Jain Dharm Prakash 1917 Pustak 033 Ank 10 11

Author(s): Jain Dharm Prasarak Sabha
Publisher: Jain Dharm Prasarak Sabha
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/533390/1

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zrI jaina dharma prakAza. pitA yogAbhyAso viSayaviratiH sA ca jananI / vivekaH sodaryaH pratidinamanIhA ca bhaginI // : priyA kSAMtiH putro vinaya upakAraH priyasuhRt / sahAyo vairAgyaM gRhamupazamo yasya sa sukhI // 1 // pustaka 33 mudra ] samAhu sa vata 1974. vIr saMvata 2444, [ aka 10-11 me. nAmadAra hiMdI vajIra mI. maoNnTegyune dhI jaina esoziezana oNpha inDIyA taraphathI ApavAmAM Avela mAnapatra. hiM'dustAne cAlatA mahAna vigrahamAM je moTo phALo ApyA che tenAthI prasanna thaIne hiMdIprajAne 'have pachI kevA kevA Duke ApavAnI jarUrIAta che te A matane sthAnika sarakAra tathA leAkamAnya pratinidhio vigere sAthe vicAra calAvavA atre Avela nAmadAra hiMdI pradhAna pharatAM pharatAM nAmadAra hiMdustAnanA vaeN.isarAya sAthe muMbai Ave tyAre jainama taraphathI eka mAnapatra ApavAnI hIlacAla mukhaImAM prathamathI thai hatI. AvI ghaNI hIlacAlAmAMthI phakta jainemAM mAnavatI padavI dharAvatI Trena esezIezana eka inDIyAnuMja mAnapatra levAnI nAmadAra hiMdI sarakAre maMjurI ApI hatI. A mAnapatra levAnuM prathamathIja tA. 26, DIsembara 1917-hiMdI tArIkha mAgazara suDha 13 sa, 1976 nA mapeAre eka vAge nakI karavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. jainaEAmanA pratinidhirUpa A maMDaLane khanAvavA chudA judA bhAgamAMthI daza saddagRDDAne pasada karavAmAM AvyA hatA. jemAM ( 1 ) khaNu va hulAla panAlAla, ( 2 ) rAvabahAdura hIrAcaMda nemacaMda je. pI. ( 3 ) zeka maNIbhAi gokaLabhAI, ( 4 ) zeDa gulAbacada devaca da jhaverI, ( 5 ) zeDa khImajI hIrajI kAyANI, ( 6 ) DaoN. punazI hIrajI maisarI, (7) zeTha kuMvarajI ANuMjI,(8 ) zeDa lakhamIcaMdajI dhIyA, ( 9 ) zeTha dalasukhabhAI vADIlAla vIracaMda, (10) zeThe ratana For Private And Personal Use Only

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je dharma prakA, bAda ta8:38 hatA. A pramANe traNa sustI, be ajadAvAdI, eka baMgALI. eka kAThIyAvADI che kacaDI ane eka mAravADI-te pramANenuM paMcaraMgI pAghaDIonAM suMdara dekhAvathI . tevuM A maDaLa cuMTavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. A Done sarakArI mahelamAM TAIma pahelA vIza mInITe hAjara thavAnuM sUcavavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. badhA guDa sADA agIAra lagabhage zeTha maNilAi gokuLabhAIne baMgale ekaThA thayA hatA, vAM prathama ekaThA thayelA daze gRhastho bhego phoTo levarAvavAmAM Avyo hato, ane pachIthI pAMca meTaramAM goThavAI teo sarakArI mahela-gavarmenTa hAusamAM gayA hatA, jyAM polIsa kamIzanare temane AvakAra Age hatA. tyAra pachI sADAbAra vAgye bIjA mAnapatra khalAsa thavAthI jena gRhane bolAvavAmAM AvyA hatA, ane nAmadAra hiMdI vAIsaroya ane nAmadAra hiMdI vajIra sanmukha temane laI javAmAM AvyA hatA. esozIezananA sekreTarI zeTha ratanacaMda talakacaMde nIce pramANe mAnapatra vAMcI saMbhaLAvyuM hatuM, jemAM atyAnI InaDIyana nezanala kesa" ane moslama lIge maMjura karelI svarAjyanI janatAnI sAthe sahAnubhUti darzAvatAM jenakena mATe alAyadA pratinidhitvanI mAgaNI karI hatI. te mAnapatra mULa tathA tenuM bhASAMtara A pramANe hatuM:To His Excellency The Right Hon'ble FREDERIC JOHN YAPIER THESIGER, BARON OHELMSFORI), P. G. . S.T, G. J[, I. E, Ec, Vicercy and Governor-General of India. and TO The Right Hon'ble EDWIN SAMUEL MIONTAGU, P, C., 21. P. Secretary of State for Iudie. Jay it please Your Escellency, Jost Respected Sir, We, the President and representatives of the Jain Association of India, i Swetamber Body, beg to offer our most cordiei welcome on behalf of our Community, and wish you, Sir, every success in the statesmanlike step you have taken, in coming here, personally For Private And Personal Use Only

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a 214 3141 Hinten taan. 369 io deliborate with the various representative books and indivi. duals that constitute the public opinion of India. We take this opportunity of requesting You: Escellency and you, Sir, to kindly convey to His Majesty the king Emperor our deep and abiling sense of loyalty to the CroTo, as also our most heartfelt gratitude along with the other communities of Iudia, for the declaration that the ultimate goal of the Policy of the British Rule in India is the grant of responsible Self-Govern. ment. We trust and pray that victory will soon crown the British Arms, and tbe British Empire will emerge from ibe strugyle, stronger, more glorious, and firmly united as ever. We beg bumbly to submit that we entirely support and ap. prove the scheme of reforms suggested by the Indian National Congress and Muslim League, as one to be carried out for the im. mediate requirements of the constitution. We are, however, confdent that any scheme of constitutional reforms, that yon devise after full and nature deliberation, will be so large and liberal as to make a substantial step forward towards meetiag the growing aspirations of the people of this land, as also to so re-shape the constitution as to assure them speedy and secure advance along modern lines. In a couniry of varied population like ours the interest of the certain important minorities have to be safeguarded without introducing any possible discord in the unity of Izdia, The Jaia Community of India is by its faith a distinct cality, and, if important minorities are to have representation in the future electoral system, we humbly submit that the claims of the Jain Community, whose loyalty has been proved unsterving will be given & due Teight and consideration. Praying once again that the unprecedented sted that you, Sir. 23 the Secretary of State for India, on the insitation of His Escellency the Viceroy, have taken, will prove & land-mark in the constitutional annals of this country We beg to remain, Your Excellency's and Your Most Obedient Servanta, For Private And Personal Use Only

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ra88 na dharma prakA. (mAnapatranuM bhASAMtara.) hI eksalansI dhIrAiTa onarevala pheDarIka jona nepIara thetIjara berana centamorDa. pI.sI., jI. ema. esa. AI., jI. sI. ema. jI. jI. ema. AI. I vigere vigere. hiMdustAnanA vAIroya ane gavarnara janarala, tathA dhI rAITa onarebala eDavIna semyuala menTa, pI. sI. ema. pI. hiMdustAnane sTeTa sekreTarI. mAnavatA sAheba, amo vetAMbara samUDa, hiMdustAnanI jona esosIezananA pramukha ane pratinidhio amArI koma taraphathI Apa nAmadArane amArA aMta:karaNathI AdarasanmAna karIe chIe; ane hiMdustAnanI prajAnA sina bhinna samUha ane vyaktio sAthe vicAra karavAne jAte AvavAmAM Apa nAmadAre rAjanItijJatAvALuM je pagaluM lIdhuM che temAM dareka phatteha IcchIe chIe. Apa nAmadAra, nAmadAra zahenazAha bahAdurane briTIza rAjya pratyenI amArI uMDI ane jAthanI vaphAdArInI lAgaNI temaja amArA hRdayane AbhAra jaNAvavA maherabAnI karazo. hiMdustAnanA briTIza amalane aMtima hetu javAbadArIvALuM svarAjaya bakSavAna che e bAbata jAhera karavA mATe hiMdustAnanI bIjI kema sAthe ame paNa Apa nAmadArano upakAra mAnavAnI A taka laIe chIe.' ane bharese rAkhIe chIe ane prArthanA karIe chIe ke A laDAImAM briTIza zastrone phatteha maLe, ane briTIza rAjya A laDAImAMthI vadhAre majabuta rIte, vadhAre pratApabharelI rIte ane vadhAre daDhatApUrvaka ekatrapaNe bahAra nIkaLe. amo namratApUrvaka araja karIe chIe ke rAjyabaMdhAraNane aMge tAtkAlika jarUrIyAtone mATe amalamAM lAvI zakAya tevI je pejanA InaDIyana nezanala konTesa ane muslIma lIge sUcavelI che, te sudhArAnI yojanAne amo saMpUrNapaNe puSTi ApIe chIe ane vakhANIe chIe. For Private And Personal Use Only

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jena esa ena opha inDIyA taraphathI menTene mApatra. 289 amone vaLI pratIti che ke rAjya baMdhAraNanI kaI paNa ejanA je Apa nAnadAra pUrva ane pukhta vicAra karyA pachI jaze te evI vitIzuM ane udArakAla thaze ke jethI A dezanA lokonI vadhatI jatI mahatvAkAMkSaone tethI saMpUrNa teSa maLaze temaja evI jAtanuM rAjyabaMdhAraNa tame punaHracazo ke jenAthI teo Adhunika paddhatimAM tvarita ane cakkasa vadhAre karI zaze. amArI jevI judI judI kemavALA dezamAM, hiMdustAna ekatratAmAM kusapanAM kaI paNa tava dAkhala thayA sivAya amuka agatyanI prajanA nAnA samUhanA labhe sAcavavAnI jarUra che. hiMdustAnanI jenoma dharmanI rItie eka judI kema che ane bhaviSyanA pasaMdagInA dhoraNamAM je prajAnA asatyanA nAnA samU pratinidhitva meLavavAnA hoya che ane namratApUrvaka araja karIe chIe ke jaina koma ke jemanI vaphAdArI nizcala pUravAra thaI che, te komana hakanA saMbaMdhamAM yogya vajana ane vicAra karavAmAM Avaze. chevaTe puna: prArthanA karIe chIe ke nAmadAra vAIsaroya AmaMtraNane mAna ApI Apa nAmadAre hiMdustAnanA sTeTa sekreTarI tarIke je apUrva pagaluM lIdhuM che te A dezanA baMdhAraNanA itihAsamAM smaraNiya cinha tarIke puravAra thAya. ame chIe, Apa nAmanA namra sevake. upara pramANenuM mAnapatra vaMcAI rahyA bAda nAmadAra veIsaroya tathA hiMdI vajIrane rUpAnA kAskeTamAM te arpaNa karavAmAM AvyuM hatuM, ane DepyuTezananA dareka iDanI te nAmadAra sAthe oLakhANa karAvavAmAM AvI hatI. jenakema keTalI atyanI kema che te bAbata upara onarebala mI. bAsue ne nAmadArenuM dhyAna kheMcyuM hatuM, ane cogya neTa te bAbatanI karI levAmAM eNvI hatI. nAmadAra vAireya tathA hiMdI vajIre padhArela JDune AbhAra mAne hatA ane darekanI sAthe haste mukhe zekahaeNnDa karI hatI. tyArabAda DepyuTezananA 7 moTaramAM zeDa maNibhAI gokaLabhAIne baMgale pAchA pharyA hatA. tyAM badhA cA TIphIna lIdhA bAda DepyuTezananA grahara vIkharAI gayA hatA. For Private And Personal Use Only

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mArA jamAtI zrI jaina zvetAMvara konpharanta kalakattA zaheranuM hapamA adhivezana sabAlArAnA ane sakSisa muddAsara hevAla. tA. 30-31-1 DIsembara-jAnyuArI, mAgazara vadI 2--3-4 rava, sAma, maMgaLa, agyAramI zrI jaina zvetAMbara kenpharansanuM eka adhivezana tA. 30 mI, 31 mI DIse 2 1917 ane tArIkha pahelI jAnyuArI 1918 ne rAja kalakattA mukAme karavAmAM Avyu hatu. kalakattAnivAsI ApaNA baMdhuoe kenpharansanuM eka annavezana tyAM karavAnA nirNaya navekharanI Akhare jAhera karyA hateA ane tema hevA chatAM TukA vakhatamAM ghaNI su Mdara taiyArI karI hatI. A vakhate tyAM kengresanA meLAvaDA thavAnA hevAthI sArI sa MkhyAmAM dUra dezathI DelIgeTA AvavAnA sabhava hute, ane tene lagatI ce!gya taiyArIe tatrA madhue!e karI hatI. kalakattAnivAsI sama emAM prasagane ceAgya Atithya bhAva, prema ane hu spaSTa jaNAi AvatA hateA, maMDapa tathA utArAnI sagavaDa rAya badrIkAsa nukImanA dAdAvADInA agIcAmAM karavAmAM AvI hatI ane bhejana mATe sagavaDa paNa tyAMja karavAmAM AvI hatI. A vizALa sauMdarya vALI jagyAnI anupama racanA ane sudara devacaityanuM bArIka kAma jainetarane paNa AkarSaNu kare tevu che. kalakattAnI mulAkAta lenAra bhAgyeja koi vyakti A bhavya caityanI mulAkAta lIdhA vagara rahe che. kaLA ane kArIgIrInA uttama namunArUpa caityanI samIpamAM eka vizALa ceka che ane tenI mRtyuAM eka khIje ceka che tyAM vizALa maMDapanI racanA karavAmAM AvI hatI ane mAjInA mukAmanA vizALa varaDAne vadhArIne suMdara pleTama anAvyA hatA. tyAM suMdara maDapanI zAbhA eTalI bhavya rIte karavAmAM AvI hatI ke temAM sAdAi chatAM bhavyatA dekhAtI hatI, alpa dhRtaya chatAM pUratI sagavaDa dekhAtI hatI ane ceAgya vizALatA chatAM vibhAganI vyavasthA cegya dekhAtI hatI. e hunnara prekSakA sArI rIte lAbha le evA A vizALa sabhAsthAnamAM khuzIe DavI daine evI suMdara goThavaNa karI hatI ke tenI maneAharatA, svacchatA ane spaSTattAne jeIne kaLA vidhAyakAne paNa AnaMda thatA hatA ane TuMka samaya hAthamAM hovA chatAM vyavasthA saranI geDavaNa mATe kalakattAnA mAnI kAryadakSatA ane vyavahArUpA mATe huM ne uDDAra svata: nIkaLI paDatA hatA. kalakattA ane a'gALanivAsI ee sanmAnakAriNI sasthA (risepzana For Private And Personal Use Only

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agaranI che je tAra kenpharansa kamITi) nA adhyakSa tarIke mAnya eka rAmacaMdabhAI jeThAlAInI nImaNuka karI hatI ane maMtrI tarIke konpharansanA janarala sekreTarI rAkumArasiMhajInI namaka karI hatI. A bane lokapriya kAMdhuoe pitAnA mahatvapUra hoddAne pUrato nyAya A hato ane temanI hAjarI sarva dizAe sarva prasaMge vyakta thatI hatI. e uparAMta maMDapa jana ane vola TIcara kamITinA aMgabhUta pipitAnuM kArya bahu sArI rIte bajAvatA hatA. A vakhate adhivezananA pramukha tarIke muMbaInivAsI zeTha khetazI khIzInI pasaMdagI karavAmAM AvI hatI. aneka dhArmika sakhAvata karanAra A vRddha zrImAna zeThanI nimaNuka ekI avAje prazaMsApAtra nIvaDI hatI. temanI hArdika nikhAlasa vRtti ane dharmabhAvanA A adhivezanane phattehamada banAvavAmAM bahu aMze kAraNabhUta thayA hatA. keTalIka bAbatamAM gujarAtI baMdhuo ane kacchI mAIo vacce varaso thayA je aMtara paDI gayuM hatuM te ochuM thavAnuM A nimaNukathI prabaLa kAraNa prApta thayuM hatuM ane pramukha tarIke zeThazrIe je dakSatAthI kArya karyuM hatuM, tethI A nimaNukanI ecatA spaSTa thaI hatI. kalakattAnivAsI baMdhuoe bahAragAmathI AvatA DelIgeTenI sagavaDa jALavavA mATe banI zakatI sarva taiyArI karI hatI ane TuMka vakhata hovA chatAM 225 volaTIyaronI eka nAnI sarakhI senA taiyAra karI hatI, jemaNe pitAnuM kArya ghaNA utsAhathI bAvyuM hatuM. laTIyaranA suprInTenDanTa tarIke rAyabadrIdAsajInA nAnA putra rAjakumArasiMhajIe bahu uttama kArya karyuM hatuM, ane zeTha narottamadAsa jeThAbhAI jerA rilezana kamITinA ceramenanA nAnA baMdha thAya che temaNe paNa A kamiTimAM sekreTarI tarIke ghaNe bhega ApI kema ane dharma taraphano pitAne AMtara rAga batAvI Ape hato. vaMTIyaroe ekadare ghaNuM utsAthI kAma karI sarvanA hRdayanuM AkarSaNa karyuM hatuM. rAtadivasa sakhta prayAsa karIne A adhivezanane phatehamaMda banAvavAmAM teoe maTe phALo Ape hate. pramukhazrInI padharAmaNuM tA. 28 mI DIsembare savAre agIAra vAge thaI hatI. temanA mAnamAM sTezana upara rIsepzana kamiTinA meMbare ane velaMTIyaranI AkhI ja hAjara thayA hatA ane eka AkarSIya varaghoDAnA AkAramAM temane harIsana reDa uparanA rAyasAheba badrIdAsajIne mukAmamAM lai javAmAM AvyA hatA. Akhe raste temane asAdhAraNa mAna maLyuM hatuM ane varaghoDA mukAme pahoMcatAM lagabhaga be kalAka jeTalo vakhata thaye hato. hAjara rahelA sarva baMdhu For Private And Personal Use Only

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jene ame rAka., enI mukhamudrA te vakhate utsAhathI pra kuTilatuM jovAmAM AvI hatI. aneka jagAe pramukhanI gADIne uMnI rAkhI hAraterA paherAvavAmAM AvyA hatA ane A raste ArakAo ane kamAnomAM zAsana unnatinA ane hRdayanA umaLAnA lekho vAMcavAmAM AvatA hatA. A prasaMge bhaDAragAmathI lagabhaga 300 uparAMta kelIgeTo AvyA hatA. aMgALAnA sarva rIsezana kamITinA muMba tarIke dAkhala thayA hatA tethI DelIgeTonI je saMkhyA gaNatI hatI te ghaNIkharI gALA bahAranI hatI. dUradeza ane vakhatano koca hovA chatAM ATalI saMkhyA DelIgeTanI thaI te ghaNI vizeSa hatI. vaLI A vakhate relave taraphathI koIpaNa prakAranI chuTachATa na hovA chatAM ane sakhta ThaMDIno samaya hovA chatAM rasa laI moTI saMkhyAmAM DelIgeTe hAjara thayA, tethI lokone saMsthA tarapha saddabhAva spaSTa thatA hatA. maMDapamAM rIse zana kamITinA meMgo, DelIgeTo ane prekSakonI kula saMkhyA 1800 thI 2000 lagabhaga thaI hatI ane citra vicitra pAghaDIothI maMDapa moDuka dekhAto hato. strIprekSake paNa eTI saMkhyAmAM hAjara thavAthI te sthAna khAsa dhyAna kheMcanAra lAgatuM hatuM. maMDapamAM laTIyaranI meTI saMkhyA pitAnA pILA pheMTA ane saTI sAthe bahu suMdara sevA bajAvatI hatI. keIpaNa prakAranI sevA bajAvavA mATe teo taiyAra rahetA tA. rIsezana kamITInA ceramenanuM bhASaNa muddAsaranuM ane vakhatane vegya hatuM. pramukhanuM bhASaNa agAunA bhASAnA pramANamAM TuMkuM paNa muddAsaranuM hatuM. temane keTaloka bhAga preraka hato ane keTalIka jarUranI TIkA paNa temAM jovAmAM AvI hatI. vidyA-keLavaNI ane saMpanA muddA upara temAM khAsa lakya evuM jaNAtuM hatuM. prathama divase A banne bApa vAMcavA uparAMta kenpharansane riporTa vAMcavAmAM Avyo hatuM. A banne bhASaNe A sAthe vigatavAra ApavAmAM AvyA che te vAMcI javA khAsa bhalAmaNa che. phonpharansanA bIje ane trIje divase jarUrI TharAvo karavAmAM AvyA hatA ane te para vivecana kyAM hatAM. A varasanA TharAvo jotAM jaNAya che ke agAunA adhivezana piThe A varase paNa keLavaNInA savAlane khAsa agrasthAna ApavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. keLavaNIne lagatA sarva DarA ghaNA vicArapUrvaka ghaDavAmAM AvyA hatA ane te para vivecane paNa sArAM thayAM hatAM. TharAne amala karavA mATe preraNAtmaka bhASaNe bahu sArAM thayAM hatAM. sarva karA eTalI suMdara rIte ghaDavAmAM AvyA hatA ke tene bArIka abhyAsa karavAnI jarUra che. vizeSa rIte vAMcI vicArI For Private And Personal Use Only

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agoranI zrI ta Ara sara javA mATe te TharAve AgaLa vigatavAra pApavAmAM AvyA che. dareka gAmamAM e rA ane pramukhanA bhASaNA vaheMcAya ane tene cainya amala thai zake te ghaNuM lAbha thAya, tethI te sa MbaMdhamAM yogya karavA jaina ane khAsa vijJapti che, prathama divasanu kArya pUrNa thayA pachI vibhAgavAra sabajekTasa kITanI cuMTaNI karavAnu vibhAgeAne sUcavavAmAM Avyu hatu ane cuMTAyelAM nAme cIka sekreTarI tarapha meAkalavAnuM jaNAvavAmAM ANyu hatuM. A sUcanAne a mala 20 miniTamAM thai gayA hatA ane aMdhAraNu pramANe kAma karavAmAM zrAvyuM hatuM. A kArya je saralatAthI e adhivezanamAM thai zakyuM hatuM te uparathI jaNAya che ke niyamasara kArya karavAthI saralatA vadhAre thAya che ane kacavATanA prasaMga ghaTatA jAya che. samajekTasa kimiTanA meLAvaDA rAtre rAya a, padmIdAsajInA herIsana roDa paranA mukAmamAM jyAM pramukhazrIne utArA ApavAmAM Avye hatA tyAMja ekaTA thayA hatA. A varasanA meLAvaDAmAM eka khAsa lakSya kheMcanAra hakIkata te leAkasAnya jainetara gRhasthAnI hAjarI ane bhASaNNA hatAM. lekamAnya tIlaka sAhebe hAjarI ApI jene ne jAgRta karyA hatA. leAkamAnya satyAgrahu sUtti svarUpa zrIyut saiAhanadAsa gAMdhIe kemanA vibhAge! vacce cAlatA lezeA dUra karavA khAsa bhalAmaNa karI hatI ane paMDita madanamehana mAlavIyAe jaitakAmana! samUhamaLapara bhAra mUkI jAhera pravRttimAM vizeSa bhAga levA sUcanana karyuM hatuM. poMDitajI lagabhaga eka kalAka beAlyA hatA ane AkhA bhASaNa daramyAna sarve ne aneka ASatAnA rasa cakhADyo hatA. phAngresanA adhivezana sAthe ApaNuM adhivezana thAya te ApaNuA khaMdhue ahu suMdara rIte rAjakIya pravRttimAM bhAga lettA thAya e uparAMta AvA AtmabhAga ApanAra mAnanIya AgevAnonA prasaMgamAM paNu AvI zakAya e mATe lAbha che ema A vakhatanA anubhave khatAvI ApyuM hatuM. Aya ke A prazna upara vicAra karI phAngresanA meLAvaDA prasage kAnpharansanuM adhivezana karavAnI sUcanA upADI levA kArya vADakA vicAra karaze evI khAsa sUcanA che. A varasanA kAryamAM bIjI eka agatyanI mAtA jevAmAM AvI te Apa aa saMcAlakAnI kAMI vyavahArUM kArya karavAnI tItra IcchA tevAmAM AvatI hatI. zarUAtathIja kalakattAvAsI madhue TharAva karavA uparAMta kAMipaNu vyavahArU kArya karavAnI bhalAmaNa karatA hatA. hiMdu yunivasITImAM jaina sAhitya zikSaNa ane rasI. DensIne aMge kAyadAmAM evuM lakhAi gayuM che ke jene khAsa kharca Ape te temane mATe alaga Jain chair jaina abhyAsanI gADhavalu karI ApavI ene mATe kula For Private And Personal Use Only

