Book Title: Jain Yug 1941
Author(s): Mohanlal Dipchand Chokshi
Publisher: Jain Shwetambar Conference
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/536281/1

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Page #1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 15 muM adhivezana-khAsa aMka. tAra: HINDSANGHA. zrI jaina zvetAMbara kenpharansanuM pAkSika mukhapatra. REGD. NO. 8 1996 vyavasthApaka maMDaLa vArSika lavAjama rU. 2) chuTaka naksa doDha Ane. mehanalAla dIpacaMda zekasI. taMtrI. manasukhalAla hI. lAlana. - pustaka 9 aMka 1 vi saM. 197, poSa suda 10, budhavAra. tA. 8 mI jAnevArI 1941 zrI jaina zvetAMbara kaoNnpharansa. S = 15 muM adhivezana, niMgALA. tA. rapa-ra6-27 Disembara 1940 budha, gurU, zuka. ki. zrI bhagavAnadAsa harakhacaMda zAha, svAgatAdhyakSa. zrI. choTAlAla trikamalAla pArekha. adhivezananA pahelA divase * pramukha. gavAyelAM gIta. maMgaLAcaraNa. svAgata gIta. vIra vaMdana. padhAre megherA mahemAna, svIkAre soraThanA sanmAna-padhAro. girivara ucA gopa ceTIle, zatrujaya giranAra, vIra prabhune zIva namAvI, vaMdana vAraMvAra karAya, tarUvaranA jhuMDothI zobhe, baraDAnI girimALa; vIra prabhune enAM zikhara deze mAna-svIkAro me mAnava de manAya, sadabhAgye A dharma pamAya, suMdara saritA AjI maLu, bhogAvo ne sena, bhAdara ne sArI sukabhAdara, zetruMjI ne kaDa, yuga AMdolana baMdha suNAya, jinazAsana maMgaLa varatAya; enAM mIThAM pIje pAna-svIkAro tIrthadhAma vizrAma jananAM, siddhAcaLa giranAra, bAMdhava dIna du:khI dekhAya, bekArI bhUkhe pIDAya, prabhAsa dvArikA somanAtha ne, sudAmApurI sAra; nayane neha nIra luhAya, jinazAsana jayakAra gaNAya; enAM vaMdana karaje apa-svIkAre nema kRSNa ne dharma sarinI, janmabhUmi kahevAya, vIra prabhune maNi kalApI gAMdhIthI e, jaga jagamAM vakhAya; vANI amRta me varasA, manuna dayAnA jharaNuM jharAya, enAM gAje sahu yazagAna-svIkAra dAna zIvaLa na bhAva jaNAya, jinazAsana zAzvata seDhAya; kerI nadInA rama kinAre, suMdara nagara sahAya, niMgALAnA prAmya janonAM, mana maMdira malakAya; vIra prabhune. enAM aMtarane samAna-svIkAro maganalAla dalIcaMda dezAi-rAjakeTa. manasukhalAla hirAlAla lAlana-muMbai, Page #2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ jena yu ga. ra jaina yuga. tA. 8-1-1941 3SAviya sarvadhaa: samuDhIya nAtha ! dagya: :tevuM kaMI ja karyuM nathI, paNa jaina dharmanA prabhAvanA thAya na ja tAju mAna gharaphatte, gvamawAju saririsvatoSi: che tevuM karyuM che. artha-sAgaramAM jema sarva saritAo samAya che tema svAgata pramukhazrInA zabdomAM kahIe te ane he nAtha! tArAmAM sarva draSTie samAya che paNa jema pRthaka zAstrIya vAtano Azraya laIe to vicAranA paramANuone pRthapha saritAomAM sAgara nathI dekhAte tema pRthaka pRtha cauda rAjalakamAM vahetA mukavAnuM kArya karyuM che. je vAte daSTimAM tAruM darzana thatuM nathI. samAjanA agyudaya athe jarUrI che te Ama janatAne zrI siddhasena dvivAra. saraLatAthI samajAya, dhana kharacanArAone kaye mArga levA je che e jaNAya te rIte bhASAmAM mUkI batAvI che. arthAta " . vicAra tarikenI pharaja bajAvI che. enA amala sArU kenA prati mIMTa mAMDavAmAM AvI che? e lakhyuM nathI, chatAM sau samaje che ke dAnavIro taraphaja che. vAta paNa 8 tA 8-1-1. budhavAra. sAcIja che. e be kAma dAma vinA AgaLa dhapI zakeja 4 4444 nahiM evA che. zAstrakAroe te ekalA jJAna para nahiM paMdaramAM adhivezananI viziSTatA. raddhi mahAra paNa sAthe kriyA joDI e ubhaya para bhAra mUke che. rASTriya mahAsabhAne navajIvana ApanAra mAhAtmA gAMdhIjI - niMgALA adhivezananI kAryavAhI para ThaMDakathI La paNa kahe che ke khAMDIbAranA bharaNa karatAM pAbhAranA hisatA ra dhAkhA hisA na ja kare che. vartAnanI asara vadhu thAya che. khuda konpharansanA pitAne navinatA che eTaluM ja nahiM paNa guMcavAyela kekaDAne ukela bhUtakAlina hevAla bele che ke zrImaMta pramukhee bIju kaye mAge zakaya che enI cokhavaTa paNa che. pramukhanI bhale kaMI na karyuM hoya chatAM hajArenA dAna te dIdhAM varaNImAM ane beThakanI bharaNImAM jema navI rasama zarU che najara sAme joizuM te dIvA jevuM jaNAze ke vartakarAyelI che, tema TharAnI vicAraNAmAM ane ene mAnamAM je keLavaNInI saMsthAo kAma karI rahI che enA pasAra karAvavAmAM paNa bahumatavAdane bAju para rAkhI pAyAmAM keLavaNIne kakko nahIM jANanArA ne dharmabaMdhutvanA sarvAnumatine sadhiyAre zaidhA che e eka navI nAtAthI dhana ApanArA zrImate yA te sAhasika vepArasamaja che. samanvayanI paddhattine e vijya sarvazreSTha rIone ja moTo hisso che. Aje paNa jaina zrImate che. enA kehanAthI paNa nA pADI zakAya tema nathIja. Ape che kemanA kAryo mATe Ape che ane rASTranA kAmo mATe paNa Ape che. adhivezane cIMdhyA tevA mAge thayela TharAvamAM-keLavaNI ane bekArI nivAraNanI dAna pravAha vALavAnuM temane zikhavavuM paDe tema nathI ja, bAbatee mukhya bhAga bhajavyo che. e be bAbatene eka sa , tana aka te pachI prazna uThaze ke-AMTI kayAM paDI che? Where yA bIjA rUpe vistArIne-janatAne samajavI saraLa paDe the shol pinches? kivA e mATe upAya hAtha dharavAnu sugama thAya e enA kAraNe A patranA AgalA akaiomAM eka khAtara bhinna bhinna mathALA heThaLa mukavAmAM AvI che. karatAM vadhuvAra carcAyA che. vartamAna taMtravAhakone mATe Ama muMbaInI chellI sucanAno akSarazaH amala thaye bhAga sArI rIte e samaje che. eka rIte kahIe to e che ane junavANI pakSanI dhAraNuM niSphaLa gaI che! ghaya nathI paNa "Tug of war' arthAt vicAraka ne sAce zAsanaprema heMDabIlabAjI mAM mAnI le ke dhanika vaccenI kheMcatANa jevuM che. vicAraka vadarAya kevaLa virodhane pAkAra karavAmAM ka9pI le-e bhUla- svataMtratA vAMche che jayAre dAtAo dhama siddhAMtAmAM bharyuM che eTaluM ja nahiM paNa hArayAspada ne dhRNAjanaka che. enI agatya svIkAravA taiyAra nathI. arthAta dharma viSa je dharmanA praNetAnI dezanAmAM aMdhamI ne vi- yika bAbatamAM ubhaya varganA draSTibinduo vacce je dhIo mATe dvAra baMdha na hoya eTaluM ja nahi paNa bheda ubhe thaye che e kAraNeja eka samaye konpharansanA niHzaMkapaNe prazna karavAnI sagavaDa hoya, je praNetAnA mAcaDe dhana varSAvanAra varga Aje e tarapha prema chatAM aMtevAsIo niDarapaNe upadeza daI zakatA hoya. emane upekSA seve che! alaMprAsaMgikena, TuMkamAM eTaluMja kahIe anAryabhUbhi ke adhamI" gaNAtA samaDanI bhAti hArI' ke ubhaya vargo khabhA aDADI, upara challA nahi paNa zakatI na hoya, e praNetAnA dorelA mArgamAM "maitrI" hArdika sahakArathI kAma upADe te uparanA TharAvanuM ane te paNa mAtra svadharmI sAthe ja nahIM paNa sakala pAlana sahaja che ane e dvArA kemanuM zreya saMdhAya tema vizva sAthe agrapada bhagavatI hoya, e mahAna vibhUtinA che. jena beMka ane paMcAyata kaMDanA TharAMva zrImaMta vagane anuyAyIne dAvo karanAra varga potAnA ja savAmIbhAIo mATe dezanA kaparA saMjoge. hovA chatAM paNa zakaya che. sAthe besI vAtane ukela aNabamAM gabharAya che wALa e bhAre yuvAnanA TeraNAthI nahIM paNa zAstramAM svAmI anubhave! athavA hAtha paga vagarane jamaNAo para.. bAInI bhAvanA ja yazagAna lakhAya che ane e vAmAM zAsana sevA mAne. e atabIbharya' ja ' sAra mAMDavagaDhanA dhanikenI je kAryavAhIne ullekha gaNAya! e baMdhuo raMgIna camA utArI jeze te savarNAkSare karAyeluM che e prati lakSya ApI vartamAnajaNAze ke niMgALA adhivezane jaina dharmane uNapa Ave koLanA dehatamaMdee kAma hAtha dharavAnI agatya che. Page #3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ jaina pu. tA0 8-3-1941 TharAveja dhanavAnanI agatya puravAra kare che ane vahIvaTI taMtra pazu temAMnA hAthamAM rAkhe che, deza-kALane oLakhI e dizAmAM Daga bharavA kamara kasavAnI jarUra che. vAthI kAryasiddhi nathIja thaI zaktI e anubhavane viSaya che. paraNI sAhebanA palpamAM paNa eja sura hatA. jaina patramAM pramukhazrInA pAdItANA ne bhAvanAdhANumAM keTalIka sudhAraNAne lagato DarAya khAdhamAM ramAM je ka yAlApa praga AvyA che jemAM patra che, paNa deza-kALane anurUpa ane vArSikattAnA mUrti svaja ni che. anA sAra ekaja che ke siddhAMtanA maMta svarUpa samI sudhAraNA karavA jevI hatI te hajI bhAge ekaya na sadhAya, paNa e siddhAMta ekAdA pakSe ubhI rahI che tyAMlagI rItasara zuTAyela pratinidhi kI besADe nA dAvA e siMdhdhAMta ana javAbadArI svIkAranAra sabhyane sAtha na jAme tyAM dharmanA matathyane badhabestA hoya. akhila jaina samAbhaLI badhAratha game teTaluM suMdara dA chatAM enI dazA ane gaLe utare tevA DhAya ane jenI pAchaLa pUrve 5khI vittuNA piMjara jevI ke AtmA vagaranA deDa jevI thai gayelA vidvAn AcAryanA sadhiyArA hoya, evA ja raheyAnI e sthiti bare AyA sArU baMdhAraNanI vidhdhAMtonA netranApI jaina phensa chata naja zarUAtanI kalamo sudhAraNuM ke kaNa mAMge che, je rahI zake. bAkI vAre kyAre UbhA thatA pAne rASTra niMgALAmAM nathI karI zakAya chatAM AgAmI vizALavA ke namatuM toke te benI tathA huM gumAyanAma namAM karavuMja paDavAnuM, e draSTithI ane vata mAnamAM sau bApa dikarA jevIja thAya! cAhe te zAsana pakSa hAya koinI nakkara hatI bhaTInA ukela arce ThamAtra caudamo ke jInavALI paNa hoya, cAhe to bicArA pakSa gaNAtA ke je pracAra ane aikaya sAdhanA arthane che ene sau hAya, ke yuvaka ke uddAma pakSa kahevAte hAya e karatAM vadhu vajana ame ApIe chIe niMgALA adhisane konpharansamAM sthAna che ane hevu joie, kAraNa ke kenpharansa e koi pakSonI nahiM paNa akhila jaina samAjanI che. chatAM e jaina mahAsabhAnA sidhdhAnta rena dharmanA maulika tatvone baMdha besatA haze teja vezananI viziSTatA ene AbhArI che evuM amArU maMtavya che keTalAka mAne che tema emAM zAsana pakSane rIjhavI hovA eja mAtra irAdo che; kivA dIkSA sa MbaMdhI TharAva paratve AMdhacheDa karavI ne muMbaimAM thayela vATA-rahevAnA-dezakALane anurUpa pheraphAra arthAt cha dvArane emAM sthAna hAyaMja-paNa navasarjananI vAtA tyAM nakAmI ne nirarthaka nivaDavAnI, e adhikArI zrI nIma kara devanA ke koi yuga pradhAnanA che. ApaNe A mAge AgaLa dhapIe aja prArthanA. ghATane phatehamada banAvavI eja mukhya kAma che ema nathI. e karatAM ati ghaNA mArmika Azaya e pAchaLa samAyela che zAsana pakSamAM gaNanA na thaI zake evA ghaNA AgevAnA Aje kaoNnsa prati paiA bhAva dAkhavatA draSTi gocara thAya che. Aje ghaNA saMghe evA che ke jyAM zAsananuM klera nAmanuja che, chatAM teo paNa pUrvanA jevI ulaTa dAkhavatA nathI ! e badhA pAchaLa kayuM tatva jora karI rahyuM che ane sAcA abhyAsa pramukhazrI pracAra arthe judA judA bhAge|mAM paTana karaze teja emane samajAze. e sArU taTastha vRttivALA grahasthAnI samiti ja oie ke jethI koi jAtane pUrveza dhAcalA nA dvAya. niMgALA adhivezane kalAkonI mathAmaNa pachI pramukhazrIne chuTA hAthe kAma levAnI anunI sAnumate ApI che ane e DhAkA na sAmAje puna: akaya sadhAya e sArU cegya dizAmAM hAtha nAkhyo che amArI to khAtarI che ke game tevI muLanAno sAmano karI, potAnA vyavasAyika jIvananI AkhAne ghaDIbhara vIsarI jai, pramukhazrI A Avazyaka kArya arthe samaya phAjala pADaze ane ati