrI rAjacaMdra jaina zAstramAlA-samayasAra- sane 1919 nirNaya sAgara presane prakAzaka, revAzaMkara jagajIvana jhaverI-puNya pApa adhikAra gAthA 153- rathama. gAthAnuM pAchaLanAM padane zeSabhAga ane saMpAdaka paM. brahmacArI zitala prasAda taraphathI prakAzaka jainamitra caMdAvADI-surata temAM teja gAthA 160mI che, temAM bannemAM bhinnatA che. prathamanI gAthAmAM te givavA te viti che tyAre zitala prasAdanAM graMthamAM te tene hAMti -A rIte ghaNA sthale mULa gAthAomAM paNa pheraphAre che atra te mAtra eka yAdi mATe ApavAnuM karyuM che. A rIte zrI kuMdakuMda svAmInAM graMthamAM maLa gAthAonI vikati karIne potAnA vicAranuM Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ samarthana karanArAo pUrNa vicAra kare) mATe Apa lekeja gAthAonA kharA artha samajIne kuMdakuMda svAmInI AjJA ane Azayane barAbara hRdayamAM utAro tathA tenI TIkA TIpaNInuM graMthanI sAthe mIlAna karI juo ke tenA TIkAkAroe keTalI kheMcatANa karIne muLa graMthanI keTalI durdazA karI nAkhI che ? ane tenuM phaLa tema karanArane zuM maLaze te sarvajJa devaja jANI zake che. pASANu mUrtinuM pUjana karavuM te gRhastha lokeAnAMja kartavyamAM batAve che paraMtu zrAvaka gRhasthanAM kartavyane pUrepUrA huM ApanI samakSa rAkhuM chuM ane temAM Apa joI zakaze ke temAM mUrtipUjAne samAveza karavAnI jagyA kyAM che. zrI kuMdakuMdAcAryanA vinA bIjA tamAma jainAcAryoe zrAvakonAM kula kartavyane nIcenI eka gAthAmAMja batAvI ApyA che te sivAya zrAvakonuM kaIpaNa kartavya nathI. yathA dasaNa vaya sAmAiya, pAsaha sacita rAyabhateya baMbhAraMbha parigaha aNumaNa udiTTa desa viradAya saM.-darzanaM vrataM sAmAyikaM pauSadhaM sacitaM rAtribhuktizca brahma AraMbha parigrahaH anumatiH udiTa dezaviratazca - cAritra pAhuDa 2) artha--darzana, vrata, sAmAyika, pauSadha, sacita tyAga, rAtri bhejana tyAga, brahmacarya, AraMbha tyAga, parigrahatyAga, anumatityAga, tathA udiSTa tyAga A agiyAra kartavya zrAvako mATe che teja zrAvakonI pratimA (paDimAM) paNa kahe che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 13 A deza virati nAmanuM pAMcamuM guNasthAna che, tene agiyAra pratimA-paDimA tathA pratijJA kahe che temAM prathama darzana pratimA che temAM bhavya jIva samyagdarzanane lAbha prApta karI saMyamanI tarapha vaLI javA prAraMbha karI de che. A pahelI pratimAnI aMdara pASANanI mUrti sAthe koI paNa saMbaMdha che nahi. bIjI DimA tenI aMdara zrAvakonAM bAra vratanuM niraticAra pAlana karavAnuM kartavya che, zrAvakanAM bAra vrata-pAMca aNu vrata, traNa guNavrata, cAra zikSA vrata, A pramANe badhAM malIne bAra vrata thAya che. tenAM nAma ane svarUpa sarve prasiddha che. A bAra vratamAM paNa kayAMya mUrti pUjAnuM nAma nizAna nathI A bIjI paDimAja gRhastha zrAvako mATe mukhya kartavyamAM Adarza rUpa che. A pratimAnI pachI sAmAyikAdi pratimAmAM sAmAyika pauSadhAdi kartavyonuM nirupaNa che, tene paNa pASANa mUrti sAthe kiMcita paNa saMbaMdha nathI. samaMtabhadrAdi AcAryoe paNa jyAM jyAM pitAnAM graMthamAM acciAra pratimAonuM nirUpaNa karyuM che tyAM koI paNa pratimAnAM svarUpamAM A pASANa mUrti pUjanane jarA paNa sthAna ApyuM nathI. ema pASANa mUrtinuM nAma paNa jyAM nathI tyAM bIjI vAta teM dUra rahI. A agiAra pratimAomAM AcAryoe jidrAjJAnusAra, uttama, madhyama tathA jaghanya e pramANe traNa darajajA zrAvake mATe nakkI karyA che arthAt Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ chaThI pratimA sudhI jaghanya navamI pratimA sudhI madhyama, tathA agiyAramI pratimA sudhI uttama che. tyAra bAda muni pada che; jyAre pASANa mUrtinuM pUjana karavAnuM zrAvakenAM kartavyamAM ja mUrti pUjako dvArA batAvavAmAM Ave che te pachI zrAvakenAM upara batAvelAM mukhya kartavyamAM (agiyAra paDimA) AcAryoe kema jaNAvyuM nathI. jyAre pAMcamA guNasthAnanAM svarUpamAM AcAryoe mAtra agiAra pratimAnuM nAma mAtra ApyuM che, te pachI te guNasthAnakamAM agiAra pratimA vinAnI je bAramI (spezIyala) pratimA zrAvakonAM kartavyamAM kayAMthI AvIne pravezI gaI che ? digambara AcAryoe agiAra pratimAonAM nAma upara pramANe ja potapotAnA graMthamAM zrAvakonAM kartavya tarIke batAvyAM che. te kahela agiAra pratimAne viSe keIpaNu pratimAne e Azaya nathI nIkaLate ke pASANanI mUrtipUjA te zrAvakonuM kartavya che. - A pASANa pratimA pUjananuM paMchaDuM te chadmastha, meha pAmelA jIe pitAnA svArthavaza, pitAnAM kaSAyanI puSTinAM hetu mATe zrAvakonI pachavADe lagADI dIdhuM che. je A pASANu mUrtipUjA kevalI praNita mAga hata te upara kahelI zrAvakanI agiAra pratimA (paDimA)ne viSe koIpaNa paDimAnAM rUpamAM tenI gaNatarI karI hota. paraMtu zrAvakanAM cAritra sAthe A mUti Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 1pa pUjanane kiMcitapaNa koI prakArano saMbaMdha nathI. jyAre cAritra, darzana tathA jJAna A ratnatrayI sAthe pASANa mUtino keI paNa prakArathI saMbaMdha nathI te pachI e mUrtipUjAne samyakadarzana, jJAna, cAritramAMthI kayuM nAma ApIne tene svIkAra karavAmAM Ave che. muni tathA zrAvakanAM kartavyathI tadana bahAranI cIja A mUrti pUjA che ane tethI nizcayatApUrvaka khAtrI thAya che ke e prathA eka lekarUDhI mAtra che jene dharmanuM rUpa ApI bhelA mANasane bahekAvavAnuM kAma karyuM che. zrI jIteMdra pote A prathAne zrAvaka temaja munionAM kartavyamAM bIlakula gaNI ja nathI. A pASANa mUti pUjana e eka mAmulI leka rahI che. jemake Aje ApaNe premavaza keinAM pheTe Adi ApaNe ghera rAkhIe chIe, basa jevI rIte pheTe vigere mehavaza rAkhI levAya che, tathA jene pheTe che te kaI vakhata ema nathI kahetA ke tame mAro pheTe tamArA gharamAM lagADI Ape, barAbara te ja pramANe mehadhArI jIe mehavaza jiteMdranI mUrtine rAkhI lIdhI che. paNa jibeMke ema nathI kahyuM ke tame mArI mUrti rAkhIne pUjana kare che ane tethI tamane mokSa maLaze. jyAre niMdraja potAnI vANI dvArA mUrtipUjA nathI kaDI to pachI A rUDhI mAtrane dharmanuM svarUpa ApI pUjana karavuM te niMdra bhagavAnanuM kayA prakAranuM zAsana ? niMdranA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ ratnatraya svarUpa mekSa mArgane tyAga karI potAnI mananI ghaDelI vAte neja dharmarUpa ApI mehavaza jIe svArthavaza cAlI jaina dharma ane jana jAtine ATale vinAza karyo che. bhagavAna kundakundAcArya mahArAje pitAnA sAhityamAM anAvazyakadigaMbara jaina mUrtipUjAnA viSayane eTale te spaSTa karI Ape che ke zaMkA ane kutarka mATe jarA paNa sthAna nathI. pASANa mukti mATe mRtipUjaka leke je caitya, Ayatana, jina pratimA jina biMba Adi kahIne pitAnI mUrti pUjA sIddha kare che tenA mATe paNa zrI kundakundrAcArya mahArAja zuM nirNaya Ape che te jarA sAMbhaLe. pratimA (mati) tathA jinabiMbanuM svarUpa ame AgaLa lakhela che ahi citya ane Ayatana je zuM che, te zrI kundakuMdacAryanA zabdomAM ahi lakhIe chIe. maNa vayaNa kAya davvA. AsattA jassa IdiyA visayA AyadaNa jiNa magge, NiTTi sajaya rUva sa-mano vacana kAya dravyANiAyattAH yasya aidriyAH viSayAH gAyatana nimAja nirlipta rAyata pama bodhapAhuDa-5 maya, rAya dosa mAho, kAhI lohAya jassa AyattA paMca mahanbaya dhArA, AyadaNa mahArisI bhaNiya raM-mara : : ; rAmaH ra nAnA: 42 6 zUra : kathita mA matiH bodhapATha 6 Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 17 artha -mana vacana, kAyAthI dravya tathA IdriyonAM viSane jeNe jItI lIdhA che, ane mada, rAga, deSa, meha, kedha, lebha Adino jeNe nAza karyo che ane je paMcamahAvrata dhAraNa karI rahela che evA maharSi munirAja A jaina mArganA Ayatana che, have caityagRhanuM svarUpa nIce jaNAvIe chIe. sAMbhaLe. Suddha jauM vaha to, ayANaM caiiyAI aNNa ca paca mahabbayasuddha NANamayaM jAe cedihara sa-buddha yat bodhayan AtmAna caityAni anyat ca paMca mahAprata zuddha jJAnanayaM jAnI hi cai yaSam (bedha pADuDa 8) artha-je pitAne sAvadhAna rAkhatA thakA anya jIne pratibaMdha kare ane zuddha pAMca mahAvRtene dhAraNa kare te jJAnamaya caitya gRha jANavuM joIe. ahiM AgaLa Ayatana ane caityagRha te baMnenAM jeTalAM lakSaNe batAvyAM che temAMthI eka paNa lakSaNa pASANanI mUrtimAM ghaTI zakatuM nathI, te kAraNathI (te zabdothI) zrI kuMdakuMdAcAryajIe digaMbara jaina mUti pUjAne anAvazyakathI siddha karI che. AgaLa upara jIna mudrAmATe kuMdakuMdAcArya mahArAja nIcenAM vacanamAM zuM kahe che, te sAMbhaLo. taba vaya guNehi suddho, jANadi vicchei suddha sammatta arahata muha epA, dAyArI dikkha sikkhAya raM ta vata guau: uddhaH jJAnAti parata kRddha vayava arhana budrA aigA dAtrI, dIkSA zikSANAM ca. (bodha pAhuDa 18 ) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ artha-tapa, vrata, guNathI je zuddha sayama tvane jANe ane lakhe evI araDuMta mUdrA che, te dikSA tathA zikSA pradAyaka hoI zake che. A vacanothI pASANa mUrtimAM jina mudrAnI kalpanAne virodha thaI jAya che, kemake temAM tapa, vrata, samyakatva Adine sarvathA abhAva che, jemAM tapa Adi guNa hoya te arahaMta mudrA dIkSA ane zikSA ApanAra hoya che te pASANa AdinI mUrti jaDa svarUpa hovAthI te uparanAM guNe rahita che, te jina mudrA na hoI zake. have vizeSarUpamAM jina mudrAnAM bheda viSe paNa zrI kuMdakuMda svAmi je kahe che te sAMbhaLo - dRDhasaMjama muhAe, IdiyamuhA kasAya dRDha muddA muddA iha NANAe, jiNamuddA erisA jANiyA saM-yuddha saMyama mudrA, indriya mudrA kaSAya dRDha mudrA mudrA iha jJAnena jina mudrA IdRzo bhaNitA bodha pAhuDa-19 artha-daDha saMyama mudrA, indriya mudrA, kaSAya draDha mudrA e jina zAsanamAM jJAnasvarUpa jinamudrA kahevAya che. zrI kuMdakuMdAcArya mahArAjanI A AjJAnusAra pASANAdinI mUrtimAM A kahela lakSaNe ghaTI zakatA nathI, tethI te jina mudrA nathI thaI zakatI. kAraNa ke temAM daDha saMyama nathI. temaja pAMca idri paNa nathI. ane te jaDa svarUpa hovAthI te kaSAne jItI paNa zakatI nathI, jyAre pASANunI mUrtimAM kAMI paNa guNa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ jovAmAM AvatuM nathI te pachI te jina mudrA kaI rIte hoI zake ? AgaLa para pASANu mUrtine deva kahevA vALAne mATe zrI kuMdakuMdAcAryajI phiTakAra lagAve che. sodevo joatthaM, dhamma kAmaM sudei NANaMca sodei jasla asthi, hu anyo dhammo va pavajjA saM-saH devaH yaH artha dharma kAmaM sudadAti jJAnaM ca sadadAti yasya asti tu athaiH karma na pravrajyA (bedha pAhuDa 24). artha-deva teja hoI zake ke je dharma, artha, kAma tathA jJAna Ape paraMtu ukata-vastune devaja ApI zake che ke te cIja tenI pAse hoya, ane jenI pAse kahela dharma, artha, kAma tathA jJAna ane pravajyAdi kAMI nathI te bIjAne kevI rIte ApI zake ? A gAthAnI deva viSayanI paribhASAne sAMbhaLI amArA di. mUti pUjaka badhu batAvI Ape ke je pASANa mUrtinI A5 nitya prati pUjA kare che te mUrti Apane upara kahela dharmAdi tathA jJAnAdi guNa Ape che kharI? je nathI ApI zakatI te pachI zrI kuMdakuMda svAminI AjJA bhaMga karIne Apa evI guNarahita mUtine kema mAne che ? have pachI zrI kuMdakuMdAcAryajI mahArAja tIrthanuM svarUpa nIcenI gAthAmAM jaNAve che. jaNimmala sumdhabhaM sammataM saMjamaMtavaM NANaM taM tiHtha jiNamange, have ijA~da saMti bhAveNa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ saM.-yat nirmala sudharma samyaktvaM, saMyama taraH jJAnam tat tIrtha jinanArge bhavati yadi zasta bhAvena ( bodha pATha 27) artha-nirmala sudhama, samyaktva, saMyama, tapa, jJAnAdika jina mArgamAM tIrtha svarUpa che. je zAMti bhAva pUrvaka e pAlana karavAmAM Ave paraMtu AjakAla kalpita tIrtha tathA mUrtioe A vAstavika tIrthane naSTa karI dIdhela che, jevI rIte Aje saMsAramAM mazIne dvArA tamAma kAryo thavAM lAgyAM che jenAM phala svarUpa mANase e akarmaNyatA dhAraNa karI che. (nirUdyamIpaNuM) basa teja pramANe pASANonI e pratimAoe jinabiMba Ayatana, caityagRha, tIrtha, paDImA, Adi sarva para potAno adhikAra jamAvIne jIvone kartavya-vimukha banAvI dIdhA che. vAstavika rIte e mUrtioe jana dharmanuM dhArmika rUpa laIne jana siddhAnta tathA samAjane keTalo hRAsa karyo che te Aje pratyekSa paNa joI zakAya che. A mUrti pUjAnAM viSayamAM paMDitajI becaradAsajI jevA dhuraMdhara vidvAna potAnA "jaina sAhityamAM vikAra thavAthI thayelI hAnI" ane hiMdImAM "jana sAhityamAM vikAra" nAmanA graMthamAM zuM lakhe che. jarA tene sAraja sAMbhaLI lI. mUrtipUjA-Agama virUddha che, tenAM mATe tIrthakaree sUtromAM koI vidhAna karyuM nathI." (mUrtipUjA) A kalpita paddhatithI che. laMkAzAhamata samartha) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ A zodha paMDita becaradAsajInI che. jo ke pote mUrtipUjaka hovA chatAMya temaNe satyanuM gaLuM na dabAvatAM jevuM che tevuMja e viSayamAM vacana kahI ApyuM che. A viSaya para mUrtipUjakoe vicAra kare joIe, tathA je 5. becaradAsanAM vacana sAcAM hoya te gRhaNa karavAM agara te temanAM vacanano virodha kare joIe jaina siddhAMtane ane mUrtipUjAne paraspara kaI paNa prakArane meLa nathI. paNa pUrva-pazcima jeTaluM aMtara che. keDI ane mahora jeTale temAM bheda che, AkAza ane pAtAla jeTaluM cheTuM che, tathA jaina siddhAMtanAM nizcayanayamAM mUrtinuM kaI prakAre sthAna nathI paraMtu vyavahAranaya paNa mUrtipUjanane apanAvatuM nathI. samyakrarzananuM svarUpa jyAM kahe che tyAMja "tatvArtha zraddhAne samyagdarzana kahI dIdhuM che. jenuM tAtparya e che ke, prayojana bhUta tamAM yathArtha zraddhA karavI teja samyagdarzana che. have vicAra kare ke AtmIya vastu zraddhAna tathA jaDasvarUpa vastumUrtine paraspara zuM saMbaMdha che? kAraNa ke prajana bhUta tatvonAM zraddhAnamAM mUrtinuM zuM prayojana che? vyavahAra samyagdarzanamAM paNa digambara. jaina-mUrti pUjAnI anAvazyakatA che e mATe. zrI kuMdakuMdAcArya mahArAjane A pramANe khulAse che. jIvAdo saddhahaNaM, sammataM jiNavarehiM paNNata vavahArANicchayadA appANaM havai samprataM Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ saM jIvAdInAM zraddhAnaM samyaktvaM jinagaraH prazaptama vyavahArAta nizcayataH Anmaiva bhavati sam kvam (darzana pAdaDa 20 ) artha-jIvAdi prayojana bhUta tanuM je zraddhAna te vyavaha ra samyakatva che, tathA pitAnA AtmAnuM ja svasaM. vedanarUpa anubhavayuta zraddhAna te nizcaya samyagdarzana che. ame prathamaja lakhI Apela ke A samyagdarzanamAM vastunuM jevuM che tevuM svarUpa tenI zraddhA karavI teja samyagdaSTinuM kartavya che. jevI rIte ke je sAme mUrti che te samyagdaSTi mUtIneja mUrti ja mAne che. je te sonAnI haze te senAnIja mAnaze paNa samyagdaSTi tene hirA athavA pASANanI nahI kahe. jyAre mutine mUrtirUpe zraddhAna karanArI samyagdaSTi mUrtimAM arihaMtane nathI mAnatI te pachI namaskAravaMdana, pUjana konuM kare? je samyagdaSTi mAtra mUrtinuM ja * pUjana karaze te te vinA prajananI kriyAthI tene zuM lAbha? tathA je te mUtine arihaMta samajIne vaMdana pUjana karaze te pharIne pAchA hatA tyAMne tyAM, jevuM che tene tevuM mAnavuM te zuddha zraddhAna kyAM rahyuM ? kAraNake mUrtine arahaMta samajIne ulaTI zraddhA karI, te te kAraNathI samyagdaSTie mUrtinI pUjA karavAnI AvazyakatA nathI rahetI. ane je samyagdaSTi kahevarAvIne mUrtipUjA kare te pachI tene samyagdarzananI jarUra nathI ema Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 23 jANavuM, arthAta A pramANe ulaTI sIdhI kriyA karavAvALAnAM pakSamAM samyagdarzana nathI paNa mithyAdarzana che tema jANavuM. A vAtathI ema siddha thAya che ke mati- pujAne samyagdarzana sAthe koI paNa prakArathI saMbaMdha nathI. jyAre jaina siddhAMtamAM prathamanAM vyavahAra tathA nizcayarUpa baneya taraphathI samyagdarzanamAM mUrtipujAne sthAna maLatuM nathI te pachI AgaLa samyajJAna, samyakAritra sarakhA siddhAMtanI pAse A mUti- pUjAne heMga je jaIne ubhe rahe te koNa jANe tenI zuM hAla thAya ? vAstavika rIte haju sudhI samyagdarzana tathA samyajJAnAdikanI draSTi mUti pUjA para nathI paDI, A te koNa jANe konI chatra chAyAMmAM TakI rahI che. je divase tenA para samyatrayIne dra TapAta thaze, te divase te mUrtipUjAnuM nAma viDana paNa naDI raDe. je samyagdarzanane kiMcita paNa saMbaMdha A mUtithI je che te te pachI (jiteMdra deva "cAre gatimAM samyagdarzana thAya che" ema koI rIte kahetaja nahiM ane jyAM mUrtinuM sAdhana malaze tyAM tyAM ja samyagdarzana thaze ema batAvate. te bicArA nArakI ane tiryaMcane bhAre Apatti Avate. te bicArA kyAMthI jenamUrtinuM darzana karI samyagdarzana prApta karI zakate? paraMtu jiteMdrane niSpakSapAta nyAya mUrtinAM pakSamAM te hate ja nahiM. temaNe te vastunuM svarUpa je Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ samajAvavuM hatuM te samajAvI dIdhuM che, have je tene ulaTA samaje to teo temanAthI ulaTA che, ane je yathArtharUpamAM sIdhI rIte samaje te teo jJAnInAM vanenI najIka che arthAt sIdhA che ahIM sudhI te zrI kuMdakuMdAcArya mahArAjanAM vicAre dvArA jaina siddhAMttanuM samarthana thayuM have anya AcAryo dvArA je samarthana thayuM che, te viSaya ane bIjA bhAgamAM jaNAvIzuM. jena siddhAMta anusAra mUrtipUjA siddha thaI zakatI nathI ema nirvivAda siddha thayuM che, kemake pASANa mUrti bicArI jana siddhAMta sAthe pitAne keIpaNa saMbaMdha rAkhatI nathI. have mUrtipUjAne jabaradatithI siddha karavA mATe je taiyAra thAya che, ane pitAnA mananI ghaDI kADhelI yutimAMthI mUrtipUjAne je sidhdha karyA kare che, teonAM kutarkone paNa ahiM vicAra kare jarUrI che, kAraNake te kutarkoe te jana sidhdhAMtane Aje naSTa-bhraSTa karI dIdhuM che. amArA digaMbara jaina mUrtipUjaka badhuo mUtine Atma kalyANamAM eka avalambana tarIke mAne che. paNa ame temane kahIe chIe ke, Atma kalya Na mATe mUrti nuM avalaMbana kaI rIte upayogI nathI paNa mukhyapaNe jinavANI" avalaMbana rUpa che. pratyeka tIrthakaratAM Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ samavasaraNamAM zrI jineMdra prabhunI "vANI" nuM asaMkhya jIe avalaMbana grahaNa karyuM che. ane te dvArA anekee pitAnAM saMsAra baMdhanane choDayAM che. te vAta te Apa paNa svIkAre che ke sAkSAt tIrthakarenI hayAtimAM pitAnI vANInuM AlaMbana ApI jIvone mekSa mArgamAM lagADayA che te pachI te sanAtana Adarzane (jinavANInuM AlaMbana) chaDI A mana kalpita mUrti pUjAnuM avalaMbana gRhaNa karavuM te tIrthakaronI avajJA karavA jevuM che. Apaja batAve ke samavasaraNamAM jibeMke pitAnI vANuM sivAya kaI bIjA avalaMbana dvArA mekSa mArganuM nirUpaNa karyuM hatuM ? bhAI sAheba! samavasaraNamAM je tIrthakaranI vANInI vRSTi na thaI heta te jIvone mekSane lAbha paNa thaI zakate nahIM. temaja jyAre pitAnuM prajanaja (mokSamArgane lAbha) siddha na hete te tIrthakarenuM zaraNa ke grahaNa karateja nahi. mahAvIra svAminI vANI jyAM sudhI gaNadhara nahi hevAnAM kAraNe baMdha rahI hatI, te samayanuM varNana jarA zAstromAMthI vAM ke IMdrAdika devamAM paNa keTalI uthala pAthala thaI hatI, ane teoe sImaMdhara svAmI pAse jaIne tamAma kAraNa vANanI vRSTi nahi thavAnuM jANyuM ane tene je niga hato te pUro karyo. bhalA Apa batAve ke sAkSAt kevaLa jJAnI tIrthakaranAM sAme rahevA chatAM paNa IMdradeva sImaMdhara svAmI pAse zA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ mATe gayA ? te kahevuM paDaze ke tIrthakaranI vANuM vinA kevaLa jJAnI paNa Idrane manoratha pUro karI zake nahI, eTalA mATe jina vANunuM avalaMbana teja saMsAranAM samasta avalaMbanemAM sarvotkRSTa prathama ane yathArtha avalaMbana che. jyAre samavasaraNa khudamAM paNa jinavANuM vinA bIjI koI vastuthI kAma thaI zakatuM nathI, te Aja ahi ne jina vANI vinA kAma kevI rIte cAlI zakaze ? te pachI Adi jinavANInI prApti hovA chatAM bIjI mUrti AdinAM avalaMbananI zuM AvazyaktA che? ane evI kaI bAbata che ke je jina vANIthI prApta na thaI zake ane kRtithI prApta thaI zake? je ema che te pachI tIrthakare nI vANImAM pUrNa upadeza nathI arthAt apUrNa vANuM che ema mAnavuM paDaze; paNa vAta ema nathI. jiteMdranI vANImAM te kaI prakAranI kamI ke truTI nathI. paNa tIrthakarenI vANIthI pitAne mane ratha pUrNa na karatAM potAnAM dvArAja kapita mUtithI-pitAne maratha siddha kara e te pitAnuM DagamagIyuM ane pitAne rAga e kisse thayA. Apa mUti dvArA je je vAtanI pUrNatA siddha kare che te vAtanI pUrNatA "jinavANI dvArA paNa thaI zake che ke nahi? jinavANInuM jarA niyama pUrvaka avalaMbana laIne juve ke ApanI manokAmanAo TheTalI jaladIthI siddha thAya che , Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 27 Apa udAharaNa mATe evA e mANasA lIye ke je kAMipaNa jANatA nathI temaja jee vAMcavuM lakhavuM paNa jANatA nathI te temane bhaNAvI zakAya che, paNa te emAMthI ekane be varSa sudhI mUrti pUjA karavAnuM Ape, temaja khIjAne jinavANImAM avalaMbana pUrvaka abhyAsa karavAnuM karA, te be varSa pachI te bannenI parIkSA laI juve ke jJAnAdi guNe mAM kai vyakti nipUNa che, ane tyAreja Apane spaSTa mAlUma paDaze ke jinavANInuM jeNe avalakhana karela che teja vyakti jJAnAdi guNAnA adhika vikAza peAtAnAmAM karI zakela che tema jaNAze. ane mUrti pUjana karavAvALA te eTaluMja khatAvI zakaze ke te haMmezAM je karatA hatA teja. have Apaja batAvA ke jyAM pratyakSa peAtAnAM hAthamAMja kaMgana che te ArasInI zu jarUra che? Apa peAteja A vAtane anubhava karI khAtrI karI leze te jAze. saMsAramAM vinA prayeAjana kAIpaNa manuSya kAi kAma karatuM nathI karavuM paNa nahi joIe, jyAre amArA sapUrNa manerathA jinavANInAM avalakhanathIja siddha thaI jAya che te pachI vinA prayeAjana A mUrti pUjAnuM avalakhana karIne kaye| maneratha siddha karavAnA che ? kei paNa maneratha A anAvazyaka mUrti pUjAthI siddha thaI zakatA nathI tethI siddha thAya che ke mUrti pUjananI kriyA ane mUrtinuM avala ane taddana anAvazyaka temaja Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 28 vinA prayeAjanavALuM che temaja jinavANInuM avalakhana yathA pratyeAjana bhUta tathA atyaMtAvazyaka che, ane tene Azraya lenAra heAya teja jinenA sAcA anuyAyi ane upAsaka che. mUrti pUjaka samAja taraphathI eka prazna e thAya che ke amUrtti pUjakA jinavANIne kahe che te paNa mUrti pUjA che ane te draSTie te paNa mUrti pUjaka che. kemake jinavANI acetana che. ane tenI upAsanA sau kAi ne kare che tethI sai! mUrtipUjaka che. have A kutarka gaNAya chatAM tenuM samAdhAna te taddana saheluja che ke Apa je mUrti pUjA tame pote kare che chatAM jaNAya che ke tame peAteja tene matalaba samajyA nathI. jo samajyA hAte te A kutarka tamane uDataja nahI. bhAi ! Apa je mUrtine mAne che te mUrti sAthe jina vANInI tulanA nahi thaI zake, hA je Apa tulanA karavA cAhe te ApanI mUrti tathA jinavANInAM kAgaLa, zAhI, puMThA vagere sAthe tulanA thaI zake che ane khuzIthI tevI tulanA mApa karI zake che ane te vAtane ame paNa kaDDIe chIe ke, jevI mUrti jaDa che tevIja rIte jinavANInAM kAgaLa, zAhI Adi tamAma jaDa che ane mUrti samAna e paNa avaMdanIya che; paNa Apa sAMbhaLe ane pachIthI jinavANI ApanI mUrtinI tulanA karaze, ane ni ya karaze ke tathA . Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ jinavANInI upAsanA tathA ApanI mUrti pUjAmAM keTale keDI ane mahera eTale pharaka che. sauthI pahelAM Apa eka vAta vicAro ke jinavANunAM zabdomAM tIrthakaronAM je bhAva "divyadhvanI beDalavA vakhate bharyA hatA te A (jinavANuM) zabdomAM vartamAna kAle te bhAva bharyA che ke nahi ? tyAre Apa te vAtane saharSa svIkAra karI lezo ke barAbara jinavANInAM zabdomAM teja bhAva A vakhate paNa mojuda che. je bhAva tIrthakaranAM mukhAraviMdathI vANuM kahetA te samaye bharyA hatA athavA te je jina bhAvane gaNadharoe dvAdazAMgamAM guMthIne temAM bharyA che, je te bhAve na bharyA hote, te Aja tIrthakarono tathA gaNadharane saMpUrNa Azaya naSTa thaI jAta. basa jainasiddhAMtavAdI paNa te bhAvane ja namaskAra kare che ke je bhAva te zabdomAM bharyA che, jenasiddhAMtavAdI bhAI zAstranAM kAgaLa zADI tathA veSTana Adi vastuone namaskAra karatA nathI temaja pujA paNa karatA nathI ke jevI rIte Apa pASANu mUtine kare che, eTalA mATe kahevuM joIe ke Apa "bhAvavAda" tathA jaDavAdanI tulanA pitAnAM kutarkothI karavA Icche che, te bhale karo paraMtu chevaTa ApanA hAthamAM kutarko ja raheze, paNa Apa jinavANathI lAbha uThAvI zakaze nahi, ane mUti koI prakArane mane ratha siddha karI zakatI nathI ema ame prathamathI ja kahI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 30 " Apela che. have bIjI' Apa siddha karI ke (jevI rIte ame "jinavANInAM zabdomAM bhAva bharyAM che" ema sidhdha karI ApyuM che) mUrtimAM kayA bhAva bharyAM che ane Apa kayA bhAvane vaMdana kare che ane pUjA kareA che ane te bhAva kayAMnA che ane te bhAve kAnA che ane kANe mUrtimAM bharyAM che ? ane a pa e paNa batAvA ke ame 8 divyadhvani ' nAM kharavA vakhate athavA gaNadharAnAM dvAdazAMga guMthavA samaye jevA che tevA bhAva AjanI jinavANInAM zabdomAM paNa bharyAM che e siddha karI Apyu che. zu Apa siddha karI zakeA che ke ApanI arihaMtanI (pASANunI) mUrtimAM mUrtimAna arihaMtaneA bhAva arihuM tAvasthAmAM hatA, te bhAve| A vakhate tenI mUrtimAM bharyAM che? jo te arihaMtanA bhAve mUti mAM bharyA nathI te pachI Apa pASANunuM vadana-pUjana kareA che, te pachI Apa siddhAMtava dIe peThe bhAvavAdI nathI paNa jaDavAdI che ane jo (jaDavAdI) nathI teA pachI jinavANInA bhAva yukata zabdo pramANe Apa mUrtimAM paNa arihaMtanA kSAyika bhAvane siddha karI ke je temanI arihaMtAvasthAmAM hatA, amArA ATalA vacanA parathI Apa samajI zakayA haze! ke vAstavika rIte jinavANInAM zabdonAM bhAva tA vaMdanIya che, ane a.panI pASANanI mUrtimAM bhAvanA abhAva hAvAthI avaMdanIya Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ che. are bhAI? ApanI pUjya mUrtinAM mUrtimAna te mUrtimAM nathI. Apa te kevaLa mUtinAM pASANane ja pUje che. paraMtu amArA zabdonI mUtinAM mUrtimAna "zabdanAM bhAva" te A vakhate paNa jevA che tevAja amArI jinavANImAM vidyamAna che. eTalA mATe amArA parama pUjya tIrthakara, gaNadhare AdinAM bhAva Aja paNa jinavANInAM zabdamAM mUrtimAna banI vida mAna che. ame siddhAMtavAdI (bhAvavAdI) tIrthakarenAM zarIrane vaMdana nahi karatAM temanAM jJAna svabhAvane vaMdana karIe chIe. te mATe jinavANInAM zabda temaja tIrthakarenAM zarIra sAthe amAre kAMI praye jana nathI paNa amAre te temanAM kalyANakArI zabdamAM rahelA je bhAve tenI sAthe prajana che, pachI cAhe te te tIrthakara sAkSAt pitAnI divya dhvani dvArA amane Ape athavA te jinavANInAM zabda dvArA te amane maLe. je ApanI pASANa mUrti te bhAne jinavANuM athavA tIrthakare pramANe ApI zakatI 'heya te jeTalo jJAnalAbha jinavANuthI thAya che teTalo ja lAbha jinavANInA avalaMbana vinA je ApI zake te te paNa mAnya thaI zake che. je pASANu mUrti vAstavika jinavANInAM avalaMbana vinA jJAna lAbha karI zakatI hoya te Apa kRpA karIne kaI mUrkha AdamIne mati samakSa besArIne saMpUrNa zAnuM jJAna te (mUti) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 3 dvArA karAvI Ape te pachI ApanI mUrtine camatkAra sArAye saMsAramAM e pramANe phelAze ke jevI rIte Aje mahAtmA gAMdhijI dvArA ahiMsAne camatkAra phelANo che, je vANInA dvArAja gAMdhIjIne prApta thaye tathA vANI dvArAja te Aje saMsAramAM samajAvI rahyA che. te temanI bhAva bharI vANIneja pratApa che. tenAM zarIra ke ahiMsAnI ke I mUrtine te pratApa nathI ke je Aje ATale ahiMsAne pracAra thaI gayo che. eTalA mATe jinendranI vANuMja mAnya che. ane mUti anAvazyaka che. badhuvarya ! Apa vicAra kare ke jyAre jinavANunAM zabdo dvArA pitAnA jina bhAvanI prApti thAya che te pachI niMdra pratye jenI vANathI ApaNane A ame lAbha thayela che. ane keTalI zradhA thaze-ane ApaNe pite jibeMkanA bhakata banI jaIzuM. jema Aje gAMdhI jInI vANathIja tenA karaDe bhakata banI gayA che, tevI rIte tenAM pheTAthI keAI eka paNa bhakata nahI banI zake. hA. Apa jevA ema paNa kahI zakaze ke emane pheTe joIne tenAM bhakta banI gayA. kema ke Apa te mUti athavA te pheTAnAMja bhakata che, Apane bIjI cIja (guNenI zuM jarUra che. * A vAtane: gAMdhIjI Aje vidyamAna che je mATe sAmela rAkhI che. kintu prabhu mahAvIra svAmI jenA makSa mArga siddhAMtanAM badale tenA sthAna para bhakate dvArA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 33 calAvelA mUrtipUjAnAM DhAMgane dharmanuM bAnuM paherAvI mokSa mArgane keTale satyAnAza karI rahyA che, jene ame paNa pratyakSa joI zakIe chIe. zrI kuMdakuMdAcArya temaja anya AcAryoe pitAnA graMthamAM sthale sthale samajAvyuM che ke jineMdranAM siddhAMta pramANe amala kara, tene piotAnAM jIvanamAM utArave e jeTale kiMmatI che.......A vAta viSe svAmI kuMdakuMdAcAryanAM bhAva pAhuDamAM zabda zabda dvArA samajAvyo che. A bIjA kutarkane uttara che, jethI vAMcakoe khUba samajIne pita ne nirNaya potAnAM hRdayamAM karyo haze. " have ame mUrti pUjaka badhuo prati saprema nivedana karIe chIe ke vastusvarUpane yathArtha vicAra karI amArA upara kahelA vicAromAM turata sahamata thaI tene amala kare, jethI vAstavika jainatvane Adarza saMsAra samakSa upasthita thAya, AvI rIte te kahela ane kutarkonAM samAdhAnamAM seMkaDe kutarkone akATaya uttara ApI dIdho che; paraMtu pharIne AgaLa koI bIjA paNa evA kutarko sAme Ave che tene uttara Apa te amArUM kartavya che. 3 trIje kutarka amArA sAme e karavAmAM Ave ke cAra nikSepAomAM sthApanA paNa eka nikSepa che, tethI mUrtipUjAnI siddhi thaI jAya che te pachI siddhAMtavAdI bhAI mUti kema pUjatA nathI ? tenAM mATe samAdhAna Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 34 cAra nikSepAomAM sthApanA nikSepa jarUra che, ane te saMsAramAM ane saMsArIka kAryomAM cAhe teTalI saphalatA apAvI pitAnI dAla pakAve, paraMtu me kSamArgamAM sthApanA nikSepanI keI AvazyakatA nathI. temaja tene mesa mArga sAthe kaI saMbaMdha nathI. je mekSa mAga sAthe koI nikSepane saMbaMdha hoya te te kevaLa eka mAtra bhAva nikSepane ja che kemake temAM te (mekSamArga)jevuM che tevuM zraddhavuM" e vAta che. eTalA mATe sthApanA nikSepanI khIcaDI mekSamArgamAMthI pAkI zakatI nathI ke cAhe te vastumAM cAhe tevI sthApanA karIne cAhe tevA manAmAnya udyama macAvI zakAya. hAla tIrthakaronI sthApanA je mUrti AdimAM karIne bhakta mANase pitAnAM bhagavAna prati pitAnI pharaja adA kare che, e eka saMsArIka rUDhI che, tene mekSamArga athavA te jaina siddhAMta sAthe keIpaNa prakArane saMbandha nathI, eTalA mATe jaina siddhAMta agara te mokSa-mArganAM nAma para mUrtipUjana karavuM te tadana anAvazyaka che. teTalA kAraNathI sthApanA nikSepanI ethamAM rahI mUrtipUjananI siddhi karavI tathA te mekSa temaja "janma jarA mRtyu vinAzAya" mATene tadana asaphala prayatna che A sthApanA nikSepanAM kutarka mATe te ATaluM samAdhAna paNa ghaNuM che. je ATalAthI bIjA kutarko A viSaya para Ave te tenuM samAdhAna AgalA bhAgamAM karavAmAM Avaze. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 35 have cothe kutarka kare che ke jema pheTe agara te mUti dekhe teja manuSyane bhAva thaI jAya che. eTalA mATe zAnta mUrti bhagavAnanI chabInAM dekhavAthI paNa zAMti lAbha thAya che. eTalA mATe mUrti pUjana karavuM ThIka che. A kutarka mATe ahi Ape te samAdhAna pUrNa thaze jemake kAmI jIvane vezyAnAM pheTA dvArA kAma bhAva thaI jAya che te zuM e prakAre bhagavAnanI zAnta mUtine jevAthI je bhagavAna zAMta kevaLa jJAnI che tenAM te kevaLa jJAna svarUpa bhAva zAMta mUtinAM jevAvALAnAM anubhavamAM AvI zake che ? je bhagavAnanI mUrtine dekhavAthI temanAM kevaLajJAna rU5 zAMta-bhAvane anubhava te darzana karanAra karI lete hoya te bhAre harSanI vAta che ke vinA prayAse kevaLa ATalA sastAmAM kevaLa jJAna ane zAMtine lAbha thAya che, paraMtu kevaLajJAna svarUpa zAMti na maLatAM mAtra kSaNika zAMtino anubhava thaye ane maMdiranI bahAra nIkalatAMja siMhanAM jevuM dila thaI gayuM, te pachI e kevI zAMti, ane zAMta mudrAnuM darzana ? evI kSaNika zAMtine IcchavAvALA badhu ekAntavAsa karIne paNa thoDA samayamAM te kahela kSaNika zAMtithI paNa adhika lAbha karI zake che, je vastu amane saMsAramAM thoDA prayatna dvArA prApta thaI zake che te mATe ApaNu bhagavAnane kalpita banAvI devA ane tenAM pAsethI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 36 te cIja mAgavI te keTalI gatI che ? e vAta vairAgyanAM viSayamAM paNa lAgu thaI zake che ke jyAre ulkApAtAdikathI vairAya thaI zake che ane te vairAgyanuM kAraNa ahIM pade pade upasthita che te pachI khAsa vairAgya prApta karavA mATe mUrtinuM avalaMbana karavuM te keTalI moTI bhUlanI vAta che, je te mUrti dvArA thayela vairAgya sthayi hAya te tene beDo pAra che, paNa jyAM sudhI maMdiramAM rahe tyAM sudhI vairAgya ane maMdirathI bahAra nIkalatA sAtheja kacerI, dukAna Adi vyavahAranI hAya-vAya AvI gaI te pachI zuM lAbha che. bhalA batAve ke A kSaNika zAMti ane vairAgyanI hasti-snAna jevI kriyA kayAM sudhI manuSyanuM kalyANa karI zakaze, eTalA mATe A vAtathI e siddha thayuM ke je kSaNika zAMti vairAgyanAM vAste pASANAdi mUrtinuM avalaMbana le che te digaMbarIya mAnyatA pramANe anAvazyaka che ema zrI kuMdakuMdAcAryajIne aga siddhAMta che. ane temanAja siddhAMtane anukULa rahI AgaLa para mane ApavAmAM AvyA che-te amArA jaina dIgabarIya bhAI amAruM samAdhAna karaze agara te zrI kukundAcAryajInA vicArane anumodana Apaze te amAre purUSArtha ame pavitra thaya mAnIzuM. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ dveiga kharIya sAhitya ke zrI kuMdakuMdAcAya nAM zabdomAM anAvazyaka digambara jainamUtipUjA para 40 praznanA uttara che ? prazna-1 lA-mUrti pUjAneA saMbaMdha pUjyathI che, ke pUjakathI ? ke pachI khannethI ? (javAkha-A praznane! javAkha devA jatAM mUrtipUjaka bhAie dareka rIte sapaDAi jatA haiAvAthI, teo taraphathI atyAra sudhI A praznanA javAba devAmAM Avye nathI. nathI te tee kahI zakatA, ke mUrti pUjAnA sabaMdha pUjyathI che, ke nathI te kahI zakatA pUjakathI, ke khannethI. je kAMi javAkha Ape, tethI teeja phasAi jAya tema che. prazna-2 ne-mUrti pUjaka digakhara jaina samAja taraphathI ema kahevAmAM Ave che ke-"sAvadya leze! bahu puNyarAzA"-eTale ke, pratemA pUjanathI thADu pApa thAya che, paNa sathe ghaNuMja puNya pam thAya che. have jo emaja che, ane jitendra bhagavAne gheADI paNa pApavALI kriyA karIne puNya rAzi luMTavAnI AjJA peAtAnA mukhathIja karI hAya, teA zu jinedra bhagavAn peAtAnA sarvajJa padathI pApa kriyA karavAnA upadeza I zake ? pachI bhale te pApa thADu' hoya yA jhAjhuM. pazu jinendra prabhu pApa kArya karavAnA upadeza kadApi Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ paNa dIeja nahi. have je pApa kriyA karavAne upadeza jinendra prabhu de che, ema je amArA mUrtipUjaka bhAIo kahetA hoya, te te vAta teoe pramANika graMthathI sAbita karI batAvavI joIe. ane je tema sAbita na karI zakatA hoya, ane jinendra devanAM vacane taddana nirdoSa ja hoya ema mAnatA hoya, to pachI A "mUti pUjAnI AjJA prabhunI nathIja' ema daDha rIte mAnIne mUrtipUjaka digaMbara bhAIo jinendra AjJAnusAra mRtipUjA choDIne jaina dharmanuM pAlana kare, tyAre teonuM kalyANa thaI zake che. (javAba-uparane prazna e majAne che, ke digaMbara jAIe tene kAMI paNa javAba daI zake tema nathI. kAraNake pApavALI mUrtipUjA karavAne Adeza vItarAga prabhu I divasa dIeja nahi. ane je pApakArI upadeza dIe, te tene vItarAga kahI zakAya nahi ) prazna-3 je-je mANasa puNya ane pApa e banethI mukata haze, teja Atma kalyANa karI zakaze, paNa tenAthI ulaTu je mANasa thoDuMka pApa karIne moTI puNyarAzi luMTavAnI phikaramAM paDaze, te te mANasa Atma kalyANa nahi ja karI zake. tathA jainadharmane te e siddhAMtaja che ke puNya Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ pApanA cakkaramAM je na paDe, te samakitIja mekSa mArgane kharo adhikArI che. pathika che. hA, udayamAM Avela karma bhegavavAM e vAta te taddana alagaja che. jyAre zarUAtamAM ja rahelA samakitI pada mATe paNa jinendra eja kahe che ke samakitI teja che ke je "jala kamalavatuM' saMsAramAM rahe, je A prakAranA hRdayamAM samakita rUpa dIpakanA prakAza sahita hoya, te zuM upara kahela "alpa pApa, bahuta puNya" luMTavAne vicAra kadApi paNa rAkhe khare? tene te eka ja vAta hoya ke cakravartIkI saMpadA, indra sarIkhe bhega, krAkavITa sama lakhata hai, samyagdaSTI lega jyAre Ama hakIkata hoya, tyAre Atma rasamAMja lIna thaela te samakitI (puNya ane pApane eka sarakhAM ja jovAvALe) mati pUjAthI maLanArI kahevAtI puNyarAzi levAne lAbha kevI rIte karI zake? ane pitAne vakhata nakAme zA mATe vyaya kare? A uparathI siddha thAya che ke samakitIne puNyanI paravA nathI, tathA je puNyane cAhe che, te samakitI nathI. mUrti pUjAthI puNya lAbha batAvIne amArA digaMbara * A puNya rAzi ke je sukRtamapi amasta bhaginAM bhega mUla eTale ke A badhuM puNya paNa bhegenuM mULa che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ pUti pUjaka bhAIo puNya meLavavA IcchatA mithyAtvI bhAIone ja pitAnI mUrtipUjAnI ADaMbaranI jALamAM phasAvI zake che. A nakAme bhAra samakitI upara te AvI zakatoja nathI. ATaluM chatAM paNa zuM amArA mUrti pUjaka bhAIo samakitInAM kartavyamAM mUrti pUjAnuM sthAna kheMcatANa karIne paNa dAkhala karI zake kharA? nahi, bIlakula nahi, mUrti pUjA e samakitInuM kartavya ja nathI. prazna-4 the-Aja kAla hiMdamAM je je digaMbara jaina mUrtio che, te zuM barAbara tIrthakaranA jevIja tadAkAra che ke atadAkAra? zuM AMkha, kAna, nAka, hAtha, paga Adi banAvI devA mAtrathI mUti tadAkAra thaI jatI haze kharI? ApaNuM tIrthakare A mUtio jevAja hatA ? je nahi, te pachI A mUrtio tadAkAra kevI rIte hoI zake ? ane nathI, te pachI atadAkAra mUrtithI tadAkAra tIrthakara prabhunuM jJAna kevI rIte thaI zake ? (na ja thaI zake. pattharanI mUrtimAMthI keIne jJAna thayuM nathI, thatuM nathI ane thaze Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ paNa nahi. eka paNa mUti tIrthaMkara prabhunA jevI tadAkAra nathI, kAraNa ke A badhI mUtio hamaNAM ja banelI che. prazna-5 me-mUrtinI pUjA karatAM je AraMbha janita hiMsA vagere pApa thAya che, tenuM phaLa zuM maLe che ? kayAMya zAstramAM te pApanuM phaLa bhegavavAnuM varNana karyuM che ke nahi ? ( digaMbaranAM ke zvetAMbaranAM badhAMya zAmAM sApha sApha kahyuM che ke hiMsAnuM phaLa mAThI gati-naraka niMda ja che. hiMsA pachI te dharma nimittanI hoya ke bIjA game te nimittanI hoya, paNa hiMsA karavAvALe te haMmezAM duHkhI ja thavAnuM che. zAstramAM te A mujaba cAkhyuM ane satya lakhyuM che, paNa mAnavuM che ja kone ? prazna-6 ThTho-khaMDita thaelI mUrtione tame dravya nikSepAnI apekSAe pUjya mAnIne tenI pUjA kema karatA nathI ? (barAbara che, mUrtipUjaka bhAIoe khaMDita thaelI mUrtione paNa mAnavI-pUjavI joIe ja. kAraNa ke, temAM nAma nikSepa che, paNa sAthe sAthe rU 3 sthApanA nikSepa paNa che ja. jethI temane hisAbe te khaMDita thaelI nAma Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ mUrtio paNa tIrthakara rUpe ja che. A praznane javAba digaMbara bhAIo koI rIte paNa ApI zake tema nathI. kadAca Ape te ekaja rIte ke amArI khuzI, temAM tamAre zuM ? kaI mUrtine pUjya mAnavI ane kaIne na mAnavI, te amArI marajInI vAta che. amUti pUjakee vacce AvavAnI ke kudI paDavAnI jarAe jarUra nathI. kaI mUrtine mAnavI ane kaIne na mAnavI, te zAstramAM kayAMya lakhyuM nathI, tethI amArA AcAryo kahe che, te mujaba ame bhAMgI gaela mUrtine jarAe mAnatA pUjatA nathI.) prazna-7 me-dravya nikSepAnI apekSAe zuM duniyAmAM rahelA dareka patthara ke pahADa vagere paNa Apane manathI pUnya thaI zake che kharAM? kemake, kadAca te patthara-pahADanA paramANuo koI vakhata pratimA rUpe rahyA hoya agara bhaviSyamAM pratimA rUpe rahe. (tenI tamAre zuM paMcAta ? tamAre koI pratimA pUjavI nahi, ane amane pUjavAvALAne kevaLa nakAmA prazno pUchI zA mATe muMjhave che ? hA, jo tamAre pratimA pUjavI hoya, te javAba dauM. bAkI zuM tame amane evA mUrkha Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ mAne che ke ame nAnAM pattharanI pratimAne pUjavAvALA himAlaya jevA moTA pattharanA pahADane moTI pratimA mAnI pUjIe ? kyAM pUjya AcAryo dvArA pratiSThita thaelI "jina sarikhI " pratimA ane kayAM apratiSThita e himAlaya pahADa! hAM, je himAlaya amArA mahAna AcAryo dvArA pratiSThita thaela hata, te jarUra tenI pUjA karata sameta zikharajI, zatruMjayajI, giranAra 2 vata. sAcI vAta e che ke-A mUrti pUjako jarUra duniyAmAM rahelA dareka patthara ane pahADane teonuM pAle te jarUra pUjeja paNa pUjAnI paNa sImA hoya che, tethI teo pratiSThita thayela patthare ane pahADane pUje che ane apratiSThita mUkI dIe che. prazna-8 me-upara kahyA mujaba sthApanA nikSepanA AdhAre dareka patthara Apa dvArA pUjya thaI zake che, te zuM te hisAbe nAma nikSepa dvArA paNa kaI jIva yA pudgala pUjya thaI zake che? jemake, jenendra deva nAmane mANasa che, tene tame pUjya gaNaze ke apUjya ? je apUjya kaheze, te kAraNa dIo. mUrtinI mAphaka nAma nikSepAne ethe te mANasanI pUjA karI levAthI tamane Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 8: kayuM pApa lAge che? ane sthApanA nikSepanuM nAma laIne eka pattharanI pUjA karavAthI tamane kayuM puNya lAge che ? te jarA vistArathI samajAve. ' zuM dhuLa samajAve ? tame paNa zuM AvA AvA nakAmA ane ame javAba na ApI zakIe, tevA prazno pUchayA kare che ? atyAre A duniyAmAM 'ajitasiMha, ajitaprasAda, zAMtilAla zAntiprasAda vagere tIrthakarenA nAmavALA seMkaDo loko vase che, te zuM teo badhAne pU5 mAnI amAre te badhAnI pUjA karavI ? tame paNa zuM AvI nAkhI devA jevI vAta kare che ? eka mULanAyakanI pUjA paNa ame mAMDa mAMDa bhADutI pUjArI mAraphata karAvIe chIe. ane bIjA aneka tIrthakare ala5 nAyake ghaNI vakhata apUjya paDayA rahe che, tyAM AvA tIrthakara nAmadhArI purUSonI pUjA te ame kyAMthI ja karI zakIe. hA, je amArA pUjya AcAryo te mujaba kahI gayA hata, te ame jarUra teonI tIrthakara mAphaka pUjA karata. prazna-9 me-bhUtimAM ekaja sAthe-eka vakhate keTalA nikSepA mAnIne Apa tenI pUjA kare che ? tenuM tamAre zuM kAma ?' amArI khuzI paDe tema ame mAnIe ane karIe paNa hA, Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ jyAre tame te vAta jANavAja mAge che tyAre huM tene javAba dauM chuM ke - je pramANe amArI sagavaDa jyAre nAma nikSepAnI jarUra paDe, tyAre nAma nikSepe mAnIe. jyAre sthApanAnI jarUra paDe, tyAre sthApanA ane te mujaba dravya ane bhAva zuM samajyA bhAI ? temAM tamAre DAhyA thavAnI jarUra jarAe nathI. te badhI amArI irachAnI vAta che. prazna-10 me-mUrtinI pUjA karatI vakhate Apa loko bhAva nikSepanuM paNa AhAhana karIne mUtine tyAM sthAna dIe che, ke visarjana karIne vidAya karI dIo che? bhAva nikSepanI apekSAe mUrti pUjya che ke apUjya ? (te amAre jovAnuM che. amAre hisAbe amArI mUrtio cAre nikSepothI pUjya che. A tamArA praznane javAba che. bole, tamAre zuM kahevuM che? mUrti pUjavI nahi, ane niSpojana pralApa kare che. prazna-11 me-sthApanA nikSepane mokSamArga sAthe ke saMbaMdha che? sthApanA nikSepa vagara zuM kaI mokSa prApta nahi karI zake ? (nahi, kSamArga ema kAMI sAmAnya bajA ranI vastu nathI ke jaladI maLI jAya. sthApanA nikSepane Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 46 ane mokSamArgane sIdho saMbaMdha che. sthApanA nikSeparUpamUrtipUjA rUpa sIDI upara caDayA ke sIdhA mekSamAM utaryAja samaje. bAle, have zuM kahevuM che? have mUrti pUjavI che ke nahi. je makSa javuM hoya te tamAre mUrti pUjavI ja paDaze. - sAcI vAta e che ke-mokSane ane mUrtine hAthI-ghaDA jeTaluM aMtara che. mUrti pUjA karI pApa bAMdhI- mithyAtva sevI ke mokSa gayuM nathI, jatuM nathI ane jaze paNa nahi. mATe he mumukSu bhAIo? a vI mUrti ane mUrti pUjAne tatkALa cheDI dIo. prazna-12 mo-syAdavAdanA sAta bhaMgAmAMthI kayA bhaMga dvArA Apa loko mUrti pUjAne jinendra pratipAdita siddha karI zake che? (kaI paNa bhaMga dvArA nahi kAraNake, jinendra deve mati pUjA karavA kahyuM ja nathI, pachI jinendra pratipAdita rahyuM ja kayAM ? A te amArA vaDavA mUrti pUjatA AvyA che. eTale ame paNa pUjIe chIe bAkI samaju mANase te sArI rIte samaje che ke -mUrtipUjAmAM paisAnuM pANI, samayane vyaya ane pApanAM pothAM sivAya bI. keI lAbha nathI. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ prazna-13 me-sAta bhaMgamAMthI kayA bhaMgathI Apa leke mUti-pUjA karatI vakhate jinendra prabhune AhAhana karI bolAve che ane besAre che? tamArA mana mAnyo syAdvAda zuM mukata jIne paNa ahIM bolAvI sAkSAt darzana karAvI devAnI paNa zakita dharAve che ke zuM ? ke pachI mana mAnyuM ja calAve che ? badhuM mana mAnyuM ja cAle che. "kahetA te divAnA, paNa suNatA bhI divAnA" jevI A vAta che. are bhAI? eTaluM te jarA akkala prabhue ApI hoya te vicAre ke kayAMya mukata thaelA jIve ame to zuM paNa deva lAve, te paNa AvatA haze kharA ? mahAvIra prabhu mokSa gayA, te zuM amArA AcAryo temane AhvAhana karyAthI AvI zake kharA? A badhI pila che. bALa jIvone bharamAvavA ane temane khuzI karI paisA kaDhAvavA bhaTTArakoe AvA rastA karI rAkhyA che bAkI mukata thayela vIra prabhu ahIM Ave ane amArA kahevAthI AvyA pachI ame kahIe tema bese, e badhI vAtamAM koI mAla nathI. prazna-14 me-Apa leke kayA nayanI siddhi karavA mATe kayA nayathI mUrti pUjA karIne Icchita Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 48 vastunI prApti karavA mAge che ? jaina zAstronA AdhAre javAba dIo. jana zAstronA AdhAre te mUrti pUjA che ja nahi, te tamane eka vAra kahI dIdhuM, chatAM vAraMvAra zA mATe tenA teja ane pUcho che? mUrti pUjA karavAmAM kaI paNa naya AdhAra bhUta nathI, temaja mUrti pUjAthI amArI koI paNa Icchita vastu prApta thatI nathI sivAya ke amArA manane saMteSa ke ame Aje mUrti pUjA karI dharma karyo ATalA sivAya mUrti pUjAmAM bIjuM kAMI paNa nathI. prazna 15 me-mUti pUjA karatAM kayA karmone Azrava ane baMdha thAya che ? ane kayA kayA karmonI nirjarA thAya che ? mUrti pUjA karatAM ATheya karmane Azrava ane ATheya karmane baMdha thAya che. jayAM ATheya karmane Azrava ane baMdha thatuM hoya, tyAM nirjarA thavAnI te vAtaja kayAM rahI ? ane tema chatAM kadAca kaI karmanI nirjarA thatI hoya, te te zAtA vedanIya karmanI je zAtA vedanIya karma bAMdhyA hoya, te AvI mahA pApakArI mUrti pUjA karatAM zAtA vedanIya karmanI nirjarA thaI jAya. zAtA vedanIya uDI jaI azAtA vedanIya udayamAM Ave. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 40 prazna-16 me-je mUrti pUjA karatI vakhate tyAM rahela mANane lobhAvavA-lalacAvavAvALA sAmAnathI mUrtipUjakanAM mana lalacAya te tene kyA pApane baMdha thAya ane te kaI gatimAM jAya? (naka-nigodanI ja te tene mATe bIjI gati hoI zake ja nahi. hAramonIama-tabalAM-maMjIrAnAca-gAna vagere kAMI mUtine rIjhavavA mATe nathI hotAM, kAraNake pattharanI mUrti keI kALe rIjhI ke khIjI zakatI ja nathI. A badhe saraMjAma jIvatA-jAgatA manuSyone ja rIjhavavA mATe hoya che, ane je te rIjhA-phasANe ke tarataja naraka-nimedanI gati tene mATe taiyAraja che. te vakhate mUti ADI Avaze nahi. prazna-17 me-mUrtipUjA karatI vakhate khUba rAgaraMganI jarUra che ke vItarAgapaNAnI ? je vItarAgatAnI jarUra hoya, te pachI hAramonIama-tabalAM vagere vagADIne je pUjana thAya che, te kene khuza karavAne mATe thAya che? temAM puNya che ke pApa? (ekAMta pApaja. temAM puNyane te aMza paNa nathI. uparanA praznane javAba be rIte daI zakAya che. eka te e ke-jene saMsAramAM Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ pa0 khaDavuM che, tene dhAmadhUma ane tAsIre joIe che, ane te mUrtipUjAmAM temane maLI rahe che. bAkI jene saMsArathI alaga raDI mokSamArge javuM che, tene vItarAgatAnI jarUra che, ane tene mUrtinI jarA paNa jarUra nathI-amUrtipUjakaja vadhAre vadhAre vItarAgatAne pAme che. peTI, tabalAM vAgatAM hoya, barAbara tAlabaMdha sUra cAlatA hoya, strI-purUSenA nAca-gAna-nATaka cAlatAM hoya tyAM melanuM nAma paNa kayAMthI sAMbhare ? tyAM te ekAMta saMsAra ja hoya. ane AvI sarasa rIte huM paNa kaye divase saMsAra bhegavuM tenA ja vicAra hoya, tyAM dharma ke puNyanuM nAma paNa na hoya, tyAM hoya te eka phakata pApa, pApa ane pApa ja. prazna-18 mo-pitAnA mAnelA vItarAga prabhu (mUrtinI sAme nAca-gAnavALI rAgayukta kiyAe karavI te vItarAganI avajJA karavA barAbara che, ke tenI AjJApAlana karavA barAbara che? (avajJA-AjJAkhaMDana karavA barobaraja che. je vitarAge AvI kriyAo karavAnuM kahyuM hatuM, te temanuM nAma vItarAga" nahi, paNa "sarAga" paData. vItarAgane je kaMI paNa prakArane rAga raMga joine hoya te pitAnuM rAjya zA mATe Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 11 IMDita ? saMsAramAM te hatA, tyAre sarAgI teA hatAja, paNa te sthiti temane na gamI tyAreja teee saMsAra cheDI, vItarAgI sthiti svIkArI. have e pAchA enA eja raMga-rAga sAmA AvIne ubhA rahe, te pachI temane vitarAga kahe paNa kANu ? mUtinI sAme ke pachI sAcA tIrthaMkara sAme AvA raMga-rAga hAI zake ja nahi, A te phakta peAtAnA manane rAjI rAkhavA mATe ja AcAryAM lakhI gayA che, ane sAdI akkalamAM nahi mAnanAra temanA bhakte Aje te gADu AgaLa calAvI rahyA che. prazna-19 mA-bhakita rasamAM AvelA bhakata potAnA bhagavAna prati kayA kayA kAma karavAne adhikArI che ? athavA peAtAnI manamAnI bhakti karIne paNa te mANasa bhakata kahI zakAya kharA ? (milakula nahi. manamAnI bhakti kare te bhakta zenA ? te te cInanA zAhukAra kahevAya. vItarAge kIdheluM hAya, teja kare te bhakata, khAkI badhA lapeDa zakha che. vItarAge kahela cheka aDhAre pApa karatA aTakI jAze. tyAre A mUrtipUjaka bhAIe aDhAra nahi paNa (vItarAganI AjJA khaMDana karava! rUpa) 19 5.5 kare che. vItarAga je kAma karavAnI sApha nA pADe che, te kAma teo jANI bujhIne Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 12 ane pAchA vItarAgane khuza karavA mATe kare che. A zuM jevuM tevuM ajJAna che? je te gunha che? prazna-20 me-samavasaraNa Adi ke maMDapamAM joyelA cAvala Adi jyAM sudhI maMDapanuM visarjana na thAya, tyAM sudhI zuM prAsukaja rahe che? kayA kayA maMDapane keTalA keTalA divasa sudhI rAkhavAmAM Ave che ? (te jarA najare AvIne jeI jAo. AvA tamArA badhA praznonA javAba devA ame navarA nathI, ane prAsuka-amAsukanI te vAtaja rahevA dIe. e te badhuM amAre manathI prAsukaja che. prazna-21 me-paMca kalyANaka pratiSThA, gajaratha AdimAM "sAvadya leze bahu puNya rAza" nI tamArI kahevata mujaba pApa vadhAre thAya che ke puNya, ke bane barAbara ? (pApaja vadhAre thAya che. AvA AraMbha-samAraMbhanA kAmamAM puNya kyAMya heyaja nahi. prazna-rara me-tamArI digaMbara jaina saMpradAyanI pUjA saMbaMdhI kaI kaI ane keTalI kriyAo hiMdu saMpradAya AdinI maNi pUjA sAthe maLatI bhaLatI rahe che? je moTA bhAganI kriyAo eka sarakhI che, te pachI e. batAve ke-tame Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ pa3 hinduonI nakala karIne tamArI mUrti pUja kAyama karI che ke-hinduoe tamArI nakala karIne pitAnI mUrti pUjA kAyama karI che ? ame ja hinduonI nakala karI che. mahAvIrane mULa siddhAMta te mUrti pUjavAne haja nahi. te mujaba amuka vakhate barAbara cAlyuM paNa tyAra bAda hinduoe mUrti pUjA ane tenI sAthenA raMga-rAga khUba vadhArI dIdhAM tethI ApaNA jainene mATe bhAga te tarapha kheMcANe kAraNa ke, nIce paDavuM, meja zekhamAM lalacAvuM, te te prAyaH dareka jIvane svabhAvaja che, tethI ApaNuM samAja divase divase ghaTavA lAgI. AvuM joIne amuka AcAryoe mUrtinI sthApanA karI pitAne dharma TakAvI rAkhavAnI mahenata karavA lAgyA. mUti pUjA mATe mahAvIranI AjJA hatI ja nahi, tethI mUrti pUjA kema, ane kevI rIte karavI vagere bAbata zAstramAM te kAMI hatuM ja nahi. tethI hiMduonI je vidhI hatI temAM sAdhAraNa phAraphera karIne mUrti pUjAnA graMtha AcAra banAvyA. A graMthamAM paNa koI AcArya kAMI kahe che ane koI kAMI kahe che, je mahAvIra kathita mUrti pUjA hota, te AvA matabheda hotaja nahi. hiMduoe "gagA mahAsya Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 54 banAvyuM, te amArA AcAryoe sameta zikhara ane zetruMjaya mahAbhya' banAvyAM hiMduoe gaMgAmAM nhAvA mAtrathI mokSa mALe, te ame sameta zikhara jevA mAtrathI bIje bhave ane zetruMjaya jevA mAtrathI trIje bhave mokSa mA. hiMduo jema pitAnA deva-devatAne kAma paDaye lAvavAnA Dhaga kare che, tema ame paNa amArA tIrthaMkara prabhuone bolAvavAnI vAta karIe chIe. Ama joze, to badhI rIte amArI mUti pUjA e hiMduonI nakala che. asala kAMI hatuM ja nahi, pachI te nakala ja rahene ? pra-ra3 mA-"satyArtha prakAza" yAnuM 328mAM svAmI dayAnaMda sarasvatIe je nIce lakhyA mujaba praznottara karyA che, te sAcA che ke juThThA ? praznamUrtipUjA kayAMthI zarU thaI? uttara-jenethI. prazna-jaine e kevI rIte calAvI? uttara-pitAnI mUrkhAIthI, vagere vagere. * have je uparanA praznonA uttaro khoTA hoya, te "satyArtha prakAza' graMthane mAnavAvALA AryasamAjIone nirUttara karavA mATe tame kayAM kayAM pramANe ApyAM ? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ (zuM dhuLa pramANe Ape? Arya samAjaenI vAta tadana sAcI ja che, mUrtipUjaka jainee phakta pitAnI mUrkhAIthI ja mUrtipUjA calAvI che. A vAta so TacanA sonA jevI sAcI che. AvI sAcI vAtane khetI karavA pramANe kayAMthI kADhavAM? teTalA mATe Aja atyAra sudhI te vAtano javAbaja A nathI. prazna-24 me-gorocana, (prANu ja dravya) kasturI Adi je cIjone aDatAM paNa zAstra anusAra zrAvakane pApa lAge che, te cIne pUjAmAM upayoga kare te zuM mekSa mArga che? (nahija, mokSamArga nahi, paNa narakamA te jarUra cheja. amArA AcAryo kahI gayA che ke-jethI AvI jhINI jhINI bAbatamAM ame pApane hisAbaja karatA nathI. atyAre to mUtipUjA karI lIo, Age Age gorakha jAge, te hisAbeja hAlamAM kAma cAle che, ane ema je dareka bAbatamAM pApane hisAba karavA besIe, te pUjA thAya ja kema ? ane mUrtipUjA te amAre (tame loko game teTaluM kahe tepaNu ) karavI che ja, eTale pachI ame AvI vAte lakSamAM letAja nathI. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ prazna-25 me-cakSa, yakSaNI, kSetrapAla, devI, devatA, navagraha AdinI pUjA karavI, te zuM jaina siddhAMta anusAra che? (nahi, paNa jema zeraDInI vAMse eraDI paNuM pANI pIe che, tema tirthakarane nAme teo paNa carI khAya che-teonI paNa pUjA thAya che. TAmAM te badhuM beTuM ja hoyane. are bhAI, yakSa--kSiNInI vAta jarA bAjumAM rAkhe, paNa amArA mUrtipUjaka bhAIo zetruMjaya upara je kahevAtA rAyaNa vRkSanI nIce RSabhadeva padhAryA hovAnI vAta kare che, te rAyaNa vRkSanI prabhunI mAphaka pUjA kare che. pahelAM kalpita mUrtinI pUjA karI, pachI deva-devInI pUjA karI ane pachI bAkI rahyuM hatuM te rAyaNu vRkSanI pUjA karI. paDavA mAMDe mANasa kayAM jaIne aTakaze, te kaI kahI zake naDi, tema mUrti pUjA karatAM mANasa kenI pUjA - nahi kare, te kahI zakAya nahi. prazna-26 memUrtimAM AhvAhana karavAthI jyAre deva AvI jAya che ane temanuM pUjana Adi karavAthI Apa lekene svargIya AnaMda thAya che, tathA Apa leke IMdra taka paNa banI jAo che, ane tamArA AnaMdanI keI sImAja rahetI nathI, tyAre zeDIka vAra pachIja pitAne hAthe ja te bhagavAnane visajana karIne tame te AnaMdathI vimukha kema banI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ pa7 jAo che ? te AnaMdathI hAtha kema dhoI nAkho che? mArI samajaNa pramANe te evA apratima AnaMdane cheDIne vaLI pAchA saMsAramAM saMsArIe jevI hAyaya karavI, te jema keI hAthamAM Avela ratna ciMtAmaNine samudramAM nAkhI dIe. tenA jevuM tame kare che, ema lAge che. jema ratna citAmaNi samudramAM pheMkI dIe, te tenA pheMkavAvALAnI bhUla ke ajJAna che, tema mUrtipUjAno prAraMbha karIne, ane Indra banIne pAchA saMsArI banavuM, te kaI jAtanI buddhi mAnI che? (pahelA naMbaranI ja mUrkhAI gaNAya. paNa zuM karIe ? kAMI Akho divasa bhagavAnane be vAvIne temanI pAse thoDuM ja besI zakAya che? Avela bhagavAnane te kAMI kAma dhaMdho che nahi, tethI teo te varasa be varasa amArA kahevAthI beThA rahe, paNa amAre te kAma dhaMdhe karaja paDene? tethI thoDo vakhata amArI khuzI hoya teTale vakhata bhagavAnane bolAvIne pachI jarUra na hoya tyAre visarjana karI daIe. havAle ApI daIe. eTale bhagavAna pAchA siddha kSetramAM cAlyA jAya. vaLI amAre pharI vakhata jarUra paDe tyAre bolAvIe, tyAre vaLI bhakatavatsala bhagavAna amArI sevAmAM pAchA hAjara thAya Akhe divasa besArI rAkhIe te temane ane amane bannene kaMTALe Ave. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 58 ati sarvatra varjayeta te nyAye theDAmAMja mAla che. Indra banavAnuM paNa tevI ja rIte che. sAcuM ratana ciMtAmaNi hAthamAM Ave, te kaI buddhimAna tene nAkhI dIe nahi, tema sAcA bhagavAna je AvatA hota, te ame koI temane rajA Apata nahi. paNa jema ratnaciMtAmaNi cheTuM hoya, tethI sahu koI tene nAkhI de, tema A khaTA bhAgavAnane tarataja ame havAle ApI daIe chIeke jAo, bApA, tamAre ThekANe bolAvyA te paNa khoTA, kAraNake bhagavAna AvatA nathI, tema gayA te paNa beTA. kAraNake AvyAja nahotA. te pachI javAnuM kANu hoya? e te badhuM ema ja cAle. bhagavAna kyAM AvatA hatA ane kayAM jatA hatA. ane ema je bhagavAna AvatA hoya te badhA phirakAnAM zA khoTAM ja kare. mATe amArA bAlAvyA bhagavAna Ave che ane jAya che, te vAta kai mAnatAja nahi, e te badhI pilAja che. prazna-27 - jyAre Apa leko pratimAne deva kahIne pUje che, ane tethI vItarAgatA maLe che, ema paNa A5 mAne che, te pachI Apa leka mUrtimAM A phakta ekaja guNa vItarAgane mAnI matine deva mAnI beThA te kevuM aMdhera che? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ jayAre AptanuM svarUpa vItarAgapaNAnI sAthe sAthe sarvajJatva ane hitepadezIpaNuM paNa che te zuM mUrtimAM sarvajJatva ane hitepadezIpaNuM paNa che kharuM? je nahi, te pachI A zAstra virUddha vAta kema kare che ? jaina zAsana anusAra deva teja kahevAya, ke je vItarAgI, hitepadezI ane sarvajJa hoya. A traNa guNamAMthI eka paNa che hoya, te Apta na kahI zakAya. mUtimAM uparanA traNa guNa nathI te pachI mUrtine deva kema kahI zakAya? (na kahevAya te kAMI nahi, ame te mUrtine ja amArUM sarvasva mAnIe chIe. "jina mUti jina sarikhI, te amArA AcAryonAM vacanemAM ame jarA paNa zaMkA karatA nathI. tame amUrtipUjake karazo-kare che te mAThI gatine pAmazo. prazna-28 me-paMcakalyANakanI pratiSThA vakhate garbha kalyANakane divase bhagavAnane kaI mAtAnA garbhamAM lAvavAmAM Ave che ? te vakhate mAtAnI sthApanA kenAmAM thAya che? tathA pitA paNa te vakhate mAnavAmAM Ave che ke nahi? (bhagavAna te ghaNA varasa pahelAM janma laI, dIkSA laI, mekSa padhAryA, te vAta te tame Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ sArI rIte jANatA hazeja. mekSa gayelA bhagavAna pAchA Ave nahi. paNa A to phakta amArI bALaceSThAja che. Ama karIne ame amArA manane khuza rAkhIe chIe. bAkI kyAM mahAvIra prabhu, kyAM trizalAdevI mAtA ane kyAM siddhArtha pitA ? jema mUrti khATI, tema A badhA paNa AvyA-gayA khoTA. prazna-29 me-mUrtinA kapita arihaMtane jyAre roja roja snAna karAvavAmAM Ave che, jAtajAtanAM bhAtabhAtanAM padArtho temane caDAvavAmAM Ave che, vagere aneka saMsArI kiyAe temanI sAthe roja karavAmAM Ave che, te pachI bIjI aneka kriyAo je bAkI rahI jAya che te karavAmAM Ave che ke nahi? je nahi te kAraNa zuM ? tathA upara kahelI rAgayukta kriyAo temanI sAthe karyA chatAM paNa ApaNA kalpita arihaMta hajI paNa zuM vItarAgI rahI zake kharA? jarUra kriyAo ame karIe chIe, tethI temane kAMi levA devA nathI, tethI . teo to vItarAgI cheja ane rahevAnA. sthAna, bhojana vagere dareka kiyAe ame karIe chIe, temAM amAre hisAbe te kAMI bAkI rahI jatuM nathI. saMbhArI saMbhArIne dareka Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ kAma ame pUruM ja karyuM che. kAMI bAkI rahI jatuM hoya, te tame ja kahI dIone, ke jethI te paNa ame pUruM karI laIe. amArI mAnyatA pramANe to ame badhuM pUruM ja karyuM che. bhagavAnane je kAMI ana ke phaLa ame dharIe chIe, te te phakata bhagavAnane dekhADavA mATeja che bhagavAnane khAvA mATe nahi. bhagavAna te te annakoTa jue eTaluM ja, bAkI te khAvA vALA khAI jAya. zna-30 me-cAMdanagAMva ke jyAM mahAvIranI mUrti che, te bAbatamAM ema kahevAmAM Ave che ke-je jagyAe bhagavAnanI pratimA hatI, te jagyA upara eka gAyanuM dUdha jharI jatuM hatuM. te zuM A dUdha te pratimA jharAvI letI hatI ? ane zuM A vAta sAcI che? je A vAta sAcI hoya, te te mUrtine dUdha jharAvI levAnI kaI jarUra hatI ? AvI ja rIte bIjA keTalAe atizaya kSetranI mahatvatA batAvavA mATe aneka prakAranI kapola kepita gapoDAo je jeDI kADhavAmAM Ave che, temAMnA ekane paNa atyAre satya-sAkSAtkAra batAvI zako ema che kharA ke? e nahi, te uparanI vAte kayA AdhArathI pramANa mAnI jAya ? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ (na mAne te kAMI nahi. ame te te vAtane barAbara pramANabhUta mAnIe chIe. ane bhAIjI, jarA zAMta nirmala bhAvathI vicAra karaze te tamane paNa mAluma paDaze ke-evI sAcI khoTI vAte na uDADIe te mUtine mAne paNa koNa? Aja te "camatkAra tyAM namaskAra che, ane juone, amAre tyAM ATale camatkAra che, teja amArI jana saMkhyA tamArA karatAM keTalIe vadhAre che. je gAya te jagAe dUdha jharatI na hota, te amane khabara paNa kema paData, ke bhagavAna ahIM pRthvI nIce che. gAye dUdha jharyuM, tethI amane khabara paDI, ane ame bhagavAnane bahAra kADhI maMdiramAM padharAvyA. bhagavAna amane svapnAmAM na AvyA, te gAyane AvyA, ane tethI aMte teo bahAra nIkaLyA. A vAta jevI amArA pUjya AcAryo kahI-lakhI gayA hatA, tevI tamane kahI batAvI. mAnavI na mAnavI, te tamArI khuzInI vAta che. jo ke tame amUti pUjake te vAta mAnazaja nahi, evI mArI khAtrI che, chatAM paNa tame prazna pUche eTale meM javAba Apyo. prazna-31 me-tevIja rIte mUrtipUjaka bhAIo ema kahe che ke-kuMDalapuranA mahAvIra svAmIjInI pratimAne Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 63 jyAre musalamAna bAdazAhe te mUrtine teDavA mATe jyAre hathIyAra mAyuM, tyAre te mUrtinI AMgaLImAMthI dUdhanI dhArA cAlI nIkaLI. A vAta zuM sAcI che? ke banAvaTI che? je sAcI hoya, te zuM Aja paNa dUdhanI dhArA vahevarAvavAvALI mUti tame batAvI zake che? agara kuMDalapuranI teja mUrtithI dUdha karavAno sAkSAtkAra tame karAvI zako cho ? (nahi, kAraNake Aja haDAhaDa kaLayuga che. are bhAI? AvA savAla pUchavA mUkI de, ane akakalathI jarA vicAra karo ke-AMgaLImAMthI dUdha jharyuM, temAM kaI mATI vAta hatI ? je yavana bAdazAhe te mUrtinA kaTakA karavA hathIyAra ugAmyA, teja yavana bAdazAhanA te mUrtie kaTakA karyA hota, agara to te yavana bAdazAhane tyAMthI upADI aghera jaMgalamAM mUkI dIdho hota, te te mUtie kAMIka camatkAra karyo, ema mAnI zakAta. bAkI khAlI dUdha karyuM temAM kaI meTI dhADa mArI ? je digaMbara mUrtiomAM kAMI paNa camatkAra hota, te te mUtione keI khaMDita karI zakata nahi, temaja te mUrtione teonA kahevAtA zvetAMbara mUrtipUjaka pitAnI karI upADI jAta nahi, temaja te pUtione mATe aMgreja sarakAranI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 14 kerTomAM laDavuM paData nahi. mUrtimAM kAMI paNa camatkAra heya, e mAnavuM eja moTAmAM meTI mUrkhAI che. mUrtimAM camatkAra mAnanArane pahelA aMdhazraddhALu kahevA joIe che. eka pattharanA TukaDAmAM camatkAra mAnanAranI buddhine zuM kahevuM ? bhAI ? tame haju jIdaMgI nAmanI philma joI nathI. te phIlamamAM eka devanI mUrti pAse sAIbala ubhe che. tyAM eka pachI eka mANase Ave che, ane mUrtirUpI bhagavAna pAse mAge che ke - he prabhu A meTrIkanI parIkSAmAM pAsa thAuM, ema karaje. tyAM vaLI bIje AvIne kahe che ke - he prabhu! kerTanA kesamAM jIta karaje, ane sAmI pArTIne harAvaje. tyAM vaLI trIje kahe che ke - he prabhu ! tAre ghera kayAM khoTa che ? lAkheka rUpIA A vepAramAM meLavI deje. tyAM vaLI cA AvIne kahe che ke - he prabhu ! rUnA bhAva 350 karI deje. Ama aneka mANase AvI AvIne aneka prakAranI mAgaNI kare che, te sAMbhaLIne sAIbala kahe che ke - Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 65 he prabhu! sAruM thayuM che ke te AMkha ke kAna bemAMthI ekeya rAkhyA nathI ane tuM pattharane banI gaye, te paNa sAruM karyuM che, nahitara AmAMthI tuM keTalI mAgaNuo yAda rAkhata! vagere. mATe pendubhAI ! pattharanA bhagavAnanI AMgaLImAMthI dUdha jhare, vigere vAto te emaja cAle pattharanA bhagavAnamAM zakti hoya, te tenA pUjavAvALA aneka digaMbara bhAIo pAI mATe herAna parezAna thAya che, tene nyAla kAM nathI karI detA ?