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________________ 124 zAsanaprabhAvaka zrI ghaMTAkarNa mahAvIra mahuDI tIrthanA sthApaka prakAMDa prabaMdhamUrti parama yoganiSa; samathe vAdavIra; vizALa graMtharAzinA kartA zAstra vizAradanI padavI prApta karanArapUrva dharo samI zAsanaprabhAvanA karanAra pU. AcAryapravarazrI buddhisAgarasUrIzvarajI mahArAja cAre bAju aMdhazraddhAne gADha aMdhakAra chavAye hate. bhUta-pretanA ochAyA nIce bhuvAo phUlyAphAlyA hatA. DhAMgadhatI ge. mAjhA mUkI hatI. (aMdhazraddhA ane ajJAnane vaza thaI asaMkhya loke emAM phasAIne trAsa bhogavI rahyAM hatAM. evI viSama ane asahya sthitimAM prANImAtranA kalyANanI kAmanA vAMchatA eka dharma puruSanuM dila dravI UDyuM ane A lokone uddhAra karavA ane talasI rahyuM. temanA hRdayamAM eka tino prAdurbhAva thaye ane dizAzUnya lekene eka sAcAdivya pIDArahita mArga maLe. e dharmapuruSa hatA yoganiSTha AcArya zrI buddhisAgarasUrIzvarajI mahArAja ane e divya jyati eTale mahuDI (madhupurI)mAM pUjyazrIe sthApela zrI arihaMta paramAtmAnA ananya upAsaka, zAsanarakSaka, paropakArasika yakSarAja zrI ghaMTAkarNa mahAvIradeva. Aje A zAsanarakSaka zrI ghaMTAkarNa mahAvIradevane mahimA eTalo prabhAvaka ane vyApaka banyuM che ke Thera Thera temanI mUtio padharAvavAmAM Ave che.) zIla, saMskAra ane suvizuddha saMyamanI saurabhathI sadA surabhita guNiyala gurjaradezanI zasyazyAmalA ratnagarbha bhUmi para eka divasa eka tejapuMja pragaTo. e bhUmi te suramya AmraghaTAo vacce zubhatAM prAcIna jaina uttaga jinAlaye vaDe zebhatI vijApura (vidyApura) nagarI; ane divasa te vi.saM. 1930nA mahA mAsane kRSNa pakSanI caturdazIno dhanya divasa. te dhanya divase pATIdAra rAtinA agragaNya zrI zivAbhAI paTelanI zIlavatI bhAryA aMbAbahenanI ratnakakSAe tejasvI putrane janma Apyo. jhagamagatuM bhavya lalATa, premasAgara samAM nayana, prabhAvazALI mukhAraviMda ane sasmita cahere AbAlavRddha saune AkarSI rahyo. pheIe nAma pADayuM bahecaradAsa. zaizavakALathI bALakamAM mahAtmAnAM lakSaNo daSTigocara thatAM hatAM. eka vAra, nAnakaDA bahecarane jhADanI DALIe jheLI bAMdhIne suvaDALe hato, tyAM upara mATe sApa AvIne beThe. sau hataprabha thaI gayAM, prArthanA karavA lAgyAM. eTalAmAM sApa ApoApa dhIme dhIme sarakIne cAlyo gaye. A vAta sAMbhaLI eka mahatmAe bhaviSyavANI bhAkhI ke, "ca va ta conI ho " ane bALaka bahecare moTA thatAM evAM lakSaNe batAvavA paNa mAMDyAM. bahecara bhaNavAmAM ane ramata-gamatamAM agresara rahevA lAgyo. gujarAtI, saMskRta, aMgrejI Adi bhASAo sArI rIte zIkhIne pAMca dhoraNa sudhI te prathama naMbara prApta karyo. evAmAM eka camatkArI banAva banyA tyAga, tapa ane saMyamanI sAkSAt mUti samAM be saMtapuruSe saMsArane pAvana karatAM karatAM gAmanI bahAra sthaDila-bhUmie jaI rahyA hatA, tyAM alamasta be bheMze laDI rahI hatI. bahecarane thayuM ke A bheMze mahAtmAone aDapheTe 2010_04
