Book Title: Ishu Khrist Santvani 07
Author(s): Meera Bhatt
Publisher: Navjivan Prakashan Mandir Ahmedabad
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/005980/1

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Page #1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ saMtavANI graMthAvali 7 Izu khrista che Page #2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Izu khrista (Jesus Christ) mIrA bhaTTa (bhAvanagara) navajIvana prakAzana maMdira amadAvAda-380014 Page #3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ A graMthAvalinAM 28 pustakonI kiMmata rU. 300 thAya che. graMthAvalino saMpuTa kharIdanArane te rU. 200nA rAhata dare ApavAmAM Avaze. prAptisthAna (1) navajIvana prakAzana maMdira gUjarAta vidyApIThanI pAchaLa, po. navajIvana, amadAvAda-14 (2) navajIvana TrasTa (zAkhA), 130, zAmaLadAsa gAMdhI mArga, muMbaI - 400 002 (3) divya jIvana saMgha zivAnaMda Azrama, jodhapura TekarI, zivAnaMda mArga, amadAvAda-15 (4) divya jIvana saMgha zivAnaMda bhavana, rAmajI maMdiranI poLa, sarakArI presa sAme, AnaMdapurA, vaDodarA-390 001 (5) divya jIvana saMgha, zizuvihAra, bhAvanagara-364 001 (6) divya jIvana saMgha, mohana oNpTiziyana, AjhAda coka, valasADa-396 001 soLa rUpiyA (c) gujarAta divya jIvana saMgha trIjI AvRtti, prata 3,000, jUna 1999 punarmudraNa, prata 3,000, okTobara 2006 kula prata : 6,000 ISBN 81-7229-237-6 (set) mudraka ane prakAzaka jitendra ThAkorabhAI desAI navajIvana mudraNAlaya, amadAvAda-380 014 Page #4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prakAzakanuM nivedana navajIvana ane divya jIvana saMghanA saMyukata upakrame "saMtavANI graMthAvali'no 28 pustikAono A saMpuTa vAcakonA hAthamAM mUkatAM AnaMda thAya che. sarvadharmasamabhAvanA udezane dhyAnamAM rAkhI A "saMtavANI graMthAvali' saMpuTa brahmalIna zrI svAmI zivAnaMdajInI zatAbdI nimitte gujarAta divya jIvana saMgha dvArA taiyAra karavAmAM Avyo hato. te taiyAra karavAmAM aneka mitrono sahakAra maLyo hato. chatAM tenI pAchaLanI ekadhArI mahenata sva. uccharaMgabhAI svAdiyAnI hatI te noMdhavuM joIe. A graMthAvalinI pahelI AvRtti capocapa UpaDI gayA pachI 1985mAM tenuM punarmudraNa karavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. paraMtu teya pahelI AvRttinI jema ja jhaDapathI vecAI jatAM graMthAvali ghaNAM varasathI upalabdha na hatI. gAMdhIjI prasthApita saMsthAnI badhA dharmonI sAcI samajaNa phelAvavAnI javAbadArI che. vaLI ucca zikSaNamAM have mUlyazikSaNa tathA tulanAtmaka dharmonA zikSaNanuM mahattva vadhatuM jAya che. kendra sarakAranA yojanA paMce mUlyonA zikSaNane protsAhana ApavAnuM samarthana karyuM che. Ane anulakSIne A pustaka saMpuTa sAmAnya vAcako uparAMta ucca zikSaNamAM kArya karatA sahu koIne upayogI thaI paDaze. gujarAta divya jIvana saMghe A graMthAvali A yojanAmAM punarmudraNa mATe sulabha karI te mATe ame temanA AbhArI chIe. "saMtavANI graMthAvali'nA A pustaka saMpuTanA prakAzanathI gAMdhIjInA sarvadharmasamabhAvano saMdezo sarvatra vasatAM gujarAtI kuTuMbomAM prasaraze evI AzA che. Page #5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ navajIvana TrasTanA dastAvejamAM tenA uddezonI pUrti sAru je je pravRttio karavAnuM sUcaveluM che temAM hindamAM vaselI badhI judI judI komo vacce aikyano pracAra karavAnuM sUcavavAmAM AvyuM che. te hetu mATe navajIvane gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM prasthApita karelA anAmata kozamAMthI A 'saMtavANI graMthAvali'nuM punarmudraNa jUna 1999mAM prasiddha karI rAhata dare ApavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. "saMtavANI graMthAvali'nI mAMga cAlu rahetAM navajIvana taraphathI tenuM A trIjuM punarmudraNa prasiddha karavAmAM AvI rahyuM che. ane tenI kiMmata sAmAnya vAcakane paravaDe tevI rAkhavAmAM AvI che te noMdhavA jevuM che. amane AzA che ke sarvadharmasamabhAvanA pracArArthe thatA A prakAzanane vAcako taraphathI yogya AvakAra maLavAnuM cAlu raheze. tA. 2-10-'06 Page #6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ anukramaNikA 23 u7 1. UtaratI rAtano ujaLo oLo 2. bALasUryanI zaktima AbhA 3. sAdhanAno prakhara madhyAna 4. prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM che ! 5. dharma-cakra-pravartana 6. chelluM bhojana 7. paroDha thatAM pahelAM 8. krUsArohaNa 9. punarutthAna , 10. IzuvANI 15 Page #7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ saMtone pagale saMto to mAnavonI mAtAnIya parama mAtA ! janama ApanArI mA to enA hRdayanAM vAtsalyanAM pUra vahAve, paNa saMto to e vAtsalyane jJAnanA ajavALAnA vAghA paherAvI, prabhutA bhaNI laI jatI dizA cIMdhI Ape. ApaNA tukArAma mahArAja kahe che ne keH ya mAtA saMtAne 352. . . . saMtonA upakAra anaMta che. ene zabdonA sUtramAM parovavA azakya che. eTale ja "saMtavANI graMthAvali'nA keTalAka saMtonAM jIvanacaritra AlekhavAnuM AgrahabharyuM nimaMtraNa maLyuM tyAre jANe piyerathI teDuM AvyA jeTalo AnaMda thayo. jIvananAM keTalAMka Daga saMtane pagale bharAyAM che, jIvananA keTalAka dhabakArA "saMtanA sAnnidhyamAM dhabakyA che. jIvananI keTalIka paLoe "saMtanA ajavAsa'nAM oDhaNAM otyAM che, eTale saMta-sAnnidhya sadA lohacuMbakanI jema kheMcatuM rahyuM che. uparanA aneka starone bhedIne aMtastalamAM preraNA siMcavAnuM saMcArI kArya saMto karatA hoya che. A graMthAvali nimitte AvA saMtonA sUkSma sAnnidhyamAM rahevAnuM maLyuM eno AnaMda akathya che. ahIM bhagavAna IzunuM jIvanacaritra AlekhyuM che. sAmAnyata: gujarAtI lipimAM 'Isu lakhAtuM hoya che, paNa hibrU zabdanA A saMskRta rUpAMtaranuM 'IzuM' vadhAre bhAratIya ane potIkuM lAge che, eTale enI joDaNI 'Izu" ja rAkhI che. Page #8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ yuge yuge paramezvarI IcchAnA khepiyA banIne pRthvI para vaikuMTha utAravAnAM avatArakArya laIne yugapuruSo janmatA hoya che. pRthvI paranA pAtALI aMdhArAne bhedIne IzvarI ajavAsa bharI devAnuM krAMtikArya emane karavAnuM hoya che. yuge yuge mAnava thaIne janamatA A UMcerA mahAnubhAvo potAnA lohInuM pANI karIne pracaMDa puruSArtha dAkhave che, paNa badalAmAM ApaNe emane zuM ApIe chIe ? UghaDatA prabhAta samA A narapuMgavo jIvanabhara mathI AtmasamarpaNanI gaMgA vahevaDAve che, tyAre enA badalAmAM pRthvI para vasatA bAMdhava emanA gaLAmAM paherAve che mRtyuno hAra ! A saMto to che UghaDatA prabhAta samA, paNa A saMtone apAtAM phUsArohaNo, jheranA pyAlA, baMdUkanI goLIomAM biDAtI sAMja ane UtaratI rAta vartAya che. jagatane vIMTaLAI vaLatI e aMdhArI cAdaramAM zvAsa valovAya che, rUMdhAya che, gUMgaLAya che. haiyuM hAhAkAra karI UThe che ke saMto sAthe jagatano A vyavahAra ? potAnA ja mAnavabaMdhuonI yuge yuge punarAvRtta thatI A bhUla aMtaramAM eka UMDI zULa pedA kare che. paNa takSaNa, hRdayanA gabhArAmAMthI eka bIjI vANI paNa UThe che je kahe che, ""tuM kevaLa phUsa, goLI ane jhera ja zA mATe jue che ? tuM je e Izune, e gAMdhIne e saoNkreTisane ane e kRSNane ! emanI AMkhomAM relAtA pArAvAra premanA samaMdaramAM zuM tane koIka bIjo sUra nathI saMbhaLAto ? emanI sAmuM joIne mAnavamAM rahelI saMbhAvanA tane jIvavA nathI preratI ? Izune krUsa para caDAvanArA mANasane nahIM, krUsa para caDI janArA IzunI sAme jo. emanI mAnavatA sAmuM joI samagra mAnavasamAjane Page #9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ mAnavatAnI e UMcAIe pahoMcADavAnuM bhagIratha kArya sAme paDyuM che, e paDakAra zuM preraNA nathI Apato ? mArA AMgaNAnA pArijAtanA jhADa nIce roja savAre kharatAM phUlamAM mane UghaDatA prabhAtanAM darzana thAya che. e ja rIte krUsanA thAMbhalA nIce TapakatAM raktabinduomAM paNa UghaDatA prabhAtanuM darzana thAya che, ane yuge yuge avatarelA harinA lAlanuM gANuM saMbhaLAya che ke: ''caraNo A cAlyAM re maraNiyA mAge bakhtara bAMdhyAM behada sabUrIne nAma, aMjavALAM evAM to utAryA harinAM hetathI. ke kALI kALI khINuM banI harino mukAma....' premano upakAra A pustakamAM Izuno saMdeza che. IzunA saMdezamAM prema che. mANasa mANasa vacceno prema. mitrane mATe prema. duzmanane mATe prema. premanuM sAmrAjya che. ApaNA yugane e premanI jarUra che. mATe IzunI jarUra che. emAM A pustakanI upakArakatA che. tA. 28-3-'83 - phAdhara vAlesa Page #10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 1. UtaratI rAtanI UjaLo oLo divasa- rAtanI abhinna jeDInI jema pRthvI para vasatA A mAnavasamAjamAM aMdhakAra ane ujAsa AgaLapAchaLa AvatA ja rahe che. yuge yuge kurukSetro racAya che, kaurava-pAMDavo judAM judAM nAmadeha dhAraNa karI asat - sanAM yuddho khele che ane jIvananA arka samuM koI satya sthApita karI javA mATe AkAza ane vasuMdharAnA koIka vahAlAMdavalAne potAnA balidAnanuM rakta dharatI para vahetuM karavuM paDe che. mAnavasamAjanI A karuNa gAthA che. kALacakra satata pharyA ja kare che. sAthosAtha mAnavayAtrA paNa satata cAlu ja che, paNa AgaLa vadhavAne badale jANe e goLa goLa ja pharyA kare che, tevo bhrama pedA thaI jAya che. Avo ja hato e kALa - jyAre pRthvI para aMdhArapaTa chavAI gayo hato. rAto to ghaNIya aMdhArI hoya che, paNa kALIcaudazanI rAtri to jANe kAjaLakALo kAmaLo oDhIne ja pRthvIne gherI vaLatI hoya che. ujAzanuM kyAMya kiraNa sudhdhAM gotye hAtha AvatuM nathI. comerathI gherI vaLatA AvA aMdhakAranAM mojamAM mAnavano aMtarAtmA paNa jANe sAta pAtALa heThaLa saMtAIne lapAI gayo che. aMdhakAranI AvI gherI zyAmalatAmAMthI rasAIne eka ujajavaLatA A pRthvI para pragaTa thAya che, jenuM bahyAMtara samasta kevaLa prabhutA ane karuNAthI vIMTaLAyeluM che. A ujajavaLatAnuM nAma che Izu. lagabhaga be hajAra varSa pahelAM pRthvI para bhUlA paDelA A paMkhInA Tahuke Tahuke kevaLa prabhunAM gIta ja kare che. pRthvI para vasatA potAnA I. khri.- 2 Page #11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ ' bhagavAna Izu mAnavabaMdhuone mAnavajIvananI sArthakatAnuM satya pIrasavA e Ave che. yuge yuge sanAtana satyonuM punaruccAraNa AvA avatArI puruSo dvArA thatuM AvyuM che. pRthvI paranA paurvAtya pradezanuM to vaLI eka vizeSa sadbhAgya rahyuM che ke ahIMnI kSitija para mAnavatAnA aneka sUraja jhaLahaLI duniyA AkhImAM prakAza phelAvatA rahyA che. bhagavAna Izu paNa janmyA. pUrvamAM eziyA khaMDanI pazcima dizAnI kSitija para prabhutAnA pavitra tejano pUrNakuMbha laIne bhUmadhya samudranA pUrva kinAre ijharAyala nAmanA yahUdI dezamAM A puNyAtmA pragaTyo. IzunA janma-varSanI gaNatarImAM bhUla thavAne lIdhe chevaTe A hakIkata mAnya thaI che ke emano janma IsavIsananA pahelA varSamAM nahIM, paNa tenAM cAreka varSa pahelAM (I. sa. pUrve 7thI 4 athavA vi. saM. 4thI paranI vacce) thayo. ne arabastAnanA vAyavya khUNe AvelA sIriyAno paeNlesTAIna nAmano pradeza. tyAMnI prajA yahUdI. paeNlesTAIna eTale moTA bhAge pahADono pradeza. pradezanI vaccethI jaoNrDana nadI vahe, pradezane pUrva ane pazcima bhAgamAM vaheMce. pUrvamAM pIriyA, DekApolIsa tathA ITuriyAno saMyukta tAluko to pazcimamAM yahUdiyA, samAriyA ane gelila. IzunA janma vakhate A pradeza romana sAmrAjyano eka bhAga hato. enI mukhya rAjadhAnI hatI jerusalema, je yahUdiyA tAlukAmAM hatI. bhAratamAM jema kAzI, tema tyAM jerusalema. moTAmAM moTuM ane jUnAmAM jUnuM maMdira jerusalemanuM. eTale dara varSe tyAMnA pAskhAra Page #12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ UtaratI rAtano ujaLo oLo nAmanA tahevAranA divase TheraTherathI jAtrALuo ahIM UmaTatA. AkhA pradezamAM bhagavAnane balidAna caDAvavAno adhikAra kevaLa A maMdiranA pUjArIone hato. paNa A dharmAdhikArIone dharmanA sattva sAthe kazo ja nAhavA-nicovavAno saMbaMdha nahoto. teo to loko para potAnI sattA calAvI ApakhudI vRttine saMtoSavAmAM ane dhananA DhagalA ekaThA karavAmAM tallIna hatA. te kALe zAsana romanuM hatuM, paNa kahevA khAtara sattA yahUdIonA koIka rAjAne ApavAmAM AvatI. hakIkatamAM to teya hoya to khaMDiyA rAjA jevo ja. romanA sUbAnI gulAmagIrI ane cApalUsIgIrI kare ane yahUdI prajAnuM lohI pI mAto thAya. IzunA kALamAM to rAjA naryo yahUdI paNa nahoto. koIka yahUdI kanyAne paraNelo hato, eTalo ja nAto hato. yahUdI, sAthe, eTale svAbhAvika rIte ja yahUdI prajA paranA jorajulama, trAsa ane ApakhudI enI carama sImAe pahoMcI jaI zakatAM hatAM. A rAjAnuM nAma hatuM heroDa. prajAnAM lohI reDI romI samrATane bhAre najarANuM mokalI rAjI rAkhato ane A bAju prajA para manamAnyo trAsa vartAvato. lokamAnasa para varcasva dharAvatI be sattA che. eka che rAjyasattA ane bIjI che dharmasattA. jyAM sudhI naitika sattAnA kahyAmAM rAjyasattA hoya che, tyAM sudhI rAjya vakaratuM nathI. paNa naitika sattAnAM pANI osaravA mAMDe che, tyAre rAjyasattA dharmasattAne kevaLa dAsI banAvI levAne badale johukamInuM eka mAdhana banAvI le che, ane kahevAtA dharmAdhikArIone kharIdI le che pelesTAInanI A ja sthiti hatI. pUjArI, zAstrI, Page #13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu AcAryo vagere judA judA padavI pratinidhio dhArmika kSetra saMbhALatA. paNa romanonI eTalI badhI vaga vadhI gaI hatI ke A sthAno para paNa temanA mAnItA ane cApalUsiyA loko ja AvI zakatA. rAjakIya adhikAro to badhA rAjAnA nAme caDhAvAyelA, paNa dhArmika, sAmAjika adhikAro "dharmasabhA'ne soMpavAmAM AvyA hatA jene "ekoterI sabhA' nAma ApavAmAM AvyuM hatuM, jemAM mahApUjArI, zAstrIo tathA dharmAcAryono samAveza thato. A sabhA chevaTe to romana sUbAne ja AdhIna rahetI. dharmane sattAnuM vaLagaNa vaLagI cUkyuM hatuM eTale mAnavatA, dayA; bhalamanasAI ane saccAInI mUlyaniSThAne badale vahema, kriyAkAMDa, vidhi-niSedhanI badabU maMdiromAM phelAyelI hatI. Ama samasta bAhya jagatamAM dharma ane nItinA sadaMtara abhAvane pariNAme manuSyamAM rahelo aMtarAtmA kokaDuM vaLIne gUMcavAI jaI "Izvara' nAmanI hastIno sIdho sparza gumAvato jato hato. AvA pAkI gayelA garbhakALamAM pelesTAInamAM be mAnavaputro janme che, jemanA lohInA dhabakAramAtramAM eka ja dhvani saMbhaLAya che, "IzvaranuM sAmrAjya'. mAnava-ItihAsanA ghaNA tabakkAmAM AvuM jovA maLe che ke mahAmAnava balbanI joDImAM sAthe pRthvI upara Ave che. mahAvIra ane buddha, rAmakRSNa-vivekAnaMda, gAMdhI-vinobA.... varSonAM varSo AgaLapAchaLanAM evAM hoya jemAM koI ja mahApuruSa pAkyo nA hoya. ahIM paNa AvuM ja thAya che. asatyanA vaheNathI purapATa vacce jatI kALanadIne baMne kAMThe be Page #14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ UtaratI rAtano UjaLo oLo 5 satpuruSa janme che. Izuno A purogAmI saMtapuruSa che jaoNna. gharaDe ghaDapaNa saMtAnanI AzA chUTI gayA pachI sAMpaDelo A bALaka jaoNna paNa potAnI trIsa varSanI vaye saMskArasiMcananuM kAma zarU kare che. pANInuM siMcana karI lokone nAhavAnuM kahI amuka pratijJA levaDAvI e dIkSA apAvato, eTale loko ene John, The Baptist eTale ke 'dIkSA ApanAra jaoNna' tarIke ja oLakhatA. enI sAdAI, svaicchika garIbAI, pavitratA tathA spaSTa vaktavya lokone AkarSatAM. lokone e eka ja vAta kaheto, ''dharmarAjya sthApavAnA divaso have bharAI cUkyA che. e mATe ApaNe saue taiyAra thavuM joIe. dharmarAjya sthapAya che cittamAM. mATe cittane zuddha karo. citta dhovAya che pazcAttApathI. mATe karelAM pApono anutApa thavA do.'' sIdhIsAdI vAto paNa lokone haiyA sosaravI UtarI jatI. aniSTa tattva para e prahAra paNa karato. eTale svAbhAvika che ke rAjyavarga tathA kahevAto dhArmika varga chaMcheDAto. A AvA saMdarbhamAM bhagavAnamaya thaIne janme che eka mAnavabALa, je jANe che ke, 'bhagavAnane pAmavAno rasto 'mAnava' vacALethI thaIne, temAMya khAsa karIne tarachoDAyelA, dhUtkArAyelA garIba mAnavo vaccethI thaIne jAya che. je 'vacalI vATa' che, sAcA arthamAM je 'rAjamArga' che, te vATano eka puNyazALI pathika pRthvI para Ave che IzvaranA sAmrAjyanuM ajavALuM laIne. . . . Izu pRthvI para Ave che e pahelAM janamAnasanA cittamAM eka AkAMkSA pragaTa thaI cUkI che. IzunA purogAmI saMto tathA jaoNne pote potAnA upadezomAM - ,, Page #15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Isu lokone satata A vAta kIdhA ja karI che ke pUrvamAMthI prakAzanuM kiraNa Avaze, je ApaNAM aMdhArAMne pheDaze. pUrvamAMthI koIka uddhAraka Avaze, je ApaNane asatya, anIti ane duSTatAnA kIcaDamAMthI bahAra kADhaze. vAcAsiddha puruSonI A AgAhI hatI ke pUrvano A panotA putra samasta mAnavajAtino uddhAraka siddha thaze ane sakaLa jagatano pyAro thaze. Aje ApaNe joIe chIe ke pRthvI paranA mahad paTa para kevaLa IzunA nAmanuM sAmrAjya pravarte che. khristI dharma sauthI vadhu vyApaka dharma che ane khristI dharmano mULa graMtha "bAIbala' havAnI jema sarvatra phelAI gayo che. AnuM ekamAtra kAraNa che IzunuM cittAkarSaka, manamohaka jIvanacaritra. IzunuM cAritrya eTaluM badhuM sAmarthyavAna che ke anekone yugayugAMtara sudhI e preraNA ApyA karaze. 