-temanI muzIbate kAM ukelI zakatA nathI ? mATe AvI vAtamAM kAMI mAla nathI. prazna-32 me-mUtimAM AhAhana karavAthI jyAre mukta AtmA-jinendradeva mUtimAM AvI jAya tyAre mUti sajIva thaI jAya che, te pachI te mUrti upadeza kema ApatI nathI ? (vaLI pAchI enI e vAta patthara kayAMya be hoya ema kaI divasa sAMbhaLyuM che kharUM ? je na sAMbhaLyuM hoya, te pachI mUrti upadeza ApI zake ? bhagavAnane bolAvyAbhagavAna AvyA-bhagavAna beThA vaLI bhagavAnane visarjana karyAH e badhI mananI mAnyatA che, bAkI nathI te bhagavAna AvatA ke nathI te Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ jatA. A badhuM bheLI janatAne netre pATA baMdhAvavA sivAya bIjuM kAMI nathI. prazna-33 mA-pitAnI pUjA karAvavI, bhagavAnane pitAne jarUrI che? athavA te bhaktoe temanI pUjA karavI jarUrI che ? have je bhaktanuM kAma prabhunI pUjA darareja karavAnuM hoya, te vArApharatI athavA te pUjArIthI pUjA karAvavI, tethI te emaja lAge che ke-pUjA karavI te zrAvakanuM kAma nathI. paNa bhagavAna koInI paNa mAraphata pitAnI pUjA dararoja karAvavA mAge che. te zuM kaI divasa pUjA na thAya, te te divasa bhagavAnane kAMI nukazAna thayuM ema mAnavuM ke lagavAnanuM apamAna thayuM ema mAnavuM? (tamAre je mAnavuM hoya, te mAne. apUjya rahe temAM nukazAna te kharuMne? sAcI vAta e che ke-dareka zrAvakee piteja pUjA karavI joIe. paNa AjanA pravRttinA jamAnAmAM zrAvakone eTalI phurasada maLatI nathI, tethI pUjArI rAkhIne pUjA karAvI levI paDe che ane manane saMtuSTa rAkhIe chIe ke-AjanI pUjA thaI gaI. prazna-34 monizcayanayathI mUrti pUjya che ke apUjya? (apaya Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 67 prazna-35 me-vyavahAranayathI mUrti pUjya che ke apUjya. ( apUjya prazna-36 me-je vyavahAranayathI mUrti pUjya hAya te Apa mUrtine mUrti mAnIne pUje che ke bIjuM kAMI mAnIne pUje che? jo tame mUrtine mUti mAnIne pUjatA ho te patthara pUjavAthI zuM lAbha? ane je mUrtine bhagavAna samajIne pUjatA he, te jIva ajIva tatva arU Azrava-baMdhana saMvara jAna ! nija mokSa kahe jina tinake jo ke tyAM saradhAna II A vyavahAra samyagdarzana anusAra mUtine bhagavAna mAnIne pUjavAthI " ko leM saradhAne e zabdane artha kayAM rahyo ? (eTale ke mUtine mUrti mAnavI, jaDa ne jaDa ane caitanyane caitanya mAnavuM) jyAre vyavahAra samyagdarzananI apekSAe mUrtipUjA anAvazyaka che, te pachI Apa vyavahAra ane nizcaya e be naya sivAya trIjA kyA nayathI mUtine mAne che? (bIjA koI paNa nayathI nahi. A te Aguse calI AtI haya te nyAye ame paNa emaja calAvIe chIe. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ prazna-37 -nagama,saMgraha, vyavahAra, RjusUtra, zabda, samabhirUDha ane evaMbhUtaH nA sAta namAMthI keTalA naya mUrti pUjAnI tarapheNamAM che? (eka paNa nahi, badhA nI mUrti pUjavAnI sApha nA pADe che. prazna-38 me-Ape ApanI nATalIlA, tathA kalpanA ene ja dharmane jANe kema paherAvI dIdhuM che? je nathI paherAvyA, te A tamArI badhI kalapanAone dhArmikatA sAthe kayAM saMbaMdha che ? jemake mUrtithI bhagavAnane pArTI adA karAve che, temaja game te strI-purUSane iMdrANu ane iMdra banAvI, tenAthI paNa nATakane pArTa adA karAve che-bhajave che. AvI avI A badhI lIlAone dharmanI sAthe zuM saMbaMdha che? je A nATaka lIlA ke kalpanAne ja dharmane jAme paherAvI devAmAM Ave te "va sahA dhammA" keNuM pUchaze ane Apa tene artha zuM karaze ? A praznane khUba vicAra karI pramANu sahita javAba devAnI kRpA karo. (zuM dhuLa kRpA kare? tame prazna paNa evA pUche che ke, tene javAba ja na ApI zakAya. - tame amArI mUrtipUjAne nATaka, lIlA ane tamAsAnI sAthe sarakhAve che, paNa huM tamane Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ pUchuM chuM ke-amArA A tamAsAmAM jeTalA mANase Ave che, teTalA tamArA mUti vagaranA upAzrayamAM Ave che kharAM ? AjakAla mANasane tamAsoja joI e chIe. tamane je yAda hoya, te AjathI pacIzeka varasa pahelAM eka khaDakhaDa pAMcama nATaka kAM. AvelI. tenuM TheThIyuM cAlatuM nahotuM. tethI tenA ustAda menejare karAmata vAparI gheDe-gAya che' nAmanuM navuM nATaka bahAra pADayuM. loko samajyA ke-ghaDe gAyana gAte haze, ema dhArI hajAre mANasa nATaka jevA utarI paDayAM. TIkITa ophIse hajArene taDAko paDayo. menejara ustAda hato, tethI bajAramAMthI be bhADutI mANase rAkhI, bAkInA badhAne ravAnA karI dIdhela. paDade upaDaye ane gheDe ane gAya AvIne ubhAM rahyAM. bhADutI mANasoe kahyuM ke A ghaDe ne A gAya che, nATaka khalAsa mANase badhAya uzkerAI gayAM, paNa zuM kare, menejara te pahelethI ja cAlyA gayela. tema bhAI pupendu? A amArA nATakamAM hajAro mANasa khuzI khuzI thaIne bhAga lIe che. ane hajAro rUpIA ApI jAya che. have tene tame nATaka gaNe, lIlA gaNe, ke tamAro gaNe. tamArI khuzI paDe, te gaNe Indra-indrANIne pArTa bhrajava, te kAMI jevA tevA khuza nasIbanI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 70 vAta nathI. bhale ne nakalI to nakalI, paNa IndraIndrANI te thayA ne ? tamArA nazIbamAM te eTaluM paNa nathI. prazna-39 me-mUrtipUjaka digaMbara jaina samAjanA sArA sArA vidvAne paNa kahe che ke-"tAraNa samAja je zAstra athavA jinavANIne mAne che, te A jinavANInI upAsanA paNa mUrtipUjAja che." huM pUchuM chuM ke jyAre Ape jinavANuM mAnavA mATeja tAraNa paMthIone mUrtipUjaka banAvI dIdhA, te pachI have pattharanI mUrtinI pUjAne bojo tAraNapaMthIo upara nAkhavAne nakAme prayatna zA mATe karo che ? tame tamArA manathI ja saMteSa pakaDane ke-jinavANI upAsaka tAraNa samAjanI mUrtipUjA e jinavANa-upAsanA ja che. paraMtu huM jouM chuM ke Apane saMteSa na thatAM ulaTe krodha Ave che ane tethI Apa leke vicAro che ke-kayAre A tAraNapaMthIo upara paNa mUrtipUjAne bhAra lAdI daIe ! paNa have tame ja tamArA mAthA uparathI A bhAra utAravAnI mahenata karo. (kharI vAta e che pupendrabhAI? ke jema eka eka nakaTe badhAne nakaTA jovAnI IcchA rAkhe che, ke jethI koI tene ekane nakaTe Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ kahI zake nahi, tema ame martipUjAmAM phasyA, to tame paNa amArA bhAI thaI jAo te sArUM, ke jethI AvA AvA savAla pUchI amane herAna na kare. tame amArAmAM Ave te sArUM, bAkI ame to tamArAmAM keI di AvavAnA nathI ja, kAraNa ke pattharanI sAthe mAthuM pachADavAmAM bahuja majA Ave che, ane sukhaduHkhanI vAta paNa tyAM paththaranA bhagavAna pAse thaI zake che, ane tethI dilane bhAra haLave thAya che. zuM samajyA pupendubhAI? mATe mAruM kahyuM mAne, ne AvI jAone pattharanA bhagavAnanI sevAmAM ? prazna-me- "mUrti pUjA' A zabdanI vyAkhyA zuM che? mUrti pUjAne arthe mUti (patthara) nI pUjA ke bhagavAnanI ? mUti zabdano artha bhagavAna ke deva thaI zake kharo ? "mUrti pUjA A zabdathIja sApha jAhera thAya che ke mUrtinI pUjA athavA pASANanI banelI je pratimA, tenI pUjA jyAre upara mujaba cekhe artha che, tyAre mUti zabdane artha jabarajastIthI kheMcatANa karIne deva ke bhagavAna kema kare che ? vAta kare che jinedra bhagavAnanI ane deDI paDo che mUrtinI tarapha, A tamAse ke ? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ A tamAse ke zuM, joyA jevuM che. mUrti eja amArA bhagavAna che. mUrti pUjAne artha tame karyo te barAbara che, paNa bhagavAnane ja ame mUrti-patthara rUpa mAnatA hovAthI ame je kAMI karIe chIe, te paNa barAbara che, mATe tamAre AmAM kAMI paNa belavA jevuM cheja nahi. tamArA cAlIza prazna pUrA thayA, tenA mArAthI banI zakayA te mujaba meM javAba ApyA che, kAMI nyunAdhika thayuM hoya te mApha karaje ThIka , tyAre have bhAI? pharI kaI vAra maLazuM. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ anAvazyaka digambara jaina mUrti pUjA para 51-prazna lekhaka-caMpAlAla jaina, prazna-1 le-guNa vaMdanIya che ke AkAra? guNa vaMdanIya hoya, te guNa rahita evI pratimAne tame vaMdana kema kare che? AkAra vaMdanIya hoya, te pachI "guNe pUjA sthAnane artha kAMI raheto nathI. guNonI vaMdanA karavAvALAne mUtinI kaI jarUrata nathI. je jarUrata hoya, te te guNone pUjArI nathI, paNa phakata AkAra ke jaIne ja pUjArI kahevAya. (amUrtipUjaka digabara bhAIo taraphathI mRtipUjaka digaMbara bhAIone AvA aneka prazna pUchavAmAM AvyA che. paNa tene javAba haju sudhI mUrtipUjaka digaMbara bhAIo taraphathI ApavAmAM AvyuM nathI ane bhaviSyamAM paNa ApI zake tema nathI. kAraNa ke jyAM juo tyAM guNa ja vaMdanIya hoya che, khAlI khuM ke jaDa kadApi paNa vaMdanIya hAI zakatAja nathI mahAvIra prabhu sAkSAt birAjamAna hatA, tyAre temanuM zarIra pUjanIya hatuM. paNa jevA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 94 teo mokSa padhAryA, ke tarata ja temanA jaDa zarIrane bALI mUkavAmAM AvyuM. je jaDanI pUjA prabhunI AjJAnusAra hota, te temanA zarIrane (prANa gayA pachI paNa) sAcavI rAkhyuM hota, ane te jaDa zarIranI pUjA karavAmAM Avata paNa tema kadI hoI zake ja nahi. jaDanI pUjA trikALamAM paNa ajJAnI sivAya koI kareja nahi. prazna2 je-patthara vagerenA kapita deva meTA ke tIrthakaronA guNa moTA? je tIrthakarenA guNa moTA che, te pachI te guNa A kalpita mUti emAM te che ja nahi. to AvI guNa vagaranI mUtione vaMdanA karavI, te mithyAtva kharUM ke nahi? (jarUra mithyAtvaja che. mUrtimAM eka paNa prakArane guNa che ja nahi. AvA guNa vagaranA pattharane mAnavAthI je thaMDe ghaNe paNa dharma thatuM hoya, te pachI himAlaya jevA meTA pattharane mAnI vadhAre dharma zA mATe na meLava? kAraNake mUrti paNa patthara che ane himAlaya paNa eka pattharaja che. paNa tema na hoI zake. pattharane mAnavAmAM dharma kadApi thaI ja na zake pattharane mAnavAthI te patthara jevAja thavAya. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ prazna-3 je-tame mUrtimAM arihaMta, siddha ke gRhastha A traNamAMthI kaI avasthAnI kalpanA karI mUrtine vaMdana karo cho ? (te te amArI khuzInI vAta che. chatAM paNa jyAre tame amArA dharmanuM jANavA mAge che, tyAre kahuM chuM ke jyAre amAre kaI rAjapATa, dhana, lega vilAsa vagere mAgavAnI IcchA thAya che, tyAre ame amArA A pattharanA bhagavAnane gRhastha kalpIe chIe kAraNake mahAvIra prabhu rAjakumAra hatA tethI je rIjhe te jarUra pa-25 lAkha ApI dIe temaja jyAre strI ke dIkaro jete hoya, te dhyAnastha arihaMta mAnIne te mujaba mAgaNI karIe chIe. A bAbatane pratyakSa dAkhala udepuranA kezarI AjI che. hajAre leone pattharanA A bhagavAne dIkarA ApyA che (ane keTalA daza hajArone dIkarA nathI ApyA, te vAta te huM jANI joine tamane kaheteja nathI) tethI prasanna thaelA mAbApoe A AdinAtha bhagavAnane chokarA bhArobhAra kesara caDAvyuM, tethI AdinAtha nAtha badalAIne kesarIAjI nAma thaI gayuM. ane jyAre saMsArathI chUTavA mATe kaI raDayA paDayA bhAIne jiMdagImAM ekAdarI vakhata vicAra thAya che, tyAre te bhAI te pattha ranI mUrtimAM vidhanI kalpanA karIne pitAne Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ saMsArathI choDAvavAnI mAgaNI kare che. A mujaba amArI IcchA pramANe mUrtimAM ame kalapanA karI, amArUM mana khuza karIe chIe. A bAbatamAM amane pUchavAne tamAro jarA paNa adhikAra nathI, kAraNake A amArI potAnI vastu che. prazna-4 the-mUrtine jyAre tame vaMdana kare che, tyAre tame kone vaMdana kare che? jo tame pratimAne vaMdana karatA ho, te te vakhate vItarAga-vaMdana thatuM nathI, ane je vitarAgane vaMdana karatA ho te sAme rahelI pratimAne vaMdana thatuM nathI. kemake prabhu ane pratimA bane alaga cIja che. (tame amUrtipUjako AvI vAtamAM na samaje. chatAM paNa jyAre tame mumukSabhAve prazno karyA che, te tamane samajAvavAnI khAtara kahuM chuM ke-ame traNa vakhata uTha-besanI vaMdanA karIe chIe, temAM jyAre ubhA ubhA vaMdanA karIe chIe, tyAre prabhune vaMdIe chIe, ane jyAre nIce namIe chIe, tyAre mUrtine vaMdanA karIe chIe. bele ! banene vaMdanA thaI gaI ke nahi? ame mUrtinuM paNa rAkhIe chIe ane bhagavAnane paNa javA detA nathI. A vastu ame atyAra sudhI ahaja khAnagI rAkhI hatIShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ koIne kahI nahotI, kAraNake AmAM thoDeka mAyA kapaTane bhAva che, mATe tame paNa koIne kahezomAM. A te tamane tamArA savAlanA javAba devAthI kadAca tame amArA mUrtipUjaka paMthamAM bhaLe, te hisAbe ja tamane kahI che. mATe A vAtane tame pavanathI paNa gupta rAkhaje. prazna-5 me-tame tIrthakaranA nAmanI pattharanI mUrti sthApana kare che, te e batAvo ke-tIrthakaramAM rahelA badhA atizaya ane guNa lakSaNe sahitanI mUrti sthApana kare che, ke atizaya vagerene cheDIne karA (khAlI) tIrthakaranI sthApanA kare che ? kerA tIrthakaranIja sthApanA karIe chIe. atizaya ane lakSaNe ame mUrtimAM cItarAvIe chIe kharA, paNa te te phakata dekhADavAnAja. tame pite vicAra karIne ke pattharanI nijIva mUtimAM te lakSaNe kayAMthI AvI zake? je prabhue ApelI sAdI samajathI vicAra kare te AvA praznane pUchavAnI jarAe jarUra raheta nahi. prazna-6 The-tamArI digaMbara jaina mUti pUjAmAM keTalI vAta satya che ? (badhIja asatya. kAraNa ke mUrti e bhagavAna nathI chatAM ame tene bhagavAna mAnIe Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ chIe. zarUAtaja ca.satyathI-banAvaTathI thaI pachI to tyAra pachInuM badhuM banAvaTI ja hoya, temAM navAI jevuM zuM che? sAce sametazikhara maMdIramAM hoI zake ja nahi. chatAM paNa citrAmaNa karIne tene sAce mAnIe chIe. bhagavAna (mUti) dharela bhega khAtA nathI, chatAM paNa temanI AgaLa bhega dharIe chIe, AvI rIte badhuM asatyaja che. banAvaTIja che. chatAM paNa tene ame satya mAnI rAjI thaIe chIe. prazna-7 me-cAra nikSepamAMthI sthApanA nikSepane te tame grahaNa karyo ane tenA AdhAre tame mUrti pUjAne pracAra karyo. paNa bhAva nikSepane tame kema cheDI dIdhA ? je cheDI nathI dIdho, te banane nikSepa ekI sAthe eka ja vastumAM kevI rIte lAguM karI zakAya ? (juo caMpAlAlajI ? kaI vastune grahaNa karavI ane kaI vastune cheDI devI, te amArI khuzInI vAta che. amane jema egya lAge tema ame karIe temAM tamAre doDha DAhyA thavAnI jarAe jarUra nathI dareka mANasa tarabuca khAtAM aMdarane lAla bhAgaja Aya che. have tame kaheze ke-chAla tathA bI: tame kema khAtA nathI? te zuM mAre tamArA kahevAthI tarabucanI chAla ane bI paNa khAI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ javAM ? tarabuca khAtAM zuM khAvuM ane zuM nAkhI devuM, te jema khAnAranI marajI upara rahe che, tema mUtine mAnatAM sthApanA nikSepa mAnave ke bhAva nikSepa, te amArI khuzInI vAta che. sthApanA nikSepathI mUrtine pracAra vadhAre thAya che ane lakone paNa mUtinI vAta ekadama gaLe utarI jAya che, tethI ame sthApanA nikSepa upara vadhAre jora daIe chIe. e te lekonI pravRtti upara AdhAra rahe che. joke sthApanA nikSepathI je mUrtine mAnatA thaI jatA hoya, te pachI bIjA keI nikSepane agatyatA devAnI amAre jarAe jarUra nathI. samajyA ke caMpAlAlajI? na samajyA ho, te haju vadhAre samajAvuM. prazna-8 me-digaMbara jaina mUrtiomAM je je cinho hoya che, tenI matalaba zuM che? mUrtinI pUjA thatI vakhate zuM te cihA paNa sAthe ja pUjavAmAM Ave che? je nahi te kAraNa zuM ? cinha tathA tenA mATe zrI mahAvIra prabhunI zuM AjJA che ? (mUti pUje ke na pUje, ema kAMI paNa prabhu kahI nathI gayA, tethIja te A badhI paMcAta ubhI thaI che ne ? ame kahIe chIe ke prabhu muti pujavAnuM kahI gayA che, tyAre tame leke nA pADe che. prabhu cekhe cokhkhuM kahI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ gayA hota, te A jhaghaDe hotaja zAne ? khera, have tamArA praznane javAba dauM chuM-jema zivanI pUjA karatAM poThiyo paNa sAthe ja pUjAI jAya che, tema mUrtinI pUjA karatAM cinha paNa sAtheja pUjAI jAya che, te tadana svAbhAvika che. cinhomAM zu" matalaba rahelI che, te jANavuM hoya te bhUtakALamAM thaI gayelAM amArA mahAna AcAryone pUcho. ame te kahI gayA, te pramANe karIe chIe. amAre mana te amArA AcAryonI AjJA, teja mahAvIranI AjJA. prazna-9 me-pUjA karatI vakhate mUrtimAM kaye nikSepa ane pUjA karI rahyA pachI, mUrtimAM kayo nikSepa (pUjA karatI vakhate bhAva nikSepa ane ane pachI kere sthApanA nikSepa. prazna-10 mA-digaMbara munioe mUtine vaMdanA karavI joIe ke nahi? je digaMbara muni mUtine vaMdanA kare te mUrtine darajajo muniothI paNa vadhI gaye ? ane je emaja hoya te munio dvArA pUjya thaelI evI A mUtionuM navakAra maMtra ke ke cattAri maMgalaMmAM kema nAma nizAna nathI ? te te huM kema kahI zakuM? navakAra maMtramAM mUrtinuM nAma dAkhala karavuM mahAca bhUlathI rahI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ gayuM haze. temaja kadAca ema paNa hoya ke- pAMca tyAM paramezvaranavakAra maMtranA pAMca nAma paramezvara tulya gaNa mUrtinuM chaThuM nAma umeravuM ThIka lAgyuM nahi hoya, temaja cattArI-maMgalaMmAM eTalA mATe nAma nahi lakhyuM hoya ke-bhUtie atyAra sudhI keAInuM maMgala-kalyANa karyuM nathI. mUti mATe anekanA mAthAM raMgAyAM che, ane anekanA prANa gayA che evI prANaghAtaka mUtine cattArI maMgalaMmAM sthAna nathI ApyuM te eka rIte te sAruM ja thayuM kahevAya. mArA mata pramANe te digaMbara munie mUtine vaMdanA karavI ja joIe kAraNake muni game tevA hoya, chatAM paNa teo bhagavAna te nathIja. jyAre mUtie bhagavAnanI nakala che. jinamUrti janasArikhI ja che, mATe digaMbara munie digaMbara mUrtine vaMdanA karavI ja joIe. atyAra sudhI je je munioe mUrtine vaMdanA na karI hoya, temane prAyazcita ApI zuddha karavA joIe, ane havethI dareka munie mUtine vaMdanA karavI ja joIe, e digaMbara samAje eka TharAva pasAra kara joIe, navakAra maMtramAM jevI rIte "namo loe sava sAhUNuM pada che, tevI ja rIte nameloe Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ savya (kRtrima, akRtrima) mUrtivyaH evuM paNa chaThuM pada jarUra hazeja, paNa jyAre A sUtro amUrtipUjakanA hAthamAM AvyAM haze, tyAre teoe-mUrtinA dveSIoe-te pada kADhI nAkhyuM haze, ema mane lAge che, pachI sAcuM khoTuM te kevalIgamya. prazna-11 mo-pheNa sahitanI pArzvanAtha bhagavAnanI je mUrtio che, te temanI arihaMta avasthAnI che, ke chavastha avasthAnI? je arahaMta avasthAnI hoya, te tenA upara pheNa zA mATe? arihaMtanA mastaka upara pheNa hevI vyAjabI che ? tathA pArzvanAtha prabhunA pUjana vakhate te pheNanuM paNa pUjana thAya ke nahi? ( jarUra, zivanI sAthe piThIke pUjAya che tema pheNa sahitanA pArzvanAtha chaghastha avasthAnAja hoI zake. mArA mata pramANe te mUti upara pheNanI jarA paNa jarUra nathI. paNa AsuM calI AtI hai" eTale pachI have temAM sudhAro thave muzkela. pra -12 me- amArA digaMbara jaina mUrtipUjaka bhAIe "papurANuM, harivaMza-purANa" "uttara purANu vagere graMthAthI potAnI mUrti pUjA ghaNA vakhatanI prAcIna che, ane siddha kare che. paraMtu, A graMthamAM aneka jagAe paraspara vidhavALI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ (3 hakIkatA Ave che. padma purANa' graMthamAM teja sItAne janakanI putrI kahela che, tyAre 'uttara purANu 'graMthamAM teja sItAne rAvaNanI putrI kahI che. AvI AvI aneka paraspara virAdhI vAte te pustakAmAM Ave che. virAdhI graMthenA AdhAra laIne mUrti pUjA prAcIna che, ema kahe te vAta kevI rIte sAcI mAnI zakAya ? AvA paraspara (A badhA graMthA prAyaH AThamI sadI pachI nAja anelA che, ke je vakhate digakhara bhaTTArakeAnuM khUbaja jora vyApI gayuM hatuM. jo mUrtinI sthApanA kare, tAja teonA khAdazAhI vaibhave nabhI zake tema hatuM tethI teoe mUtinI peAtAnA peTa sthApanA karI ane sAthe sAthe pASaNanI paNa sthApanA karI. A badhAM purANI khAra hAthanuM cIbhaDuM ne tera hAthanuM khI' jevAM pahelA naMbaranA gappA"keAthI bharapUra paDayAM che. A badhAM purANAmAM evAM evAM gappAM AlyAM che ke gadheDAne paNa tAva Ave temaja kAmavikAranI paNa evI evI vAtA bharI che ke kAI taTastha vAcaka te purANIne digaMbara kAkazAstraja kahe. khANu sUrajabhAnu vakIla ke jeo digaMbara mUrtipUjakaja che, teoe A graMthAnI bahuja . Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ * 84 TuMkamAM, paNa sarasa rIte samAlocanA karI che. A badhA purANenI je samAlocanA karavA besIe, to eka hajAra pAnAnuM daLadAra pustaka taiyAra thaI jAya. TuMkamAM kahevAnuM ke-A badhAM purANe eka jabarajasta dhatiMga ja che. ane mahAvIra ane temanuM nAma laIne duniyAne Thage che. mATe AvA pustakonA AdhAre je kaI mUrtipUjAnuM khaMDana karatA hoya, te loko eka meTI bhUla kare che A parANe dhArmika zAstra nahi, paNa kAma-zAja che. AgaLa cAlIne prazna kartA pUche che ke je graMthe pitAnA cAritra nAyakonA viSayamAM paNa mata bheda rAkhe che, te graMtha mUrti pUjA jevA bAhya viSaya para pramANika mata Ape ema kema kahI zakAya ? tame "padmapurANane pramANu mAno che ke uttara purANuM" ne ? ke pachI bannene? vA (bane dhatiMga. che lIMbaDe ane kAreluM, temAM kenAM vakhANa karavAM ? teja mujaba A bane graMthe gamAM mAravAmAM, kAmazAstranI vAte karavAmAM, ane jhaghaDAomAM eka ekathI caDe tevA che. mAre manathI te A banne graMtha taddana nakAmAja che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ prana-13 mo-akRtrima caityAlamAM kayA kayA tirthaka ronI pratimAo che? A cainyamAM rahelI pratimAonI pUjA keTalA dravyathI koNa kare che? te mUrtione cinha che ke nahi? nathI te zA mATe? che, to kaI pratimAne kayuM cinha che? (juo, caMpAlAlajI? A badhA tamArA ane evA che ke jene javAba tyAM jaIne jeI AvyA sivAya koI daI zake nahi. tame A prazna pUchIne digaMbara mUti pUjA beTI che ane pAchaLathI upajAvI kADhelI che emaja kahevA mAge che, ema lAge che. tirthakare anaMta thayA, tyAre maMdire ane matie saMkhyAtI ke asaMkhyAtI che, eTale te maMdiramAM amuka tirthakaronIja mUrtio hoya, ane bAkInA anaMta tirthakaronI mUrtio na hoya tethI mUrtipUjA khoTI che, ema tamAruM kahevuM hoya, te te barAbara che. kAraNake je mUrti prabhu AjJAnusAraja: hoya, te pachI amukaja tirthakarenI mUrtio zA mATe heya? badhAnI kema na hoya ? temaja ATalI badhI-asaMkhyAtI mUtionI pUjA paNa roja uThIne keNa karatuM haze ? te tamArI dhAraNuM paNa sAcI che. kAraNake roja uThIne AvuM navaruM keI hoyaja nahi. ane mUrti Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ apUjya paDI rahe, te mahA pApa lAge; tethI paNa mUrti ane mUrtipUjA uDI jAya che. prazna-14 ma-akRtrima cityAlayamAM je mUrtio che, te tirthaMkaranI che ke bIjA keInI ? tathA te pratiSThita che ke apratiSThita ? (pratiSThA karela mUrti hoya, teja vaMdanIya hoya che, eTale A badhI mUrtio pratiSThita ja che, ema mAruM mAnavuM che. chatAM paNa koI apratiSThita temAM AvI gaI hoya, te tenI mane khabara nathI. tirthaMkaranI mUtio sAthe kSetrapALa vagerenI paNa mUtio hazeja, temAM kAMI navAI jevuM nathI. paNa A uparathI tame kahevA zuM mAge che ? te te jarA kaho, te khabara te paDe. prazna-15 e-mUrtipUjA karavAvALA samakitI che ke mithyAtvI? (amartipUjakanI daSTie mUrti pUjavAvALA mithyAtvIja che. prazna-16 mo-devalekamAM mithyAtvI devAnA vimAnanI mUtionuM pUjana koNa kare che ? (mithyAtvI deve pite agara temanA mithyAtvI nAkara. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ prazna-17 -akRtrima caityAlayamAM rahelI mUtionuM pUjana roja roja thAya che ke kaI kaI vAra ? (te te huM kema kahI zakuM? paNa phurasada upara AdhAra rahe che. jema ahIM ApaNe dezamAM aneka digabara mUtio apUjya paDI rahe che, (kAraNake digaMbarI thaDA ane mUtie vadhAre agara te digaMbarene teTalI phurasada ochI) tema tyAM paNa temaja thatuM hoya, te banavA joga che jema ahIM hajAre mUtio apUjya paDI rahetI hovA chatAM, roja roja navI navI mUrtio maMdiramAM padharAvavAmAM Ave che, tema tyAM paNa navI navI mUrtio nahi thatI hoya tenI zuM khAtrI? tethI tyAM paNa aneka mUtio apUjya paDI rahetI hoya te banavA joga che. prazna-18 mo-tIrthakaro jyAre gRhastha avasthAmAM hatA, tyAre mUrtipUjana karatA hatA ke nahi ? nahetA karatA, te kAraNa zuM? karatA hatA, te tenuM pramANa Ape. (A tamAre prazna e che ke-mahAvideha kSetramAM jaIne pUchI AvIe, teja tene javAba khAtrIpUrvaka daI zakAya. bAkI anumAnathI ema kahI zakAya ke-teo pratimAM pUjana nahiMja karatA hAya, kAraNake mati jaDa che, tyAre prabhu cetana Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ hatA eTale tIrthakara jevA nirmala AtmA AvuM pattharapUjana kadApi paNa nahi ja karatA hoya. prazna-19 me-munioe pratimA pUjana karavuM joIe ke nahi? (te temanI khuzI. huM ane tame jyAre muni thaIe, tyAre A bAbata sAthe rahI vicAra karI jazuM. bAkI pArakI paMcAtamAM utaravAnuM ApaNuM kAma nathI. bAkI te mane ema lAge che ke-jaDa evI mUtine pAse mahApuNyane dhaNuM e paMcendriya manuSya uTha besanI vaMdanA kare, te mane te kaI rIIM ThIka lAgatuM nathI. prazna-20 mo-pratimA pUjavAne adhikAra kone kone che ane kene nathI ? (mArA dhAravA pramANe te badhAne te adhikAra hovo joIe. paNa AjakAla halakI kema vagerene te adhikAra ApavAmAM AvatuM nathI, kAraNa ke digaMbara mUti pUjake ema mAne che ke halakI jAtinA loko bhagavAnane aDe te bhagavAna abhaDAI jAya. eka hIsAbe A paNa ThIka che. aneka leke pattharanI sAthe mAthAM pachADatAM aTakI gayAM che, te temAM paNa kAMI khoTuM nathI. prazna-1 mo-pAMce pApanA karavAvALA ati pUjA karI zake ke nahi? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ (je mUti pUjavAthI dhama thatuM hoya ke puNya thatuM hoya te pAMce pApa karavAvALA mUti pUjA kare temAM kAMI vAMdho nathI. paNa pratimA pUjavAthI dharma ke puNya to thatuM nathI, te pachI te na pUje temAMja mAla che. prazna-22 me-sAte vyasananA sevana karavAvALA mUrti pUjA karI zake ke nahi ? . (tene javAba paNa upara mujaba ja che. prazna-23 me-zrIpALa rAjAne koDha thaela hatuM te kaDha tenI strI menA suMdarIe tIrthakaranI mUrtinA gaMdhAdakathI maTADayo, ema digaMbara mUrti pUjakenA graMthamAM lakhyuM che. te zuM A vAta sAcI che ? je te vAta sAcI hoya, te Aje aneka leko koDhanA rAgathI herAna thAya che, temane roga A mUrtipUjaka bhAIe gadhadakathI kema maTADatA nathI? (zrIpALa rAjAnI vAtaja tadana hambaga che. ema je eka pattharanI mUrti roga maTADI zakatI hoya, te pachI karmano siddhAMtaja Akho uDI jAze. pachI te mANasa "pApaprapha ja banI javAnAM. kAraNa ke, teo ema jANatA thaI gayA che ke-ApaNe game teTalAM AkarAM pApa karIe, Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ te paNa ApaNane koI pUchanAraja nathI-pApane udaya AvavAneja nathI-ane kadAca udaya Avaze te paNa ApaNuM rakSA karavA mUrti taiyAra beThI che. mATe atyAre te khAI-pIne khUba majA karI lI. paNa ema na hoI zake. ane ema je mUrti koinA roga maTADatI hoya, te pachI mUti vItarAgI. nahi paNa rAgI-sarAgI thaI Aje mUti rAgI thaI, te kAle te dveSI paNa thaze, ane tyAre anekanAM mAthAM pheDaze. A hisAbe mUti vItarAgI nahi paNa sarAgI-sahelI thaI, jyAre mUrti pUjaka bhAIo tene "vItarAgI kahe che, te vAta kayAM rahI ? aneka digabara mUtionA aneka rAjAbAdazAhoe bhAMgIne kaTake kaTakA ane bhukkA karI nAkhyA, aneka digaMbara mUrtio ane maMdIro (teonAja kahevA pramANe) zvetAMbara laI gayA, ane aneka digaMbara mUtio mATe atyAre paNa jhaghaDA cAlyA kare cheH ATaluM ATaluM te mUtio upara vItyuM, chatAM je mati kAMI paNa na karI zakI, mUti zuM kapALa zrIpALa rAjAne koDha maTADavAnI hatI? je mUrtimAM kAMI paNa devata ke camatkAra hAya (paththaramAM kAMI camatkAra hoya, te banI zake ja nahi) te atyAre paNa digaMbare AA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ upara aneka Aphate toLAI rahI che, te AphatamAMthI A mUrtio kema temanA bhaktone bacAvatI nathI ? zuM mUrti levAmAMja (lADu vagere bhega ane sArAM makAna) samaje che, ke pachI devAmAM (temanA bhakatone bacAvavAmAM) paNa samaje che ? mane to lAge che ke-levAmAM lakakaDa ane devAmAM akkaDa'nI kahevatane mUti barAbara kharI pADe che. letI vakhate te mane A joie ne te joIe (jo ke mUti bolatI nathI, chatAM tenA bhakata tene je joIe te Ape che, ane jyAre kharUM kAma paDe, tyAre te koNa jANe kayA giranAranI guphAmAM saMtAI jAya che ? A zrIpALa rAjAnI kathA bAbatamAM zrI, vADIlAla motIlAla zAhe pitAnA jaina hitecchu peparamAM khUba lakhyuM che. ane tenuM hiMdI bhASAMtara karI digaMbara mUrtipUjaka bhAIeja chapA vyuM che. temAM A kathA keTalI hambaga, nAkhI devA jevI ane eka bALaka paNa na mAnI zake, tevA gapAMthI bharI che, te vAta vA. me. zAhe bahuja sarasa rIte batAvI ApyuM che. mUti pUjako mUrtinA phaMdAmAMthI kadI paNa chuTavAja na pAme, te mATe svAthI ane eza ArAmI bhaTTArakAe AvI kathAo kalipata ubhI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ karIne vahetI mUkI dIdhI che. jenAmAM jarA paNa akkala hoya, teo te AvI vAtane jarA paNa mAne nahi. phakata jene jarA paNa mahenata-ta5 -japa-karyA vagara mUrti pUjAthI ja mokSa levAnI abhilASA che, teoja AvI vAtane mAne. paNa je emaja jarA paNa kaSTa karyA vagara mAtra mUrti pUjAthI ja mokSa maLato hoya te tIrthakaro, cakIo ane sAdhuo mahA kaSTakArI evI dIkSA letaja nahi. paNa mUti pUjA karIne sukha-samAdhIe mekSa jAta, paNa ema hoI zake ja nahi. mUti pUjAthI mokSa maLe ja nahi. mahenata karI karma uDADe, tyAreja mekSa maLe. prazna-24 ma-mRtimAM keTalA atizaya hovA joIe ? tenAM nAma kahe ? (jema tIrthaMkara prabhune cetrIza atizaya hoya che, tema mUrtimAM paNa teTalAja hovA joIe. paNa te mUrtimAM nAkhavA kayAMthI? ane kevI rIte? mUrtimAM 34 nahi te kAMI nahi, ekAda paNa heta te jarUra mUrti kAMIka camatkAra karI zakata. paNa vo dina kahAM ke mIMyA ke pAMcame juttI, tema e divasa kayAre haya, ke mUrtimAM kAMI paNa camatkAra hAya. ane je mUtimAM zrIpALa.rAjAne keha maTADalA jeTalA ja Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ phakata camatkAra hota, te jarUra prAyaH AkhI duniyA mUrtipUjaka. thaI jAta. prazna-25 me-Aja kAla atizayavALI mUtie keTalI che ane tenA camatkAra kevA che ? (je mUrtimAM camatkAra heta, te te jetuM hatuM zuM ? te pachI kenI tAkAta hatI ke, kesarIAchamAM digaMbara mUrtinI sAmeja digaMbarAnAM khUna thAta? temaja kenI tAkAta hatI ke digabaranuM jarA paNa nAma laI zake? A te digaMbara mUrtimAM camatkAra nathI, tyAre ja digaMbara mUrtionI rakhaDatI dazA thAya che. bAkI je mUrtimAM jarA paNa camatkAra hota, te A mUrtipUjake paheleja jhapATe amArA jevA amUrti pUjakone phAMsIne mAMcaDe caDAvI deta, ke ghANImAM ghAlIne tela kADhata paNa zuM kare. mUrtipUjako ke mUrtimAM koI paNa jAtane camatkAra nahi hovAthI teo vANathIja amane herAna kare che. tethI vadhu AgaLa teo vadhI zakatA nathI. prazna-26 me-dIvAlIe nirvANa lADu kema caDAve che? zuM vIra prabhu kahI gayA che? tyAM mUrtine mAnavAnI ja prabhu nA pADI gayA che-ajIvane Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ jIva mAne te mithyAtva-tyAM lADu caDAvavAnuM te kaheja kayAMthI? sAcI hakIkta te e che ke-A mUrtipUjako bhagavAnane paNa pitAnA jevA ja bhegI ane rAgI mAne che. tethI dIvAlIne divase pote lADu khAdhA hoya, te pitAnA bhagavAna paNa lADu khAya te ThIka, ema dhArI bhagavAnane lADu caDAve che. paNa temanA pUrA kamanazIbe bhagavAnane badale temane piThIyo-pUjArI ja te lADu uDAvI jAya che. pite jANe che ke bhagavAna lADu khAtA nathI lADu khAvAnI jarUra paNa nathI. chartA temane lADu caDAvavA AthI vadhAre mithyAtva bIjuM kayuM hoI zake? mUrtipUjA anAvazyaka che, tenI AthI vadhAre bIjI sAbitI kaI hoI zake? jyAM juo tyAM badhuM khATuM. bhagavAna paNa nakalI, bhagavAnane janma paNa nakalI, iMdra-iMdrANuM paNa nakalI, zatruMjaya-sameta zikharane paTa cItre te paNa nakalI, lADu paNa nakalIH Ama jyAM juo tyAM badhuM ja nakalI. asalInuM te kayAMya nAmaja maLe nahi. prazna-27 mo-keI kAmanI AzAe pUjA karavI, te kaI jAtanI mUDhatA kahevAya? (pahelA naMbaranI, paNa A eka mUDhatAe kayAM paDe tema che? mUrtine mAnatAM pUjatAM badhI jAtanI mUDhatA AvI jAya che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ je pacIza prakAranA mithyAtva sevavAnI prabhue darekane nA pADI che, temAMnA prAya: ghaNuM kharAM mithyAtva mUrtipUjaka bhAIo seve che. mUrti ajIva hovA chatAM tene jIva mAne che, hiMsAmAM adharma hovA chatAM tene dharma mAne che, jinamArga mAM mUrti nahi hovA chatAM mUrti mAne che, ATha karmathI mUti nathI mUkANuM, chatAM tene mUkANuM mAne che, laukika mithyAtva, lokottara mithyAtva mAnatA mAnavI A badhAM mithyAtva teo barAbara sArI rIte seve che. A badhAM mithyAtva dekhItI rIte teo joI zake che. chatAM paNa tenAthI teo chuTI zakatA nathI. mUrtithI AthI vadhAre adhaHpAta bIje kayo hoI zake ? prazna-28 me-jaMgala, khetara, bagIcA Adi aneka sthAnamAM daTAI gayelI mUrtio zuM svapnamAM AvIne pitAne bahAra kADhavAnuM kahI zake kharI? (nahi, bIlakula nahi, taddana khoTI vAta che. mUtimAM tAkAta ja zuM che ke, te keIne paNa svapnamAM AvI zake ? ane je svapnamAM AvavAnI mUrtimAM tAkAta hoya te pachI pitAnI meLe bahAra nIkaLavAnI tenAmAM tAkAta hevI ja joIe. je svapnamAM AvavAnI mUrti - mAM tAkAta hoya, te te mUrtinA kaTakA karanArane Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ te mUti kema kAMI karI zakatI nathI ? te vakhate mUtinI tAkAta kayAM guma thaI jAya che ? svapnamAM AvIne mUrti ema kahI jAya che ke huM phalANe ThekANe daTAI gaI chuM, mATe mane kADhe, te te mUti potAnI rAta divasa sevA karanAra bhakatane ema kema nathI kahI jatI ke-phalANe ThekANe lAkha sonAmahoronA carUo paDayA che, te kADhI lI. ane te paisAthI mUrti pUjaka dharma sArIe duniyAmAM phelAve ! ATaluM kahevAmAM mUtine karyo vAMdho Ave tema hato ? paNa kayAMthI kahe ? mUti-eka jaDa patthara temAM AvuM kAMI kahevAnI tAkAta hoyaja kayAMthI ? A badhI vAte mUrti pUjakeeja mUrtinA phelAvAnI khAtaraja ubhI karI che. tene ajJAnI lokoja sAcI mAne che. pAnasaranI mUrtinI vAta ane haju be varasa pahelAM mATuMgA (muMbaI) mAM banelo kIsse-devakathI vimAna mAraphata AvelI mUti -dareka bhAI jANatA haze. AvI vAta thoDe vakhata thoDAne jarUra mUrkha banAvI zake che, paNa AkharamAM tenI piAla pakaDAIja jAya che. agAuthI amuka jagAe mUti dATI rAkhavI ane pachI kahevuM ke mane svapna AvyuM. AvI vAto AjanA jamAnAmAM te have cAlI zake tema nathIja. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ prazna-29 me-mUrtipUjana karavuM te leka vyavahAranI rUDhi mAtraja che ke dharma? je dharma hoya, te daza prakAramAMthI kyA prakArane dharma che? (mUrti pUjA e eka prakAranI phakata rUDhija thaI paDI che, ke je rUDhimAMthI have chUTavuM prAyaH azakya ja thaI paDayuM che. daza prakAranA ati dharmamAM to mUrti pUjAne samAveza hoI zakeja nahi. bAkI hA, aDhAra prakAranA pApa sthAnakamAM tene jarUra samAveza thaI jAya che. daza prakArane dharma ane mUrti pUjA e be vacce jamIna AsamAna eTale phera che. daza prakArane cati dharma mokSa pahoMcADe che, tyAre pApa ane hiMsAthI bharelI mUrtipUjA naraka nigodamAM laI jAya che. daza prakArane dharma ane mUrtipUjA tenI sarakhAmaNIja na hoI zake. eka uttaramAM ane bIjI dakSiNamAM. puNya ane pApanI sarakhAmaNI na hoI zake, tema dharma ane mUrtipUjAnI sarakhAmaNa ja na thaI zake. prazna-30 me-paMcAmRta abhiSeka zA mATe karavAmAM Ave che? tenuM phaLa zuM? [upara kahyuM teja, bIjuM zuM? huM te mAnuM chuM ke bhagavAna (mati) garama thaI gayA haze, Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 28 tethI temane ThaMDA karavA mATe ja paMcAmRtane abhiSeka karavAmAM AvatuM haze. te sivAya te abhiSeka karavAnuM bIjuM koI kAraNa hoya tema lAgatuM nathI. prazna-31 me-paMca kalyANaka pratiSThAnI kriyAo kaI kaI che? temAM satya keTalI ane asatya keTalI, te nAma sahita batAve. | (badhIja asatya, pachI temAM nAma devAnI jarUra nathI. prazna-32 -khArA kuvAnA khArA pANIne kSIrasAgaranA pANInI kalpanA karIne caDAvavuM, te puNya che ke pApa ? (pApaja, temAM vaLI pUchavAnuM zuM ? pApa te kharUM, paNa tenI sAthe mithyAtva paNa kharUM. pAchuM khArUM che, chatAM tene kSIrasAgaranuM pANI kahevuM, te te jherane amRta kahevA barAbara che. jherane amRta keI kahe, te tene kaI mAne nahi, tema khArA kuvAnA pANIne kSIrasAgaranuM pANI kahenArane tenA bhakata sivAya bIjuM kaI te mAne ja nahi. prazna-33 -TaparAnI eka kaTakImAM judI judI jAtanA miSTAnnanI kalpanA karIne te TeparAnI kaTakI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ caDAvavAmAM khoTuM bolavAnuM pApa lAge, ke pUjAnuM puNya ? (khoTuM bolyAnuM pApaja lAge ane te uparAMta vaLI mithyAtva. prazna-34 ma-satya bolavuM te meTuM ke mUrtimAM bhaga vAnanI pUjA karavI, te moTuM? tamArI mUrtipUjAmAM pUjArIne satyane pATha paDhAvavAmAM Ave che ke asatyane ? (asatyane. paNa temAM pUjArIne kAMI vAka nathI. te te ciThThIne cAkara; jyAM mUrti ja nakala-beTI che, tyAM badhuM nakala khoTuM ja hoya, temAM navAI jevuM zuM che? prazna-35 me je pUjArIne satyane pATha paDhAvAte hoya, te kuvAnA pANImAM kSIrasAgaranA jalanI kalpanA, ane TeparAmAM ghevaranI kalpanA karI caDAvavuM: A satya vyavahAra che ke asatya ? (asatya. paNa temAM pUjArI ke bhakatane vAMka nathI. A badhI bhaTTArakonI ja lIlA che. teone ghebara vagere miSTAnna bhAvatuM, tethI teo temanA graMthamAM lakhI gayA ke bhagavAnane uMcAmAM uMcuM ghevara vagere miSTAna caDAvavuM. have pUjA te reja karavAnI, agara te divasamAM traNe vakhata karavAnI. have reja uThIne ghevara kADha Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 100 paNa kayAMthI ? eka zera ghevaranA ATha AnA bese. pAche savArane caDAvele ghevara sAMjanI pUjAmAM kAma na Ave. eTale traNa vakhata pUjA karanArane rejane deDha rUpIo bese. te keIne pisAya nahi, tethI pAInA TeparAmAM bhagavAnane phosalAvI levAno rasto kADha. Teparane ghevara kahevAnuM pApa lAgyuM, bhagavAna te ghevara khAIne rAjI thayAne ? vaLI deDha rUpIyAnI badalImAM eka pAIthI patyuM ! ATale lAbha zuM thaDe che? eka phakata nahi jeTaluM khoTuM bolavAthI ATale lAbha thatuM hoya, te temAM tene zuM vAMdho ? khoTuM bolavAnuM ane khoTuM cAlavAnuM te mUrti che, tyAM cheja, mATe ATaluM khoTuM bolavAmAM kAMI nahi. prazna-36 mo-pUjA karavAmAM bhAva nikSepanI jarUrata che ke nahi? je bhAva nikSepanI jarUra hoya, te tevo bhAva nikSepa sahitanI reja thatI ekAda be pUjA batAvaze kharA ? (AjanA jamAnAmAM jyAM dravyapUjA paNa pUrepUrI thatI nathI, tyAM bhAvapUjAnI kayAM kare che ? AjanA jamAnAmAM phurasada ja kAne hoya che? A te bhagavAnane manAvavA gayA vagara chuTako nahi, tethI maMdira gayA, mULa nAyakane Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 10. page lAgyA ke na lAgyA ane A bhAgyA. kadAca keIne pA aradhI kalAkanI phurasada hoya te bhaTTArakoe banAvelI aTapaTI pUjAnI vidhija AvaDe nahi. dravyapUjAnuM ja jyAM ThekANuM nathI, tyAM bhAvapUjAnuM te nAmaja levA jevuM nathI. prazna-37 mA-zuM Apane tyAM pUjA karatI vakhate zAsana devatAone belAvAnuM tathA sthApanA Adi thAya che kharuM ? (hA. thAya che. zAsana devene bolAvIe chIe, temanI sthApanA thAya che, ane kAma purUM thaI gaye temane visarjana paNa karavAmAM Ave che. prazna-38 mo-visarjana karatI vakhate labdha bhAgA yathA kamama' je tame bole che, teno artha zuM che? (tene artha e che ke-he deva amArA kAma mATe tame AvyA, ame tamane niveda vagere ApyuM, amAruM kAma pUruM thayuM, tame tamAre bhAga laI lIdhe have tame jema AvyA tema yathA krame quick march karo-eTale ke ahIMthI upaDe, ane mUrtipUjakanA kahevA pramANe te de tyAMthI ravAnA thaI gayA. vAMcaka ! A badhuM baccAMnA khela jevuM nathI lAgatuM ? de AvyA, beThA, temane niveda dharAvyuM, temaNe Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 102 te grahaNa karyuM ane pachI cAlyA gayA. A badhuM zuM hambaga nathI ? koNa AvyuM ane koNa gayuM. manamAM paraNyA ane manamAM rAMDayA. bhaTTArakoe evA avaLA pATA baMdhAvI dIdhA che ke keIne cUM ke cAM karavAnI zakita rahI nathI. keI surajabhAnu vakIla ke jugalakizora mukhtAra jevA jarA tArA bele, te tenI pIpuDIne avAja keNa sAMbhaLe tema che? eka bacce paNa na mAnI zake tevI vAta A mUrtipUjakemAM cAlyA kare che. prazna-39 me-Apane tyAM mUrtinI AgaLa roja reja keTalI pUjA thAya che? te dareka pUjAnuM phaLa alaga alaga che ke eka sarakhuM ? (pUjAnuM phaLa jaghanya bAramuM devaloka madhyama tIrthakara nAma-zetra, ane utkaTu te ja bhave mekSa, ema pUjAnuM phaLa mAnavAmAM Ave che. paNa te badhuM mithyA che. jeTalA jIvone nAza thayA, teTaluM vadhAre sArI thavAnuM, te sivAya mUrtipUjAnuM bIjuM kAMI phaLa che ja nahi. je divase mATI pUja hoya, te divase AkhI rAta kITasana lAITa ane vijaLInI battIo kula bahAramAM maLatI hoya, tene laIne lAkhe-jI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 103 pataMgIyAM vagere Dhagalo thaIne paDe che, bhagavAnanA darabAramAM pUjA jevA AvatAM AvI dazA te jIvanI thAya, tenuM phaLa zuM mUrtipUjakane nathI maLavAnuM, ema kaI samaje che? je mUti ane tenI pUjA sAcI hata-vItarAga AjJAnusAra hota, te te cha marataja nahi. pUjAmAM je rasa, tevuM phaLa. vadhAre rasa heya, te vadhAre mAThAM karma bAMdhe ane ocho rasa hoya, te ochAM mAThAM karma bAMdhe. prazna-40 me-jUti pUjAmAM Apane tyAM jyAre badhI kalipata vAtathI ja kAma levAya che, tyAre revatI rANuM kalpita mahAvIranA kalpita samavasaraNamAM kema nahi gayAM? ane tyAM jaI parIkSAthI sulukane namaskAra kema na karyo? te samavasaraNamAM tamArA dharmanI virUddha kaI vAta hatI. (revatIrANI samaktiI hatAM, tethI teo mUtine mAnatAM na hatAM, ane teTalA mATeja kalpita samavasaraNamAM na gayAM. je revatIrANI mUrtipUjaka hota, te jarUra tyAM jAtaja. kAraNa ke mUrtinI pUjAnI mAphaka tyAM paNa badhuM kalpitaja hatuM. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 104 prazna-41 me-revatIrANe mUrtipUjA karatAM hatAM ke nahi ? je mUrti pUjA karatAM hatAM, te kalpita mUti ane kapita samavasaraNamAM temaNe zuM bheda je, ke jethI teo tyAM na gayAM? (revatIrANIe te samavasaraNamAM badhuM ja kalipata joyuM, ane pote kalpitane mAnatA na hotAM, tethI teo tyAM na gayAM. prazna-42 motame je ema kahe che ke-zivapIMDI gAmamAMthI sasaMtabhadra svAmIe candraprabhujInI mUti kADhI, te te mUrti hAlamAM kayAM che? | (aMtarIkSamAM samaMtabhadra svAmIe hiMduonI mUrtimAMthI digaMbaranI mUrti kADhI, te te mUti Aje jene jene vacce kaleza karAve che. ghaDImAM tAMbara mUrtipUjake te mUrtinI pUjA kare, te vaLI thoDI vAre digaMbara mUrtipUjake te mUrtinI pUjA kare. zvetAMbarenI pUjA digaMbare kADhI nAkhe, ane digaMbaranI zvetAMbara kADhI nAkhe. ema Vice versa cAlyA ja kare. A mUrti mATe anekanAM mAthAM tuTayAM che ane keTe jaI lAkha rUpIA mUrtipUjakee bagADayA che. tyAre ApaNI sarakAre e pheMsale Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 105 karI Ape ke-mUrti zvetAMbara digaMbara banenI che. amuka vakhata zvetAMbara pUjA kare ane amuka vakhata digaMbara. joI lejo A mUrtipUjAnuM phArasa. prazna-43 ma-pratimAthI kayA kayA guNenI prApti thAya che, te guNe AtmIya che ke pagalika? (huM te mAnuM chuM ke-pratimAthI kaI paNa jAtanA guNanI prApti thatI nathI. hA, koI kAganuM besavuM ane tADanuM paDavuM tenA jevuM thAya che kharUM. dIkaro thavAne hoya, ane temAM barAbara te ja vakhate kesarIAjInI mAnatA rAkhI hoya, ane dIkaro thaye; te kesarIAie Apyo ema kahevAya che, ane teTale pigalika lAbha thaye ema manAya che, bAkI vAtamAM kAMI mAla nathI. prazna-44 me-achUta lake digaMbara jaina maMdiramAM jaI tyAMnI mUrtine abhiSeka pujana vagere karI zake ke nahi? je nahi te zA mATe ? zuM mUtinA kalpita arihaMta upara koIne adhikAra rahe che khare ke ? (are bhAI caMpAlAlajI, achutanI kyAM mAMDe che ? digaMbaranA sagA bhAI dakSAeAne ja Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 106 dAkhale lIone. mUrtinA ThekedAra evA A digaMbara mUrtipUjaka pitAnAja dassA digaMbara bhAIone mUrti pUjavAnI nA saMbhaLAve che, kAraNa ke teone A mUrtipUjake halakA mAne che. jyAM sagAbhAIone paNa mUrti pUjavAne adhikAra nathI tyAM caMpAlAlabhAI? achUta lekenI te vAta ja zI kare che? huM te mAnuM chuM ke bhUlecuke kadAca koI achUta digaMbara maMdiramAM pesI gayAnI khabara A mUrtipUjakone paDe, te teja vakhate AkhuMe bhagavAnanuM maMdira A leka dhovarAvI pavitra karI nAkhe? hiMdamAM je lAkhe ane karoDe IsAIo thayA che, te A mUrti pUjakemAMthI. kAraNa ke teo bIcArAene maMdiramAM dAkhala thavA devAmAM AvatAM nathI, pachI teo IsAI na thAya, te thAya paNa zuM ? prazna-45 me-digambara jaina maMdiramAM je kSetrapAla AdinI mUrtio daravAjA pAse rahe che, te zA mATe? temaja te kSetrapAla AdinI mUrtio para sIMdura vagere lagADAya che, te tenuM zuM kAraNa? zuM tenI paNa pUjA thAya che kharI? | (jarUra zeraDInI vAMse jema eraDIne pANI maLe che, tema tIrthakaranI pAchaLa A kSetrapALa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 107 paNa pUjAya che. kSetrapALanI mUrti maMdira ke mUrtinA rakSaNa mATe rakhAya che, ema kahevAya che, te kSetrapALa "amArUM paNa rakSaNa kare" ema kahI tenI paNa pUjA thAya che. are bhAI caMpAlAlajI ? tame A kSetrapALanI kayAM mAMDe che, A mUrtipUjaka zuM zuM nathI pUjatA, teja vicAre te sArUM. maMdirane pUje, tIrthakaranI mUrtine pUje, kSetrapALa maNibhadracamarendra deva vagerene te pUje ja che, paNa te uparAMta je kahevAtA rAyaNa vRkSanI nIce AdinAtha bhagavAna padhAryA hatA, te vRkSane paNa A mUrtipUjake pUje che ane te pUjAnA phaLanI IcchA kahe che. aMdhazraddhAnI hada ja thaI gaI ne? paNa temAM navuM kAMIja nathI. mUrti pUjA e aMdhazraddhAnI jananI che. mATe kSetrapALanI pUjA thAya, temAM kAMI nahi, e te cAle. prazna-46 me-khaMDita thaI gaelI-bhAMgI gaelI mUrtio pUjana karavA gya che ke nahi ? apUjya che te zA mATe? (khaMDIta thaelI mUrtione moTe bhAga pitAnI meLe khaMDita thaela hete nathI, paNa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 108 paradhamIoe khaMDita karela hoya che. je matine paradhamanI talavAra, hathaDe ke hAtha lAgyo hoya te mUrti--te bhagavAna-kevI rIte pUjya hoI zake ? na hoI zake.) kadAca tame ahIM prazna karaze ke-je bhagavAna pahelAM akhaMDita hatA, tyAre te tame divasamAM dasa vakhata tenI pUjA karatA hatA, te bhagavAna jarA khaMDita thayA-keIe tene kAna ke nAka jarA kApI nAkhyo,-te tethI zuM thaI gayuM? teTalAmAM temane pUjAne haka zA mATe mAryo gayo ? kaI mAbApa kAne sAMbhaLatA na hoya, ke AMkhe dekhatA na hoya, tethI zuM mAbApa tarIkene tene haka uDI jAya ? A praznanA javAbamAM huM kahIza ke- te dAkhalo A dhArmika bAbatamAM lAgu na paDe bAkI khaMDita thaelA bhagavAnane naja pUjavA, e amArA AcArya mahArAje khAsa hukama che. AthI vadhAre huM kAMI kahevA mAgatA nathI. prazna-47 mAM-evI kaI vAta che ke-je zAthI nathI samajAtI ane mUtithIja samajAya che ? jarA vigatavAra samajAve. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 109 ( khAvuM-pIvuM-AnaMda karo-mejamajAha karavI: A badhI vAtone zAstra tyAjya kahe che. tethI zAstra vAMcavAmAM ane tenuM manana karavAmAM sarva sAdhAraNa mANasone jarA paNa mAphaka AvatuM nathI. tyAre ahIM mUti ane tenI pUjAmAM AbAla vRddha (bALakathI laIne so varasanA DosA sudhInA ) darekane nAcavA kudavA ane gAyana gAvAmAM adabhUta AnaMda Ave che. keAI mATe utsava hoya, tyAre tame jarA amArA maMdiramAM AvIne juo te tamane A AnaMdanI kAMIka khabara paDe. koI Idra thAya, keI IdrANuM thAya, kaI sidadhArtha rAjA thAya, to keI trizalAdevI rANuM thAya, kaI chappana mAMhelI ekAda kumArikA thAya, te koI vaLI gaNadhara thAya A vakhatano AnaMda eka vakhata paNa tame cAkhI leze, te jarUra mane khAtrI che ke-tarataja tame mUrtipUjaka thaI jaze. hA, jema amArA tIrthakare kalpita che, temaja A gaNadhara ane siddhArtha rAja paNa kalpitaja che,-oTA ja che, e vAtanI mane nA nathI. te veza pUro thaye eTale pAchA tenA te, te vAta paNa kharI che, chatAM eka vakhata prabhu mahAvIranA paNa bApa thayA to kharAne ? Idra Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 110 AnaMda zuM je paNa thayA te kharAne ? A te che ? sAkSAta prabhune meM ke tame keIe A bhavamAM joyA nathI. te ja prabhune patharanI mUrtine) ghoDIyAmAM nAkhI hIMcakA-mahotsava kare jete kharekhara eka adabhUta AnaMdanI ja vAta che. tamArA jevA ghaNuone A vAta baccAMnA khela jevI lAgatI haze-lAge che, paNa tenI pAchaLa je adabhUta rahasya raheluM che, te tame jANatA nathI. "paDayA te paDyA paNa gheDe te caDayA" tema sAkSAta nahi te pachI pANe, paNa prabhune jovA te kharAne ? prazna-48 mo-jyAre badhA tIrtha kare ekaja sarakhA (guNavALA) che, te pachI temanI mUrtio ane maMdiremAM phera zA mATe rAkhavAmAM Ave che ? ane je phera nathI rAkhavAmAM Avate, ema tame kaheze, te pachI "mULa nAyaka nI mukhyatA ane bIjA tIrthakaronI gauNatA kema karavAmAM Ave che? mULa nAyaka" nI vyAkhyA Apa zuM che ? kare Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 111 (mULa=meTA, mukhya, ane nAyaka-pati, adhikArI. je mukhya adhikArI che te mULa nAyaka ATaluM paNa tame bhaNyA nathI, tyAM pachI zuM joIne prazna karavA Ave che ? prAyaH dareka maMdiramAM cAvIse tIrthakaranI mUtio hoya che, tethI te maMdirane koI paNa nAma te ApavuM ja joIe. tethI eka maMdiramAM je caMdraprabhujIne mULa nAyaka karI sthApyA hoya, te te maMdira caMdraprabhujInA nAmathI oLakhAvatAM sugama thaI paDe. bAkI caMdraprabhujIne mULa nAyaka sthApyA eTale bIjA prabhuenuM mahatva kAMI ochuM thaI jatuM nathI. jo ke Aja kAla mULa nAyakanI jeTalI mAna pUjA thAya che, tethI dasamA bhAganI paNa bIjA tIrthakaronI thatI nathI, e vAta taddana sAcI che, chatAM paNa je AgaLathI cAlyuM Ave che, te mujaba cAlyA kare che. jo ke kharI vAta to e ja che ke eka maMdiramAM mULa nAyaka kaho ke gANa nAyaka kaho, je kaho te ekaja mUti hovI joIe. paNa temAM paNa eka vAMdho Ave che. eka mUti te eka bhAIe besArI teNe pitAne mATe bAramuM devaloka rIjhavarDa karAvyuM, tyAre pachI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 112 bIjA bhAIonuM zuM? zuM temaNe bArame devaleka na javuM ? javuM te cheja, eTale pachI mULa nAyakanI AsapAsa bIjA tIrthakarane besArIne te bhAIonI paNa bAramA devaloka javAnI IcachA amArA AcAryoe pUrI karavAne rasto kADha. je ke AmAM paNa keTalAka bhAIo vAMdho uThAvaze ane kaheze ke zAstramAM te tIrthakare tIrthakara maLe nahi, ema kahyuM che, tyAre ahIM te eka nahi paNa 24-24 tIrthakare bhegA karyA che, tenuM zuM ? te tenA javAbamAM mAre kahevAnuM ke zAstramAM je kahyuM che te vAta kharI paNa te te sAkSA-hAlatA cAlatA upadeza detA tIrthakarane mATe tyAre ahIM te phakta ame banAvela ane mAnela dhAtu ke pASANunI mUrtirUpa tIrthakare che, mATe ame je kAMI karyuM che, te vyAjabIja che ane zAstra paNa sAcAM che. prazna-49 mo-Aja kAlanA atizaya kSetramAMnA kayA kayA atizaya kSetranA kayA kayA camatkAra tame amane najaro najara batAvI zake tema tema cho? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 112 (ekeyanA nahi are bhAI ? je koI paNa mUrti ke maMdiramAM kAMI paNa camatkAra hota, te mUrtionI ane maMdiranI atyAre je sthiti che te che te kadApi paNa na thAta. camatkAranI zuM vAta laI hAlyA che ? je mUrtimAM camatkAra heta te eka paNa mUti ke maMdiranA kaTakA na thayA hota, ane AkhI duniyA Aje matipUjaka thaI gaI hatI, paNa ve dina kahAM ke mIyAM ke pAMvame jutI A badhA atizaya kSetranI khAlI vAteja che. koIe eka daMtakathA gabaDAvI mUkI, ke leke te pAchaLa gAMDA thayA bAkI kayAM atizaya ane kayAM Aja kAlanI sthiti? lAkha gAunuM aMtara che. prazna-50 me-Apane tyAM nekarIthI pUjA karavAvALA pUjArI jaina ja hoya che, ke arjana paNa hoya che. (prAyaH ajanaja. kAraNa ke jene te dravya khAya nahi, ane khAya te sAtamI narake jAya, ema mUrtipUjaka AcAryo kahI gayA che. tethI jaina te pUjArI hoya ja nahi. temaja AvI 10-15 rUpIAnI nokarI jaina bo kare paNuM nahi. tethI karIne pUjArIe 9 TakA ajaina ja hoya che. A ajenene nakarIne pagAra ke Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 114 deva dravya khAvAmAM vAMdho nathI. kAraNa ke teo ajaina che. ane sAtamI narakane siddhAMta paNa teone lAgu paDato nathI, kAraNa ke teo ajana che. mUrtipUjaka ke amUrtipUjaka-koI paNa jAtanA jaina dharmane ja teo mAnatA nathI, tethI teone nokarI karavAmAM vAMdho Avate nathI. pUjA karavA karAvavA badala temane pagAra maLe che, eTalA mATe A ajana pUjArIo teTale vakhata jainanA tIrthakarene vacana ane kAyAthI bhagavAna mAne che. teonuM te kArya thaI rahyuM ane ghera gayA eTale pachI brahmA viSNu ke maheza jene teo mAnatA hoya, tenI pUjA karI temane ja sAcA bhagavAna mAne che. AjakAla ghaNuM mUrtipUjaka bhAIone A vAta manamAM khaTake che ane A bhADutI pUjArIothI teo kaMTAnyA che. AvI pUjAne teo eka phAsa samAnaja mAne che. chatAM paNa tene kAMI raste thaI zakato nathI mUrtipUjaka jaina samAja AvA keTalA bhADatI pUjArIone nabhAve che, ane eka varase teo keTale pagAra laI jAya che. vagere bAbatanuM eka lIsTa eka vakhata mArA vAMcavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. te lekhanA lekhake aMtamAM ema kahyuM hatuM ke Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 115 ghaNuM mUrtipUjaka jaina bhAIo bekAra rakhaDe che, te temane A nekarIe caDAvI devA joIe paNa Aja dina sudhI huM nathI mAnato ke eka paNa jene pUjArInI nokarI svIkArI hoya. kalpita bhagavAnanI pUjA te kapita-bhADutI pUjArIthIja thAvI joIe ane te mujaba Aja sudhI cAlyA kare che. prazna-51 me-nokarIthI pUjA karavAvALAne pUjAnuM zuM phaLa maLe, phakata pagAra ke maryA pachI svarga paNa kharuM? (phakata pagAraja ane uparAMta je bahu maTI pUjAe karAvI haze, ane temAM ghaNuM ane kaccaraghANa kADhaye haze, te mAThI gati maLaze, te vaLI naphAmAM. bAkI bhAI caMpAlAlajI ? svarga ema kAMI revuM paDayuM nathI, ke phakata mAnI lIdhelA bhagavAnanI pUjA karavA mAtrathI ja maLI jAya. dAna-zIla-5bhAvanA svarga-mokSanA e cAra upAya che. pUjA karavA-karAvavAmAM jene dANe-vATe kahevA sivAya bIjuM kAMI kAma thatuM nathI. tethI svarga ke makSa tevA jIvothI bahuja vegaLa rahe che. ekAvana praznanI caMpAlAla jananI lakhela pustikA ane tenA uparanI mArI samIkSA ahIM pUrI thAya che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 116 anAvazyaka digambara jaina mUrtipUjA para zaMkAo. hiMdImAM lekhakaH- "puSpa" silavAnI 1 zuM tIrthakaroe pitAnI divya-vanImAM mUrti pUjAne upadeza karyo che ? ' (je tIrthakaroe. te mujaba upadeza karyo hata, te te pachI A jhaghaDA hetaja zAnA ? paNa tIrthakaree upadeza nathI karyo, tethI te A badhA kaleza ubhA thayA che. tIrthaMkara thaI gayA pachI ghaNA lAMbA kALe bhaTTarakoe pitAne svArtha sAdhavA mATe A prathA ubhI karI, ane aNasamaju ane bheLA zrAvakene A prathA sArI lAgavAthI te prathA cAlu thaI. bAkI nathI te tIrthakaree mUrtipUjAne upadeza karyo ke nathI kaI sArA sAdhune tene Teke.) 2 digambara jaina mUrtipUjA ane ArAza mArgane jaina siddhAMta mujaba zuM saMbaMdha che? (kAMI paNa nahi, mUrtipUjI mAla thAya ja nahi, phakata jeTalI hiMya kAma na pApa, ane te naphe), Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 110 3 digambara jaina mUrtinI pUjA karatI vakhate akSA hana, sthApana, sannidhikaraNa ane visarjanaH Adi je kiyAe thAya che, tene tIrthakaranI sAthe keTale ane zuM saMbaMdha, keTalA vakhatane mATe ane zA mATe karavAmAM Ave che? tathA te te kIyAo pitA potAnA nAma mujabane barAbara a rAkhe che ke pachI A badhI kalpanAo ja che? (phakta ka95nA sivAya bIjuM kAMIja nahi. manane manAvavAnA mAtra rastAoja che ke-amArA gurUe mahAvIra bhagavAnane ahIM amArI pAse bolAvI dIdhA, bhagavAnane amArI pAse besAryA, bhagavAnane temane joIte bhAga dIdho ane pachI visarjana karyA. A badhI kalpanA nahi te zuM? ane kadAca A vAtane kaI sAcI mAne, te te bhAIe digambara zAne cheTAMja mAnavAM paDaze. bIjA dharmamAM bhagavAnanI mAphaka zuM ApaNA bhagavAne paNa hajI kAMI vAsanA rahI gaI che ke, jethI teo ahIM Ave, ane temanA digambara - bhaktanA je pramANe eDare chUTe, te pramANe teo bese, uThe ane pachI cAlyA jAya. A badhuM eka nATaka che-baccAMnA khela ja che.) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 118 4jaina dharmane siddhAMta e che ke-mekSa gaela jIva saMsAramAM pAcho na Ave, te prachI AhAhana Adi kriyAothI kene bolAvavAmAM Ave che, kenuM sannidhikaraNa ane visarjana thAya che? (bhaTTArakenuM ja che. are bhAI puSpa ? eTalo te vicAra kare ke-bhaTTArako A pramANe dhatiMga na kare, te temanuM peTa kayAMthI bharAya ane temanA bAdazAhI bhoga vilAsa kayAMthI nabhe ? ane vANuMyAbhAI kAMI evA bheLA nathI ke-pite mAMDa mAMDa pUrUM karatA hoya ane temanA dharmagurU-bhaTTArakone bAdazAhI paracA pUrA pADe. tyAre pachI bhaTTArakAe paNa kAMIka te rastA karavA rahyA ne ? tethI bhaTTArakoe temanA bhaktone prasanna karavA bhagavAnane bolAvavAnA rastA kADhayA ane vANIyAoe AvA kalpanAnA bhagavAna lAvavAnI bhaTTArakonI zakti joIne temane temanA mojazokhanA sAdhane pUrAM pADayAM. AmAM Akhara lAbha te bhaTTArakone ja thayA. kAraNa ke bhaTTArakoe te kalpanAnA taddana khoTA bhagavAna Ave che ema batAvyuM, tyAre bhakto pAsethI mAla pANa paDAvyAM te te tadana sAcAMja ane nakkara rUpamAMja. temanA bhaktoe paNa je te bhaTTArakonI mAphaka kalapanAmAMja paisA ApyA hota, te banne sarakhA thAta. bhagavAna AvyA te paNa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 11e. kalapanAnA, ane bhaktoe paisA ApyA, te paNa kalpanAnAja. paNa tema nahi thatAM bhaTTArakeja A vAtamAM khATI gayA. TUMkamAM kahuM te nathI te bhagavAn AvatA, nathI temanuM sthApana thatuM, nathI temane besAravAmAM AvatA ke nathI tenuM visarjana thatuM. A badhI liMpola che.) -huM ema pUchuM chuM ke-bhagavAna nahi paNa bhagavAna jevI digaMbara jaina matio pitAnI pAse ja hovA chatAM paNa vaLI mukta thaelA bhagavAnane bolAvavAnI jarUra zuM che ? mUti pAse paDI hovA chatAM paNa je navA bhagavAnane belAvAnI jarUra paDatI hoya, te pachI mUrtinI kaI jarUra che ? vagara mUtie game te jagAe AhAhana Adi kriyAo thaI zake che ane pUjana paNa thaI zake che. (eTaleja to huM kahuM chuM ke-bhaktone prasanna rAkhavAnI bhaTTArakonI A cAlabAjI che. vepAramAM keIthI na ThagAya evA vaNikapu bhaTTArakonI A cAlabAjImAM AbAda phasAI jAya che. nahitara gAMDI mAnA DAhyA kahevAtA ATalA dIkarAomAMthI kaI paNa eka marada bacce kema na nIkaLe ane bhaTTArakane kAna jhAlIne ema na kahyuM kebhaTTAraka? tuM bhagavAnane bolAva, ane bhagavAna Ave tyAre amane batAvaje. bhagavAna temane Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 120. bhAga laI jAya te amane tuM najare najara batAvaje. A ekaja marada bacce nika hota, te bhaTTArakonI A pAkhaMDa lIlA kyAranIya baMdha thaI gaI hota ane sAthe sAthe digaMbara jaina mUrtipUjA paNa baMdha thaI gaI hota. paNa " dIna kahAM ke mIyAM ke pAMvameM juttI"--mUrtipUjA hoya tyAM aMdhazraddhA te pahelI ja hoya, jethI AvA prazno pUchavAnI buddhija na hoya ane kadAca keIne hoya te himmata na hAya. mArA je hoya te jema bhaTTArake kalpanAnA bhagavAnane bolAvyA, tema huM paNa bhaTTArakane kalpanAnA zIrepUrI ane kalpanAnIja dakSiNA ApuM.) AhAhana Adi kiyAothI zuM mukta jIva, ke tIrthakara ke pUjArInA orDa2 mujaba pUjAne vakhate hAjara thaI jAya che ? tathA visarjana karavAne vakhate visarjana thaI jAya che? ane je te pUjya purUSe AvatAja nathI, te pachI A AhAhana Adi kiyAo beTI nathI ? ( barAbara khoTI che. je bhagavAna AvatA hoya te teo kema temanA bhaktone batAvatA nathI ? te uparathI ja khAtrI thAya che ke A badhI kriyAo bALa bhaktane phasAvI temanI pAsethI mAla malIdA uDAvavA pUratI ja che.) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 121 2 - 7 kalpita mUrtinI sAme, kalpita pUjArI banIne, kalpita AhAna karIne, kapita dravyathI kalpita pUjA karIne, pUjA karavA vALAne kalpita svarga- mekSa maLaze ke sAce ? ( kapita. kadvipatane te kapitaja maLe, temAM navAI jevuM zuM che? kapita dAna dIdhuM hoya, te tenAM phaLa paNa jema kalpita ja maLe che, tema kapita karavAvALAne badhuM kalpita ja maLe. temAM sAcuM kAMI heyaja nahi.) digaMbara jaina mUrtionI pUjA prAyaH bhADAthI rAkhela mANasethIja thAya che, te zuM mekSa paNa bhADethI maLI zakaze kharUM ? je nahi te pachI A bhADAnA pUjArI mAraphata karAvI thaelI bhADutI pUjA kema karIne tene mokSa daI zakaze. (keIne nahi, ane kadAca mekSa daI zake, te te paNa bhADAnuM. tyAM jaIne eka mahinAnuM bhADuM bharyuM tyAM sudhI kadAca rahevA deze, (muktizIlA upara ekendriya paNe) paNa pachI te bhADAnuM ghara turataja khAlI karavuM paDaze. sAcI vAta e che ke pUjArI paisA mATe nokara rahyo che, te nekarI mATe manavagaranI pUjA karaze te pUjAthI tenuM ke bIjA keInuM kalyANa thAyaja nahi, te pachI mokSanI te vAta ja zuM karavI ?) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 12 9-pUjA thaI rahyA pachI ane bhagavAnane visarjana karI dIdhA pachI-havAle ApI dIdhA pachI-tame digambara jaina mUrtione pUjya mAne che ke nahi ? je bhagavAna cAlyA gayA pachI paNa te mUtione pUjya mAne che, te pachI bhagavAnane lAvyA vagara pUjA kare to zuM vAMdhe che? (te pachI bhaTTArakone bhAvaja koNa pUche? temaNe te A badhuM ubhuM karyuM che, ane pUjArIvALI pUjA te rAja thayA karatI hoya, AvI bhagavAnavALI pUjA ke di thAya? dALabhAta te reja khAvAnAMja che, halavA pUrI te koka divasa maLene? tema A bhagavAna Ave, bese, mAla pANI laI jAya ane ame eka orDara karIe ke turataja visarjana thaI jAya, A lhAvo te varasamAM ekAda vakhata mAMDa maLe. mATeja bhagavAna jevI mUrtio sAme hovA chatAM paNa kalpanAnA bhagavAnane belAvAya che.) -eka vakhata bhagavAnane belAvavA ane pachI temane visarjana karavA-te zuM bhagavAnanuM apamAna nathI? (jarAya nahi. je bhagavAna AvatA hoya ane pachI temane visarjana karavAmAM AvatA hoya te te jarA apamAna jevuM kharuM. paNa A te Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 126 badhAM vAtunAja vaDAM che. meDhethI bhagavAnane belAvavAne eka leka bolyA, ane pachI kahI dIdhuM ke-bhagavAna AvI gayA (koI pUche ke kayAM che, te pUjArI ke bhaTTArakanuM huM kevuM thaI jAya, te ahIM huM kahI zakatA nathI) pachI kahI dIdhuM kebhagavAnane besAryA che, pachI kahI dIdhuM ke-bhagavAnane temane bhAga ApI dIdhuM che ane pachI kahI dIdhuM ke-bhagavAnane visarjana karI dIdhA che. bhAI puSpa ! A mAtra vANI vilAsa che, temAM sAcuM kAMIja nathI, te pachI temAM bhagavAnanuM apamAna thavA jevuM zuM che? ane kadAca apamAna jevuM hoya te bhagavAnane mAna ke apamAna jevuM hoyaja nahi, tyAre te teo bhagavAna thayA che, ane tema chatAM kadAca tame bhagavAnanuM apamAna thayAnuM mAnatA he, te paNa te apamAna temanA digambara bhakto taraphathI thAya che, tethI bhagavAnane te vAtanuM duHkha hoyaja nahi. mATe digambara bhAIo potAnA bhagavAnanuM apamAna karI duniyAnI najare hAMsIpAtra thAya, temAM kAMI vAMdhA jevuM cheja nahi. 11 pUjAnI A badhI kalipata kiyAe chadmasthAe calAvI che ke kevalIoe? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 124 ( kevalIoe kahI hota te. te pachI kaI rakamanI muzkelI rahetaja nahi. eka AcArya kahe ke pUjAmAM gebara (gAyanuM chANa) vAparavuM, te bIje kahe ke-nahi, tema na karavI, paNa Ama karavI. A badhA chadmasthAnAja jhaghaDA chene ? kevalI bhagavAne je pUjA vidhi kahela heta, te jemAM amatipUjaka saMpradAya hetaja zAnA ? badhA mUrti pUjakaja hota paNa kevalI bhagavAna te kAMI bolyA ja nathI ke-mUrtipUjA kare. tethI to A badhI paMcAta chene ? ra-zuM mUrtinI sAme pANI caDAvI devAthI jama, jarA ane mRtyune vinAza thaI zake che? (bhAI puSpa AvI vAta te tamArA jevA mUrkha hoya te mATe bAkI jenAmAM jarA paNa akkalane choTe hoya, te to AvI nAkhI devA jevI vAtane mAne nahi. mUrtinI sAme pANI caDAvI denAranA janma, jarA ane mRtyune vinAza thate thaze, paNa te pANImAM rahelA asaMkhya jInA janma, jarA ane maraNane vinAza te jarUra thaI gayeja-tee te jIviyAe vavaravIA' jarUra thaI gayAja. ane jo AvI sahelAIthI mokSa maLI jatA hata, te anaMtA cha je dIkSA pALIne-kaccha Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 125 sahana karIne mekSe gayA che, teoe te kharekhara bhUlaja karI che, ema uparanA matane hisAbe kahI zakAya. paNa tema na kahI zakAya. AvI sahelAIthI mekSa maLe ja nahi. e te digambara dharmagurUe calAvelA lAkaDAM che.) 13--zuM mUrtinI sAme caMdana caDAvI devAthI saMsAratApane vinAza thaI zake che? (javAba uparanI mAphaka. caMdananA jIve te jarUra taDako sahana karavAmAMthI chUTI sIdhA ukalI gayA. pachI caDAvavAvALAonuM zuM thaze, te te jyAre te pApane udaya Avaze, tyAre ja khabara paDaze.) 