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________________ zamaNubhagavaMtA-2 125 leze te anartha thaI jaze. eTale teNe lAkaDI phaTakArI bheMzone dUra karI, tyAre saMtanA zabda saMbhaLAyA : "he vatsa ! A jIva abela kahevAya. ene zA mATe pIDA kare che? kaI paNa jIvane pIDA karavI e mahApAya che. ahiMsA parama dharma chemahAtmAnI rANamAM satya, saMyama ane ahiMsAne raNakAra hato. tenI bahecaranA hRdaya para camatkArika asara thaI takSaNe ja tenuM dila dravI UDyuM. enA aMtaramAM prakAza jhaLAM jhaLAM thaze. tenA me me gIta guMjI rahyuM : "jenA rema ramathI tyAga ne saMyamanI vilase dhArA...dhana dhana e jina aNagArA.." Ama, temanA pUrvabhavanA suSupta saMskAro jAgRta thayA; badhAya bhrama bhAMgI gayA; karmanAM kALAMdhamba jALAe vikherAyAM; satya jhaLahaLI UyuM prakAzanA eka ja kiraNe AtmAnA anAdi kALanAM aMdhArAne ulecI nAkhyAM. bahecarane kaI Agama-agocara paMthe prayANa karavAnA saMketa sAMpaDI cUkyA ! evAmAM mitra pAsethI dhArmika abhyAsanI vAta sAMbhaLI pAThazALAe javAnuM zarU karyuM. namaskAra mahAmaMtra vidhipUrvaka vinayasaha guru pAsethI grahaNa karyo mukhapATha karyo. rAtribhojana ane kaMdamULane tyAga karyo. jotajotAmAM pAMca pratikramaNa, cAra prakaraNa, traNa bhASya ane karmagraMthane saMgIna abhyAsa pUrNa karyo. artha-bhAvArtha-paramArthanuM parizIlana karyuM. hajI paNa vadhu adhyayananI jhaMkhanA jAgI. gujarAtanA kAzI samA jJAnatIrtha mahesANAmAM "zrI yazovijyajI jena-saMskRta-prAkRta pAThazALAmAM praveza meLavyuM ane tyAM ja jainadarzananuM uttama ane talasparzI azyana karyuM. na bhUto na bhaviSyati evI zrI sarvajJa jinezvarabhagavaMta bhASita pAramArthika padArthonuM adhyayana karatAM karatAM to bahecaranuM mana zraddhAthI nAcI UThayuM. satata parizIlana, ekAgratA, jJAnapipAsA, sAdhanA ane satata puruSArthathI teNe dhArmika abhyAsa pUro karyo. A tejasvI zakti-samajaNane pArakhIne saMsthAnA saMcAlakoe tene gAmogAma cAlatI pAThazALAnA parIkSaka tarIke mokalyuM. paraMtu enAthI tene pUratA saMtoSa na thayo. tenuM mana te AnAthI paNa UMcerI pravajyA mATe prayANa karavA jhaMkhatuM hatuM. abhyAsanI tejasvitA eTalI hatI ke dhArmika vAdavivAdamAM bahecaradAsane kaI pahoMcI zakatuM nahIM. eka vAra eka pAdarI maTI sabhA vacce svadharmanI mahattA ane paradharmanuM khaMDana karI rahyo hato; bahecaradAse AgaLa AvIne jaina dharmanI mahattA sthApIne saune dimUDha karI dIdhA hatA ane pratyuttara ApavAne asamartha pAdarI gaMjAvara sabhA choDI cAlI gayuM hatuM. samakitadAyaka gutA , paracuvayAra na thAya. samakitadAtA gurudevazrInA upakArane badale kaTi keTi upAyathI paNa vALI zakAto nathI. saccAritracUDAmaNi pUjyapravara zrI ravisAgarajI mahArAja mahesANA nagaramAM vRddhAvasthAne kAraNe sthiratA kare che. bahecarabhAIne pUjyavaranI sevA karavAno amUlya avasara prApta thAya che. pU. gurudeva kALadharma pAmavAthI bahecarabhAIne eka yatizrInA jJAnane lAbha maLe che ane tyArathI bahecarabhAIne saMyama svIkAravAnI bhAvanA thAya che. evAmAM tapasvIratna munivarya zrI sukhasAgarajI mahArAja pAlanapuramAM birAjamAna hatA. bahecarabhAI tyAM pahoMcI gayA ane dIkSA levAnI bhAvanA darzAvI, saM. 1957nA mAgazara suda ne zubha 2010_04