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harena pama prakAra. javuM che tene kharca thavAne hisAba thatAM te bAbata mAM sa. 88000) jeTalI raka. ma mApaNA phALA tarIke kApavAnI vyavasthA thaI gaI che. te saMbaMdhI kArya karavA eka mITi nImavAmAM AvI che, bAkInI rakamano keTaloka bhAga sthAnakavAsI pApo. kAMIka bharAyelI rakamamAM vadhAro thaze ane aradhI rakama dIgaMbara baMdhuo Apavo e vigere vigato mukarara karavAnuM kArya e kamITi karaze. A kArya bahu vyavahArU thayuM che. pramukha sAhebe sArI rakama sakhAvata mATe jAhera karI e prasaMge lokomAM gha harSa levAmAM Avato hato. vigatavAra sakhAvatanuM lIsTa chevaTe ApavAmAM AvyuM che. aMtima uddagAramAM pramukhazrIe dharma saMbaMdhI jhaghaDA koraTamAM na jAya te mATe IcchA batAvI ane kalakattA tathA baMgALIvAsI baMdhuone bahu AbhAra mA hato. e uparAMta temaNe zeTha kuMvarajI ANaMdajIne, khAsa uddezIne kahyuM hatuM ke kaThI ane gujarAtI bhAIo vacce je kacavATa che te dUra karavA temaNe khAsa prayatna kare joIe ane ApaNuM baMdhuo AgaLa vadhe te mATe aMdara aMdaranA kaleza dUra thavA joIe. enA javAbamAM AnaMda pradarzita karavA sAthe pramukhazrIne javAba ApatAM zA. kuMvarajI ANaMdajIe sUcavela bAbatamAM pitAthI banatuM karavA hoMza batAvI hatI. tA. 1 lInI rAtre sADAsAta vAge meLAvaDo barakhAsta thavA pahelAM arasparasa AkAra mAnavAmAM AvyA hatA, te vakhate ghaNuM hagAra nIkaLyA hatA; te Apa| sahAnuvRtti batAvatA hatA. volaTIyarono tathA rIsezana kamITIno khAsa A bhAra mAnavAmAM Avye hato ane pramukhano AbhAra manAyA bAda zrI vIraparamAmAnI jaya bolAvI atyaMta harSa sAthe agIyAramuM adhivezana pUruM thayuM hatuM. meLAvaDAno vigatavAra ahevAla nIce ApavAmAM Avyo che. prathama divasa. mAgazara vada 2-ravivAra, tA. 30-12-17 prAraMbhanuM maMgaLAcaraNuM. arhanto bhagavanta indramahitAH siddhAzca sidisthitAH AcAryA jinazAsanonnatikarAH pUjyA upaadhyaaykaaH| zrI siddhAnta supAThakA munivarAH ratnatra yArAdhakAH paJcaite parameSThinaH pratidinaM kurvantu vo maGgalam // For Private And Personal Use Only

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karasanuM trijarAta. vijaya vijayavijaya A konpharansa pAse (2) vIrazAsana vijaya nAda akhIla phi jAma-vijaya0 1 vIra saMghanA saradAre premathI padharo, phUlaDe vadhAvIe jaina komane sudhA (2)-vijya0 2 saMpa khaMta dharyanAM bakhtara saje , jJAna pAna zikSaNathI jhAMkhI kara haThA-vijaya0 3 kupa mULa kApavA, sudhArA amala lAve, kartavyane samajI jaI, vIra vAchA uDA-vijaya0 4 prAcIna prabhAvikatAnuM, smaraNa di dhAre, vimala, vastu, teja, jagatazeThane avadhAre--vijaya 5 agyAramuM adhivezana Aja, zAsana ta jAmo, bhAratamAM jaina nAmane, kare amara karI kAme-vijya0 6 amRtalAla mAvajI zAha. dAdarA. Aja hai Anada bahAra, bahAra:mere cAre vIra prabhu zAsanake nAyaka, mahimA hai aparamapAra. vetAmbara kAnsako jagameM, ho rahA je je kAra kAje ke pramukha padhAre, sabake hai Dara apAra. zeTha sAheba zrI khetazIbhAI, baDe hai datA udAra. jainadharmaka vijayakA DaMkA, jagameM banne harabAra. jayavantA raho zrI jinazAsana heve samAja sudhAra. jJAna vaDe jIsase zrI saMghameM, vidyAkA kIje pracAra dhArmika vyavahArika era naitika, rIta kIje pracAra mAnicanda saba naranArI mila, gAte huM maMgalAcAra, mANikacanda zeTha. uparanAM gAyane bahu madhuratAthI gavAI rahyA bAda konpharansanA sekreTarI rAya kumArasiMhajIe AmaMtraNapatra vAMcI batAvyuM hatuM. tyArabAda agIAramI zrI jaina zvetAMbara konpharasanA risepazana kamITInA pramukha zeTha rAmacaMda jeThAbhAIe nIce pramANe bhASaNa vAMcI saMbhaLAvyuM hatuM. na ja ja >> 1 - 5 v Sr For Private And Personal Use Only

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dha prakAza. rivAra popArI che tame ! zrImad dharmamahAnareMdranagarivyApalatAdhUmari // gumAvaja rAjanittara ! muni zrIjinapuMgavasya bhavatu zreyaskarI dehInAM / / mAnyavara sAthe tathA suzIla bahena ! zrI bAbu paramAtmA zrI mahAvIra tIrthakara bhagavAnanAM vaMdanIya caraNakamaLamAM paMcAMga praNAma karI, zrImAnuM zAsanazirAmaNa prAtaHsmaraNIya zrI sudhamAsvAmIne vitabhAve vaMdana karI, zrImAna arihaMtasvAmie paNa pUjya gaNI prArthelA tIrUpa zrI sakaLa saMghane saprema atarbhAvapUrvaka namaskAra karI, atravirAjita nara aDadhama bhAIone zrI kalakattAnivAsI jaina vetAMbara sakaLa saMghanI AjJAnusAra temanA AMtarika AvakAra savinaya sAdara karatAM, AraMbhamAMja vidita karavAnI mArI prathama pharaja che ke, te zrI saMgha taraphathI A rIte Apa sajanone mATe ApavAmAM gAvatA AvakAra mATe huM teo taraphathI nImAvo hevAthI temane atyaMta AbhArI che, eTaluM ja na,i paNa mArA purvokta saddabhAgye prApta thayelA A phalAvarathI Apa sarva sahadhamInAM darzananA lAbhe kRtArtha thaye mAnuM chuM. mane tAne vizeSa jANatI mArI apUrNatA, tathA mArA ghAeka bAMdhanI mArA karatAM vizeSa yogyatA e baMne tarapha lakSa ApatAM mane pitAneja ema paNa drazyamAna thAya che ke, je mahatvapUrNa kArya mane pAyuM che tene atala bhAra je bIjA ya mAnyavara gRhastha para mukavAmAM Avate to mAruM dhAryuM che ke vizeSa ka te ja karatAM zrI saMghanI AjJA, sarvathA vaMdanIya ane zikAra, gaNa saMgha phI . koIne mATe ughata thavAnI mArI pharaja che. ApaNA rA prAya: prativArSika konpharansanA anekAneka lAbha paikI prathama mahavana lAbha. dezadezAMtarothI aneka prakAranI agavaDe tathA zrama veDa, vyAdino jo ApI, huM ATale aMtare padhAravAnI kRpA karanAra samara pradezanA AjanIya zrI saMdhanA darzanano che, ke jene zrI tIrthaMkara paramAtmAe paNa mahApavitra kahelA che. vaLI te lAbhanuM vizeSa mahatva to e che ke khuda bhagavAne paDyuM te kadApukArI saMghe "o tIththassa" kahI savottama gaNyA che. A mahAna zrI saMghe ApaNA lAgyanA ge pitAnA pratinidhio dvArA darzane ApavA ApaNA zahara padhAyA che. eTaluM ja nahi paNa ApaNA upara adhika upakArarUpe ApaNI sarva prakAranA atyudayanA mahatvanI vivecanA karavAnI paNa tadI svIkArI che. For Private And Personal Use Only

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agIyAramI thI janatAara kopharansa. te jotAM ApaNA uparanI temanI kRpA tarapha kAryavAhake jeTalI kutanA dave teTalI ochI che. Apane suvidita che ke je pradezamAM paramAtmAnI kRpAthI ApanuM Agamana thayuM che, te pradeza paNa dharmamahAgyanI bAbatamAM ocho agatyano nathI. A deza tarapha ApaNuM carama tIrthaMkara zrI mahAvIra paramAtmAnA janmakalyANaka Adi sarve kalyANaka thayA che. vaLI A zaheranA ghaNAja nikaTa sAnidhavALA pavitra dhAma zrI sametazikharajImAM ApaNA parama vaMdanIya caturviza tIrthakare pachI vaza mahAprabhunI nirvANabhUmi che, eTaluM ja nahi paNa zrI cappApurI, zrI pAvApurI Adi paMcatIrtha paNa nikaTamAM che. ApaNA mahAna pUjya labdhinA baMDAra zrI gautamasvAmI paNa Aja deza tarapha jakhyA hatA. temanI dikSAbhUmi temaja nibhUmi paNa A begAladeza tarapheja hastI dharAve che. ApaNuM jainadharmanA satima prasAraka mAnanIya zrImAna zreNika narezvara jevA mahA pratApI rAjyakartAonI nAnA prakAranI dharmeddhAraka lIlAonuM A pradeza kendrasthAna gaNAya che. AvAM zaheromAM AveluM rAya badrIdAsajI mukIma bahAduranuM baMdhAveluM mahA ramaNIya ane svargA derAsare sAthe vAda karanArUM zrI zItalanAthajInuM prasAda ane padhArelA guhanuM mana kaMI evuM AkarSa karatuM nathI. e ja pramANe rAjakIya ane vyApArI daSTie paNa kalakattA kAMIka vizeSa mahatvanuM sadbhAgya dharAve che. samasta bhAratamAM A zahera prathama paMktinuM hovA uparAMta tenA vyApArI saMbadhe paNa lagabhaga AkhI duniyA sAthe nikaTa thayelA che; eTaluM ja nahi paraMtu paramAtmAnI kRpAthI prApta thayelA prAkRtika sandaryatAnA pariNAme tenI zobhAmAM adhikAMze vRddhi thAya che. vizeSamAM baMgAladezanI sarva prakAranI sAMsArika, dhArmika, rAjakIya, vyApArI e vigere aneka pragationuM kalakattA madhyasthaLa hevAthI tenI mahattA ane pratiSThA anya zahera karatAM kaI rIte utaratI nahIM ja kahI zakAya. A pramANe sarva rIte mahimApUrNa sthaLamAM Apa sarva hatpanA pavitra darzanano lAbha mAre mana te suvarNa-sugandhanA alaukika garUpe atyanta AnaMdavardhaka che. AvI rIte sarva Anandotsava ane manovAsanA A zubhAvasaramAM harSanI miomAM uchaLatAM amArAM antaHkaraNanA atyaMtarathI kurAyamAna thatA Avapara svabhAvikarIte ja pradarzananI draSTie kAMIka apUrNa jaNAze, tema chatAM huM Apa ne eTaluM te nizcayapUrvaka kahevAnuM sAhasa karIza ke amArA A satkAra game hoya, to paNa te amArA AMtarika premathI pUrNa hovAthI ApanA kRpAmaya ane graha mATe apAtra chatAM paNa pAtra mAnavAnI ApanI maherabAnInI amane purepurI vIti che, For Private And Personal Use Only

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jena para ja. che ! have Apa ja karavAnuM che te vizenuM alakana prAraMbha karyuM. rAkha nAnI pUrvaka prajA ane pratiSThA samarata Ayovata uparAMta eziyA, supati kInA mahAna khaMDa mAM sarvatra jANItI hatI. dharmasiddhAMtane jANa nAra mahAna ArA maDAmAo tathA paMDite rathale sthale vihAra karI sadupadeza. dvArA jainadharmanI vijayapatAkA sArI rIte viskurIta rAkhatA hatA, eTaluM ja naDuiM paranuM mahAparAkramI rAjarAjezvare paNa atyanta yatnazIla thaI A dharma pAlatA; TuMkAmAM kahetA eka samaya evo hato ke jyAre jainadharma siddhAMtane sarva a.nya mahimA dezadezAMtaramAM jAjvalyamAna hatA, tathA anyadhamIe paNa te siddhAMta tarapha mAnanI bhAvanAthI mamatA dharAvatA. rema, grIsa, iglAMDa, phrAnsa e vigere dezonA tatkAlIna vidvAnoe ApaNu dharmanI prazaMsA karelI hovAnA draSTAMta Aje paNa teonAM graMthadvArA ApaNe jANI zakIe chIe, paraMtu udayano sUrya upara pramANe pUrNAze prakAzyA pachI, tenA astano samaya paNa kALanA prabhAve thavA lAgyA. nAnA prakAranA vigraha, durAgraha, matamatAMtara e vigere kAraNone laI, jainamAgonusArI prajA saMkhyA ane mahimAnA saMbaMdhamAM kAMIka thatAnI avasthAmAM AvI paDI. sAthe sAthe dharmazikSaNanI zithilatA, karmanA tarapha durlakSa, sAmAjika durAvasthA, rAjyAzrayano abhAva, anya dhamI ono virodha e vigere aneka aNadhAryA ane bhayaMkara vinene lIdhe ApaNe dharma naSTaprAya thavA lAgyo. ApaNAM dharmagraMtho abhyAsako tathA adhyApakone abhAve durlabha thaI javA lAgyA; prabhAvika AcAryo vigerenI khAmI jaNAvA lAgI ane dharmavRttio mada ane nirbaLa thavA mAMDI. Aja ekAda sakAthI te duHkhamaya sthitinuM parivartana thaI dharmane punarodaya thata nihALavAne jenasanAja bhAgyazALI thAya che e paramAtmAnI pUtama kRpAnuM zubha cinDa che. ApaNe saubhAgya aMdhakArabhareluM vAdaLa saheja saheja verAtuM jAya che, ApaNI draSTi sanmukha vizeSa ane vizeSa verAtA vAdaLAmAMthI prabhA jevAnuM sadbhAgya ApaNane dinapara dina adhikAdhika prApta thatuM dIse che. A AnaMdamaya paristhitine mATe ApaNe vartamAna rAjyakartAonA A paNe aneka AlArI chIe. je ke je rAjyAzrayadvArA ApaNA dharmane prAcIna kALamAM apUrva samarthana prApta thatuM hatuM te rAjyAzyane A kALamAM abhAva che te paNa dharma svAtaMtryanA rakSaNa nIce ApaNane bhUtakALamAM naDelAM aneka vigne mAMthI ApaNe bacAva thayo che. balake ApaNane evA aneka sAdhana-saMpattio prApta karyuM che ke jene ApaNe egya pramANamAM upaga karI, ApaNA samAjanA For Private And Personal Use Only

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A sTAra strI nuM vIraparase. uddhArA, tathA ApaNA dharmanA punaHprasAra mATe ApaNe yakIla thaI che te je pratibhA Aja atyaMta durbaLa avasthAmAM joIe chIe, teja DAM varSomAM tenI pUrvaprabhAe pahoMcI, tethI paNa vizeSa jaLahaLatI tejomaya dazAne prApta karavA samartha thaIzuM. je pramANe rAjyAzrayanA saMbaMdhamAM ApaNe nirvina thayA chIe teja pramANe anya dizAomAM paNa ApaNane vizeSa sAnukULatA prApta thaI che. dezavideza paryaTananA jaLamArga ane mArga adhika anugamya thavA sAthe vyApAra rojagAranI vistRtAne aMge jena bAMdhavonA paraspara milana darzana paNa sahajasAdhya thayAM che, je bInA parasparanI paricayavRddhi mATe ochI lAbhadAyaka nathI. bhUtakALamAM vakhatevakhata saMgha-paryaTanane kadarUpa thayelA durAcArIonA trAsa paNa briTiza chatra nIce ghaNe aMze naSTaprAyaH thayA che. dharmaviSayaka ISTa zikSaNapraNAlInuM avalaMbana karavAmAM ADe AvatI muzkelIo dUra thaI che. aMze aMze samagra samAjamaMDaLamAM dharmasiddhAtanAM yathArtha svarUpe jANavA samajavAnI abhilASA dina5ra dina tIvratara thatI jAya che. ApaNo mahilAsamAja paNa pitAnA bhUtapUrva gaurava tarapha mamatA ane daDa nikA pradarzita karatA jAya che. dhArmika raheNI karaNI vigeremAM paNa susaMskAra prApta thavA mAMDyA che. vAstavika rIte jotAM ApaNane dharmAvalaMbana, dharmapracAra ane tenI abhivRddhi mATe je je anukuLatAnI jarUra che, te adhika nahi to egya aMze paNa prApta thavAne avasara AvI lAge che. evA A ISTa jamAnAmAM ApaNI je samAjanA utkarSa mATe bharAtAM saMmelano ghaNaja abhinaMdanIya ane kalyANakAraka che. upara pramANe jenadharmanI mahattA, tene prAcIna mahimA, vartamAna samayanI tenI mada avasthA, tenA punaroddhAra mATenA anukuLa saMyoge, tenA atyuttama siddhAMte samajavA jaNavAnI vartamAna. jene prajAnI utkaMThA, e vigerenuM sUkrama digdarzana karyA pachI prathama e prazna upasthita thAya che ke, A sarvavidha sAnukuLatAne lAbha kevI rIte ane kevA upAye dvArA le, ane eja mahatvanA nirNaya kara, e sarva saMdha-samAraMbhanuM prathama lakSya hovuM joIe. ApaNA sadbhAgye AjanA ApaNu mahA saMmelanamAM evA evA pratApazALI, buddhivanta ane anubhavI agresare padhAryA che ke jeo pitAne saMpAyelA kartavyamAM atyaMta kuLa ane samadazI hovAthI teo pUrvokta mahatpakSane samAdhAnakAraka nirNaya jarUra lAvaze, eTale atre taviSayaka kathana anAvazyaka che. paraMtu eka jenI tarIke mArI zI zI abhilASAo che, mArI dharmabhaginio tathA dharmabandhane kevI uccattama avasthAe pahoMcelA joI huM rAjI thAuM ane mArA jenadharmanA pracAra mATe kaI kaI pragatio purAyamAna thatI jeImArUM mana harakhAya, e jaNAvavAmAM huM Apa sAhebane thoDo samaya lauM te te nirarthaka For Private And Personal Use Only

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na dharma prakA. me - garabAnI kRpA karI che. nArI manovAMchanAo. Apane manana-vicArane rana karatA pahelAM A namAjanI vartamAna paristhitinuM apa sAna asthAne nahi gutha ema nA kahevAnI raja laIza ke Ajano jamAne e vicitra che ke, AgaLa kahyA pramANe jeTale aMze te anukuLa che, teTaleja aMze tenI pratikuLatA paNa ochI nathI. ApaNA potAnA ISTa maMtavya pramANe vartavAnI va. taMtratA je pramANamAM lAbhadAyaka che. teTalAja pramANamAM nukazAnakAraka paNa che. sAdhana saMpatti jeTale aMze. dharmapracArArthe lAbhadAyaka che teTaleka aMze bhayakA raka paNa che. saDajasApa paryaTana mAgane Azraya laI jena naravIra vIracaMda rAghavajI gAMdhI jevA mahAtmAoe jenadhamanI vijayapatAkA amerikA jevA dUra dezAvaramAM pravartAvI che, e jeTale aMze apane abhimAna levA lAyaka che, teTaleja aze kALajI rAkhavA jevI bInA e che ke videza-viDArI badha dhArmika raheNa, kara thI paripakva thayA vinA paradeza paryaTana karaze to pitAnA paripakavatAnA abhAve pitAnuM khevA vizeSa bhaya raheze. A prakAranA viparIta jamAnAmAM ApaNI vartamAna avasthA kevI che tene saheja vicAra karatAM jaNAze ke mane pitAne sAthe gaNatAM ApaNA ghaNAMeka bhAI he jenadharmAbhimAnI hovAnuM mamatva rAkhatAM hovA chatAM jena dharmAvalakhI rahyot jena" eTale ke e bhAgyeja samajatAM haze. ApaNA dharma zAstromAM varNavyA pramANenuM 28 vartavuM te mahAduSkara che, paNa te tarapha pUNe jIjJAsAnA abhAve ApaNe ! chuM jANIe chIe. Ama kahevAmAM huM kedanI cogyatAnI TIkA karavAnI IcchA rAkhuM chuM ema A5 mAnazo nahi. mArI Apa sarvane eja prArthanA che ke pAna kasoTI lakSamAM rAkhI sarvee potapitA mATe nizcaya karI levAnuM che ke je dhamane mATe ApaNe Agraha pUrvaka mamatA dharAvIe chIe te dharAvavA jeTalI roca: ApaNumAM che ke nahi, ane nathI te zuM zuM ayu che, e vAta eka vakhana aMta:karaNamAM daDha thayA pachI, ApaNA saMkhyAbaMdha mahatvanA ApoApa niti thaze, eTaluM ja nahi paNa samAjennati dharmavRddhi di ISTa abhilASAo pa ja sAdhya thaze. zraddhA, niku, nirUDhega, samadaSTi, ekAgratA, vAtsalya, prabhAvanA, nya, samyapharitra. maitrIbhAva, ItyAdi aneka prakAranA nAnAvidha saddagudI pUrNa vyaktibadha ja jenanuM bhUSaNa che. bAMdhavo ! upareta a85rekhA Apane keTalI badhI mahatvatA Ape che, e jo ApaNe ApaNA aMtaHkaraNamAM ghaTAvI zakIe te ApaNuM jIvana uccatama keTInuM thaI ApaNA samAjanI vRddhi paNa sattara jevAne ApaNe bhAgyazALI thaIzuM. sAmAjika paristhiti tarapha lakSa ApatAM paNa ApaNI nirAzA ochI nathI. samAjennatinAM prAthamika mULatarathI paNa hajI ApaNe ghaNe aMze pachAta chIe For Private And Personal Use Only

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agIAramI jI. jene tAmbara ke rasa. 'ena . -- naDuiM gaNAya. ApaNI vyAvahArika rItabhAta, rItirivAja, rahe . vicAra, kAravyavahAra e vivonI bAbatamAM paNa sumAvokara kara u. ii thaze ema mAnI huM jaNAvIza ke uparokata dizAomAM ghaNe eka 2 . sthA, ane pravRtti thavAnI jarUra ochI nathI. ApaNA pUraka pRthaka dina ... nanna bhinna pratimAM ane judI judI jJAtiomAM hajI ghaNAM eka rItiri... bAvAra vicAra e vigere parasparathI ghaNe aMze vibhakta jevAM che. te sava. kayA kAra ane kuzaLatApUrvaka evA sudhArA vadhArA thatA rahevA joIe ke na kara dena te samadraSTi ane premavardhaka thatAM jAya, ke jene pariNAme kALe karIne mata vibhAgo ekaja mahAsamAjanA ekasarakhA aMze dedIpyamAna thAya. == 2dhArAnI bAbatamAM ApaNe lakSamAM rAkhavuM jarUra che ke ApaNAmAMnA TekAneka ubhAge, keTalIka bAbatomAM aMtima maryAdAthI paNa AgaLa vadhI gayA che. jayAre keTalAeka atizaya pAchaLa paDI gayelA che. saMgha-samAraMbhanu e kartavya che ke je pramANe AgaLa pAchaLa vikharAI gayela aMge mATe pRtha pRtha vi. daSTipUrvaka egya maryAdA bAMdhI te maryAdAne kendra-lakSya gaNI tenI ADara sa sa aMgee AvI maLavA mATe yogya pramANamAM Avazyaka pragati jharata karavI. jana. saMgaThana mATe samAjabAMdhavonI Arthika sthiti ane AjivikAprApti - yoga sAdhane e paNa vicAraNIya vidhe che. je samAjamAM samAjavi zrImaMta gRhasthanI vevasaMpattinA lAbha samAjanA anyatara sabhA ane athAgya aMze prApta na thAya, te samAjamAM samabhAva, sahAnubhUti ane paMkanI vRddhi thavI durgamya che. ApaNAM mahAja, saMgho, e vigerenAM hule ApaNane zikhave che ke dharmabAMdhava ane samAjadhava kadAca ApaNAM karI paMktimAM hoya, te paNa tene evA nikaTa prema ane sahAnubhUtidvArA tAnA tarapha AkarSa, ke jethI tenI utaratI paMkita hovAnA aMganI kalezajanaka dine dulI jaI samAna bhAvanI hathiI AnaMdita thAya, eTaluM ja nahi paNa bhedabhAvathI utpanna thatI ISyo vigerethI nirmukata thaI samAjasevAnA nA kAryamAM tanathI, dhanathI yA manathI sevA bajAvavAne ekasarakhI ulaTa rAkhI para dhAya. vAstavika rIte kahetAM ApaNA samAja saMgaThana mATe sarva prakAra. iTa pravRttio jAgrata karI pracalIta karavAmAM, ApaNA mAnanIya agresaronI kartavyaniSThA upara ja AdhAra rahelo hoya che, ane te tarapha je kAMI karavAnI jarUra che te have vadhu vakhata muLavI rAkhavA jatAM sAmAjika baMdhano ane mananA dina para dina nabaLAM ane niSphaLa thatAM jaze, e ApaNe sarva jena bhAI bahenane avazya lakSamAM rAkhavuM joIe che. For Private And Personal Use Only