agatyanA kAryane pAra nAvA mATe keDa bAMdharo ( anusadhAna pR. 15 uparathI ) zrI. kadulAla kAlIdAsa, viNA bhe gIlAlabhAi, amadAvAda. saMghavI traMbakalAlabhAI, vaDhavANa kempa. Do. prANalAla 5. nANAvaTI, vaDedarA. dAdara jaina mitra ma`DaLa dAdara, (muMbaI). zrI. ratIlAla khecaradAsa, khabhAtavALA. dayAlacaMdajI jhaverI, AgarA, ye dhyAprasAdajI, AgarA, ' dukhacaMdajI havasIlAla, bAlApura. " caturbhuja jecaMda zAha, bhAvanagara. zeDa gulAbacaMda ANaMdajI, bhAvanagara. zaeN cunIlAla sarUpacaMda pArekha, rAjurI; 33 sidhdhAMtanA nAme eka vicAraka baMdhu taraphathI TharrAvanA anumodanamAM lAla battI dhavAmAM Avela, temaja tene gai putra ne kha Ai. khasama' jevI ukitanA uccAra paNa karAyela. mAMrI SaSe pramukhazrInA bhASaNamAM jaina samAjanI mAnuM je tathA thANA vAmAM. mAvyu che e jenAM A jAtanI battI dharavAnI ke kina uccAyAnI jarUra nahatI. pramukhazrIne enA javALa upasaMhAra veLA ApI dIdhA che. ekaya sAMdhatA bAMdhachoDa karavIja paDe che. e veLA nADu pakaDI esa zrI. kezavalAla maMgalacaMda zAha,. amRtalAlabhAi, kaThAra. zaeN Do. amRtalAla kAlIdAsa, amadAvAda. DI. go. sAla, khasa kAtira vadha, tA. dara'' pAzavIra, latIpura. ,, vADIlAla jeThAlAla zAha, OM pramukha zrI. jaina yuvaka saMdha, sAlApura. devalAlI. ane. zAMtilAla zAha, maMtrI, khabhAta pA. ma`DaLa, muMbai, Page #4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ jaina yuga. tA 8-1-1941 - neMdha ane carcA. = vastusthitinI pichAna. ejyukezana borDa saMbaMdhI carcA vAraMvAra karavAmAM AvI sthApita hakanI madhalALa to enuM thoDuM paNa zubha pariNAma AvyuM ema niMgALA mukAme bharAyela sAmAnya sabhAmAM-je TharAva karavAmAM Avyo AjakAla sthApita hakanA nAme jabarI jhuMbeza cAlI e uparathI jaNAI Ave che. adhivezana veLA maLatI e rahelI najare Ave chekAraNa para eka samaye je vastu sabhAne sabhya sivAyanA DelIgeTa sAthe nathI te kaMI saMbaMdha dAkhala thaI, e kAraNuM nAbuda thayA chatAM paNa dUra karavI gamatI ke nathI te e DelIgeTone potAnI kAryavAhImAM rasa letA nathI ! e cAlu rAkhavA sArU jAta jAtanI dalIla ubhI karavA sArU AmaMtraNa karavA jeTalI agatya! chatAM kenpharansa karavAmAM Ave che ! kahADI nAMkhavA pAchaLa kevA sadabhAvane hastakanuM e barDa gaNAya che e vicitra nathI lAgatuM? eka nita satya rahela che e vAta e veLAye sAva vIsarI javAya tarapha adhivezana maLatAM sudhI navI cuMTaNI laMbAvavI ane che! ati Azcarya che tyAre thAya che ke jene vidvAna ane bIjI tarapha adhivezana TANe paNa mAtra berDanA sabhyonI anubhavInA birUda malyA hoya che te jyAre vartamAna lekazAsa- alaga sabhAthI kAma levuM. sabhyo sivAyanA DelIgeTane A rIporTa saMbhaLAvavA ke emanI salAha-sucano meLavavA jeTaluM namAM je ghaDIbhara TakI na zake evI vAta cAlu rAkhavA sArU prabaMdha na kare samarthana kare che ane e dvArA pite eka satyanI avagaNanA e kArya karavAnI draSTie bhale vyAjabI lekhAtuM hoya paNa vyavahAra draSTie baMdha besatuM nathIja. karI rahyA che e vAta prati durlakSa dAkhave che! deza kAraNanA janarala sabhAe kAryavAhaka samitimAM, kenpharansanI sthAyI kemIvAdamAM AvI ja bAbate bharelI che je Aje sAyA samitine daza sabhyo cuMTI mokalavAne haka Apyo e jarUra rASTravAdanuM gaLu dabAvI rahI che! eka hIMdI kiMvA sAcA vadhAvI levA jevI vAta gaNAya. jo ke emAMye lavAjamane rASTrivAdI tarIkenA daSTibiMduthI jovAne badale kemIvAdI prazna to aNuukaja rahe che! chatAM e vAta hAla jatI mAnasa hiMdu ke musalIma Adi bhAva AgaLa kare che. ene karIe te paNa eTaluM te kahyA sivAya cAlatuM nathI ke dharmane opa caDhAve che. e veLA junA kALanA khAsa hakake ejyukezana beDanI cuMTaNI prativarSa vArSika sabhAmAMja thavI yAda kare che ane e rIte dezane praznane gugaLAvI nAMkhI sAcI joIe ane kevaLa sabhyonA lavAjamanI Avaka para madAra sthitinA mULamAM viSa siMce che ! konpharansanA baMdhAraNamAM bAMdhavAne badale janatA enA kAryamAM vizeSa rasa letI thAya, pratinidhi tarikenA adhikAranI carcA veLA paNa amaja banyuM. emAM dAna detI thAya e sArU prayAsa hAtha dharavA ghaTe. grejyueTa vigerenA ke chApAnA taMtrIonA khAsa hakanI Aje dhArmika viSayamAM rasavRtti dharAvatA baMdhuone kAryavAhImAM jayAre dezanI nAnI moTI dareka vyakti potAne adhikAra sama- bhAga letA karavA ghaTe. e sArU pracAra ne prakAzanane chUTathI jatI thaI che tyAre agatya nathI. saMdha maMDaLa ke sabhA pAse upaga Avazyaka che. A adhivezana TANe rIporTa mAtra javuM ane pratinidhitvane adhikAra prApta kare e sau koI sabhyonI sabhA pura maryAdita na rakhAya, paNa sarva pratinimATe eka sarakhuM hovuM joIe tevI sIdhI ne saraLa bAbata dhio samakSa raju thAya. e upara salAha-sucanA maMgAya ane kema gaLe nathI utaratI ? e veLA kayAM kAraNe evA bhayo rasa letA baMdhuone beDanA sabhya thavAne Agraha paNa kara vAmAM Ave. e sArU jarUra jaNAya te vArSika lavAjamanI AgaLa dharavAmAM Ave che ke-ema karazuM te grejyueTa rakama haLavI karavI. ApaNane dhana karatAM paNuM vadhu agatya AvatA aTakI jaze athavA te ethI teone konpharansamAMthI muMbaInA ane bahAranA baMdhuone sahakAra ne sucanAnI che. hAMkI kahADavA jevuM gaNuze? zikSaNa pratyenuM bahumAna jokha. dhArmika parikSA ke te abhyAsa karAvanArI pAThazALAo mATe mAze ? are teo risAI jaze! are taMtraja beTI paDaze ! dhana meLavavAmAM jhAjhI takalIpha nathI paDavAnI. Aje muzkelI kiMvA ATalI saMkhyA jovAnI maLe che te paNa nahIM maLe ! che tenuM kAraNa eka ja jaNAya che ke bahAranI janatAne borDanI kAryavAhImAM purepurI jANakAra nathI banAvI te che. abhyAsazikSaNa sadAkALa prazaMsApAtra vastu che. zikSitenI sArI kamanI ka kramanI kaThINatA paNa e mATe thoDe aMze javAbadAra che. hAjarIe saMsthAnuM gaurava paNa che paNa e sArU dhorI mArga A dizAmAM borDanI navI kAryavAhI pagalAM pADe, eja tyajI daI. dezakALa prati A khamIcAmaNuM karI, kevaLa apavAda abhyarthanA. borDanA kAryamAM koIne paNuM vireAdha hoya e zodhAya te avazya AMgaLI cIMdhAmaNa ubhI thAvaja, eka kalpavaMja be Tu che. bAkI baMdhAraNamAM ane kAryo karavAnI abhaNuM karatAM, eka zikSitane DelIgeTa tarIke AgaLa A5- zailImAM deza-kALAnusAra pheraphAro karavA joIe. vAmAM kaMIja muzkelI nathI. sAmAnya prayAsathI e siddha thAya tevI vastu che. jema karmanA kAyadA AgaLa sAmAnya jIva ke pustakanuM avalokana khuda tIrthapati sarakhA che tema baMdhAraNanI kalama sAme 1 sadaguNAnurAgI zrI. kapu2vijayajI (lekha saMgraha bhAga zrImaMta-dhImati ke sAmAnya sau koI ekaja bhUmikAnA vAsI 4. pra0 zrI. kaEvijayajI smAraka samiti muMbaI rki. 0-5-0 che. jaina samAjanA prazno samajavAnI ane ukelavAnI jema kapaDAnuM 5 0-6-0) agAunA bhAgenI mAphaka A saMgrahamAM tamannA che teo baMdhAraNamAM darelI vidhi pramANe vartI prati ghaNu munizrInA haste judA judA samaye AtmAnaMda prakAza mAsikamAM bhinna bhinna viSayo para lakhAyelA che teno nidhitvane haka bhogave. e sAruM zikSaNa ke pramANapatrane AgaLa samAveza karavAmAM Avela che. e uparAMta bhIkhAbhAI zAhanI ANavAnI jarUra na ja hoya. sthApita hakane nAme carcAnA prastAvanA ane paMDita lAlanane upadaghAta paNa che. AtmAthI carvaNa paNuM naja zobhe! ane bhaDakAmaNu bhayo e to bhUtakA che mATe dareka saMgraha mananIya che. kiMmata paNa sastI che. LanA viSaya banI javA joIe ! medharAja bhaMDAra-pAyadhunI, naM. 3. pAsethI maLaze. Page #5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ na yuga zrI jaina zvetAMbara konpharansa paMdaramuM adhivezana--niMgALA. tA0 8-1-1941 maNilAla kAThArI nagaranI bhavya ane suMdara racanA, apU vyavasthA ane Adarza bhAvanAneA triveNI saMgama. padara baLadano suMdara ratha, pramukhazrInA svAgatanuM damAmadAra saradhasa ane grAmya nAnA utsAhano apUrva meLA, viSayAnI saMpUrNa vicAraNA, zAMti bharI ekakA ane saphaLa pUrNAti. (lekhaka-manasukhalAla hIrAlAla zAzana ) bhUmikA-- zrImatI kAnpharansanA paMdaramAM adhivezana mATe bhAvanagara AmatraNa ApyA pachI tyAM kAI prakAranI viSama paristhiti ubhI thavAthI ane te anusAre tyAM adhivezana maLavAnI azakayatA jaNAtAM muMbaimAM maLelI sthAyI samitinI beThaka veLAe adhivezana mATe kAi anya sthaLanI AvazyakatA jaNAi. A vAta bahAra AvatAMja bArasI ( mahArASTra ) niMgALA (kAThIAvADa ) maNuka reDa (gujarAta) Ama traNa sthaLethI AmatraNo maLyAM. uparokta traNa sthaLamAMthI sthaLanI anukaLatA pratikuLatA bicArI niNaeNya karavAnuM kAma kA vAhI samitine sAMpavAmAM bhA. ane rniyAnA mULa nivAsI, na svayaMsevaka maMDaLanA pramukha ane rASTriya mahAsabhAnA eka prakhara kAryakartA zrIyut mamAtra jemalanA hiMmata ane hAMza bharyAM AmaMtraNane mAna ApI paMdaramuM adhivezana niMgALA zrI. maNIlAla mekamacaMda mukAme bharavAnuM nakkI karavAmAM Avyu, ane tArIkhe vigere paNa te samayeja nakkI karavAmAM AvI. ane A rIte nAtAlanA tahevAro daramyAna krAnpharansanuM paMdaramuM adhivezana bharavAnA nizcaya thayA. taiyArI niMgALAnu AmaMtraNa svIkArAyA pachI A kAryane tehamaMdIthI pAra utAravAnI ciMtA kArya vAkAne thAyaja. ane vijayA dazamInA zubha divase zrI. maNIlAla jemala zeThe svAgata samiti racavA mATe kA` ArabI dIdhuM, ane muMbaithI zrI. maNilAla meAkamaca'ne sAthe lai niMgALA tarake upaDI gayA. tyAM joitI vyavasthA karI turataja svAgata samitinI racanA karI, svAgatAdhyakSanI paLyu teja samaye cuMTaNI 5 thai ane e javAbadArI svIkAravAnuM sadbhAgya liMbaDI nivAsI zrIyuta bhagavAnadAsa harakhacaMdane phALe gayuM. A kA patAvyA pachI zrI. maNIbhAi jemala tathA maNIlAla mekacaMde AsapAsanA temaja AkhA kAphIyAvADamAM aneka sthaLe jai svAgata samitinA sabhyAnI noMdhaNI cAlu karI, khIcha bAju muMbaImAM vasatA kADIyAvADI bhAione saMpUrNa sahakAra maLyA ane lagabhaga svAgata samitimAM 200 sabhyAnI nAmAvalI taiyAra thai gai. bIjI bAjuthI kAnpharansa ophisa taraphathI paNa taDAmAra taiyArIe! cAlu thai ane ripoTA badhA zrAdi jatI vastuo taiyAra thavA lAgI. A samaya daramyAna mahAsabhA taraphathI laData cAlu karavAnA bhaNakArA saMbhaLAyA lAgyA ane zrI. maNIbhAi zeThe rASTranI hAkalane prathama sthAna ApI pote AdareluM kAryo patAnA mitrAne ane sahakArIone soMpI pAte jela nivAsa svIkAryo. A vastusthitie enA mitrAma ajaba utsAhanA vadhAre| zrI. manasukhalAla hIrAlAla lAlana. karyo, ane zrI. maNIlAla mekamacade potAnI dareka pravRtti cheDI A taraphaja peAtAnu lakSya kendrita karyuM" ane lagabhaga doDha mAsa sudhI niMgALAmAM rahI adhivezananI sadmaLI prAthamika taiyArIo sapUrNa karavA mAMDI. tenI sAthe sthAnika mukhya maMtrI, maNibhAInA bhASazrI phulacaMdabhAi zeTha tathA zrI. manasukhalAla lAlana tathA beTAdanA sTezana mAstara zrI. nada lAlabhAi mahetA vigere mukhya kAryakartAo adhivezananA 10-12, divasa agAuja rniMgALA paheoMcI gayA ane maNilAla kADArI nagara sapUrNa rIte taiyAra thai gayuM. nagara racanA-- niMgALA gAmanI pAchaLathI cAlI jatI karI nAmanI moTI nadInA ramya kinArA para jyAM khaDAvALa AvelI che, Page #6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ jaina yuga. tA 8-1-1942 te sthAna pasaMda karavAmAM AvyuM. ane