2. bALasUryanI ratima AbhA "mAruM aMtara prabhuno mahimA gAya che. ane mAro AtmA mArA uddhAraka paramezvaramAM rAce che, kAraNa, teNe potAnI A dIna dAsI upara kRpAdRSTi karI che.'' - kRpAdRSTi? kevI che A kRpAdRSTi? konA upara thaI che A kRpAdaSTi ? Ama to jagatabharanI tamAmetamAma mAtA jyAre enI kUkha bharAya che tyAre kRtakRtyatA anubhave che, paNa potAne baDabhAgI' mAnanArI A mAtA merI to kuMvArI mA che. - vevizALa to josepha nAmanA eka yuvA suthAra sAthe thaI cUkyuM Page #16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bALasUryanI ratima AbhA che, paNa hajI enI sAthe cAra pherA pharAya te pahelAM koIka akaLa yojanAnA bhAga rUpe kudaratanA niyamomAM na bese e rIte enI kUkha garbha dhAraNa kare che. karNamAtA kuMtI yAda AvI jAya evI ja A koI akaLa ghaTanA ! paNa jIvanamAM ghaTatI badhI ghaTanAone sAMgopAMga samajI levA jeTalI kSamatA mAnavamAM hajI kyAM AvI paNa AthI josepha to mUMjhAya ja ne? dharmiSTha yuvAna che, paNa lagna pahelAM mA thaI cUkelI merIne patnI tarIke svIkAravI kevI rIte ? manomaMthana cAle che, tyAM svapnamAM daivavANI saMbhaLAya che, "merIne svIkAratAM gabharAIza nahIM. e pavitra che. pavitra AtmAnA prabhAvathI A garbhAdhAna thayuM che. AvanAra putranuM nAma "Izu(muktidAtA) pADaje, kAraNa te potAnI prajAne pApamAMthI mukti apAvavA avataryo che.'' . . . bIjuM kAMI cADI khAya ke nA khAya, paNa cAritrya aMgenI mANasanI malinatA chApare caDhIne potAnI hastI pokAratI hoya che, paNa josephane to merI hajI evI ne evI ja pavitra lAge che, kAraNa ke merI prArthanAmAM gAya che, ''sarvazaktimAna Izvare mAre khAtara mahAna kAryo karyA che, ane enuM nAma pAvana che !'' A pAvanatA josephane sparzI jAya che ane e merIne svIkArI le che, eTaluM ja nahIM merInuM saMtAna potAnA mULa vatanamAM janma le evI bhAvanAthI merInA vatana nAjharethathI baMne bethalahema AvavA nIkaLe che. garbhAdhAna aMgenI agamya vAyakAnI jema bIjI eka lokavAyakA evI paNa che ke Izuno janma Dhorono cAro rAkhavAnI Page #17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu gamANamAM thayo. saMbhava che ke josephanuM bethelamamAM koI ghara nA hoya. athavA to pahoMce tyAM ja prasavakALa AvI cUkyo hoya ane merIne ekAMta sthaLa tarIke gamANamAM laI javI paDI hoya. tahevArane kAraNe badhI dharmazALAo bharAI gaI hatI evuM paNa kahevAya che. game tema hoya paNa ApaNane to tarata kRSNajanma yAda Ave ke e jelamAM jamyA, tema Izu jamyA gamANamAM garIbaDAM gAya-gheTAM pazuo vacce. mA merIne dUdha-ghI maLyAM, te paNa bhalA-bhoLA paNa premALa gopALo pAsethI. kRSNa Ucharyo gokuLamAM, Izu janme che "golokamAM. . vaLI kRSNakathA yAda AvI jAya tevo ja bIjo prasaMga. jevI rIte kaMsane AkAzavANI saMbhaLAya che ke tAro zatru janmI cUkyo che ane e navajAta bALakone ja nahIM, babbe varSanAM badhAM bALakone mArI nakhAve che, e ja rIte rAjA heroDane paNa jozIo kahe che ke, "tAro zatru bethalahemamAM janmI cUkyo che.'' ane bethalahemanAM be varSanI aMdaranAM tamAma bALakone mAravAno hukama thAya che. gaMdha AvI jatAM josepha agamacetIpUrvaka mA tathA navajAta zizune laIne pAcho nAjharetha AvI jAya che. paNa bALapaNanAM enAM bAra varSa ItihAsanAM pAnAM para gerahAjara che. kRSNanA jIvananAM prathama bAra varSa pratyeka bhAratIya mATe hRdayamAM aMkAyelo eka amIra Alekha banIne chavAI gayo che. kRSNanI gokuLanI bALalIlAnuM bhAratane sauthI vadhu gheluM che, jyAre pelesTAInanI dharatI para khelakUdIne pratikSaNa moTuM thatuM jatuM bALapaNa kALanadImAM dhovAI gayuM che. jenuM hRdaya Page #18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bALasUryanI ratima AbhA pArijAtanA puSpathIya vadhu sukomaLa ane saMvedanazIla hatuM tevA IzunA bALajagatanA UgelA tamAma sUryodaye pratyeka paLe pRthvI para koIka anokhI sugaMdha vahevaDAvI haze. Aje paNa mA merI bheTI jAya to sau pahelAM pUchI levAnuM mana thAya te A ja prazna ke, " "kaho, mA merI, amane enI bALalIlA saMbhaLAvo ! zuM tamane e amArA kAnuDAnI jema rojeroja kanaDato ? kevAM hatAM enAM tophAnamastI? zuM nAjharethanA lokone e pajavato ? ke tyAre paNa e DAhyoDamaro thaIne rAjA bhagavAnanI vAto karyA karato ? ene galUDiyAM, lavArAM, gheTAM tyAre paNa ATalAM ja vahAlAM hatAM ? enA bALadosto sAthenI koIka goThaDI tane yAda che mA ? . . .'' paNa IzunuM jIvana pANImAM taratI pelI himazilA jevuM che. poNA bhAganI zilA to pANI heThaLa, najarathI dUra ! jIvanamAM je kAMI pragaTa che te khUba ochuM! cothA bhAgathIya ghaNuMbadhuM ochuM ! batrIsa varSanuM TUMkuM jIvana, mAMDa traNacAra varSanA jIvananI jANakArI jagata samakSa che. jenuM pragaTa jIvana ATaluM badhuM prANavAna hatuM, tenuM apragaTa jIvana keTaluM cetanavaMtuM haze ? jIvanano e garbhastha kALa, mATI nIce daTAyelo e aMdhakAra jyAM juga jugAMtara ajavALAM pAtharI zake tevo caitanyano AviSkAra potAnI bhUmikA pAmyo ! ApaNI pAse to bAra bAra varSonAM vahI gayelAM vahANAMmAMthI jaDe che kevaLa eka prabhAta ! UjaLuM, dUdhadhoyuM prabhAta ! jyAre eMdhANa maLe che ke bhItaranI bhoMyamAM kazuMka raMdhAI rahyuM che ! mArca-eprilanA UjaLA divaso ! pAkhAranuM pavitra parva che.bra.-3 Page #19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu UjavavA AkhuM paeNlesTAIna thanaganI UThyuM che. jAtrAe javAnuM che, jerusalema pahoMcavAnuM che. maMdiranI pUjA AcaravAnI che, balidAno caDAvI bAdhAAkhaDIo pUrI karavAnI che. loka badhuM UmaTe che. IzvaranI vizeSa kRpA yahUdIoe A parve anubhavI che. kudaratI Aphatoe badhA misarIono nAza karyo, ane badhA yahUdIone salAmata rAkhI raNa pAra karAvyuM, tenI yAdagIrImAM, Izvara pratyenI RNabuddhipUrvaka, AbhAranI lAgaNIthI loko A tahevAra UjavatA. 10 nAnAM bhAIbhAMDuM ane mAbApa sAthe Izu paNa A jAtrAe UpaDe che. jAtrA, jerusalemanA maMdiramAMnI pUjAvidhi vagere hemakhema pate che. have to pAchA vaLavAnuM TANuM thayuM. vaNajAra AkhI raste paNa paDI gaI che. josepha-parivAra paNa cAlavA mAMDyo che. josepha puruSonA ane merI strIonA kAphalA sAthe che. acAnaka merInuM dhyAna jAya che ke 'are, Izu kayAM ?' paNa ene thAya che ke enA pitA sAthe e haze ane 'kadAca AgaLanA merIvALA kAphalAmAM e haze' ema josepha dhArI le che, paNa TheTha sAMja sudhInI yAtrAmAM IMzu cAMya dekhAto nathI, eTale mAbApane pAchAM jerusalema karavuM paDe che. tyAM pahoMcI galIe galI zodhI vaLe che, paNa kyAMya beTamajI dekhAtA nathI. thAkyAMpAkayAM baMne chevaTe maMdire pahoMce che. AkhuM maMdira khUMdI vaLe che, paNa kayAMya Izu dekhAto nathI. 'hA, pelA khUNe kAMIka ToLuM vaLeluM che, tyAMya tapAsa karatAM jaIe.' - karIne baMne tyAM jAya che to jue che ke vacce Izu che, ane lAMbA lAMbA rezamI jhabhbhAo paherelA zAstrIo ane pUjArIo ene gherI vaLyA Page #20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bALasUryanI ratima AbhA che. kAna maMDAya che to A to emano ja Izu kAMIka bolI rahyo che. dharmAcAryo ene kAMIka pUche che ane e jussAbhera javAba vALe che. vaLI pAchuM e pote paNa kAMIka evuM pUchI pADe che, je sAMbhaLIne zAstrIo avAka thaI jAya che. ghaDIbhara to mA-bApa baMne thaMbhI jAya che, paNa vaLatI kSaNe mA saphALI ene saMbodhI bolI UThe che ke, ""are beTA, tuM ahIM zuM kare che? jo huM ne tArA bApu to tane zodhavA mATe keTakeTalI jagyA khUMdI vaLyAM ?' 'paNa mA, tAre mane bIje zodhavo ja zuM kAma joIe ? zuM tane khabara nahotI ke mArA pitAnA kAma aMge huM ahIM ja houM !'' . . . "pitA" eTale parama-pitAnI sagAI laIne janmelA Izvara-bALanA A bola merIne tyAre samajAyA ke nahIM prabhu jANe; e to pUjArIonA caDI gayelA, roSe bharAyelA rAtAcoLa tobarA joIne ja raghavAyI thaI gaI hatI. " "cAla, cAla, have bahu DAhyo thato.' - kahIne ene kheMcI gaI. merI bAra varSanA Izune kheMcIne laI jaI pAchI kALanA UMDA garbhAgAramAM saMtAI jAya che. prathama bAra varSanI kALaguphAmAMthI nIkaLeluM A eka ja tejakiraNa "mArA pitAnA kAma aMge huM ahIM ja houM ne ?' . . . sUcavI jAya che ke pitAnA kAmanI kazIka pUrvataiyArI cAlI rahI che. vaLI pAcho aMdhArapaTa paDe che, nAnosUno nahIM, khAssAM lAMbAM aDhAra varSono ! A aDhAra varSa teya pAchAM jIvananI jobanAInAM aDhAra varSa, jIvanano sonerI kALa! jyAre Page #21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ D bhagavAna Izu ghaTamAM ghoDAM thanagane, Atama vIMjhe pAMkha, aNardIThelI bhoma para, yauvana mAMDe AMkha.'' Avo A Ugato kALa bhoyabhItara daTAyelo che. dharatI heThaLa Aga bhabhUke che, IMdhaNo umerAtAM rahe che ane IMdhaNanuM kozakoza, kaNekaNa saLagI UThe che. paNa bahAra dekhAya che kevaLa javALA ! saghaLI azuddhione saLagAvIne bhasma karI nAkhanAra zuddhino deva agni svayaM tapopUta banIne pragaTAve che A javALA ! A javALA gharone bALI nAkhanArI bhasmAsurI jvALA nathI. A to che pAvaka vALA ! prabhunuM maMdira sarjanArI pavitra javALA ! a-prabhutAnA kaNekaNa ni:zeSa karI prabhunuM rAjya avatAravA taiyAra thatI puNya janmabhUmi ! prabhutAne avatAravAnA, aDhAra aDhAra varSanA A garbhAvAsa vize ApaNe jhAjhuM jANI zakIe tema nathI. hA, e suthArano dIkaro hato. zramajIvI varganuM jIvana e enuM jIvana che. jenA hAthamAMthI bhaviSyamAM rogIone sAjA karI nAkhanArI, mRtone jIvita karI nAkhanArI saMjIvanI karavAnI che te ja hAtha hathoDA-karavata calAve che, lAkaDAnA bhAre pATaDA UMcake che. tanatoDa mahenata kare che. gharAko sAthe gharobo keLave che. bhaviSyamAM garIba-dIna-hIna varga sAthe kAma levAnuM che. A varSomAM e pote garIbAIno, tarachoDAvAno ane apamAnono jAtaanubhava le che. kudaratanI kevI karAmata che ! suthArane tyAM paLAI -poSAIne paripuSTa thayeluM A caitanya chelle suthArane Page #22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bALasUryanI raktima AbhA hAthe ja ghaDAyelA kraoNsa upara potAnA aMtima zvAsa le che. Izune kevaLa lAkaDAM kApavAmAM ja rasa nathI, jemAMthI lAkaDuM sarjAya che te vRkSa-sRSTinI paNa ene bhAre lagana che. nAjharethathI AsapAsano vanapradeza e emano priya pradeza che. vanarAjImAM UgatI drAkSonI vela, potAnAM DALapAMdaDAM phelAvIne ghaTAdAra thatuM aMjIranuM vRkSa, vaLI vanamAM caratAM gheTAM-bakarAM-gAya A badhAMnI sAthe gADha dostI - A badhuM emane mATe sahaja hatuM. Izuno kaumArakALa lagabhaga aMdhArapaTa thaIne ApaNI sAme Ubho che. ApaNI samakSa to gItAnA aDhAra adhyAya samA e aDhAra varSanA ajJAtakALa pachI vaLI pAchuM eka suprabhAta evuM pragaTe che, jyAre anaMtatAnI kSitijamAMthI cAlyo Avato hoya tevo aThThAvIsa-trIsa varSano eka tejasvI, prANavAna, bharyo bharyo navajuvAna dIkSA ApanArA jaoNna sAme AvIne Ubho rahe che, ane kahe che : 13 ''mane paNa dIkSA Apo, gurudeva ! huM paNa snAna-saMskAra mATe Avyo chuM !'' cAre bAju lokonI ThaTha jAmI che. dharmaguru jaoNna dharmayAtrAe nIkaLyA che. UMTanA vALano jhabhbho paheryo che, kamare cAmaDAno paTTo bAMdhyo che. UMcI-pahoLI kAyA che. yahUdiyA prAMtamAMthI TheraTherathI loko temanAM darzane UmaTe che, potAnAM pAponI kabUlAta kare che ane jaoNrDana nadImAM temanA zubha haste snAnasaMskAra le che. loko upadeza mAge che to sIdhIsAdI lokavANImAM kahe che, ''jemanI pAse be paheraNa hoya te jenI pAse kazuM nA hoya temanI sAthe vaheMcI le, ane jemanI pAse Page #23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhaga 14 bhagavAna Izu khAvAnuM hoya te paNa ema ja kare.'' - sIdhI amalamAM mUkavAnI vAta somAMthI eMzI TakA AcarI zakAya tevI vAta ! vaLI umeratA, ''prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM che, prabhune vasAvavA bhUmi taiyAra karo. te bhUmi che tamAruM hRdaya ! huM to tamane A pANIthI mAtra sthULa snAna-saMskAra karAvuM chuM, paNa mArA pachI je AvI rahyo che te to tamArAM haiyAMne dhoze. e tamane pavitra AtmA ane agni vaDe snAna- saMskAra karAvaze. hAthamAM sUpaDuM laIne e Ave che, ghauMnA dANAne e koThAre bharaze ane photarAM kadI olavAya nahIM tevA agnimAM bALI mUkaze. e je AvanAra che te mArA karatAM ghaNo vadhAre zaktizALI che, huM to tenAM pagarakhAM upADavAne paNa lAyaka nathI. . . .'' ane Aje e divasa AvI pahoMcyo che, jyAre sAme sAkSAt tejamUrti samo yuvaka kahe che, " "mane dIkSA Apo !'' paNa tyAre jona lokone uddezIne kahe che, " "A ja che IzvaranuM gheTuM ! e duniyAnuM pApa harI leze.'' AtmAne AtmAnI jANa che, prANa prANane oLakhe che. IzunI mAgaNI sAMbhaLIne jona bolI UThe che, "zuM kaho cho tame? dIkSA huM tamane ApuM ke tame mane ? snAna -saMskAra to mAre tamArI pAse levA joIe, tenA badale A UlaTI gaMgA ?'' "jema cAle che tema ja cAlavA daIe. ApaNe to IzvarecchA pUrI karavI che, e ja che ApaNo dharma!. . . .'' Izu jonane sAnamAM samajAve che, jona mAnI jAya che ane dIkSAvidhi zarU kare che. Izu jorDana nadImAM snAna mATe Utare che. Page #24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ sAdhanAno prakhara madhyAhana 15 snAna -saMskAra pachI Izu pANImAMthI bahAra Ave che tyAre jANe svayaM jaladevatA sadyasnAta banIne sAme parizuddha rUpe UbhA hoya tevuM sau anubhave che. emanA tAjA khIlelA phUla jevA gulAbI, sukomaLa, tejasvI caherA para AkAzanI pavitratAnI jhAMya UtarI Ave che ane emanI samagra hastIne vIMTaLAI vaLato hoya tevo koI gebI AtmA pArevAnI peThe emanA para Utarato hoya tevuM jaoNnane dekhAya che. te ja vakhate lokone AkAzanA gabhArAmAMthI uddaghoSa saMbhaLAya che, ''A ja che mAro putra, mAro sarvAdhika priya putra, jenA upara huM vArI vArI jAuM chuM.'' loko mATe IzunI A prathama jhAMkhI hatI. haju badhuM ekadama sApha nahotuM samajAI jatuM, paraMtu lokahRdayamAM eka paDagho to jarUra UThe che ke A yuvAna koIka nokhI mATIno mAnavI che. enA caherA paranI ujvaLatAmAM satyano prakAza jhaLahaLato vartAya che. lokahRdayanI AsthAno koI eka sthAne rAjyAbhiSeka thAya evuM eka vyakitatva jANe pragaTa thAya che. AkAzanA gabharAmAM pragaTelo zabda jANe svayaM Izu banIne sAme Ubho che tevI lAgaNI havAmAM taravA mAMDe che. 3. sAdhanAno prakhara madhyAhana lokamAnya dharmAtmAe kahyuM, AkAzamAMthI vANI paNa pragaTI, paNa chatAMya hajI jANe sAdhanA bAkI rahI gaI hoya, haju dIkSita thavAnuM adhUruM hoya tema snAnasaMskAra pachI Izu tyAMthI sIdhA araNyamAM cAlyA jAya che. 'sAdhanA'ne araNyavAsa sAthe Page #25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 16 bhagavAna Izu UMDI sagAI hoya tevuM lAge che. bhAratanI saMskRti to janmIne UcharI ja che araNyamAM. mANasa cittanA prAkRtika kocalAne toDI aMdarano sAMskRtika mahAprANa jAge te mATe A araNyasevana kadAca sAdhanApathamAM anivArya haze. araNyasevanano eka sIdho artha che tapomaya jIvana. araNyasevanano mahimA to koI AraNyaka ja varNavI zake ! Izu paNa potAnA A cALIsa divasanA araNyavAsamAM tapazcaryA Adare che. IzvaranuM sIdhuM anusaMdhAna, IzvaranA satata sAnnidhyanA saMsparzane pAmavAnI A sAdhanA hatI. sahaja rIte khAvApIvAnuM chUTI jAya che ane yathArthapaNe "upavAsa' thAya che. A cALIsa divasa dehamAM jANe emano vAsa ja nahoto. dehathI para evA koI tattvamAM e vAsa karatA hatA. eTale dehanI bhUkhatarasa jANe emane aDI ja nahIM. paraMtu cALIsa divasa pUrA thayA ane peTamAM bhUkha vataNI. tyAre kahevAya che ke zetAne emanI kasoTI karavA kahyuM ke, "jo tuM Izvarano putra ho to A patharAne roTalo thaI javAnuM kahe.'' paNa zetAna kAMI bahAra thoDo vasato hoya che ? saMbhava che ke ATalI ghora tapasyA pachI ghaNI vakhata bane che ema Izune potAnI aMdara ja evI koI tAkAtano sparza thayo hoya ke je sAme paDelA paththarane roTalAmAM pheravI de. sAdhanAkramamAM AvI siddhi ke camatkAra e koI ajANyuM sTezana nathI. badhA ja sAdhakonI gADI A sTezane UbhI ja rahe tevuM anivArya nathI. keTalAkane AvI siddhi prApta thatI hoya che. to siddhiprAptinuM sTezana IzunA sAdhanApathamAM paNa A tabakke AvyuM hoya tevuM lAge che. je sAdhaka A sTezanane ja maMjila Page #26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ sAdhanAno prakhara madhyAhna samajI gADImAMthI UtarI jAya che, tene mATe A siddhi duzmanarUpa banI jAya che. zANA puruSo A pagathiye aTakI jatA nathI. bAhyAMtara bhISaNa tapasyAne pariNAme Izune paNa siddhino anubhava thAya che, paraMtu e samaje che ke A badhI siddhiono upayoga vyaktigata kIrti ke saMpatti prApta karavA nathI. jyAre koIe emanI sAme paDakAra pheMkyo ke, "jo tuM Izvarano putra hoya to maMdiranA zikhara uparathI nIce paDatuM mUka. . . .'' tyAre Izu keTalo suMdara javAba vALe che ke, ""IzvaranI kasoTI karavAne mATe A siddhio nathI.'' siddhi mANasanI sAme pralobhanonI eka moTI sRSTi UbhI karI de che. jANe pote ja jagatano kartAhartA hoya tema AkhI duniyA e potAnI muThThImAM anubhavato thaI jaI naryA ahaMkArano kothaLo banI jAya che. paNa Izu A badhI kasoTIomAMthI pAra Utare che. emane camatkAro dekhADavAmAM koI rasa nathI, chatAMya anAyAsa camatkAro sarajAI jAya che, to e ene rokatA paNa nathI. paNa potAnI yAtrA to 'siddhimAMthI saMsiddhi tarapha javAnI cAlu ja rAkhe che. araNyavAsa emane addabhuta rIte A arthamAM to phaLe ja che ke gajabanI IzvaraniSThA emanA aMtaramAM nirmANa thAya che, ''pRthvI para prabhunuM sAmrAjya phelAvavuM - A ja che mAro jIvanadharma, ane A ja mAruM jIvanakArya ! jIvavuM topaNa Ane mATe, maravuM topaNa Ane mATe.' potAnA jIvanakAryane pAra pADavA Izu jyAre pratyakSa samAja vacce AvIne UbhA rahe che, tyAre AdhyAtmika rIte eka bhAre moTo avakAza nirmAI gayo hoya che. prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM I khri.