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eka jema dalita ane samAja kayAre thai sthitie pahoMcela rAsAya te nara Apa sAhebane vikkI karyA pachI mArI vAinAo viSayavAra raju karatAM terAne huM taralatA mATe ja mukhya vibhAgamAM vaheMcI nAkhIza, ane te e ke (1) dharma ane dharmajJAna, (2) zarIra-saMpatti ane tenI sAdhanA, (3) vahura ane tenI yathArthatA, (4) jIvana-vigrahu ane tenI saphaLatA, (5) daivI saMpatti ane tenI sugamatA. (6) tAjasevA. upara jaNAvelA vibhAgamAM prathama vibhAga dharma ane dharmajJAna" nI bAbata atyaMta mahatvanI ane ati gahana che e Apa sarvene suvidIta che; chatAM dIlagIrI sAthe e paNa kahyA vinA cAlatuM nathI ke, Apa te viSayanuM vartamAna jJAna kevaLa "chavA jevuM che. je dharmajJAnanA pratApe prAcIna samayamAM anekAneka mahAsAe jIvana-vigrahamAM yazasvI thaI nirvANapadanA adhikArI thatA, te gharmajJAnane eza paNa dharAvanArA samartha vidvAne A jamAnAmAM mAtra gaNyAgAMThayA ane jUja javalleja jovAmAM Ave che. je dharmazAnanI prApti dvArA parama pUjaya mahAbhAo tIrthakarapadane pAmyA te dharmajJAna apAMza paNa jaNanA, A kALane viSe vIralA ja nIkaLaze. AvI sthiti AvI paDavAnAM kAraNono doSa phata adhogata kALa para mukI besI rahevAnuM nathI. ApaNA munIzvaro, ApaNA samartha vidvAna. TuMkamAM ApaNA sahadhamAM bhAIo kayAM kayAM kevI kevI avasthAmAM paDelA che te jANavAnI temane jarUranI vAvaDa ane saDAyatA karI ApavAnI. ApaNe pavitra pharaje tarapha ApaNe durlakSa karIe chIe. garama sarva ApaNuM dharmazAna taraphanA abhAvanuM pariNAma che. ApaNane sthaLe che evI saMsthAonI jarUra che ke jemanA ekaniSTha prayatno dvArA ApaNA raDadhamIonI dharmajIjJAsA prabaLapaNe jAgrata ane uttejIta rahe. pratyeka gAma heramAM eka yA vadhu dhapadezakenI cejanA karI ApaNI ALaprajAne dharmanI keLavA ITa pramANamAM apAvavAnI pravRttio AraMbhavI joIe. pukhtavathI bhAI bahena paNa dharmajJAna kA anukuLatApUrvaka meLavI zake te mATe bedhazALA sthApavI joIe. taduparAMta vidvAna sAdhu purU tathA vidudhI bahene sathaLe sthaLe ke TuMbika saMmelane bharI upadeza pracAra kare evI janAronI paNa ochI jarUra nathI. te uparAMta sArvajanika vidyA pracAraka saMsthAomAM paNa evI meDavo karavI joIe ke jethI tyAM adhyayana karatA jaina yuvake ApaNA siddhAMta caMdyanuM che jJAna prApta karI zake. temane te kAryamAM protsAhana rUpe InAmo, skolarazIpa padake e vigerenI cejanA karI, jeTale aMze. sAdhI zakAya teTale aMze ApaNA yuvakanuM lakSa dharmagraMthonA adhyayana tarapha kheMcavuM jarUranuM che. For Private And Personal Use Only

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bIArasI zrI jaina glemara konpharansa ' prAcIna graMthaiAnAM suzodhana tathA pracArArthe paNa mahAbhugIya prayatna vavAnI jarUra ochI nathI. ApaNe para parAthI tahIe chIe ke " vanaspatimAM jIva che, " " vANImAM paNa pudgala che. " kyA prakAranA ApaNA vaDIle pArjIta jJAnane dharmAbhamAnIeA vaLagI rahelA hovA chatAM, AgalA jamAnAnA jaDavAdanA maLe ApaNane * te mithyA kalpanAe ' hAvAnu hevAmAM Avatu, ane pramANu-gra MthaiAnA abhAve ApaNe te apavAdanA pratikAra karI zakatA nahi, ApaNA saddabhAgye e jaDavAdIenAM peAtAnAM ja rasAyanazAstrI ApaNI madade AvyAM, ane Aje eja zAstranA samartha vidvAno DokaTarasara je.sI, khAjha ane DaoN eDIsana-e vigere pe uparokta ' mithyA kalpanAe " ne zAstra ane anubhavapUrNa satya TharAvyAM che, aneka zudgha siddhAMta-ratnA ApaNAM prAcIna jaina sAhityamAM eka be nahi paNa seMkaDonI sa khyAmAM rahelAM che. paNa aphasosa! ApaNetetarapha jarA paNa lakSa ApatA nathI. kIDAne bhAga paDatAM amulya graMtho sekaDenI saMkhyAmAM vinAzabhAne prApta thayA che. mAkI rahelu hajI paNa ghaNuM che ane tenI rakSA thavI paNa ghaNI agatyanI che. sajjanA! mumA vicAraNA mATenA bIjo mahatvane viSaya "zarIrasaMpatti ane tenI sAdhanA" ne che. ApaNI samAjanA zreya arthe muLatattvanA mazAdhanathI ApaNane samajAze ke zarIrasoMpatti e ApaNAM lakSyamAM mahatvanuM sthAna dharAve che. ApaNI sarva prakAranI dharmakriyAomAM zarIra sahAyakArI che; vRtta upavAsa ItyAdi cittavRttinA nidhanI kriyAonI saphaLatA mATe tenI khAsa jarUra paDe che. kSamA, zAMti, uparata e vigere aneka sadguI!nA dhAraNa mATe, teja nAnAprakAranI aMgata tathA sApAjika pragatimAM utsAhapUrNa bhAga leza mATe, paLe paLe sarvottama zarIra-sa 5ttinI jarUra ochI nathI. A saMpattinI kharI kadara ApaNe keTalI ochI karIe chIe te ApaNI yuvaka ane bALaprajAnI dina para dina maMda paDatI zaktiothI spaSTa dRzyamAna thAya che; A sarvanuM kAraNu AjanA jamAnAnI kurahelI tathA kurivAjo che. ApaNI zarIra-sa`pattinI durgaMLatA, khALavivADa, vRddhavaye lagna, zarIra puSTinA cAgya sAdhananI khAmI, nAnI ne asvaccha jagyAmAM rahevAnAM sakaTa e vigere che. hajI paNa peAtAnA cegya prayatnadvArA zarIrasa pattinI duLatA kevI rIte aTake te para lakSa ApavAnI khAsa AvazyakatA che, eTaluM ja nahi paNa tenA apUrva lAbha anyane samajAvI te meLavavA tarapha temane DhoravAnI jarUra che. samAja-ghAnuM paNa e katavya che ke te tarapha sAmAjika pragatie ane pretsAhanI vRddhi karavI. zarIranI sArI tandurasta avasthA sivAya, phAi paNa kAryamAM yazasvI thavAnI AzA rAkhavI vyartha che; eTale te dizAmAM yathAsAdhya prayatna zarU karavAnI ApaNI khAsa phraja che. A sthaLe eTaluM ja lakSamAM rAkhavAnuM che ke ApaNAM dharma zAstrAmAM, zarIra saMpatti je je kAAM mATe For Private And Personal Use Only 203

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jena - kA. jhAka nAnI che, te sAmAnya kArya mATe nathI; athata ane pAdinAkha ane lega vaibhavanA vilAsa mATe nathI, paNa te dvArA tAdithI nAnA prakAranI Saa niro karI rayA mAnuM zreya karavAnuM che. ApaNuM zarIrasaMpattinA sano uttamottama padika khAdya padArthodvAra nahi, paNa sAdA ane niyamita AhAra vyavahArI prApta karavAnAM che. tajano ! bIjA viSaye para AvatAM, vyavahAramAM paDatA rAkhavI e sanara che. temAM khAmI rahI che. sarve kAryomAM vidyA AvI na e cokasa che. zu vyavahAra zAthI prApta thAya e jANavAnI jIjJAsune sArI vyavahArakuzaLatA meLavavA mATe ApaNA zAstromAM ApelI zikSA, dAkhalA ane dalIla para lakSa ApavA kahezuM. nAnA prakAranA anivArya vyavahArono virodha na thAya, jIvana-nivahunAM upAdhi na Ave, AtmonnatimAM mane vacana ane kamanI nilepanAmAM jarAe bAdha na Ave. evI rItanA vyavanDArane ja zuddha apratibaMdhaka vyavahAra gaNa joIe. ApaNA ghaNAMeka bhAI baheno A viSayamAM evA anumAna upara rAya che ke uparokata vyavaDAra phakata sAdhuothI ja sAdhI zakAya tema che; paraMtu vastutaH tema nathI. e vyavahAra sAmAnya janasamAjane mATe che; sAdhu purUne vyavahAra to ethI paNa uccatara prakArano che, je viya para A prasaMge vadhu kahevAnI jarUra dekhAtI nathI. vaLI kaiTuMbika vyavahAra paNa parasparane hAthaka, mamatApUrNa ane vAtsalyarita have joIe. pitAnA bhrAtRbhagInIomAM ekameka tarapha prema, pUjya vaDIlo tarapha vinItabhAva, dayAvRti, sahanazIlatA, e kauTuMbika vyavahAramAM Avazyaka sadaguNa che. kaleza, IrSA, dveSa. e vigere manuSya mAtrane yAtya che; paratuM jenabaMdhune to te avazya varjavA gya che. parasparamAM baMdhuema, Adara satkAra, vANI mAdhurya, niSkalaMka pratiSThA e sarva samAjasevAmAM maDavanI gyatA prApta karAve che. rAjakIya vyavanDAre paNa teTalAja che, pavitra ane ucca abhilASAvALA hovA uparAMta yogya pramANamAM svArtha rahita hAya to pratiSThAmAM adhika aMza vadhAro kare che. A pramANe jenI tarIke jenane je te sarva rItane vyavahAra ApaNA samAjamAM saMtoSakAraka pramANamAM pravanAMcele jevAne karyo jena bAMdhava magna nahi thAya ? vastutaH upara kahyA mujapano vyavaDAra Apa sarvee Adara joIe, eTaluM ja nahi paraMtu samAjanI unnati mATe tathA dharmanI puSTi mATe ApaNe vaghamI bhAIe bahene kayA kayA vinone laI te zuddha vyavahAra sAcavI zakatAM nathI, tenI yogya tajavIja karI temane Azraya ApavAnA uddezathI evI pAramArthika saMsthAo tathA zALA astitvamAM lAvavI joie ke jenA AzrayadvArA temanI IcchAbhilASAo pUrNa thAya. dharmazAstra tathA kuca keLavaNInI prAptinAM sAdhane pUrNa thatAM, jaDa prakRtine nAza thaI saheja svabhAve dhArelA kAme a85 mahenate phaLIbhUta thaze. For Private And Personal Use Only

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arthA. je tAmara konsa. rAjivikA prAptinAM sarala ane sArvajanika sAdhano ane saMsthAo, jena kAnA lAbhArthe sara rastitvamAM AvavAnI phI jarUra che. prA. cIna itihAsa ane dattakathAo ApaNane spaSTa rIte bane che ke Apa nakALIne pUje A viSayamAM saMpUrNa jAgrata ane prasaMgane catura lega - pavAne sarvakALa tatpara rahetA pitAnA dharmabAMdhavonI Arthika ucca nIca sthitinI teo kALajIpUrvaka tapAsa ane eTaluM ja nahi paNa niSkalaMka AjIvikA prApta karavAmAM vyathIta bAMdhavane madada karavA dayAddhatA ane udAratA sAthe usuka rahetA. Aje ApaNAmAM te bhAvanA prAya thaI che. ApaNuja baMdhuone vipattimAM paDelA jevAM chatAM paNa jarAe asara na thAya eTale aMze ApaNe aMtaHkaraNe niDu tA prApta karI che. ApaNe je e "jaina" nAmane Agraha dharAvatA pahelAM aMta:karaNamAM e nizcayapUrvaka zrAvavuM joIe ke, khare na eja che ke je paradu:khe dAjhe ane pArakAnA sukhamAMja Ananda mAne. potAnA sukha potAnI vRddhi ane pitAnI abhilASAo mATe te kIDIthI kuMjara payaMta sarva prANI mAtra yunIla hoya che, paraMtu svAmIbhaktipavuM tyAreja ApaNuM sAcuM kahevAya ke jyAre temane vahita sAdhavAmAM yathAzakti sahAya karIe, vanaspatimAMnA chanI dayA khAnAra ApaNe jainamAgI e pitAnI dharmabaMdha ane bhaginIonAM duHkhe tarapha lakSa naDIM ApIe te teonI ane te sAthe dharmanI unnatimAM ane deva ApaNI uparaja che. ApaNuM zreya Apoja karavAnuM che. AjivikA prAptino prazna dinapara dina keTale badhe gaMbhIra ane muzkelIbharyo gha jAya che te ApaNane sArI rIte jANItuM che chatAM te dizAmAM ApaNe davene sahAya karavA tarapha nuM lakSa apAtuM nathI te nirvivAda che. ApaNuM keTalAM sahudhamI bhAIbleka annavastra vinA taraphaDe che, tenA rakSaNanA abhAve jena prajAmAM ghaTADo thate ja ya che. upadezake temaja samAjahitanAM yogya sAdha. nA abhAve te chinnabhinna thatI jAya che. Apazna baMdhuone madada ApavAthI anya danIo sAthe bhaLI ja teo aTakaze ane teo sarI lAInamAM AvatAM, derAsara vigerenI sArI saMbhALa karI zakAze. AvI AvI upayogI bAbato upara jyAM sudhI ApaNe lakSa na ApIe tyAM sudhI samAjavRddhine AzA nirarthaka che. vAstavika rIte kahetAM pratyeka zakhtaramAM ane gAmamAM evI eka eka saMsthAnI A. vazyakatA che ke jenuM kartavya lAcAra bAMdhane yathAyogya sahAyatA ApI temane jIvanavigraha saphala karI Ape. samAjanI dharmavRddhimAM atyanta sahAyaka tattvajJAnI vRtA che. hAlanA utaratA kALamAM prabhAvika AcAnA abhAve ne upadezakenI khAmIthI dezavidezamAM vasatA sahuthama bhAIone dhamathI bhraSTa thatA aTakAvavAmAM ne jenaprajAmAM vadhAre For Private And Personal Use Only

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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra karavAnAM vA divyAM na dhama thA mAonI sakhyA vadhArAnI che, ne tuM keca eNu mahatvanuM nathI. pazue ! satranA prathAnuM mahatva AgaLa kahyuM tema ja vizALa hAvA uparAMta tenI ja rIyAta paNa echI nathI, ApaNe AgaLa joyu te pramANe vyaktinI unnati ane samAjanI unnati mATe sarva dizAomAM gabhIra prayatnA dhavAnI jarUrIyAta paDe jeTalI meATI che, teja pramANe tene aMge kana cArIonI saMkhyA paNu ghaNIja koTI vAnI jarUra che, ane A karmacArIe te svArtha premI nAmadhArI doDadhAsI e nahIM, parantu ekaniSThA ane ni:svArtha presavALI kattavyArAyaNutAthI gherAyelA, kAi paNa prakAranA vijJAnA bhayathI na DaratAM, zAMtacitte ane utkaMThAthI samAjanevA tathA dharmasevA mATe tatpara thayelA samAjanA parama bhakta evA sevako hAvA je e. AvA paropakArI naravI ApaNA jainasamAjamAM gaNyAgAMDyA che. ApaNI samAjanA vistAra letAM, tene 'ge karavAnAM mahAna pUrNa kammarmonI sa MkhyA jotAM ane je dUra dezAvarAmAM kAryo karavAnAM che te lakSamAM letAM ApaNane spaSTa jaNAya che ke jaina kArya vAkAnI saMkhyA gaNatrImAM sekaDA make hajArAthI paNa adhika hovI joie. atre vadhArelI AjanI nAnakaDI sakhyA varSoMnAM eka che divasa ekatra dhaI sagIna kAya karyA vinA vikharAI jAya tA tethI samAja tathA dharmasevAnI pharaja siddha thayelI gaNAya ke nahIM tenA nirNaya Apa ja karI karo. kahevAnu kharU tAtparya eja che ke karmakSetra ghaNuM vizALa hovAthI jyAM tyAM mA kSaNe eka eka vyakti kAma kare che tyAM tyAM alpa samayamAM eka ekane dale eka eka ne balke vadhu dhave svayaM sevaka rUpe kAma karavAmAM rokAze tyAre ja A uddhAranA mahAbhArata kArya nA kAMika bhAga siddha ane phaLIbhUta thayelo jovAne ApaNe bhAgyazALI dharmazuM; nahitara lAbhanI AzAe paNa saMkucita pramANamAM ja rahevAnI. upara pramANe lalaMga sarva dizAemAM ApaDyuM. ane ApaNI samAjanu zu zukantavya che, zAnI jarUra che ane jarUrIyAtanuM mahatva keTaluM che te alparUpe jaNAvyA bAda ApaNI kenpharanse te te dizAmAM karelA prayatnA ane tenA pari NAmenI saMkhyAnI samA kA Apa sAhekhAne huM ArambhamAMja kahyuM che ke ApaNA uya thavA mAMDaye che; nahIMtara AvI sonu ekatra karI samAja hetue mATe ce!janAo para lakSya kadApi apAke nahIM. ApaNI kAnpharansane A Aja magIyArame utsava che eja darzAvI Ape che ke ApaNI jaina zvetAmbarI samAjanAM dakSa ane vivekI agresarA samArettinAM kAcTa mAM kaTIbaddha thaI cukayA che ane ApaNA saddabhAgye temanA praza'nIya prayatne ane kAnphrensanI agatyatA varSovarSa vizeSa ne For Private And Personal Use Only

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agA jA jenAra ka. vizApa dekhAtI naya che ne tene pariNAme na Apo ane ekaThA ke :paNI aMtaranI phI che pragaTa karavA zaktinAna ghayA chIe. ya za saMmelanAM vAyela vyAkhyAna saMbhALa ane vivAdvArA ApaNA prAcIna gIravanuM Apa ne sAna thayuM che. ane dina pratidina adhikAdhika pramANamAM samAja ne ulaTalAe bhAga levA AgaLa paDavA lAgyA che te tenuM zubha citra che. e daza varSamAM thayelA kAryonI saMkhyA paNa gaNIe to ochI nathI. dhArmika ane vyAvahArika zikSaNanA pracArane uttejana maLyuM che. strI keLavaNI, kanyA keLavaNI, sADiye dvAra, sAhitya pracAra e vigere aneka samAje dvArakA viSa upara asarakAraka vyAkhyAno thaI ApaNuM dhArmika saMsthAonAM dvAre vigere kAryo hAtha dharavAmAM AvyAM che. samAjanI nItirItinI sudhAraNA tarapha vizeSa lakSa apAvA lAgyuM che. TuMkAmAM kahetAM ApaNe samAjane lagatA sarva pra. upara yathAyogya manana A konpharansa karela che. A sarva protsAhaka zubha cinho mATe ApaNe te te kAnpharansanA agresara kAryavAhake tathA hitacintakane anyane AbhArI chIe, ane prabhu pAse vinItabhAve vandana karIe chIe ke temAM jAgRta thayela kasADa dina pratidina vRddhigata thaI tenA anekAneka lAle ApaNane adhikAdhika pramANamAM prApta thAo. je samathe dAnavIra zrImatanI nAmAvaLI ApaNane prAtaHsmaraNIya thaI che te nAmAvalImAM rajane ja navA nAma umerAtA jo. A Anada ne udalAsaka prArabhamAM paNa jaNAvyA vinA cAle tema nathI ke je kAMI thayuM che ane thAya che te sarva rIte saMtoSakAraka na kahevAya. sAmAjika prAnI vivecanA varSamAM ekAda vakhata thaI maMda paDe tevI jAjo artha sare nahi e dekhItuM che. phakta eka varSa barAka pUro thavA mATe meghavRSTi paNa cAra mAsa jeTalI lAMbI hoya che, te pachI ApaNA A kAyamanA sAmAjika jIvana nivone mATe mAtra be traNa dIvasanI vacanAvRSTithI kema cAle ? badha tathA bhaginio ! Apa tene mArI eja prArthanA che ke ApaNI samAjavRddhinuM kArya jeTale aMze ApaNuM agresanuM che teTale aMze ApaNuM papha che ema daTha mAnavuM. agresara darzAvelA mALe kAryo karI temanA zramane ApaNA pradezomAM phaLIbhUta karavAnI javAbadArI ApaNuM 3para ochI nathI. mAruM evuM kaTa santavya che ke atra virAjita dezavidezI dhamI bhAIo ApaNA prastuta samAjanA kAryavahananAM zubha phaLa kRpA karI pitAnAM anyatravAsI sambandhIone poMcADe ane tene paNa potAnI mAphaka AgAmI samAromAM bhAga levAne samajAve to zeDAM ja varSomAM ApaNA pratinidhionI saMkhyA eTalI vadhI jaze ke koIpaNa eka sthaLe kenpharansa bharavI azakaya gaNAI pratyeka jillAmAM babbe pratyeka zaheramAM ane te paNa ekavAra nahIM paNa anekavAra te bharavI paDaze, ane vizeSa pratibhA te tyAre For Private And Personal Use Only

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je dhana kAsa. Ave tyAre te sarve korasamAM ekaja DI. ekaja sa ca ne eka saDA! nA vacanAmRta vRSTi sarva bhASAomAM lisa hinA mukhya dvArA kahe che tuja ne zuM karaze lAkho jene kAtR-gInIo upara vadhe che. prabhunI pUrNa kRpAnA AvA ananta AnotsavanA zubha divase kayA jaina bApunA cAmAMthI hulsa nahi paDe ? baheno tathA bhAIo ! meM Apano ghaNo ja samaya lIdhe che tethI Apane paNa kaMTALA upa hoya to temAM paNa navAI nathI ane tene mATe kSamAnI prAthanA sAthe mAruM vivecana pUrNa karatAM pharI ekavAra huM Apa sarvane Agraha karuM chuM ke ApaNA samAjetkarSa mATe vizeSa yatnazIla thA. eTaluM ja nahIM paraMtu pitAnAM AvAM maMDaLone paNa temAM sahAyabhUta thavA preraNA kare ane mAnava jIvananuM sArthaka karI zreyaskara punya saMpAdana kare ke jedvArA adhikAdhika ucca leTine prApta thaI pitAnI ISTa siddhinA anupama lAbha joDAvavAne saMpUrNa bhAgyazALI dhAo. chevaTamAM Apa sajajanoe samAjanA-dharmanA zreya arthe atre padhAravA strI laI je mAna anA saMghane ApyuM che te mATe upakAra mAnI pharI premapUrvaka AvakAra ApI, konpharansanuM kAma niyamasara cAle te mATe vyavahArarItie cuMTAyelA pramukha sAhebanI rItisara cuMTaNI karavA sucanA karI viSayAMtara kahevAyuM hoya tenI kSamA cAhuM besI jAvA rajA lauM chuM. DelIgeTone AvakAra ApanAruM rIsepazana kamITInA pramukhanuM bhASaNa saMpUrNa thatAM rAyamunnIlAlajI nAhara bahAdura kalakattA nivAsIe cuMTI kaDhAyela pramukha zeTha khetazIbhAI khIazI je. pI. ne pramukhasthAna ApavAnI darakhAsta karI hatI, jene zeTha kuMvarajI ANaMdajI (bhAvanagara), zeTha lakhanIcaMdajI ghIyA (pratApagaDha), zeDa mehanalAla hemacaMda (amadAvAda), bAbu dalelA hajI (dilhI) vALA e Teke ApyA bAda tALIonA avAja vacce pramukha sAhebe pramukha sthAne svIkAryuM hatuM tyArabAda teonuM bhASaNa vAMcavAmAM AvyuM hatuM, je A pramANe hatuM - agIyAramI zrI jaina zvetAmbara konpharansanA pramukha zeTha khetazI khIazI je. pI. nuM bhASaNa. baddhataH phalamarhadAdipadavI nukhyaM kRpeH satyavat / cakritvaM tridazeMdratAditaNavat prAsaMgikaM gIyate / / zaktiM yanmahimastutau na dadhate vAco'pi vAcaspateH / saMghaH so'dhaharaH punAtu caraNAnyAsaiH satAM mandiram / / For Private And Personal Use Only