kinArA paranI vizALa tathA pAlItANA vigerethI puSkaLa sarAma AvI lAgavAthI gyA sAmupha karAvI tyAM AgaLa kAnphransa kampa yAne eka paNa vastunI uSNupa jaNAI nahetI, ane khAsa karIne maNinagaranI racanA vizALa pAyA upara karI. kAryakarAne bhAvanagara sTeTanA je uttama samIyANA AvyA tethI te mukhya prazna pANInA hatA, paraMtu bhAvanagara relvenI apUrva ghaNIja sagavaDa thaI gaI, A rIte tArIkha 23-12-40 nA sahAyathI A praznanA ukela turataja AvI gayeA. zrI, hema-divase saMpUrNa taiyArIe karI kAryakartAoe jarA vizrAMti lIdhI. caMdabhAie nadInA kuvA para pAMpa tathA 5 TAMkI mUkAvI dIdhI ane tyAMthI naLanu pITIMga karAvI DeDa kempa sudhI naLa lAvavAmAM AvyA, ane e naLeA mAraphata samasta nagarane tathA seADAM khAtAM tathA nhAvA vagere mATe sapUchyuM` pANInI vyavasthA thai gai. Agamana-- tA. 23-12-40 thIja lekAnu Agamana calu thayuM. te divaseja svAgatAdhyakSa zrI. bhagavAnadAsabhAi, zrI metIbhAi, svayaMsevakrAnA vaDA zrI. talakacaMda tathA vIracaMdabhA pAnAcaMda tathA rAyacaMdabhAi vigere AvI paheAMcyA. ane miNa pramukhazrInA Agamana prasaMge padara suzobhita baLadathI zaNagArelA ratha sAtha kADhavAmAM AvelA bhavya saraghasanuM dRzya. nagaranA mukhya daravAjo dezI kArIgarIthI ane lagabhaga vAMsanI saLInI guthaNIthI banAvavAmAM AvyA hatA, je Neja kaLAyukta lAgatA hatA, temAMthI praveza karatAM madhyamAM jhaMDAceka bahuja vizALa AvatA hatA, jenI madhyamAM lagabhaga 65 phuTa uMce rASTroya dhvaja phachI rahyo hatA. jhaMDAnI sAmeja kAnpharansanA vizALa maMDapa lagabhaga 3 thI 4 hantara mANasane samAvI zake tevA ubhA karavAmAM AvyA hatA. jemAM sAmeja (** nu moTu svAmI banAveluM hatuM. bAbApe mApane grAmya kArIgirI, vRA patAkA tathA bhAvanagarathI AvelAM kulathI suramita karavAmAM Ave hatA. mukhya daravAnanI jamanI bAjI nma ApIza, inkavAyarI ephisa, relve ophisa, meDIkala rUma, utArA samitinI ophsi, jI. e. sInA kempa, svaya MsevakAno kempa, tathA rasADA vibhAga Avela hatA. jyAre DAbI bAju svadezI pradarzana, pratinidhi kaeNmpa, svAgata sabhyAnA kaeNmpa, rUmI kampo, Agama, tathA pramukha sAhebanA 15, tathA mAnavatA parANAnA utArA ro|bhI rahyA hatA. nagaranI cAre tarapha peAlIsa thANAnI rAvaTIo lAgI rahI hatI. bhAvanagara sTeTa, gaDhaDA svAmInArAyaNanuM maMdira, vaDhavANu sTeTa, nagara janasamudAyathI gAjavA lAgyuM. tArIkha 24 mI e pramukha sAheba tathA bhAvanagaranA divAna sAheba padhAravAnA hovAthI temanuM svAgata karavA sTezana upara lagabhaga 4 hajAra mANasanI gaMjAvara medanI jAmI hatI. ane kAnpharansanA saghaLA kA kartAe temanA svAgata mATe sTezana para hAjara hatA. barAbara 2 vAge mela AvI pahAMcanAM pramukha sAheba tathA divAna sAheba zrI. paTTaNInuM enDanA saphedethI svAgata karavAmAM Ave. sTezana para kuzavAra paherAvyA pachI tembebIne saraghasanA AkAramAM kempa sudhI lai javAnA kAryakrama yeAjAyA hatA, e mujaba paMdara mATA baLadeAthI joDAyelA rathamAM pramukhazrI tathA divAna sAheba tathA svAgatA, sthAna lIdhuM. saradhasane mekhare benDa, pachI svayaMsevA je lagabhaga 180 ne Azare hatA temanI kuca, temanI pAchaLa khIju benDa, pAchA grAmyajatA, tyArabAda kAnpharansamAM bhAga levA padhArelA sajjane, tyAra pachI pramukhazrIneA ratha, ane tyAra pachI mahilA vRMda; e kramathI saradhasa sTezanathI AgaLa vadhyuM. sTezanathI kempa sudhI Akhe raste vAvaTA tathA kamAne geThavavAmAM AvI hatI, ane ledhanA apUrva utsAha) AkhAye rastA tathA kADArI nagara dhamadhamI rahyuM hatuM. Page #7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ tA. 8-1-194 jena yuga. rAjarAta samajaNa mukhajIne nizAe meLAva mAnapatra cAritra ratnAzramanA vidyArthIoe saMgItanA sAja sahIta nigALAnI grAmya janatA kahe ke AkhuM gAma kahe, madhura svare gAI padhArelA sajanAne tathA sannArIone temane kenpharansa pratye eTalo badho cAha hato ke nagarazeThathI AvakAra Apyo. (AmAMnA be gIto mukhayka upara chApyA che.) mAMDI tamAma mANase kArIgaro sahita pitAnuM kAmakAja baMdha maMgalAcaraNabAda svAgata samitinA eka mukhya maMtrI zrI ratIlAla rAkhI konpharansanA kAmamAMja lAgI rahyA hatA. teo potAno lakSmIcaMda kuvADIAe AmaMtraNa patrikA vAMcI saMbhaLAvI hatI. sadabhAva kema chupAvI zake? teo ati lAgaNIvaza banI (A AmaMtraNa patrikA tA. 16-12-40nA aMkamAM chapAI gaI che) gayA, ane pitAne saddabhAva vyakta karavA eka meLAvaDA , AmaMtraNa patrikA vaMcAyA bAda svAgatAdhyakSa zrI. bhagavAkonpharansa nagaramAM ja cha pramukhazrIne niMgALA-nivAsIo nadAsabhAIe pitAnuM chApeluM bhASaNa vAMcI saMbhaLAvyuM hatuM, tarathI mAnapatra samarpaNa karyuM. A take bhAvanagaranA divAnazrI eozrIe bhASaNa vAMcatAM keTalIka vakhata maheThethI paNa koI hAjara hoI temanA mubAraka hAtheja pramukhazrIne mAnapatra koI vastuo samajAvI hatI. ane darekane barAbara samajAya ApavAmAM AvyuM. A prasaMge AkhuM gAma strI samudAya e rIte pitAnuM bhASaNa vAMcI saMbhaLAvyuM hatuM. (A bhASaNa sahita maMDapamAM hAjara hatuM, ane maMDapamAM eka IMcanI paNa A patramAM anya pRSTho upara ApeluM che.) . jagA khAlI rahI na hatI. mAnapatra AkhA gAmanI vatI pramukhasthAna mATe darakhAsta mUkatAM bhAvanagara taraphathI bena nAnajI bhAIe vAMcI saMbhaLAvyuM hatuM, ane tenI konpharansanA pitAmaha jevA vayovRddha zrI. kuMvarajI ANaMdajIe sAthe moTethI paNuM pinAnA uddagAro jaNAvyuM ke "huM Aje je vyaktine kahADayA hatA. (A mAnarpitra A pramukhasthAna levA mATe darakhAsta mukuM patramAMja anyatra chapAyela che.) mAna- ! chuM te zrI. choTAlAla bhAIe keLavapatrane uttara vALatAM zrI. choTA NInI saMsthAne janma ApavAmAM lAlabhAIe jaNAvyuM ke "Apane ane eka kuzaLa samAja sevaka tarIke ane mAre tadana paricaya nahi hovA jemaNe sArI khyAti meLavI che tevA chatAM ane huM ahiM taddana navInaja eka gRhasthane pramukhasthAne svIkArahovA chatAM Ape je premabhAva batAvyA vAnI darakhAsta mUkatAM mane AnaMda che te huM te mAnuM chuM ke mArA thAya che. svAganAdhyakSanA bhASaNamAM vyakita tarIke nahi, paNa mArA kArya samAjamAM dAvAnaLa pragaTayAnI je vAta pratye Apane premabhAva Apa spaSTa che te huM mAnatA nathI, samAjamAM paNe darzAvI rahyA che. jeno konpharansa dAvAnaLa nathI, alabatta aikayanI jevI saMsthA pratye AkhA gAmane jarUra che, te keIthI nA kahI zakAya je prema dRSTie paDe che te kadi bhUlI tema nathI. ane ekayamAMja ApaNI rAkAya tema nathI, ane khAsa karIne ujati che" ityAdi kahI darakhAsta zrI. maNIbhAI zeThanI gerahAjarImAM mUkI hatI jene nIcenA prAMta taraphathI je A suMdara vyavasthA thaI che, e anumodana ApavAmAM AvyuM hatuM.saghaLuM tamArA prema ane sahakArane De. amIcaMdabhAI (surata) zrI. mohanaAbhArI che.' ATaluM kahI punaH lAla dalacaMda desAI (rAjakoTa) zeTha bhAvanagara sTeTane tathA prajanana zrI. maNIlAla jemala zeTha. tIlAla vardhamAna (vaDhavANu kepa) zeTha tema AbhAra mAnyo hato. ane (svAgata samitinA mukhya maMtrI.) caMdulAla sArAbhAI modI (amadAvAda) taddana sAdI rIte mAnapatra ApavAnI kriyA thayA pachI zeTha motIlAla vIracaMda (mahArASTra) zrI. nAgakumAra makAtI meLAvaDo visarjana thayo hato. (vaDodarA) zrI tIlekacaMdajI jaina (paMjAba) upara darzAvelA beThakano prAraMbha tA. 25-12-80. graha taraphathI Take maLyA bAda pramukhazrIe tALIonA tA. 25-12-40 nA saMdhyAkALe nobatanA suMdara sara gaDagaDATa vacce pramukhasthAne svIkAryuM hatuM. tyArabAda pramukhazrIe dee beThakanI zarUAta karavAnAM zubha samAcAra AkhA pitAnuM bhASaNa vAMcavuM zarU karyuM hatuM, teozrI paNa vacce kepamAM prasarAvI dIdhA ane svAgata sabhyo, pratinidhio vacce keTalIka vastuonA sacoTa khulAsA karatA hatA. prekSake vigerethI maMDapa bharAvA lAgyo. barAbara sAta vAge teozrInuM bhASaNa samApta thayA pachI sabajekaTasa kamiTInI pramukhazrI tathA svAgatAdhyakSa tathA mAnavaMtA paroNAo cuMTaNI karavAmAM AvI. ane tyArabAda adhivezana bIjA divasa svayaM sevakenI TukaDI sAthe AvI pahoMcyA ane vizALa upara mulatavI rahyuM hatuM. maMca upara pitAnuM sthAna lIdhuM. barAbara sADAsAta vAge jhaMDAvaMdanavIra bhagavAnanI stutithI zarUAta karavAmAM AvI. maNIlAla bIje divase havAre cha vAge jhaMDAkamAM jhaMDA vaMdana zeThanI putrI kumArI caMdrAvatIe vIra stutithI maMgalAcaraNa karavAmAM AvyuM hatuM, gokhAkAramAM jhaMDAnI AsapAsa goThavAkaryuM. tyArabAda zrI. maganalAla dalIcaMda dezAI, tathA zrI. yelA svayaMsevake ane temanI vacamAM vAgatI nobata ane manasukhalAla lAlananA racelAM be svAgata gIta senagaDha beThakanA madhura avAjo vacce A kriyA pUrNa damAmathI karavAmAM ' Page #8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ jaina ga tA 8-1-1941 AvI hatI. 60 phuTa uMcA sthaMbha upara pramukhazrIne hAthe jhaMDA pharakAvavAmAM AvyA ane tyAra bAda pramukhazrIe prasa'gane anukULa vivecana karI rASTra pratyenI pharajo samajAvI hatI. viSaya vicAriNI samiti AkhuM maMDANu enA upara avalabatuM heAI A viSaya upara saMpUrNa vicAra pUrNAMka ane chuTathI carcA karavA badhA kaTibaddha thai gayA. prathama te jaina zvetAMbara kAnpharansane badale mahAsabhA nAma rAkhavuM e rAva sAthe jyAM jyA iMgrejI zabda tA. 23-12-40 nA rAja stuvAre viSaya vicAriNI vaparAtA hoya tyAM tyAM gujarAtI zabdo vAparavA A TharAva samitinI beThaka maLI, A prasaMge samajekaTasa kamiTInA raju thatAMja te carcAnA viSaya banyuM. zrI. paramANu dabhAIne sabhyAnA pAsanI vaheMadhivezananA agragaNya sukAnI caNI karatAM thoDe vadhu samaya gayA hatA. tyAra ' bAda barAbara nava vAge viSaya vicAriNI zami tinuM kAma cAlu thayuM. DrAphTa rejholyuzana samitie ghaDelA ane svAgata samiti e maMjura karelA TharAve eka pachI eka levAnI zarUAta thAya te pahelAM pramukhazrIe eka nive dana karI jaNAvyuM ke Aje keLavaNI pracAra ane bekArI nivA tathA 'dhAra Nu mAM jarUrI pheraphAra--A (DAbI bAjuthI) 1 zrI. vIThThaladAsa muLaca Mda zAhu khI. e. 2 zrI jhulacaMdabhAi viSaye para karAvA jemala zeDa 3 zrI. ratIlAla lakSmIcaMda kuMvADI. 