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________________ zrImad devacaMdrajI kRta covIsI (svopajJa bAlAvabodha-TIkA ane hindI-gujarAtI anuvAda sahita) saMpAdaka : premala kApaDiyA prakAzaka : harSadarAya prA. li. jI. jI. hAusa, DI. esa. mArga, muMbaI-400 001. pRSTha : 506 (471 prAcIna raMgIna citro ane 159 kalAtmaka kRtio sahita) mUlya : US $ 70 prastuta racanA 'covIsI' eka mahAna vidvAna ane supratiSThita siddha adhyAtmayogI parama pUjya zrImad devacandrajI vAcaka (vi. saM. 1746-1812 tadanusAra I. sa. 1689-1755)nI AjIvana samarpita adhyAtma sAdhanAnuM paripakva phaLa che. zrImad devacandrajI kharataragacchanA upAdhyAya zrI dIpacandrajI ke jeo rAjahaMsagaNinA nAme paNa vikhyAta hatA, teonA ziSya hatA. A graMthanI prastAvanAmAM saMpAdake graMthakAra zrImad devacandrajInA saMkSipta jIvana vRttAMtane rocaka rIte nirUpita karyuM che. zrImad devacandrajInA jIvana kavanane AlekhatA anya mahattvapUrNa gujarAtI graMtho jevA ke - zrI kAMtibhAI bI. zAha dvArA saMpAdita 'zrI devacandrajI mahArAja kRta stavana--covIsI', zrI maNilAla ema. pAdarAvAlA dvArA likhita 'zrImad devacandrajI : temanuM jIvana ane gujarAtI sAhitya' Adi graMthomAMthI uddhRta saMdarbho ane vivaraNone lIdhe prastuta graMthamAM nirUpita thayeluM graMthakAranuM jIvana-citraNa AdhArabhUta ane tathyaniSTha banyuM che. jaina paraMparAmAM sacitra prAcIna graMthonI prathA maLe che. jethI A pustakamAM prAcIna citro, paTa, hAMsiyA, phUlikAo vagereno yathArtha upayoga karI devacandrajI covIsIne sacitra prakAzita karI che. A mATe jaina saMgrahAlayo temaja vyaktigata saMgrahamAMthI maLelA citro-paTa vigereno samAveza karavAmAM Avyo che, jene kAraNe A graMtha ati suMdara ane adbhuta kakSAno banyo che. A graMtha 'covIsI' athavA 'stavana covIsI'mAM kharekhara 25 stavano AvelA che. 24 stavano covIsa tIrthaMkaronA nAmathI aMkita thayelAM che, jyAre aMtima pacIsamuM stavana upasaMhArAtmaka che. A 25 stavanomAM kula 214 gAthAo AvelI che, je aDhAramI sadInI gujarAtI bhASAmAM racavAmAM AvI che. A graMthamAM graMthakAranI svaracita TIkA-svopajJa bAlAvabodha, pUjya kalApUrNasUrIzvarajI kRta rocaka ane vizada gujarAtI bhAvAnuvAda ane teno paM. baMsIlAla nalavAyA ratalAmavALAe karelo hindhu anuvAda prakAzita karavAmAM AvyA che. jo ke A graMtha Ama to tIrthaMkara prabhunI stutirUpe racAyelAM bhaktipUrNa stavanono saMgraha che, chatAMya tenuM eka AgavuM viziSTa prayojana paNa che ja. A kRtinuM mukhya lakSya sarvocca prabuddha AtmA evA tIrthaMkara prabhune samarpita saMniSTha parA bhaktinuM saMvardhana karavuM e ja che. paNa A bhakti kevaLa bhAvanAo ke hArdika saMvedanAonA AveganI pariNati nathI, vaLI ahIM pragADha mugdhatA ke dInatAnI avasthAnuM nirUpaNa paNa nathI. A bhakti to kharekhara Atma--darzananI sarvocca bhUmikAe birAjatA tIrthaMkara prabhune nivedita sevA ane samarpaNanA mAdhyamathI potAnA ja AtmAne samajavA, oLakhavA ane tattvataH jANavA mATenI prakriyAmAM sahAya karanAra utkRSTa sAdhana che. Ama A kRti bhaktibhAvathI rasArdra hovA chatAM bauddhika draSTikoNa ane AtmAnA svabhAva tathA tenI mULa dazAnA zAstrIya vaijJAnika vivecanathI jarAya achUtI nathI. vinaya, samarpaNa, Adara ane bhaktinA hRdayaMgama bhAvonA suMdara tANA-vANAmAM gUMthavAmAM AvelA adhyAtma viSayaka siddhAMtonuM ahIM thayeluM nirUpaNa eka parama anubhavI ane prabuddha upadeSTA zrImad devacandrajInA pratyakSa Atma-darzana paMthanuM taddana AgavuM ananya citraNa rajU kare che.