14-zuM mUrtinI sAme cAvale (cekhA akSata) caDAvI devAthI akSayapada maLI zake che? (javAba upara mujaba.) 15-zuM mUrtinI sAme puSpa caDAvI devAthI kAmabANene nAza thaI zake che? (javAba upara mujaba. kAmabANene nAza te nathI thatuM, paNa punA jIvane nAza te jarUra thaI jAya cheja.) 16-zuM mUrtinI sAme niveda caDAvI devAthI bhUkhanA rogane nAza thaI jAya che ? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ | ( niveda caDAvanArane bhUkhane roga nAza nathI thata, paNa pUjArI ke bhaTTArakanI bhUkhane nAza teTalA vakhatane mATe te jarUra thaI jAya che.) 17-zuM mUrtinI sAme dIvo rAkhI devAthI meharUpI [ aMdhakArane nAza thaI jAya che? ( da rAkhanArane nahi paNa pataMgIyAM Adi jIne vinAza te jarUra thaI jAya che.) 18-zuM mUrtinI sAme dhUpa caDAvavAthI AThe karmane nAza thaI jAya che? (bIlakula nahi, tema thaI zake ja nahi. ) 19-zuM mUrtinI sAme phaLa caDAvavAthI mokSaphaLanI prApti thaI zake che? (jarAye nahi. hA, eTaluM te kharuM kephaLanA jIvane makSa te jarUra thaI gaye-te jIvane prANu te jarUra nIkaLI gayo. digambara mUrtipUjaka bhAIo ema mAne che ke-uparanuM eka eka kAma karavAthI (ATha mAMhelA) eka eka karmane nAza thaI jAya che. paNa A vAta jarAya mAnI zakAya tema nathI. te pachI A paMcama ArAmAM paNa aneka jIve mokSe jaI zake. kAraNa ke A paMcama ArAmAM paNa uparanA kAma te Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 127 dareka manuSya karI zake che. ane je emajauparanA ATha kAma karavAthI-mela thaI jato hoya, te pachI temanAMja digambara jaina zA khoTAM paDe.) 20-zuM mUrtinI sAme artha caDAvavAthI arthapadanI prApita thaI zake che? (kheTuM, tadana khecyuM. ) 21-uparanA ATha dravya caDAvavA mAtrathIja je mekSa mArganI ATha siddhio maLI jatI hoya, te pachI ATha karmonA nAza mATe prabhue tapa, tyAga tathA munimArga Adine upadeza zA mATe karyo? (prabhue upadeza karyo che, teja barAbara che, pANa Adi mUti upara caDAvavAthI pApa sivAya bIjuM kAMI kamAvAnuM nathI, te cokakasa che.) 22-jyAre mUrtipUjA ja gharamAM beThAM phakata ATha dravyo caDAvI devA mAtrathI ja mokSa meLavI Ape che, te pachI muni-dIkSA Adi laIne tapa karavuM e eka bhUla nathI zuM ? | (nahi, muni-dIkSA levI, tapa kara vagere bhUla nathI, paNa mokSane mATe eka sAro mArga che. jyAre mUrtipUjAthI mokSanI najIka javAtuM nathI, paNa ulaTuM dUra javAya che. ApaNuM covIze Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ tIrthakaronA dAkhalA jeze, te teoe tapathIja mekSa meLavyuM che, ema digambara mUrtipUjakanA zA paNa kahe che. paNa keI paNa tIrtha kara prabhue mAtra mUrtipUjAthI ja mokSa meLavyo che, ema mUrtipUjakanA zAstra paNa kahetAM nathI. mATe mUrtipUjA e eka udhe raste che, tyAre muni-dIkSA-tapa vagere sIdhe raste che, ane saha e te rasteja cAlavuM joIe) 23-mUrtinI sAme caDela dravyane "nirmAlya" dravya gaNavAmAM Ave che tathA te dravya khAvAvALe naraka-nigodamAM jAya che, ema mAnavAmAM Ave che. te pachI digambara jaina maMdiramAM A nirmAlya dravya devAnA badalAmAMja mAlIe ne nekara tarIke rAkhavAmAM Ave che. te mAlIone te nirmAlaya dravya khavarAvavAmAM Ave che te A pApa mUrti pUjA karavAvALAne lAge che ke mAlIene ? naraka nigodamAM javAne lAyaka A nirmAlya dravya khAvAvALo mALI che ke khavarAvavA vALA mUti pUjaka jaine? ke bane? A bAbatane jarA khUba vistArathI khulAse kahe. . (juo bhAI 5? vAta ema che ke devane caDeluM dravya phakata mUrti pUjaka jainone mATe ja Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 129 nirmAlya kare che, bIjAne mATe nahi. ane je Ama TharAvavAmAM na AvyuM hota, te devane caDeluM dravya paNa mUrtipUjaka jene khAI jAta A vAta mUrtipUjaka AcAryone ThIka na lAgI, tethIja teoe jene mATe te deva-dravya nirmAlya TharAvyuM. bIjAone mATe nahi. ane jyAre mALIe ATalA pagArathIja nokarI karavA khuzI hoya, to pachI teone maphatane bIje pagAra zA mATe devo joIe ? devene caDeluM dravya jainene te khape nahi, ane nakAmuM nAkhI devuM paDe tenA karatAM teTalA mAtra thIja eka nekara maLI jatuM hoya te zuM khoTuM che?' mATe samajI lIe ke-jaine je nirmAlya deva dravya khAya te jeneja naraka-nigodamAM jAya, bIjA nahi. kone naraka-nigedamAM mekalavA ane kene nahi, te mUrtipUjaka AcAryonA hAthanI vAta che. 24-A nirmAlya dravya mALIe khAI lIdhuM, ane te pachI vadhyuM, tyAre teo bajAramAM vecavA Ave che, tyAre mAMsAhArIo arihaMtanI mUrtie caDeluM te devadravya-kesarIA cAvaLa-Adi te Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 13ra mALInI pAsethI kharIda karI lIe che. ane pachI te devadravyane mAMsanI sAthe pakAvIne teo khAya che. have kahe ke A pApa kene? mAlIne ke bhagavAnane, mUtine, ke janane ke pachI A badhA ene sarakhe hisse? ane AvI rIte Apa leka pite nirmAlya devadravya khAvApIvAmAMthI bacI jaIne bIjAone khavarAve che, te zuM te jarA paNa vyAjabI che? (jarA paNa nahi. paNa bIjuM thAya paNa zuM! reja uDIne eTalAM eTalAM niveda ane phaLakulanI kAMI kAgaDAone ujANa thoDIja karAvAya che? ane kadAca tema karIe, te kAgaDAone paNa naraka-nigadamAM javuM paDe. mATe e te je thAya che, te ThIka ja thAya che. mALIe naraka nigedamAM jatA hoya, te temAM mUrtipUjaka jainene zuM? teonAM nazIba kAM nekarI karavA teo Ave che?) 25-kaI kaI jagAe mALI leke A nirmAlyA deva-dravya dukAnadArane vecI nAkhe che. ane tenI pAsethI jena leke te pa kharIda kare che. ane teja nirmAlya devadravya pharI pAchuM pUjAnA kAmamAM vApare che, te zuM A doSa matipujane nahi lAgatuM hoya? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ (lAge te che, paNa karavuM zuM? roja uThIne pUjAnA devadravyamAM eka rUpIe keNuM kharacI zake? tethI eka rUpIAnI badalImAM eka AnAmAM teTalAja dravyo maLI jatA hoya, to vAMdhe zuM? bhagavAna kyAM te dravyo khAvAnA che ke vyAdhi ? hA, je bhagavAna te dravya svIkAratA na hAya, te vAsI dravyo na caDAvAya. paNa bhagavAna to phakta jJAtA-dAja che, tethI AvuM vAsI dravya caDAvavAmAM paisAne phAyade hoya te khAsa vAMdho levA jevuM nathI. kAraNake kAMI badhA mUrtipUjaka digambaro paisAdAra hotA nathI.) 26-mUti ane mUrtipUjAne A kapala kalpita mArga je prabhu AjJAnusAra hote, te ATalI bhUle temAM jarUra na hote. mUrtipUjA karavAmAM zarUAtathI ja asatya ane kalpanAothIja kAma levAya che, te TheTha chevaTa sudhI satyanuM nAma ja nahi. te zuM AvA asatya ane lipata mArganA upadezaka jinendra deva hoI zake kharA? Avo chadmasthAe svArthavaza banIne calAvela mithyA mArga AdaraNaya kema karIne thaI zake? na ja thaI zake jyAM pahelethI chelle sudhI asatya ane kalpanA ja che--satyanuM jyAM nAma nizAna paNa dekhAya nahi te mati pUjakamArga Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 13ra AdaraNIya naja hoI zake. zatruMjaya ke sameta zikhara javAnI zakita na hoya, tethI pachI eka paDadAupara te pahADenAM citra derI tenAM darzana karI zatruMjaya ke sameta zikhara gayAne saMtoSa mAnI le. A Adi aneka kriyAo asatya ane kalpita ja che. AvA mArgane ane mokSa mArgane bahuja cheTuM che. ra- -dareka jaina zAstramAM ema lakhela che ke-tIrthakare tIrthakara eka bIjAne maLI zake nahi, e anAdine kAyado che. te pachI temanI cAvIza mUrtione ekI sAthe besArI temane sAkSAta tIrthakara kahI eka bIjAnI pAse pAse besArI anAdinA jena kAyadAne bhaMga kare, te jaina siddhAMtane juThThAM TharAvavA barAbara che ke nahi? (barAbara jaina kAyade A hisAbe juThThI Thare che. paNa vAta ema che bhAI puSpa ? te vAta te sAkSAta hAlatA cAlatA parama pUjya tIrthakarane mATe che, nahi ke A pASANunA banAvela tIrthakarone mATe sAkSAta tIrthakare bhegA na thAya, te barAbara che, paNa A kAMI sAkSAta tIrthakara nathI. mATe A vAtamAM koI vAdhe mane te dekhAtuM nathI vaLI eka bIjI vAta paNa vicAravA jevI che eka maMdiramAM eka ja tIrthakara besAre, te Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 133 AkhA hiMdamAM bahu bahu te pAcase gAmamAM pAnase tIrthakara bese ane te pAMca tIrtha kare besAravAvALA ja bArame devaloka jaI zake agara te tIrthakara nAma gautra bAMdhI zake, tyAre pachI bIjAonuM zuM? teoe bAramA deva ke ke tIrthakara nAma getra bAMdhavA mATe zuM vrata-japa -tapa-niyama karavAM ? te te banI zake tema na hoya, to pachI zuM teoe tIrthakara nAma-getra na bAMdhavAM ? vaLI A pAMcaso prabhue te AgaLanA bApadAdAe padharAvI gayA hoya, tyAre navAone mATe zuM ? teone te lAbha kevI rIte maLe ? tethI mUrtipUjaka AcAryoe vIze tIrthakarone bhegA besAravAnI kaho ke navI rIta kADhI. agara te te rItamAM vAMdho na lIdho. Ama karavAmAM bhaTTArake ane bhakate e baMnene lAbha thaye. bhakatane navA tIrthakara padharAvavAthI bAramuM devaloka ke tIrthakara nAma-getrane lAbha maLyo ane bhadrArakone ? teone te khUba ja lAbha thayo. pahelAM sthApanA Ceremony karI tyAre mAla pANI malyAM, tyAra pachI prabhu padharAvyAnI Opening Ceremony karI-vAstu karyuM tyAre paNa sArI rIte 7-8-10 divasa sudhI mAla pANI uDayAM ane vaLI uparamAM je yajamAna Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 134 tevI dakSiNa maLI ane yajamAnane tIrthakara nAma gotra meLavI ApyuM, tenI dalAlImAM temanA bhAga rahyo, te jude. AvI rIte gRhastha AcA ne ke bhaTTArakone lAbha maLyo, te uparAMta gRhasthane paNa lAbha maLe. te pachI A vAtamAM vadhe kayAM stho vadhe levAvALA khoTA che. 8-mUrtine ArihaMta kahIne pachI tene arihaMta avasthAmAM abhiSeka kara, te zuM jinendranI - AjJA che? ke pachI mana mAnI calAve che ? (mana mAnI ja dIkSAlIdhA pachI abhiSeka hoya ja nahi ane je abhiSeka kare, te te jinendrane nahi, paNa eka gRhasthane ja kare che, ema samajAya arihaMta ane abhiSeka bane ekI sAthe hAIja na zake. Ate zeraDI ane roTalI sAthe khAvA jevuM thayuM. A geTALA uparathI paNa dIvA jevuM sAbita thAya che ke jinendra tine upa deza rdI ja nathI.) 2 statvArtha sUtranA 3-4 adhyAyamAM zrI umAsvAmI mahArAje traNe lokanI bhULa batAvI dIdhI che. paratuM temAM temaNe akRtrima caiyAlayenA saMbaM dhamAM eka paNa akSara kahyo nathI, te tenuM kAraNa zuM? zuM caityAlayo nathI? agara che te bharata Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 135 kSetramAM kayAMya che ke pachI badhA bharatakSetranI bahAraja che. (bharata kSetranI aMdara akRtrima caityAlaye che, ema kahe ke tame kaheze ke-lA, batAve. te batAvavAM kayAMthI tethI pachI emaja kahevuM yuti. yukata che ke-badhAM bharatakSetranI bahAraja che. jethI kaI batAvavAnuM kahI ja zake nahi. 30-zrI kuMdakuMdAcArye potAnA banAvela "aSTa pAhuDa' graMthamAM mUti, pratimA ane pratibimbanuM zuM svarUpa kahyuM che ane te konA mATe pUjya che ? (badhAne mATe kuMdakuMdAcAryo zuM kIdhuM che, te jevuM ja kene che? AguseM calI AtI'nA nyAye mUti pUjA cAlI AvI che, mATe calAvye rAkhe, e nyAyeja mUrtipUjA cAlI rahI che. bAkI je kuMdakuMdAcArye kahyuM che te pramANe je cAle, te mUrtipUjA hamaNuM chUTI jAya. 31-samabhadra Adi AcAryoe jyAM agIAra zrAvakanI DimAnuM varNana karyuM, tyAM zrAvakanA kartavyamAM mUrti pUjA kema na batAvI ? (kAraNa ke matipUjA e zrAvakenuM kartavyaja nathI, pachI kema karIne batAve? ATaluM ATaluM dIvA za Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 136 jevuM cepyuM che, chatAM paNuM mUrti pUjA cheDAtI nathI, te kharekhara mahA mithyAtvane udaya ja che. samantabhadra ane kuMdakuMda jevA samartha AcAryo paNa mUrtipUjAmAM dharma mAnatA nathI, tyAre pitAne temanAja bhakta kahevaDAvatA AjanA digambara mUrtipUjako mUrti pUjavAmAM dharma mAne che ane jeo te mUrtine nathI mAnatA, temanI sAthe jhaghaDA karavA Ave che. samayanI keTalI balIhArI che.) 32-digambara mUrtipUjaka paMDita jugalakizorajIe merI dravyapUjA" nAme je pustaka banAvela che, te zuM sunione pATha karavA mATe che ke zrAvakavargo te vAMcI tene amala karavA mATe ? (che te zrAvakavargane mATeja. paNa te pustaka vAMcI tene je barAbara amala kare, te mUtipUjAnAM keTalAMe dhatiMge urdI jagya. te AjanA zrAvakene, bhaTTArakone ke digambara gRhastha AcAryone gamatuM nathI tethI te pustaka vAMceja zuM karavA ? jANe tene tANe" vAMce tene vicAra karavAnuM mana thAya, na vAMce tene zuM ?) 33zrAvakanAM bAra vrata hoya che. temAM mUrtipUjA e kayuM vrata che, agara kayA vratamAM gati che ? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 137 (keI paNa vratamAM nahi, jyAM mUrtipUjAe zrAvakane dharmaja nathI, tyAM tenuM sthAna vratamAM hoIja kevI rIte zake ?) 34-mUrtipUjA kene mATe koNe batAvela che? (bhaTTArakee ane svArtha sAdhuoe pitAnA bharaNapoSaNa ane mAjazekha sArU ajJAnIone mATe batAvela che.) 35-mUtimAM paraseve Ave e zuM satya che? je nahi, te hAla thaDA vakhata pahelAM ja khuraImAM devagaDhanA rane samaye eka mUrtimAM parasevo AvI gayAnI aphavA kema uDADavAmAM AvI hatI ? aDhAra dezamAM parase e eka deSa che ke nahi? | (che, paNa je evI ga uDADavAmAM na Ave, te mUrtimAM camatkAra che ema ke mAne? mUrtinI mAnyatA DhIlI paDI gaI hoya, tene vadhAre daDha karavA vakhate vakhata AvI gapa uDADavAmAM na Ave, te pachI mUrtinuM mAhAsya vadhe kayAMthI? mATe e te badhuM emaja cAle. mUrtimAM camatkAra che ane ApaNuM bhaluM buruM mUti karI zake che, e mAnyatAthIja vadhAre pramANanA loko tene pUje che, bAkI te te patthara che, ema jANavAvALA paNa jANe che.) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 138 36-paMca kalyANaka pratiSThAomAM je mUrtinI aMdara pAMce kalyANakanI kalpanA karIne pratiSThA karavAmAM Ave che, ane mUrtine AhAra AdinI carcA karAvavAmAM Ave che, te zuM A badhuM jinendranI AjJAnusAraja thAya che? (bIlakula nahi. badhuM kapala kalpitaja thAya che. eka nAnuM bALaka paNa jANe che ke-mUti AhAra karI zakatI nathI chatAM tene bhega ane niveda dharavAmAM Ave che, te zuM AvuM kapALa kalpita karavAnuM vIra prabhu kahe kharA ? A te badhuM hiMduomAMthI udhAra lIdheluM che.) 37-zuM nakazAmAM citrelA nadI taLAvamAM vahANa cAlI zake kharUM? zuM kAgaLanA phUlomAM khuzabe AvI zake kharI? je nakazAmAM citrela nadI taLAvamAM vahANa cAlI zake ane kAgaLanA phule khuza Ape, te mukti mela pahoMcADe ema mAnI zakAya, nahitara nahi. (barAbara che, Apane nyAya seLa vAla ne eka ratI che. bhagavAnanA nAmanuM eka putaLuM banAvyuM, (ke je bhagavAna jevuM ke jevaDuM jarA paNa nathI) putaLuM je mekSa ApI zakatuM hoya, te pachI bhagavAnanA zarIrane zA mATe bALI nAkhyuM ? tene Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 139 rAkhI tenI pUjA-arcanA karI hatI, te vizeSa mokSa maLata. paNa nahi tema na hoI zake. bhagavAnanI mUrti kaI divasa mekSa ApI zakatI ja nathI, tenAmAM mekSa ApavAnI zakti che, ema mAnavuM e eka pahelA naMbaranI mUrkhAI che.) 38-prabhue vyavahAra ane nizcaya e be naya batAvela che. nizcaya te nizcaya ja che, paraMtu vyavahAra paNa nizcaya sudhI laI javAvALe satya naya che. have ema te naja banI zake, ke nizcaya te mokSamArga dIe ane vyavahAra tethI ekadama ulaTuM asatya ane kalapanAnA pATha paDhAvI khAmAM nAkhe. mUti pUjA rUpa cheTe vyavahAra, nizcayanI pAse pahecADI zake khare ? (nahi ja. baTuM te khoTuM ane sAcuM te sAcuM. beTA vyavahArathI sAcuM maLe ja nahi 39-siddhakSetre upara ane parvata upara caraNa pAdukAo rAkhavAmAM Ave che ane ahIM maMdiramAM mUrtio rAkhavAmAM Ave che. AvuM karavAnuM kAraNa zuM ? jinendra prabhue Ama karavAnuM kahyuM che? (prabhue te mUrti pUjavAnIja jyAM nA pADI che, tyAM Ama karavuM ane Ama na karavuM, e to prabhu kaheja kema ? pahADa para rakta caraNa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 140 pAdukAo rAkhavAnuM kAraNa e che ke-tyAM pahADa upara Akho divasa ke hAya nahi, ane kadAca hoya te ekAda-be mANaseja hoya, tethI je pahADe upara rUpAnI, senAnI ke hIrAnI mUrtio rAkhI hoya, ane te rAkhelA mANase ja upADI jAya te? agara te cAra DAkuo AvIne upADI jAya te? saMdhane lAkhonI uThene? tethI karIne lAMbo vicAra karIne A goThavaNa gaThavI che. zaheranA maMdiramAM mUtio heya, te khAsa karIne vAMdhe Ave nahi. jo ke zaheranA maMdiremAMthI paNa mUrtio upaDI jAya che, paNa te kaIka vakhateja. tethI je goThavaNa thaI che, te barAbara che. 40-samatinuM zuM svarUpa che? samaktine ane mUrtine keTalo saMbaMdha che? have je saMbaMdha hoya te narakamAM kyA tIrthaMkaranI mUrti jeIne nArakane samakita prApta thAya che? have je narakamAM mUti joyA vagara paNa samakti thAya che, te pachI ahIM mUrtinI zuM jarUra che? (jarA paNa nahi. mUti vagara ja anaMtA ja mekSe gayA che, jAya che ane jaze mATe mUrtinI jarA paNa jarUra nathI) 41-AjanA mUrtipUjaka digambara jaina, mUrti pUjAthI keTale ane kaye lAbha uThAvI rahyA che? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 141 (jarA jeTaluM paNa nahi. ulaTuM lAbhane badale nukazAna uThAvI rahyA che. hajAro ane lAkho rUpiAnuM pANI kare che, ane rmUti pUjake, tAraNapaMthIo ane sthAnakavAsIo sAthe kajIyA ubhA karyA kare che. mUti thI phAyado koI paNa che ja nahi, jyAre nukazAnane te kAMI hisAbaja nathI. A nukazAna keTaluM che, tene je vigatavAra khulAso lakhavA besIe, te eka sArUM jevuM pustaka thaI jAya. AvI rIte, mUrti pUjAthI dareka rIte nukazAna ja che.) 42- have je mUti dekhavAthI vairAgya pidA thAya che, ane eTalA kAraNa mAtrathI ja te pUjA karavA rogya mAnI jAtI hoya, te vAdaLAM, ulkApAta, ane smazAna vagerane pUjya mAnavAmAM zuM vAMdho che? ke jenAthI tIrthakare jevAne paNa vairAgya thaI Avyo? (barAbara che. mUrtipUjAe havethI smazAna vagerene paNa pUjya mAnI temanI paNa pUjA karavI joIe. kAraNa ke tenAthI tIrthakara jevA mahApurUSane paNa vairAgya thaI Avya; te smazAna vagerene te vizeSa pUjya gaNavAM joIe. paNa nahi, teo tema nahi kare. teo te pattharanI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 142 mUrtine ja pUjya gaNI temanI sevAmAM rakta rahevAnA. 43-zuM kaI paNa tIrthakarane mUrti jevAthI vairAgya thaye che kharo ? ( nahi ja. kaI paNa tIrthakarane mUrti jevAthI vairAgya thayeja nathI. are, mUrti jevAthI vairAgya thave te ghera gaye, paNa ulaTe mRgAra (rasa) pedA thAya che ane nakAmA navA cIkaNuM karma baMdhAya che.) 44-A digambara jaina mUrtipUjA kayArathI, jeNe zA mATe calAvI ? (mahAvIra pachI 500-700 varSe amuka bhaTTArakoe hiMdu dharmanI dekhAdekhIthI pitAnA svArtha mATe calAvI. duniyAne kAyade che kedhAmadhUma hoya tyAM mANase kheMcAya, tema ahIM paNa banyuM. hiMduonI mAphaka maMdira-mUtio karI digambara mUrtipUjakoe dhAmadhUma khUba vadhArI dIdhI, tethI bhaktane sAruM lAgyuM, ane gADuM cAlyuM. bhaTTArakee temAM ja dharma mALe, ane zAstrathI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 143 anabhijI le ke te pramANe mAnyuM. AvI rIte mUrtipUjA calAvI.) 45-mUrtipUjAthI puNya maLe che ke mekSa ? have je phakta puNyaja maLatuM hoya, te pachI aSTa dravya caDAvatI vakhate ekSa saMbaMdhI siddhio mAgI pUjA kema karavAmAM Ave che ? puNya kema nathI mAgatA ? (mAge bhalene game teTaluM, paNa maLavAnuM ja kayAM che? mUrtipUjA karIne pApa kare, ane pachI puNya mAge, te kayAMthI maLavAnuM hatuM? vAva che AkaDe ane phaLa joIe che AMbAnAM, te kayAMthI maLe ? puNya kare te puNya maLe. mUrtipUjA mAMhenuM eka paNa kArya evuM nathI, ke jethI puNya thatuM hoya. te pachI mekSanI te vAta ja zuM karavI) ka Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 144 anAvazyaka digambara jainamUti para sAmAnya vicAre digambara jaina mUrtipUjA tadana anAvazyaka ja che-jarA paNa jarUrI nathI, e ApaNe pAchaLanA pRthyamAM joI gayA, chatAM paNa A vAtane vadhAre majabuta karavA anAvazyaka digambara jaina mUrtipUjA bAbata digambara jaina mUrtipUjaka bhAIeja zuM kahe che, te have ApaNe joIe. bAbU sUrajabhAnujI vakIla jeo digambara mUrtipUjaka samAjanA eka mAnanIya netA che, teo kahe che ke 1-jaina zA vAMcavAthI ane paMDita gopAladAsajI Adi prakhyAta vidvAnonA upadezathI e mAluma paDe ke-jaina dharma e mUrtipUjaka dharma nathI. 