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________________ AzAtanA ane aMtarAya thoDA vakhata pahelAM eka mitre kahyuM, "2maNabhAI, amArA eka vaDIla ke jeo baMne page apaMga che emane eka pavitra divase bhagavAnanAM darzana karavAno bhAva thayo. ame emane UMcakIne gADImAM besADyA ane darzana karavA laI gayA. eka derAsare gayA ane daravAjA pAse gADI evI rIte UbhI rAkhI ke jethI gADImAM beThAM beThAM bhagavAnanAM darzana thAya. paraMtu darzana na thayAM, kAraNa ke daravAjAmAM bhagavAna ADe kALuM moTuM borDa hatuM. eTale ame emane bIjA derAsare laI gayA to tyAM paNa daravAjAmAM AvuM borDa hatuM. trIjA ane cothA derAsare paNa ema ja hatuM. teo bahu nirAza thaI gayA. pachI ame emane samajAvyA, ke derAsaranI dhajAnAM darzana karo eTale bhagavAnanAM darzana thaI gayAM kahevAya. emaNe dhajAnAM darzanathI saMtoSa mAnyo." mArA eka mitra zrI bipinabhAI jaine kahyuM, "kacchamAM aNArA nAnI khAkhara gAmamAM pahelAM derAsaranA daravAjAmAM bhagavAnanI ADe koI borDa nahotuM. bahArathI UbhAM UbhAM darzana thaI zakatAM. have tyAM paNa pATiyuM AvI gayuM che.' meM kahyuM, "kacchamAM bhadrezvaranA jUnA derAsaramAM AMgaNAmAM UbhA rahIne aMdara dUra ame mahAvIra svAmInAM darzana karatA. derAsaranI racanA evI karI hatI ke TheTha bahAra Ubhelo mANasa bhagavAnanAM darzana karI zake.' ema kahevAya che ke borDa rAkhavAnuM kAraNa e che ke bhagavAnanI pratimA para ochAyo paDe ethI AzAtanA thAya ane vaLI bahAra nIkaLatAM bhaktonI pUMTha thAya e bIjA prakAranI AzAtanA thAya. ema A be prakAranI AzAtanA mATe derAsaronA daravAjA pAse borDa rAkhavAmAM Ave che. A uparAMta bIjuM koIka
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________________ jinatattva 340 kAraNa hoya to te mArA jANavAmAM nathI. paraMtu A aMge jarA vigatathI vicAravAnI jarU2 che. bhAratamAM badhAM jinamaMdironA daravAjAmAM bahAra moTAM borDa nathI hotAM. gujarAtamAM jUnA vakhatamAM badhe evuM haze ke nahIM te khabara nathI, gujarAta, rAjasthAna vagere bhAratanAM maMdiromAM kyAM kyAM AvAM borDa rAkhavAmAM AvyAM che teno sarve karavo joIe. keTalAMka maMdiromAM jinapratimA ja pahele mALe rAkhavAmAM AvI hoya che. eTale teone mATe AvA prazno upasthita thatA nathI. muMbaImAM pAyadhUnInAM cha derAsara tathA digaMbara derAsara pahele mALe che. jUnA vakhatamAM prasUtivALI strI ke enAM gharanAM sabhyo mATe athavA rajasvalA strI mATe darzananI kAyamanI judI vyavasthA thatI. amArA gAmamAM pUrvajoe derAsaramAM evI racanA karelI ke prasUtivALI strI ke rajasvalA strIne darzana karavAM hoya to te mATe derAsaranI bahAra eka jALI rAkhavAmAM AvI hatI ke jyAMthI teo darzana karI zake. derAsaramAM bhagavAnanI pratimAne koInI azubha dRSTi lAge, zUdrada mANaso darzana kare, rajasvalA strI bahArathI darzana kare mATe paDado ke borDa rAkhavAmAM Ave che paNa te niyama keTalo vyAjabI che te vicAravuM joIe. eka vakhata 5. pU. sva. kailAsasAgarasUrijI sAthe mAre vAta thaI hatI tyAre emaNe kaheluM ke, 'mahesANAmAM gAmamAM nahIM paNa hAIve 