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________________ 126 zAsanaprabhAvaka divase mahAmahotsava pUrvaka dIkSA grahaNa karI. yathAnAmaNa buddhinA mahAsAgara anyA. vaDI dIkSAnA megendvahana karI, pAMca mahAvrata tathA rAtribhojana viramaNavrata uccayaeN. grAmAnugrAma vihAra karatAM karatAM prathama cAturmAMsa surata padhAryA. tyAM paNa khristI dharmanA pracArako jainadhama nA pratye viSavamana karatA hatA. munivarathI A sahana na thayuM. teezrIe AhvAna Apyu ke jAheramAM zAstrArtha karavA nimaMtraNa che. paraMtu keAI AvyuM nahIM. tyAra pachI pUjyazrIe kalama upADI. eka pachI eka lakhANa pragaTa karatA rahyA. koI paNa jAtanI tIkhAza ke kaDavAza vinA, pUratI saujanyazIla vANImAM jainadharmanI prasthApanA karatA rahyA. prathama graMthanuM nAma hatu jainadharmI khristIdhama nA mukAkhaleo. '* jaina khristI saMvAda.' pariNAme, cAvIsa varSanA sudIrgha saMyamaparyAya daramiyAna pUjyazrI AvA mukAbalA mATe haMmezAM ajeya puravAra thayA. pujyazrI yama, niyama, Asana, prANAyama, pratyAhAra, dhAraNA, dhyAna, samAdhi ane aSTAMga yeganI sahajabhAve sAdhanA karI pAragata banyA hatA. kalAkonA kalAka sudhI sahaja samAdhibhAvamAM aDAla rahetA, apUrva AdhyAtmika ejasavaMta lekettara zaktine prabhAve aneka daivI zaktie AkarSAI ne pUjyazrInI sevAmAM upasthita rahevA lAgI. pAtAnI pratibhA, prajJA ane puruSAnI zakti dvArA pUjyazrI samAja ane zAsanaprabhAvanAmAM satata kAzIla rahevA lAgyA. te samayamAM cAmera aMdhazraddhA, vahema, zakA ane ajJAnatAnAM aMdhArAM chavAI gayAM hatAM. bhUta, preta ane bhUvAonu sAmrAjya vyApI gayuM hatuM. AvI dayanIya samAja sthitithI lAke trAsI gayAM hatAM. koI uddhAraka narazArdUla janme enI rAha jotAM hatAM. eve samaye mahuDImAM zrI padmaprabhujInA nUtana jinAndvayanA sAnidhyamAM, zrI ahiMta paramAtmAnA ananya upAsaka, sabhyaSTi zAsanarakSaka, paropakArarasika yakSarAja zrI ghaMTAkaNu mahAvIradevanI prabhAvaka mUrtinI sthApanA karavAmAM AvI ane bhraSTa thatI jatI prajAnuM dharma, zraddhA ane AcArathI rakSaNa karavAnI pratijJA levAmAM AvI. paraMtu e samaye saMpradAyamAM paNa aneka vAdivavAda pedA thayA hatA ane phAlyAphUlyA hatA. nAnA nAnA vADA UbhA thatA jatA hatA. pUjyazrIne pAtAnAM kAryamAM sahAya kare evA vaga alpa hateA. tema chatAM, teezrI pAtAnA niNa yAmAM aDaga rahyA ane sAmAjika navAtthAnanAM kAryo karatA rahyA. pUjyazrInuM bIjuM mahattvanuM pradAna graM'tharacanAnu che, temaNe eka pachI eka ema ekasA AThathI adhika graMtho pragaTa karIne dhama yaiAtane jhaLahaLatI rAkhI. aneka bhAvikAnAM aMtaramAM jJAnayetanA prakAza prasA. sthAnakamAgI` soMpradAyanA zrI amISi jevA munio A graMthAnA prabhAvathI pU. zrI buddhisAgarajI mahArAjanA ziSya banyA ane zrI ajitasAgarajI mahArAja banyA. pUjyazrInAM samAjasevAnAM kAryo ane graMthaprakAzanAthI prabhAvita thayelA aneka rAjarAjezvare temanA darzanane jhaMkhatA; dana pAmI tRpti anubhavatA. sAkSaro samAdhAna pAmatA, samAjasevakA preraNA pAmIne byazIla banatA. vaDAdarAnareza zrI sayAjIrAva gAyakavADanI vijJaptithI pUjyazrIe rAjamahelamAM padhArI karelA pravacanathI mahArAja khUba prabhAvita thayA hatA. ane vijayAdazamIne divase thatI pADAnI hiMsA nahi karavAnI pratijJA lIdhI hatI. mANasAnareza, pethApura 2010_04