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agIAramI thI jena nambara kephasa. zrI varadAsanarasika svAmajAIo tathA vIrazAsana prati sahAnubhUti dharAvatA saccA ! agAu kadApi nahi jovAmAM AvelA evA khAsa yoga ane vastusthiti o vacce maLatA jena kenpharansanA A agIAramA samelananA pramukha tarIkenuM jokhamadArIbharyuM kAma bajAvatA hue zrI saMgha mahane je AjJA karI che hene huM mAnapUrvaka-je ke mahAna jokhamadArInA bhAvane lIdhe bItAM bItAM-mAthe caDuDAvuM chuM ane Apa sarvano AbhAra mAnavA sAthe, maMgaLAcaraNamAM mahuM zrI saMghanI je prArthanA karI che te prArthanA prAkRta zabdomAM pharIthI karuM chuM ke, baLavAna Idra paNa jenI prazaMsA kare evI zakti jaina samAjamAM utpanna karavAnA ApaNuM kAmamAM Apa sahune sahAyabhUta thaze, ke jethI jenasamAja jagamAM daivI purUnA samUhu tarIkenuM pitAnuM maDAnuM sthAna punaH prApta karavA bhAgyazALI thAya. svAmI bhAIo! cAlu sogone DuM khAsa saMge kahuM chuM henA kAraNe che. AjathI 16 varSa upara phodhI mukAme A kenpharansa pahela prathama maLI tyAra pachI muMbaI, vaDodarA, pATaNa, amadAvAda ane bhAvanagara mukAme henI beThaka thaI, je dareka prasaMge jenasamAjane utsAha uttarottara vadhato jate jovAmAM AvyuM hate, jo ke te vakhate paNa jainasamAjanI. tasthiti taMdurasta ane baLavAna karavA tarapha pUratuM lakSa apAI zakAyuM na hatuM, ane te pachI punA, sulatAna ane sujAnagaDha zaheramAM karAyelA saMmelanamAM te bahudhA utsAhI paNa nyunatA daSTigocara thaI hatI. konpharansa ophisa pite kI cukI che ke sujAnagaDhanI beThaka pachI to konpharansa bhayaMkara bImArImAMthI pasAra thatI hatI. subhAgye muMbaInA suzi. kSita vargane te aNInA vakhate sanmati sujhI ane pariNAme dazamI konpharansa muM. baImAM bolAvIne teoe majabUta baMdhAraNa racyuM ane e rIte konpharansanI pragatinA itihAsamAM navuM prakaraNa AraMbhAyuM. tathApi A 16 varSanA tabakkAmAM eka buddhizALI, saMpIlo ane samRddhivAna janasamUha je pragati karI zake tevI pragati ApaNe nathI karI zakayA, e satya ApaNe khulA dilathI karavuM joIze ane ApaNuM pragatine AdhA karanArAM ta zodhI dura karavAne viveka paNa ApaNe Adara joize. prathama te huM dhAruM chuM ke jJAtio, saMghe ane sAdhu-munirAje taraphanI takarAre ApaNI ihalokika pragatimAM Dakhala na karavA pAme evI kALajI rAkhavAmAM ApaNe bedarakArI rAkhI che; bInuM lakSmI ane vidyAnA saMga vagara ke mahAna kArya banavuM saMbhavatuM nathI e vyavahArU siddhAMta satata daSTi samakSa rAkhavAnuM ApaNAthI banI zakyuM nathI; ane trIjuM ghaNAM kAmamAM ApaNI ati maryAdita saMghazakti veMcI nAkhavA karatAM DAM ja paNa tAtkAlika jarUranAM kAma For Private And Personal Use Only

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jaina dharma prA. mAM saghaLI zaktino vyaya karavAnI paddhati haju sudhI ApaNe aMgIkAra karI zakyA nathI. A mukhya kAraNone lIdhe saMdanI pragati mATe joitAM sAdhane meLavavAmAM ane joDatI pravRttio karavAmAM rokaLagAyanI gatithI vadhAre gati ApaNe karI zakyA nathI. vaLI vidyAvRddhine aMge ejayukezana borDanI sundara ejanA karavA chatAM e saithI vadhAre jarUranA kAryane paNa atyArasudhImAM pUratI tAkAda maLI zakI nathI. je vakhate pArasI kAma ane lumhANA kema daravarSe hunara nahi paNa lAge rUpiyAnA phaMDa vidyApracAra mATe karI zakI che, te vakhate-laDAInA ane asAdhAraNa AvakanA khAsa tabakkAmAM paNa-te keme karatAM saMkhyA ane sAdhanamAM caDI AvI evI ApaNuM kAmanI kenpharansa vidyAvRddhi jevA sarvoparI AvazyakatA dharAvatA kAma mATe kAMI paNa saMgIna karI zakI nathI e zuM ApaNI niSphaLatA sivAya bIjuM kAMI sUcavI zake che? mahArA mAnavaMtA banyu zrIyuta gulAbacadajIe gaI sAlamAM vAcela kAnpharansane ripiTa bole che ke "keLavaNI pAchaLa 160 thI 1971 sudhImAM-11 varSanA arasAmAM-rUA. 30 hajAra kharcavAmAM AvyA che." ApaNe A sthiti ApaNane sApha kahI Ape che ke ApaNe rogI yA kyAnaka sthiti vacce pasAra thaIe chIe. paraMtu AkhI duniyAmAM yudadhe no jusso utpanna karyo che. bahuraMgI hindI prajAe seMkaDe varasanI Alaya, kusaMpa ane bedarakArInI beDIo toDI svarAjyanI jara laData calAvavA mAMDI che. kalakattA zahera Aje pravRtti ane zaktinI Aga varasAvI rahyuM che. A utsAhune zubha cepa jena bhAIone paNa lAge e asabhavita nathI. kalakattAnA ApaNA jena bhAIoe konpharansanI manda dazA ane samasta dezanI ugra pravRttino khyAla tathA mukAbalo karI kenpharansane aDI ja AmaMtraNa ApyuM e bahu DaDApaNabharyuM pagaluM bhareluM che, ane mahene vizvAsa che ke hindasvarAjyanAM amUlya ratno tulya prajAkIya AgevAnoe pitAnA prakhara vicAranAM je Andolane A bhUmi para atyAre phelAvyAM che henI asarathI hame sarva badhuo jarUra aiyaLa, dhanabaLa, ane vidyAbaLa ekaThuM karaze. hindanA uddhAranAM A lane A bhUmi parathI sarvatra phelAya che e kAMI navAinI vAta nathI. A teja bhUmi che ke jacyAM bhUtakALamAM ghaNAkharA tIrthakare ane tattvajJAnIo pAkyA hatA, jemaNe pitAnAM tejasvI kAraNe AkhA hindu paraja nahi paNa duniyA para prasarApAM hatAM. teja bhUmi para ane utsAhapUrNa khAsa saMgamAM ApaNe ekaThA maLyA chIe, te zuM ApaNe ApaNA itihAsamAM eka navuM ane abhimAna levA yogya prakaraNa umeravAne kazIza nahI karIzuM ? A praznano uttara ke koI eka vyakti ApI zake nahi-saghaLI vyaktionA samUha athavA zrIsatte pote javAba ApavAnuM che, ane huM For Private And Personal Use Only

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agIAranI thiI jenA kAra 32 - ~- ~~ - ~~ baLAcaraNyamAM zrI saMghaneja duHkharanAra ane pavitra karanAra deva tarIke odhI prArtha nA karI che kAraNake saMbaLa (Collective Strength, eja harake samAjanI muktino mantra che athavA zAsanarakSaka deva che. gura! huM eka vyApArI chuM ane huM jANe che tema vyApArInAM khAsa lakSaNa e hoya che ke (1) cetaranI sthiti ane rUkhane bArIkAIthI vicAra karavo, (2) kapanA ane siddhAnta karatAM hakIkate ane AMkaDAo upara vadhAre dhyAna ApavuM, ane (3) Akasmika naphAthI kulAI na jatAM tathA nukazAnathI nAsIpAsa na thatAM hiMmatathI AgaLa ne AgaLa vadhavA mathavuM. ane huM mAnuM chuM ke koI paNa kAma, samAja ke dezanI AbAdI mATe AthI vadhAre sAre ane vyavahArU mArga bIje bhAgyeja hoI zake. vyApAramAM kavitA ke kapanAnA kudakA kAme lAgatA nathI, ane devonI prArthanA madadagAra thatI nadhI, paraMtu jene lukhkhI hakIkato (Try facts) ane gaNatrIo ( Figures ) kahevAmAM Ave che te upara puratuM dhyAna ApI prakAzita bhaviSyanI AzAe azrAnta zrama sevyA karavAnI rIta ja kAma lAge che, ane eTalA mATe mArA dalojAna vAmIbhAIo! huM hamene mIThThI vAta, kalpanAo ane havAI taraMga na ApI zakuM ane eka vyApArI tarIke lukhI hakIkata ane kaTALAbharyo AMkaDAne raste derI jAuM to mane kSamA karo, pragatine mULa maMtra-javatI zraddhA." jema jaina samAja temaja jaina konpharansa paNa, atyAra sudhImAM sArI pragati karI zakI nathI; henuM mukhya kAraNa mane jIvatI zraddhA ( Living Confidence ) nI khAmI lAge che. kriyAkAMDa vigere upara je zraddhA rAkhIe chIe te jAtanI zraddhAnI huM atyAre vAta karato nathI, pazu, "huM pratidina Agala vadhata, ananya zakti prApta karavAnI zakyatAvALo rAnA AtmA chuM" evI zraddhA tarapha huM hamAruM lakSa khecuM chuM, mAnyatAnI nahi, paNa jIvatI zraddhAnI tarapha huM hamAruM dayAna kheMcuM chuM ApaNA zarIra, gharasaMsAra, vyApAra, rAjakIya pravRtti, saMgha, gurU A dareka khatapara vicAravAne ke kAma karavAno prasaMga AvatAM AzraddhA ApaNA hRdayamAM jIvatI jAgatI beThelI hovI joIe. je gharasaMsArathI, je meLAvaDAthI, je sudhArAthI, je gurUthI, je kriyAkAMDathI, je rAjakIya hIlacAlathI ApaNe ApaNA ane ApaNI AsapAsanA AtmAne jarA paNa vikasAvI na zakIe te gharasaMsAra, te vyApAra, te meLAvaDe, te sudhAre, te gurU, te kriyAkASTha ane te rAjakIya halacAla nakAmI che, nahi IcchavAyegya che, jaDavAda che. pachI bhale hene bAhA dekhAva game teTale mehaka hoya ane dekhIne lAbha game teTale maheTa heya. jIvatI zraddhA nA A ekaja pAyA upara ApaNI saghaLI vyaktigata temaja For Private And Personal Use Only

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rAmAjika pravRttio thavI joIe che. je e bhAvanA ApaNA hadayamAM vAsa kare ane jAgI jata phelAve to ApaNuM vepArIo senA-rUpAnA DhagalA eka karI khuzI thavA mATe nahi ane mAnacAMda meLavA ke bhASAnA bhalakA karavA khAtara nahi paNa pitAnI vidyAthI AtmaprakAza vadhArI te vadhelI zakti vaDe vadhAre AbAda rIte samAjane sahIsalAmata raste dorA khAtara vidyAbhyAsa karaze, ane ApaNe sAmunirAje eka gaccha karatAM bIje ga7 ke eka sAdhu karatAM bIjA sAdhu rahaDI AtA che te dekhAva karavA mATe nahi paNa AtmAnI ananta za. ki onuM ekIkaraNa karavAne tyAgI Azrama madadagAra che ema jANI te ekIkaraNa karAyelI zaktio vaDe samAjane uMce laI javA khAtaraja sAdhu banaze. jo A jA tanA jussA-A itanI jIvatI zraddhAnI lhamane kimata samajAya to kenpharansanI ane te sAthe khAsa jaina samAjanI unnatine mula vilamba lAge nahi; kAraNa ke te zraddhAne pariNAme samAjamAM vAnaprasthAzramane punarUddhAra thaze ane amuka umara pachI AmadAnIne lobha na karatAM rITAyara thayelA phatehamaMda vepArIo, DakaTa, vakIla ane penzana laI sarakArI nekarImAMthI rITAyara thayelA amaladAre pitAnA lAMbA vakhatanA jIvanakalahanA pariNAme maLelA anubhava ane lAgavaga samAjasevAmAM saMpUrNata: arpaNa karavA bahAra paDaze. koI paNa kAmanI AbAdI mATe AvA anubhavIonI AkhI sevAo sivAya calAvI zakAya ja nahi, khuMcakhAMca zedhavA mATe, kaTokaTInA prasaMge raste karI ApavA mATe yuvAnomAM utsAha preravA mATe, zrIna para lAgavaga calAvavA mATe, sarakAramAM kamI avAja uThAvavA mATe, AvA ardha sAdhu" nI-khAnagI pravRttithI rITAyara thaIne jAhera jIMdagI arpaNa karavAnuM vRtta" laI beThelAonI haiyAtI vAra ke samAja AgaLa vadhI zake nahi. ItihAsaprasiddha prAcIna pAnanI jAhojalAlI hemanA vRddha salAhakAro ane svayaM revakane ja AbhArI hatI, ke je vRnI salAha ane AjJAne mAthe rahaDAvavAmAM yuvAna TeLuM haMmeza garva manatuM. ApaNA mAnavanA svayaMsevaka saddagata zeTha premacandra rAyaca, zeTha kezavajI nAyaka, zeka lAlabhAI dalapatabhAi, vigerenI sevAo ApaNe koI divasa bhUlI zakIzuM nahi; teonAM nAme Aje paNa adhArI rAtrI varace tArAonI piThe prakAzI rahyA che. svargastha rAyabahAdura bAbu badrIdAsajI sAheba, ke jemanA vargavAsanI noMdha letAM mahane ghaNuM dukha thAya che, hemaNe paNa kemI vAo dvArA pitAnuM nAma ApaNI vacce amara karyuM che. A sarvanI khAlI paDelI jagA pUravA mATe have ApaNane lekamAnya khale ane maDAtmA gAndhI jevA ghoDAeka vAnaprasthAzramI asAdhuo (Missionaries ) nI jarUra che. For Private And Personal Use Only

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magIAramI ko jaina - karo jAnsa, 313 vyavasthApUrvaka kAma karanArA sevA" bahAra paDe ! tyAre konpharansane phatteDamaMda ane komane bAda karavI ja hAlate mahuM maNa karyuM tevA kAma karanArAoe bahAra paDavuM joIe che. hemake Teke pitAnA sAcA "AgevAna mAnaze, jo ke teo to pi samAjasevaka' -rIke oLakhAvavAmAMja saMtoSa mAnaze. bAra mahIne ke be ja nIlathI cheDAeka bhASaNathI ke hajAra-be hajAra rUpIA ekaThA karavAthI kAMI kanAjanuM hita sAdhI zakAze nahi. badhA dhaMdhA ane ghara jaMjALa cheDI samAjasevAne javAno ghadhe banAvanAra gheDAeka purUe to avazya bahAra paDavuM joIe che ane huM eka uMcA pagAranA suzikSita sekreTarInI sahAyathI Akho divasa kenpharansanuM ja kAma karyA karavuM joIe che. (1) samAjanI sevA e pitAnI ja sevA che evI zraddhA sAthe samAjanA karavAnI "Aga" hevI e "sevake athavA AgevAnuM paheluM lakSaNa hovuM joize, (2) pitAnA samAjanI sthiti ane AsapAsanI duAinI sthitine mukAbale karI zakavA jeTaluM khulluM dIla hovuM e bIjI yogyatA che. (3) samAja para asara pADI zake evI sthiti (Social Status) ane kAti (Wil-Power ) hovI e trIjI lAyakAta che ane (4) samAjahindrAM pitAnA saghaLA le ane jarUra paDe te lokapriyatAne paNa hemavA taiyAra rahevuM e thI lAyakAta che. AvA samAjasevake ardho Dajhana paNa je ApaNe meLavI zakIe tene vizvAsa che ke jena jaganuM kalyANa karavAmAM daza varSathI vadhAre che. bhAgyeja lAge. kAraNa ke dhananuM sAdhana ApaNa samAjamAM bhAgye pharavuM che, dayAnI lADI paNa paNa bIjI komonA mukAbale prabaLa che, sAmAnya akaramAM paNa ApaNe utaratA nathI-mAtra ApaNAmAMnA darekane vizvAsapAtra banI 2 enuM kendrasthAna kenpharasa bane evI paddhatisaranI mahenata lenArA svayaMsekTo athavA AgevAnonI ja khAmI che, ke jeo.hajAro motIne sAMkaLanAra derI tarIke upayegI thaI paDe. kAmanI zarUAta kyAMthI thavI joIe. baMdhuo ! ApaNe jyAre vAta karavA besIe chIe tyAre eka pa3 vAtane choDatA nathI. bALalagna, vRddhavivAha, phajulakharca, kAM Adi aneka hAnikAraka rIvAnI ApaNe dara mahAsabhA vakhate ane dara mITa vakhate pake mukIe chIe, athavA devane prArthanA karIe chIe ke A vastusthitine sudhAravA kRpA kare. rodaNAM ravAM ane pArakI AzA rAkhavI e banne nirbaLatAnAM cihe che. vIralo ! ApaNAM pitAnAM ja duHkha kApavAmAM ApaNe gatimAna nahi thaIe te bIjAnAM duHkha kApavAnuM ApaNAthI banaze ja kema? ane subhAge dekhAtI hajAro prakAranI For Private And Personal Use Only

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rena mAM prazna, 3 khAmIe pApaNe dhArIe chIe teTalI abhedya nathI. mAtra ekaja prayAsathIbuddhinA vikAsa bhAvathI te sarva ajJAnajanya khalAe ApApa dUra thAya tema che. buddhinA vikAsa mATe keLavaNInA pracAra e rAjamArga che; paraMtu e pAchaLa ApaNe sAcA dIlathI kardI lAgyA ja nathI. A vIsamI sadImAM jyAre curApa-amerIkA vImAnanI jhaDapathI AgaLa vadhe che ane ApaNI hindI keme paikInI keTalIka kAme gheADAgADInI jhaDapathI AgaLa vadhe che, tyAre ApaNe hajI khaTArAmAM ja paDyA rahyA chIe ane te khadrArA paNa AgaLa vadhe che ke pAchaLa kUca kare che hetu' ApaNune bhAna nathI. ApaNA 1000 bhAie paikI 4pa6 mAtra lakhI vAMcI jANe che, ane a MgrejI zikSaNa tA 1000 mAM 20 ne ja maLe che, mhAre brahmasamAjI vargamAM dara 1000 purUSamAM 736 lakhI vAMcI jANe che ane 682 aMgrejI jANe che. A paNI A nAmozIbharI ajJAna dazA tarapha ApaNuM lakSa sAthI pahelu javuM joie che. prAthamika zALAe ke skule! ane kaeNlejo ApaNe khIjI kAmAthI jUdA paDIne sthApavI e mDane jarUnuM lAgatu nathI. hindI prajA sAthe maLIne sArvajanika prAthamika zALAo ane hAiskule sthaLe sthaLe sthApavAmAM ApaNe madadagAra thavu joie che ane te uparAMta ApaNu potIkuM lAkhkho rUpiyAnuM phaMDa karIne jaina vi. ghAthI ene skelarazIpA ApI abhyAsa vadhAravAnI sagavaDa karI ApavI joie che. tamAma mhoTAM mhoTAM zaherAmAM jainanA traNe pIrakAnA vidyAthI one sAthe rahIne abhyAsa karavAnI sagavaDa maLe evAM vidyArthI gRhe athavA kheADI gahAuse sthApavAM joie che. hAla cAlatAM saghaLAM beADI gahAuso saghaLA prIrakA mATe khullAM mukavAM jeIe che, temaja savaLA khADI''gahAdasAnI suMdara vyavasthA mATe eka su zikSita anubhavI insapekaTara nImAve joie che. A badhI ceAjanA mhoTA pAyA upara ane lAkhkhonA kharce thavI jarUranI che. Aje vyApAramAM paNa aMgrejI jJAnanI pahelI jarUra paDe che. musApharImAM e bhASAnuM jJAna jarUranu thaI paDyuM che, vakI lAta-vRMdu -nAkarI ane rAjakIya pravRttimAM enA sivAya calAvI zakAtu ja nathI. vaLI yuddhe utpanna karelI paristhitiothI hinda AkhI duniyA sAthe vadhAre sakha dhamAM-spardhAmAM Avyu che ane Avaze. A sogomAM mAtRbhASAnA jJAna sAthe aMgrejI bhASAnuM` jJAna lagabhaga dareka mANase meLavavu jarUranu che ane tevI jAtanA bhASAjJAna uparAMta dh dhAnu jJAna meLavavuM e vaLI bIjo prazna che. dhaMdhAnI harIphAI dina pratidina tIvra thatI jAya che. jIvanakalahu vadhAre ne vadhAre ugra natA jAya che. yuddhe yuropane pahoMcADelA nukazAnanA lAbha lai jApAna vyApArane eka hAtha karavA lAgyu che ane hinda GenA kudaratI sAdhanAnA khajAnA chatAM mhAMvikAsI esI rahyuM che. sarakAranI madadanA abhAva mATe ApaNe je bUmA pADIne ja besI rahIzu For Private And Personal Use Only

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gagIAranI zrI jaina zvetAmbara kAnpharansa 35 to so varSa paNa na maLI zake evI taka gumAvI besIzu. Ave vakhate jainakAme temaja dareka samajadAra kAme nAta, dharma patha! ane leAkarIvAjanA jhagaDAne eka mAjI rAkhI potapAtAthI ane teTalA prayatna lAkhkho kareDA rUpiyA ekaThA karI vyApArahunnaranI khIlavaTa pAchaLa vagara valakhe lAgI javu joie che. prephesara bejhanI mahAt yAjanA dezane kharekhara AzirvodarUpa thaI paDaze, tAtAnuM lekhuMTa ane enkiMgane lagatu sADusa paNa evu ja upakArI thaI paDaze. have dareka kAme peAtAnAM satAnAne jarUra jeTaluM aMgrejI bhASAnuM jJAna ApyA bAda AvAM khAtAmAM zikhavA meAkalAM joie che. agara vyApAramAM pAvaradhA karavA oie che. Ama thavA mATe dareka kAme lAkho rUpiyAnuM kharca karavA taiyAra rahevu joie che. myune bhaya che ke pazcimanA jaDavAdanI asara ApaNA yuvAnone potAnA dharma tathA jJAti tarapha bedarakAra banAvavAmAM pariNumI che ane hajI ne ApaNe te yunene madada karavA bahAra nahIM paDIe te ApaNI sAthe joDAi rahevAne hemane mudla AkarSIchu thaze nahi. temAM ApaNA dharma ke samAja pratye Adara ane mhArApaNAnI lAgaNI tyAre ja AvI zake ke jyAre ApaNe hemanA hAtha pakaDI hemane ajJA na ane bhUkhamarAmAMthI kharAAvavA taiyAra chIe evuM hemane batAvI zakIe. hyume humArA tAnamAM masta rahI vhemane visAraze, te svAbhAvika rIte ja te humane ane pariNAme hamArA samAja tathA dharmane paNa visAraze ja. keLavAyelA mhATe bhAge kAma ke dhamathI ataDA rahetA vhevAmAM AvyA hoya te hene doSa zrImata ane AgevAna varga upara sahIsalAmatIthI mUkI zakAya, ke jemaNe potAnI kAmanA ni na paNa vidyArasika satAnAne abhyAsanA sAdhanA mATe premapUrvaka petAnI pAse khelAvavAnI darakAra karI nathI ane game tema bhIkha mAMgI peAtAnuM pheDI levA dITA che. zuM jaina vyApArIo, dhArAzAstrIe, jAmelA DAkaTarI ane meTA pagAranA amaladArA akeka e jaina vidyAthIne na nibhAvI zake? ane ema thAya tA zuM daravarSe hajAra vidyArthI one ucca zikSaNa ApavAnuM murake che? A sthaLe hune 'vidyottejaka phaMDa'nA janmadAtA munizrInI udAracittatA yAda Ave che ane te sAthe ja khaTapaTa ane bedarakArIe te upakArI khAtAne khAlyAvasthAmAM ja suvADI dIdhAnuM du:khabharyuM smaraNu thai Ave che. nhAnA kALIe vadhAre jamAvAnI paddhatithI cAlatA evAM khAtAMone je dareka sazakta jaina mandhu skelarazIpeA ApI madada kare te dareka prAMtanA ane dareka pIrakAnA jaina vidyAthI one AgaLa vadhavAnuM ghaNuM ja sugama thai paDe. vidyApracAra mATe khIjA sarala rastA. zrImatA taranI madada uparAMta vidyApracAra mATe lAyaka gaNAtI pazu najIvI paraMtu sahAnubhUtisUcaka madada meLavavAnI tajavIja karavI jarUranI che, ane te mATe For Private And Personal Use Only