52 huM derAsara eTalA mATe karAvuM chuM ke jatAM AvatAM pravAsIo dUrathI paNa darzana karI zake. sImaMdharasvAmInI pratimA eTalI UMcI banAvaDAvI che, beThaka paNa UMcI rAkhI che ane derAsarano daravAjo paNa UMco ane pahoLo banAvyo che ke jethI roDa uparathI mANasa bhagavAnanAM darzana karI zake. moTarakAra ke basamAM jatA-AvatA pravAsIo paNa darzana karI zake.' bharata mahArAjAe aSTApada tIrthamAM covIsa bhagavAnanI pratimA bharAvIne pratiSThA karAvI hatI. A pratimA nija nija dehapramANa' evI karAvI hatI ane cAra dizAmAM enI goThavaNI be, cAra ATha ane dasa e krame rAkhI hatI. sUtramAM Ave che H cattAri aThTha dasa doya vaidiyA jinavarA uvisyuM. aSTApada parvata ghaNo UMco hato. eTale nIce ghaNe dUrathI pratimAo nihALI zakAya. have e covIsa bhagavAnanAM darzanamAM aMta25Ta kyAMthI Ubho
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________________ AzAtanA ane aMtarAya karI zakAya ? pa. pU. zrI devacaMdrajI mahArAje zrI zAntinAtha bhagavAnanA stavanamAM lakhyuM che ke : dakSiNa pazcima uttara dizimukha ThavaNA jina upagArI re; tasu AlaMbana lahIya aneke, tihAM thayA samakitadhArI re. A stavanamAM devacaMdrajI mahArAje samavasaraNanI vAta kahI che. samavasaraNamAM sahu koI jaI zake che. bhagavAna samavasaraNamAM pUrvAbhimukha hoya che. anya dizAmAM beThelA lokone paNa bhagavAnanAM sAkSAt darzana thAya e mATe devo bAkInI traNe dizAmAM bhagavAnanI jIvaMta pratikRtinI sthApanA kare che. e evI AbehUba hoya che ke jonArane ema nathI lAgatuM ke ame bhagavAnane badale emanI pratikRti joIe chIe. samavasaraNanI racanA badhAMne darzanano lAbha maLe ane bhagavAnanI pavitra dezanA sAMbhaLavA maLe e mATe hoya che. tyAM zUdrAdi, mithyAtvI anya dharmI loko paNa bhagavAnanAM darzana kare che. are, pazupaMkhIo paNa tyAM Ave che. paraMtu e mATe samavasaraNanA daravAjA baMdha karavAmAM nathI AvatA athavA borDa mUkavAmAM nathI AvatuM ane Ave topaNa bhagavAna eTale UMce birAjamAna hoya che ke daravAjAnuM ke borDanuM kharca mAthe paDe. vaLI, mahattvanI vAta to e che ke keTalAya bhavya jIvone pratikRti arthAt pratimA jotAM ja tyAM samavasaraNamAM ja samakti prApta thAya che. samavasaraNamAM bhagavAna ke emanI pratikRtine koIno ochAyo lAgato nathI to derAsaromAM bhagavAnanI pratikRti pratimAne koIno ochAyo kema lAgI zake ? derAsaromAM to yuropiyano, ke anya videzonA pravAsIone athavA ApaNA dezanA anya dharmIone AvavA devAya che. teo hoya che pravAsI, paNa teomAMnA koIkane bhagavAnanI pratimAnA AkAranI mAchalIne jotAM jo sakti thavAnAM udAharaNa zAstramAM hoya to bIjA lokomAMthI koIkane kema samakti na thAya ? alabatta, derAsaranI aMdara AvanAre derAsaranA AcAranuM pAlana karavuM joIe. 341 naLadamayaMtInI paurANika kathA che. dyUtamAM hArI jatAM teone vanamAM cAlyA javAno Adeza thayo che. vanamAM damayaMtIne mUMjhavaNa thaI. tene rojano niyama hato ke bhagavAnanI roja pUjA karIne pachI AhAra levo. paNa vanamAM jinapratimA kyAMthI hoya ? paNa damayaMtI kalAkArIgIrImAM hoMziyAra hatI.