2-dharmane sAra eka phakta vItarAgatA ane vijJA natA ja che. eja mokSanuM kAraNa che. A bemAMthI paNa vItarAgatAja vijJAnatAnuM kAraNa che. 3-vItarAgatAthIja kevaLa jJAna prApta thAya che ane sarva sukha maLe che eTalA mATe jaina dharma eka mAtra vItarAgatA para jora dIo che. 4-vItarAgatA prApta thavAnuM mukhya kAraNa vItarAge kahela jinavANInuM zravaNa, manana ane nididhyAsana che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 145 5-jinavANuM (zA) mAM vItarAgatAnI mukhyatA zreSThatA bahuja sArI rIte batAvavAmAM Avela che. - jaina dharma e vItarAga dharma che. eTalA mATeja jaina dharma parama vItarAgI deva, vItarAgI gurU ane vItarAganI zikSA devAvALAM zAnI tarapha vaMdanA bhakti karavAnI AjJA dIe che. 7-te AjJA sAMsArika kAmanI siddhi mATe karavAnI cekhI nA pADe che. evI IcchAthI kAma karavAvALAne te jaina dharma mithyAtvA TharAve che. 8-sthApanA karIne pUjana te phakta eka ke be jaNA ja karatA haze. bAkInA je seMkaDe jene maMdiramAM jAya che ane sthApanA karyA vagaraja bhakti-stuti kare che, te te zuM nakAmI jAya che? 9-maMdira javAne vakhata na hoya ane je loko pitAne ghera beThA beThAM ja, ke maMdiranA eka khuNAmAM besIne covIza tIrthakarane ke paMca parameSThIno jApa jape che, hRdayapUrvaka temanI bhakti, stuti ane vaMdanA kare che, to zuM teo sthApanA na karatA hovAthI, agara te mUti temanI sAme na hovAthI, jeonI te stuti-bhakti kare che, te zuM nakAmI jAya che ? nahi, nahi. te bhakti -stuti nakAmI nathI jatI. teo vItarAganA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 146 guNone yAda karIne te guNenI bhakti-stuti kare che, te te bezaka mIDAkAryakArI ane phaLadAyaka thAya che. jainazAstrane spaSTa Azaya A che. A uparathI e spaSTa siddha thAya che ke bhakti stuti, pUjA ane vaMdanA mATe nathI te mUrtinI jarUra ke nathI te sthApanAnI jarUra, ke nathI jaLa ke caMdana Adi vastunI jarUra. jarUra hoya te phakta eTalIja ke, vItarAga prabhunA vairAgya ane tyAgarUpa guNene pitAnA hRdayamAM barAbara sthAna ApI, te pramANe vartana karavAnI. ke jethI karIne ApaNA pApI hRdayamAMthI paNa rAgadveSa rUpI kacare e che thaI ApaNe jarA vadhAre pavitra thaIe, ane ApaNe vItarAgatAnI vadhAre najIka pahoMcIe. -tIrthaMkara prabhue, siddha bhagavAne ane parama pavitra sAdhu-muni mahArAjenA guNene yAda karI, temanI stuti-bhakti karatA rahevAthI ApaNA bhAvanI zuddhi thAya che, ane A stuti-bhakti ApaNe game te jagAe ane game tyAM karI zakIe chIe, tyAM mUti hoya ke na hoya, tenI kaI jarUra nathI. upara mujabanA bAbu sUrajabhAnujInA zabdothI spaSTa thAya che ke mUrtinI jarAe jarUra nathI. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 147 tyArabAda bAbu jugalakizorajI mukhtAra A bAbatamAM zuM kahe che, te ApaNe joIe. 8 upAsanAnA Dhaga' nAmanA teonA 16-8-26 nA lekhamAM teo spaSTa lakhe che ke - AjakAla ApaNuM pUjAbhakti vikRta ane sadeSa banI gaI che. pAtra kesarI " tetranA 37mA kaleka mujaba jinendra bhagavAne AvI kaI pUjA vidhi batAvIja nathI, paNa zrAvake eja pinAnI manamAnI vidhi kapita karI lIdhI che, ane jema jema vakhata jate gaye, tema tema A vidhividhAne rUDha thatAM gayAM. pUjAnI je vidhi Aje pracalita che, teja prAcIna kALamAM paNa hatI, ema kaI kahI zake nahi. pUjAvidhimAM barAbara parivartana thatuM gayuM che. amitagati zrAvakAcArane bleka kahe che ke-eka vakhata e paNa hatuM ke-jayAre AgaLanA AcAryo vacana ane zarIrane barAbara sthira karIne potAnA pUjya gurUone hAtha joDatA, mastaka namAvatA ane temanI stuti karatA; ane tene ja dravya pUjA kahevAmAM AvatI hatI, ane manane dareka prakAranA bAhA vicArathI dUra karI, tene dhyAna Adi dvArA paramAtmamAM lIna karatA ane tene bhAvapUjA kahevAmAM AvatI. tyArabAda eka samaya evo paNa Avyo ke--dezamAM niveda, dipa, dhUpa ane phaLaphUlathI pUjA thavA lAgI ane tene dravyapUjA kahevAmAM AvI. hiMdu devatAonI mAphaka Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 148 jina devenAM paNa ADAna ane visarjana thavA lAgyAM, ane jaine evuM samajavA lAgyA ke-kamabaMdhanathI tadRna mukta thayela siddha bhagavAne paNa belAvavAthI Ave che, besAravAthI bese che, ane pUjA thaI rahyA pachI rajA devAthI pitAne yajJa bhAga laI ghAlyA paNa jAya che. AhUtA e purA devA labdha bhAgA yathA kamama / te mayADabhyacitA bhakatyA, sarve yAtu yathAsthitimAM pUjA thaI rahyA bAda A pATha dararoja belAya che. A pATha jaina siddhAMtanI virUddha hovA chatAM paNa jana samAjamAM belAyA kare che. A pATha hindu dharmanIja nakala che. hindu dharmanA deve bolAvavAthI (teonI mAnyatA pramANe) Ave che ane jAya che, tyAre jainomAM tema hoI zake nahi. hindu dharmanA prAbalya kALe A vAta temAMthI udhAra levAmAM AvI che. tyAra bAda jaLa, caMdana Adi dravya caDAvavAM, te tadana anucita che, ema mukhtAra sAhebe "merI dravya pUjA' nAme pustakamAM siddha karI batAvyuM che. upara mujaba mukhtAra sAhebanA vacanathI paNa siddha thAya che ke-bhUti ane mUrti pUjA nakAmAM che. tyAra bAda sane 192lmAM TAvALA bIradhIlAlajI zeThIe jaina dharma ane mUrti pUjA nAme eka pustaka Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 149 chapAvyuM. temAM temaNe siddha karI batAvela che ke-Aja kALanI pUjA vidhi ekadama dUSita thaI gaela che, ane hiMduonA saMskArathIja AvI jAtanI pUjA vidhi jainamAM ghusI gaI che. temaja teo kahe che ke-je loko pitAnA svArtha mATe sAMsArika IcchAo pUrI karavA mATe-arihaMtAnI pUjA bhakita kare che, jAta jAtanA paNa ane segaMda lIe che, kezariyA nAthajI, mahAvIrajI zikharajI, giranArajI AdinI belI bele che ane te bhagavAnene AzA dIe che ke-mArUM amuka kArya siddha thaI jaze, te huM tamArAM darzana karavA AvIza-tamane chatra-cAmara Adi suMdara upakaraNa caDAvIza-A loko nAma mAtranAja jaine che, bAkI kharUM pUche te teo mithyAtvIja che. temaja keTalAka loko mAMdagI agara AvI paDela Apattie thI chuTavA mATe 6 Rddhi, karma dahana, traNa loka Adine mAMDala maMDAvIne A vItarAgI mUtione rizvata (lAMca) devAne Dhaga kare che ane ema samaje che ke amane amArA pApanA phaLa na maLe, te leko paNa nAma mAtranAja jainI che, rUDhinA pITavAvALA ja che, ane mithyAtvanA prabhAvathI jenI banavAnA ga karI jaina dharmanI badanAmI karavAvALA ja che. AvI upAsanA taddana nakAmIja che, ane AvI upAsanAthI karaDe varSo sudhI paNa sAco dharma meLavI zakAtuM nathI. anya dhamIe te zuM paNa have keTalAka mUrti Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 1pa0 pUjaka jane paNa mUrti pUjAnA AvA DhaMgathI artha ane samayane nakAme durupayega thAya che, ema samajI gayA che. ane samaje temAM navAI paNa zuM che? ApaNI AjanI mUrti pUjA potAnA lakSyathI bhraSTa ane AdarzathI nIcI paDI gaI che. temAM phakata sUko (ka) bhAvahIna kiyAkAMDaja bAkI rahele che. jaina dharmanA bIjA viSaye saMbaMdhI te hajAre saMskRtamAM banelA prAcIna graMthe che, paraMtu pUjA viSayanA bahuja ochA graMtha che, ane je che te paNa Aja kAlanA banelA che. junA vakhatamAM AjanA jevI ADaMbara yukata-bhabhakA baMdha pUjA nahatI thatI. paraMtu vakhata jema jema gaye, tema tema hiMduonI dekhAdekhI vadhavA lAgI ane je jinendra deva keInA belAvyA Ave nahi, te devane jene mekSamAMthI bolAvavA lAgyA, besAravA lAgyA ane pachI temane yajJane bhAga daI temane visarjana karavA lAgyA. upara mujaba bIradhI lAlajI zeThInA lakhANathI paNa siddha thAya che ke mUrti ane mUrti pUjA nakAmA ja che. mUrtimAM jinendra heya ja kevI rIte? jinavara he kalpita rameM, phira te mukata kahAnA kayAre ! vastu svarUpa na jAnA jagameM,. kira te jana kahAnA kayAre | Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ mUratameM jinarAja padhAre, ziva puraseM phira AnA kayAre ? jaina dharma viparIta batAve, phira siddhAnta kahAnA kayAre che. asala mile je nakala kiyese, yathA tathya kahAnA kyAre ? kalpita-kSa kaho phira jagahI, ziva purameM phira jAnA kayAre | kalpita gAya dUdha je deve, kalipata bhejana khAnA kayAre | siMha citrako dekha kabhIbhI, apane mana bhaya khAnA kayAre paNa kalpita bAta kalpanAse hI, nija svarUpa mila jAnA kayAre ! kalpita juTha kahAve, te phira, "mUrata meM bahakAnA kayAre | lekhaka-puSpa' silavAnI uparanI kavitA upara vAcaka vicAra karI jeze te samajAze ke pattharanI gAya je dUdha dIe, kAgaLanuM phUla je sugaMdha dIe ane pattharane siMha je mAravA uThe te ja pattharanI mUti mekSa daI zake. sUrya jema pazcimamAM uge nahi, caMdra jema garamI ApI zake nahi, tema pattharanI gAya dUdha daI zake nahi-kAgaLanuM phUla Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ upara sugaMdha daI zake nahi, ane pattharane siMha koIne mArI zake nahi, barAbara temaja pattharanI mUti mekSa pahacADI zake ja nahi. asala ane nakalamAM AsamAna jamIna eTale pharaka che. asala te asala ane nakala te nakala. eka asala hAthI hajAre rUpIAnI kismate veMcAya che ane tene rAjA-mahArAjAoja rAkhI zake che. tyAre te hAthInI nakala karI vecanAra kuMbhAra te hAthIne babe paise vece che. kayAM hajAro rUpIAnI kismatane eka hAthI, ane kayAM A be paisAne hAthI? AsamAna jamIna eTale pharaka che. mATe asala teja sAcuM sonuM samajavuM. eka bAjuthI digambara mUrtipUjaka bhAIo kahe che ke mukata thaela jI kaI kALe paNa pAchA na Ave, tyAre teja bhAIe Dhola-nagArAM pITIne kahe che ke-cAlo bhAIo? Aje bhagavAna garbhamAM AvyA che; Aje bhagavAnane janma divasa che, Aje bhagavAna dIkSA levAnA che. AvI AvI nAkhI devA jevI vAta karatAM zuM temane jarA paNa vicAra nahi thatuM hoya ? zuM teone tIvra pApabaMdha nahi thatuM hoya? ame amUrti pUjake tamArA dhAtunA ke pattharanA bhagavAnanI kAMIka vAta karIe, te tamane duHkha lAge, tame krodha kare, ane amane mithyAtvI kahe, te zuM tame amArA bhagavAnanI AvI phajetI kare, tethI amane duHkha nahi Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 153 lAgatuM hoya ? bhagavAna garbhamAM AvyA hatA 2500 varSa pahelAM, tyAre tame kaho cho ke bhagavAna Aje garbhamAM Avaze, bhagavAne janma lIdho hate 2500 varSa pahelAM tyAre tame kahe che ke-bhagavAna Aje jamyAH AvI tamArI vicitra vAtethI amane ghaNuM ja duHkha thAya che, paNa zuM karIe? tamane kAMI kahevAtuM nathI ane kahIe chIe te tame ulaTA krodhe bharAo che. mATe haju paNa AvI bALa ceSTA cheDI deze te sArUM che. vaiSNava bhAIonI mAnyatA anusAra temanA rAmakRSNanI mUrtio AgaLa temaNe karelI badhI lIlAo karI, te mUrtione pratiSThita karI pUjya mAnavI te ThIka che, kAraNa ke teo temanA bhagavAnane avatAra rUpa mAne che. paNa temanI dekhAdekhI karI ApaNuM parama vitarAgI prabhunI paNa lIlA karavI-temanuM bAlyajIvana, gRhastha jIvana ane rAjaga Adi ujavavAM te jarA paNa vyAjabI nathI. kAgaDe haMsanI cAle cAle, ane haMsa kAgaDAnI cAle cAle, e bane nakala ThIka na thaI zake parantu te hAMsI-mAlane pAtraja thaI zake che. AvI ja hAlata paMcakalyANakanA viSayamAM thaI rahI che. bIjAnI dekhAdekhIe mUrtipUjaka bhAIo lIlA te kare che, garbhathI laIne nirvANa avasthA sudhInI; paNa A bhAIo pAse mUrti che phakata eka nirvANa avasthAnI ja, tene pratiSThita karavAnA bahAne A badhI lIlAo thAya Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 154 che. paratu nakala te nakala ja rahe che. parama vitarAgI mUrtine garbhanuM mhAnuM karIne jevI rIte nAnA baccAMne ghaDIyAmAM rAkhI jhulAvAya che tevI rIte A vitarAgI pratimAne ghoDIyAmAM uMdhI rAkhI jhulAvAya che. A jhulAmAM jhulAvavAnI vidhi pratiSThA karavAvALA ja kare che ema nathI paNa dareka strI-purUSa AvIne eka be hIMcakA nAkhI jAya che ane rUpIA caDAve che. A strI-purUSane je kaI pUche ke-je tame hIMcako nAkhe te mati bALa avasthAnI hatI ke vitarAgI avasthAnI ? te jarUra javAba maLaze ke uMdhI rAkhela mUti vItarAgIja hatI. te pachI tame jhulAvyA te bALaka bhagavAnane ke vItarAgane? jarA vicAra kare-khUba vicAra kare keA lIlA tame zuM hisAbe karI rahyA che? A te tame jaina dharmanI lIlA karI rahyA che ke mazkarI? jarA eTale te vicAra kare ke-A kAma jaina dharmane anukuLa che ke pratikuLa? AvI lIlAothI e vAta spaSTa thAya che ke have mUrtipUjaka jaina dharma vItarAgI dharma rahyo nathI. mUrtipUjaka bhAIoe bIjAnI dekhAdekhI karIne ane bhaTTArakanA caDAvyA caDIne pitAnA asalI rIta-rIvAja beI nAkhyA che, tethI teo na te ahIMnA rahyA ke na te tahIMnA. pratiSThA karAvatI vakhate zuM zuM karavuM joIe, tenuM varNana paNa jarA sAMbhaLavA jevuM che. pratiSThAnA divasa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 155 pahelAM sAta ATha divase pratiSThA karAvanAra zeTha pratiSThA karAvavAvALA vidvAna (gRhastha, AcArya ke bhaTTAraka)ne ghera jAya. strIo motIbharyA thALa hAthamAM laIne gIta gAtI cAle. garajI mahArAjane ghera jaI tene pitAne ghera teDI lAve. tyAM cAkI bIchAvI tenA upara siMhAsana rAkhI cAra vATavALe dI jalAve. siMhAsana upara te vidvAnane besAre ane pachI vAjA vAge. tyAra bAda cAra sAgyavaMtI ke yuvAna strIo te vidvAnanA zarIra upara caMdana lagAve, pachI tela cALe, pachI pILI khalIthI tela dUra karIne vidvAnane navarAve. pachI svAdiSTa bhejana karAvI te vidvAnane sArAM vastra ane ghareNAMthI sajAve. tyAra pachI te vedI gAyanA chANathI lIpI jAya che, ghaDAmAM gamUtra Adi nAkhavAmAM Ave che, tyAra pachI jinendra, temanI mAtAo ane iMdra-IMdrANIonI tathA chatracAmara Adi aSTamaMgaLa dravyonI pUjA ATha dravyathI thAya che. tathA keI devatAnI pUjA sapheda cUrNathI te koInI lAla cUrNathI, tathA keInI khIrathI, ane duzmanenA nAza mATe kRSNa pratIdevanI kALA cUrNathI pUjAsthApanA thAya che. A che "ahiMsA parame dharma !" A badhI vAta je vigatathI lakhavA besIe, te eka pustaka bharAya. amUrtipUjaka dharma mUkI mUrtipUjaka dharma grahaNa karyo, te kayAM jaIne paDyA, te eka vicAravA jevI vAta che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 156 zuM AvI rIte duniyAbharanA yakSa pizAca AdidevadevIonI pUjA karavAthIja jina-pratimAM maMdiramAM padharAvavA yogya thaI zake? nahitara nahi? paMDita AzAdharajInA pratiSThA pATha ane prAyaH bIjA badhA pratiSThA pAThemAM yakSayakSiNIo tathA kSetrapALa AdinI mUtio besAravAnI pratiSThA-vidhi lakhelI che ane pratiSThA karyA bAda yakSa pizAcanI nitya pUjA karavI joIe, evI bhalAmaNa che. yakSAnI pratiSThA pAMca jagAnA pANathI mUtine snAna karAvyA pachI rAtrIe karavI (divase kema nahi, e paNa eka savAla che. kadAca divasanA yakSa-pizAce te pUjA-pratiSThA jevA AvavA navarA nahi hoya ema lAge che.). paMDita AzAdharajIe maMdiranA zikhara upara dhajA caDhAvavAnI vidhimAM lakhyuM che ke maMdira paranA kaLazethI eka hAtha uMcI dhajA caDAve to ArogyatA vadhe che, be hAtha uMcI caDAve te putra Adi saMpatti thAya che, traNa hAtha uMcI caDAve te dhAnya Adi saMpatti vadhe che, cAra hAtha uMcI caDAve te rAja-vRddhi kare che, vagere. te huM kahuM chuM ke 50-100 hAtha uMcI caDAvavAthI digambara mUrtipUjaka bhAIone jarUra svarga ke mekSa maLI jatuM haze. eka hAtha UMcI dhajA caDAvavA mAtra Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 157 thIja je zarIranuM Arogya sacavAI rahetuM hoya te Aje eka paNa digambara mUrtipUjaka bimAra paData nahi ane vaidya-DokaTaranA khIsAM bharata nahi, ane be hAtha dhajA uMcI caDhAvavA mAtrathI ja je putra ane saMpatti thatAM hota, te Aje eka paNa digambara saMtati vinAne, anna vastra rahita hota nahi; paNa A badhAM ga15AM ja che. digambara mUrtipUjaka saMpradAyamAM kevAM kevAM gappAM mAryA che, te mAre ahIM batAvavA vicAra hatA, paNa pustaka dhAryA karatAM vadhI gayuM hovAthI te vAta huM vadhAre vistArathI ApatuM nathI. A gIpAMo uparaja je huM lakhavA besuM te pAMca pAnAnuM eka pustaka bharAI jAya. je mUrtipUjAnI jarUrIAta heta, te tIrthakara, kevalI, zrutakevalIka, kuMdakuMda Adi mahAna AcAryo jarUra tema kahetA ane mUrtipUjAnuM samarthana karata, parantu teoe tema karyuM nathI, tethI khAtrI thAya che ke A anAvazyaka digambara jaina mUrtipUjAnI traNa kALamAM koI jarUra nathI. Aje je bhAIo-paMDita pitAnA svArtha mATe A anAvazyaka kviAne pracAra kare che, teo pitAnI manamAnI yuktio ajamAvIne A prathAne kAyama rAkhavA mAge che, paraMtu A vIsamI sadInA samaju bhAIe te A prathAne svIkAratA nathI ja. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 158 mUrtipUjaka digambara samAjanA vidvAne paNa phakta kheMcatANa karIne ja mUrtipUjAnA viSayanI puSTi kare che. tIrthakara bhagavAnanI spaSTa AjJA te teo kayAMya batAvI zaktA ja nathI. * sthApanA nikSepathI mUrtipUjAnI siddhi teo kare che; paNa samaju bhAIoe vicAra kara joIe ke - sthApanA nikSepane A mUrtipUjAnI sAthe karyo saMbaMdha che? je sthApanA nikSepaja pUjya hoya te tenI pahelAne nAma nikSepa paNa pUjya have joIe; parantu nAma nikSepanI pUjA te kaI paNa digambara bhAI nathI karatA. te tenuM kAraNa zuM ? ane nAma nikSepa pachI gaNatrImAM AvavAvAle sthApanA nikSepaka pUjya gaNa, tene artha zuM? A badhI siddhAntIka vAte para vicAra karavAmAM Ave, te dIvA jevuM dekhAze keA anAvazyaka digambara jaina mUrti pUjA parANe- jabarajastIthI gaLe bAMdhavAmAM AvI che. vItarAgatAne Adarza mAnIne mUrtipUjAnI AvazyakatA batAvavAmAM Ave che, paNa te eka khATI kalpanAja che. kemake vItarAgatAne Adarza eka jaDa pASANunI mUti kadApi paNa batAvI zakatI nathI; temaja vItarAgatA pradAna karavAnuM sAmarthya A jaDa pASANu mUrtimAM che ja nahi; eTale mUrtine vItarAgatAne Adarza mAna, e eka beTI kalpanA ja che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 150 sAcA deva teneja kahI zakAya, ke jenAmAM sarvajJatA hitepadeza ane vItarAgatA A traNa guNa hoya. have vicAra karo ke- je mUtine deva mAnI pUjA karavAmAM Ave che, te mUrtimAM upara kahela traNamAMthI eka paNa guNa che khare? eka paNa guNa nathI ja, ema eka nAnuM baccuM paNa kaheze, te pachI AvA eka paNa guNa vagaranI mUrtine pUjavAmAM phAyade che? priya baMdhuo ! A anAvazyaka mUrtipUjAthI na to vItarAgatA prApta thAya che ke na te deva-pUjAnI pUti thAya che eTalA mATe have ApanuM e kartavya che ke-A anAvazyaka digambara jaina mUrtipUjAne sAce zAstrIya nirNaya Avyo che, ane sAcA jaina dharma anusAra vAstavika devanA lakSaNa samajI, te prApta karavA adhyAtmika zAnuM vAMcana karavuM, ke jethI Apane Atma kalyANa karavAne sAce raste maLe ane saMsAra baMdhanathI hamezane mATe mukata thavAya. digambara jana mUrtipUjA zA mATe anAvazyaka che, tenA kAraNe ApIne-upasaMhAra karUM chuM-- 1-zrI jinendra deve pitAnA mukhathI mUrtipUjAne Adeza ke upadeza dIdhela nathI, te mATe mUrtipUjA anAvazyaka che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 2-mokSamArga pradhAna jena dharmamAM mUrtipUjAne mokSa mArga sAthe kAMI sabaMdha nathI, tethI mUrtipUjA anAvazyaka che. 3-chadma eja mUrtipUjAnI prathA cAlu karI che. ane temaNe ja tene pracAra karyo che. eTalA mATe jinendranA sAcA sevakee A kaLikalipata ane siddhAMta virUddha mUrtipUjAne anAvazyaka gaNavI joIe. 4-ekaja vIra prabhunAM saMtAne paraparamAM kajIyA, vivAda ane vitaMDAvAda karIne barabAda thaI rahela che, ane tethI ghaNuM jIvanAM mAthAM kapAya che. A badhAnuM kAraNa joIe, te te mUrti ja che, ane teTalA mATe mUrtipUjA anAvazyaka che. pa-janadharma e eka Atmaya vastu che. ane dareka prANI, dareka dezakALamAM, dareka hAlatamAM jana dharma pALI zake che. parantu mUtimUjA A siddhAMtathI taddana virUddha che, tethI mUrtipUjA anAvazyaka che. 6-atyAre pratyakSa joI zakAya che ke mUrti pUjA ThekedAronA hAthamAMja mUti rahe che, ane tethI te vyakitagata cIja kare che, dhArmika nahi, tethI mUrtipUjA anAvazyaka che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 16 7-jina pratimA, jina bimba AdinuM je svarUpa zrI kuMdakuMda svAmIe pitAnA graMthamAM batAvela che, tene ane A jaDapUjAne koI saMbaMdha nathI. tethI A mUrti pUjA anAvazyaka Thare che. 8-sarvajJa, vItarAga ane hitepadezI A devanAM lakSaNa che. temAMnuM eka paNa lakSaNa A jaDa mUrtimAM maLatuM nathI, eTalA mATe mUrtipUjA e jaDapUjAja che, ane tethI te mithyAtvanuM kAraNa bane che. mithyAtvaja A jIvane moTAmAM moTe verI che, eTalA mATe mithyAtvanI jananI evI A mUrtipUjA tadRna Avazyaka na che. -jIvanA dareka manoratha zAthI pUrNa thAya che. jyAre zAthIja AtmakalyANanI badhI sAmagrI maLI rahe che, tyAre evI kaI bAbata bAkI rahI jAya che ke-je zAstrathI na maLatI hoya ane mUtithI maLatI hoya ? eTalA mATe paNa siddha thAya che ke A mUrtipUjA jIvanA kalyANamAM. jarApaNa sahAyabhUta thatI nathI, eTalA mATe A mUrtipUjA taddana anAvazyaka che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 162 10 -caraNAnuyogamAM muni ane zrAvakanA mUla ke uttara guNemAM kayAMya paNa mUrtipUjAne samAveza karela nathI, tethI A mUrtipUjA anAvazyaka che. 11-zrAvakanI kula 53 kriyA che, temAM mUrtipUjA : nAmanI koIpaNa kriyA nathI. eTalA uparathI paNa chesiddha thAya che ke A mUrtipUjA e managaDhanta | kiyA che. ane tethI anAvazyaka che. para digambara janomAMja terApaMthI, visA paMthI, tAraNa paMthI Adi bheda prabhedonuM mukhya kAraNa A mUrtipUjAja che. je digambara samAjamAMthI A mUrtine rajA devAmAM Ave, te Ajeja A bhede nIkaLI jAya ane badhA eka thaI jAya. eTalA mATe ApasamAM bheda paDAvavAmAM nimittarUpa A mUrtipUjA anAvazyaka che, anAvazyaka che, ane tethI tene badhAe cheDI devI joIe. digambara jana atipUjA saMbaMdhI haju ghaNuM lakhI thAya tema che, paNa pustaka dhAyAM karatAM bahuja vadhI gayuM hovAthI vizeSa kAMI nahi lakhatAM ahIMja pUrNa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 163 A graMtha mULa hiMdI bhASAne anuvAda che. ane A pravRtti karavAno Azaya paNa kevaLa vItarAga darzane nanAM adarzathI vegaLA jatA AtmAone samajAvavAno che. Azaya zuddha heI kaI paNa prakAranA kaTu zabdone praga karyo nathI chatAMya je jIvane mithyAtvane durAgraha baMdhAyela hoya ane keI apriyakara zabdo jaNAya te amane sUcanA karavAnI kRpA kare e vastu ame temanAM pAse yAcIe cIeke jethI punaH navI AvRttimAM te sudhArI zakAya. khAmemi save jIvA, save jIvavikhamaMtume ! mittimesavabhUesa, vera majajhana keNaI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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