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________________ bhakti kevI rIte AtmajJAna tarapha laI jaI zake ? AtmAne vAstavika vikAsanuM rahasya zuM che ? parama vItarAga bhagavaMtonA udAtta guNa ane svabhAva sahaja umadA dharmo-lakSaNonuM zravaNa karavuM, temanI pratimA ke chabinA darzana karavA vagere. zAstrokta sAdhana-upAya Atma viSayaka parama jJAnanI siddhimAM keTalI hada sudhI sahAyaka thaI zake ? Atma sAkSAtkArano mArga zA mATe prabhunI bhaktipUrNa ArAdhanAnA pradezamAM thaIne nIkaLe che ? chevaTanI mukti arthAta mokSanI upalabdhimAM tarka, vivekabuddhi ane tattvajJAnanA siddhAMtonI jaTilatAnuM jJAna keTaluMka sahAyakArI nIvaDI zake? AvA tamAma praznonA samAdhAnakAraka ane sAcA uttara A stavana graMthanI gAthAonI pAvana yAtrAmAM sahajatAthI maLI rahe che. svarUpanA parama sAkSAtkAramAM dhyAnanuM mahattva, karmadoSanA parimArjanathI zuddha Atma svarUpanI prApti, prabhunAmajapanI paraMparAnuM mahattva, AtmAnA vizuddha svarUpanI asalI oLakha karavAmAM nayazAstra ane tarkasaMgata bauddhika vivecanAnA jJAnanI bhUmikA, prabhunA vibhinna svarUponI vaividhyapUrNa ArAdhanAnuM rahasya, paramAtmAnI IcchAnI sarvoparitA, upAsaka ane upAsya vacceno abheda (ekatva), prabhu ane temanI pratimAnI tAttvika ekatA, prabhu mAhAbhyanA guNagAnanuM gaurava, AtmAnI lAkSaNika zakti (sAmarthya), satsaMganuM phaLa tema ja AtmAnI tIkSNa-tIvra AgavI vizuddhatA-nirmaLatA dvArA mohano vinAza. AvA saghaLA viSayonuM prastuta graMthamAM rasALa ane vegavaMtI bhASAmAM vizada vivecana karavAmAM AvyuM che. A racanAmAM utkRSTa sAhityika sauMdarya ane dArzanika caitanyanA ojasathI bharapUra, atyaMta prabhAvakAraka ane manohArI zabdAvaliono sahaja suMdara pravAha vAcakanA cittane jANe ke kheMcI laI jAya che. adhyAtma viSayaka siddhAMtonuM nirUpaNa paNa evI sarasa rIte karavAmAM AvyuM che ke jethI graMthakAranA upadezano bodha sahajatA ane sugamatAthI thAya che. pratyeka stavana pachI saMpAdake te te stavanano saMkSipta sAra paNa Apyo che, jethI kramazaH pratyeka stavanamAM carcAyelA mukhya viSayane tarata ja samajavAmAM vAcakane ghaNI ja sahAya prApta thAya che ane AnAthI nAnuM evuM Avartana paNa thaI jAya che. kALajI kRtiomAM chUpAyelAM marma-rahasya to tenA vAraMvAra karelA paThana, avagAhana, pArAyaNathI ja anAvRtta thatA hoya che. A graMthane cArasothIye vadhu nAnAM-moTAM khUba ja ramaNIya ane netrotsavakAraka citro, laghucitro, suzobhana kalAkRtio tema ja chabio-phoTogrAphasathI suMdara rIte sajAvavAmAM Avyo che. AthI A graMtha kharekhara kalA jagatamAM, khAsa karIne citrakalAnA kSetre, jaina saMskRti ane paraMparAnA mAtabara pradAnanI jhalakane aMkita karanAra eka mahattvapUrNa dastAveja tarIke ApaNI sAme Ave che. gAthAonA kalAmaya sulekhane A utkRSTa prakAzananI guNavattA ane zobhA baMne vadhArI dIdhA che. A graMthanA pariziSTamAM viziSTa dArzanika, pAribhASika zabdonA saraLa artha, graMthamAM rajU thayelA citronI vigata tathA kalA saMgrahAlaya jevA citronA stroto pratye AbhAra prakaTana vagereno samAveza karavAmAM Avyo che. parama satyanA sAkSAtkAramAM sahAyabhUta thanAra bhakti jevA viSayanI vaijJAnika Dhabe thayelI vivecanAne rajU karanAra A graMtha ke jenI AjanA yugamAM kadAca vadhAre prAsaMgikatA che, tevA mahattvapUrNa graMthanuM prakAzana karavA badala saMpAdaka ane prakAzaka baMne ApaNA hArdika abhinaMdanane pAtra che. AzA che ke, darzanazAstra ane bhakti sAhityanA vidyArthIo tema ja vidvAno tathA citrakAro ane bhAratIya kalA-vArasanA marmajJa rasikajano A graMthanuM umaLakAbhera svAgata karaze.