4 zrI caturabhAi rAyacaMda zAha karavA bheLA thayA 5 zrI. rAyacaMda amulakha zAhna 6 zrI. manasukhalAla jemala zeDa. cha zrI vIracaMda chIe. jethI sAmA- pAnAcaMda zAha bI e. 8 zrI mAIyada gIradharalAla kApaDIyA se lIsITara, nya rIte A zivAyanA viSaye ApaNe hAtha na dharavA ApaNA para naitika baMdhana che, te badhana Apa sarve bhAIe niyama tarIke svIkAre, ane pachI ApaNe Agama vadhIe. A sUcanA sarvee svIkArI ane kAnpharansanA mahAmaMtrI zrI. maNIlAla zene tathA pepa evuM je TalAla rAmacaMdane dhanyavAda ApanArA rAva prathama pasAra karavAmAM AvyeA. tyArabAda keLavaNI pracAra, dhArmika siMkh jaina saMskRti sijha bekArI nivArthe ahiM TharAve hAtha dharavAmAM AvyA. ane te saghaLA upara pramukhazrIe sarva sabhyone potAnA vicAra| zrI. naMdalAla tArAda mahetA. (eTAdanA sTezana mAstara.) chuTathI raju karavAnI ApelI rAthI barAbara carcAtA hatA ane pasAra thatA hatA. A TharAva pasAra thatAM bhAjanane samaya thavAthI mITIMga 2 vAgA upara mulatavI rahI che. rAbara TAimasara maLatAM pANunA prazna hAtha dharavAmAM AvyA. baMdhAraNamAM jarUrI pheraphAra karavAnA TharAva AvatAM A harAvanI mahattA sabhyA samajatA hAi, ane kAnpharansanuM makkama Agraha hato ke grejI nAmo javAMja joie. paraMtu eka varga evI paNa mAnyatA dharAvatA hatA ke hAlane tabakake nAmamAM phera karavAthI keTalIka gera samajUti ubhI thaze. mATe che temaja rahevA devuM. A banne prakAranI mAnyatAvALAo pota petAnA ciAmAM makkama hatA. A viSya khUba carcAye, ane ne anuMte sAnu e kahevatane anusarI zrI.. paramANuM bA peAtAnA sudhArA kheMcA levA cyAgrahathatAM temaNe namatuM ApyuM, ane je nAma cAlu che. teja rAkhavuM evuM sarvAnumate karAvavAmAM AvyuM.. ATaluM kAma patatAM sAMjane bhAjanane samaya thaI javAthI viSaya vicA iNI samitinu kAma mAMjanA 6aa vAgA upara mulatavI rAkhavAmAM AvyuM, bhAjana pachI barAbara 7 vAge simitanuM kAryAM cAlu thayuM. ane puna: eka rAtre guMcavaNa ubhI karI. mahArASTravALA zrIyut motIlAla vIracaMde eka evA rAva dhAraNunI vacamAM mUkyo ke "pramukha sAheba peAtAnI pasaMdagInA kamAyusenI eka pataMtra dAna nAme te te pracAranuM ane aikayanuM kAma kare." A TharAva eTale badhA gA gA mudA vinAnA hatA ke te zuM kahevA mAge zrI talakacaMda kAnajI kapAzI. che, te samajI zakAtu nahatu, (svayaMsevavAnA vaDA A TharAvanA pratispardhI jevA zrI. paramANuMda kApaDIAe evA TharAva mUkayA ke pramukha, upapramukha, e mukhya maMtrIe ane anya sAta muMbainI sthA samitimAMthI cUMTAyezA sabhyonI eka kAOvAhI samiti cuTavI je saghaLuM kAmakAja calAve. paraMtu A sthiti thatAM kAryavAhI samiti bahu nAnI kakSAmAM sa ( anusaMdhAna pR. 13 upara. ) Page #9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ tA. 8-1-1981 jena yuga. zrI jaina zvetAMbara kaoNnpharansa. paMdaramAM adhivezanamAM pasAra thayelA TharAvo. [ niMgALA (kAThIyAvADa) mAM tA. 25, 26, 27 Disembara 1940 nA roja zrIyuta choTAlAla trikamalAla pArekha, lIDara-amadAvAdanA pramukha sthAne maLela kenpharansanA paMdaramAM adhivezanamAM sarvAnumate pasAra thayelA TharAva nIce pramANe che.] TharAva 1 le. bhalAmaNa kare che; ane A ja prakAranI dhArmika zikSaNane zrI maNilAla jemala Tha tathA anya baMdhuone dhanyavAda. lagatI saMsthAo ane anya zikSaNa pravRttionI vistRta (8) zrI maNilAla jemala zeTha jemaNe cAlu adhivezana yAdI taiyAra karavAnuM zrI jaina ejyukezana beDane soMpavAmAM bharavAne aMge akhaMDa prayAsa karyo hato temaNe dezanI hAkala Ave che. thatAM rASTriya sevAbhAva lakSamAM rAkhI, jelInivAsa svIkAryo darakhAsta -zrI. nAgakumAra nAthAbhAI makAtI-vaDodarA. te temanA tyAgane mATe A jene kenpharansa temane aMtaHkaraNa- TekeH--thI. manasukhalAla hIrAlAla lAlana-jAmanagara. pUrvaka dhanyavAda Ape che ane temanI sevAnI noMdha karAva 4 thA. harSapUrvaka le che. dhArmika zikSaNa ane ejyukezana beDa. - (kha) eja pramANe dezanI hAkala thatAM zrIyuta pipaTalAla dhArmika zikSaNa krama ApaNI jaina ejyukezana beDe rAmacaMda zAha ane bIjA jena badhuoe jelanivAsa goThavyA che tene lAbha uttarottara sArA levAtuM jAya che e svIkAryo che temane A adhivezana dhanyavAda Ape che. A tarapha saMtoSa batAvatAM haju paNa enA vikAsamAM je kAMI -pramukhasthAnethI. agavaDe naDatI hoya te dUra karI dhArmika abhyAsane vistAra TharAva 2 jo. khUba vadhe ane pratyeka pAkazALAo tathA sabhAe enA dhoraNa keLavaNI pracAranI yojanA. pramANe kAma calAve ane te mATe kArya karatI saMsthAo eka kAryavAhaka samitie amalamAM mUkelI keLavaNI pracAranI mate kArya AgaLa dhapAve evI gekavaNuM karavAnI jarUriyAta janAnA Aja sudhInA kAryane A konpharansa AvakAre che. A konpharansa svIkAre che ane pratyeka bALaka ke bAlikA te yojanAne mana svarUpa ApavA mATe zeDa kAMtilAla Izvara. dharmane abhyAsa karI zake te mATe preraNAtmaka racanA karavAnI lAle rUpiyA pacIsa hajAranI rakama konpharansane ApI te mATe jena ejayukezana borDane bhalAmaNuM kare che, ane tenA A temane A konpharansa dhanyavAda Ape che. vizeSa kaMDanA abhAve prayAsamAM sarva zakti kendrita karavA mATe tathA prakAranuM kArya A thojanA thoDA samayamAM baMdha karavAnI sthiti UbhI karanAra anya saMsthAone temAM sahakAra ApavA Agraha kare che. thaI che te nivAravA mATe ane e yojanAne kAyama rAkhavA darakhAsta -zrI. saubhAgyacaMda umedacaMda dozI-mahuvA. mATe jene zrImAnene A yojanAmAM bane teTale Arthika Take -zrI. mehanalAla dIpacaMda cekasI -khaMbhAta. sahakAra ApavA A konpharansa AgrahapUrvaka vijJapti kare che 1 TharAva 5 me, ane sthAnika samitie A yAjanA cAlu rAkhavI e jaina zAstrIya zikSaNa. che karAva karavAmAM Ave che. darakhAsta -zrI. paramAnaMda kuMvarajI kApaDIA-muMbaI. A kenpharansa banArasa gavarnamenTa saMskRta kolejamAM jaina zAstranI parIkSA dAkhala karavA badala tenA saMcAlake TakeHzrI. bAlacaMda hIrAcaMda-mAlegAma ane saMyukata prAntanA sarakArI keLavaNI khAtA pratye AbhaanumodanaH--thI. vallabhadAsa kulacaMda mahetA-mahuvA. ranI lAgaNI pradarzita kare che ane te sAthe ja te saMyukta prAta - zrI. maNilAla a. maNiAra-rAjakeTa. sarakAranuM dhyAna kheMce che ke teNe ukta kelejamAM eka jaina TharAva 3 jo. za:strIya zikSaNa ApanAra 5 adhyApakanI nImaNuMka karavI keLavaNI aMge mAhitI. kemake bhAratIya zAstra samRddhimAM jenaparaMparAne khAsa mahatvano bhAga che. tethI jayAM bIjI badhI zAstrIya paraMparAjaina samAjamAM Aje keLavaNInA pradezamAM zAM zI onA zikSaNa vAstenI purI jogavAI hoya tyAM jaina zAstrIya pravRttio cAlI rahI che ane kaI kaI saMsthAo kAma zikSaNa levA AvanAra vAse kazI jogavAI na hoya e karI rahI che, te pratyekanuM baMdhAraNa kayA prakAranuM che, gavarnamenTa saMskRta keleja banArasa, jevI prAcIna ane kayA kayA prakAranI ziSyavRttio temaja anya prakAranI madada satra prasiddha saMsthA mATe UNapa gaNAya ane saMskRti apAI rahI che e saMbaMdhamAM eka vistRta yAdI taiyAra kara temaja itihAsamAM agatyatA dharAvanAra jaina sAhitya pratye vAnI ane keLavaNI saMbaMdhamAM eka mAhitI kendra eka varSanI bedarakArI paNu gaNAya. aMdara UbhuM karavAnI sthAnika samitine A konpharansa --pramukhasthAnethI. Page #10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 10 jaina yuga. tA 8-1-1941 - TharAva The. (4) chAtrAlayo. jaina zAstrIya zikSaNa. Aje zikSaNa letA vidyAthIonI jarUriyAtanA pramANamAM A konpharansane e pAke mata che ke jema bIja chAtrAlayonI saMkhyA ane sagavaDa ghaNI ja ochI che ane kSetromAM tema zAstrIya kSetramAM paNa jaina paraMparAe A vidyArthInIo mATe te AvA prakAranI kazI paNa sagavaDa che yuganA vikasita mAnasa sAthe pUrNa paNe meLa khAya tevuM ane nahi, te te dizAe haju khUba pragati karavAnI ane sthaLe ucca vidyAdhAmomAM pitAnuM pratinidhitva karI zake tevuM sthaLe chAtrAlaye ughADavAnI jarUriyAta che ema A kenpharansa mAnasa dharAvanArI vyaktio taiyAra karavAnI jarUra che. tethI jAhera kare che ane tAtkAlika grAma janatAnI daSTie koIeka A konpharansa TharAva kare che ke jenazAstranuM ucatara ane gAmamAM grAma chAtrAlaya ulADavA mATe saMsthAo ane samAjane uccatama zikSaNa ApavA apAvavAnI ghaTatI samartha evI apIla kare che. badhI sagavaDa karavI. te mATe ceDA paNa adhikArI umedavAre- (5) svataMtra zikSaNa saMsthA. jemAM mukhyapaNe saMskRta zikSaNa lIdhela paMDita ane mukhya ApaNI jena vyApArI kAmane baMdhabesatI thAya tevI paNe kolejanuM zikSaNa lIdhela snAtakane samAveza thAya che-ne vyApArI, dhArmika ane audyogika keLavaNI sArI rIte pasaMda karavA ane temane vidyAbhyAsa mATe jarUrI evI badhI thAya te mATe vardhA yojanAne dhyAnamAM rAkhIne svataMtra zikSaNuM sagavaDa purI pADavI. saMsthAnI yejanA A konpharansa svIkAre che ane te mujaba A vastune lagatI vigatavAra vicAraNA karI yojanA prayatna karavA dareka jaina bhAIone bhalAmaNa kare che, ghaDI kADhavA temaja tene amalamAM mUkavA ane te mATe jarUrI ane evI nANAMnI jogavAI karavA vAste A konpharansa nIce chAtrAlaye ane zikSaNa saMsthAo ubhI karavAmAM atyAra lakhela sabhyonI eka samiti pitAnI saMkhyA 11 membara sudhI je je munivaryoe upadeza dvArA ane je je baMdhuoe rAkhavAnI sattA sAthe nIme che. dhanadAra ane kAryadvArA sahAya ApI che temane A konpharansa 1 zrI. choTAlAla trikamalAla pArekha-amadAvAda. dhanyavAda Ape che ane teo pitAno e bhAva cAlu rAkhe 2 zrI. motIcaMda giradharalAla kApaDIA-muMbaI evI AgrahapUrNa vinaMti kare che. 3 zrI. kAntilAla IzvaralAla je. pI.-muMbaI. darakhAsta - zrI. kulacaMda harIcaMda dezI-amadAvAda 4 zrI. mehanalAla bhagavAnadAsa jhaverI-muMbaI. Teke -zrI. vIracaMda pAnAcaMda zAha-muMbaI. 5 zrI. meghajI sejapALa-muMbaI. ,, De. caMdulAla TI. zAha -pramukhasthAnethI. , ku. lIlAvatI gulAbacaMda-karAMcI. TharAva 7 mo. , zrI. sarojInI kezavalAla-selApura. sAmAnya zikSaNa vistAra. zrI. ratilAla vardhamAna zAha-vaDhavANa kempa. keLavaNInA praznone aMge nIcenI bAbato tarapha A , zrI. maNIlAla khuzAlacaMda pArI-pAlaNapura. konpharansa jaina samAjanuM khAsa dhyAna kheMce che. zrI. vRjalAla mehanalAla-boTAda. (1) prAthamika zikSaNa. TharAva 8 mo. ApaNuM samAjamAM eka paNa bALaka ke bALikA prAthamika adhamAgadhI zikSaNanA pracAra. zikSaNa pAmyA sivAya na rahe eTaluM ja nahi paNa maTI 1 Arya bhASAnA vikAsano itihAsa jANavA mATe umaranA strI-purUmAM paNa koI nirakSara na hoya e sthitine ardhamAgadhI agatyanI bhASA che. temaja bhAratavarSanAM Arya pahoMcI vaLavA mATe tarapha janAo jevI ke prauDha zikSaNanA InAmAM mahatvanA gaNAtA jaina darzanane samajavA mATe paNa vargo, bALamaMdiro ane rAtrizALA-thavAnI khAsa jarUra che. ardhamAgadhI eka Avazyaka bhASA che tethI ja muMbaI (2) audyogika, vaijJAnika ane vyApArika zikSaNa. yunIvarasITIe pitAnA abhyAsakramamAM uccamAM ucca vargo Aje mAtra ArTasa kolejamAM vidyArthIonI bharatI thaI sudhI ardhA mAgadhIne dAkhala karI che. e mATe tema ja je rahI che tene badale have audyogika, vaijJAnika tathA vyApArika jena ke ajena saMsthAoe potAnA abhyAsakramamAM ardhamAgadhI keLavaNI upara vadhAre bhAra mUkAvAnI ane te dizA tarapha bhASAne apanAvI che te mATe te sarva pratye A konpharansa vidyArthIone sArA pramANamAM vALavAnI khAsa jarUra che ema AbhAranI lAgaNI pradarzita kare che temaja saMyukta prAMta, A kenpharansa Icche che ane ApaNI zikSaNa saMsthAone baMgALa ane paMjAba vagere prAntanI yunIvarasITIone vANijyazALA vahelAmAM vahelI take zarU karavA AgrahapUrvaka muMbaInI yunIvarasITInI jema ardhamAgadhIne sthAna ApavA vinaMti kare che. khAsa bhalAmaNa kare che ane je kolejamAM ardhamAgadhInA (3) strI zikSaNa. abhyAsanI vyavasthA na hoya tyAM tyAM tenI vyavasthA karavA haju ApaNe strI zikSaNamAM pachAta chIe ane ucca kolejanA prInsIpAlane A konpharansa vinaMti karI che. zikSaNa letI jaina kanyAonI saMkhyA ochI che e bAbata 2 ApaNe jene vidyArthIo dvitIya bhASA tarIke ardhamAgadhI lakSamAM rAkhIne jaina kanyAone, A dizAe bane teTaluM laIne bhaNe ema A konpharansa Icche che ane jenAnA dAna dvArA protsAhana ApavA jena samAjane ane khAsa karIne dareke dareka cAlatI hAIkule tema ja kelejomAM paNa ardhamAgadhIne chAtravRtti ApatA jaina