-4 Page #27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 18 bhagavAna Izu che, te mATe tamArA hRdayane taiyAra karo'no saMdezo ApanAra jaoNna mANasamAM rahelI hevAniyatanA bhoga banI cUkyA che. thayuM evuM ke jerusalemanI rAjagAdI para heroDano dIkaro gAdI para Avyo ane te potAnI vidhavA bhAbhI sAthe paraNyo. yahUdIonA dharmakAnUna mujaba bhAbhI sAtheno punarvivAha niSiddha hato, eTale svAbhAvika rIte ja rAjAnuM A pagaluM carcAno viSaya banyuM. chevaTano cukAdo ApavA rAjA "jana dha eNpTisTane paMca tarIke svIkAre che ane jaoNna jyAre emanA A kAryane vakhoDI kADhe che tyAre rANIsAhebA gusse thaIne rAjA pAse dharmagurune baMdIkhAne nakhAve che. jona enI dharmayAtrAmAMthI A cAra dIvAlo vacce jakaDAI jAya che, e arasAmAM eka divase rANIsAhebAnI rAjakuMvarI suMdara nRtya karIne bApane khuza karI de che ane badalAmAM InAma meLave che. mAnI caDavaNIthI A rAjakanyA inAmamAM "jananuM mAthuM mAge che. kAmAMdha rAjavI vacanapAlananA sapheda lebAsamAM eka saMtapuruSanI krUra hatyA karAve che. khulleAma A anyAya sarajAyo. loko hebatAI gayelA. TheraThera AvA durAcAra ane sattAnA nAgA nAca khelAye ja jatA hatA. dharmane nAme dhatiMga ane rAjya calAvavAnA bahAne ApakhudI ane jorajulamanuM sAmrAjya sarvatra phelAI gayuM. IzunuM sAmAjika kSetranuM paheluM DagaluM bharAya che AvA anIti, durAcAra, damana ane pAkhaMDatAnA dAMbhika vAtAvaraNamAM enI pAse paNa navALI eka ja vAta che. 'divaso have bharAI cUkyA che. prabhunuM rAjya AvI pahoMcyuM che, hRdayapalaTo kare ! jIvanane pavitra banAvo, pApane dhikkAre, tamAruM bUruM karanArane Page #28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ sAdhanAno prakhara madhyAhana 19 sAmano karazo nahIM. balake, jo koI jamaNA gAla para tamAco mAre to tenI AgaLa bIjo gAla dharajo.'' Izuno upadeza badhI bAbatomAM samAjane eka DagaluM AgaLa laI javA aMgeno hato. emaNe to aniSTano paNa pratikAra karavAnI nA pADI. talavAra ugADazo to talavAra ja Ugaze, ema kahI nivairatA dAkhavI, pratyakSa vyabhicArano to niSedha karyo ja, paNa sAthosAtha kahI dIdhuM ke jenI najara bagaDI te manathI to vyabhicAra karI cUkyo che ja. koI pUche che ke IzvaranA rAjyamAM ame kevI rIte dAkhala thaI zakIe ? to Iza pAyAnI vAta kare che ke, ""jyAM sudhI mANasa navesara janma nA le tyAM sudhI te IzvaranuM rAjya jevA pAmI zake nahIM.' navesara janma eTale ke jIvanamAM dharamULa palaTo. dharmopadeza uparAMta garIbonI sevA e IzunA kAryanI mukhya dharI hatI. garIbonI pIDA e enI pIDA hatI. dInadukhiyArAM, lUlAM-laMgaDAM, raktapittiyAMnAM ToLeToLAM enI pAse AvatAM. sahAnubhUtibharyo eno hAtha rogInA baraDA para pasarato ane eno roga zamI jato. AMdhaLo dekhato thaI jato, bahero sAMbhaLavA mAMDato, mUMgo bolavA mAMDato. kyAreka to maravA paDelo Ubho thaIne hAlato thaI jato - lokone to jANe svarga, AMgaNe AvI UbhyA jevuM lAgyuM. ToLAbaMdha loko Izu pAse AvavA lAgyA. jyAM jato tyAM lokasAgara ene vIMTaLAI vaLato. eno tejasvI cahero, manamohaka smita ane madhamIThAM veNa - loko enA para vArI jatA. jyAre e kahetA ke, ''jona karatAM moTo evo mAno jayo koI hajI dharatInA paDa para pedA Page #29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 20 bhagavAna Izu thayo nathI, chatAM IzvaranA rAjyamAMno adanAmAM adano AdamI paNa enA karatAM moTo che,'' tyAre sAmAnya zrotAjanomAM AtmavizvAsanI eka addabhuta lahera UThI jatI hatI. jona emanA chellA divasomAM satata eka ja gANuM gAtA hatA ke, ''ApaNe jenI rAha jotA hatA te AvI gayo che. have mAre bolavAnI jarUra rahI nathI. huM to kAMI nathI. tamAre Izu pAse javuM joIe.'' IzunuM thoDuMghaNuM sAnnidhya pAmyA pachI emanI jozIlI vANI mulAyama bane che ane emanA vyaktitvamAMthI namratA ane komaLatAno mizra bhAva pragaTa thAya che. eTale ja jyAre rAjA potAnA kRtya aMgeno khulAso mAge che tyAre daDhatApUrvaka chatAMya zAMtithI cukAdo ApI de che ke, "tArA bhAInI strI sAthe tuM rahe che e adharma che.'' eTaluM ja nahIM, e ja zAMti, dhIraja ane daDhatApUrvaka satyanI sevArthe potAnA prANanuM balidAna Ape che. dharatI mAtAnI sADI parathI hajI enA vahAlA putranA balidAnanAM raktachAMTaNAM bhUMsAyAM nahotAM tyAM Izu AvI pahoce che dharatImAnI sevAmAM. araNyavAsamAMthI gelIla tarapha cAlyA jAya che. vATamAM TheraThera thobhIne "IzvaranA sAmrAjya nI vAto kahetA jAya che, "je koI mAruM dIdheluM pANI pIze tene pharI kadI tarasa nahIM lAge. e enA aMtaramAM zAzvata jIvananA jharArUpe vahetuM raheze." sAdAsIdhA bhalAbhoLA mANaso Izune gherI vaLe che ane cAtakanI jema IzuvANIne jhIle che. te kALe yahUdIomAM be dhArmika saMpradAyo hatA : eka, pherizIono ane bIjo sekyusIono. pherizIo karmakAMDI Page #30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ sAdhanAno prakhara madhyAhna 21 hatA. vidhi pramANe yajJo, vrato ane utsavonI kriyAo karAvavAmAM ane jJAtibhedo sAcavavAmAM temano dharma samAI jato hato. jyAre seDyusI thoDA sudhArAvALA hatA, paNa teo paisA pAchaLa paDelA hatA. yahUdIomAM zukravAranI sAMjathI zanivAranI sAMja sudhInA covIsa kalAkano divasa zabbAtha eTale ke vizrAntavAra gaNAya che ane te divase kAMI paNa kAma ke udyoga karavo te vratabhaMga ane adharma samajAtuM hatuM. gelIla jatAM Izu jerusalema paNa AvI pahoMce che. jerusalemamAM eka kuMDa hato, jemAMnI pAMca osarIo AMdhaLA - lUlA-laMgaDA, lakavAvALA rogIothI bharAyelI rahetI. lokavAyakA hatI ke avAranavAra tyAM koI devadUta kuMDamAM AvIne pANIne DahoLI nAkhe che. e DahoLI nAkhyA pachI tarata ja je mANasa pahelo pANImAM Utare teno je kAMI roga hoya te maTI jato. eTale rogIonI tyAM ThaTha jAme e svAbhAvika hatuM. ADatrIsa varSathI pIDAto eka rogI tyAM mRtaprAya sthitimAM beTho hato. Izu enI pAse jaIne pUche che, ''tAre sAjA thavuM che ?'' tyAre nisAso nAkhIne pelo laMgaDo mANasa kahe che, ''bhAI, sAjA to thavuM ja hoya ne ! paNa dara vakhate pANI DahoLAya che ane huM cAlIne temAM paDuM e pahelAM bIjo koI tyAM pahoMcI jAya che. tame mane pANI sudhI pahoMcADazo ?'' tyAre Izu kahe che, Ubho thA ane tArI pathArI upADIne cAlavA mAMDa !'' pelo thoDo mUMjhAI jAya che. huM laMgaDo mANasa pathArI kacAMthI Page #31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 22 bhagavAna Izu upADavAno paNa IzunI AMkhanI camaka enI mUMjhavaNa ane avaDhava dUra kare che. e Ubho thavA prayatna kare che, tyAM e jue che ke pagamAM koI navuM ja cetana UbharAyuM che ane e Daga be Daga mADa che. . . . pachI to IzunA kahevA mujaba pathArI upADIne cAlato thAya che. ghaTanA pUrI haiyAmAM Utare te pahelAM to Izu bhIDamAM khovAI jAya che. " "koNa hato e ?'' prazna ghUmarAya che. paNa maMdiramAM pharI pAcho Izuno bheTo thaI jAya che. pelA mANasanI AMkhomAMthI kRtajJatA kare che. enA khabhe hAtha mUkI Izu ATaluM ja bole che, ""je, have tuM sAjo thaI gayo che, to have kadI pApa karIza nahIM.'' vAyaro vAtane vahetI kare che. DUbatAne to jANe taraNuM sAMpaDyuM, paNa tejodveSI loko akaLAI UThe che. teo AkSepa mUke che ke, ""vizrAmavArane divase pathArI upADavAnuM kAma kahI adharma AcaravAnuM kahenAra e che koNa?'' paNa Izu emane eka ja javAba vALatA, ""mArA pitAne koI vizrAntavAra nathI. teo haMmezAM kAma karyA ja kare che eTale huM paNa kAma karuM chuM ane saune kAma karavAnuM kahuM chuM. dharmakAryamAM vaLI vizrAnti kevI ? rAmabhajanamAM vaLI ArAma kevo ?'' vaLI koka bIjA vizrAntavAre vaLI eka bhaluM kArya umerAya che ane zAstrIo, pherizIo chaMcheDAI UThe che tyAre paNa potAnI vAta doharAve che, "vizrAmavAre zuM bhaluM karavAnI paNa chUTa zAstromAM na hoya ! koInI pAse eka ja gheTuM hoya ane te vizrAmavArane divase khADAmAM paDI jAya to 'vizrAmavAra che Page #32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM che ! eTale ApaNe ene tyAMthI uThAvIzuM paNa nahIM ?'' dharmanA kahevAtA rakSako to A sAMbhaLIne krodhathI dhUMApUMA thaI sabhAgRha choDI cAlyA gayA. paNa Izune to potAnuM jIvanakArya pAra pADavAnuM hatuM. duniyAne satya ane muktino saMdeza ApavA e Avyo che. dAjhelA, trAselA, tarachoDAyelA, tyajAyelA, bhAMgyAtUTyAno e bheru che. 4. prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM che ! dharmakrAMti phelAvavI hatI to badhuM ja susuSThu kacAMthI hoya? khetI karavI hoya to nIMdaNa karavuM ja paDe. eka bAju lokahRdayamAM zubha tattvone jagADanAruM jAgaraNakArya cAlatuM rahyuM to bIjI tarapha sAme AvI paDelAM aniSTa tattvone paDakAravAnuM kArya paNa karatA rahevuM paDyuM. pAskAranuM parva najIka AvI rahyuM hatuM. dharmanI be vAto kAne dharI zake tevI abhimukhatA laIne lokonAM ToLeToLAM jerusalemanI tIrthayAtrAe AvI rahyAM hatAM. Izu paNa tyAM pahocI jAya che. jerusalemanA mukhya maMdire jaIne jue che to maMdirano eka bhAga vepArIone potAnI dukAno calAvavA bhADe apAyo che. Ane lIdhe maMdiramAM pavitra vAtAvaraNa rahevAne badale sodAgIrInuM bajAru vAtAvaraNa UbhuM thaI jatuM hatuM. vaLI vepArIonuM mAnasa paNa lUMTArAnuM, ke lokone vadhu ne vadhu kema chetaravA. eka pavitra tIrthasthAna, jyAM yahUdI jamAtanI AMtarika zraddhA kendrita thaI hatI, tevA zraddheya sthAnane AvuM bajAru sthAna banI jatuM IMzuthI khamAyuM nahIM eTale eNe sakhata zabdomAM 23 Page #33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 24 bhagavAna Izu virodha karIne vepArIone dukAno khAlI karavAnuM kahyuM. ' '"tuM koNa che amane Adeza ApanAro ! tAro vaLI zuM adhikAra ?'' kahIne koI ene paDakAre che, tyAre atyaMta zAMtipUrvaka paraMtu ajaba khumArIthI e sAmo javAba Ape che, "A te kAMI maMdira kahevAya ! toDI nAMkho AvA maMdirane. traNa divasamAM navuM maMdira racI ApavAnI zakti mArAmAM paDI che !'' tyAM UbhelA moTA bhAganA zrotAjanone enA A paDakAramAM ahaMkArano TaMkAra saMbhaLAyo to vaLI keTalAkane maMdira taraphano ghora tiraskAra dekhAyo. Izune aMtarathI pArakhanAra ja samajI zakyA ke IzunA A paDakAramAM ahaMbhAvanA nathI, che to kevaLa vedanA ! vaLI eka AtmavizvAsa ! maMdira racAya che te enI dIvAlothI thoDuM racAya che? to to pachI, koI paNa makAna e maMdira banI jAya! maMdira to racAya che bhaktithI, zraddhAthI, samarpaNathI ! IMTa, cUnA ane paththarano nahIM, paNa zraddhA-bhakti ane ArAdhanAno bharapUra pUjApo IzunA aMtarathALamAM sajAvelo taiyAra paDyo hato, eTale ja e kahI zakayo ke traNa divasamAM huM tamane navuM maMdira racI ApIza. maMdira to pApa dhovAnuM tIrathadhAma che, pApa UbhAM karavAnuM nahIM. A eno saMketa hato. paNa kayA yugapuruSanA saMketone enA samakAlIna loko samajI zakayA che te IzunA A saMketane samajI zake ? pariNAme Izuno A virodha enI potAnI sAme ADo pahADa banIne Ubho rahyo. Izu lokone je kAMI kaheto tenI UDatI vAto upalA varganA loko pAse pahoMcatI. Izuno praveza mukhyataH sAdhAraNa lokomAM Page #34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM che ! hato. upalA vaganI, pachI te rAjakIya daSTie hoya ke dhArmika - Arthika daSTie hoya paNa zAsaka, zoSaka tema ja kahevAtA dhArmika lokonI pAkhaMDitatA, daMbha, luccAI, chetarapiMDI ane pApa janatAnA khullA lokadarabAramAM paDakArAI rahyAM hatAM ane lokomAM navajIvananI eka cetanA saLavaLI rahI hatI, eTale sthApita hitovALA loko coMkI uThyA hatA. dharmakSetramAM jeo adhikAra bhogavatA tevA zAstrIo, pUjArIo ane pherizI lokoe A kAMTAne kema dUra karavo tenI tajavIja aMdarakhAne zarU karI dIdhI hatI. paraMtu Izu to potAnI sAthe je yugadharma laIne janmelo tene pAra pADavAmAM ja mana-prANa parovIne beTho hato. dhIre dhIre enA anuyAyIono AtmavizvAsa paNa vadhato jAya che. eka vakhate enA ziSyone zu pUche che, ""tamane zuM lAge che ? huM koNa chuM ?'' tyAre pITara nAmano emane paTTaziSya kahe che ke, ""Apa to "khrista cho, cetanasvarUpa IzvaranA putra !'' IzunA hRdayamAM vyApelI prabhutAe enA ziSyonAM hRdayane potAno sparza karAvyo hato, eTale ja pITara samajI zakyo hato ke A puruSa prabhutAnuM koI khAsa kArya pAra pADavA pRthvI para mokalAvAyo che. Izune prabhunuM sAmrAjya sthApavuM hatuM. e sAmrAjyane Izu eka majabUta imArata sAthe sarakhAvatA, je eka khaDaka para bAMdhavAnI che. Izu pITarane kahetA, "pITara, tuM ja cho e pITara (pITara eTale khaDaka). pITararUpI khaDaka upara huM vizvadharma saMghanI sthApanA karIza. pRthvI paranuM mAruM e rAjya.' IzunA aMtima parva TANe to A pITara paNa hiMmata hArI gayo che. khri. - 5 Page #35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 2 6 bhagavAna Izu ane potAnA paramapriyano khulleAma asvIkAra karyo. paNa IzunA punarutthAna pachI pITaranuM sAcuM pota pragaTyuM ane eNe duniyAbharamAM khrista dharma phelAvyo. Aje cALIsa karoDathIya vadhAre to enA sabhyo che. paNa te vakhate to atyaMta garIba ane abhaNa evA bAra jaNa e IzunA ziSyo hatA, jemane Iza preSita' kahetA. emaNe ziSyone kahI rAkheluM, "mArI pAchaLa Avazo to tamane kazo pArthiva lAbha ke pArthiva moTAI maLavAnI nathI. UlaTuM cAbakhA ne mukkA ja maLaze, zArIrika yAtanAo maLaze ane vakhate duzmanonA hAthe mota paNa maLe.'' IzunA A bAra ziSyo paNa pahelethI kAMI pakavelA sonAnI jema ujjavaLa nahotA. izunI khAssI kasoTI karatA. temanI najara paNa bhautika lAbho tarapha vaLI jatI. jarA paNa virodha sahana karI zakatA nahIM. aMdaroaMdara khaTapaTa, IrSyA cAlyAM karatAM. paraMtu Izu mATeno prema emanI A badhI nabaLAIone khaMkherI nAkhavA samartha banAvato. Izu paNa khUba kuneha tathA dhIrajapUrvaka ziSyone TapArI TapArI keLavatA. bhaviSyamAM A ja kAcA mAla pAsethI sarvasva balidAnanuM kAma levAnuM che, eTale apAra dhIrajathI Izu potAnA sarvasvanuM samarpaNa karI potAnA ziSyone ghaDatA. IzunA satata sAnidhyamAM ziSyo ATaluM tathya tAravI zakyA hatA ke A mANase je rasto lIdho che te balidAnano rasto che ane te enI potAnI pasaMdagI che. mANaso pratyenA premathI prerAIne eNe A pasaMdagI karI che. Izue potAnA A bAra ziSyone eka pahADa para laI jaI pote AdarelI AdhyAtmika krAMtino paricaya karAvI jIvanapAtheya Page #36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM che! 27 ApyuM. Izuno A upadeza 'giripravacana'nA nAme suprasiddha che. AmAM ja Izu ziSyone emanuM aMtara-sattva dekhADe che. "tame to dharatInuM lUNa cho. tame to duniyAnA dIvA cho.'' ziSyone jyAre dharmapracAra mATe mokalatA tyAre paNa ziSyo mATenI emanI mukhya zIkha A mujaba hatI : ""yAda rAkhajo, varuonAM ToLAM vacce tamAre gheTAM banIne javAnuM che. paisAne aDatA nahIM, bhAtuM bAMdhatA nahIM, joDA paheratA nahIM ne vATamAM maLe koIne salAma karavA thobhatA nahIM. ane je koI gharane AMgaNe jaIne tame UbhA raho tyAM sau paheluM uccArajo - ''tamane zAMti prApta thAo. puSTi prApta thAo ane tamane saMtuSTi paNa AvI maLo.' Ama dharma pracAra karatAM karatAM potAne gAma nAjharetha pahoMcI jAya che. tyAMnA maMdiramAM jaIne paNa e prabhunA sAmrAjyanI vAta kare che. paNa lokothI enI A raNakatI vAto khamAI nahIM. ''A gaI kAlano AvaDoka amatho Izu, amArI najara AgaLa ja moTo thayelo merIno A chokaraDo amane DAhI DAhI vAto saMbhaLAve ane potAne vaLI Izvarano putra kahevaDAve ? - haTha thaI gaI ! loko paththara laIne ene mAravA doDyA ane Izune gAma bahAra kADhI mUkyA. IzunA moMmAMthI tyAre nIkaLI paDyuM ke The prophet is never honoured in his own country. gharakI muraghI dAla barAbara ! pachI to Izue kAryakSetra vadhAryuM. atyAra sudhI kevaLa yahUdIomAM ja dharmapracAra karatA, paraMtu have to emaNe ayahUdIomAM paNa pharavAnuM zarU karyuM. semoriyAnA loko mULe to Page #37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 28 bhagavAna Izu yahUdI ja, paNa jerusalema karatAM gharaAMgaNAnA gerIjhima parvatane vadhAre moTuM tIrthasthAna gaNe eTalA ja kAraNasara yahUdIoe emano bahiSkAra karelo. paraMtu Izu mATe kazuM ja varSa kevI rIte hoya, eTale e tAlukAmAM paNa e to pahoMcI jAya che. eka divase e tAlukAnA eka gAmanI sIme kUvA upara Izu beThA hoya che. enA ziSyo gAmamAM khAvAnuM levA gayA hoya che. eTalAmAM eka panihArI kUvA upara pANI bharavA AvI. Izune tarasa lAgI hoya che eTale pelI bAI pAse pANI mAge che. pelI bAIne navAI lAge che ke yahUdI thaIne semoriyana bAInA hAthanuM pANI pIze ? eNe kahyuM paNa kharuM ke, ''tame yahUdI thaIne. . . .?'' "bahena, huM koNa chuM te huM sAcesAca samaje to tArI pAsethI A je bhautika jIvana (pANI) mAguM chuM, tenA badalAmAM tane mArI pAsethI 'divya jIvana' maLI zake.'' ane pachI pelI bAInA hAthanuM pANI pItAM pItAM IzvaranA rAjyanI vAta kare che. IzunI vAta sAMbhaLI lIdhA pachI pelI strI kahe che, ""huM tamArI ziSyA banI zakuM ?'' kUvAne krAMtinuM kendra banAvanArAomAM bhagavAna buddhanI yAda AvI jAya che. e paNa kUvAkAMThe panihArI bAI pAse pANI mAge che. tejasvI rAjamudrA joI. bAI acakAya che. kahe che, "jI, to camAra chuM !'' tyAre mArmika vANI bolatA buddha kahe che, "bahena, meM to tArI pAsethI pANI mAgyuM hatuM. meM kAMI tane tArI jAta to pUchI nahotI.' bAInI AMkhomAM dariyo UmaTe che ane pachI eya buddhanA dharmacakra - pravartananA yugakAryamAM joDAI jAya che. Page #38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM che ! 