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________________ zramaNabhagavaMto-2 17 nareza, IDaranareza, vaDAnareza Adi aneka rAjarAjezvaree zikAra, mAMsAhAra, vyasane, jugAra Adine tyAga karyo hate. pUjyazrInI paMDitAIno prabhAva gujarAtanI sImA pAra cheka banArasa sudhI pahoMcyuM hatuM. tyAMnA mahAvaiyAkaraNIo ane niyAyikoe teozrIne "zAstravizAradanI mAnada padavI ApI hatI. saM. 1970nA mahA suda pUrNimAne divase pethApura nagaranA AMgaNe bhAratabharanA zrIsa e ekatrita thaIne pUjyazrIne mahAmahotsava pUrvaka AcAryapade ArUDha karyA hatA. saue A prasaMgane khUba lAbha lIdhuM hatuM. ' pUjyazrI yogazAstranA parama jJAtA hatA. eka vAra manubhAI dIvAna, De. sumanabhAI vagere darzanArthe AvyA, tyAre prANone brahmarandramAM sthApI, zvAsozvAsane rekI, sthira thayA tyAre sau AzcaryamAM garakAva thaI gayA hatA. teozrI jIvanamAM vegane mahattvanuM sthAna ApatA hatA. pUjyazrIe pAlItANAmAM pAThazALAne AraMbha karAvyo tyAre e vize bahu UjaLI AzAo na hatI, paraMtu emAye teozrInI asIma zraddhA ane avirAma puruSArtha pariNAmakArI nIvaDyAM. guNAnurAgI gurubhakta tripuTI-lallubhAI karamacaMda, jIvaNacaMda dharamacaMda, kezarIcaMda bhANAbhAIe preraNAmRtanAM pAna karyA ane e nAnakaDuM bIja mahAna vaTavRkSa rUpe "zrI yazovijyajI jaina gurukuLa" banI rahyuM. evI ja rIte, amadAvAdamAM guNAnurAgI gurubhakta zrI lallubhAI rAyajIbhAIe pU. gurudevanI preraNAthI "zrI jaina zvetAMbara mUrtipUjaka jaina borDiMga" ane vaDodarAmAM zrI dazAzrImALI jaina borDiMga" sthApI. te paNa Aje suMdara pragati karI rahI che) pU. gurudevazrInA pAvanakArI haste aneka prAcIna tema ja navanirmita jinAlanI prANa-pratiSThAo, udyApana mahotsa, upadhAna tapa, cha'rI pAlita saMgha, jJAnamaMdiranI sthApanAo Adi suMdara zAsanaprabhAvanAnAM kAryo thayAM. paraMtu saM. 1981nA varSamAM, 24 varSane bharapUra ane vividha kAryothI samRddhine varelA dIkSA paryAya pUro thayo. jeTha vada 3 ne divase mahuDIthI vihAra karIne vijApura vidyAzALA upAzraye padhAryA. "jha a maTTANIne ajapAjApa cAlu che. pUjyazrIne bhaviSyanuM darzana thaI cUkayuM hoya tema AsapAsa joyuM. sarva zikhyasamudAya hAjara hatA. prasannatApUrvaka nayane mIMcyAM ane samAdhistha thayA. sau svapna jotAM hoya tema joI rahyA. pUjyapAda AcAryazrI mahAprayANa karI cUkyA hatA. e jotAM ja saunI AMkhamAMthI azrudhArAo cAlI. jIvananI aMtima kSaNa sudhI jJAnatine akhaMDa prakAzita rAkhanAra A mahAtmAe traNa divasa pahelAM te ekIsAthe ra7 pustaka presamAM mokalyAM hatAM. nazvara deha para paNa evI ja dIpti prakAzatI hatI. pUjyazrInA svargagamananA samAcAra vIjaLI vege gAmegAma ane nagare nagara pahoMcI gayA. 50-50 mAIlanA aMtarethI lAkho bhAvike UmaTI paDyA. vijApura mAnavamaherAmaNathI chavAI gayuM. jeTha vada 4ne divase bhavya smazAnayAtrA nIkaLI. "jya naMdA, jaya jya bhadrAnA jayakArathI gagana chavAI gayuM. lAkho Akhe azrudhArA vahAvatI rahI ane pUjyapAda gurudevane kSara deha paMcamahAbhUtamAM vilIna thaI gayuM. mAtra ekAvana varSanA AyuSyamAM bhavyatama sAdhanA, 2010_04