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jaina dharma prakA. konpharansa "suna bhaMDAra phaDa"nA nAme mAthAdITha. cAra AnA ugharAvI hene aDa. che bhAga keLavaNInA pracAramAM kharcavAnuM rAkhyuM che te bahu duraMdezIbharyuM pagaluM che. kharuM che ke atyAra sudhI ApaNe e rIte ati nirmAlya rakama meLavI zakyA chIe. paraMtu eka taraphathI ghoDAeka munirane A bAbatamAM sthaLe sthaLe upadeza karavAnI kRpA kare tathA bIjI taraphathI ghoDAeka dareka gAma ane zaheranA utsAhI yuvAne pitapotAnA gAmamAMthI "suphatabhaMDAra phaMDa ugharAvI levAnI varSamAM ekaja mahIne kozISa kare to daravarSe hajAra rUpiyA A khAte maLI zake tema che. sAdhuvarga ane yuvAna vargamAM mAtra utsAha preravAnI ja jarUra che ane te mATe niyamita patravyavahAra ane musApharI dvArA zubha vAtAvaraNa phelAvI zake tevA kAryadakSa esIsTaMTa sekreTarInI anivArya jarUra rahe che. sutabhaMDAra phaMDa" sivAya vidyA pracAranA pavitra mIzananI saphaLatA mATe bIjA paNa vyavahArU ratA haiyAtI dharAve che. zAradApUjana, mahAvIra jayaMti tathA saMvatsarI-A traNa tahevAra evo che ke je prasaMge garIba jaina paNa kAMIka dAna karavA svAbhAvika rIte prerAya che. A dAnanI IrachAne vadhAre prabaLa karavI ane hene ekaja dizA tarapha vALavI eTaluM ja mAtra karavAnuM rahe che. vidyA pracAramAM dAna devuM eja kharuM zAradApUjana che ane jJAnanA sAgara mahAvIra pitAnA janma ane mokSanI khuzAlI manAvavAno paNa eja sarvottama mArga che ema je hajAre piphaleTa dvArA jAhera pipodvArA, sAdhu-mahAtmAonA upadezadvArA ane konpharansanA upadeza dvArA jenasamAjane ThasAvI zakIe te te nhAnI hAnI rakamamAMthI dara varSe hajAro rUpiyAnuM sAdhana vidyApracAra mATe avazya meLavI zakAya. keLavaNI ane kenpharansanI phatteha mATe keLavAyelAonI sAmelIatanI jarUra parantu ghaNuM kAma keLavAyelA vage upADI levuM joIe che. zeThiyA vage ane sAdhu samAja ane dharmane Aja sudhI TakAvI rAkhe che. hemaNe potAthI banatuM pitAnI rIte karyuM che. deza kALa badalAyA che, ane navI rIte ane nave raste kAma karavAnI jarUra che ema keLavacelo varga ja pikAra kare che te zA mATe pikAra karIne teo besI rahe che? konpharansa e nAma navA jamAnAne anusaravAnI himAyata karanAra keLavAyelA vage ja pADayuM che, chatAM kenpharansa ane te dvArA samAjanI unnati mATe keLavAyele vage abhimAna levA egya kAma bajAvyuM nathI ema teo pote svIkAraze. eka konpharansathI bIjI kenpharansa vaccenA vakhatamAM jAhera peparamAM lakhANa karIne tathA rajAnA divasomAM musApharI karIne bhASaNa dvArA lekamata keLavavAnuM tathA keLavaNI phaMDa mATe banatI madada meLavI For Private And Personal Use Only

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agIAramI jaina zvetAMbara konpharansa. ApavAnuM kAma teoe hAtha dharavuM joIe che, jene ejyukezana borDa " sAce cAlu patra vyavahAra karI te saMsthAnA cAlakonI muzkelIothI jANItA thai hene dUra karavAnA rastA sUcavavAnuM tathA banI zake to tenI suzkelIo dUra karavAnI jAte kozISa karavAnuM kAma paNa hemaNe ja bajAvavuM joIe che. pite yathAzakti rakama ApI bIjAonA dIla upara, keLavaNIthI mANasa keTalI sevAbhAvavALo banI zake che te batAvI, dAkhalo besADavAnuM kAma paNa teonuM ja che. ApaNI saMkhyAmAM thate ja bhayaMkara ghaTADe. have huM eka ghaNuM ja khedajanaka ane nahi choDI zakAya evA viSaya upara AvIza. unnati-unnatinI bUmo varSo thayA ApaNe pADatA AvyA chIe, paraMtu evI bUmene pariNAme ApaNI saMkhyA vadhavAne badale ghaTavA pAmI che te tarapha ApaNe baherA kAna karatA AvyA chIe. I. sa. 1891 mAM hindamAM kula jenI saMkhyA 1416638 hatI, 1901 mAM (ApaNuM konpharansanA janmanI lagabhagamAM) te saMkhyA ghaTIne 1334140 sudhI AvI hatI, ane traNe jene phIrakAnI kenpharansone pura taMdurasta jamAnAmAM te saMkhyA vadhavA te zuM paNa kAyama rahevAne badale 1911 mAM 1248182 jeTalI saMkhyA para AvI gaI hatI matalaba ke je 10 varSanA jamAnAne ApaNe udayane jamAne mAnIe chIe te jamAnAmAM te lagabhaga lAkha mANasa ApaNAmAMthI ochA thayA che. eTaluM ja nahi paNa pahelA karatAM ghaTADAnuM pramANa paNa vadhatuM gayuM che. baddho, krizciyane.zi, musalamAna ane pArasIomAM saMkhyA jyAre vadhatI gaI che ane vizALa hiMdamamAM 310 TakA jeTale ghaTADe thato gaye che, tyAre ApaNAmAM 6 TakA jeTalo ghaTADo thato gayo che. AthI samajAze ke ApaNe ghaNAja bhayaMkara ane khAsa saMzo vacce pasAra thaIe chIe, ane pArasI, zikha ke hindu kema paNa jAgavAmAM ane sudhArA karavAmAM pramAda karaze te hemane eTalo bhaya nathI ke jeTalo ApaNane che. mATe ApaNe A vadhatA jatA vinAzanuM mULa kAraNa niSpakSapAta ane niDara rIte zodhavuM joIe che. havApANI, zarIra baMdhAraNa vigere bAbatamAM ApaNe bIjI hindI prajA jeTalI ja sagavaDa-agavaDa dharAvIe chIe, garIbAI kAMI bIjI keme. karatAM ApaNAmAM vadhAre nathI, te pachI bIjI hindI kema karatAM ApaNA ghaTADAnuM pramANa eTaluM moTu AvavAnuM kAraNa zuM? huM dhAruM chuM ke ApaNu AjanA samAjavyavahAramAM ja e reginAM mULa che. roTI-beTI vyavahAramAM ApaNe ghaNA saMkucita daSTivALA banI gayA chIe ane hene pariNAme ayogya lagna ane vidhavA tathA vidhura vadhI paDyAM che. maraNasaMkhyAmAM tethI vadhAre thatuM jAya che ane yuvAna chatAM jemane avivAhita jIMdagI pharajIyAta rIte gALavI paDe che teo utpA For Private And Personal Use Only

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je ume prakAza, daka che kAkA nathI. A pramANe maraNanA pramAmAM AjanI rUe vadhAro karyo che ane jana: saMbhava ghaTADyA ane bahAranI saMkhyA ApaNAmAM dAkhala karavAnuM hupaNa to ApaNe ghareNe ja mUhyuM che! bahAranAone dAkhala karavAnI vAta te dUra kI ! jenadharma pALanArA loko sAthe paNa prAMtabheda, jAtibheda ane phIrakAbhedane lIdhe ApaNe lagnavyavahAra karatA nathI ! vadhAre zuM kahuM ? eka ja dharma ane ekaja jAti chatAM sAthe besIne jamavAmAM paNa ApaNe vaTalAI jaIe chIe! hame kahezo ke ApaNe sudharyA, DAhyA thayA, paNa hune bhaya lAge che ke sudharavAne badale ApaNe kAgaDanA te nathI jatA ? ApaNA vidvAna mahAmA zrI AtmArAmajI mahArAja Apane jaNAve che ke, ApaNA pUrvajo hinduoe sthApelA jJAtibhedane macaka ApatA nahi ane dharmanA dhoraNa para samAja racatA tathA saMkhyAbaLa ane aikya. baLa jamAvatA. teo kahe che ke zrI mahAvIra prabhunI pachI 70 varSe ApaNA mahAna gurUzrI ratanaprabhasUrie sutAra, kSatriya, vaNika ane brAhmaNa komonAM 18000 gharene jena banAvIne teo vacce roTI vyavahAra je vyo hato ane e rIte jaina samAja racyo hato. tevI ja rIte zrI haribhadrasUrie, temaja lohAcArya ane jItasena AcArya paNa rajaputa, anAra vigere hajAro lokone jena banAvI paraspara reTI-beTIvyavahAra karAvyo hato. khuda zrImad AtmArAmajI mahArAja pite kahe che ke -"jenazAstramAM te je kAma karavAthI dharmamAM dUSaNa lAge te vAtanI ja mana che; bAkI to lekee pitApitAnI rUDI mAnI lIdhI che. Aje paNa kei sarva tione eka kare to temAM kAMI harakata nathI." madhyakAlina hindu dharmagurUoe jJAtiupajJAtinI beDIo jaDIne hindI samAjane je nimayatAnuM bhUta vaLagADyuM hatuM te -ne ApaNA vyavahArakuzaLa ane udAracita AcAyoe dhArmika aikyatAnA maMtrathI TUra karyuM hatuM, ane te chatAM Aje ApaNe evA nirmAlya banyA chIe ke jJAti-peTAjJAtinA bhUtane tAbe thaI gayA chIe. A bhUte ApaNI kevI dazA karI che tenuM bhayaMkara citra huM mArA najara AgaLa mUkavAnI rajA laIza. I. sa. 1911 nI sAlamAM nomanAM 643553 purU hatA, jemAMnA 317117 kuMvArA hatA, ane 604626 strIo paikI 181705 kuMvArI hatI. AmAMthI bALaka ane vRddha-eTale sattAnA pidA karavAne agya vyaktionI saMkhyA bAda karIe te, eTale ke 20 ane 4pa varSanI vacce 233035 purUmAM pa6612 kuMvAsa ane 15 thI 40 varSanI vacce ra1854 strIomAM 58 kuMvArI hatI. moTI uMmaranI ATalI badhI kanyAo kumArI rahevAnuM eka ja kAraNa che, ane te e ke, hunI lhAnI jJAtione lIdhe vara maLI zakyA nahotA. 55 jena jJAtio te 100 thI paNa ochAM ghara sAthe beTIvyavahAra kare che ! AmAM saMkhyA ghaTatI hoya For Private And Personal Use Only

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mAgI t vanAbhara saM tA Azcarya pAmavA jevu zuM che ? upara ApelA AMkaDA parathI jaNAze ke pAvA cegya uparanA pa28 kumArikAthI thavI joitI manuSyavRddhi ApaNe gumAvIe chIe, eTaluM ja nahi paNu mIjI rIte paNa nukazAna cAkSu rahe che. nAnI nAne lIdhe kantaDAM, kanyAvikraya vigere thavA pAme che ane pariNAme vidhavAnuM pramANa vadhI paDayuM che, eTale sudhI ke i. sa. 1931 mAM 6 lAkha strIe mAM 1 lAkha vidhavANa hatI, matalaba ke 25 TakA jeTaluM vadhavAnuM pramANu hatu, je dezanI tamAma kAme vidhavAnA pramANu karatAM ghaNuM ja vadhAre che. ATalI badhI vidhavAonA zApa sAme karka kAma tarI zakavAnI hatI ? khedanI vAta teA e che ke 20 thI 40 varSanI vayanI e lAkha strIomAM lagabhaga aDadhA lAkha strIe vidhatrA hatI, je vRddhavidhA ane saMkucita peTAjJAtionuM ja pariNAma che. A AMkaDA upara ApaNe emane ema paDadA nAkhI zakIe tema nathI. A prazna para ApaNA samAje zAntithI vicAra karavAnI hajI sudhI taka lIdhI nathI. e ApaNu` kamanazIba che. badhI kone karatAM vadhAre bhaya'kara,sthitimAMthI ApaNI kema pasAra thatI hovAthI ApaNe A minA aTakAvavA mATe badhA karatAM vadhAre daradezIthI ane vadhAre hiMmatathI kAma levAnI jarUra che. raste sahelA che, paNa rahI ke je khAkhu paherIne samAjane DarAve che, hainA pajhAmAMthI chUTavuM muzkela che. lagnanI vividha praNAlikAe sahabhAjana ityAdi khAteA mAtra sAmAjika viSaya che, nahi ke dhArmika; mATe emAM dharmalApane 'hAu manAvanArAo sAthe zAMta rIte dalIla karIne samAjane vinAzathI bacavAnA rastA khullA karI ApavA joie che. svAmIvAtsalya bhAjanane artha Aje mukAI gayA jaNAya che. jainadharma pALatA viNaka pATIdAra bhAvasAra vigere tamAma bheA besI jame e rIvAja Aja keTalAka peAtAne sudharelA nahi kahevaDAvatAM gAmanAM A khAda cAlyA Ave che! paNa sudharelA kahevAtAoe paNa svAmIvAtsalpanI jagyAe AbhaDacheTanI padharAmaNI karI che ! A che ApaNuM sudhArAnuM cinha ! ! ApaNe kalpita bheda tathA zAstravirUddha vahema ane beDIone ThaMDI ApaNA sAjanA pratikrina thatA vinAzane rokavAnI tAkIda karavI teItI nathI? svAmIlAve ! A savAlA para uMDA vicAra karavA, niDarapaNe jaheramAM uhApoha karavA ane vyavahArU rastA ce!javA huM hameAne AgrahapUrvaka araja karUM chuM. aikyanA vyavahArU mArgo. AtmabaMdhuo ! AjanI rAjakIya sthiti vacce ApaNe eya vagara jIvI zakavAnA nathI e te nirvivAda che. reTI-beTI vyavahAranI ADakhIle dhIme dhIne huM paNa tvarAthI dUra karavAnI kozIza karyAM vagara ane nirUtpAdaka strI-purUSonI bhayaMkara sakhyAmAM ghaTADA karavAnI ceAjanA vagara jetasamAjane TakAvavAnuM kAma For Private And Personal Use Only

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kanuM prakA kaeNzaja nahi paNa hune te azakya lAge che, ane judA hRdA jaina graMththAnI mAnyatA tarapha matAhijhutA vagara paNa ApaNe ApaNu jIvana TakAvI zakAnA nathI. mAnyatAe ane kriyAlene AgaLa karI ApaNA vacce verajhera utpanna karAvanAra! ene-pachI te gRhastha hai vA tyAgI he!-ApaNe majaputa hAthathI dAbI devAM joie che. jaina samAjanA ekIkaraNamAM ADakhIlarUpa thai paDanAra sivAya bhInna tama ma tarapha ApaNe matasahiSNutA batAvavI joie che, paNa ApaNI haiyA tInA mULamAM ane te pazu dharmanAja nAme-kuDAra mAranAra kalapremI mAne ApaNe uttejana ApavuM joituM nathI ke uttejana maLavA devuM joituM nathI. A kAma mATe eka udAra vicAra dharAvatuM sAptAhika ke dainika patra gujarAtI temaja hindI bhASAmAM ane te paNa nAma mAtranI kiMmatathI pragaTa thAya ane lekamata keLave ema huM antaHkaraNathI IcchuM chuM. vaLI dareka jaina samAe, esasIezana ane mALAnAM dvAra jUdA jUdA prAMta ane gacchanA jainA mATe khullAM thavAM joie che. madIro ane dhA mika khAtAMonI tapAsaNI mATe kenpharansa esa taraphathI inspekTare nimAyA che te kAma khaDuM duradezIsayu thayu che, paNa te inspekaTaroe eka paNa khAtAne tapAsavAnu cheDI devu joItu nathI ane eka paNa sArvajanika khAtAnA vahIvaTa amuka zaheranI ja ke amuka gacchanI ja vyaktionA hAthamAM rAkhavAnI rIta vadhAre vakhata cAlu rahevA devI joItI nathI; paraMtu pratinidhitvanuM baheALu dhAraNa karavAnI ja pADavI joie che; ke.jethI saghaLAe temAM rasa letA ane ane khAtu vadhAre dekhItu ane vadhAre samrutu manavA pAme. dhArmika jhagaDA A jamAnAmAM calAvI zakAya tema nathI e tarapha huM tamArUM khAsa lakSa kheMcavA mAMguM chuM. zikharajI, makSIjI vigere tIthAne lagatA jhagaDA jinadevanA bhakatA vacce ja thavA pAme ane ekaja pitAnA be putrA ekabIjA sAme yuddhamAM joDAya e ApaNA sAmAjika khaLa ane Arthika khaLa temaja dharmabhAvanAne vinAzaka che ane harakeAi rIte aTakAvavA yeAgya che. ApaNI kAma vyApArI kuneha mATe prasiddha che, te zuM ApaNe paraspara ekaDA maLI ApaNA vAMdhAone nIkAla aMdareya aMdara na karI zakIe? keTalAka sujJa sajjanoe A raste leAkamata keLavavA bhagIratha prayAsa caiDuM thayAM sevavA mAMDyo che; parantu jyAMsudhI mane pIrakAnI kAnpharansa jevI vajanadAra sa sthAo vacce paDIne suleha karAvavA mahAra na paDe tyAMsudhI chUTaka chUTaka vyaktienA prayAsa phattehumanta thAya evA sabhava khaDu thADA che. gRhasthA! huM have tamane vadhAre vakhata rokavA mAMgatA nathI. cAlu deza-kALamA je sArvabhoma aAtyanI e bhAkhatA para bhAra mUkavAnI anivArya jarUra hatI te For Private And Personal Use Only

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agIgAnI zI jema kAmbara . be bAbate-ekyabaLa ane vidyAbaLa upara ja meM mAruM kathana gAMdhI rAkhavA kALajI rAkhI che. huM jANuM chuM ke zAstroddhAra, jIvadayA, sAdhusudhAraNA, dvAra ityAdi aneka bAbato para bolavAnI jona kenpharansonA pramukhanI rahI che, ke je rUhIne huM mAna ApI zakyuM nathI, paraMtu huM "upayogitA" (Utility) nA siddhAnta - dvALu he tAtkALika jarUrIAtone ja vaLagI rahyo chuM ane tema karavAmAM keIne mArI bhUla thatI jaNAtI hoya to kSamA cAhI mAtra eka ja muddA para DuM bolI mAruM kathana khatama karIza. hindu yunivariTI ane jaine keLavaNanA kSetramAM eka AvakAradAyaka pragati-hindu yunivarsiTI" nA rUpamAM karI zakavA mATe huM samasta hindu kemane mubArakabAdI ApuM chuM ane dezakALane anusaratI e zarUAtane huM saMpUrNa vijaya IcchuM chuM te sAthe vakhatasaranI sUcanA karI levAnI mArI pharaja adA karIza ke bIjI hindu komenI sAthe jainasamAje paNa e saMsthAne pitAnI mAnI garva levo joIe che, ane tene pUratI sahAya ApavI joIe che temaja e yunivarsiTIe paNa buddhibaLa ane hRdayabaLanA camatkArika khajAnA tulya jaina sAhityanA abhyAsa mATe karavI joItI dareka sagavaDa kharA dIlathI karavI joIe che. chevaTe sagraha! tamee mane ApelA pramukhapada mATe tathA zAnti ane dhIrajathI lAMbo vakhata mane sAMbhaLavAnI karelI maherabAnI mATe huM tamAre aMtaHkaraNa pUrvaka AbhAra mAnuM chuM ane vinaMti karuM chuM ke je "jIvatI zraddhA'ne IsAre mArA bhASaNanI zarUAtamAM huM karI gayo chuM te jIvatI zraddhA dIlamAM rAkhIne, kenpharansamAM raju thatAM pranAM nirAkaraNa zuddha citte ane buddhipUrvaka karaze. ane tamAre udaya tamArA hAtheja thavAnepha che e vAta dhyAnamAM rAkhI jarUrI kAryo ane Avazyaka sudhArA upara vagara vilaMbe lAgI paDaze, ke jethI zAsananAyaka deva paNa tamArI te zubha pravRtti joI prasanna thaI tamArAmAM vadhu ane vadhu zakti preraze ane tamane vaparanuM kalyANa sAdhavAmAM nipuNa banAvaze.. . upara pramANenuM pramukhanuM bhASaNa vaMcAI rahyA bAda konpharansa tarapha sahAnubhUti batAvanArA tAre tathA kAgaLo vAMcI batAvavAmAM AvyA hatA, ane konkaransanA janarala sekreTarI zeTha kalyANacaMda bhAgacaMde konpharansane rIpiTa raju karyo hatuM, jenA uparathI zeTha kuMvarajI ANaMdajIe kanpharajo atyAra sudhI karelAM kAryo upara laMbANathI vivecana karyuM hatuM. tyAra bAda kenpharansanA niyamAnusAra sabajekTa For Private And Personal Use Only

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kamITI cuMTI kADhavAmAM AvI hatI, ane koInA divasano chellA sita karavAmAM Avyo hate. bIje divasa. tA. 31-12-1917, mAgazara vada -vivAra. konpharansanA bIjA dIvasanI beThaka paNa tA. 31-12-1917 nA roja bapore bAra vAge rAya badrIdAsajI mukIma bahAduranA bagIcAmAM khAsa taiyAra karavAmAM AvelA maMDapamAM prathama divasanA jeTalIja hAjarI ane utsAhathI bharavAmAM AvI hatI. bIjA divasanI beThakamAM lokamAnya zrIyut tIlaka, mahAtmA mehanadAsa karamacaMda gAMdhI, sara kailAsacaMdra besa, jANItA rA, vibhAkara, bArITara-eTa-leM vigeree hAjarI ApI konpharansanA kAryanA utsAhamAM bahu vRddhi karI hatI. pramukha sAheba vakhatasara padhAratAM maMDapamAM bIrAjelA sarve guhAe ubhA thaI temane mAna ApyuM hatuM ane tALIonA avAjathI temane vadhAvI levAmAM AvyA hatA, save paghArelA gRhasthogya jagyAe goThavAI jatAM kenpharansanA bIjA divasanA kAryanI zarUAta karavAmAM AvI hatI. prathama madhura saMgIta vAdyathI maMgaLAcaraNanAM gAyane gAvAmAM AvyAM hatAM je A pramANe hatAM:-- bIjA divasanAM maMgaLAcaraNanAM gAyane. stuti. zrI mahAvIra smare, zAntiH zArita va, zrI mahAvIra (2) zAsanadeva sahAyaka thAje, vijaya vijaya saddabhAva bhara-zrI. 1 saMghataNa saradAra suzIlA, abhinandana svIkAra karo-zrI. 2 jJAna kaLAthI nipuNa banAvI, bALa yuvaka utsAha bhare-zrI. 3 akhIla avanImAM vIrazAsanane, jaya maMgaLa sUranAda karo--zrI 4 jayavaMtA zAsana saradAre, kepharansanuM amara caha--dhI5 -amRtalAla mAvajI zAha, che ja ! dayAmayI jinadharma hai, dayA dharamaka sAra; dayA binA sagati nahIM, jAnata hai saMsAra. 1 For Private And Personal Use Only