29 Izu paNa Ama aneka dabAyelA, kacaDAyelA, zoSAyelA varga vacce satata pharatA rahe che. pApamAge caDI gayelA, lokanajare tiraskRta evA hIna, tyajAyelA, tarachoDAyelA loko sudhI potAnI karuNAgaMgA vahevaDAvIne temane potIkAM karI mUke che. IzunuM mukhya lakSya che - hRdaya ! e kahe che ke hRdaya badalAvuM joIe. hRdaya-parivartana ! e ja krAMtinI prakriyAnuM mukhya UgamabiMdu che. Izvara ke zetAna - baMnenuM nivAsasthAna paNa hRdaya ja che. pratyeka hRdayamAM vaselo bhagavAna jAgaze to ApoApa pRthvI para prabhutA relAze. eTale A mahAna krAMtikArI potAnI phAcaranuM kendrabiMdu banAve che. hRdayane. hRdayamAMthI bhaya, tRSNA, kAmanA, krodha, lobha, sattAmoha vagere AsurI tattvone ni:zeSa karavA prema, tyAga, namratA, sahanazIlatA, saccAI vagere tAttvika guNono prAdurbhAva thAya to ja prabhutA maLe. ATalA ja mATe Izu kahe che ke, "badalAo. dharakhama pheraphAra mATe tamArA hRdayane taiyAra karo.'' haiyAnA sAta sAgara UMDA pAtALa pANImAM aMdarano hADohADa sAco evo mULa manuSya vase che, tene bahAra lAvavAno che. e mATe jIvananI dhArakazakita badalavI paDaze, mUlyo badalavAM paDaze, jIvanapaddhati badalavI paDaze. hRdaye badalAze to A badhuM ApoApa badalAze, evI Izune zraddhA che. vaLI e potAnI bhUmikAmAM sAva spaSTa che : "huM kAMI koI navI vAta laIne A pahelAMnA saMto-payagaMbaro dvArA upadezAyelI vAtonuM khaMDana karavA nathI Avyo. huM to Avyo chuM - paripUrti karavA.'' paNa Izune je karavuM hatuM enI kAMIka dizA aMkAya te pahelAM Page #39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu . to emanI hatheLInI bhaviSyarekhAo aMkita thavA lAgI hatI. lokomAM vadhatI jatI kIrti pratirodhIomAM zreSano dAvAnaLa pragaTAvatI hatI. e loko kAMIka moko zodhI rahyA hatA, jemAM Izune phasAvI zakAya. Izune mukhya rasa hato lokonI cittazuddhimAM. cittanI malinatA, pApa dhovAya to ja samAjamAM sadAcAra phelAya. camatkAra e to emanA aMtastalamAM vahetI karuNAgaMgAno saMjIvanI-sparza hato, paraMtu e kAMI emano jIvana-vyApAra nahoto. emane to abhISTa hatuM - hRdayaparivartana. eTale jyAre teo jotA ke lokone potAnAM dila ke pApa dhovAne badale potAnI garIbAI, achata, ke rogAvasthA dhoI nakhAvavAmAM vadhAre rasa che, "IzvaranA karuNAnA sAmrAjyane badale 'yahUdIonA bhautika rAjyamAM vadhAre rasa che, tyAre thoDA gamagIna thaI jatA. Izu dharmarAjAnA avatAranA Agamanano saMketa Apato to yahUdI navajuvAno koI emanAmAMnA ja daMDadhArI rAjAnuM svapna jatA. Ama Izu pote je stara para, je kakSA para UbhA hatA te sAva ja judI kakSA hatI. emanI ane emano saMdezo jhIlanArI jamAta vacce paNa khAssI UMDI-lAMbI-pahoLI evI durbhedya khINa hatI. keTalAya prasaMgo evA AvatA jyAre emanA potAnA ziSyo paNa emanuM vartana samajI ke sAMkhI zakatA nahIM. khAsa karIne kumArge gayelI rIo taraphanuM emanuM je kUNuM valaNa hatuM tenuM hArda ziSyo pakaDI zakatA nahotA. cIlAcAlu nIti-niyamone vIMdhIne pele pAra pahoMcI jatI Arya daSTine jhIlanArI parizuddha karuNAbuddhino tAga sAmAnya stare UbhelA mAnava kyAMthI meLavI zake? sAkSAtkArIne Page #40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM che! 31 mUlavavA sAme sAkSAtkArI parimANa joIe, bAkInAM vajana karavA jAya to hArI jAya ! bhUlathApa khAI jAya ! eka vakhata potAnA camatkArathI sAjA thayelA ane ziSya banI gayelA sAyamana nAmanA ziSyane tyAM sauno utAro hato. yajamAnane tyAM jamADavAnI taiyArI cAlatI hatI eTalAmAM halako dhaMdho karanArI eka strI pUchaparacha karatI doDAdoDI AvI caDhI ane Izune zodhI enA page paDIne dhrusake dhrusake khUba raDI. keme karyuM enuM rudana aTakatuM nahotuM. Izue cupacApa ene raDavA dIdhI. khAssI vAre enuM hRdaya ThalavAI gayuM ane e zAMta paDI. pachI pote ja potAnA vALathI IzanA paga lUchI nAkhyA ane baTavAmAMthI attara kADhIne IzunA mAthAmAM nAkhyuM. bAkI sau pelI strInI A badhI lIlA joI rahyA hatA, paNa IzunA eka ziSyathI A badhuM khamAyuM nahIM. e bolI UThyo, "Izu, tame jANo to cho ne ke A bAI kevI halakaTa che?" pelI strInI hAjarImAM AvI TIkA karavI te kevuM halakaTapaNuM hatuM, te aMge to Izue ene kAMI kahyuM nahIM, UlaTA apAra dhairyapUrvaka e bolyA, "sAyamana, mAnI le ke eka mANasanA be devAdAra che. ekanI pAse pAMcaso rUpiyAnuM ane bIjAnI pAse pacAsanuM leNuM che. baMne nAdAra thaI gayA che ema jANI leNadAra baMnenuM devuM mApha kare to enA tarapha pelA bemAMthI koNa vadhAre kRtajJatA anubhave?'' "pAMcasono devAdAra !'' ""sAcuM kahyuM te. have jo, huM tAre ghera Aje Avyo tyAre te mane mArA paga dhovA pANIya nahotuM ApyuM tyAre A bAIe Page #41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 32 bhagavAna Izu to mArA paga enAM AMsue dhoyA, enA vALathI lUchyA ane hajIya e mArA paga choDatI nathI, jyAre tuM to mArA pageya paDyo nahoto. eNe mane attara paNa chAMTyuM. A zuM sUcave che ? mArA pratyeno eno A prema kayAMthI udbhavyo ? e jemAMthI udbhavyo tene lIdhe enAM saghaLAM pApa dhovAI gayAM che, tenI tane khabara che? jA bahena, tuM pAchI jA, tArAM saghaLAM pAponI prabhue mAphI bakSI che.'' IzumAM A najara hatI ke pazcAttApanA punita jharaNAmAM pApInAM pApa nAmazeSa thaIne bhUtakALanI ghaTanA banI jAya che. tenI dRSTimAM koIka adbhuta vizvAsa vyApI jato, enA ja AdhAre e kahI zakatA ke jA bahena, tArAM pApa prabhue mApha karI dIdhAM che. dharmAdhikArIone A vAtano paNa virodha hato ke Izu koNa moTo Avyo, je prabhu vatI mAphI ApavAnI vAta kahI zake? paNa A to hato mAnavahRdaya parano vizvAsa ! mukhya vastu che. samajaNa. eka vAra samajAI gayuM ke pApa e jhera che to pachI pApanI kaI magadUra che ke e anutApInI pAse AvIne pharIne pApa karAvI zake ? emane jyAre khAtarI thaI jatI ke sAmI vyaktinA cittamAM A samajaNano sUraja UgI cUkayo che, tyAre ja e vizvAsapUrvaka kahetA ke tArAM pApa mApha thayAM che. eTale ja e potAnA ziSyone paNa kahetA ke pratikAra karavo hoya to pApano karo, pApIno nahIM. patitapAvanatA e to saMto mATe sahaja che. nadI puNyazALInA paga paNa dhoze ane pApInA paga paNa dhoze. saMta to sarvasaMgrAhaka che, A ja che emanuM saMtatva ! Avo ja eka bIjo prasaMga paNa khUba mArmika, hRdaya Page #42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM che ! 33 hacamacAvI de tevo, jANIto paNa teTalo ja che, paNa jeTalI vAra jANIe teTalI vAra vadhu ne vadhu potIko thato jaI ApaNAM pApo dhoto jAya eTalo sattvazIla ! eka vakhate Izu beThA hoya che tyAM lokonuM ToLuM eka strIne haDaselatA, dhakkA mAratA, mukkA ane lAto lagAvatA DhasaDatA laI Ave che. pelI strI bicArI potAnA khullA vALane bane hAthamAM sameTI emAM mAM saMtADI daI Izu sAme UbhI rahe che. ToLAmAM pUjArI loko paNa che. e Izune kahe che, "A bAI vyabhicAra karatAM pakaDAI gaI che. mUsAnA dhArA mujaba enA para patharA mArIne ene mArI nAkhavAnI sajA thavI joIe. A bAbatamAM tamAre kAMI kahevAnuM che ?' Iza to te pahelAM paNa nIcuM moM ghAlI bhoMya para kAMIka lakhatA beThA hatA, ToLAnI A vAta sAMbhaLIne paNa e lakhatA ja rahyA, jANe emaNe kAMI sAMbhaLyuM ja nA hoya ! paNa lokone to temanI pAsethI javAba joIto hato. pUjArIone to A rIte Izune koI zabdomAM bAMdhI levAya to bAMdhI levAno paNa IrAdo hato. khUba Agraha karavAmAM Avyo tyAre saheja moM UMcuM karI, TaTTAra thaI Izu bolyA, ''A bAIe pApa karyuM che, vAta sAcI. tame ene patharA pheMkIne mArI nAkhavAnI vAta karo cho te paNa sAMbhaLyuM. have mAre eTaluM ja kahevAnuM che ke tamArAmAMthI jeNe kadIya, manathI sudhdhAM pApa nA karyuM hoya te pahelo paththara mAre. cAlo, karo zarU.' kahIne Izu pAchA nIcuM moM karI dharatI para kAMIka doravA mAMDyA. thoDI paLo pasAra thaI gaI, pachI mAthuM UMcuM kare che to I. khri.- 6 Page #43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 34 bhagavAna Izu ToLuM gAyaba ane pelI strI hajI jemanI tema e ja sthaLe mAthuM nIcuM namAvI UbhI hatI. Izu pelI strIne saMbodhIne kahe che, "bahena, kema, kyAM gayA badhA loko ? zuM koIe tane patharo nA mAyo?'' "nA prabhu, koIe nahIM.' to tuM have tAre ghera pAchI jA. huM paNa tane sajA nathI karato, ane jo, have pharIthI pApa karIza nahIM.'' emanI daSTimAM ja eTalI badhI karuNAno dhodha vaheto ke e pote ja pApane dhoI nAMkhavAnuM zuddhikArya karato hato. prAyazcittanI preraNA Ape evo prabaLa hato. A karuNAno dhodha ! eTale to e lokone kahetA ke, " "ApaNe kadIya koIno nyAya nA toLIe. nyAya toLanAra prabhu beTho ja che. ApaNo dharma to che ekamekane cAhavAno. cAlo, ApaNe paraspara prema karIe.'' IzunI A prema karavAnI zakti e ja che emanI mohinI. A prema karavAnI zakti e ja emane mana paramAtmazakti che, ane e zakti hovAne lIdhe ja jIvananI kaThaNamAM kaThaNa paristhitimAMya e avicalita rahI zake che. eka vakhate maMdiramAM lokone uddezIne e kahe che, ""huM jagatano prakAza chuM. je koI mane anusare che, tene kadI aMdhakAramAM aTavAyuM nahIM paDe, ene jIvanano prakAza lAdhaze.'' tyAre eka pherizIo bolI UThe che, "A kevuM? tame pote ja tamArA mATe AvuM kaho ? potAnA pakSamAM potAnI sAkSI, enI kAMI kiMmata kharI ?'' tyAre aMtaranA gabhArAmAMthI jANe ekeeka zabda toLAIne Page #44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prabhunuM rAjya AvI rahyuM che ! 35 bahAra Ave che. ''hA, huM pote ja mArI potAnI sAkSI bharuM chuM. huM joI rahyo chuM ke huM ekalo nathI. tame loko dunyavI daSTie nyAya toLavA beso cho, jyAre huM koIno nyAya toLato ja nathI. vaLI huM nyAya toLato houM to paNa huM jouM chuM ke mArA nyAyamAM vajUda che kAraNa ke e nyAya toLanAra huM ekalo nathI, paNa huM ane mane mokalanAra e baMne chIe. tamArA zAstramAM lakhyuM che ne ke be mANasanI sAkSI vajUdavALI kahevAya. eTale huM jyAre mArA pakSamAM sAkSI ApuM chuM tyAre mArA pitA paNa mArA pakSamAM sAkSI ApatA hoya che.'' kyAM che tamArA pitA ?' tame nathI oLakhatA mane ke nathI oLakhatA mArA pitAne. tame jo mane oLakhatA hota to mArA pitAne paNa oLakhI zakata.'' enuM e bhAna ghaDIbhara paNa khaMDita nathI thatuM ke e "Izvaraputra che. pote koNa che te mANasane yAda rAkhavuM paDatuM nathI, eTaluM Izune mATe potAnuM paramapitAnA putra hovuM te svAbhAvika banI gayuM che. paNa loko enI A bhASAne samajI zakatA nathI. Izu, Izvaraprerita vANI bole che, IzunuM mAdhyama banAvIne prabhu athavA to koI salzakti IzvarI preraNA vahevaDAvavA mAge che - A tathya lokone samajAtuM nathI. je loko bhaktibhAvapUrvaka athavA pUjyabhAve Izune "avatAra' samajI le che, temane emanI bhASAmAM kazuM DaMkhatuM nathI, paNa te sivAyanA lokone to Izu- vANImAM naryo ahaMkAra ja saMbhaLAya che. pariNAme Izu aMgenI eka gerasamaja paNa tatkAlIna Page #45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu samAjamAM vartAya che. paNa je utkaTapaNe cAhI jANe che te premanA ajavAsane anubhave che. prema svayaM eka ujAza che, jenAmAM prema pragaTe che tyAM aMdhAruM TakI zakatuM nathI. eka vakhate eka gAmamAM dAkhala thatA hatA, evAmAM daza koDhiyA sAme maLyA. thoDAka Adhe UbhA rahIne temaNe bUma pADI kahyuM, ''o Izu, o gurudeva ! amArA upara paNa dayA karo.'' Izue temanI sAme joIne kahyuM, ''jaIne tamArAM zarIra purohitone batAvo.'' ane IzunI najara paDatAMveta badhA sAjA thaI gayA. 36 pote sAjo thaI gayo che e joIne dazamAMno eka mANasa moTe moTethI IzvaranAM guNagAna gAto pAcho pharyo ane IzunA pagamAM lAMbo thaIne AbhAra mAnavA lAgyo. tyAre Izu kahe che, 'sAjA to tame dasedasa thayA hatA ne ! bAkInA nava kayAM gayA? roga maTI gayo, prabhue sAjA karyA enAM guNagAna gAvAnuM emane kema nA sUjhyuM ?'' ane pelA page paDelA mANasane uThAvatAM mArmika vAta kahe che, ''UTha bhAI ane tAre raste paDa. tArI zraddhAe tane sAjo karyo che.' Izvara pratyenI kRtajJatA kevaLa dehanA roga dUra nathI karatI, e aMtaranuM Arogya paNa bakSe che. A mANasa aMtarathI rogI nathI, enA aMtaramAM apAra zraddhA paDelI che. e zraddhA ene kevaLa zArIrika nahIM, AdhyAtmika dizA paNa pakaDAvI Ape che. eTale ja Izu ene kahe che ke, ''bhAI tAre raste paDa.'' A rasto saMbhava che ke bAkInA akRtajJone kadAca na paNa sAMpaDyo hoya ! che Page #46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 5. dharma-cakra-pravartana IzunA hRdayamAM pravartatI saMvedanazIlatA, karuNA ane premabhAvanA jeTalAM AkarSaka che, teTaluM ja cittAkarSaka che enuM brahmacarya. bAkI to e paNa che trIsa-batrIsa varSano thanaganato navajuvAna ! enA dehamAM paNa zuM prakRti potAnuM tAMDava khelatI nahIM hoya ! paNa IzunI prANa-prakRtine to eka ja gaMtavya dizA dekhAya che - prabhunI icchA mujabanuM karuNAnuM sAmrAjya - Kingche dom of Kindness! IzunA sahaja brahmacaryanuM rahasya chupAyuM che enA A komaLa hRdayamAM, premamaya astitvamAM. enuM piMDa ja premapadArathathI baMdhAyuM che. e prema paNa koI eka vyakti, kuTuMba, jUtha ke samAja mATe nahIM, samasta jIvamAtra mATeno prema! emanI AvI manoracanAne lIdhe ja emanAmAM 'mA ane guru' baMne sAthe ekatra rahI zakacAM che. emanI A bhInIbhaca premamUrti emanA ziSyone atyaMta kaparI evI kuSThasevAmAM jIvana khapAvI devA prere che. IzunI premamUrtinA baLe dUra dUra ekAMta jaMgalomAM AdivAsIonI vacce lokasevA mATe ziSyo pahocI jAya che. A preraNA maLe che IzunI premacaryAmAMthI. ane IzunI A sarvavyApI premacaryAmAM ja chupAyuM che emanA naiSThika brahmacaryanuM rahasya. paraMtu Izu vyavahAru paNa che. brahmacaryavRtti e IzvaranuM varadAna che e vAta paNa e samaje che eTale kahe che ke, "badhA ja mANaso mArA jevA hoya ema huM to icchuM, paNa dareka mANasane Izvara taraphathI AgavI bakSisa maLelI che, koIne eka jAtanI, 37 Page #47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 38 bhagavAna Izu koIne bIjI jAtanI. keTalAka mANaso IzvaranA rAjyanI khAtara lagnano khyAla paNa potAnA jIvanamAMthI kADhI nAkhe che. paNa A vAtano svIkAra karavAnI badhA mANasonI zakti nathI.'' dareka manuSyanI maryAdA che, e pote samaje che eTale sto potAnA ziSyone kahe che ke, "puruSa strIsaMga kare e sAruM che, paNa vyabhicAranuM jokhama che eTale dareka puruSane potAnI patnI hoya ane dareka strIne potAno pati hoya. A huM kahuM chuM te eka chUTa che, Adeza nathI. badhA ja mANaso mArA jevA hoya ema huM to IchuM, paNa dareka mANasane Izvara taraphathI AgavI bakSisa maLelI che, koIne eka jAtanI to koIne bIjI jAtanI. samaya pUro thavA Avyo che, eTale havethI jemane patnI che, temaNe jANe patnI na hoya ema ja rahevuM. . . .'' ''vyabhicAra karIza nahIM'' eTalI sImita vAta Izu kahetA nathI. e to kahe che, " "je koI mANasa koI strI pratye vAsanAbharI najara nAkhe che, te manathI tenI sAthe vyabhicAra karI cUkyo che. eTale jo tArI jamaNI AMkha tane pApamAM preratI hoya to tene kADhIne pheMkI de, tAro jamaNo hAtha tane pApamAM prerato hoya to tene vADhIne phagAvI de, tAro Akho deha narakamAM jAya enA karatAM tAruM eka aMga nAza pAme e bahetara che.'' vaLI e AcAra-maryAdA paNa sUcave che - ""strIo sAthe vadhu paDatA vyakitagata paricayathI dUra raho, paNa badhI ja strIonuM Izvara pAse bhaluM Iccho. tamArAthI je nAnI vayanI che tene tamArI bahena gaNo ane je moTI vayanI che tene tamArI mA gaNo.'' Izu to chUTAcheDAmAM paNa mAnatA nathI. kahe che, "mANasanA Page #48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ dharma-capravartana 39 mananI jaDatAne dhyAnamAM laIne phAragatInI chUTa maLI che, paNa sRSTinA prAraMbhathI Izvare mANasone naranArI sarjelAM che, eTale pati patnI be nahIM rahetAM eka ja banI jAya che. eTale jemane Izvare sAthe joDyAM che, temane mANase chUTAM na pADavAM.'' IzunI potAnI sahaja brahmacaryaniSThAne kAraNe khrista dharmamAM saMnyAsa-saMsthA utpanna thaI ane vikasI ene lagatA dIkSA saMskAra tathA vigatavAra niyamo paNa che. dIkSArthI mATe sevA ane sAdhanA, pAna ane zikSaNa, tAlIma ane upadeza mATe vyavasthA paNa che. sAdhusaMsthA e khristI saMghano eka AdhArastaMbha che, jenA upara atyaMta pachAta, garIba, dInadukhiyArAonI sevAno mukhya AdhAra che. IzumAM pitRtva ane mAtRtva bane vikasyuM che kAraNa ke mAnavamAtra mATe enA hRdayamAM apAra karuNA che. enI A karuNAnA enA ziSyo para to jANe 'bAre megha varase che. eTale ja sto enA aMtima upadezamAM Izu potAnA ziSyone kahe che ke tame paraspara evo prema karajo, jevo meM tamane karyo che. huM tamane varuonI vacce mokalI rahyo chuM.'' IzunI A vAta sAMbhaLIne ziSyone khabara to che ja ke A prabhukAryamAM to gALAgALI ane mArapITa ja sahana karavAnI che. eTale pITara pUche che, "sAmevALo ApaNane mAre, trAsa Ape to keTalI vAra e sahana karavuM ? sAta vakhata ?'' tyAre Izu kahe che, I don't say seven times, but seventy times seven." sittera gaNuM sAta vAra. eTale ke 90 vAra. toya e humalo kare to vaLI ene sittere guNo. eTale ke Page #49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu karavAnuM. ApaNuM kAma che samajAvavAnuM. kSamArAvuM re yakSa ! asaMkhya vAra mApha zaMkarAcArye kahyuM ne ke kSamAnuM zastra jenA hAthamAM che, te samajAvyA sivAya bIjuM zuM karaze ?'' Izu pApIone, mA bALakane mApha karI de eTalI sahajatAthI kSamA ApI detA hatA, enuM kAraNa e ja hatuM ke emane pApa mATe tiraskAra hato, pApI mATe kadApi nahIM. pApI hovuM te to pariNAma che, jenAM kAraNomAM mAtra je te vyakti nahIM, paraMtu asaMkhya jogAnujogo saMkaLAyelA hoya che. eka vakhate Izu kAMka jaI rahyA hatA. e ja saDaka para emanAthI thoDeka Aghe eka mANasa jaI rahyo hato. eTalAmAM galImAMthI bIjo eka mANasa acAnaka rastA para AvI caDhyo ane eNe pelA AgaLa jatA mANasanA khissAmAM hAtha nAkhI kazuMka kADhI potAnA khissAmAM nAkhI AgaLa cAlavA mAMDyuM. Izue potAnI sagI AMkhe A badhuM joyuM. ekadama jhaDapabhera AgaLa vadhI pelA bhAInAM khabhe hAtha mUkI zAMtipUrvaka kahyuM, ''bhAI mArA, te A zuM karyuM ? pelA bicArAne te zuM kAma lUMTI lIdho ? AvuM karAya, mArA dosta !'' ''zuM bolyA tame? prabhunA nAme huM kahuM chuM ke meM ene jarIke lUMTyo nathI.'' - potAnA kAne hAtha daI detAM sAva ajANyo thaIne e bolyo. - ''jyAre tuM bhagavAnanA nAme kahe che tyAre mArI sagI AMkho karatAMya huM prabhunA nAma para vadhAre vizvAsa rAkhuM chuM. eTale tArA para huM bharoso rAkhuM chuM ane meM tane je kAMI kahyuM te huM pAchuM khecuM chuM.'' Page #50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ dharma-cakra-pravartana 41 bhagavAnanA nAma para keTalo agAdha bharoso ! Izu to emanA raste AgaLa cAlyA. pelA mANase paNa cAlatI pakaDI. paraMtu thoDAMka DagalAM bharyA na bharyA tyAM enI jIbhe Avelo bhagavAna , hRdaya sudhI pahoMcavA mAMDyo ane hRdayamAM tophAna zarU thayuM, "pelA bhalA mANase tane