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________________ zAsanaprabhAvaka amApa jJAnarAzi, anupama zAsanaprabhAvanA ane prabhAvaka saccAritrane lIdhe mahAna pUrvasUrionI paMktimAM prakAzI rahyA ane anekenA preraNAsthAne zobhI rahya; evA e mahAvibhUtine koTi keTi vaMdana! (saMkalana : pU. AcAryazrI manaharakIrtisAgarasUrijI mahArAja) jainadharma-sAhityanA eka mahAna sarjaka pU. AcAryazrI ajitasAgarasUrIzvarajI mahArAja A pRthvI para agaNita mAnavo janme che ane mRtyune AdhIna thAya che. temAM sva-paranA kalyANa kAje jIvana vitAve che tene janma saphaLa thAya che. jeo saMyamI banIne sAdhanA dvArA siddhine varyA che, temano janma pUjAyogya bane che. pUjya AcAryadeva zrI ajitasAgarasUrIzvarajI mahArAja paNa evA pUjanIya hatA. teozrIne janma gujarAtanA kheDA jillAmAM piTalAda pAse nAra gAme thaye hate. nAra gAme lalubhAI nAme kheDUta agresara, temanA ghera satItvazIla saMpannA sannArI sonabAInI ratnakukSie saM. 1942 nA piSa suda paMcamIne divase putra avataryo. bALakanuM nAma aMbAlAla pADayuM. sAta varSanI vaye akSarajJAna meLavavA saMskArasaMpanna adhyApaka pAse sarasvatInI sAdhanAno prAraMbha karyo. aMbAlAlanI buddhipratibhAne tIvra pazama ane tejasvitA joIne mAtApitA ane adhyApakane saMpUrNa saMtoSa thaye. paraMtu bALaka aMbAlAlanA pUrvajanmanA keI judA ja saMskAra hatA. sAdhusaMtonI vANI sAMbhaLI aMbAlAla bhAvavibhora banI jate. dhArmika zikSaNamAM vadhu rasa lete ane enI carcA sAdhusaMta sAthe karavAmAM vadhu rasa paData. jema pArasamaNina pa lokhaMDane suvarNa banAve tema sAdhusaMtone samAgama mAnavIne saccAritravAna banAve che. aMbAlAlamAM paNa dharmasaMskAro baLavAna banyA. saM. 1959nI zrAvaNa suda paMcamIe 14 varSanI nAnI vaye, amISi banyA, gurunAM caraNomAM jIvana samarpita karyuM jinAgamonuM adhyayana karyuM, siddhAMta ane darzanazAzvonuM parizIlana karyuM. bhavatAraka jinezvaronI ananya upakArtiA para aMtara ovArI gayuM. anAdikALanA timirane ulecIne jinezvara paramAtmAnAM caraNomAM mana sthira karyuM. sAMpradAyikatAne vyAseha tajIne, aneka virodha ane avarodhone sAmane karIne mUrtipUjAne svIkAra karyo. saM. 1996nA saMvegI sAdhu tarIke yoganiSTha munivarya zrI zrI buddhisAgarajI mahArAjanA caraNe amadAvAda AMbalIpaLa jaina upAzraye samarpita banyA. pU. gurudevazrInA caraNe jinAgamonuM gadvahanapUrvaka adhyayana karyuM. prakhara pravacanakAra banyA. gaMbhIra meghagarjanA sAMbhaLIne mayUrane samUha nAcI UThe, tema pUjyazrInI vairAgya nItaratI vANI sAMbhaLI aneka bhAvikanAM aMtara DolI UThatAM ane saMsAranI kSaNabhaMguratA ane saMyamanI sArthakatAne hetu pAmatAM. 2010_04