phaMDene bhalAmaNa karavAmAM Ave che. avazya sthAna hovuM joIe ema A kenpharansa mAne che. mATe Page #11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ tA0 8-1-1941 skUle tamAma jaina jJAnane potAnA nathI cALI ane kAlejomAM adha mAgadhIne sthAyI sthAna ApavA A kArasa bApUrvaka bhAva kare che. A 3- a mAgadhI bhASAnA baheALA phelAvA thAya te mATe kAnpharasa jaina dAnavIrAne temaja jaina dharmAMnI bIjI mAtabara sasthAne vinati kare che ke teoe yeAgya skAlarazIpA yeAjavI ane ardhamAgadhInA abhyAsa karatA jaina tema ja jainetara vidyArthIone maLe tevI vyavasthA karavI tema ja a mAgadhInA vidyArthIone saraLatA paDe te mATe abhyAsakramamAM cAlatAM pustakA zuddha ane sastA bhAve pragaTa karavA A kAnpharansa jaina sAhityanI prakAzana sasthAone AgrahapUrvaka bhalAmaNa kare che. uparanA TharAvane vega ApavA mATe A kAnpharansa sthAyI samitine bhalAmaNa kare che. darakhAstaH--zrI. me hanalAla dalIcaMda dezAi, muMbai, TekA--zrI. kuMvarajI ANaMdajI, bhAvanagara. anumodanA ko sunIlAla DIsoMga thai mubAra rAva 9 mo. na yuga. ekArI nivAraNa. ekArI nivAraNane mATe nIcenI bAbate upara A kAnd ransa jaina samAjanuM dhyAna khece cheH-- (1) sthAyI samitinA Azraya nIce eka evI bekArI nivAraNu madhyavartI saMsthA ( Central Bureau ) ubhI karavI, jyAM nAkarI rahevA icchanAra ane neAkarI rAkhavA icchanAranI saMpUrNa vigatavAra noMdhA rAkhavAmAM Ave ane bannene sadgayAga meLavI ApavAnI geraNa karI ApavAmAM Ave. darakhArata:--De. amIcaMda chaganalAla rAAha, surata. kA--zrI. kAntilAla umedacaMda barADIyA, muMbaI. anumeAdanaH-zrI. zAMtilAla maganalAla zAha, muMbaI. zrI. jIvarAja medhavajI, bhAvanagara. zrI. lIlacaMda maganalAla, viramagAma. zrI. lAlabhAi DI dalAla, muMbaI. zrI. jayaMta paTTaNI, muMbaI. karAva 10 mA. 35 27 jaina eka. jaina beMkanI je ceAjanA gata vAmAM AvI che te taraph jaina Ave che ane te aMge ghaTatu bhalAmaNa karavAmAM Ave che. (2) je jaina gRhastheA hastaka meTAM kArakhAnAMe, peDhIe ke krise cAlatAM hoya tenI eka yAdI sthAyI samitie taiyAra karAvavI ane tee mAraphata bane teTalA jemane geADavavAnI hIlacAla sthAyI samitie hAtha dharavI. (3) Aje gRhaudyoga ane Ayogane bane teTaluM kona (3) cAlu badhAraNamAM nIce pramANenI nathI mo umeravI. ApavAnI khAsa jarUra che. ane A dizAe yogya kaDa maLethI kAnpharansanI sthAyI samitine ghaTatIyeAjanA karavAnI bhalAmaNa karavAmAM Ave che. adhivezanamAM majura kara samAjanu dhyAna kheMcavAmAM karavA sthAyI samitine -pramukhasthAnathI. 11 LavaNInA pracA, bedhArI niSANa temaja nizcita bhAI ahaMnene banatI madada vigere sAmAjika kAryomAM karavA ane te krUDanA vahIvaTa phaMDamAM nANAM bharanArA kare. darakhAsta ---zrI. bhagavAnalAla harakhacaMda zAha, liMbaDI. TakA;--zrI. mAdhavalAla hIrAlAla zAha, muMbaI. anumeAdanaH--zrI. dhIrajalAla dhanajI zAha, amadAvAda. TharAva 12 mA. rAva 11 me. poMcAyata phUDa. A kAnpharansa pArasI paMcAyata krUDa jevu eka vALa ane sasAmAnya jaina paMcAyata kuMDa ubhu karavAnI jarUriyAta svIkAre che. te phaMDanA upayoga vyavahArika temaja dhArmika maeNnzana badhAraNa, prazansanA cAlu dhAraNamAM nIce pramAro karAra karavA A kAnpharansa karAve cheH-- (1) cAlu baMdhAraNamAM jyAM jyAM sthAyI samiti, kAya vAhI samiti, sthAnika mahAmaMtrIe, e zabdo vaparAyelA che, mAMnAM anukrame khinna ciMda jaina vanAra ansa samiti, sthAyI samiti ane mukhya maMtrIe mUkavA ane jyAM jyAM aMgrejI zabdo vaparAyA hoya tyAM tyAM tene lagatA yogya gujarAtI zabdo vAparavA. (ra) trIjI kalamanA sthAne nIcenI kalama mUkI: adhivezana-manuM adhivezana sAdhAraNa rIte dara be varSe thaze. (ka) AgalA adhivezanamAM AgAmI adhivezananuM sthaLa na nakkI thayu... hAya athavA nakkI karyA pramANe bharI zakAya tema na hoya te adhivezana bharavAnI gAThavaNu muMbainI sthAyI samiti karaze. (ba) je varSe vansanuM nivezana maLavAnuM na la sutra bijha hiMndra na vAMbhara kAnsa simitanI beThaka bharavAnI traNa muMbainI pA ti karaze. kalama 6 pachI nIce pramANenI kalama umeravI. harAva DanArI samitiH-- kaeNnpharansanA adhivezanamAM raju karavAnA TharAvane kharaDA taiyAra karavA mATe muMbainI sthAyI samiti eka rAva vicAriNI. mini nIce muMbaInI sthAyI samitinA cha ane je sthaLe adhivezana maLavAnuM haiya tyAMnI svAgata samitinA pAMca maLI kula agIAra sabhyAnI banaze. A samitie taiyAra karelA TharAvAnA kharaDA kAnpharansanA mukhyamaMtrI viSaya vicAriNI samitimAM raju karaze. (4) kalama sAtamImAMthI "je prAMtamAM kAnpharansa bharAya te prAMtamAMthI vIsa vadhAre membaro' e zabdo kamI karavA. (5) kalama 7 pachI nIcenI navI kalama umeravI. TharAve! baDanArI samiti taraphathI rajI thayelA DarAvAne nikAla thayA bAda viSaya vicArI samitinA ko taraphathI AvelA TharAveA hAtha dharavAmAM Avaro, (6) kalama dezamAMthI "sthAyI samitinI beThaka varlDamAM ochAmAM ochI eka vAra anukuLa sthaLe khelAvavI '' e paMkti kADhI nAkhavI. Page #12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 12 jena yuga. tA. 8-1-1941 (7) kalama agIAra nIce pramANe rAkhavIH TharAva 13 me, sthAyI samiti:-akhila hinda jaina vetAMbara kenki. sthAnika samitie. ransa samitimAM muMbaImAMthI cUMTAyelA sabhyo kepharansanA baMdhAraNanusAra sthaLe sthaLe sthAnika sami. tathA sadarahu samitinA bIjA vibhAgomAMthI na La tio ubhI karavAnuM TharAvavAmAM Ave che. cuMTAyelA je sabhyo muMbaImAM rahetA haze athavA -pramukhasthAnethI. TharAva 14 hAjara haze teonI eka sthAyI samiti banaze ane kenpharansanuM pracArakArya satata cAlu rAkhe ane aikya te sthAyI samiti konpharansanuM temaja akhila hinda sAdhanAne madadakartA thaI zake evA sAta grahasthanI eka samiti jaina "ve. kenpharansa samitine soMpAyela dareka kArya karaze cuMTavAnI sattA pramukhazrIne ApavAmAM Ave che. e samitie ane akhila hiMda jaina zvetAMbara kenpharaMsa samitinA AkhA hiMdamAM vakhatovakhata pravAsa karI konpharansanuM pracAra TharAvone amala karaze A samiti akhila hinda jana kArya ane aikyanuM kArya karavuM. che. konpharansa samitine Adhina rahI kArya karaze. darakhAstaH-zrI. motIlAla vIracaMda zAha selApura chelA adhivezananA pramukha A sthAyI samitinA Take:-zrI. bhagavAnadAsa harakhacaMda zAha muMbaI pramukha tarIke kArya karaze ane pote jyAre jyAre anamedanaHzrI. bhegIlAla nagInadAsa zAha uMjhA hAjara rahI zake tema na hoya tyAre tyAre sthAyI , zrI. paramAnaMda kuMvarajI kApaDIA bhAvanagara samitinI sabhAnuM kAmakAja calAvavA mATe sthAyI zrI. ujamazI charAja thAna samitinA sabhyomAMthI eka sabhyanI sthAyI upa-pramukha TharAva 15 mo tarIke nimaNuMka karaze. zrI jaina zvetAMbara konpharansa kAryAlayanA saMvata 1990 mukhya maMtrIo sadarahu samitinA maMtrIo gaNAze. thI 1996 paryantanA nivedana ane hisAbane A adhivezana A sthAyI samiti pitAnA kAmakAja karavAnA peTA bahALI Ape che. kAnune ghaDI kADhaze. -pramukhasthAnethI. (8) kalama bAra nIce pramANe rAkhavI. TharAva 16 me. mukhya maMtrIo-adhivezana vakhate nImAyela akhila (ka) pharasanA resIDenTa janarala sekreTarI tarIke zrI. metIcaMda hinda jaina dha kanpharansa samitimAMthI muMbaImAM rahIne giradharalAla kApaDIA, bI.e. elaela.bI; selisiTare kArya karI zake tevA be mukhya maMtrIonI nimaNuMka ati ulaTa ane utsAhathI avirata parizrama laI beThaka vakhate karavAmAM Avaze. konpharansanA kAryane vidhavidha dizAmAM vikasAvavA, piSavA mukhya maMtrIomAMthI keAInuM paNa rAjInAmuM Ave ane samRddha karavA je prasaMzanIya prayatna karI amUlya athavA bIjI rIte kAmakAja karavA azakata bane to sevAo bajAvI che tenI neMdha A konpharansa atyaMta muMbaInI sthAyI samiti adhivezana athavA to AbhArapUrvaka le che. akhila hiMda jaina "ve. kenpharansa samitinI beThaka (kha) rAvasAheba zeTha kAMtIlAla IzvaralAla je. pI. e ApaNI maLe tyAM sudhI mATe kAmacalAu nimaNuMka karaze. kenpharansanA mahAmaMtrI tarIke keLavaNI pracAra, saMpa Adi kSetramAM vega ApavA je protsAhana ane utkaTa sevA apa cAlu baMdhAraNanI kalama 13 pachI nIcenI navI che te badala teone A adhivezana abhinaMdana Ape che. kalama umeravI. (ga) zrIyuta gulAbacaMdajI ThaThThA, zrIyuta mulacaMda AzArAma (9) zistabhaMga:-je koI akhila hiMda jena ve kanpha vairATI ane zrIyuta bahAdurasiMhajI siMghI temaja sthAyI ransa samitino athavA sthAyI samitine sabhya kenpha- samitinA nivRtta thatA kenpharansanA adhikArIonI ransanA hitanI virUddha vate che ke pravRtti kare che ema sevAonI nedha saharSa levAmAM Ave che. mAnavAne sthAyI samitine kAraNuM maLaze te vyaktine darakhAsta -zrI. mohanalAla dalIcaMda dezAI sthAyI samiti tene tevA sabhya tarIke rada karI zakaze. bI.e. elaela.bI; eDavokeTa muMbaI je prAMtika ke sthAnika samiti jena vetAMbara Take -zrI. bhagavAnadAsa harakhacaMda zAha liMbaDI konpharansanA uddeza, TharAvo ke pravRttine bAdhaka pravRtti karI TharAva 17 mo. rahI che ema mAnavAne sthAyI samitine kAraNa maLaze (ka) konpharansanI "akhilahiMda jaina che. kenpharansa samiti"nI te te samitine sthAyI samiti amAnya karI zakaze. nimaNuMka karI. je kAI na saMsthA, sabhA ke maMDaLa jena vetAMbara - (kha) zrI jaina zvetAMbara konpharansanA mukhya maMtrI tarIkekonpharansanA virodhI che ema mAnavAne sthAyI samitine (1) zeTha vIracaMda pAnAcaMda zAha bI. e. (muMbaI) ane kAraNa maLaze te te saMsthAno konpharansanA adhivezanamAM (2) De. cImanalAla nemacaMda zrepha, ema. bI bI. esa; DI. . ema. esa. (muMbaI)nI nimaNuMka karavAmAM pratinidhi mekalavAne haka sthAyI samiti rada karI zakaze. Ave che. darakhAsta - zrI. motIcaMda giradharalAla kApaDIA, (ga) "akhila hiMda jena je. konpharansa samiti" mAM baMdhAraNa bI.e.elaela.bI; selisiTara, muMbaI nusAra bAkI rahelA prAMtanA sabhAsadanI cUMTaNI karavA A Take -zrI. mohanalAla dalIcaMda dezAI, adhivezana mukhya maMtrIne adhikAra Ape che. bI.e. elaela.bI; eDavokeTa, muMbaI. -pramukhasthAnethI. Page #13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ jaina yugane vadhAre zrI jaina zvetAmbara konpharansanA paMdaramA adhivezananA pramukha sthAnethI pArekha choTAlAla trIkamalAla vakIlanuM bhASaNa prayatna ame nipajAvavAmAM AvelI dvAthI A vahAlA svadharmI bhAIo tathA bahene ane temaja mANasa mAtra alpa che, chatAM zubha niSThA, zubha mAnavaMtA mahemAne. prayatna ane aneka bhAI bahenanA sahakAra vaDe aneka A adhivezananA pramukha tarIke mArI varaNI karavA sArAM pariNAme nipajAvavAmAM a9palekhAtI vyakti paNa mATe svAgata samitino tathA e varaNI svIkAravA mATe baLavAna nimitta banI zake che evI zraddhAthI meM A Apa sarva pratinidhiono kevaLa upacArathI nahi paNa javAbadArI svIkAra karela che. huM Apa sarva pAse anta:karaNanA sAcA bhAvathI huM upakAra mAnuM chuM. mAMgaNI karuM chuM ane AzA rAkhuM chuM ke Apa sarva aMgata kathA- mArI uNapane nibhAvI leze ane mArI pharaja bajA vavAmAM mane puro sahakAra Apaze. mArI pharaja yogya A varaNI saMbaMdhamAM ahiM kAMIka kahevuM huM ucita samajuM chuM agAunAM adhivezananA pramukhanI zrIma ane saMtoSakAraka