khoTuM kAma karatAM Tokyo ane te paramAtmAnA nAme jUThANuM calAvyuM? paramAtmAnA nAma para ATalo badho vizvAsa koNa rAkhI zake ? sAce ja, e koI prabhuno bhakta lAge che. ane teM emane chetaryA? zuM bhagavAna tane mApha karaze ? . . .'' Addha cAlyuM ane bhAre akaLAmaNano sAmano karavo paDyo. chevaTe doDIne Izune page paDI dhrusake dhrusake raDato e bolI UThyo, ""mane kSamA karo. kharekhara meM corI karI hatI. meM tamane sAva khoTuM kahyuM !'' Izue ene uThAvI chAtIsaraso cAMpI dilAso Apyo. ane e mANasamAM jANe nakhazikha rUpAMtara thayuM. AvI hatI emanI hRdaya-parivartananI prakriyA. e kahetA paNa kharA ke, "saMsAranA cIlAcAlu DhALAmAM tamArA jIvanane DhALI dezo mA. navI cittavRtti dhAraNa karI tame palaTAI jAo, to ja tame IzvaranI icchAne pAmI zakazo ane zuM sarvAga saMpUrNa che te samajI zakazo.'' eka vakhate Izu sAgarakAMThe thoDuM ekAMtadhyAna, ciMtana karavA beThA hatA, paNa thoDI vAramAM to tyAM paNa khAssI moTI bhIDa thaI gaI. Izune thoDuM ekAMta joItuM hatuM, eTale kAMThA para paDelI eka hoDImAM jaIne e besI gayA. loko kinArA para UbhA rahI IzunI vATa jovA lAgyA. chevaTe ziSyoe Izune vinaMtI karI, Page #51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 42. bhagavAna Izu ''loko AzA laIne AvyA che, kAMIka upadeza Apo.' e ja hoDImAM UbhA thaI jaI Izu bolyA, ''juo, huM Aje tamane eka kathA saMbhaLAvuM. eka kheDUta hato. vAvaNIne samaya thayo eTale biyAraNa laI e khetare pahoMcyo ane khetaramAM keTalAMka bI verI dIdhAM. enuM thoDuMka biyAraNa to jamIna para paDI gayuM hatuM. zuM thayuM pachI? thAya paNa zuM ? paMkhI AvyAM ane bI caNIne UDI gayAM. patharALa jamIna para je bI paDyAM hatAM tene thoDA divasa pachI aMkura phUTyA, paNa thoDA divasa sUrajano baLabaLato taDako aMkura para paDyo to e sukAI gayAM. keTalAMka bI jALAMjhAMkharAMmAM paDelAM, ene paNa aMkura phUTelA paraMtu pachI eya te jhAMkharAMmAM gUMcavAI sukAI gayAM. keTalAMka bI sArI jamIna para paDelAM tyAM sAro pAka Avyo. kyAMka so gaNo kyAMka sATha gaNo to vaLI kyAMka trIsa gaNo. . . '' te kSaNe Izu AtmaciMtanamAM hatA. prabhue sopeluM kArya karavA mATe to A deha dhAraNa karyo hato, paraMtu emanI buddhine e samajAI jatuM hatuM ke bhIDamAMnA moTA loko potAnA kAMIka ne kAMIka bhautika svArtha mATe Ave che, AdhyAtmika preraNA khUba ochAne hoya che. . . uparokta kathA kahIne emaNe potAnA ziSyone tathA svagata uddabodhana ja karyuM ke, "ApaNuM kAma bI veravAnuM che, jyAM bhUmi taiyAra haze tyAM pAka Utaraze.'' lokone paNa preraNA ApI ke sArA kheDUtanI cIvaTa rAkhI jamInane kheDI-bUdI taiyAra rAkhazo to prabhunA bolanAM A bI jIvanamAM phUlIphAlI pAMgarI UThaze. eka vakhate Izu AgaLa cAlI rahyA hatA. ziSyo pAchaLa Page #52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ dharmacaka-pravartana cAlyA AvatA hatA. emanI mAMhomAMhe carcA cAlI rahI hatI ke, " "bhagavAnanA durabAramAM sauthI vaDuM thAna konuM haze ? kone paheluM sthAna maLaze ?'' . . . cAlatAM cAlatAM sAMja paDI ane mukAma paNa AvI pahoMcyo. Izue hasatAM hasatAM eka ziSyane pUchyuM, 'kema re, Aje rastAmAM zI carcAmAM badhA UtarI paDyA hatA ?' pelo kazuM bolyo nahIM, eTale Izue kahyuM, ""juo, je koIne prabhunA darabAramAM paheluM sthAna joItuM hoya te potAne hamezAM chello rAkhe.'' eTale ?'' tyAre Izue sAme AvelA svAgatArthIomAMthI eka bALakane najIka bolAvyuM ane ene UMcuM uThAvI kahyuM, ""A mAsUma bALakanA hRdaya jevuM jenuM hRdaya pavitra haze, namra haze ene prabhunA darabAramAM prathama sthAna maLaze.'' lokone jANe A vyasana thaI paDyuM hatuM ke Izu jyAM jAya tyAM enI pAchaLa jaI ene gherI vaLavuM. kazuM ja nA karavuM hoya toya basa, ene joyA karavAmAM paNa lokone kAMIka akathya tRpti anubhavAtI lAgatI hatI. koI ne koI to sAjuMmAMduM, lUluMlaMgaDuM hoya ja ne sau Izu pAse pahoMcI jatA ane jevA Iza pelI mAMdI - apaMga vyakitane mAtra aDatA tyAM pelI vyakita sAjI thaI jatI. saMvedanazIlatAnI parAkASThAne lIdhe sparzamAM saMjIvana saMcaratuM haze tema lAge che. camatkAranA nAme AvI ghaTanAne tiraskArI nAkhavAthI kazuM meLavavAne badale gumAvavAnuM ja che. sRSTi A narI najare dekhAya ane sImita buddhithI Page #53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna pu samajAya teTalI ja sRSTi to che nahIM, prabhunI sarajatamAM ghaNuMya agamanigama saMgharAyeluM che, jeno tAga mAnavI hajI pAmI zaco nathI. eTale IzunA sparze sarjAtA camatkAromAM koIka guNotkarSanI parAkASThA jovAmAM palle guNavikAsanI preraNA to maLe ja che ! 44 eka divase AvI ja bhIDa vIMTaLAI vaLelI ane vAtacIta cAlatI hatI. eTalAmAM IzunI mA tathA bhAI chAnAMmAnAM AvIne eka bAju UbhAM rahyAM. emane to kautuka nahIM, gaurava paNa hatuM. emanI icchA hatI ke Izu emane oLakhe. be zabda bole. eTalAmAM koInuM dhyAna gayuM to eNe Izune kahyuM, '"tamArAM mA tathA bhAI AvyAM che.'' tyAre Izu bolI UThe che ke, '"mArAM mA ! mAro bhAI ? koNa che mAro bhAI ne koNa che mArI mA '' A sAMbhaLI loko stabdha thaI jAya che. kevo naguNo che A mANasa ! janama ApanArI mAneya oLakhato nathI ! thoDI vAra zAMta paLo pasAra thaI gaI pachI e potAnA ziSyo tarapha AMgaLI cIMdhI kahe che, * " * "juo A che mArI mAvaDIo ane A che mArA baMdhu ! AkAzamAM birAjelA prabhunI icchAne anusarI je kAma kare che, te ja che mArI mA ane te ja mArA bhAI !'' je sAdhakanA cittanI A dazA samajAya tevI che. prabhuno pyAro thAya che tene mATe koI eka ghara e potAnuM ghara rahetuM nathI, AkhuM vizva ja enuM ghara banI jAya che ane samasta mAnavaloka te tenuM kuTuMba ! paNa eno artha e nathI ke jagatabharanI badhI strIo jene mATe mA banI jAya, tene mATe Page #54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ chelluM bhojana 45 potAnI mA te koI pArakI banI jAya ! Izune paNa AvuM nahotuM ja, tyAre to krUsanA thAMbhalA para caDhyA pachI prANa vedanAnI AMTIghUMTIomAM valovAI rahyo che tyAre paNa merInI ciMtA karI e potAnA ziSya yohAnane soMpatAM kahe che ke, "yohAna, have merI e tArI mA'', ane mAne kahe che, "bahena, yohAna te have tAro dIkaro.'' 6. chelluM bhojana dharmayAtrA cAlu ja che, tyAM pharI eka vAra pAchuM pAkhAranuM parva najIka AvatuM jAya che. loko AvanArA maMgaLa TANAnA occhavanI taiyArImAM lAgyA che. Izune to bAre dahADA occhavA ja che - "nIta sevA nIta kIrtana-occhava' - have to parvane mAMDa aThavADiyuM bAkI rahyuM haze tyAM dharmapracAra karatAM e jerusalemanI najIkanA bethenI gAme AvI pahoMce che. tyAM enA ziSya sAyamanane tyAM sau Utare che. pahelAM banyuM hatuM tema ahIM paNa eka bAI AvIne IzunA mAthAmAM kImatI ane sugaMdhI attara bhAvapUrvaka nAkhI enI pUjA kare che. IzunA ziSyagaNamAM jyuDA nAmano eka ziSya che. e mULe to potAnA dezane dhArmika tema ja rAjakIya gulAmImAMthI mukta karavA icchato hato, jyAre IzunI AkhI pravRtti prema, bhAIcAro ane balidAnanA tattva upara maMDAyelI hatI, e jyuDAne bahu phAvatuM nahotuM. vaLI e jato ke divase divase IzunI kIrti phelAtI ja jAya che, eTale enA manamAM Page #55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 46 bhagavAna Izu adekhAIno kIDo paNa saLavaLavA lAgyo hato. pelI bAIe Izu pratye ATalo badho bhaktibhAva dAkhavyo e enAthI khamAyuM nahIM. sIdho virodha to karI nA zakAya, eTale eNe TIkA karI, ''Avo te zo bagADa? ATalA ja attaranI sArI kiMmata Upajata ane te garIbane ApI zakAta.'' Izu to kImiyAgara hatA. jyuDAne peTamAM kyAM dukhe che e pAmI gayA hatA. chatAMya namratApUrvaka bhAvi bhAkhatA hoya tema bolyA, ''bhAI enI abhilASA pUrI thavA de. garIbo to tamArI vacce kAyama rahevAnA che, paNa A zarIranI pUjA to have ene dATatI vakhate ja thaze.'' ziSyone A AgamavANI samajAI nahIM hoya kAraNa ke jyuDAno kIDo to saLavaLato ja rahyo. dharmayAtrA daramiyAna TheraThera loko IzunuM vAjategAjate sAmaiyuM karatA, maMgaLasUcaka dhvani uparAMta tADInAM pAMdaDAMnI dhajA pharakAvatA ane 'yahUdIonA rAjA Izuno jaya' ema pokAro karatA hatA. jyuDAne pelA attaranA abhiSekamAM rAjyAbhiSekanI gaMdha AvelI ane temAM lokahRdayano Avo utkaTa umaLako joIne enuM haiyuM to jANe besI ja gayuM ke gAdI have hAthamAMthI gaI. . . . ane haMmezAM banyuM che tema "ghara phUTe ghara jAya'nA nyAye e pahoMcI gayo IzunA dveSI pUjArI-zAstrIo pAse. Izu rAjyadrohI che Avo Aropa enA para mukAya to e aMgenI jubAnI ApavA Izune oLakhI batAvI rAjyadhuraMdharonA hAthamAM ene sapaDAvI devAnI taiyArI dAkhavI. AnA badalAmAM sAruM inAma meLavavAnI peravI paNa karI lIdhI. parvanA pratyakSa betraNa divasa manuSyavadhano niSedha hovAthI vahelI take A kAma Page #56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ chelluM bhojana patAvI devAnI caLa zatruonA hAthamAM UpaDI ane sau IzunuM kAsaLa kADhI nAkhavA kaTibaddha thayA, jethI emanuM zoSaNanuM, jora-julamanuM ane ApakhudInuM varcasva nirkoTaka banI jaI zake. A bAju Izune to AgamanAM edhANa vartAtAM ja hatAM ane have to ziSyone paNa enI avanavI bhASA sAMbhaLIne vahema paDavA lAgyo hato ke havA badalAI che. IzunA eka ziSyane to kAvatarAnI ja gaMdha AvI rahI hatI. jyuDA upara enI cAMpatI najara paNa hatI. pAkhAra tahevAranA guruvAranI sAMja hatI. jerusalemanA maMdiramAM Aje balidAna caDhAvavAno divasa hato. ziSyo Izune pUche che ke, " Aje sAMje Apa bhojana kyAM lezo ? ApanI zI IchA che?'' "zaheramAM tame jAo tyAM tamane pANIno ghaDo laIne jato eka mANasa dekhAze, enI pAchaLa pAchaLa tame jajo ane e je gharamAM dAkhala thAya tyAMnA gharadhaNIne kahejo ke gurudeva kahevaDAve che ke, jyAM mArA ziSyo sAthe mAre parvanuM bhojana levAnuM che te mAro oraDo kyAM che ?' eTale te tamane meDA upara sajAvelo eka moTo khaMDa batAvaze. tyAM tame ApaNe mATe taiyArI karaje.'' Izue kahyuM. ziSyo nIkaLyA. Izue kahyuM hatuM te mujabanI eMdhANIe yajamAnane ghera pahoMcI gayA ane bAkInI taiyArI pUrI karI sAMja namatA Izu potAnA bAreya ziSyo sAthe tyAM AvI pahoMcyA. bhojananI taiyArI to thaI ja gaI hatI, sau sAthe jamavA beThA. Aje jamatI vakhate Izu jANe koI judA ja manobhAvamAM hatA. thoDA gaMbhIra paNa hatA. kahe, "juo, atyAra sudhI to meM Page #57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 48 bhagavAna Izu tamane kIdhAM karyuM che ke tame tamArA zatru para pyAra karajo. kayAreka me tamane ema paNa kIdhuM che ke tame tamArA pADozI para evo ja prema karajo, jevo tamArA potAnA para karo cho. paraMtu Aje huM tamane judo ja Adeza ApavA mAguM chuM, te dhyAnamAM lo. mArI tamane chellI AjJA A che ke tamo sau paraspara evo prema karajo, jevo prema me tamane karyo che.'' A sAMbhaLIne ziSyo aMdarathI dhrujI UThyA, kAraNa ke e jANatA hatA ke Izuno emanA mATeno prema kevo AtyaMtikapaNe utkaTa hato. IzunA pArAvAra premamAM rasAyelI e sahanazIlatA, kSamAbhAvanA ane jAtane vArI nAkhanArI phanAgIrI tathA mitrabhAvanA potAnA jIvanamAM pragaTAvavI e koI nAnIsUnI vAta nahotI ! temane yAda AvI gayuM - eka vAra Izue kahyuM hatuM, '"huM tamane mArA sevaka nahIM kahuM kAraNa ke sevakane khabara nathI hotI ke eno mAlika zuM kare che. huM to tamane mArA mitra mAnuM chuM, kAraNa ke mArA pitA mane je kAMI kahe che te badhuM huM tamane kahI dauM chuM.'' vaLI IzunI ziSyo mATenI premanI parAkASThA to teo have pachI anubhavavAnA hatA. thoDI vAra stabdhatA chavAI gaI, tyAM pAchA Izu kahe, "Aje mAre tamane eka vAta e paNa kahevI che ke tamArAmAMthI ja eka jaNa, je atyAre mArI sAthe jamI rahyo che te mAro droha karI mane pakaDAvI leze, AnI mane gaLA sudhI khAtarI che.'' A to jANe mAthA para vIjaLI paDI. sau eka pachI eka pUchavA lAgyA, '"prabhu e huM to nathI ne !'' tyAre Izu temane zAMtithI kahe che, ''A mArI thALImAMthI je Page #58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ chelluM bhojana 49 eka ja bhANe jamI rahyo che te ja e che. ThIka che, mAnavaputra to zAstramAM bhAkhyA pramANe cAlyo jaze, paNa ene pakaDAvI denAranI pAchaLathI thanArI durdazA joI nahIM jAya ! e mANasa janmyo ja na hota to keTaluM sAruM hatuM ?' ' jyuDA nIcuM joI gayo. enA cittamAM atyAre tumula saMgrAma cAlI rahyo hato enI cADI eno cahero khAto hato. tyAM thALImAMthI roTalo upADI enA TukaDA karI ziSyone ApatAM Izu bolyA, ''lo, A mAro prasAda, Ane mAro deha ja samajajo !'' chelle hAthamAM pyAlo lIdho ane Izvarano AbhAra mAnI ziSyone Apyo, jemAMthI badhAe ghUMTaDo ghUMTaDo pIdho. Izu bolyA, ''A mAruM lohI che. te saune khAtara reDAvAnuM che ! huM tamane sAce ja kahuM chuM, mArI vAta mAno ke A mAruM chelluM pINuM che. have to mArA pitAnA rAjyamAM ja huM navo Asava pIza. ,, bhojana pUruM thayuM. atyaMta gaMbhIra vAtAvaraNamAM saue prabhunI prArthanA karI. ghaDIbhara to saue anubhavyuM ke jANe teo A pRthvIthI dUra dUranA koI pradezamAM zvasatA hatA. pachI yajamAnanI vidAya laI sau jetUnanA pahADa upara javA nIkaLyA. rastAmAM kahe, ''tamArA saunI zraddhA DagI jAya tevuM paNa bane kAraNa ke zAstramAM lakhyuM che ke, 'huM rakhevALano vadha karIza eTale gheTAM veravikhera thaI jaze.' paNa ciMtA na karazo. tame gelila pAchA pahoMcazo te pahelAM huM tyAM pahoMcI jaIza.' tyAre eka ziSya pITara bolI UThe che, ''gurudeva, badhAnI zraddhA bhale DagI jAya, paNa mArI nahIM Dage. '' Page #59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 50 bhagavAna Izu tyAre Izu plAna hasIne kahe che, "tuM AvuM kahe che to kharo paNa huM tane khAtarIpUrvaka kahuM chuM ke paroDhiye kUkaDo be vAra bole te pahelAM AjanI ja rAtamAM tuM mAro traNa vAra inkAra karIza.' "sAva khoTuM. mAre ApanI sAthe mArA prANa paNa choDavA paDe toye huM Apano InkAra kadApi nahIM karuM.'' ' tyAre bAkInA ziSyoe paNa e ja pramANe kahyuM. paNa Izu jANatA hatA ke bhAvanAne kRtimAM utAravA mATe prANane nicovI nAkhanArI kevI jabaradasta zakti kharacavI paDe che ! ziSyagaNamAMthI eka ziSyane IzunI bhojana vakhatanI vAtacIta parathI caTapaTI zarU thaI. te vakhatanA dharmAcArya kaipha sAthe enA pitAnA mitra tarIke ene paricaya hato. kepha bhAre dharmajhanUnI, kuTila, dAvapecavALo hato. enI sAthenI vAtacIta parathI spaSTa tAraNa nIkaLatuM hatuM ke IzunI comera kAMTALI vADa taiyAra thaI rahI hatI. lagabhaga doDI jaIne e bIjA sAthIone saceta kare che ane badhA maLIne Izane tatkALa kyAMka khaseDI devAnuM Ayojana kare che. - sAMja paDye pahADa upara jatA rahevAnI Izune Teva. pelo ziSya paNa pahADa upara ja hoya che. sUryAsta jotAM jotAM enA hRdayanI zokAturatA vadhI jAya che. e jANe potAmAM sAta sAgara UMDo DUbI rahyo che, eTalAmAM enA khabhA upara koIno hAtha paDe che. sAMtvanA, hUMpha ane chalochala premathI pasArAto e sparza. . . . ziSya kahe che, ""Izu, mane lAge che ke tamAre ahIMthI tAbaDatoDa nAsI chUTavuM joIe.'' ""bhAIlA mArA, huM kyAM nAsI chUTuM? IzvaranI IcchAthI mANasa kadI nAsI chUTI zake Page #60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ chelluM bhojana kharo ? ane nAsIneya te mAre kAM svargamAM javuM che ?'' AchuM hasIne IMzu kahe che. ''paNa tame ahIM rahezo to e loko tamAro jIva lIdhA sivAya nahIM choDe. . . e gabharAI gayo hato. ''jo bhAI, maraNa aMge to nakkI karanAro e ja che. AvI sthitimAM huM mukAuM e aMgenI preraNA paNa mane enA dvArA ja maLI che, eTale eno kAMI uddeza haze. meM to eNe je preryuM te lokone kahI saMbhaLAvyuM, enA kAraNe mArA dehano aMta Avato hoya to te paNa mane maMjUra che. bhAI, Izvarane AdhIna rahevAmAM ja vizvanuM anaMta kalyANa samAyeluM che. .. ''paNa. paNa, AmAMthI UgaravAno zuM ekeya upAya na thaI zake ?'' ziSyanI AMkhomAMthI dhArA vachUTe che. 