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garama thI je tArakAsa. vinA jJAna nahIM heta hai, jIva ajIva vicAra; yAte jinavarane kahe, jJAna mukti dAtAra mAnaka canda bina jJAnake, kiyA kare hajAra rUle cehI saMsArameM, kabhI na utare pAra. saba zrI saMgha milake kare, vidyAkA pracAra mahimA che jina dhammakI, hAya samAja sudhAra. 4 -mANikacanda zeTha. che . vetAmbara konpharansanA mukhAraka ho mubAraka ho, gyArahavAM jalase zAhAnA mubAraka ho mubAraka he; dipAnA vIrazAsanakA dharmakI unnati karanA, dharmabIrekA yahAM AnA mubAraka ho mubAraka che. sAMsArika dhArmika naitika sudhAkA sadA karanA, kemake rAha para lAnA mubAraka he mubAraka che baDhAnA jJAnakA saMgameM hAnA pracAra vidyAkA, koleja skula khulavAnA mubAraka ho mubAraka che. svadharmI bhAI nIMda gaphalata jagA denA, dharmake raste batalAnA mubAraka ho mubAraka che; miTA denA haraeka jhagaDA baDhAnA saMpakA saMgame, burI rakA uDajAnA mubAraka he mubAraka hai. nirAzrita je ki bhAI ora bahine hai yathAzakti, madata una sabake pahuMcAnA mubAraka ho mubAraka ho; jIrNa zAstrAMkA likhavAnA ora tItha para najara karanA, jirNa uddhAra karavAnA mubAraka ho mubAraka ho, hara jagaha jAke aura satazAstrakA upadeza kara karake, zrI jinadharma phelAnA mubAraka ho mubAraka ho, je tuma zrI vIrake ho vIra bALaka vIratA tumake, dharama kAmeM dikhalAnA mubAraka ho mubAraka . je jArI he rahI hai jainameM mizcAtakI rasameM, sabakA baMdha karavAnA mubAraka he mubAraka che. Hinna For Private And Personal Use Only

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jaina dharma : kA. karI ke huM ApanI unnatikI phikra irasa ma, sabere Age bahu jAnA mubAraka he mubAraka ho; vetAmbara jaina je huM rAje sI ora purU ke, dharma zikSAkA dilavAnA mukhAraka ho mubAraka hA. ke jina dharmakI mahimA sudhArA kaeNmakA have, karanA konpharansa sAlAnA mubAraka he mubAraka che ghaDI dhanya AjI dhanya dina hai AjakA mAnaka, sake milake yaha gAnA mubAraka he murAraka ho. -mANikacarada zeTha. upara pramANenAM maMgaLAcaraNa gavAI rahyA bAda pramukhasAheba taraphathI nIcenA traNa karI zarUAtamAM raju karavAmAM AvyA hatA. TharAva 1 le-rAjyabhakti. A zrI jena vetAMbara konpharansa nAmadAra zahenazAha paMcama jarja ane mahArAvI bhAratezvarI merI tarapha pitAnI saMpUrNa rAjya bhakti pradarzita kare che, ane te baMne dIghAyuSI thAo tevI prArthanA kare che, vaLI yuropamAM je ati daraNa saMgrAma cAle che ane jenAthI ghaNuM nukazAnI thaI che te saMgrAma zidhra zAMta thAya tevI pitAnI IcchA pragaTa kare che. TharAva 2 je-nAmadAra hiMdI pradhAnane svAgata. hiMdanA saTeTa sekreTarI nAmadAra rAITa onarebala mI. moMTegyu ke jeo bhArata sAmrAjyanI zAsana sudhAraNA mATe atre padhArelA che, temanuM A konpharansa kharA aMtaHkaraNathI svAgata kare che, ane temanI mAraphata hiMdustAnanI saghaLI A zAe saMpUrNa rIte saphaLa thAo evI prArthanA kare che. TharAva jozeka prakAza. -pA konpharansa kalakattAnA amUlya ratna, sarva sanmAnita, ane dvitIya jena kenpharansanA mAnanIya pramukha kalakattAnivAsI rAya badrIdAsa mukIma mahaduranA dIlagIrI bharelA mRtyu mATe potAne AMtarika zoka pradarzita kare che, ane temanA samasta kuTuMba parivAra tarapha pitAnI sahAnubhUti prakAzita kare che. uparokta traNa TharAvo pramukha taraphathI raju karavAmAM AvyA hatA, ane te sarva numate pasAra thayA pachI egya sathaLe te TharAnI khabara tAra mAraphate ekalavAnI pramukhane sattA ApavAmAM AvI hatI. For Private And Personal Use Only

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amaramI kI jai tAmbara -phara. TharAva ja che-hiMdu yunivasaTI ane jaina kema. banArasamAM hAlamAM sthapAyela hiMdu yunivarsITImAM jaina vidyAthIonI paNa sArI saMkhyA thaze evI AzA rahe che, tethI A kenpharansa hiMdu yunivarsITInA kArya vAhakene nivedana karavAnI A taka le che ke jyAre hiMdu yunivarsITIne abhyAsakrama niyata karavAno samaya Ave tyAre hiMdudhamenA paDakamanI sAthe jaina dharmanA graMthane paNa ucita sthAna temaNe ApavuM. te kAryane mATe phaMDa vigerenI yojanA karavA ane solarazIpa vigere ApavAne prabaMdha karavA jaina kemanA je membara tenI kamITImAM dAkhala thayA che temane saMpUrNa rIte sahAyatA ApavAnI jena zrImate A konpharansa sUcanA kare che. darakhAsta mukanAra-rA, makanajI juThAbhAI mahetA-muMbaI. anudAna ApanAra-bAbu rAjakumArasiMhajI-kalakattA, uparano DarAva konpharansa samakSa mUkAtAM ane bahu dalIla pUrvaka tenI jarUra rIAta samajAvatAM te vakhate ja yunivarsITImAM jena abhyAsakrama mATe eka jagyA goThavavA sArU sumAre lAkha rUpiyAnuM phaMDa thayuM hatuM, jenuM vigatavAra lIsTa amee prAMtabhAgamAM ApeluM che. A vakhate mahAtmA mehanadAsa karamacaMda gAMdhIe padhArI jene kemamAM aikaya sAcavI rAkhavAnI jarUrIAta, aMdara aMdara matabheda rAkhave te paNa hiMsA che, tethI matabheda dUra karI salAhasaMpathI vartavAnI sucanA karavAvALuM bahu suMdara bhASaNa karyuM hatuM. tyArabAda nIce pAMca TharAva raju karavAmAM Avyo hate. TharAva 5 me-dhArmika zikSaNa ApaNI jaina samAjamAM zikSaNane vizeSa abhAva thatA jAya che ema A konpharansane anubhava uparathI jaNAya che, ane dharmanI puSTi tathA vistArane mATe dharmazinI khAsa AvazyakatA A konpharansa svIkAre che. tethI nIce lakhavAmAM AvelA upAye zidhra amalamAM mUkavAnI dareka vetAmbara jaina baMdhune A kenpharansa vinaMti kare che. (1) pratyeka gAma agara zaheramAM dharmazikSaNa mATe pAThazALA ane pustakAlaya vigere sthApita thAya ane te suvyavasthita rIte cAle tevI yojanA karavI. (2) dhArmika zikSaNane mATe prAkRta ane saMskRta graMthanA sarala bhASAmAM mULa sahita bhASAMtare pragaTa thAya te prabaMdha raca. (3) dhArmika zikSaNane mATe sArA lAyaka purUSa ane strI mAstaranI khAsa For Private And Personal Use Only

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nAyakA , tethI jene yuvAno ane kAra prAkRta ane saMskRta nA vize pramANamAM le tevo baMdobasta karo. darakhAsta-zeDa maracaMda lAbhAlAvAra. anudA -paMDita haMsarAjajI-amRtasara. viTa anudana-rA harAcaMda lIlAdhara jhaverI-jAmanagara. TharAva 6 Dho-prAkRta bhASAno uddhAra. ApaNA zAstra prAya: mAgadhI bhASAmAMja racAyela hovAthI tenA zikSaNanI jarUrIyAta che, tethI tenA zikSaNanI vRddhi tathA tenAM rakSaNa mATe A pramANe karavAnI AvazyakatA A konpharansane jaNAya che. (1) prAkRta bhASAno abhyAsa sarala thaI zake te mATe je prAkRta bhASAno kepa taiyAra karAvavAno vicAra prathama thayelo che tene jaladIthI amalamAM mUkavA mATe ane te kepa jaladI bahAra pADI zakAya te mATe sarve jaina baMdhuonuM A konpharasa khAsa lakSa kheMce che ane te tarapha sarvanuM AkarSaNa kare che. (2) prAkRta bhASAnuM sarala vyAkaraNa taiyAra karavAnI zidhra jarUrIAta A kenpharane svIkAre che ane te viSayamAM adhika prayAsa karavAnI AvazyakatA jaNAya che. (3) jaina pAThazALA ane vidyAzALAomAM prAkRta bhASAnuM khAsa zikSaNa devAne prabaMdha karavAnI jarUra che, tethI A konpharansa tenA kAryavAhakone te bAbatanI khAsa sUcanA kare che. (4) hiMdustAnanI judI judI badhI yunivasITIomAM prAkRta bhASA anya bhASAonI jema ja jaina vidyAthIo bIjI bhASA tarIke laI zake te mATe prayAsa karavAno dareka jaina vidvAna ane dareka jaina saMsthAne A konpharansa Agraha kare che; kalakattA yunivasITIe tenA abhyAsakramamAM prAkRta bhASA dAkhala karIne jena kema upara upakAra karyo che tenI A konpharansa noMdha le che ane tene upakAra mAne che; ane zrIjI yunivasITIne tenuM anukaraNa karavAno Agrahu kare che, ane A TharAvanI ekeka nakala jAhera patromAM chapAvavAnI ane te DarAvanI ekeka nakala kalakattA yunivarsiTI ane bIjI yunivasITInA kAryavAhakone mokalavAnI bhalAmaNa kare che. darakhAsta-paMDita haragoviMdadAsa-kalakattA. anudana-rA. manasukhalAla ravajIbhAI mahetA-muMbaI. vizeSa , -paMDita vRjalAlajIbanArasa. For Private And Personal Use Only

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gorI honsara karansura harAva 7 e jaina sAhitya pracAra, 1 jaina siddhAMtA tathA tratre mahAra pADavAnAM ane jaina sAhityanA pracAra karavAmAM je je pUjaya muni mahArAjAe tathA pustaka prakAzaka sA ane vidvAne prayatna karI rahyAM che. te sarvane mATe A konpharansa peAtAne aMtaHkapazupUrvaka satISa jAhera kare che, ane te saCne AgrahapUrvaka vinaMti kare che ke sastA sAhityanI vRddhi mATe teeAe khAsa vyavasthA karavI, ke jethI jaina sAhitya nA vizeSa pracAra thai zake. 2 jainAnuM prasiddha ane atyuttama prAcIna sutya jenI dara rahelu che evA jaina laDArA, ke je haju sudhI madha paDelA che tene ughaDAvavA-temAMnA graMthe uAra kaDhAvavA ane te grathAne mAnava samAja vizeSa ane zighra lAbha lai zake tevA praznadha karavA. te prathA bhaMDArAmAM gupta rahevAthI naSTaprAya: thaI javAnI bhIti rahe che, tethI A kenpharansa tevu ane te pahelAM ja te bhaMDArAnA agresarane sama cAnukULa prArthanA kare che, ane AzA rAkhe che ke te graMthA jaladIthI ja prakAzamAM lAvavAmAM Avaze, ane chapAvIne bahAra pADavAmAM Avaze. pATaNa, jesalamera, kha'bhAta, amadAvA+-, lIMbaDI vigere sthaLAnAM bhaMDArInA kArya vAkAnuM' A viSaya upara khAsa lakSa kheMcavAmAM Ave che. prAcIna jaina sAhityanA pracAra mATe zrImAn gAyakavADa sarakArane A kAnpharansa aMta:karaNa pUrvaka dhanyavAda Ape che. 3 sva. zeDa amaracaMda talakaca de jaina sAhitne mATe muMbai yunivasITImAM khAsa skolarazIpa devA mATe rakama arpaNa karelI che,teja pramANe bIjI yunivasI TIomAM paNa jaina sAhitya mATe skolarazIpe! ArpI zakAya tevI rakama aNu karavA mATe zrImAne A kAnpharansa Agraha kare che. darakhAsta----zeTha kuMvarajI ANuMdajI bhAvanagara. ( A darakhAsta mUkatAM kareluM bhASaNa prAMta bhAgamAM Apelu che. ) anumedana--roDa lakhamIcajI dhIyA. pratApagaDha, vizeSa----mANu acaLasiMhajI, dilhI, zeDa vIraka gagAjara, mukhaI. 95 39 harAva 8 mA-prAcIna zilAlekhanA udgAra, A konphransa prAcIna zilAlekhAnA sagraha karavAnI khAsa AvasyakatA svIkAre che; kAraNake te zilAlekhA dvArA jainadharma nAitihAsa upara ahu ajavALu paDavAnA sabhava rahe che. A uddeza amalamAM lAvavA mATe nIce lakhelA gRhusthAnI eka kamITI nImavAmAM Ave che. For Private And Personal Use Only

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ra. ra. davAkaMda purUttama kArIyA. iDI. e. rA, rA. si. DI. dalAla. ema. e. rA. zA. kezavalAla premarAMda e. bIe. ela, ela, bI. ra. rA. bAbu umarAvasiMhajI TAMka, bI, e. ela, ela, bI. vakIla-cIphakArTa. re, 2. DAhyAbhAI premacaMda modI. vakIla, 2. ra, pUraNacaMdajI nahAra. ema, e. irI, ela. A kAryamAM dareka jaina baMdhuone temane saMpUrNa sahAyatA ApavAne, jyAM kyAM prAcIna bhaMDArA ane zilAlekha hoya tyAM tyAMnI yAdI temanA upara meka ane tenI neMdha levAvALA gRhasane aDacaNa agara rokAvaTa nahi karavAno A kenpharansa AgraDuM kare che. A TharAva pramukha taraphathI raju karavAmAM Avyo che. TharAva 9 me-strIzikSaNa jainasamAjamAM sarvatra strIzikSaNano vizeSa pracAra thAya te mATe nIcenA upAco dhyAnamAM levAnI A konpharansa AvazyakatA svIkAre che. 1 pratyeka jaine pitAnI putrIone ochAmAM ochuM prAthamika zikSaNa te avazya ApavuM. 2 jenAthI banI zake teNe pitAnI putrIone mAdhyamika ane ucca zikSaNa paNa avazya ApavuM, ane kanyAo rAjIkhuzIthI te zikSaNa laI zake te mATe temanAM vivAhu ane lagna nAnI umaramAM na karavAM. 3 je je sthaLomAM jenI vastI sArI saMkhyAmAM hoya ane jayAM sArvajanika kanyAzALA na hoya tyAM tyAM te sthaLanAM jaina mahAzoe pitAnI kanyAzALA sthApavAno ebasta kare te ucita ane jarUranuM che. 4 moTI umaranI zrAvikAo baporanA be pahoranA phurasadanA samayamAM vyavahAropayogI sAmAnya jJAna lai zake te mATe dareka sthaLe evA khAsa vargo ughADavAnI jarUrIAta che ke je khAsa vargomAM ArogyavighAnA mULatA, mAMdAonI mAvajata ane akasmAta vakhate tAkALika ilAjo tathA bharata-zivapukAma vigere nuM zikSaNa ApavAmAM Ave. pa jaina kanyAzALA agara zrAvikAzALAone mATe strI zikSake taiyAra karavAne mATe A vAta khAsa jarUrI che ke zrAvikAo ane khAsa karIne vidhavAone phImela TreinIMga kelejomAM adhika pramANamAM dAkhala karAvIne zikSaNa levarAvavu, ane AvI rIte abhyAsa karavAnI utsAhI strIone je je prakAranI AvazyakatA For Private And Personal Use Only

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329 hoya te AvazyakatA skelarazIpo vigere ApI na karavAnI jarUrIAta tarapha 2 Terasa sarvanuM lakSa kheMce che. darakhAsta-rAja vijayasiMha bahAdura-achamagaja. anumodana-rA. rA, vIrajI rAjapI rAstara-muMbaI. A DarAva vakhate lokamAnya mahAtmA tIlakanI padharAmaNa thaI hatI, ane teoe tALIonA avAja vacce ubhA thai bahu suMdara zabdomAM jenIjhamane A deza sAthe saMbaMdha-jainamAM aikyanI jarUrIAta vigere bAbate upara vivecana TharAva 10 me-sahadharmIone sahAya. azakta, nirUdhamI, kuzAgrasta bhAIo tathA AzrayahIna vidhavAo ane bALakonI sthitimAM sudhAro karavA mATe teo pote potAne nivAha sArI rIte karI zake tevI rItano dobasta karavAno, bALAzrama, vidhavAzrama, vigere saMsthAo sthApana karavAno tathA tevI saMsthAone hareka rIte madada karavAne jaina zrImaMtane A kenpharansa khAsa Agraha kare che. A DarAva pramukha taraphathI raju karavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. karAva 11 me-saMpa (aikayatA). A kenpharansa samagra jJAti ane saMghasamudAyamAMthI tathA samagra jaina kemamAMthI kusaMpane nAza thAya ane saMpane vizeSa pracAra thAya tenI AvazyakatA svIkAre che ane aMdara aMdaranA kusaMpano tyAga karavAnI ane gacchanA kadAgraha cheDavAnI ane ekatA karavAnI pratyeka gAma ane zaheranA sane A konpharansa khAsa bhalAmaNa kare che. ApaNI ApaNI jJAti ane tIrthonA jhaghaDAono lavAdI mAraphata nikAla karavAnuM A konpharansa khAsa pasaMda kare che; kAraNuMke tevI rIte lavAdI mAraphata jhaDAono nikAla thavAthI jenakemanI lAkha rUpiyAnuM nakAmI barabAdI thatI ane TakI zake che. A dAva pramukha taraphathI raju karavAmAM Avyo hate. upara pramANenA TharAva pasAra karavAmAM AvyA pachI kenpharansanuM bIjA divasanuM kArya saMpUrNa karavAmAM AvyuM hatuM, ane kenpharansanI beThaka trIjA divasa upara mulatavI rAkhavAmAM AvI hatI. For Private And Personal Use Only

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sAda kaLA nidhAnAmAM kuzaLa, banaze sarve vIra AzIvarAna hamArAM e che, vadhAve asara dhIra re-bhale-- --a nRtalAla mAvajI zAha, nATakakI cAla. zrI vIra jinezvara, jaga paramezvara, tArezvara sukhakArI; zAsana nayaka, ziva sukhadAyaka, lAyaka paraupakArI. 1 vItarAga bAgezvara Izvara, bhavika jIva hitakArI, nAthe niraMjana, muni mana raMjana, bhajana karma karArI. 2 karUNAsAgara, jagata ujAgara, zivapadake dAtArI; antaryAmI dila visarAmI, khAmI bahu guNa dhArI. 3 adhameddhArana jagajanatAna, tArA birUda tihArI; dAsa mAnaka aradAsa karata hai, zrI saMgha maMgaLakArI. 4 -mAnecaMdajI zeTha. A gAyane gavAI rahyA bAda kenpharansanuM kArya zarU karavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. zarUAtamAM pramukha sAheba taraphathI nIce pramANene DarAva raju karavAmAM Avye hate. TharAva 12 mo-jaina parva kalakattAmAM jaina bhAIonI vastI ghaNI che, ane vyApArIomAM paNa temanI paMkti uMcI che, tethI A konpharansa baMgALa sarakArane khAsa prArthanA kare che ke jenAmAM eka prasiddha parva-kArtika zukala pUrNimAne sarakAre jAhera tahevAra tarIke maMjura karo ane prativarSa te divasa rajAnA divasa tarIke paLAvavo, kAraNa ke te divase kalakattA zaheramAM bahu maTe dhArmika mahensara thAya che, eTale ke zrI jinevara devano ADaMbarathI vaDe nIkaLe che, ane te mahatsavamAM badhA jene bhAIo sAmela rahe che. A TharAvanI eka nakala baMgALAnI sarakArane mokalI ApavI. vaLI mahAvIra jayaMti citra zudi 13) ane bhAdaravA zudi cotha agara para cama jene ApaNe saMvatsarI parvane nAme oLakhIe chIe te baMne divase AkhA hiMdamAM jAhera tahevAra tarIke sarakAre DarAvavA. A TharAvanI ekeka nakala dareka sthAnika sarakArane ane eka nakala hiMdI sarakArane mokalavAnI pramukhasAhebane maMjurI ApavAmAM Ave che. TharAva 13 me -zrI jainavetAMbara ejyukezana borDa. zrI jaina vetAMbara ejyukezana be zikSA pracArane aMge Aja sudhI je je prayAsa karyA che te mATe A konpharansa potAne saMtoSa jAhera kare che, ane nIce lakhelAM kAryo teNe karavAnI konpharansa AvazyakatA svIkAre che. For Private And Personal Use Only

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(1) ke je koie na lAo ke dhArmika vAra - - - rAjAne vAra pADarANI agara vidhAzALI vanamAM judaDI banI pAra levI, e : te zALAe buTI gai hoya agara rAvata thai hAya tyAM sudhAro kare, ane hA tevI pAThazALA agara vivAna zAva hova tyAM zitAthI tevI zALAe jAya tevo prabaMdha kare. (2) je vidhAthIo pADazALA agara vidyAzALAmAM eka sarakhI praNalIe zikSaNa laI zake te mATe vAMcanamALA-TekaTa buke khAsa taiyAra karAvavI, prativarSa te kama pramANe sarvatra eka sAthe abhyAsa karatA sarva vidyArthI nI parIkSA levI, ane parIkSA pasAra karanAra vidyArthIone pramANapatra (saTIjhIkeTa) ane pAritoSika ApavAne prabaMdha kara. (3) jIvavicAra, navatattva, daMDaka, kSetrasamAsa, saMgrahaNI, kama graMtha ane pratikamaNa vigere sarva viSaye para sarala bhASAmAM artha sahita pustako chapAvavAnuM je kArya zarU karavAmAM AvyuM che, te zighratAthI saMpUrNa thAya te prabaMdha ra . (4) vidyArthIone mATe jena be DIgamAM chAtravRttio (skolarazIpa) tathA pustakonI sahAya maLe te prabaMdha racavo. (5) tIrtha sthAnanI rasIda bukemAM bIjAM khAtAMo sAthe zrI jena konpharansa keLavaNI phaMDanuM khAtuM dAkhala karavA mATe zrI tAraMgAjI tIrthanAM kAryavAhaka mahAzoe je prabaMdha karyo che te mATe A konpharansa temane dhanyavAda Ape che, ane bIjAM tIrthanA karIe ane kAryavAhake paNa tevI rItanI kalama dAkhala kara vAno prabaMdha race tevI vyAjanA karavAnI borDane sUcanA kare che. (6) zikSaNanI unnati tathA vizeSa pracAra mATe lokala saba kamITIe sthApavAnI A kepharansa jarUrIAta jue che. A saba kamITIe sthAnika zikSaNa ane anya unnatinAM kAryo mATe baMdobasta kare ane sthAnika phaMDa vigere karIne te kamITIe tenA kharcano nivahu kare. A kamITIo prativarSa konpharansanA ejyuTezana borDa mAraphata kenpharansamAM tene hisAba mokale. konpharansanI ejayukezana bo koI paNa kharadinA saMbaMdhamAM prabaMdha kare te saba kamITIoe tenI sUcanA pramANe vartavuM, A lokala saba kamITIenI niyamAvALI ane sthAnAdika ejayukezana borDa niyata karavA. che ke jena baMdhu prati varSa rU. 5) A barDamAM phaMDa tarIke ApaNe tene ejayukezana borDanA meMbara gaNavAmAM Avaze, ane jeo eka sAthe zarUAtamAM rU. 100) nI rakama Apa tene beDanA lAIphameMbara gaNavAmAM Avaze. A For Private And Personal Use Only