rIte bajAvavAmAM joItI buddhi, zakti ane anukULatA mane ape evI zAsanadeva pratye huM nAI, zakti, sAdhana ane sthAna vigerenI yogyatAne prArthanA karuM chuM. mArA ane Apa sarvanA sahakArI prayatnonA vicAra karatAM mArAmAM evI kazI paNa yogyatA nathI. pariNAme keTalAka samayathI DubI raheluM kaoNnpharansanuM nAva huM to eka sAdhAraNa sthiti, buddhi ane zaktivALa uMcuM Ave, AjanI niSkriyatA ane udAsInatA dUra adane mANasa chuM. huM vidvAna paNa nathI; phakta DasTrI thAya ane kaoNnpharansa eka prANavAna saMsthA banIne kaTakeTane vakIla chuM. mArI jIMdagIne moTo bhAga samAjane pragatinA mArge doravAnuM sAmarthya prApta kare meM mArA vatana viramagAmamAM gALela che. ane chellA sAta varSathI huM amadAvAdamAM vakIlAta karuM chuM. mArA te huM tene mArA jIvananI eka dhanyamAM dhanya ghaDimAnIza. dharmiSTha pitA ke jemane huM anekaza: rUNI chuM temaNe kAnpharansanA kArAvAsI kAryakartAo mane je keTalAka sArA saMskAra ApelA te mArI AjanA adhivezanamAM rASTrIya mahAsabhAe upamuDI che. ane tenAthI Apa je kAMI mane juo sthita karelI vANI svAtaMtryane lagatI-satyAgrahanI che te huM chuM. samAjanA vividha praznomAM mane rasa che laDatamAM sAmela thavA mATe kArAvAsI banelA zrI. ane ApaNI konpharansa saMsthA pratye mane mamatva ane maNilAla jemala zeTha ane zrI. piopaTalAla rAmacaMda pakSapAta che, ane mArAmAM zubhaniSThA, madhyasthatA tathA zAhanI gerahAjarI ApaNane khaba jaNAI Ave tevI kAMika hIMmata che ema samajIne kaMIka taTastha rahelA che. zrI. maNilAla jemala zeThe te A niMgALA adhivargane pratinidhi tarIke mane A sthAna mATe pasaMda vezanane pAra pADavAnI AkhI javAbadArI mAthe upADelI karavAmAM Avyo haze, ema huM mAnuM chuM. ane te varganA ane Aje ApaNe ahiM maLI zakayA chIe ane A eka sAmAnya pratinidhi tarIke huM mArA vicAro raju adhivezana zakya banyuM che e temanI ja hIMmata ane karavA prayatna karIza ane tamArI pasaMdagIne huM yegya kArya zaktine AbhArI che. zrI. popaTalAla rAmacaMda zAha nIvaDuM evI mArI prArthanA che. mArI maryAdAonuM mahArASTranA eka suprasiddha jaina kAryakartA che ane mane purUM bhAna che, ane tene vicAra karatAM AvuM konpharansa viSenuM temanuM mamatva bahu jANItuM che. A mahatvavALuM sthAna svIkAravuM e mArA mATe eka moTuM bane bhAIoe ApaNuM kaeNnpharansa karatAM paNa ati sAhasa ja gaNAya. paNa A pada svIkAravAnuM jyAre mahAne saMsthAnA Adezane mAna ApIne jelavAsa svImane AgrahapUrvaka AmaMtraNa karavAmAM AvyuM tyAre meM kAryo che temane ApaNe jeTale dhanyavAda ApIe teTalo eTale ja vicAra karyo ke A sthAnanI javAbadArIne ocho che. pahoMcI vaLavA mATe mArAmAM purI lAyakAta che ke nahi kaeNnpharansanI utpatti ane bhUtakALae vicArane bAjue rAkhIne koI paNa dizAethI have ApaNe ApaNI konpharansanI vicAra karA. sevAnI mAMgaNI kyAre AvI ubhI che, tyAre mAre mArI A konpharansanI utpatti I. sa. 1902 mAM eTale zakti anusAra sevA ApavI ja joIe ema samajIne AjathI 38 varSa pahelAM thayelI che. A kaeNnpharansanuM adhivezane mane ja mArI prArthanA pasaMdagIne Page #14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prathama adhivezana mAravADamAM phaLepI tI khAte A konpharansanA pitA samAna lekhAtA zrI. gulAbacaMdajI kaDAnI rAhabarI nIce bharavAmAM AveluM. tyAra bAda uttarAttara vadhAre ne vadhAre bhavya adhivezanA bhinna bhinna sthaLe bharAyAM ane temAM te vakhatanA AgevAna zeDIAe temaja vidvAneA sArA pramANamAM bhAga letA. A spardhA zarUAtanAM varSamAM sArA pramANamAM phAvI phulI che ane jaina samAjamAM sArUM sthAna meLavyuM che. adhivezana premage pratinidhi temaja prathA sArI saMkhyAmAM hAjara thatA temaja meATI moTI rakamanI sA vatA jAhera karavAmAM AvatI. Ama eka vakhata A konpharansanI saMsthAnuM Akho jaina samAja upara sArUM prabhutva hatuM ane samAjane paNa A saMsthA khUba upa cogI sevA ApI. jarUrIyAta hajI jaivIne tevI ja che. eTalu ja nahI' paNa vadhAre che. saMsthAnI jarUra che ke nahi ? A badhA praznono nIkAla lAvavA Aje ApaNe ATalA lAMbA gALe ekatra thayA chIe. vaLI kAnpharansanI hasti khIjI rIte paNa jarUrI che. kemake temAM prAnta, jJAti, bhASA, gaccha ane tevA bata kazA bhedane avakAza na heAvAthI mUrti pUjaka mAtra maLI kru che. kAnpharansa sivAya AkhA zvetAMbara mUrti pUjaka samAjane game te prazna paratve ekatra maLavAnI taka Ape evI koi bIjI saMsthA hastImAM na hatI ane nathI. konpharansanI hastI jUnA tathA navA bAnAjarUrI mizrAnI pratIkarUpa AvAthI enA viSe anAdara, upekSA ke vizeSa dhAraNa karavA koipaNa jainane mATe yogya nathI. konpharansanI AjanI paristhiti-- Ama tane bhAgaLa rAkhIne vicArIe to saukAi kabula karaze ke AvaDA moTA jaina samAja ane tenA aneka aMgata prazno-AA samAjanA prati nidhie avAranavAra maLe ane jaina samAjane lAgu paDanA praznono yogya vicAra kare, te saMbaMdhamAM jarUrI Aje e sthiti rahI nathI. Aje kAnsa viSe vAkAnA utsAha ati manda hiMse che. keTalAka sthAe ceAjanA paDIne teno amala kare. e jeTaluM ISTa che teTaluM ja Avazyaka che. paNa ATalA tarka ke vicArathI kaI saMsthA prANavAna banI zakatI nathI. e mATe tA konpharansanA prazna upara paDyA paDI gayA che. inpharansanAM adhivezananA ahu ja lAMbA gALe bharAya che. A adhi vezanA baravA mATe bahu ja ochAM sthaLa suka vAmAM Ave che. Aje muMbainI kAryavAhI samitie muMbaimAM avAra navAra maLeche ane kAnpharansane jIvatI rAkhe che. tenI mAtu pravRttiomAM paNa enyukezana borDanI dhArmika parIkSAo ane keLavaNI pracAra samiti taraphathI keTalAMka kendroneA keLavaNInA kAyadA mATe apAtI madado bane bAkiAnI puratI saMkhyAnA bhAve khATa ApatuM 'jaina yuga' jevuM eka sAdhAraNa pAkSika patra sivAya bIjuM kazuM vizeSa jovAmAM AvatuM nathI. AvI sthitie pahoMcavAnA kAraNeAnI vigatamAM huM utasyA nathI mAMgatA kAraNa ke evI doSavaheMcaNI vinA sasthAnA kAryane AgaLa dhapAvavA mATe samaya temaja zakitanA purA bhAga ApatA-samAjanA vizvAsapAtra kAryakartAo naie. ApaNI moTAmAM moTI Ti ahija che. ApaNune sthAnika kAya kartAo maLI zake che, paNa konpharansano gAmegAma pracAra karavA mATe mAtra eka ja kAmane varelA kAryakartAmATImAno Apa tyAM abhAva che. AvA kAryakartAo LavavAnI sabhAyanA rAkhI zakAtI hoya te A sasthAne jIvatI rAkhavAnA a che; nahi te je che tenI te sthitimAM A saMsthA cAlyA kare tenA nArI daSTie mane bahu artha rakhAtA nathI. jAnsanI mAtra buddhithI kAnUnI zrI ane takarAra ubhI kare evA bhaya rahe.svIkArAyelI upayogItA eka vastu che; tene gatimAna che. paNa Aje A sthiti che. have ApaNe zuM karavuM che ? A saMsthAne ApaNe calAvavI che ke baMdha karavAnI che? A saMsthAmAM samAjane pragatinA mArge lai javA mATe ane prANavAna kare tevA kAyakartAo meLavavA bIjI ja vastu che. Aje ApaNe niMgALA jevA ekAnta zA sthaLe ghaNA lAMkhA vakhate ekatra thayA chIe. Aje kazI upacAgItA che ke nahiM samAjane A ApaNI sAme kai takarArI prazna ke viSaya nathI. mA DAnsamAM sau kei saraLatAthI bhAga laI zake te mATe A kAnsamAM carcavAnA viSayeAnI paNa maryAdA bAMdhavAmAM AvI che. Aje ekatra thayelA bhAI bahenA dhArmika, sAmAjIka ane zikSaNa Adi saMbaMdhI koI ekaja pAnA ke varganA che. ema mAnavAne kAraNe praznono vicAra karanArI ane tene hanI be amalamAM nathI. Aje ApaNe sau nikhAlasapaNe carcA karIe; mUkanArI sthAnika saMsthAo hatI. chatAM navIna rAjAtra Aje ApaNe saMsthAnI kaMgALa sthiti kabula karI eka ane navIna yugane pariNAme navesarathI UbhA thatA Aje ApaLA pUrva mahIne ApaNe bhAnue mukIe, prazno vicAravA ane sAmAnya leAkamata keLavavA tathA ApaNe jyAMthI bhUlyA tyAMthI karIne gaNIe, ApaNI jUnI sasthAomAM ASaka navuM vicAra baLa meLava-zakti maryAdA viSe paNa AtmAnA na karIzmA vAnA hetuthI phrAnsanI sthApanA thayelI. ane te ApaNI saMsthAnI jIvanadorI lakhAvI ke nahiM ane te ke Page #15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ te karavAmAM AvI AkhI racanA sara vistAra pAI tene pANavAna banAvavI ke nahi tene vicAra karIe. have lagabhaga khalAsa thavA AvI che ane tethI je eka bAbatane nizcaya karIe ke AjanI ragazIA vizeSa sahAyatA na maLe to cAlu varSa sAthe e pejanA gADA jevI konpharansanI saMsthAne anna Ave ja baMdha karavI paDe tema lAge che. jene kemanA zrImAnenuM joIe. kAMte baMdha karIe; kAMte tvarita gatie A bAbata tarapha huM khAsa dhyAna kheMcavAnI rajA lau AgaLa calAvIe. chuM. Aje e keLavaNI pracAra samiti taraphathI paccAsa baMdhAraNane prazna rathAnikasamitio ubhI karavAmAM AvI che temAM paccIsa samitio purA vegathI kArya karI rahI che. ane prastuta A vicAra karatAM ApaNI saMsthAnA baMdhAraNane yojanAno puro lAbha uThAvI rahI che. A yojanAnA prazna paNa sAme AvIne ubhuM raheze. e baMdhAraNuM vistAra pAchaLa kaeNnpharansano paNuM vyApaka pracAra mAMkALa junuM che. te baMdhAraNanI AkhI racanA saMghane yale che. kendramAM rAkhIne karavAmAM AvI che. Aje keTalA saMgha pitA potAnA pratinidhio cuMTIne mokale che? vaLI zikSaNa rahI zikSaNa saMsthAone mAhItI saMgraha- A saMgha konpharansanA karelA TharAvono amala karavAne A uparAMta keLavaNInI dizAe bIju ghaNuM karavA baMdhAyelA che kharA ? A saMghe rItasara cuMTIne prati- yogya che ane thaI zake tema che. ApaNe tyAM keLanidhio na mokalatA hoya te temanA sthAne bIjI vaNInI aneka saMsthAo kAma karI rahI che. keTalIka kaI racanA karavAnI jarUra che, ke nahi? AvI koI saMsthAo vidyArthIone kevaLa rahevA khAvAnI sagavaDo navI racanA svIkAravAmAM Ave te teno amala karavA Ape che, keTalIka mAtra zikSaNa pradAnanuM kArya kare che, mATe zuM ane kevo prabaMdha thaI zake tema che? A jyAre evI paNa keTalIka saMsthAo che je ane kArya konpharansanA astitva ane AyuSya sAthe nikaTa saMbaMdha kare che. A uparAMta judA judA kSetramAM bhaNatA vidyAthIdharAvatI AvI aneka bAbatone Aje Apa sarve ene madada ApavA mATe keTalIka ziSyavRttionAM phaMDe pratinidhioe nirNaya karavAno che. mArA bhAge je paNa paDelAM che. A badhAMnI vigatavAra mAhItI ApatuM kAMI javAbadArI Avaze tene pahoMcI vaLavAne huM taiyAra patraka kaeNnpharansa taiyAra karAve eTaluM ja nahi paNa A chuM, paNa eka pramukhathI kaI saMsthA prANavAna banI badhI saMsthAone kendrita kare evuM koI taMtra ubhuM zakatI nathI. te mATe te Apa sarvane pure sahakAra karavAmAM Ave che tethI temanI bahu upayogI sevA. joIe. e ApavA Apa sarva taiyAra cho? Apa thaI zake tema che. phegaTanI hA pADe e huM jarA paNa nathI mAMgate. e e dizAga_ karatAM ApaNuM AjanI kamajorI kabula karIe ane A saMsthAne hAla turata baMdha karavAno nirNaya karIe ApaNI sAme audyogika zikSaNane prazna aNue vadhAre IcchavA yogya che. evA nirNayathI huM nArAja ukala ukelyo paDelo che. ApaNI kemano mukhya vyavasAya nahiM thAUM. ahiM ekamekane khaTe sadhiyAre ApI vyApAra che. ApaNuM kemanA aneka zrImAno hastaka e ane ahiMthI chuTA paDatAM tame tamAre ghera ane aneka kArakhAnAMo, mIla temaja phekaTarIo cAle che huM mAre ghera e sthiti karatAM saMsthAnuM prAmANika visa. paNa te pAchaLa ApaNI daSTi vyApAranI che. te kArajana