'nA bhAI, IzvaranI koI paNa bakSisane ApaNAthI ThelI zakAya nahIM. te maraNa Ape to te paNa eTalI ja prasannatApUrvaka svIkAravuM joIe. "" 51 ''paNa ATaluM huM tane kahuM, meM to lokone jIvanadharma samajAvyo. paNa pramAdanAM ghenamAM cakacUra rahetA lokomAM koI mane tarasyuM nA dekhAyuM. lokone jANe prema karavo nathI gamato, dveSa karavAmAM ja temane AnaMda Ave che. eTale pachI emanA upara je kAMI Aphato toLAya temAMthI temane huM bacAvI kaI rIte zakuM ? AthI to teo Izvarano inkAra karI rahyA che.'' eka moTI zIlA upara hAtha TekavIne e Ubho che. saMkhyA osaratI jAya che. aMdhakArano aMcaLo dharatI para chavAto jAya che. sUrajanuM chelluM kiraNa paNa saMkelAtuM jAya che. ''hA, e loko mane Aje baLavAkhoramAM khapAve che paNa eka divasa Avaze Page #61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu jyAre lokone sAcanAM pArakhAM thaze ane teo jyAre mArA saMdezAnuM rahasya samajaze tyAre potAnAM kRtyothI pastAI IzvarI rAjya sthApavA prayatna karaze. mane vizvAsa che. TreSano digvijaya lAMbo kALa Takato nathI, kAraNa ke potAnA vijayamAM te bIjA koIne bheLavI zakato nathI, jyAre premano vijaya to IzvarI saMpadA che. mATe bhAI, bhale huM Aje hAruM chuM, paNa mArI pachInA jarUra jItaze, kAraNa ke Izvara sadA jAgrata che.'' eka ghuvaDane jhADImAMthI nIkaLI khINamAM UDI jatAM joI pharI kahe, ""mRtyu kharekhara vikaTa che, paNa chevaTe to AkhI sRSTi maraNAdhIna che. emAM mAro vAro Avyo che. cAla bhAI, huM have IzvaranI prArthanA karI lau.'' kahIne e ekAMtamAM cAlyA jAya ekAMtanI e nAjuka paLomAM Izu jyAre IzvaranI moDhAmoDha thAya che, tyAre aMtarano viSAda ane mUMjhavaNa vyakta thatAM jovA maLe che. emanA uddagAromAM emanAthI bolAI javAya che, ""he mArA pitA, zakya hoya to A pyAlAne mArI AgaLathI khasI javA do. tema chatAMya, chevaTe te mArI nahIM, tamArI ja IcchA pUrNa thAo.'' keTalo vahAlo lAge che Izu? e na mAnava paNa che. AzAnirAzA, sukhaduHkhanAM kaMDhothI bharelo naya mAnava, ane chatAMya e kevuM DagaluM DagaluM upara caDhato jAya che ! Izvara pratyenI akhUTa zraddhA ane ApaNA sau sAmAnya mANasonA stara parathI upara uThAvI le che ane tyAre e UMcerA mAnavInA caraNomAM mAthuM avaza jhUkI jAya che. enI nikhAlasatA, saraLatA ane Page #62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 53 chelluM bhojana jutAmAM enA hRdayanI narI nirmaLatA tarI Ave che. enA kAraNe "Izvaraputra' tarIkenA enA udgAromAM e jeTalo bhavya, divya ane vaMdanIya lAge che eTalo ja mahAna ane vahAlasoyo lAge che enA "mAnavaputra' tarIkenA udgAromAM. cAre tarapha phelAyelAM doradamana, chetarapiMDI, hoMsAtasI ane verajheranA vAtAvaraNathI e kyAreka akaLAI paNa uThe che ane cAbuka vIMjhAtI hoya evI enI vedhaka vANI phUTI paDe che. Aje ja jerusalemanA cokamAM e zuM bolyo ? "dhikkAra che tamane o daMbhIo, zAstrIo ane pherizIo ! tame vidhavAonAM ghara pacAvI pADo cho, nyAya, dayA ane niSThAnI upekSA karo cho, tame maccharane gaLaNIthI gALI roko cho, paNa UMTane gaLI jAo cho.' kaMjUsa dhanapatine cAbakho mAre che, ""soyanA kANAmAMthI AkhuM UMTa pasAra thaI jaI zakaze, paNa e kaMjUsa, tane svargamAM praveza nahIM maLe.' - A che emano puNyaprakopa. emanI vicAradhArAmAM to Ave che ke "anyAyano pratIkAra nA karIza'. paNa bhalAbhoLA sAmAnya loko para trAsa vartAto joI bhaktadaya trAsIne akaLAI UThe che. anyAyanA cAbakhA vIMjhAya che dalitonI pITha para, paraMtu enA soLa UThe che AvA saMvedanazIla ane paragaju citta para. pariNAme puNyaprakopa bhabhUkI UThe che ane puNyaprakopa hoya to paNa Akhare to prakopa ja ne? prakopano pratighoSa UDyA sivAya rahe kyAMthI ? pratighoSanA puraskAra rUpe pachI A puNyazALIone maLe che - jheranA pyAlA, baMdUkanI goLI ane krUsano thAMbhalo. Page #63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 54 bhagavAna Izu prArthanA pUrI karIne Izu jhADImAMthI bahAra Ave che. dUra dUra khINanI pele pAra mukhya maMdiranA killAmAM saLagatI mazAlo Amatema pharatI dekhAya che. thoDA lokonI avarajavara paNa dekhAya che. pahADanI taLeTI AgaLanA eka bagIcAmAM IzunA ziSyo, pITara, jemsa ane jaoNna UMghe che. Izu ghaDIbhara temane joI rahe che. enuM vAtsalya chalakAya che. ""to ghaNuMya IcchuM ke tame ArAmapUrvaka raho, paNa dosto, samaya bharAI cUkyo che. UThavuM paDaze.' ane hathiyArabaMdha AdamIonA najIka AvavAno pagarava saMbhaLAya che. Izu sAMkaDI keDI parathI nIce Utare che, ziSyo pAchaLa pAchaLa cAlyA jAya che. thoDI vAre mazAlo sAva najIka AvI pahoMcatI dekhAya che ane bIjI paLe to mazAlanA ajavALAmAM caherA paNa parakhAya che - ha, spaSTa che koI dharmAdhikArI ! ane enI pAchaLa cAlyo Ave che - jyuDA. sAva sAme AvIne UbhA rahe che, chatAMya nathI koI AghuMpAchuM thatuM ke nathI koI nAsabhAga karatuM. pUjArIne thoDuM Azcarya thAya che ane jemsa tarapha AgaLa vadhe che. tyAM jyuDA tenA kAnamAM gaNagaNe che, ""nahIM nahIM, e nahIM. ane jANe bheTavA mAgato hoya tema Izu sAme AvIne Ubho rahe che. ghaDIbhara baMnenI najara maLe che. Izu nIco vaLIne jyuDAne bheTI kapALe cuMbana karI kahe che, "bhAI, tuM je kAma mATe Avyo che, te khuzIthI patAva.'' ane ToLuM gherI vaLe che ane Izuno kabajo laI majabUta pakaDe che. pITarathI A joyuM jatuM nathI. eno hAtha talavAra para jAya Page #64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ paroDha thatAM pahelAM 55 che. IzunA moM para jhAMkhapa pharI vaLe che. baLa karIne e kahe che, 'pITara, A zuM? talavAra myAna kara! zuM meM tamane nathI kahyuM ke je koI talavArano Azraya leze te talavArathI ja maraze ?'' pachI pelA pUjArI sAmuM joI ajaba zAMtipUrvaka kahe che, "tame koI coralUTArAne pakaDavA nIkaLyA ho tevI rIte zA mATe AvyA? ane sAthe A badhI talavAro ne bhAlA? huM to tamArA maMdiranA paTAMgaNamAM roja khulleAma lokone mAre je kahevuM hoya te kaheto hato, tyAM ja tame mane pakaDI laI zakyA hota ! khera, cAlo have, jyAM javAnuM hoya tyAM !'' sUmasAma zAMti, saunA zvAsozvAsa paNa jANe saMbhaLAI rahyA hatA. Izune laIne ToLuM AgaLa cAlyuM. nIce moMe pITara paNa pAchaLa cAlyo ane taLeTInA bagIcAmAM jyuDA paththara banI jaIne jANe jamIna sAthe jaDAI gayo. 7. paroDha thatAM pahelAM "nAjharethano IzuM e tuM ja ke ?'' "hA, e huM ja.'' doraDAnA baMdhanathI enAM vastro astavyasta thaI gayAM hatAM. caherA upara jANe thAka ane nabaLAI vartAtAM hatAM. sAme ja nyAyAsana para beTho che pelo dharmajhanUnI kaipha. AropInI kephiyata AgaLa cAle che, ""tuM moTo devAMzI hovAno dAvo kare che, potAne IzvaranA putra tarIke oLakhAvI IzvaranuM sAmrAjya sthApavAnI baDI baDI vAto hAMkye rAkhe che, e vAta sAcI ?'' Page #65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 56 bhagavAna Izu pratyuttaramAM mauna ! enI AMkhomAMthI jharatI glAni ane karuNA e sahI nA zakyo. lagabhaga barADI UThyo, ""cUpa beTho che te te karelA gaMbhIra gunAnI zI sajA thaI zake tenuM tane bhAna che ?' "je kAMI kahyuM che te khulleAma, pokArI pokArIne kahyuM che. mAre kazuM saMtADavApaNuM nathI'' - IzunA zabdonI makkamatA dIvAlone paNa vadhI rahI. paNa te payagaMbarapaNAnI ane IzvaranA saMdezAnI vAto karI yahUdI dharmanI niMdA nathI karI ?'' "e mane zuM karavA pUcho cho ? jemaNe mane sAMbhaLIne navAjyo che emane pUcho ne ?'' keAphanA krodhAgnimAM AthI tela reDAyuM. e khurazI upara aDadho Ubho thaI gayo. A joI pAse UbhelA eka adhikArIe IzunA moM para jorathI tamAco lagAvI dIdho. "dharmAcAryanI sAme bole che beadaba ?'' IzunA kUNA phUla jevA caherA para lohInA TaziyA phUTyA ane dhIre dhIre TIpAM nIce TapakavA lAgyAM. hAtha bAMdhelA hatA eTale moM lUchI zakAya tema nahotuM. chatAMya atyaMta zAMtipUrvaka e kahe che, ""tamane jo kharekhara ema lAgatuM hoya ke meM adharma tathA asatyano saMdezo phelAvyo che to tame mArA para dhoLe dahADe, jamAtanA paMca samakSa khullI rIte kAma kema nathI calAvatA ? sAkSIo kema rajU nathI karatA?'' " "acchA, tAre sAkSIo joIe che ! vAru tyAre jo, tuM dharAI jAya teTalA sAkSIo hAjara thaze ane jamAtapaMca paNa Page #66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ paroDha thatAM pahelAM 57 bolAvavAmAM Avaze.'' rAta gaLatI jatI hatI. kaiAphanA mANaso sAkSIonI zodhamAM nIkaLyA ane mANaso Izune coka vacce besADI tApaNuM karI TADha uDADavA gappAM mAravA lAgyA. tApaNAnA AchA ajavALAmAM lohIthI kharaDAyelo Izuno cahero camakato hato. tyAM khUNAmAM kAMIka rakajhaka saMbhaLAI. "A mANasa Izuno ' sAthI lAge che.'' huM ? tuM zuM kahevA mAge che e ja mane nathI samajAtuM !'' pITara zabdone gaLI jato bolato hato. eka dAsIe ene pakaDyo hato. tyAM bIjA mANaso paNa ene gherI vaLe che, ''hA, hA, vaLI, tuM enI ToLakIno ja cho. bola, tuM gelilano nathI ?'' tyAre akaLAIne pITara garjI UThe che, ''paNa, mAre ne ene kazo ja saMbaMdha nathI !'' "paNa meM tane mArI sagI AMkhe rAtre pelA khINanA bagIcAmAM enI sAthe joyo che ne ? ''paNa huM sogaMda khAIne kahuM chuM ke huM Izune oLakhato sudhdhAM nathI.'' juo, vidhino krUra kaTAkSa ! A badho vakhata Izu pITara sAme ekITaze joI rahyA hatA, emanI udAsa AMkhomAM agnino ujAza camakato hato. pITara nIcuM joI gayo, IzunI bhaviSyavANI sAcI TharI hatI. kUkaDo bole e pahelAM traNa vAra pITare IzunA ziSyatvano inkAra karyo hato. lathaDiyAM khAto e cokamAM jato rahyo. enA haiyAmAM hAhAkAra vyApelo hato. cAreya Page #67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 58 bhagavAna Izu dizA jANe IzunA zabdo pokAratI ene saMbhaLAI, "pITara, tuM mane khare vakhate ja cheha devAno che!'' eka pachI eka rAtanA pahora saMkelAye jatA hatA ane dhIre dhIre UtaratI rAtano oLo pRthvI para chavAI rahyo hato. po phATavAne thoDI vAra hatI tyAM to sipAIo sAkSIone laIne hAjara thaI gayA. comera dhAMdhala macI gaI ane thoDI vAre to kAma pAchuM AgaLa cAlyuM. ADIavaLI ghaNI pUchaparacha cAlI, paNa AvelA sAkSIomAM jANe kazA DhaMgadhaDA ja nahotA. koIne AkhA prasaMganI gaMbhIratA ja jANe aDatI nahotI. koI dIvAla paranAM citro tAkyA karatuM hatuM, to koI vaLI bArI bahArano rasto jovAmAM mazagUla hatuM, to koIke dAMta khotaratAM kahI pADyuM, hA, huM payagaMbara chuM evuM kAMIka A mANasa kaheto'to kharo !'' "aMha, eNe to ema kaheluM ke huM yahUdIono rAjA thavAno chuM.' bIjo bolyo. "are meM to maMdiranI sAme ja ene evuM bolatAM sAMbhaLelo ke A maMdirane toDI pADo to traNa divasamAM huM navuM maMdira baMdhAvI ApIza.' basa, A trIjI dalIlamAMthI kaiphane joIto tAMtaNo maLI gayo. A vAta para eNe Izuno UdhaDo lIdho ane chevaTe pUchyuM, ""bola, tAre A aMge kAMI kahevuM che ?'' Izu zuM bole? e jANe koI navI ja duniyAmAM AvI caDhyo hato. ahIM enI bhASA samajI zake evuM koNa hatuM? paNa nA, Page #68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 59 paroDha thatAM pahelAM ahIM khArApATa jamInamAMya koIka vIraDo hato. kaiphanI dalIla sAme nagarano eka pratiSThita yUsupha nAmano nAgarika Ubho thayo. jene besADI daI aTakAvavAnI hiMmata kaeNAphathI nA thaI zakI. eNe kahyuM, " "AropI javAba kyAMthI Ape ? ahIM badhuM kAyadesara cAlatuM nathI lAgatuM. kAyado to AropIne haMmezAM dayAnI daSTie ja jue che ane eno bacAva paMcano koI sabhya karI zake tema hoya to te mATe prayatna kare che. khera, mAre to ATaluM ja kahevuM che ke maMdira aMgenAM IzunAM vacanamAM rahasya e che ke mANase caNeluM maMdira to ghaDIkamAM bhoM bheLuM thaI jaI zake. Avo, ApaNe AtmArUpI maMdiramAM IzvaranuM pUjana karIe. maMdiramAM prANI caDhAvavAthI prabhu rAjI nahIM thAya, e to rAjI thaze prANImAtra tarapha dayA ane prema dAkhavavAthI. Izue to ATalI ja vAta kahI ke sevA e ja dharmano marma che.' ' bAjI hAthamAMthI sarakatI lAgatAM keApha Akho ne Akho saLagI UThyo. ThekaDo mArIne barADIne eNe Izune pUchyuM, ''bola, tuM masIhAno avatAra cho ? "khrista' cho ?'' ''mArA kahevAthI tame thoDuM ja mAnavAnA cho ? vaLI huM kyAM kahuM chuM, tame pote ja kaho cho !'' zAMta, saMyata svare Izu bolyA, ""joyuM? A IzvaradrohI pote ja nAstika thaIne kahe che ke e masIhAno avatAra che. e "khrista' che. have vadhAre sAkSI-purAvAnI jarUra zI che? choDo lAMbI lapachapa ane bolo, A mANasa sajAne pAtra che ke nahIM ?'' ane jANe pAchaLa mota paDyuM hoya tema e paMcano ekekano mata leto gayo. "dehAMtanI sajA! mata Apo tarapheNamAM ke Page #69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu viruddha ?'' kharIdAyelA paMcanA TapoTapa mata paDyA - 'tarapheNa". mAnavatAnI lAja rAkhato kevaLa eka mata paDyo - 'viruddha'. kahevAnI jarUra che ke A mata yUsuphano hato? ane jANe laMkA jItI lIdhI hoya tema ekotarI sabhA potAnA cukAdA para romana sUbAnI mahora lagAvavA UpaDI. ekotarI sabhAne dehAMtadaMDa karavAnI sattA nahotI. e kevaLa sajA sUcavI zakatI, enA para chellI mahora sUbAnI lAgavI joIe. vaLI pAsmAranA parva TANe narahiMsAnuM pApa mAthe levAnI paNa emanI taiyArI nahotI eTale parabhAruM nikaMdana nIkaLI jAya e daSTie kephe Izune bAMdhIne sUbA pAse mokalyo. rastAmAM paNa enA upara khUba krUra vartana AcaravAmAM AvyuM. sUbA pAse pAchI lAMbI tapAsa cAlI. sUbAe tene sIdhuM pUchyuM, "tuM potAne yahUdIono rAjA kahevaDAve che e vAta kharI ?'' bolavAnI lezamAtra vRtti nahotI, jANe jAtane dhakko mArIne bolAvatA hoya tema e bolyA, "huM je rAjya vize boluM chuM te pRthvInuM bhautika rAjya nahIM, paNa prabhunuM AdhyAtmika rAjya che. huM satyano sAthI chuM, satya mATe mAro janma che ane satyadharmano huM rAjA chuM.' romana sUbAne IzunI vAtamAM kazuM sajA karavApaNuM lAgatuM nathI. tema chatAMya dharmasabhAne enAmAM kAMI vAMkaguno lAgato hoya topaNa pAkhAra parvanA TANe sUbAne eka yahUdInI zikSA mApha karavAno vizeSAdhikAra maLato hato, te vAparIne paNa Izune Page #70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ paroDha thatAM pahelAM choDI devA e Icchato hato. enI patnI taraphathI paNa ene Izune choDI devA mATe saMdezo maLelo, kAraNa ke rAtabhara Izu enA svapnamAM Avelo. paNa AthI to pAkhaMDIo akaLAI UDyA, "nahIM, nahIM, tamAre choDavo ja hoya to Ane nahIM, pelA bArAbAsa lUMTArAne choDo.'' have ? sUbAe bIjI yukti zodhI. Izu gelilano vatanI hato, eTale A mukaddamo rAjA heroDe calAvavo joIe ema kahIne eNe pAghaDI pheravI. A vakhate heroDa jerusalemamAM ja hato. vaLI pAchuM saraghasa heroDa pAse AvyuM. heroDe A agAu Izu vize ghaNI vAto sAMbhaLI hatI. IzunA camatkAro jovAnI paNa ene tIvra IcchA hatI. pheravI pheravIne eNe kahyA karyuM ke tAro kAMIka paraco dekhADa. paNa IzanI siddhi e to enI cittazuddhinuM pariNAma hatuM, koIne AMjI nAkhavAnuM ke paraco dekhADavA mATenuM e sAdhana nahotuM. siddhi enI saMvedanA - jagatanI jhaLahaLatI rozanI hatI, e kAMI potAno jIva bacAvavA mATenuM sastu sAdhana nahotuM eTale enA maunathI rAjA ciDAya che. ""acchA, tuM to rAjA cho ne? are bhAI, yahUdIono rAjA AvA lebAsamAM zobhe ? ene koI zaNagAro to kharA !'' kahIne eka jUno bhAre jhabhbho nokara pAse maMgAvyo ane Izune paherAvyo. 'A kAMI mArA tAbA heThaLanuM kAma nathI' kahIne e chUTI paDyo. phUTabaoNlanA daDAnI jema Izune pAcho pAilaTa pAse lAvavAmAM Avyo. lokone thoDA ThaMDA pADI pAilaTe pharI vinavaNI karI joI, ''dhArmika utsavane TANe ApaNe Ane mArIe nahIM, vaLI Page #71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu motanI sajA bhogavavA jevo bhAre doSa paNa eNe kAMI Acayo nathI.. eTale pAMca phaTakAnI sajA karI ApaNe ene choDI daIe.'' heroDavALo jhabho paherelA Izune AgaLa lAvavAmAM AvyA. dhULathI tenuM moM kharaDAI gayuM hatuM. kalAkothI UbhA rahevAne kAraNe zarIra jANe sAva naMkhAI gayuM hatuM. tenI sAme dayAbharI najara nAkhatA ane ToLAnI saMkucitatA tarapha tiraskArabharI najare jotAM kahyuM, "joI lo A tamAro rAjA !' kahIne enA zira upara kAMTAno tAja paherAvyo ane 'jaya yahUdIonA rAjA, jaya' kahI tamAcA ane mukkA mAryA. paNa AthI to pUjArIonuM ToLuM vadhAre uzkerAyuM. "A amAro rAjA nathI. ene mArI nAkho ! khatama karo ! basa, khatama karo !'' ToLuM jherI banyuM hatuM. pAIlaTanA hAthamAM e kAbUmAM rahe tevuM lAgyuM nahIM eTale eNe sainikanA kAnamAM kazuM kahyuM. thoDI vAre sainika hAthamAM cAMdInI jhArI ane TuvAla laIne Avyo. pachI badhA jue tema potAnA hAtha dhoI lUchI nAkhI bolyo, juo mArI daSTie A mANasa taddana nirdoSa che. nirdoSa mANasanI A hatyA sAthe mAre kazI levAdevA nathI. e mATe huM mArA A hAtha dhoI nAkhuM chuM.' enI hatyAnuM kula pApa amAre mAthe, amArI saMtatine mAthe, vArasadArone mAthe, paNa tame Ane mAro.' nyAyAsanane bahAra cogAnamAM lAvavAmAM AvyuM, jenA para besI pAIlaTe Izune dehAMtadaMDanI zikSA pharamAvI. gunegAranA Page #72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ paroDha thatAM pahelAM 63 gaLAnA pATiyA para pAilaTe jAte ja lakhI ApyuM, "yahudIono rAjA-nAjharethano Izu.'' AthI kaipha pAcho ciDAyo. 'yahUdIono rAjA chuM ema kahe che'' evuM lakho, paNa pAIlaTa ghasIne nA pADI, " "meM lakhyuM che te ja kAyama raheze." "A mANasa jamyo ja nA hota to kevuM sAruM ?'' Izu koIne paNa mATe AvuM bolI zake ? hA, potAnA ziSya puDA mATe e AvuM bolelA, kAraNa ke emane khabara hatI ke mitradroha ke gurudroha karyA pachI enA nasIbamAM pastAvAnA dAvAnaLamAM naryuM saLagavAnuM ja che ! IzunI karuNA A dAvAnaLanA prakhara dAhathI dravI UThelI eTale ja emanAthI bolAI gayuM ke, "A mANasa jamyo ja nA hota to kevuM sAruM ?'' je kSaNe duzmanonA hAthamAM Izune soMpyo te ja kSaNathI aMtaranI Aga bhabhUkavAnI zarUAta thaI cUkI hatI. "arere ! meM A zuM karyuM? jenI sAthe jiMdagInAM sonerI kahevAya tevAM uttama vaSo meM vitAvyAM, jenI prabhunA rAjyanI dhUnanA zabdezabdane meM jhIlI jhIlIne sarvatra phelAvyA e ja sAthIne meM mArA hAthe duzmanonA sakaMjAmAM pahoMcADI dIdho !'' aMtima yAtrA daramiyAna, IzunuM TheraThera je umaLakAbhera svAgata thayuM te joI jyuDAnuM hRdaya adekhAIthI saLagI UThyuM hatuM. enA aMtaramAM lokeSaNA to paDI ja hatI, sAthosAtha kadI na kadI sattAdhIza thavAnI mahattvAkAMkSA paNa chupAyelI paDI hatI. sahaja rIte saumAM Izu AgaLa tarI Avato joI enA hAthamAM caLa UpaDavA mAMDelI. chevaTe matsare enuM kAma karyuM ja. Page #73 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu parva pahelAM ja pherizIo tathA pUjArIo pAse e pahoMcI gayo ane emanI sAthe sodAbAjI paNa karI lIdhI ke jo e Izune pakaDAvI Ape to badalAmAM bhAre moTuM inAma ApavuM. pUjArIo to AvA lAganI zodhamAM ja hatA. eka vAra paMkhI jALamAM sapaDAya pachI AgaLanI bAjI hAtha karatAM teone AvaDatuM hatuM, ane A to vaLI Izuno ja mANasa ! moM mAgyA dAma cUkavIne emaNe jyuDAne kharIdI lIdho. A moM mAgyA dAma eTale cAMdInI mAtra trIsa rUparaDI ! Izu rAjadrohI che tevI jubAnI ApavA ane Izune oLakhAvI pakaDAvavAmAM madada karavAnuM enI pAsethI vacana levAmAM AvyuM. - zatrunuM kAsaLa kADhavuM ja hoya to vaLI temAM DhIla zI ? jhaMjhAvAtamAM mojAM upara mojAM pharI vaLe ema kalAkomAM ghaTanAo saMkaLAtI gaI ane Izu pahoMcI gayo varuonI guphAmAM!'' paNa A zuM? pote kaI guphAmAM pahoMcI gayo che ? jyuDAne samajAtuM nahotuM ke aMdarathI pratikSaNa satata ene koNa korI rahyuM che ? ghaDInoya jaMpa nathI. ekeka paLa maNa maNanI zilA laIne Ave che ane enA boja heThaLa enA svAse zvAsane rUMdhe che ! "arere, A te kevo aMdhApo ? zuM huM sAva bhUlI gayo ke eNe mane keTakeTaluM heta kareluM ane mane paNa zuM enuM ochuM gheluM lAgeluM ? eka bhANAmAM besIne beue baMnenAM aMtara kevAM premathI rasI dIdhAM hatAM ! enI amRtajharatI AMkho ! hRdaya hRdayane abhinna karI nAkhatI enAM AliMganonI bhIMsa !'' arere ! koI parAyAnuM nahIM ne enuM ja gaLuM meM UThIne kApyuM? jenA khAtara prANa pAtharI devA ochA gaNAya, tevAne mATe meM Page #74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ paroDha thatAM pahelAM pote motanI vATa dorI ApI ?'' pastAvAno koI pAra nathI. koI kahe che, ""have thayuM te thayuM. tuM ene nA pakaDAvata to bIjo koI e kAma karata. vahelAmoDuM, enuM A ja bhaviSya hatuM!'' ''paNa mArA hAthe to A badhuM na thAta ne ?'' sUdhabUdha gumAvato e cIsa pADI UThe che. "ciMtA choDa have. e to bhAre dayALu che. Izu tane mApha karI deze.'' ane jANe javALAmukhI phATI nIkaLe tema enuM valovAtuM aMtara bhabhUkI UThyuM, "hA, e mane mApha karaze, eTale ja mAre vicAravuM rahyuM ! mArA pApanI sajA enI pAsethI mane maLI jAta to mane kAMI phikara nahotI, paNa eNe to mane kyAranoya mApha karI dIdho che, enI eka najaranA daSTipathamAM enI kSamA ane karuNAno dariyo eNe vahevaDAvI dIdho che. eTale ja mAre maravuM rahyuM maravuM rahyuM ! mota vinA have mane koI nahIM saMghare !'' kahIne e kapaDAM cIrato rahyo, vALa pIMkhato rahyo.... gAMDAnI jema doDIne e pharI pAcho dharmAdhikArIo pAse jAya che, ''lo, A tamAruM InAma pAchuM ! mane mAro Izu pAcho soMpo ! mArA para dayA karo. mArI bhUla thaI! mArI ATalI AjIjI sAMbhaLo, huM tamAro jIvanabhara gulAma rahIza.'', paNa koNa sAMbhaLe? baMdUkamAMthI goLI chUTI gaI hatI. emaNe to naphaphaTa thaIne potAnAM haiyAM ughADAM karI mUkyAM, "have amane zuM? tAruM pApa tane mubAraka! rAMDyA pachInuM DahApaNa zuM kAmanuM?'' chevaTe jIvana jIvavAnI koI dizA khullI nA dekhAI eTale Page #75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu chevaTe jyuDAe pote ja gaLAphAMso khAI ApaghAta vahorI lIdho. svArthanA kIDA jevA pUjArIoe jyuDAne ApelA lAMcanA paisA to pAchA laI lIdhA, paNa pApanA e paisA maMdiranA khajAnAmAM nAkhatAM e acakAyA. eTalo emano aMtarAtmA jAgrata hato ke pApane pApa tarIke oLakhavAnI najara hajI gumAvI nahotI. chevaTe e paisAmAMthI eka khetara vecAtuM levAmAM AvyuM ane tene paradezIonAM zaba dATavA mahAjanane soMpyuM. pApano paiso duzmanonA kabrastAnamAM dATavAmAM Avyo. paNa pApanA paisAmAMthI UbhuM thayeluM e khetara pAchaLathI "pApatra'nA nAme prasiddha thayuM. 