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g; Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir rAva meLAne ejyukezana enAM prata-vaidya devAnA adhikAra AvakAmAM Ave che, ane jyAre janarala enjayukezana eDa muMbaimAM naLe tyAre tyAMnA meMbarane 25 membaronI eka kArya karanArI menejI Mga kamITI nImavAnI sattA ApavAmAM Ave che. A menejIMga kamITI ejyukezana eDanu kArya kAnpharansanA AgAmI adhivezana sudhI karaze, je breDanA lAipha membare yudo teone menejIMga kamITInA ekasa-epIsIe meara gaNavAmAM Avaze. darakhAsta-rA. mehanalAla dalIcaMda. dezAi-mukhai. anunAdana-khANu mahArAsiMha bahAdura-ajImagaja. 338 vi zAha, amRtalAla mAvajI, pharAva 14 me-jainonI saMkhyAmAM vRddhi karavAnI jarUrIAta. (1) je bhAioe potAne asala jainadharma cheDIne anya dharmane svIkAra karyo hoya temane puna: pAchA jainadharmamAM sAmela karavAnA prayatna karavA. (2) jainadharmI tarapha rUci dharAvanArA uMcI jJAtivALA Arya ApaNA jainadharmamAM dAkhala thAya te mATe prayatna karave. (3) je je viSayAne lIdhe zArIrika ArAgyanA sArI rahe te te viSaye tu jJAna jainakAmamAM vizeSa phelAya tevA prayAsa karave, (4) hu vastIvALA ane meTA zaheromAM garIba ane madhyama varganA jaina bhAio mATe khAsa karIne sastA bhADAnI cAlIevALI imAratA manAvavAnI jaina zrImatenI kruja taraph temanu A konpharansa khAsa lakSa khece che. (5) jaina bhAiomAM mRtyunuM pramANa adhika vadhI javAthI te mamatane ane mRtyu pramANu ochuM thAya te mamatane vicAra cajJAvavA sujAnagaDha kenpharansamAM je kamITI nInavAmAM AvI hatI te kamITIne rIporTa 10 sI kenpharansanA rIporTa mAM chApIne mahAra pADavAmAM Avela che, tenA tarapha jainasamAjanuM dhyAna kheMcavAmAM Ave che, ane tadanusAra bhAratavarSanA khInna bhAga mATenA rIporTa taiyAra karavA mATe A Tensa te kamITIne Agraha kare che. For Private And Personal Use Only darakhAsta--roDha lallubhAI karamacada-muMbai. anumodana--rA. rA. nAgajIbhAI gaNapata-phalakattA. vi. rA, rA, nagInaca'da punamacaMda nANAvaTI-pethApura. 23 TharAva 15 mA--sAmAnya ane vyApArI zikSaNa, ApaNI jaina kAmamAM eka paNa azikSita jaina na rahe te mATe khAsa prayatna

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karavA sArU nI lalI eka upara samasta kona che jenuM rI ke khAsa cAna che e che. (1) pratyeka gAma ane nagaranA agresara jaina bhAI e tene kALanA zrena vidyAthIo saralatAthI vyApArI zikSaNa prApta karI zake tene mATe tenAM pustaka vigerenAM anukuLa sAdhano, temane jaladIthI meLavI ApavAne adha ra. (ra) keTalAeka evA draSTAMta paNa mAlUma paDe che ke sArA vidyAthIone paNa egya sAdhanane ane AdhArane abhAve zikSaNama varAmAMja cheDI devo paDe che. AvA vidyArthIone jarUra AdhAra daIne tene abhyAsa AgaLa vadhArI zakAya tevI vyavasthA karI zake tevI saMsthAonI jarUrIAta A konpharaja samaje che. (3) atyAranA samayane anukuLa upasthita jaina kamano vyApArI dara TakI rahe teTalA mATe dharmane hAni na pahoMce tevA upAse javA tarapha jena bhAInuM A konpharansa khAsa dhyAna kheMce che. (4) samasta jaina bhAIonI A pharaja che ke je je ucita vyApAra temanA hAthamAM hoya te te vyApAre pAzcAtya vyApArI zelI pramANe dina pratidina vadhAravAno prayatna karavo ane jaina yuvAnone te te dhaMdhAnuM zikSaNa maLe tevA hetuthI temane potAnA vyApAramAM sAmela karavA ane huMziyAra karavA. (5) vara ane kaLAomAM jeo bahu AgaLa vadhyA che tevA pazcimAtya dezanuM anukaraNa karIne ApaNA dezamAM paNa navI kaLAo-udyoga dAkhala thAya te mATe navAM hunnaro, kArakhAnAMo, udyogo zIkhavavAnI nizALo vigere jelavAne jaina zrImaMtone A konpharansa Agraha kare che. te kArakhAnAomAM jema bane tema vadhAre pramANamAM jaina yuvAnone dAkhala karavA, ke jethI teo teno sAro lAbha laI zake. darakhAsta-rA. rA. hIrAcaMda lIlAdhara jhaverI--amadAvAda, anudana-Abu dayAlacaMda jhaverI-AgrA. vizeSa -rA. 2. jIvarAja devajI metA-muMbaI. A DarAva vakhate suprasiddha paMDita madanamohana mAlaviyo konpharansamAM padhAryA hatA, ane teoe bahu suMdara ane asarakAraka zabdomAM bhASaNa karyuM hatuM. je bhASaNa upayogI ane manana karavA lAyaka hovAthI ane pachavADenA bhAgamAM te pragaTa karela che. TharAva 16 me -zrI suphatabhaMDAra kuMDa, (1) A konpharansa draDhatA ane AgrahapUrvaka sarvane apIla kare che ke dareka zrAvaka ane zrAvikAe kamamAM kama cAra AnA te daravarSa avazya zrI mukta bhaMDAra For Private And Personal Use Only

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agIAmI do je tAra ke karansa, phaMDamAM ApavA, kAraNake konpharansanA dilAvo ane te zarU karela kAryonA nivAhane AdhAre tenA upara che. (2) je je sthaLenAM saMgha paridhAma laIne A phaMDa eka karI kenpharansamAM tenI rakama ekalAvI che te sarva nA A kenpharansa upakAra mAne che, (3) saM. 1978 nI sAla mATe zrI sukRtabhaMDAra phaMDanI rakama pitAnuM gAmamAM ekakI karI kenpharansanI muMbainI vADI zAkhA tarapha mokalI ApavAnI dareka gAma agara zaheranA saMghane A kensara vinaMti pUrvaka rAkhaDagraDu kare che, ane je je gAmo agara zaheramAM A phaMDa ugharAvavAnI zarUAta haju sudhI na thaI hoya te te sthaLe jaladIthI A phaMDa mATe prayAsa karavAnI tyAMnA agresane A konpharansa sucanA kare che. darakhAsta-zeTha lAlabhAI kalyANabhAI-vaDodarA. anamedana-rA. muLacaMda AzArAma verATI-amadAvAda, TharAva 17 -jIvadayA. " T para varSa thatA pada 1 ApaNA dharmane sarvopayogI A prathama siddhAMta che, tethI A konpharansa AjanA A meLAvaDAmAM atyAre hAjara rahelA sarva sajajane A siddhAMta tenA yaNa svarUpamAM jema vadhAre phelAya tema karavAnI prArthanA kare che. ane tenA vizeSa pracAra mATe nIcenA upayogI upaco sarvane nivedana kare che. (6) sarva jIvonI rakSA karavI ane tenI hiMsA thatI aTake tevA prayatna karavA. (2) pAMjarApoLanA kArya karanArAonI bedarakArIthI pAMjarApoLamAM muM prANIo je je duHkha sahana kare che te aTakAvavAne baMdebasta kara. (3) manuSyanA khorAka mATe ane dharmanA nAmathI je pazuvadha thAya che tathA phezana vigerene aMge niraparAdhI ane muMgA prANuo upara je nirdayatA vAparavAmAM Ave che tene aTakAva thAya tevA banatA prayatno karavA. (4) jAnavarone zArIrika avayavothI banatI kacakaDAnI cIjonA ane tenI pAMkha, tvacA ane vALa vigerethI banatI anya vastuonA upagane choDI daIne tene badale tevI nirdoSa cIjo vAparavI. (5) khAsa karIne kalakattAmAM ane baMgALa, paMjAba vigere prAMtanA zaheromAM rastAo upara kasAInI je dukAne khullI rAkhavAmAM Ave che, te dukAnamAM vadha karelAM nAnAM kAra khullAM laTakAvavAmAM Ave che; ethI khAsa karIne jena bhAIonA citta bahuja kanezita thAya che, ane sarva rahevAsIonI taMdurastIne For Private And Personal Use Only

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jaina dharma prakAra hAni pahecAne paNa pUro saMbhava rahe che, tethI tevI dukAno jAhera rastAo uMparathI dUra karAvavA A konpharansa baMgALAnA gavarnarane ane bIjA bIjA prAMtanA uparI adhikArIo tathA myunIsIpAlITInA pramukha sAhebane AgrastupUrvaka vinaMti kare che. (6) A kAryanA saMbaMdhamAM dhulIyAnI prArika saMsthA ane muMbaInA zrI jIvadayA jJAna prasAraka phaMDa vigere saMsthAo je kAryo kare che temAM A konpha nI saMpUrNa saMmati che ane bIjAM paNa AvAM je je maMDaLo jIvadayAnA kAryo karavAmAM sarvadA tatpara rahe che te sarvane mATe A konpharansa saharSa dhanyavAda pragaTa kare che. darakhAsa--rA. rA. hAthIbhAi kalyANajI. anumodana--mI. DI. ena. masarI vi0 : -mItra zAmajI lADakA TharAva 18 mo-hAnikAraka rivAja. ApaNI jJAtiomAM Aja kAla kanyAvikraya, bALalagna, vRddhavivAha, vezyA nArA, mRtyu pachI adhika zeka kare, mRtyu pAchaLa jamaNavAra, miyAtrInAM parvonI mAnyatA, eka strInI haiyAtImAM bIjI strI karavI, AtazabAjI-dArUkhAnuM choDavuM vire je ja hAnikAraka kurivAjo-rItio pracalita thaI gaI che te sarvane savadhA choDI devAne sarva jaina baMdhuone A konpharansa Agraha kare che. je je jJAtio ane kemoe evA evA kurivAjo cheDavAnA TharAvo karyo che ane te TharAvone amalamAM mUkyA che te sarvane A konpharansa dhanyavAda Ape che ane tevI bAbano rIporTa konpharansa ophIsa upara mokalI ApavAnuM temane A karAva pramukha sAheba taraphathI mUkvAmAM AvyA hatA. karAva 19 me-zrI dhArmika hisAba tapAsaNI khAtuM. dareka dhArmika khAtAMonA hisAba cokhA rAkhavAthI ane te sArI vyavasthAmAM rAkhavAthI ne te khAtAMomAM AmadAnInI vRddhi thAya che, tethI tevAM dareka khAtAMnA DisA taiyAra rAkhavAnI ane prativarSa chapAvIne bahAra pADavAnI AvazyakatA A kenpharansa svIkAre che. vaLI konpharansa taraphathI nimavAmAM AvelA hiMsAbaparIkSa kone temanA hisAbo batAvavAno te sarva khAtAnA kAryavAhakene A kenpharansa ADu kare che. vaLI tevAM kAcamAM sahAya ApavA pratyeka svadharmI bhAIonuM A konpharansa dhyAna kheMce che. jevI rIte je uddezathI A TharAva karavAmAM Ave che, tevI rIte te amalamAM mUkI zakAya, dharmAdA dravyanI rakSA thAya ane dhArela uddezanI saphaLatA thAya teTalA mATe jyAM jyAM zrIsaMghanA nAmathI je je saMsthAo hoya te For Private And Personal Use Only

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agIAramI che jena vetAmbara konpharansa 33 sarva saMsthAonA hisAdhya pravATa karavA mATe A kenpharansa te te saM. sthAnA kAryavAkene Agraha kare che. je je dhArmika khAtAMonA kArya vAhake e pitAnA hisAbe vAtAvyA che tathA chapAvI bahAra pADyA che te sarvane A kenpharansa taraphathI dhanyavAda ApavAmAM Ave che. A TharAva pramukha sAheba taraphathI raju karavAmAM Avyo hato. TharAva 20 me-jIrNa maMdire ddhAra prAcIna jaina maMdirono uddhAra karavAnI AvazyakatA A konpharansa svIkAra che, tene mATe ghaNuM dravya ekaThuM karavAnI jarUra che. tethI meTAM moTAM maMdironAM TrasTIone sucanA karavAmAM Ave che ke pitAnA prAMtamAM je je sthaLe e ja madiranAM uddhAranI jarUra hoya tyAM uddhAra karavAne temaNe banatA prayAsa kare. ane konpharansanA . sekeTarIoe te bAbatanI dekharekha rAkhavI ane meTAM meTAM maMdiranA TrasTIo sAthe maLI jIrNoddhAra mATe madada meLavavAnI banatI tajavIja karavI, mAravADa, rAjaputAnA, mevADa, mALavA vigere bhAganAM maMdiranA uddhAranI khAsa jarUrIAta che. tene mATe te bhAganA che. sekreTarI zrIyut zeDa lakSmIcaMdajI ghIyA tathA zrIyut choDa caMdanamalajI nAgorIne te bAbatamAM sarvat parizrama karavAnI A konpharansa bhalAmaNa kare che. A DarAva pramukha taraphathI raju karavAmAM Avyo hato. TharAva 21 me kenpharansanuM baMdhAraNa dazanI konpharansamAM je baMdhAraNane harAva nakI karavAmAM Ave che teja baMdhAraNa kAyama rAkhavAmAM Ave che, ane bIjI " kArya vistAranI kalamamAM ATale vadhAre karavAmAM Ave che ke - jJAti, saMgha, mahAjana agara paMcanAM takarArI ane vivAdagrasta ane A konpharansa kadI paNa hAtha dharaze nahi." "TenDIga kamITInA membarane "sukRta bhaMDAra phaMDa" avazya ApavuM paDaze.' a TharAva paNa pramukhanI taraphathI raju karavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. upara pramANe TharAva pasAra karavAnuM kAma saMpUrNa thayA bAda kenpharansanA baMdhAraNa anusAra kAyamanA kAmakAja mATe sTenDIMga kamITInI nIma karavAmAM AvI hatI, jenI aMdara prathama karatAM mAtra cAra pAMca nAmamAM ja pheraphAra karavAmAM Avyo hato. tyArabAda janarala sekreTarI ne A. jala sekreTarIonI nImaneka nIce pramANe jAhera karavAmAM AvI hatI. zeTha harajIbhAI khetazI-muMbaI. resIDenTa janarala sekreTarI. For Private And Personal Use Only

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jaina dharma prakA cakI lAlasAMi kalyANulA-TekarA janarala sekreTara, 2. ra, gulAmo dai kaDA-pura. jIsAheba mahAnusiMga sIMgI-aSTamagaja ' "sAheba rAjakumArasiMhajI-kalakattA A. ja. sekreTarI, jhaverI daselisa dIlhI, zA. kuMvarajI aNu dI--bhAvanagara. zA. mAlada hIrAcada-mAlegAma, ?? "" 33 Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir , tyArabAda prevInzIyala sekreTarIenI nImanAka paNa Rhera karavAmAM AvI hatI. tenI aMdara pappu mAtra be cAra nAmanA ja pheraphAra karavAmAM Avye hateA, ATaluM kAya thai rahyA bAda pramukha sAhema taraphathI sarva hakIkatanA sAra samajAvanArU ane temanA taraphanI chevaTanI sakhAvatAnA lIsTavALuM vidvattA bharelu !! vAMcavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. roDa khetazI khIazInuM chelluM bhASaNa, kraya svAmabhAI ! inpharansanI traNa divasanI beThaka have pUrI thai che. ane ApaNe bIjI ekakamAM bhegA maLIe te pahelAM mAre chevaTanA e elahevA tee che. Apa bhAibee A hAsabhAnuM pramukhapada mane ApIne mane je meNu mAna ApyuM che te mATe huM kharA dIlathI Apa sAhebenA upakAra mAnuM chuM. A mAna huM AkhI jIMdagI sudhI chagaramAM taLavI rAkhIza ane e mAnane lAyaka panavAnI huM hameza kozIza karIrA, huM sArI rIte samajuM chuM ke eka kAmanA prasukha dhavAmAM eTalI meTI je madArI che ke e padane gAlavavA mATe AkhI jIMdagI sudhI samAjasevaka khanI rahevuM teie, tethI e mujaba zrI saMdhanI sevA karavAnAM mArAthI khanatu karIne huM tamArA manane lAyaka manavA kAMzIrA karIza. sajjana ! mane e joine sahateSa thayA che ke mArA prathamanA bhASaNamAM sUcanA karyo sujakha "mee sa Mpa ane vidyAvRddhi ee mahuAna agatyanA viSaye upara pUratuM dhyAna vyApI kiMmatI DazaveA karyAM che, eTaluMja nahi paNa vidyAvRddhine aMge eka moTu Tu Da dudu yunivarsITI mATe karIne tamArI lAgaNI kAryamAM khatAI ApI che. AvIja rIte kharuM vicAravAnI ane kharU karavAnI rIta dara kendra: vakhate cAlu rAkhaze te jarUra saMghanI unnati tAkIde thaze. sa MpanI bAbatamAM tame je TharAva karyo che te mATe tamene mubArakakhAdI ApuM chuM. tamene khAtrI dharo ke TekamAnya tIlaka, mahAtmA gAMdhI ane onarebala madanamehana mAlavIyAjI jevA dezarA tamArI samakSa padhArIne samasta jaina kAmamAM ekatA karavA mATe upadeza ApI gayA che, For Private And Personal Use Only

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agAnI thI jema zvetAmbara zansa, 39 ne karavuM karanA kahezane tIlAMjalI ApavAno AgrarDa karI gayA che. zAhvA mANaso mATe isAro mAtra basa che. meTA purvenAM vacanane nAce caDAve teja sudhI co. huM mAtra eTaluMja kahI zakuM, kANu ke mane tamArI buddhi ane lulAimAM vi zvAsa che ane mane khAtrI che ke ApaNe kalakattA beDIe te pahelAM mApaNA sapanA TharAvane tathA traNe mahApuNyenI salADune amalamAM mUkavAnuM vyavahArUM pagaluM AravAnuM DahApaNa Apa jarUra patAvo ja. saMpa cADanAre chUTachATa jarUra mUvI joie. eka veMta namaze te khate hAtha namaze. dIla sApha hoya tyAM Ta Ta ubhuM rahI zake ja nahi. sajjane ! kaoNnpharansanA badhArajImAM paNa tame sArU kAma karI zakyA che, te mATe tamane sAkaLAdI ApatAM huM namratApUrvaka araja karU chuM ke, have jyAre kAnsanA itihAsamAM sudhAraNAnuM navuM pAtu ApaNe A vakhate zarU karI dIdhu che tyAre te pAnu uMcAmAM uMcA kAmathI pUruM bharavuM. e kenpharansanA kAryAdhikArIenuM khAsa kavyu che. eka konpharansanA vakhatathI bIjI konpharansanA vacalA vakhatamAM AMdalana ane utsAhapUrvaka kAma karavA para dhyAna ApavA mArI khAsa namra vinaMti che. ane pratinidhi sAheene paNa mArI vinaMti che ke A kenpharansanA vijaya ke parAjayanA yaza ane apayazamAM tamArA bhAga che te bhUlaze nahIM. tamAre dUrathI tejI rahevAnuM nathI paNa je DarAve! tamArI samatithI Aje thayA che te DarAvAne amala karavAmAM kenpharansa eTIsane tamAre satata madada karavAnI che e vAta kadApi leze nihu chevaTe kalakattA tathA maMgALanA zrI sathe ceDA vakhatamAM je noTI taiyArIe karI che ane saghaLAenI je uttama parANAgata karI che te mATe temane aMta:karaNapUrvaka AbhAra mAnuM chuM, tetrIMja rIte vAla'TIae aAvelI kiMmatI sevAnI noMdha levA paNa huM adhAyalA kalakattA tathA maMgALanA zrI saMghanI khAnadAnI, ceAgyA ane viveka joi huM ghaNeA khuzI thayA chuM. ATalA divasa sudhI AvA sajjaneAnA sahavAsamAM AvI zakayA nahAtA teTalI mArI puNyAnI khAmI mAnuM chuM. AthI kalakattAnA jaina mAdhue sAthe mAza gADha sadha ba MdhAye che ane huM icchu chu ke te sabaMdha kAyama rahe. A prasaMge kalakattA tathA magALanA premI na madhunI mArA pratyenI vizvAsanI lAgaNIomAM zraddhA rAkhIne huM te pratye eka namra sUcanA karI levAnI rajA laiza. A jIllAmAM jaina sakhyA pramANamAM gheADI che evA vakhatamAM vilAyatamAM jaI AvelA nAhaTA ane dudheDI jevA e mAnavatA khAnadAna kuTu enA putrAne jaina samAja gumAvI bese e nahi icchavAoga che, DhIla ane vicA rAne udAra rAkhI e be kuTuMbe sAthe saghaLI jAtanA saMbadha pharI joDavAthI jaina For Private And Personal Use Only

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AjanI Dona dvArA che. sArA sArA mAnI ApaNe cAragaNanA karI to bApaDo rAdhA ane baLa ochAM thaze, mATe Apa buddhizALI ane premI sa janene eka baMdhu tarIke nArI araja ane sUcanA che ke A bAbatamAM meTuM dIla rAkhI tathA jamAnA vicArI tathA ApaNI hAlanI TuMkI saMkhyAne khyAla karI mahe kahelAM be khAnadAna kuTuMbane pitAnA banAvI lezo. chevaTamAM graho to mArA pramukhapada nI kiMmatI kAma karIne mane je mAna ApyuM che tenI khuzAlImAM nIce mujaba tu sakhAvato jAhera karatAM mane harSa thAya che. (sakhAvatanuM lIsTa maLI na zakavAthI DhAkhala karI zakyA nathI.) sadarahu sakhAvatanI aMdara hiMdu yunivasITI phaMDamAM teo sAhebe jAhera karelI rakamamAM rU. 2500) no umero karIne ekaMdara rU. 15000) AvyA hatA. kalakattA khAte eka dhazALI, upAzraya, lAIbrerI vigerenI garaja pUrI pADe tevuM makAna aMdhAvavAmAM rU. 25000) ApavAnI udAratA batAvI hatI. e kAryamAM bIjA kakI gRhasthA taraphathI rU. 30000) lagabhaganI rakama thavAthI ekaMdara e kArya mATe rU. 55000) thayA hatA. uparAMta pramukha sAhebe paracuraNa sakhAvatA sumAre rU. 20000) nI lahera karI hatI. A bhASaNa sAMbhaLIne zetAnAM dila bahuja prasanna thayA hatA. - tyArabAda parasparane AbhAra mAnavAnuM khAsa pharajavALuM paraMtu harSanA umI enA uchALAvALuM kArya zarU thayuM hatuM. prathama kalakattA jevA dUra pradezamAM tadI laIne padhArelA DelIgeTano zeDa rAmacaMda jeThAbhAIe ghaNA lAgaNIvALA zabdomAM bhAra mAnyo hato. tenA pratyuttaramAM zA. kuMvarajI ANaMdajIe DelIgeTa taraphathI baMgALA ane kalakarAnA zrIsaMghane temaNe karelA apUrva saMskAra ane sagavaDane aMge AbhAra mAne Duta ane laTIyA bAvelI apUrva sevA mATe paNa ghaNuM ucca zabdomAM AkAra mAnyo hato. tyArabAda bAbusAheba rAyakumArasiMha jIe laTIyo.. dareka kamITInA pramukha, sekreTarI vigere grono, rIporTa mATe rokAyelA vAMkAna patronA eDITarono ane anya sahAyakone AbhAra mAnyo hato. tyArabAda pitAne bagIca A zubha kArya mATe vAparavA ApavAne aMge bAbu sAheba rAya badrIdAsajI bAranA suputrane AbhAra mAnavAmAM Avyo hato. tyArabAda pramukhasAheba taraphathI laTIyane ApavA mATe taiyAra karAvelA cAMde padhArelA grahanA harSanAda vacce enAyata karavAmAM AvyA hatA. tyArabAda ghaNA varSonpharansanuM kAma karIne rITAyara thayelA jhaverI kalyANacaMda bhAgacaMdano tathA bAbu sAheba rAyakumArasiMhajI vigere anya sekeTarIone AbhAra mAnavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. prAMte ghaNuM madhura ane aMtaHkaraNanI lAgaNIvALA For Private And Personal Use Only