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________________ jinatattva 342 eNe veLu (retI-mATI)mAMthI eka sthaLe koIka anukULa jagyAmAM suMdara jinapratimA banAvI. enA upara pANI chAMTI, mATIno ja sarasa suMvALo lepa karyo. A rIte taiyAra thayelI manohara jinapratimAnI vidhisara sthApanA karIne te enI roja pUjA karatI. bIjuM mukAme kare to tyAM paNa e rIte veLunI pratimA banAvatI ane pUjA karatI. have damayaMtInA jinamaMdirane koI dIvAla ke chAparuM nahotuM. e vakhate tyAM AgaLathI pasAra thatA AdivAsI bhIla jAtinA lokono ochAyo bhagavAnanI pratimA upara paDe to tenuM zuM karavuM ? paraMtu damayaMtI jANatI hatI ke jinezvara bhagavAnanI pratimA upara koIno ochAyo paDe ja nahIM. trilokanA nAthanuM svarUpa ja evuM alaukihoya ke ochAyo Ave te pahelAM ogaLI jAya. sAmAnya rIte derAsaro savArathI sAMja sudhI khullAM hovAM joIe ane pUjA paNa sUryAsta sudhI thaI zake. paNa vyavahAru dRSTie corI vagerenA bhayane kAraNe tathA vahIvaTI kharca ocho rAkhavA mATe pUjA phakta savA2nI thaI gaI ane sAMje phakta darzana thaI zake. sAmAnya rIte sAMje AratI thaI jAya ane tyAra pachI derAsara mAMgalika thaI jAya te pachI koInA mATe te kholI na zakAya, paraMtu koI moTo saMgha Avyo hoya athavA viziSTa yAtrALuo AvyA hoya to athavA viziSTa utsava hoya to derAsara avazya kholI zakAya che. pacAsa varSa pahelAM ame zaMkhezvaranI yAtrAe jatAM. comAsA pachI baso retImAM cAlu thAya. savAre gayelI basa sAMje pAchI Ave. jAtrA karI, basano TAIma thAya tyAre daravAjA bahArathI darzana karI sarva yAtrIo basamAM besatA. jUnA vakhatamAM jyAre muMbaImAM TrAma hatI tyAre mATuMgA, sAyana janArA loko TrAmamAM beThAM beThAM mATuMgAnA caumukhI bhagavAnanAM be hAtha joDI darzana karatA. eka gAmamAM ame evuM derAsara joyuM che ke jyAM covIse kalAka darzana thaI zake. emAM gabhArAmAM phakta traNa moTI pratimAo che. AMgI mATenA cAMdInA mugaTa amuka avasare ja savAranA paherAvAya che. derAsaranA gabhArAnI jALI bapore baMdha thAya, paNa tene tALuM mAravAnuM nahIM. bapore paNa koIne pUjA karavI hoya to thaI zake. derAsaranA mukhya dvArane rAtanA AMgaLiyo bharAvAya. paraMtu aDadhI rAte paNa koIne derAsaramAM jaI prabhujI sAme besI dhyAna dharavuM hoya to dharI zakAya. dIvo covIse kalAka cAlu hoya. tyAM corInuM koI ja jokhama ja nahIM eTale cokIdAranI jarUra paNa nahIM. jUnA vakhatamAM gujarAtamAM ghaNA
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________________ AzAtanA ane aMtarAya 343 gAmaDAMomAM borDa vagaranAM AvAM derAsaro hatAM. kiMmatI AMgInI prathA AvI tyArathI bIjI badhI jarUriyAto UbhI thaI. AvAM borDa rAkhavAmAM bIjo eka Azaya ema kahevAya che ke derAsaranI bahAra nIkaLatAM mANasa jinapratimAne pUMTha karI na nIkaLe. bahAra nIkaLatAM bhagavAnane sUMTha na thAya, paraMtu pUMTha karavAnA A viSayane paNa barAbara samajavo joIe. jUnA vakhatamAM nAnAM gAmamAM nAnuM derAsara hoya ane raMgamaMDapa nAno hoya tyAM bhagavAnane pUMTha karyA vagara pAchA page cAlIne bahAra nIkaLI zakAtuM. paNa tyAM borDa nahotAM. paraMtu have jyAre moTA moTA raMgamaMDapo baMdhAvA lAgyA tyAM aDadhe sudhI to mANasane pUMTha karIne nIkaLavuM paDe che. vaLI pAchA page to daravAjo