8. kUsArohaNa divasa hajI khAsa caDyo nahoto ane Izune krUsa para caDhAvavA mATenA thAMbhalA taiyAra karavAnA zarU thayA. IzunI sAthe bIjA be gunegArone paNa sAMja pahelAM krUsa para caDAvI devAnA hatA, jethI tyAra bAda parva nirvidhanapaNe mANI zakAya. Izune killAmAM lAvyA ke tarata ja comeranI beMkomAMthI romana sipAhIo ene gherI vaLyA. 'zuM che A yahUdaDAnAM tophAna ? rojeroja emanuM kAMIka ne kAMIka tUta hoya ! acchA, to A vakhate emaNe potAno rAjA nakkI karI lIdho ema ne ? A bhAIsAheba ja che ne e rAjA? vAha ! vAha ! rAjAnA dedAra to juo !'' kahIne jorathI hasI paDI eka sipAInA aMga parathI lAla lazkarI Dagalo khecI Izu pharato vIMTALI dIdho, Page #76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ phUsArohaNa vAha bhAI, have tuM khAsso rAjA thayo !' badhA khaDakhaDATa hasI paDyA. "paNa rAjAsAhebanuM siMhAsana kyAM ?'' sAme ja bhIMta AgaLa saMgemaramaranA thAMbhalAno eka bhAMgela TukaDo paDyo hato, tene roDavIne kheMcI lAvI enA cheDA para Izune besavAnuM kahyuM. vaLI eka jaNane sUchyuM te rasoDAmAMthI cUlA pAsenA jhAMkharAMnA bhArAmAMthI thoDAMka jhAMkharAM laI Avyo ane eno mugaTa banAvI IzunA mAthA para besADyo. ane pachI enI saradArI heThaLa badhA sainiko ghUMTaNIe paDIne IzunI kurniza bajAvavA lAgyA. ''jaya ho yahUdIonA rAjAdhirAjakI jaya ho !'' Izu khAmoza hato. mAthA para ThekaThekANe kAMTA bhokAyA hatA, temAMthI lohI vahIne gAla, kapALa ane Doka para relAvA lAgyuM hatuM. paNa caherA para koI ja taraDATa ke maraDATa dekhAto na hato, harapha sudhdhAM e uccArato na hato. eTalAmAM e TukaDIno nAyaka je sutArane bolAvI krUsa ghaDavAnI taiyArImAM hato, te sAthIonI A ramata joI bolyo, ""tamArA rAjAnA hAthamAM rAjadaMDa to nathI '' ane sutAranA hAthamAMthI gaja laIne IzunA hAthamAM goThavI dIdho. gajane svIkAratAM Izue mAthuM namAvI AbhAra mAnyo. kSaNabhara to nAyaka hebatAI gayo ane thoDo pAcho paDyo. sipAIoe paNa emanI jaMgalI ramata aTakAvI. IzunA caherA para thAka hato, trAsa hato chatAMya enI nikhAlasatA ane nirdoSatA to evI ne evI ammalita hatI. tyAM to hukama thayo, cAlo have koraDAnuM zarU karo. jaladI patAvavA mAMDIe.'' Page #77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 68 bhagavAna Izu IzunA havAladAroe eno lAla Dagalo utArI lIdho, bAkInAM kapaDAM paNa utArI thAMbhalA para mUkI laMgoTIbhera Ubho rAkhyo. eTalAmAM bIjA be gunegArone paNa laI AvavAmAM AvyA. emAMno eka to bhAre tophAnI hato. enAM kapaDAM utAratI vakhate to eNe bacakAM bharavAM ja zarU karI dIdhAM. bIjo garIba hato, enAM cIMtharAM utAryA tyAre to bhUkhaDI bArasa jevuM enuM hADapiMjara cADI khAI UDyuM ane e tyAre bolI paNa UDyo, "bhUkha lAgI ane meM corI karI eTalA kAraNasara tame sau mane krUsa para caDhAvazo ?'' paNa hukamanuM pAlana karanArA kharIdAyelA gulAmo zuM karavAnA hatA? paNa jyAre sAmenA berekamAMthI eka sipAIne lAMbo cAmaDAnI vAdharIono gUMthelo ane dareka zeDamAM jasatanA kAMTA jaDelo koro laIne Avato joyo tyAre to e nakhazikha kAMpI UDyo, ""o bApa re, bhAIsAheba, mArAthI A nahIM khamAya ? nahIM khamAya bhAIsAheba, mArAthI. mane bacAvo !'' - tyAre haLave rahIne Izue tenA khabhA para hAtha mUkI kahyuM, "bhAI, jagata AkhAnA duHkhamAMthI banAvelI A vAnagI che. mana majabUta rAkhIne, prabhunA nAme ApaNe te bhogavI levI rahI.'' avAjanuM mAdhurya pelA rAMkanA samasta astitvane hacamacAvI gayuM. AzcaryapUrvaka pAchaLa pharIne joyuM to Izuno thAkathI lothapotha thayelo lohIluhANa cahero dekhAyo. AMkhomAM AMsu sAthe e bolI UThyo, "tArA mAthe paNa ghaNI vItI lAge che, bhAI !'' paNa pelo tophAnI pharI pAcho garajI UThyo, ""hA, hA, tuM Page #78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ *sArohaNa ,, moTo rAjA thavA nIkaLelo ne ! tane to jarUra phAMsIe caDhAvavo joIe, paNa ame kacAM koInAM rAja lUMTI lIdhAM che te. . . . dhamAla macI gaI eTale sainiko kaDaka thaI kedIone koraDA mAravA aMdaranA vADAmAM laI gayA. saNa, saNa. koraDA vIMjhAtA rahyA, mAnavatA AMkho baMdha karIne kSINa kAyA para ene jhIlatI rahI. kAma pUruM thayuM tyAre potAnA baLe zarIra paga para UbhA rahevA sakSama nahotuM, bAvaDethI ene jhAlI rAkhavo paDato hato. mAMDa mAMDa e DagalAMbhera cAlI zakato hato. have e lokone vadhasthAna para laI javAnA hatA paNa niyama mujaba krUsa kAM to gunegAra pote uThAve athavA to enuM koI saguMvahAluM uThAve ! pelA be gunegAronAM sagAMe to AgaLa AvI krUsane pITha para upADI lIdhA, paNa Izu mATe bUmo para bUmo paDI, '"koI saguMvahAluM hAjara che ? hAjara che koI ? ' ' pRthvI para Aje jenA nAme lAkho karoDo loko potAnA jIvanane uddhAranA raste laI javA mathI rahyA che, te vyaktinI sagAI enI aMtima kSaNe A pRthvI upara koIne maMjUra nahotI. koTi janonA tAraNahArane potAno krUsa pote ja uThAvI vadhasthAna para laI javA AgaLa Daga bharavuM paDyuM. hA, e sAva ekAkI aTUlo hato. zI' kasoTI kare che paramAtmA ? ane karAmata to che A satyAgrahInI, je chevaTa sudhI zAMta che, svastha che, jANe bIjA koIno janAjo uThAvIne laI jato hoya teTalI taTasthatAthI potAno janAjo uThAve che. sipAIo enI koraDAthI phATelI cAmaDI para vajanadAra thAMbhalo mUke che, sipAIo AgaLapAchaLa goThavAI jAya che, suthAra paNa 69 Page #79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ * bhagavAna Izu nisaraNI ane khIlA laI pAchaLa cAle che. sUraja barAbara mAthe caDhI gayo che. IzunA caherA para parasevAnI dhArA vachUTI che. thoDAMka Daga bhare che tyAM enuM zarIra lathaDe che. pelo rAMka gunegAra ekasarakho Izune joI rahyo che. vyAkuLa thaI e bolI UThe che, " "bicArAthI UpaDe che ja kayAM ?'' nAyaka thoDI madada kare che, vaLI be DagalAM bharAya che ane Izu AbhAranI lAgaNI vyakta kare che, cakkara AvatAM Izu nIce pachaDAya che. pAchaLa AvatA ToLAmAM keTalIka strIo paNa che. kadAca enI ziSyA. temAMnI eke potAno burakho kADhI pANIthI bhIMjavI IzanA lohI-parasevAthI kharaDAyelA caherAne lUkyo ane potAnA pAlava vaDe pavana nAMkhavA lAgI. thoDI vAre Izue AMkho ughADI. e ja, AbhArabhInuM mIThuM namana ! badhI strIo A joI haiyAphATa raDI UThI. potAnAthI krUsa UMcakI zakAto nathI eTale nAyaka sAmuM joIne Izu kahe che, "bhAI, huM to A krUsa veDhAravA rAjI chuM, mAro mAMhyalo to aDIkhama ja che, paNa mAro mATIno A deha - A paMDa ja nAdArI noMdhAvI rahyo che.' pachI strIo tarapha pharIne bolyo, "he jerusalemanI strIo, tame raDatAM ho to mArA mATe nA raDazo. raDavuM hoya to tamAre mATe raDo, tamArAM saMtAna mATe raDo. duniyAnI je nAstikatA Aje mAro jIva laI rahI che teno tamArA upara paNa paMjo paDaze. jeo talavAranA jora para duniyAnuM rAja karavA nIkaLyA che teone strIo ane bALakonI dayA AvavAnI nathI. eka evo jamAno paNa Avaze, jyAre vAMjhiyA sukhI gaNAze.'' Page #80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ nUsArohaNa 71 pharI baLa karIne e Ubho thayo. nAyake cAre bAju madada mATe najara doDAvI, to mAthA para zAkanA be TopalA upADelA evA eka habasInI lAlacoLa AMkhomAM dayA UbharAtI hatI. TopalA bAju para mUkI AgaLa vadhI eNe izuno jUsa ramakaDAnI jema uThAvI lIdho ane saraghasa jerusalemanI sAMkaDI galIomAM thaI AgaLa vadhyuM. . . . e ja TekarI para rastAnI bAjue, jatAAvatA loka jue e rIte traNa thAMbhalA taiyAra che. pahoMcyA pachI nazo caDe e mATe kedIone dArU dharavAmAM Avyo paNa Izue te nA lIdho. pachI IzunAM kapaDAM pharI utAryA. mAthA para kapaDuM vIMTaLeluM rAkhI ene bhoMya para suvAkyo ane baMne hAtha pahoLA karI krUsa para suvaDAvyo. krUsa upara suvaDAvyA pachI emanA beu hAthane pahoLA karavAnuM kahevAmAM Ave che. pachI capaTA pahoLA mAthAno eka aNIdAra khIlo emanA jamaNA hAthanI hatheLImAM jallAda ThokI de che. e ja rIte DAbI hatheLImAM. khIlo hatheLIne vIMdhI lAkaDAnI aMdara UMDo UtarI jAya che. hA, A e ja hatheLI hatI jeNe aneka mRtomAM saMjIvana preryuM hatuM, jeNe asaMkhya rogIone sAjA karyA hatA. A e ja hAtha hatA, je pApIonAM ane bALakonAM mastaka para vahAlano dariyo umaTAvatA hatA. . . . Thaka. . . Thaka. . .Thaka. . . hathoDAnA ghA jhilAya che ane paDakhe UbhelI mAnAM hRdayamAM citkAra paDaghAya che. mA to duHkhathI kokaDuM vaLI jAya che. hAtha pate che pachI Ave che pagano vAro mAMsa, snAyuo ane naso tUTI jAya che, lohInI to Page #81 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna IzuM dhArA vachUTe che paNa mukhethI ukAra sudhdhAM nIkaLato nathI. pelA bIjA be gunegAronI cIsAcIse to AkAza gajavI mUkyuM che. strIo paNa haiyAphATa raDe che. tamAzo jovA AvanAra keTalAka yahUdIo potAnA daMbhI AgevAnone mAkhaNa lagADavA hasatAM hasatAM Izune maheNAMToNAM paNa mAre che. bIjAne bacAvavA nIkaLyo hato, te have tArI jAtane ja bacAva ne ? tuM to IjharAyalano rAjA ane vaLI Izvarano dIkaro ! utAra tArI jAtane have phUsa parathI heThe !'' - Izu ekeeka zabda sAMbhaLe che, paNa enA caherA paranI eke rekhA vaMkAtI nathI. maheNAMToNAMnI jyAre jhaDI varase che tyAre chevaTe jANe aMtaranI guphAmAMthI prabhune AjIjIpUrvaka prArthe cheH "he parama pitA, A lokone tuM mApha karaje; pote zuM kare che tenuM temane bhAna nathI.'' mAnavadeha dhAraNa karIne thayelI AvI udAtta prArthanA pRthvI para AMgaLInA veDhe gaNAya teTalI mAMDa thaI haze. emaNe je prabodhyuM hatuM te pALI batAvyuM hatuM. mRtyunA uMbarethI apAyelo emanA jIvanasaMdezano A arka hato. A jIvanasaMdeza emanA potAnA lohInA akSare lakhAyelo che. mAnava para prema tathA Izvara paranI zraddhAnI parAkASThA A vacanomAM paDaghAya che. be corone paNa A ja rIte krUsa para caDAvavAmAM AvyA. traNeyanAM utArelAM kapaDAMno Dhagalo karI harAjI bolAvavAmAM AvI ane thoDA cokIdArone jIva jAya tyAM sudhI pahero karavAno hukama ApI nAyaka pAcho pharyo. tamAzagIronuM ToLuM hajI paDakhe ja UbhuM hatuM. emanI ThaThAmazkarI cAlu hatI. "moTo duniyAne Page #82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ phUsArohaNa tAravA nIkaLelo, potAne to tArI zakyo nahIM.' chelle enA kUsa pAse enI mA merI, mAsI, bIjI be strIo ane bAra ziSyomAMthI eka ja ziSya yohAna UbhAM hatAM. jyuDAe to pApa jIravI nA zakAvAthI ApaghAta vahorI lIdho hato. Izue yohAnane meru tarapha cIMdhI kahyuM : ""yohAna, have A tArI mA.' ane merIne kahyuM, ""bahena, have A tAro dIkare.'' divasa upara catye ja jato. IzunA jamaNA paDakhe pelo rAMkaDo gunegAra dImA hato ane DAbI bAjue gemA hato. gemA hajI Izune gALo bhAMDato hato, AthI dImA bolI UThyo, "have chellI ghaDIe to bhagavAnanuM nAma le ! ApaNe to ApaNA karame mUA, paNa A to bacADo sAva nakAmo thAMbhale caDhyo che !'' ane thoDI vAre Izu tarapha vaLIne kahe che ke, bhAI, tArA saragApuramAM tuM dAkhala thAya tyAre mane bhUlI to nahIM jAya ne?'' ""e zuM bolyo bhAI, huM tane khAtarI thI kahuM chuM ke A ghaDIe ja ApaNA A dehanA daMDa pUrA thaze ane tuM mArI sAthe puNyalokamAM haze. ApaNe vaLI pAchA bheLA ne bheLA !'' avAjamAM e ja mAdhurya, e ja navAI ane e ja AtmavizrvAsa ! madhyAnano sUraja pazcima tarapha AgaLa vadhI rahyo hato. traNeka vAgyA haze tyAM zarIramAM jANe zULa UpaDI; Izu moTethI bolI UThyA, ''elI, elI, lamAM zabhakathanI ? he mArA bhagavAna, bhagavAna o mArA, teM mane zuM kAma choDI dIdho ?'' A paNa eka ja kSaNano paritA5, vaLatI ja kSaNe pAchI jIta Page #83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 74 bhagavAna Izu meLave che. Let thy will be done. prabhu tArI IcchA ho ema ja thAo.'' kahIne pAchA aMtastalanI pAtaLI UMDAIomAM DUbI jAya che. . . . have to aMtima kSaNa najIka AvI rahI che ema jANIne kahe che, ""mane tarasa lAgI che.'' khATo drAkSAsava bharelI eka baraNI tyAM paDI hatI, temAM vAdaLI boLI bhAlAmAM khosI temanA moM AgaLa dharavAmAM AvI. becAra TIpAM cusAya che, pachI e bolI UThe che, "have badhuM pUruM thayuM ?'' ane chelle saghaLI zakti sameTI moTA avAje kahe che, "he pitA, mArA prANa huM tArA hAthamAM soMpuM chuM !'' emanA ekeeka jakhamamAMthI Ta5 . . . Ta5. . . 5 lohI nIce nItarI dhIre dhIre jamIna para Tapake che. pIDAthI Doka para mAthuM have TaTAra rahI zakatuM nathI ane saheja AgaLa jhUkI jAya che. dhIre dhIre hoTha bhUrA thatA jAya che ane zvAsa hAMphatA hAMphatA eka kSaNe nadI sAgaramAM bhaLe tema zAzvatImAM samAI jAya che ane Ama nAjharethano Izu maraNane bheTe che !. . . ane paramapitA paramezvaranuM pRthvI paranuM avatArakArya saphaLa bIjAropaNa karI pUruM thAya che. 9. punarutthAna sAMja namI gaI hatI. rAta DhaLe ane sUraja Uge tyAM to parvano pavitramAM pavitra divasa AraMbhAya che te lohIbhIno dekhAya e kema cAle ? vizrAmavAra eTale ke zanivAre zaba krUsa upara rahe ane loka vIphare to muzkelI UbhI thAya eTale vyavahAraDAhyA Page #84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ kapa punarutthAna dharmAcAryoe pahelethI ja peravI karI rAkhelI ke rAta pahelAM ja kUsa uparathI saune nIce utArI levA. phAMsInI sajAmAM to mANasa kSaNArdhamAM motane bheTe che, paraMtu kUsArohaNamAM to mANasane ribAI ribAIne kSaNonA mahAsAgaranA mojemojAne pAra karIne maravuM paDe che. ghaNA to traNa traNa divasa sudhI maratA nathI. paNa A traNeya gunegAro jaladI marI jAya eTale emanA paga toDI nAMkhavA sipAIone hukama ApavAmAM Avyo. pelA be to hajI maraNAsana sthitimAM jIvatA hatA eTale emanA paga toDI nAMkhI mArI nAMkhavAmAM AvyA. paNa sipAIo jyAre Izu pAse AvyA tyAre temano pArthiva deha nirjIva hato. eka sipAIe emanA paDakhAmAM bhAlo hulAvyo ke tarata ja lohI ane pANI vahevA lAgyAM. keTalAka yahUdIoe to A gunegAro jaladI marI jAya e mATe hADakAMnA cUrecUrAM karI nAMkhavAnI paravAnagI meLavI lIdhI hatI, paraMtu teo vadhasthAna para pahoMce te pahelAM Izuno eka premI yUsupha, je variSTha sabhAnA sabhya paNa hato ane jeNe "motanI sajA'nI viruddhamAM potAno mata nAkhI mata-pAvitryane zobhAvyuM hatuM te yUsupha pAilaTa pAse jaIne IzunA mRtadehanI mAgaNI kare che. te ja vakhate nikADemasa nAmano bIjo paNa eka ziSya zabane kabaramAM padharAvavA aDhI maNa boLa, agarunuM mizraNa tathA sugaMdhI dravyo laI AvI pahoMce che. baMne vadhasthAnanI TekarI para pahoMce che to merI duHkhathI bebAkaLI thaI sUnamUna hAlatamAM UbhI che. temanI paravAnagI laI atyaMta bhaktibhAve DALa parathI phUla cUMTatA hoya e rIte jUsa Page #85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu parathI lohInIgaLatI pavitra kAyAne utArI merInA khoLAmAM mUke che. merInI AMsubhInI zraddhAMjalithI prabhunI kAyA dhovAya che. atyaMta premapUrvaka, pUjatA hAthe IzunA mastakane merI chAtIsarasuM cAMpe che. zoka to mahAsAgaranI sImAone paNa nAno karI mUke teTalo apAra ane agAdha che. koNa kone sAMtvanA Ape? mahAvedanA sadA sarvadA abola ja hoya che. samaya jhaDapathI pasAra thaI rahyo hato. sUraja Athame te pahelAM daphanavidhi pUrI karavAnI hatI. eTale yahUdIone daphanavidhi anusAra temaNe jhaTa jhaTa IzunA pavitra mRtadehane navaDAvI, sugaMdhI dravyo lagADI zaNanA kApaDamAM vAMcyuM. TekarInI paDakhe ja yUsuphanI mAlikIno eka bagIco hato, jemAM eka navI ja vaNavAparI kabara hatI. khaDakamAMthI korI kADhelI e kabaramAM pASANanI bhoMya para IzunI kAyAne suvADI, ghaDIbhara sau nistabdha thaI UbhA