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A AratI thaze ane C nyu rahe zabdomAM brusa Drepane AbhAra bAbu rAjisiMhujI dura dadhI Ae AnyA hatA ane pachI pramukhasAhebane hAratArA tAnasenA harSanAdo enAyata pharavAmAM AvyA hatA. A pramANe kAryanI samApti thatAM kenpharansane parakhAsta karyo agAu pra sukhasAheba pote potAnA hImaMgAra prakaTa karavA mATe ubhA thayA hatA ane mukhe nIce pramANenuM bhASaNa karyuM hatuM, je zrotAoe ekacitte sAMbhaLyu hatu. pramukhasAheba melyA Y--"mArA vaDDAlA madhue ! mane jyAre A kAma soMpavAnuM karyuM ane huM jayAre atre AvavA nIkaLyA tyAre mane bahu caTapaTI thatI hatI, ane kalakattA na joyela hovAthI tyAMnI sakhata ThaMDInI vAte sAMbhAneja huM dhrujate hatA; paraMtu atre AvyA pachI pUrva puNyanA yAge ane Apa sau bhAenI soMpUrNa lAgaNI ane sahAyathI mane mArU kAma AnadarUpa thaI paDyuM che ane ThaMDIe paNa maherAnI rAkhI che. ane mArA bhAioe sAthe rahI mArUM kAma sarala karI ApI mane jaza apAvyeA che te mATe Apa sarvanA aMta:karaNathI A bhAra mAnu chuM. ApaNI kAmamAM jaina rAjAe che te mane atyArasudhI khabara nahatI; te Aje joi mane anahada khuzAlo thai che ane temanI lAgaNI, dharma prema ane namratA joi huM teA dIMgaja thai gayA chu. rAjAene ApaNe icchIe chIe ane temanAthIja ApaNA dharmanA udaya che ema pAchalA dAMtAthI khAtrI thAya che te! a zubha lAgaNInuM sArUM' phaLa jarUra joizuM. huM... te temanI lAgaNI ane sarabharAthI eTale khurI thaye chuM ke mahInA sudhI ahIMja rokAi rahuM' tema mana thAya che. paNa nIkaTanA sagAmAM zubha prasaMge jaladI javAnu hovAthI te mA vadhAre nahi lai zakaza mATe lAcAra chu. A prasa Mge zeTha kuvarajIbhAinA paricayathI mane lAgyuM che ke AvA meLAvaDAthI AMtara mela dhAvAi snehu vadhe che. teee ane khIjAe A prasaMge paraspara prema jagADyA che tethI tenuM zubhaphaLa ApaNe joizu tema mane vizvAsa che, huM mAnuM chuM ke kuMvarajIbhAI ApaNI kAmamAM netA che ne te dhAre teA sAne kharI vastu samajAvI zake tema che te teenI sa'panI prakRtine vadhu upaye ga karaze tema mane vizvAsa che. temane eka vakhata kahevAyelA kaThaNa vacanA mATe huM micchAmI dukkaDa ApuM chuM. chevaTa Apa bhAi pratye mArI khuI avasthAne lai utAvaLathI kaMI khelAyuM hoya ke avinaya thayA hoya te te mATe huM aMta:karaNudhI mAchI ma chuM. tyArabAda zeDa kuMvarajI ANu dajIe pratyupakAra mAnatAM kAmamAM para sa Mpa vadhe ane AMtaramaLa dhAvAI jAya tevA prasa'ga jovAne dareka yatna karavA saMtaHkarachutho vacana ApyuM hatuM. For Private And Personal Use Only

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jaina dharma prakAza. tyArabAda na zAsanane jaya solI sabhAjanonA harSanAda vacce pramukha sAhebe konpharansanI 11 mI bekano meLAvaDo barakhAsta karyo hato. hiMdu yunivasITI mATe thayela phaMDanuM lIraTa ahIM ApavuM hatuM, paraMtu te taiyAra thaIne nahIM AvI pahoMcavAdhI ApI zakyA nathI. - kalakattA khAte maLelI agiyAramI jaina tAMbara kenpharansamAM dezaratna paMDita madanamehana mAlavIyAe ApeluM bhASaNa. vidyAnA pracAra saMbaMdhI tame je TharAva pasAra karyo che tethI jevAya che ke atre je bhAI bahena che te sarve tenuM gaurava samaje che. jo ke bhAratamAM jenonuM saMkhyA pramANa ( daLa) bahu nathI chatAM temanuM dharmAbhimAna-dravya-caLavaLa- lAgaNI vagere unnatinAM tattva vizeSa che te ja tamArUM gairava sUcave che. hiMdamAM dhamAbhimAna mATe are Agraha thoDAmAM che ane khAsa karIne hiMdumAM sarvatra tevuM jovAya che tyAre phakata jaina mATe tema nathI e khuzI thavA jevuM che. ApanuM daLa ( saMkhyA pramANu ) che chatAM baLa vadhu che tenA saddaupayogathI gavarnameMTa dvArA joitI sagavaDa na maLe te paNa tamArI kAmamAM eka paNa jaina kALaka ke bALIkA abhaNa na rahe tema tame karI zake tema che. mULa vighAja che, e kharUM che; paraMtu kamaMDhArAja vidyA, rUpa, zorya, kulInatva, rAjya, varga, mokSa e sarve prApta thaI zake che. jo tame dharmanuM rakSaNa karavA cAhatA he te ucca keTInAM sarva zikSaNane pracAra dharmane sAthe rAkhIne ja tamAre karavo joie. tamArA pAse zAstrabhaMDAra ne che, tamArA graMtha saMskRta ane prAkRtamAM che. te jevA ane tenA bhASAMtara karavA vidyAbhyAsanI jarUra che. tamAre je kAra vrata che tema eka e paNa trata ke huM eka bALaka ke bALIkAne mArA kharce zikSaNa daiza; kemake e vrata bAre vratamAM samAI jAya che ane tenA uparaja udayane sarva AdhAra che. - tamAruM daLa kama hovAthI saMgaThana thavuM saheluM che. tame pratyeka gAmavAra lIsTa karI jenanA dareka bALaka bALIkA kayAM, zuM ane kevI rIte bhaNe che tenI noMdha levAnuM kare ane te dvArA kharI sthiti jANIne jene jarUra hoya tene pustaka, dravya ke anAja vigere joItI dareka madada pUrI paDe tema kare. tyAre ja zikSaNane hetu sAdhI zakAze. grahastha! jemane putra ke putrI nathI tene te meLavavA meha thAya che, paraMtu pRthvInI saMpatti ke cakravartinI sattAthI paNa te prApta thaI zake tema nathI, kemake te For Private And Personal Use Only

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agoranI bhI dena arAikara. sattA IzvarI niyamane AdhIna che. eTale saMtatInuM mUlya amApa che. duniyAnA dareka vijJAnI, dAktareke phesare maLIne hajI eka paNa jIva utpanna karI zakyA nathI, te tamArI jJAtinA bALaka bALakIne tamAre aNamUla dhana samajavuM joIe. mAtA je premathI bALakane godamAM che, ane pitA je vAtsalyathI bALaka tarapha daSTi kare ne tene kharUM sukha mAne-te mukha eja jagatamAM sauthI moTAmAM moTI zAMti ema mane te pachI tamArAmAM dharmaprema che tethI jJAtinA bALane joI tamane prema thavo ja joIe. yAda rAkhaze ke premane vistAravAthI tamArAmAM rahelA premane prajAne ghaTavAne nathI, paraMtu ulaTa prema te parivartanathI vadhI zake che, tame tamArA bALake tarapha je prema darzAve te kharUM kaho te svAthI prema che, tyAre svakemanA saMtAne taraphane prema ni:svArtha prema che, ane meM kahyuM tema bALaka bALaka hevAM e paramezvaranI zaktimAM che, tethI tamAruM kartavya che mATe jJAtinA ekeka bALakane zikSaNa ApavAne se vrata leze te pachI AgaLa te prema laMbAze. aMgrejI mATe gavarmenTa zikSAne kAma zarU karyo tyArathI A amArAM bALaka bALIkA AcAra-dharmabhraSTa thavA lAgyA, dezabhakti bhUlI dharmagurUne anAdara karatAM zIkhyA ane navA gurU sthApavA lAgyA. anAcAra Adi adharmanuM jora vadhatuM cAlyuM. A jotAM tame dhArmika zikSAne TharAva karyo che te joI huM khuzI thAuM chuM. jene dharmamAM vizvAsa-zraddhA nathI te deza ke dharmane uddhAra karI zakaze nahi, mATe tame tevA vicArane vaLagI rahI tene puSTa bane ane tamArA siddhAMta anyane paNa samajAve. vyApArI zikSaNa saMbadhe tame je TharAva karyo che te paNa bahu jarUra che. atyAre moTaragADI TrAma vigere doDadoDa cAlI rahI che, temAM koNa AgaLa nIkaLaze te jovAnuM che. hAthadhakAnI gADIthI ghaDAne tethI moTara AgaLa doDe che. vivA eja moTara che paNa vidyAne artha ema, e. bI, e. ke vakIla, bArIsTaramAM nathI. kharI vidyA te ApaNI prAcina che teja che. mATImAMthI sonuM banAvanAra ApaNe joIe chIe. hiMdabhUmimAM aneka khanIja, vanaspati Adi padArtho utpanna thAya che ane te paradeza jaI bIjuM rUpa karI AvI amUlya mUlya aMkAya che. te zuM ApaNe karI zakIe nahi? e vicArathI ja banArasamAM hiMdu yunivasITI kholI che. bIjA dezanI bhASA dvArA te kArya thatuM nathI, tethI saralatAthI atre sAyansa, vijJAna ane vyApAranuM zikSaNa ApI dezanuM dhana vadhI zake te yatna karavAnuM che. huM tenA mATe bhikSA mAguM chuM paNa te mAtra ema, e. karavA mATe nahi paNa tenI sAthe amArU jAti dhana vadhAre ane svabaLa utpanna kare tevA yuvake pakAvavA mATe yatna karuM chuM. For Private And Personal Use Only

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jaina ! !! nArI dhana teA dhanAnoja prApta thAya che tema mArU mAnavuM che, tepI jJApaNI hiMdu yuniTITImAM dhAmika zikSaNa dAkhala karyuM che. meM AjasudhI zIva tathA vIrane mana bhASA joyA nathI, kemake mArA nivAsa prAMtamAM hiMdu ane zrAvakamAM khAnapAna ne vivAsa ba dha thAya che, tethI tevI dhArmika bhinnatAnI mane khakhara nahotI. paraMtu mArA mitra nANeka daLa vigere e A yunivasITInI kamITImAM che. temanA taraphathI AvI dalIla lAvavAmAM AvI ane tamAne dhama para temaja maMdirapara prema che te tamArA prenamAM mane paNa prema che. vaLI te mATe madada maLI che ane zikSaNama mATe kamITI nImI che tA te sarve thaze. jarmanImAM kemesTrI kolejanI imAratamAM eka karoDa rUpIA kharca thayeA che, te temane vidyA prema ane rAjyaAkAyanA purAvA che. ApaNA dezamAM kAcI dhAtu banI khIjA dezamAM jaine tyAMthI rUpAMtara karI mekale che. ekanA saLagaNAM nAma le che evI lAkhA vastu che, tethI te ApaNA bALaka kemesTrI zIkhe te lAkhAAme dravya dezamAM ja utpanna karI zake. ame terI kAleja mATe yatna karavA cAhIye chIye ne tamA sA bhAionI madadathI te thaze ema AzA rAkhIe chIe. te ke hajI ApaNA deza mATe tevI ghaNI saMsthAnI jarUra che, tethI eka ne ke vaLI khIjA prAMtAmAM tevI saMsthAe ubhI kare. je ke AvA zikSaNa mATe tpAna ameIkA vigere dezamAM ApaNAM maLakA Aya che, paraMtu jyAM pUrva kALathI vidyA che tenA mALakA bAnta dezamAM bhikSA levA jAya ane pAtAnA dezamAM sAdhana utpanna na Ture te khedanI vAta che. A yunivasITImAM tamArA mATe jeTale khAsa lAbha meLavavA dhAraze. teTale mAze. chAtrAlaya vacce maMdira banAvI bALakenI STi niraMtara dharma zraddhAmAM TakI rahe tema karIzu ane tame skelarazIpe sthApIne sagavaDa vadhAraze te ghaNuA ratna paDAvI zakaze. koleja lemeTarI vagere tarapha paNa dhyAna deze teA dvIka che, agara hiM te ciMtA nathI, kemake jyAM tattva che tyAMthI te maLazeja ema mane zraddhA che. jainA khetIthI A sabaMdha rAkhe che paNa Adhunika kALamAM egrIkalacara keAlejanI tarapha jarUra dhyAna devA jevu che. kemake jamIna ni:satva thatAthI temaja keLavaNInI khAmIthI ghaNA javA annapANI vagara mare che, tyAre A zikSaNu vaDe dezanI pedAza be traNa ke cAragaNI thavAthI te du:kha jaze. TekanIkala-relave vagere enjInIyarIMga kAme tathA koleja epha komarsa vigere paNa A yunivasITImAM rAkhela che te jANI tame khuzI thaze. jaine kevaLa dalAlInAM kAma kare che ane phakta paisA meLavI tethI sateSa mAne che eTale dareka joitu kAma vilAyatanI peDhI mAraphata calAvavAthI sattva te vilAyata For Private And Personal Use Only

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agIAramI zrI jaina vitAmbara rA. vALA le che tamane kucA Ape che. vyApAramAM parAdhInatA zA mATe joIe te huM samajI zakato nathI. je cIjo ApaNA dezamAMthI jAya ne pharI Ave che ane banAvavAmAM bIka zA mATe rAkhavI joIe ? rAyelIbradharsa ekaleja dezamAM jALa phelAvI tyAre zrImAna jene eka maMDa1dvArA te kArya zuM nahi karI zake ? japAnIonI e dazA sATha varSa upara hatI. amerIkane tene ghapaDa mAratA hatA, paraMtu udyoganI khIlavaNIthI Aje gavameMTa paNa tene bhAIbaMdha kahe che. te vidyAbaLa che. aneka beMke khelI tame AvAM kAryo sahelAIthI karI zake tema che. tamArAmAM meTA meTA zrImaMta che, chatAM beMka kayAM che ? dezamAM koNe karyo vyApAra hAtha karyo che? ApaNA jahAje kayAM che? tamAre te tAravAne dharma che, vaLI jemAM jIvahiMsA nathI ne anekane tArIne laI jAya che te paNa tame ke ame karI zakyA nathI. tamArI amArI jAtimAM evo ke bALaka che ke je beMkIMgamAM samajI zake? samAja zikSIta nathI tema sahAyatA paNa nathI, tethI pAchaLa paDatA jaIe chIe, te mATe koleja opha komarsanI jarUra che, tyAM aMgrejI dvArA zikSaNanI jarUra nathI. sADa varSathI aMgrejIdvArA je zikSaNa zarU thayuM che te dezI bhASAmAM apAyuM hota to keTale lAbha thAta? parabhASAthI pitA putra bhASA ane vicAramAM judA paDe che ne eka gharamAM be pakSa paDI jAya che tethI hAni che. dezI bhASAmAM gejeTa hovAthI vepAranI sene khabara paDe ane duniyAne jANavAthI dezamAM keTale mAla thAya che ne te kyAM kyAre jAya che te jANavAthI vadhAre jAgRti thAya. huM vizvavidyAlayanI apIla karavA Avyo nathI. mArA mitre kahevAthI phakta teno paricaya karAvyo che. bAkI dhana jeze tyAre tame ja dezo. yAda rAkhajo ke jeTaluM jaLa saMcazo teTalI vRkSaghaTA phaLaphulavALI phelAze. tamArAmAM daLa katAM baLa vadhu che. rasInA thathI baLa vadhe che, paNa tene sAmasAme kheMcavAthI lAbha nathI. meM sAMbhaLyuM che ke *vetAMbara digaMbaramAM saMpa nathI te jANI mane duHkha thAya che. jena jAtimAM A sthiti joI zaka thAya che. pUjA upAsanA tamArI AjJA pramANe kare, paNa vyApAra-udyoga-keLavaNI ane samAja utkarSamAM judA paDe e khedanI vAta che. tame bIjAne jinakSama banAvavA TharAva kare che to je tamArA che, jeNe eja bAra vatta, eja zAstro ane eja prabhu mAnyA che tene judA mAnaze to bIjAne kema na karI zakaze? - ahiMsA e tamAre ane mAre siddhAMta che. huM vaiznava chuM, mAre vizvAsa For Private And Personal Use Only

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che ke jIta mAsAM para e che, te eka jIvane duHkha pahoMce te mane duHkha devA Akho guno karIe chIe tema mAnanArA ApaNe eka chIe, DAM dharmane nAme matabhedathI hiMsA karavI te bhUla che. je nuSyane jIva utpanna karavAne sattA nathI tene jIva haNavAne paNa zuM adhikAra che? te mATe bahu upadeza karo. azuddha carcAthI paNa AmAM dukhAya che. jene 2 AhAra maLe te moTA bhAgyazALI che. jemAM kaI jIvane takalIpha na paDe tema karavA jIvadayA vistArathI sabhA sthApana karI lokone samajAvavAnI jarUra che; ane kulomAM paNuM e vAta dAkhala karI vidyAthIne azuddha vastu para cIDa karAvavI joIe che. tamArA ne hiMdudharmamAM phera nathI. ahiMsA, brahmacarya vigere pAMca yama bannemAM che, te ApaNe saMbaMdha na bhUlA joIe. ApaNe ghaNe gADha saMbaMdha che ane jagatamAtrane paNa saMbaMdha che, te matapaMthanA bhinnabhAvathI bace ane bacAve. prastA pAsa karI cAlI jatI konpharansanA cepathI tame bacajo ne te TharAva amalamAM mUkavAne mahIne mahIne tenI tapAsa-rIporTa levAnuM jArI rAkhaje. bAra mahIne jAgavAthI kArya thatuM nathI. eka rajIkara banAvI je kaI paNa jaina bALaka na bhaNato hoya te tapAsa karI AgaLa vadhAravA ane dareka karAvane phalIta karavA nirNaya karaze. jaina sAhityanA pracAra viSe jaina kenpharansamAM ra. kuMvarajIbhAI ANaMdajIe ApeluM bhASaNa. jainasAhitya saMskRta, prAkRta, hiMdI ane gujarAtI bhASAmAM gadya ane padyamAM eTaluM badhuM vizALa che ke, hAlamAM tene chapAvIne prakaTa karavAnA cAlatA prayAsa pramANe so varSe paNa te tamAma chapAI zake tema nathI. tethI tenI gatimAM vRddhi karavAnI jarUra che. je sAhityanI aMdara vyAkaraNa, kAvya, kaSa, alaMkAra, nyAya, jAti ane dharmazAstra-e sarvano samAveza thAya che ane te dareka viSayanA aneka graMtho haSTigocara thAya che, ke jenI aMdara batAvelI vidvatAne mATe hAlanA vidvAno paNa atyaMta prazaMsA kare che. keI paNa viSayamAM je sAhitya nathI ema nathI. sarva viSayane emAM saMgraha che. nATaka caMpu vigerenI saMkhyA paNa puSkaLa che. For Private And Personal Use Only

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amaranI strI ke tArakaransa. dharmazAnI aMdara karmane viSaya jena graMthakAe eTale badhe sUmapa prarUkyA che ke anya kaI paNa darzanamAM karmane viSaya tenA zataze paNa prarUpe daSTigocara thato nathI. mArA anubhavamAM e viSayanA sumAre lAkhakanA pramANe vALA graMthe AvelA che jethI huM tenI vizALatA samajI zakyo chuM. jIvanA saMbaMdhamAM paNa jena vraprakAroe je tenA bhede ane prakAre batAvyA che tevA keI. paNa darzane batAvyA nathI. jenuM tatvajJAna paNa ghaNuM uMcA prakAranuM che, temaja ghaNuM vizALa levA jhAthe tIkaNa buddhivALA ja samajI zake tevuM che. jainasAhityanI vizALatA batAvyA pachI have huM tenA pracAra saMbaMdhI kahIza. hAlamAM zrI Agodaya samiti, jaina dharma prasAraka sabhA, jaina AtmAnaMda sabhA, devacaMda lAlabhAI pustakeddhAra phaMDa vigere saMsthAo taraphathI jenasAhitya prakaTa karavAne prayAsa zarU che. daravarSe sArI saMkhyAmAM graMtha ne sUtro prakaTa thAya che. prathama banArasa pAThazALA taraphathI ane bhImazI mANeka taraphathI e saMbaMdhamAM puSkaLa prayAsa karavAmAM AvyuM che. zeTha manasukhabhAI bhagubhAI taraphathI paNa te saMbaMdhamAM ghaNo uttama prayAsa karavAmAM AvyuM che ane ghaNA upayogI graMthe bahAra pADavAmAM AvyA che. hAlamAM te khAtuM zithila paDeluM jaNAya che. bIjA keTalAka AjIvikA nimitte paNa A prayAsa laI beThelA che, paraMtu tenA saMbaMdhamAM khAsa kahevAnuM e che ke teo kAgaLone TAIpa halakA vApare che, azuddhatA dUra karavA pUrata prayatna karatA nathI ane kiMmata hada uparAMta rAkhe che. A traNe prakAra zocanIya che, tethI temAM sudhAre thavAnI agatyatA che. jenasAhitya prakaTa karanAra dareka saMsthAe ke gRhasthe tene jema bane tema vizeSa zuddha karavA tarapha ane kAgaLo uMcA vAparavA tarapha dhyAna ApavAnI agatya che. tevuM dhyAna nahIM ApanArA ane yatheccha vyavasthA karI mAtra dravya ja upArjana karanArAone kaMI paNa prakAranuM uttejana nahIM ApavAnI khAsa AvazyakatA che. have huM traNa DarAvanI aMdara AvelA sastI kiMmate sAhitya prakaTa karavAnA vicArane aMge kahevA mAguM chuM ke sAhityanI kiMmata sastI tyAre ja rAkhI zakAya che ke jyAre tenI saMkhyAbaMdha nakalo khapatI hoya. vilAyatamAM jayAre ekeka bukanI lAkhe nakalo khape che ane saMkhyAbaMdha AvRttio thAya che tyAre tenI kiMmata sastI rAkhavAmAM Ave che. ahIM te eka graMthanI pAMcaso ke hajAra nakala chapAvavAmAM Ave che, ane tene paNa khapatAM pAMca ke daza varSa joIe chIe. A mArA anubhavathI siddha thayelI hakti che. For Private And Personal Use Only

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huM paNa varganA mata prahara pachI ya daravarSamAM sAhi. mAM TakA vadhyA ke che ? to teno javAba ApatAM temane zaramAvuM paDaze. che ke A zrIrAma varga dara varSa e saMbaMdhamAM amuka divya vAparavAnA nirNaya hAra Avaze. ane ekeka granI pAMca pAMca hajAra nakale dara varSe apavA mAMDaze ja na Ahitya dhArelI sastI kiMmate bahAra paDI zakaze, jo ke hAlamAM keTalIka saMsthAe te bAbatamAM prayatna karI rahela che, paraMtu tene zrImaMta tarapha StejananI khAsa agA che. jaina sAhityanA pracArane aMge je je saMsthAe prayAsa karI rahela che tene ApaNe AbhAra mA ghaTe che, ane teo potAno prayAsa zarU rAkhe, vadhAre ane anya saMsthAo paNa tevo prayAsa zarU kare evI preraNA karavI ghaTe che. ApA yunivasITInI aMdara jyAre jaina sAhitya dAkhala karAvavA prayAsa karIe chIe, keTalIka yunivasarcamAM dAkhala thayeluM paNa che. tyAre taghogya sAhityanA che Apa pAra karAvI chapAvIne bahAra pADavAnI zidya AvazyakatA che. kAraka tema thAya te ja ApaNA prayAsanI saphaLatA thaI zake. huve chevaTe ApaNA pustaka bhaMDAronA saMrakSake saMbaMdhe kAMIka kahI. temaNe musalamAnI rAjyanA vakhatamAM ane jyAre tenI upara aneka prakArane bhaya hate tyAre tenuM atyaMta prayAsa vaDe rakSaNa kareluM che, tethI te bAbata te temane aMta raNuM pUrvaka AbhAra mAnavo ghaTe che. paraMtu atyAre jyAre keIpaNa prakArano bhaya nathI tenA vakhatamAM te apUrva vArasa chupAvI rAkhavAmAM Ave ane tene zaradI udheIno nAga te aLasAvavAmAM na Ave to jeTaluM DahApaNa vAparyuM che teTalIja have aNasamaja vAparI gaNAya; mATe tevA dareka pustaka bhaMDAranA rakSakoe pitAnA saMrakSaNa nIcenA pustaka bhaMDArane evI sthitimAM mUkI devA joIe ke jethI tene lAbha jema bane temAM vadhAre levAmAM Ave ane temane jarUrI vibhAga chapAIne prakaTa kavAnuM paNa satvara banI zake. teone ATalI sUcanA ApIne ane ApaNA zrImaMta ne jaina sAhitya kharIda karavAnA saMdhe pharIne preraNuM karIne jaina sAhityanA pracAra saMbaMdhInI je darakhAsta meM ApanI pAse mUkI che te svIkAravAnI vinaMti harI huM mAruM TUMkuM bhASaNa samApta karI besI javAnI rajA lauM chuM. For Private And Personal Use Only