vadhAre AvakAradAyaka che. AvA visanathI ke khAnAMo calAvanAra bIjA ja kaI hoya che. temAM jarA paNa nAkhuza thaIza ema Apa na mAnaze. kAraNa majurI karanAra paNa jainetare hoya che. eno artha e ke evA visarjanamAMthI paNa ghaNI vAra kaI prANavAna thayo ke udyoga zikSaNanI bAbatamAM ApaNe taddana pachAta saMsthA ubhI thAya che evo mAre anubhava che. chIe. A bAbata ApaNe khUba vicAravA jevI che. kALa badalAte cAle che. vyApAranuM sthAna udyoga laI keLavaNIne prazna: keLavaNI pracAra samiti rahela che ane metAnuM sthAna majura laI rahela che. ApaNu adhivezana samakSa traNa bAbate mukhyapaNe vyApArI ane metAno jIvanakalaha vadhArene vadhAre kaSTacarcavAnI che. temAMthI baMdhAraNane prazna ApaNe vicAryuM. maya banatuM jAya che; yaMtrasaMcAlaka ane majurano roTalo have keLavaNI pracArane prazna vicArIe, A saMbaMdhamAM sahIsalAmata che. ApaNI prajAne have udyoga ane konpharansanI kAryavAhaka samiti taraphathI eka janAno hAthamajurI tarapha vALavAnI khAsa jarUra che. A dizAamala thaI rahyo che ane te yojanAe pitAnA maryA- e vardhAjanA khAsa vicAravA jevI che. vaheluM moDuM dita pradezamAM sAruM ane stutipAtra kAma karyuM hoya dezanA samagra zikSaNane te dizA tarapha vaLyA sivAya ema tenA vRttAnta uparathI mAluma paDe che. AjanA chuTako nathI. ApaNuM zrImAna A dharaNu upara navI zrImAna kAntilAla IzvaralAlanI rU. 25000) nI udAra navI zikSaNa saMsthAo ubhI karavAne ukta bane te sakhAvata upara ubhI karavAmAM AvI hatI. A rakama jaina samAjane temaja AkhA dezane keTale lAbha thAya ? Page #16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ SArI AgaLanI strI dhArmika zikSaNa muMbaI ilAkAnA dakSiNa vibhAgane ja lAgu paDato hato dhArmika zikSaNa khAsa Aje zocanIya sthitimAM te sane 1905 nI sAlathI uttara vibhAgane lAgu paDeluM che. te viSayamAM janatAno rasa ghaTato jAya che. pADavAmAM Avyo che ane tethI vyApArIone khUba naka dharmasAhitya ApaNe amUlya khajAno che. keTalAMya zAna veThavuM paDayuM che ane dhIradhArano dhaMdhe kamI varSo pahelAM eka vakhata kAzImAM yazovijayajI jaina thate gayo che. temAM vaLI cheTalAM daza varSathI te anisaMskRta pAThazALA A kSetramAM sAruM kAma karatI hatI. yamita ane ochA varasAdane lIdhe khetIno pAka ghaNo Aje evI koI saMsthA astitva dharAvatI nathI. A cho utare che ane tethI kheDUtonI sthiti bagaprAcIna mAgadhI temaja saMskRta bhASA temaja sAhityanA Dela che ane tenA pariNAme leNadAranI sthiti paNa adhyayanane uttejana ApavAnI khAsa jarUra che. amadA- ghaNI ja bagaDelI che. vaLI vyApAramAM paNa kaMI kasa vAda ke evA koI madhyavatI sthaLe AvI koI saMsthA rahyo nathI. moTI moTI dezI ane paradezI peDhIoe ubhI thaI na zake ? nAnA vyApArIono vyApAra bhAMgI nAkhyo che. Aje kharI keLavaNI kaI?-- aneka dhaMdhAo pAyamAla thayA che ane kharca ghaTavA jaina dharmanI saMskRtinuM mULa ahiMsA, saMyama ane joIe te hAlanA jamAnAnI asaranA lIdhe ghaTI zakyA tapa che. A saMskRtine vaphAdAra rahenArI keLavaNI e nathI. AnuM pariNAma bahu du:khada AvyuM che. nAnAM ja kharI keLavaNI che. te sivAya pazcimanI uchInI gAmaDAMonA jana vyApArIo bhAMgI gayA che ane lIdhelI keLavaNI paddhatithI ApaNe kadi uddhAra thavAne moTA gAmanA vyApArIone kAMIka baMdha rahyo che te nathI. viveka vagaranA anukaraNathI manuSyamAM rahela sahaja tenI sAthe jyAM tyAM saTTo cAlu thaI gayo che. AnuM zaktino vikAsa thatuM nathI paNa nAza thAya che. Aje pariNAma vadhAre ne vadhAre pAyamAlImAM AvI rahyuM che. keLavaNI ane kaLAnA nAme ApaNI beTI hAjate jaina bhAIonI vastIno moTo bhAga garIba ane vilAsitAnuM poSaNa thAya che ane tethI AtmAno sthitino che ane temanI sthiti eja jaina samAjanI adhaHpAta thAya che. te keLavaNI ke kaLA nathI paNa tenI sthitinI sAcI pArAzIzI che. amadAvAda, surata, muMbaI AbhAsa mAtra che. ke kalakattA jevA moTA zaheramAM je dhanika jeno vase che te vasatInA pramANamAM gaNyA gAMThyA che ane ApaNuM jene prajA vyApArI prajA che. junA kALathI temanAthI jainonI sthitino khyAla kare te bhulabharyo mAMDIne hiMdusthAnano mATe vyApAra jainonA hAthamAM che. vaLI Aje azikSita mAphaka zikSita bekAranI hate. vyApAra arthe jana vyApArIo vahANe bharIne saMkhyA paNa meTI che ane temano prazna paNa bhAre paradeza jatA ane aDhaLaka saMpatti A dezamAM laI muMjhavanAra che. AvatA. nAnA moTA gAmamAM vasatI jaina prajA moTA A bekArI bIjI kememAM paNa vyApelI che e bhAge kheDutone ane bIjAone nANAM dhIravAnuM kAma kharuM paNa ApaNuM kAma ekalI vyApArI koma. zArIrika karatI hatI ane moTA zaheramAM zarAphenuM kAmakAja mahenata majurI tarapha ApaNuM mULathI durlakSya che ane karatI hatI. ApaNI raheNI karaNuM bIjA karatAM vadhAre kharcALa che AjanI paririthati- tethI ApaNuM kAmanA bhAIo bekArInA vadhAre bhega have hAlanI sthitine vicAra karIe te mAluma thaI paDyA che. mATe dezanI sarvasAmAnya sthiti uparAMta paDe che ke ApaNe ghaNe khare vyApAra bIjAonA ApaNI kemanI A vizeSa hakIkta bekArI TALavAnA hAthamAM gaye che. ane divase divase ApaNI prajAnI baLavattara upAyo mAMgI rahela che. bekArI vadhatI jAya che. gAmaDAMonA je jena vyA- bekArI nivAraNanA upAyapArIo mahAjana ane pratiSThita zAhukAra gaNAtA bekArI nivAraNa mATe koIne koI vyavahArU pagalAM hatA teo Aje nidhana ane kaMgALa hAlatamAM AvI levAnI jarUra che. phakta TharAva karyo kaze sudhAro thavAne gayA che. gAmaDAono dhaMdhe bhAMgI paDyo che. ane nathI. A dizAe jena mIlamAlekeke meTI paDhIvALAe tethI bekAronI saMkhyA vadhI gaI che. huM vIsathI athavA te evA leke ke jemanA dhaMdhAmAM bIjAone pUrIza hajAranI vastIvALA eka gAmano vatanI chuM. rAkhavAno avakAza hoya tevA jena gRhasthonuM lIsTa ane tAlukAmAM ja moTe bhAge meM vakIlAta karI che. taiyAra karavuM joIe ane te sarvanA upara bane teTalA upara varNavelI sthiti mAtra kAlpanika nathI paNa mArA jainene goThavavAnuM dabANa lAvavuM joIe. gAmaDAmAM anubhavanI che. cAlI zake tevA temaja vidhavA tathA asahAya baheno dakSiNa kheDuta rAhata kAyado zekAI zake ane be paisA kamAI zake tevA gRhaudyogonI dakSiNa kheDutarAhatano kAyade je pahelAM mAtra sthaLe sthaLe sthApanA karavI joIe. A uparAMta je che. junA kALathI ja Aje azikSita mA Page #17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bekAra bhAIone ApaNe kAma meLavI ApI na zakIe paNa pakSane deSa devA IcchatuM nathI. phakta AjanI temanA jIvananI ochAmAM ochI jarUriyAta-anna ane sthitinuM mane lAge che tevuM nirUpaNa karavAne mAre vastra-purA paDe evo koI prabaMdha paNa tha joIe. uddeza che. mane lAge che ke ApaNAmAM vAstavika vicAraNA bekArIno ane bhAre vikaTa che. ane tene dezanI parA- karavA mATe joItuM jJAna ane madhyastha vRtti nahi hovAnA dhInatA sAthe bahu gADha saMbaMdha che tethI te pra*nane kAraNe sarvane uddeza samAjanuM kalyANa karavAno hovA chatAM saMgIna ane sAce nIkAla lAve Aje azakaya che. te uddeza asiddha ja rahe che ane jyAre bIjA samAje ema chatAM paNa e dizAe bane teTalI rAhata ApavI pitAnI hatI ane utkarSa mATe saMgaThThana sAdhe che ane e ApaNu sarvano dharma che. pitAnuM kAma AgaLa calAve che tyAre ApaNe viSaya dAnanI dizA badalo-' kaSAyane bhega banIne aMdara aMdara pakSApakSI ane kalahe utpanna karIe chIe ane pAchA paDIe chIe. A keLavaNI pracAra ke bekArI nivAraNanI dizAe A sthiti bhAre duHkha upajAve tevI che. A yuga TharAve ke yojanAo ApaNane bahu dUra laI jaI zake saMgaThThanano che. saMgaThThana vinAno samAja game teTale tema nathI. te banne bAbatamAM Akhare te dravyanI ja susaMpanna ane samRddha hoya te paNa AjanA tIvra jarUra che ane te mATe dhanavAnee AgaLa AvavAnI sthitikalaha sAme TakI zakatA nathI. A bAbata dhyAnamAM jarUra che. jaina dhanavAne pitAnI dAna vRtti mATe laIne ApaNA pakSa bhedanI dIvAlo jamInadosta karIne jagamazahura che, paNa Aje dAnanA pravAha badalAvAnI - sarva saMmata evA keI kAryakrama upara ApaNe ekatra jarUra che. hAlanI paristhiti barAbara dhyAnamAM laI thavuM joIe. e ApaNe zuM karI na zakIe ? samAjanuM kalyANa vizeSa kema sadhAya ane dAnanA sAta kSetro paikI kayA kSetrone dAnanI vizeSa jarUriAta che samAjamAM dekhAtA traNa vargotene khyAla karIne te kSetromAM dAnano pravAha vALa ApaNu samAjanA vicArapakSene ApaNe bArIkAIthI jarUrI ane upayogI che. Aje jaina samAjane aneka vicAra karIzuM te ApaNane ApaNe samAja traNa rIte pAsa thaI rahyo che. saMkhyA ghaTatI jAya che; vargamAM vaheMcAyelo mAluma paDaze. (1) sthiticusta Arthika paristhiti bagaDatI jAya che ! keLavaNImAM paNa varga (2) udAsIna vaga (3) sudhAraka varga. A vagonI sArI rIte pachAta che. e samAja kSINa thaze te bhavya kaeNnpharansa upara paNa bahu gaMbhIra asara paDI che. eka jinAlane kaNa sAcavaze ? ane jJAnabhaMDArone kANu bIjA varga vaccene aNagame ane keTaleka aMze upayoga karaze ? mATe Aje te anya dAnakSetrone gauNa virodhanI lAgaNIne lIdhe ane ekabIjAnI kheMcAbanAvIne zrAvaka ane zrAvikAonI sthiti sudhAravA tANIne lIdhe A kaeNnpharansanI saMsthA samAjane upayogI pAchaLa ja sarva dAna pravAhonuM ekIkaraNa thavAnI jarUra tathA jarUrI saMsthA hovA chatAM samAjanI joitI sevA che. pArasI paMcAyata phaMDanI yejanA eka nAnI sarakhI bajAvI zakI nathI ane AjanI zocanIya sthitie pArasI komane keTalI badhI AzIrvAdarUpa banela che. zuM pahoMcela che. A vastusthiti sudhAravA mATe dareka vargo ApaNe tyAM AvuM moTuM phaMDa ubhuM thaI na zake ke je mArA namra vicAra pramANe kevI daSTi rAkhavI joIe kemanI keLavaNInI jarUriyAtane barAbara pahoMcI vaLe tenI carcA ahiM asthAne nahi gaNAya. ane vadhatI jatI bekArImAM paNa rAhata ApI zake ? kaSAya bhAva aTakAvo.junI daSTi ane ghareDavALAM dAnavIra sAdhamabhAIone A bAbatane yogya vicAra karavA mArI AgrahapUrvaka prathama to dareka varge samAjanA kalyANane pitAnA vinaMtI che. lakSyasthAne sthApavuM joIe. ane jAhera pravRttimAM aMgata rAgadveSane jarA paNa sthAna ApavuM na joIe. vaLI ApaNI pakSApakSI ane matabhedo anya varganI daSTie madhyasthabhAve khullA ane udAra Aje ApaNe jena samAja pakSApakSI ane mata- manathI samajavA prayatna karavo joIe. Ama karavA bhedathI chinnabhinna thaI rahyo che. vicArabheda je prAmA- chatAM eka vicAra upara AvI na zakAya te eka bIjA NIka ane tandurasta hoya te te vaDe samAja AgaLa mATe bhedabhAva ubhuM thavA devo na joIe. ane je je vadhe che. paNa ApaNA matabhede ekAeka manabheda utpanna bAbatamAM maLatApaNuM hoya te te bAbatamAM ekameka karI bese che. ApaNAmAM anya vicAra dharAvanArAo sAthe maLIne kAma karavAnI Teva keLavavI joIe. Ama mATe sahiSNutA nathI, udAratA nathI. ApaNAmAM dIrdha karavAthI Apa ApasamAM prema vadhe che ane samAjanI darzI, pratibhAzALI, udAra citta ane samAjanuM zreya pragati sadhAya che. vicArabhedane age je kaSAyavRddhi yAne sevA karavAnI dhagaza ane cIvaTavALA AgevAnonI thAya che te aTakAvavAnI khAsa jarUra che. sarva anarthanuM khAmI che. huM koI paNa pakSane mANasa nathI, ane koI mULa kaSAyonI vRddhi che. te aTakAvavA mATe