rahyA. chevaTe chellI dIrghanajara nAMkhI sau bahAra nIkaLyA. cAlI jatI vakhate temaNe eka zilA gabaDAvIne kabaranuM moM baMdha karI dIdhuM. - kabara choDatI vakhate merIe potAnA pAlavathI moM DhAMkI dIdhuM hatuM. rastAmAM avarajavara to ghaNI hatI, paNa ghaNAe joyuM nA joyuM karyuM. koIe aMdaroaMdara gusapusa karI paNa lIdhI ke, "pelI krUse caDelAnI mA''. . . . paNa te kSaNe merIe potAnA aMtarane kahyuM, "kevaLa jhUle caDelAnI nahIM, paNa A che tArI paNa mA !' ' mAtRtva vizvavyApaka bane che ane khrista saMvatano pahelo zukravAra sameTAya che. mAnavamAtramAM pApone dhovA eka panotA Page #86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ punarutthAna putranuM lohI vahevaDAvavuM paDyuM, ene gojhAro zukravAra kahIzuM ke zubha zukravAra? AvAM balidAna mANasamAtrane UMcA caDavAnI preraNA Ape che eTale A zukravAramAM paNa ApaNe zubhadarzana ja karIe. paNa hajI badhuM patyuM nahotuM. IzunI AgAhI pratyakSa hatI. . . . "kabaramAMthI UThIza ane tame sau gelila pahoMco te pahelAM huM tyAM pahoMcI jaIza.'' ziSyone to A AgAhImAM kAMIka avanavuM banavAnI utkaMThA hatI, jijJAsA hatI. paraMtu duzmanone to caTapaTI hatI ke A jAdugara kabaramAMthI beTho thaI jaIne vaLI pAcho herAna nA kare ! eTale sUbA pAse kabara AgaLa majabUta cokIpaherAnI vyavasthA temaNe karAvI lIdhI hatI. vizrAmavAra patyo. navA aThavADiyAno pahelo divasa Ugyo. po phATe te pahelAM magadalAnI merI kabara AgaLa pahoMcI jAya che. cokIdArono sakhata pahero emano ema che, kabara AgaLano paththara paNa temano tema che. ane e paththara para sUbAnA mANasoe mArelI mahora- chApa paNa jemanI tema che ! paththara haThAvIne merInI Atura AMkho aMdara najara kare che to tyAM kazuM ja nathI ! merInI sAthe bIjI eka IzuziSyA paNa che. baMne AzcaryamAM DUbI jAya che. merI atyaMta asvasthatA anubhave che. bIjA koI ziSyo to tyAM AvyA ja nathI. kAM to DarI gayA che, kAM IzunI bhaviSyavANIne zraddhApUrvaka pacAvI zakyA nathI. merI doDIne pITara vagere ziSyo pAse pahoMcI jAya che ane sau doDatA kabarasthAne AvI pahoMce che. sau dimUDha che ! Page #87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ : 78 bhagavAna Izu merIne paNa kAMI samajAtuM nathI. kabara pAse UbhI UbhI e raDe che. thoDI vAra kabara sAmuM nIcI namIne jue che to jyAM zaba mUkayuM hatuM te sthAnanA ozIke ane pAMgate sapheda vastradhArI be atyaMta tejasvI devadUta samA koIkane jue che. teo ene pUche che, ''bAI, tuM kema raDe che ?'' ''koI mArA prabhune laI gayuM che ane teo kayAM che tenI mane khabara nathI.'' ATaluM kahIne e pAchI phare che tyAM pAchaLa Izune UbhelA jue che. paNa ene vizvAsa nathI besato ke A enA prabhu Izu ja che. tyAM zu bole che, ''merI !'' oLakhAya che, hA A to e ja ! paNa kSaNa pAchI phare te pahelAM ja Izu pharI bolI UThe che, ''mane vaLagIza nahIM. hajI huM pitA pAse upara cAlyo gayo nathI; paNa saune jaIne kaheje ke huM ApaNA saunA paramapitA prabhu pAse upara jaI rahyo chuM.'' merI IzunA sau ziSyone IzunA punarutthAnanA khabara Ape che, paNa emane vizvAsa besato nathI, kazuM palluM paDatuM nathI. bhaya ane AnaMdanI mizrita lAgaNI anubhavatAM sau bIjA sAthIone khabara ApavA zahera bhaNI UpaDe che. tyAM rastAmAM acAnaka Izu pAchA pragaTa thaI bole che, ''kuzaLa raho !'' strIo page paDI pharI pharI praNAma kare che, tyAM pAchA zabdo saMbhaLAya che, ''jAo, jaIne mArA bhAIone kaho ke teo gelila cAlyA jAya. tyAM temane mArAM darzana thaze.'' ane vaLI pAchA adazya ! ' e ja sAMje sau ziSyo baMdhabAraNe bheLA thAya che. hajI phaphaDATa che, jIva ghaNo vahAlo che. kerizIo Izu jevAno jIva Page #88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ punarutthAna 79 laIne rahyA, to A to capaTImAM coLI naMkhAya tevI mAkhIo ! manamAM mUMjhavaNa che, apAra vyathA che, aMdhakAramaya AvatI kAla che. tyAM acAnaka eka mUrti sAme AvIne UbhI rahe che, ""tamane zAMti ho ! pitAe jema mane mokalelo, tema have huM tamane mokaluM chuM. tame je koInAM pApa mApha karazo to te mApha thaze; tame jo koInAM pApa UbhAM rAkhazo to te UbhAM raheze.' sau stabdha che, avAka che. prANano saMcAra paNa jANe sau anubhavavAnuM bhUlI gayAM che. paNa bAramAMno eka ziSya thomasa hajI A vAta svIkArI zakato nathI. e kahe che, "jyAM sudhI huM temanA hAthe khIlAnAM cihno na jouM tyAM sudhI huM kadI na mAnuM ke e AvanAra prabhu Izu che.'' eka aThavADiyA bAda ziSyo pharI bhegA thAya che. bAraNAM baMdha thAya che, vAtAvaraNamAM stabdha becenI che, tyAM sau vacce AvIne Izu UbhA rahe che, ""tamane zAMti ho.'' ane pachI thomasane potAnI pAse bolAvIne kahe che, thomasa, tArI AMgaLI lAva ! je A rahyA mArA hAthanA jakhama ! ane mArA paDakhAmAM paNa tuM AMgaLI ghAla.' thomasa tAjA dUjhatA lohIbhInA jakhama jue che ane avaza banI pokArI UThe che, ''o mArA prabhu ane paramapitA !'' tyAre atyaMta mRdutApUrvaka Izu saMtavANI kahe che, ""thomasa ! azraddhA khaMkherI nAkha, zraddhA rAkha ! teM mane joyo eTale tane zraddhA beThI, paNa joyA vagara paNa jeo zraddhApUrvaka mAnI zake che teo dhanya che !'', Page #89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu pharI thomasathI bolI javAya che, "o mArA prabhu !'' Izu dvArA thayelA camatkAromAMthI kevaLa A zraddhAgAnane AtmasAt karI zakIe to sAdhanApathamAM iMdriyAtIta evI ghaNI caitasika camatkRtio ApaNe anubhavI zakIe. Akhare to prabhutAne jhIlavAnI che, saMbhava che ke A zraddhA nAmanI chaThThI avyakta iMdriya mANasane phUTe to enA cittataMtramAM krAMti sarjAya ane eka navo ja mAnava pariName. khera vaLI pAchA gelilamAM ane eka sarovara kAMTha Izu pharI pragaTa thAya che. emane to "bAtana kI eka bAta'' A ja karavAnI che ke loko vacce jAo. meM tamane je kAMI kahyuM che te lokone samajAvo. khAtarI rAkhajo ke yugonA aMta sudhI sadA sarvadA huM tamArI sAthe ja chuM. lokomAM azAMti phelAvyAnA ane komo vacce jhera karAvyAnA Aropa tamArA para melAze. paNa jeo mAtra mATInA dehane ja mArI zake che ane AtmAne kazuM nathI karI zakatA temanAthI kadI DaratA nahIM; je deha tema ja AtmA ane para ANa calAvI rahyo che te jagandhitA ekalAthI ja Darajo. yAda rAkhajo ke jiMdagInA jatana pAchaLa rokAze te jiMdagI khoze ane je mAre khAtara jIvatara soMghAM karaze ne prANa pAtharaze te anaMta jIvana pAmaze.' ane jANe IzunI zakti ziSyomAM saMcArita thaI hoya tema sau kaTibaddha thAya che. khristI dharmanA saMghamAM ziSyo umerAtA ja jAya che. IzunA paTTaziSyo pITare ane pAule satya kAje balidAnanI paraMparA vahevaDAvI. Izue vAveluM navayuganuM bIja phUlIphAlIne ghaTATo5 vaDalo thayo ane Aje to jagatane moTAmAM Page #90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ punarutthAna moTo samudAya eka ja nAme prabhAvita che ane te bhagavAna Izu phiniksa nAmanuM eka paMkhI che. enA vize kahevAya che ke Izvare ene IcchAmRtyu ApeluM che. e jyAre Icche tyAre potAnA jIvanane samApta karI zake che. jyAre e Icche tyAre potAnA ja dehamAMthI e agni pedA karI zake che ane e ja agnithI eno deha saLagI UThe che ! A agni pragaTa thavAthI deha samU saLagI jaI chevaTe bhasmasAt bane che, paNa khUbI e che ke A bhasmamAMthI ja vaLatI kSaNe phinikasa paMkhIno eka navo deha sarjAya che! bhagavAna IzunA punarutthAnamAM mane A phinikasa paMkhInuM visarjana dekhAya che. visarjana'mAM bevaDI prakriyA che. kazuMka visarjita thAya che, vIkharAI jAya che, nAmazeSa thAya che, zUnya thAya che ane pharI pAchuM e ja visarjananI pariNatI rUpe vaLatI kSaNe kAMIka vi-sarjana eTale ke vizeSa sarjana thAya che! IzunA dehatyAga ane punarutthAnanA aMtima parvamAM mane A phinikasa paMkhI jevuM visarjana dekhAya che ! Izu marIne zAMta nathI thaI jato, kabaramAMthI pAcho UThIne anaMta gaNo zaktizALI e siddha thAya che. krUsArohaNa dvArA kareluM visarjana duniyAbharamAM Izune phelAvI devAnuM vizeSa sarjana kare che. Izu to jIvIne ane marIne paNa AvI bevaDI prakriyA sAthIne gayA, have ApaNuM emanA mAnavabaMdhuonuM kartutva zarU thAya che. Aje Izue prabodhelo prema pRthvI parano ekacakrI samrATa banI zakyo nathI. Izue jIvI dAkhavelI karuNA Aje hiMsAnI dAsI che. IzunA jIvananA dhruvapada samAM A prema, karuNA ane Page #91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu satya e mAnavajIvananAM rojerojanAM vyavahAramUlyo banavA joIe. pRthvIe Izune dhAraNa karyAnuM saubhAgya tyAre ja siddha thAya, jyAre pRthvI parathI yuddha' nAmanI cIja nAmazeSa thAya. Izue potAnA jIvana dvArA paDakAro UbhA karyA che, ene jhIlavA mATe mAnavasamAje kaTibaddha thavuM e ja taraNopAya che. 10. IzuvANI IzunuM samasta caritra jeTaluM manamohaka ane cittAkarSaka che, eTalo ja jAdu emanI vANImAM bharelo che. IzunI jAdubharI vANI sAMbhaLavA loko tarasatA, enI vANI sAMbhaLI enuM kAsaLa kADhavA IchatA loko paNa kahetA ke, ''AvI rIte koI mANasane bolato ame sAMbhaLyo nathI.'' emanI vANI haiyAsoMsaravI UtarI jatI ane hRdayamAM jhaLAMjhaLAM prakAza pAtharI detI hatI. eka vakhate raste cAlyA janArA sAthe emaNe vAto karavA mAMDI. chUTA paDyA pachI eka mANasa bIjAne kahe che, "e bolatA hatA tyAre ApaNA aMtaramAM prakAzanAM kiraNo phelAtAM hoya tevuM nahotuM lAgatuM?'' Ama IzunI vANI mAnavIne enA TheThanA mULa sthAna sudhI pahoMcADI detI ane ene Akho ne Akho halabalAvI mUkatI. enI vANImAM satya jhaLahaLatuM, AzA jIvatI, amaratva raNakatuM, prema chalakAto, jIvana saMcaratuM. zabdono to jANe e jAdugara hato ! ""sAkSAt sanAtana zabda'' jANe Izu banIne sAkAra thayo hato. Page #92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ IzuvANI 83 zarIranI hANathI Darazo nahIM, AtmAnI zanithI Darajo. kAraNa, AtmAnI hAni thaye zarIra paNa narakavAsI ja thaze. - eka iMDuMya prabhunI AjJA vinA nIce paDI zakatuM nathI; tamArA mAthA paranA ekeeka vALanIya Izvarane tyAM gaNatarI che. mATe ciMtA na karo. huM kAMI jagatamAM zAMti lAvavA ja nathI Avyo. ramakhANa macAvavA paNa Avyo chuM. bApa ane dIkarA vacce, mA ane dIkarI vacce, sAsu ane vahu vacce virodha Ubho thaze. sauthI moTo jhaghaDo gharamAM ja jAgaze. je mArA karatAM mAnI ke bApanI ke dIkarA-dIkarInI kiMmata vadhu samajaze. te mane pAmavA yogya nathI. mane anusaravuM hoya to te potAno jUsa potAne ja khabhe mUkI cAlyo Ave. je (nAzavaMta) jIvanane bacAvavA jaze te (avinAzI) jIvanane khoze! paNa mAre mATe je (nAzavaMta) jIvana khoze, tene (avinAzI) jIvana maLaze. tame duniyAnA dIvA cho. loko dIvo peTAvIne TopalA nIce nathI mUkatA, paNa dIvI upara mUke che; tyAre te gharanAM badhAMne ajavALuM Ape che. e ja rIte tamAro prakAza loko AgaLa paDavA do, jethI teo tamArAM sArAM kRtya joIne tamArA paramapitAnAM yazogAna gAya. prabhunuM dhAma rAInA dANA jevuM che. dekhAvamAM to e jhINAmAM jhINuM che; paNa jyAre Uge che tyAre moTuM vRkSa thAya che, ane keTalAMye pakSIonuM AzrayasthAna bane che. vaLI prabhunuM dhAma khamIranA jevuM che, jeno thoDoka aMza ghaNA Page #93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 84 bhagavAna Izu loTamAM bhaLIne kaNakane Atho caDAve che. vaLI prabhunuM dhAma puSkaLa khajAno dATelA khetara jevuM che. jenI mANasane jANa thatAM te utAvaLo thaI tene potAnuM badhuM dhana ApI kharIdI levA tatpara thAya che. ane sodo thAya nahIM tyAM sudhI khajAnAnI vAta pragaTa thavA deto nathI. prabhunuM dhAma utkRSTa motI jevuM che. jema jhaverAtano vepArI tenI jANa thatAM potAnuM bIjuM badhuM dhana ApI tene kharIdavA jAya, tema mumukSu tene levA mathe. * * * tame dharatInuM lUNa cho. paNa bhrUNa ja jo alUNuM thaI jAya to ene salUNuM karavuM zI rIte ? pachI kAM to ene phagAvI devuM ja rahyuM ane lokonA paga taLe roLI nAkhavuM ja rahyuM ! eka jamInadAre drAkSanI vADI karI hatI. jyAre drAkSa taiyAra thaI tyAre te savAranA pahoramAM cokamAM majUrone teDavA gayo. ane tyAM ene je majUro maLyA, temane eNe rojano Ano TharAvI vADI para mokalyA. pachI sUryodaya bAda trIjA pahore e vaLI pAcho cauTe gayo. tyAM teNe ghaNA majUro kAma meLavavA beThelA joyA. teNe emane kahyuM ke, '"tame paNa vADIe jAo je vAjabI haze te tamane ApIza.'' - pachI, vaLI, chaThe ane navame kalAke te cauTe gayo ane te vakhateya je majUro maLyA, temane ''vAjabI haze te ApIza'' ema kahI kAme mokalyA. pachI pAcho agiyArame kalAke paNa cauTe gayo. te vakhateya tyAM t Page #94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ IsuvANI 85 ghaNA mANasone bekAra beThelA joI pUchyuM. ''tame kema kAma vagaranA beThA cho ?'' "zuM karIe ? Aje amane kAma ja maLyuM nathI.'' teoe jAo, mArI vADIe jaIne kAma kare. je vAjabI haze te huM tamane ApIza.'' pachI jyAre sAMja paDI tyAre teNe mahetAjIne bolAvIne kahyuM, "chelle AvelA majurathI mAMDIne darekane tame ekeka Ano cUkavo.' Ama cheka sAMje AvelA majUrane paNa Ano Apyo ane jeo pahelA AvyA hatA temane paNa Ano maLyo. emane thoDA vadhArenI AzA hatI eTale teo phariyAda karavA lAgyA, A te kevo nyAya ? ame Akho divasa taDako veThI kAma karyuM tenuM mahenatANuM cheka chellI ghaDIe AvanAranA jeTaluM ja !'' tyAre jamInadAre temane kahyuM, 'bhAI, meM tAruM to kazuM ochuM nathI karyuM ne ? tArI joDe to mArI bolI eka AnAnI ja thaI hatI ne? to pachI tArA hakanuM laI tuM tAre rAte paDa. A chelle AvelAne huM game teTaluM ApuM! mArA paisAno mane ThIka lAge tema upayoga karavAno mane haka nathI ke huM udAra thAuM tethI tArI AMkha zuM kAma dukhavI Ave ?'' Ama Izvarane tyAM chello AvanAro pahelo thAya che ane pahelo chello thAya che. kAraNa ghaNA Ave che, paNa anugrahanA adhikArI thoDA ja hoya che. eka gAmamAM dasa kanyAo hatI ane te badhI eka ja varane paraNavA icchatI hatI. ane te vara game te kSaNe AvI pahoMce Page #95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhagavAna Izu ? ema hatuM. pachI te dase kanyAo potAnA dIvA pragaTAvI varane vadhAvavA nIkaLI. temAM pAMca kanyAo DAhI hatI ane pAMca mUrkha hatI. DAhI kanyAoe potAnI sAthe telanI kupIo paNa rAkhI, jethI dIvAmAM tela thaI rahe to pUrI zakAya. paNa je kanyAo mUrkha hatI, temaNe tela rAkhyuM nahIM. varane AvatAM vAra lAgI eTale badhI sUI gaI. tyAM madharAte sAda paDyo ke vararAjA AvI pahoMcyA che. eTale te badhI potAnA dIvAnI diveTo saMkoravA lAgI. pelI mUrkha kanyAo DAhIne kahevA lAgI, "amane tamArI pAsethI thoDuM tela Apo.'' tyAre pelI DAhI kanyAo bolI ke, ""ame ema karIe to amArA dIvA paNa olavAI jAya. mATe tame bajAramAMthI tela laI Avo.'' tyAre te pAMca mUrkha kanyAo bajAramAM tela levA gaI. paNa eTalI vAramAM to vararAjA AvI pahoMcyA ane je kanyAo taiyAra hatI temane laI lagnamaMdiramAM gayA ane te pachI maMdiranAM bAraNAM vAsI devAmAM AvyAM. pachI pelI mUrkha kanyAo AvIne kahevA lAgI, ""he nAtha, bAraNAM kholo ane amane svIkAro.' paNa vararAjAe kahyuM, "tame pAchAM jAo. huM tamane oLakhato nathI.'' mATe gaphalatamAM rahevuM nahIM. IzvaranuM teDuM ane parIkSA kaI kSaNe AvI pahoMcaze te kahevAya nahIM. jUnA kapaDA para navA kapaDAnuM thIMgaDuM na devAya, kAraNa ke tethI jUnA para vadhAre kheMca paDe, ane vadhAre cirAya. Page #96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ IzuvANI mIThuM ja moLuM thaI jAya to tene zAthI sudhArAya ? tema mukhya mANaso ja moLA paDe to zuM karI zakAya ? je talavAra ugAmaze te talavArathI ja maraze. punarjanma pAmyA vinA IzvaranA dhAmamAM jaI zakAtuM nathI. zarIrathI zarIra utpanna thAya che, AtmAthI AtmA. punarjanma eTale zarIrano nahIM, paNa AtmAno (jJAna tathA zraddhA dvArA). koIno nyAya toLazo nahIM, jethI tamAro paNa nyAya nahIM toLAya. jevo nyAya tame toLazo tevo ja nyAya tamAro paNa toLAze. tame je mApe mApazo te ja mApe tamane paNa mApI ApavAmAM Avaze. kSamA karazo to kSamA pAmazo. Apazo to pAmazo. loko tamArI sAthe je rIte varte ema tame IcchatA ho te ja rIte tame paNa temanI sAthe varto. e ja dharmazAstra ane saMtonI vANIno sAra che. he amArA parama pitA ! tArAM vacano phaLe, tAruM dharmarAjya sarvatra prasare; tArI maMgaLa yojanA siddha thAya. jema AkAzamAM tema pRthvI para. Ajano roTalo Aje mane Apa, Page #97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ - 88 bhagavAna Izu amArAM pApane mATe amane mApha kara; amArA gunegArone ame mApha karyA che tema. pralobhana ane lAlacathI amane dUra rAkha, ne bUrA kALamAM amAruM rakSaNa kara. varSe varSe eka eka durguNane nirmaLa karatA jaIe to thoDA ja vakhatamAM ApaNe saMpUrNa banI zakIe. paNa duHkhanI vAta e che ke bane che AthI UlaTuM. sAdhanAkALanA lAMbA gALA pachI ApaNe jevA hoIe chIe te karatAM sAdhanAkALa aMgIkAra karyo tyAre zarU zarUmAM ApaNe vadhAre sArA ane vadhAre zuddha hatA evuM jovA maLe che. ATalI vastuo hoya to sanmutyu maLe tevI pAkI AzA rAkhI zakAyaH 1. duniyA pratye saMpUrNa vairAgya, 2. nitya vadhu ne vadhu pavitra thatA javAnI utkaTa abhilASA, 3. zistapAlana mATe prema, 4. tapAcaraNa, 5. AjJAdhArakatA, 6. titikSA 7. khristanA prema kAje koI paNa kaSTa veThavAM. tane gamatuM ane lAbhadAyI hoya evuM mAga nahIM paNa mane je gamatuM hoya ane mArA yazane vadhAranAruM hoya evuM mAga; kema ke jo tuM vastusthitine sAcI rIte samaje to tuM tArI potAnI IcchAone nahIM paNa game tevI hoya, to paNa mArI IcchAone anusaravAnuM ja pasaMda karavAno ane anusaravAno. satata prArthanA eTale Izvara sAnnidhyanuM satata bhAna; je parama zaktie manuSyane ahIM mokalyo che te hAjarAhajUra che evuM jIvanabharanuM satata akhkhalita bhAna. 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