oLaMgavAnuM paNa adharuM che. UMdhA page vadhAre cAlatAM mANasa kyAreka paDI jAya, bhaTakAI paDe ke cakkara paNa Ave. mahesANA, ayodhyApuram, zAhapura vagerenAM derAsaromAM keTalA moTA raMgamaMDapo che ! tyAM kyAMkane kyAMka koIka bhagavAnane pUMTha thavAno saMbhava rahe che. pAlitANAnA samavasaraNa maMdiramAM bhamatImAM pArzvanAtha bhagavAna che. eTale kyAMka to pUMTha thavAno saMbhava rahe che. rANakapuranA derAsaramAM bahAranA bhAgamAM racanA ja evI karavAmAM AvI che be pratimA sAmasAme jovA maLe. tyAM eka bhagavAnanAM darzana-pUjA karIe to bIjA bhagavAnane sUMTha thAya. paraMtu e aTakAvavA mATe tyAM kyAMya borDa rAkhavAmAM AvyAM nathI. ApaNAM ghaNAM derAsaromAM gabhArA bahAra raMgamaMDapamAM baMne dIvAlomAM jinapratimA hoya che; eka bAjunA bhagavAnanI pUjA karIe to sAmenI dIvAlanA bhagavAnane pUMTha thavAnI. borDa mukhya daravAje hoya ane moTA derAsaramAM bAjunA be daravAjA hoya to tyAM to nIkaLatI vakhate pUMTha thavAnI che. eTale A kAraNa paNa bahu vyAjabI lAgatuM nathI. tIrthaMkara bhagavAnano avinaya thAya ema hoya eve vakhate aMtarapaTa eTalI vAra mATe karavAmAM Ave che. e jarUrI che. dIkSA ke padavI prasaMge ziSya gurumahArAjane vaMdana kare tyAre bhagavAnanI upasthitimAM guru mahArAjane vaMdana karAya eTalo samaya bhagavAna ane guramahA2Aja vacce aMtarapaTa rAkhavAmAM Ave che. e yogya che ane zAstrokta che. moTA bhAganAM derAsaromAM borDa upara gAmaparagAmanA utsavonI moTI moTI patrikAo lagADelI hoya che. bIjA paNa samAcAro cokathI lakhAyA hoya che. A badhuM Avazyaka che, paNa te anyatra hoya to vadhAre yogya gaNAya.
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________________ 344 jinatattva derAsaramAM pravezatAM ja vacce borDa Ave ane mANasa patrikAo vAMcavA rokAya, to enI "nisiha'no bhaMga thAya che. kyAreka to samAcAra evA hoya che ke bhaktanuM mana prabhunAM na karatAM karatAM enA vicAre caDI jAya che. pariNAme darzana-pUjAmAM evI ekAgratA rahetI nathI. Ama derAsaranA daravAjA pAse UMcuM pATiyuM rAkhavAthI keTalAya lokone darzanano lAbha - maLato nathI. jeo derAsaranAM pagathiyAM na caDI zake evA vRddho tathA apaMgone bhagavAnanAM darzana sahaja rIte thatAM nathI. koI UMcakIne laI jAya to thAya, paNa badhA vRddho pAse evI sagavaDa hotI nathI. Ama derAsaranA daravAjAmAM borDa rAkhIne keTalAka lokone darzana karatA aTakAvavA emAM aMtarAya karma baMdhAya che? aMtarAyano Azaya na hoya to paNa aMtarAya avazya thAya che. jo aMtarAya karma baMdhAtAM hoya to te kone lAge ? TrasTIone ? saMghapatione ? enI preraNA karanAra sAdhu mahArAjane ? te vyaktigata baMdhAya ke sAmudAyika baMdhAya ? A badhA praznonA javAba to jJAnI bhagavaMto ApI zake. vaLI AzAtanA ane aMtarAya karma e bemAM zuM vadhu gaMbhIra ? AzAtanA eTale Aya + zAtanA, Aya eTale Avaka, napho ityAdi, zAtanA eTale kSati. AzAtanA eTale vepArI bhASAmAM kahevuM hoya to naphe nukasAna eTale azAtanA doSa jeTalo lAge tenA karatAM aMtarAyakarma vadhu gaMbhIra gaNAya. A viSaya para meM lakhyuM che te mArI samaja pramANe lakhyuM che. emAM koI doSa hoya to te mATe kSamAprArthI chuM. jJAnI bhagavaMto A viSayamAM vadhu prakAza pADe ane yogya mArgadarzana Ape ema icchuM chuM.