madhyastha vadhe che. ApaNuAmAM nathI. ApathAmAM A pragati sadhA Page #18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ vRtti, paramana sahiSNutA ane bhinna vicAra dharAvanAra pragati thavI ja joIe, e viSe be mata che ja nahi. vyakti ke prazna pratye AdarabhAva keLavavAnI khAsa ApaNuM maMdira ane ApaNI dharmazALAo-ApaNA AvazyaktA che. upAzraye ane ApaNA jJAnabhaMDAra-A ApaNI sarvanI sthiticusta varga pratye sarvasAmAnya mIlkata che ane te ApaNuM sarvee sAthe junA ane sthiticuta bhAIone mArI e vinaMti maLIne saMbhALavAnI che. chAtrAlayo ubhAM karavAM, zikSaNa ke ApaNuM zAstramAM paNa dravya, kSetra, kALa ane bhAva saMsthAo khelavI, udyogAla udhADavAM, ziSyavRttio pramANe vartavAnuM kahela che te temaNe dhyAnamAM rAkhavuM sthApavI, vidhavA bahenone AdhAra Apa, nirAzritane jaie. vaLI samabhagImAM kahe che tema eka ja vastu Azraya dave, bekArone ThekANe pADavA-A badhuM karavAmAM judI judI daSTithI jotAM judI judI lAge che paNa kayo matabheda ADe Ave tema che? bhUtakALanA pUrva kharI rIte te varatu judI hotI nathI paNa te vastune grahone visArIne A badhuM vicAravAne-ApaNI vartamAna jovAnI dRSTi judI hoya che e ja rIte eka ja praznanuM sthiti sudhAravAne-anya kAmonI haroLamAM ApaNuM svarUpa ane nirAkaraNa bhinna bhinna daSTithI vicAranAra pratiSThita sthAna jALavavAne-rAjakAraNuM tema ja anya mATe juduM juduM Ave e svAbhAvika che ema temaNe kSetramAM ApaNuM prabhutva jamAvavAne-ApaNe zuM ekatra vicAratAM ane e rIte samabhAva keLavatAM zikhavuM joIe thaI na zakIe? A praznano nirNaya ahi hAjara rahelA ane vicAra pherathI bhaDakavAnI AdatathI mukta banavuM joIe. pratinidhioe ja mAtra nahi paNa AkhA jenasamAje karavAno che. sudhAraka varga pratye AkhA jaina samAjanuM saMmelana sudhAraka bhAIone mArI e vinaMti che ke temaNe baha jhaDapathI ane manasvI rIte vicAra karavAne badale A prasaMge mArI najara sAme aneka bAbate samyak prakAre ane zAntithI vicAra karavA joIe AvIne UbhI rahe che. A ApaNuM saMmelana te jaina ane samAjane haju khUba taiyAra karavAno che e lakSyamAM samAjanA mAtra eka ja vibhAganuM che. AkhA jaina rAkhavuM joIe, ane e rIte kAma karavuM joIe. kevaLa samAjanuM saMmelana haju sudhI zakya banI zakayuM vicArothI samAjane lAbha thato nathI, paNa te sAthe nathI. vaLI jyAre ApaNuM eka vibhAgamAM ja purU kAMI kAma paNa thavuM joIe. dareka praznane ekAntapaNe saMgaThana Aje nathI te traNa phirakAonA saMgaThananI vicAra karavo na joIe paNa badhI bAjuthI te vicAro AzA rAkhavI e ja ke IcchanIya te che paNa baha joIe. leke buddhipUrvaka vicAra karatA thAya e IcchavA vyavahArU lAgatI nathI. gya che paNa temAM dharmazraddhAnI je jaDa che tenA AkhA samAjanuM saMmelana zakya karavAne mATe pAyA hacamacAvI nAMkhavAthI lAbha nathI paNa nukasAna prathama te eka vibhAge ' bIjA vibhAga sAthe jhaghaDA che e bAbata dhyAnamAM rAkhIne vAstavika samaja sAthe karatA aTakavuM joIe. ane je praznomAM ekatra thavAmAM yogya kriyAo karIne chApa pADavI joIe. khAsa aDacaNo na hoya temAM ekatra thavuM joIe. ane udAsIna varga pratye e rIte ekatra thatAM sAruM pariNAma AvavAnI AzA udAsInatA sevanArA bhAIone udAsInatAno tyAga rAkhI zakAya. sarve prArakAvALAoe saMkucita manokarIne, samAja sevAnA kAryomAM joDAvA ane upara dazAmAMthI mukta thavuM joIe. paNa tema thatuM nathI e jaNAvela be vargonI vacce ubhA rahIne petAnI madhyastha bhAre khedanI vAta che. daSTithI dareka bAbatano ukela lAvIne samAjanuM nAva rASTrIya racanAtmaka kAryakramaAgaLa calAvavAne huM Agraha karUM chuM. vaLI AvA saMmelane mAtra kamanI ja vAta karIne saMgaThana ane ekatA eTale ja kaeNnpharansa- saMteSa mAnavo na joIe. ApaNe eka meTA rASTranA upara jaNAvela saMgaThThana sAdhanArI ane bhinna aMgabhUta avayava chIe. Aje rASTramAM aneka dizAe bhinna pakSonuM samAdhAna karIne ekatra karavAnI. ane punarvidhAna cAlI rahyuM che. khAdI, svadezI, aspRzyatA koIpaNa racanAtmaka kAryakramamAM joDavAnI zakayatA keI nivAraNa, madhaniSedha, komI ekatA-A badhAM AjanAM paNa saMsthAmAM hoya te kaeNnpharansamAM che. kAraNa ke racanAtmaka kAryakramanAM mahattvanAM aMga che. jagavaMdya kaeNnpharansa koI eka varganI ke koI eka pakSanI saMsthA mahAtmA gAMdhIjI Aje jagatabharamAM ahiMsAne ahAnathI. tenuM haMmezanuM valaNa madhyasthanuM che ane rahevAnuM. lekha jagAvI rahyA che. A badhA kAryamAM ApaNe zuM matabhedanA viSe bahu ja thoDA che; samAjasevAnI phALo ApI zakIe tema chIe te ApaNe vicAravAnuM bhUmikA bahu vizALa che. jaina samAjanI zikSaNa viSayaka che. te kArya jeTaluM rASTrIya mahAsabhAnuM che teTaluM ja ane Arthika paristhitimAM bane teTale sudhAre ane ApaNuM che. AvI kamI pravRttine kevaLa kemIbhAva Page #19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ nAnA khADAmAM daTAI jatI bacAvavA ApaNe IcchatA nAne sthiticusta vRddha paNa nathI. paraMtu mArI dharma hoie jeTale bhAra ApaNe ApaNuM aMgata prazno tema ja zAstra pratye saduvRtti che ane junAmAMthI tema upara mukIe teTalo ja bhAra ApaNe akhila rASTranA ja navAmAMthI je kAMI sAruM hoya te jANavA-meLavavAno racanAtmaka kArya upara mukavo joIe. dezanI svataMtratA jijJAsu vidyArthI chuM, ane teno samanvaya karavAmAM ja zivAya kharI sAmAjIka ke dhArmika svataMtratA dezanuM ane tenA avayavarUpa bhinna bhinna samAjanuM saMbhavatI nathI. hita temaja pragati rahela che ema huM mAnavAvALo chuM. AjanI dezanI temaja duniyA nI paristhiti mArI zakti tathA jJAna apa che e huM jANuM chuM. Aje dezamAM vANusvAtaMtryanA prazna upara satyA ema chatAM ApaNI AjanI paristhiti saMbaMdhamAM mane grahanI laDatanA maMDANa maMDAI cukyAM che, ane dezanA je kAMI lAgyuM che te meM nikhAlasapaNe ahiM kahyuM che. eka pachI eka AgevAna netAo jelanI dIvAle AmAM rahelI uNapane Apa bhulI jaze ane te pAchaLa purAtA jAya che. A rIte AkhA dezanuM vAtA pAchaLa rahelA bhAvane Apa svIkAraze. ApaNe Aje varaNa khuba taMga banatuM jAya che. vaLI yuropamAM cAlI je kArya karavA bhegA thayA chIe temAM ApaNane zAsanarahelo vigraha tarapha pitAnI viSamaya javALAo devatA sanmati Ape jethI samAjanI pragatino sAdhaka phelAvI rahyo che ane mANasane magatarA mAphaka ghera koI cokkasa nirNaya athavA to kAryakrama ApaNe ghaDI saMhAra karI rahyo che. A javALA A deza upara zakIe evI prArthanA tathA AzA sAthe A mArUM kyAre phelAze ane A vigrahanuM pariNAma kevuM Avaze vaktavya huM purUM karuM chuM. Apa sarvano A pada upara te kaI kahI zakatuM nathI. Aje ApaNe koI moTI mane niyojavA mATe huM pharIthI anta:karaNapUrvaka upauthalapAthalanA yugamAM beThA chIe. A prakAranI mAna. kAra mAnuM chuM. sika asvasthatA nIce ApaNe ekatra thayA chIe. A AkhI paristhitine dhyAnamAM laIne jaina samAjanuM zivamastu sarvajagataH parahitaniratA bhavantu bhUtagaNAH / zreya sadhAya e ke nizcita kartavya mArga ApaNe doSAH prayAntu nAzaM sarvatra sukhIbhavantu lokAH // nirNata karI zakIe te ApaNuM ahiM maLavuM sArthaka thayuM lekhAze. antima vijJApana bhAIo ane bahene ! huM vidvAna nathI; navA pArekha choTAlAla trIkamalAla vakIla jamAnAne sudhAraka yuvAna nathI; tema ja junA jamA nA vaMdana. ( anusaMdhAna vadhArAnA pR. 10 uparathI.) uparAMta gaDhaDA zrI. svAmInArAyaNa maMdira taraphathI sAdhananI karI zakaze. mAtra vANIvilAsa ke pikAra pAthe sAtibheda dara sArI madada maLI che te badala temanA vahIvaTadAro nagarazeTha thaI zakaze nahi A prazna huM carcA mATe kenpharansamAM mUkI mehanalAla metIcaMda tathA zeDa hiMmatalAla harilAla vagerene zakuM nahi kAraNa ke kAryavAhInI maryAdA bekArI ane keLavaNI AbhAra mAnIe chIe. hevAthI game tevA upayogI bIjA ane sparzI zakAze nahi kAryakaromAMthI zrIyuta maNilAla jemala zeTha rASTra sevA paNa mitro sAthe vArtAlApa mahatvano hoI te ja vakhate mATe jelamAM gayAM emanA zista ane sevAbhAvanAnI prazaMsA mArA bhASaNamAM mUkavAnuM meM svIkAreluM tethI e vAta Apa karatA emane pagale ApaNu bhAIe cAle e vAta sparzasamakSa mukuM chuM paNa te nirNaya ke carcA mATe nathI. Apane vAnI jarUra lAge che. Apa amArI truTIo ne jotAM bhAvanA temAM satva jaNAya te grahaNa karI samaya Ave ke maLe tyAre joze, jaMgalamAM maMgaLa karavAnA hada vAMcaze ane khAsa upayoga karaje, jamAne AvyuM che te pichAnajo ane Daga bhara svAmi vAtsalayanA patharaNAM pAtharI jaina janatAne khare vikAsa amArI pAse sAdhanAno abhAva che. kAvAkAno paNa thAya, enI pUrva jajalAlI sAMpaDe ane emAM vadhAre thAya abhAva gaNAya. e paristhitimAM phala nahi te kalanI pAMkhaDI tenA mULa ropI , samasta kAThIyAvADa taraphathI ApanuM svAgata jevuM amAruM svAgata svIkAraze. ApanA svAgata mATe AvA karatAM mane khUba AnaMda thAya che. AvI dhanya paLa maLavA mATe sthAnamAM ame ATaluM ye karI zakyA chIe te mATe ame mArI jAtane bhAgyazALI gaNuM chuM ane have kaMI racanAtmaka bhAvanagaranA nAmadAra mahArAjA sAheba zrI. kabagukamArasiha cha dIrgha kALa cAle tevuM sthApI karI 8 paDaze evI vijJapti ane me. dIvAna sAheba zrI. anantarAyabhAI pagInA khUba karuM chuM. Ape je mane zAMtithI saMbhALe che tenA mATe jaNI chIe ke jemaNe temanA vipUla sAdhano ApanA svAgata ApanA huM AbhAra mAnuM chuM. . mATe pUrAM pADI amArA kAryamAM saraLatA karI ApI che A vaMde vIrama. Page #20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ zrI jaina zvetAMbara kaoNnpharansa. niMgALA kenpharansanA svAgatAdhyakSa zrI. bhagavAnadAsa harakhacaMdanuM bhASaNa. paristhitine pIchAnavAnI agatya. vANIvilAsathI vikAsa nahIM sadhAya, racanAtmaka pravRttio hAtha dhare. pratinidhi baMdhuo, bhAio ane bahene, tema nathI. paNa zraddhAnI duniyA anekhI che ane te ghaNI Apa sarvanuM svAgata karatAM mane ghaNo harSa tha ya che vAra phalIta thatI anubhavAya che. samAjamAM amuka bhAga mane niMgALA jevA gAmaDAMmAM ane thoDA samayane kAraNe ApanAM eka pakSI gaNe che. teo kahe che ke te pakSanI ahaMtAe ja svAgatamAM traTIo rahI jAya e svabhAvika che. Apa e kAmamAM dAvAnaLa pragaTAvyo che. temAM satya keTaluM che te te daragujara karaze evI mArI vinaMti che. jJAnI jANe! paNa meM te yuganI nADI jaI tene anurUpa A adhivezana sAta varSanAM lAMbA gALA pachI bharAya thavA prayatna karyo che. prayatnamAM avizvAsanI najara che. te bharavAnuM bIDuM niMgALAvAsIoe jhaDapyuM te kharekhara rAkhanArane rUchyuM nahi ane dAvAnaLa pragaTa game te he dhanyavAdane pAtra che. muzkela saMjogomAM AvA nAnA gAmaDAmAM dAvAnaLa che te satya che, have te kAra rahyo. te ThAravA huM paNa je bhAIoe utsAhathI A adhivezana bharavAnuM mAthe namra prayAsa karuM chuM. mArA ane tyAga karI, mArA maMtavyane haLa banAvI, keTalAMka maMtavyane hAla turatane mATe ubhA lIdhuM te mATe, huM Apa sarva taraphathI te bhAIone abhi rAkhI mAtra bekArI ane keLavaNI jevA nirdoSa praznone e naMdana ApuM chuM. para rAkhI dAvAnaLa ThAravA badhA pakSone meM AmaMrathI che. ApaNe je sthaLe bhegA thayA chIe te sthaLanI sAthe mArI bhAvanAnAM paramANuo zuM nahi spaze? banne bAjI amuka itihAsIka agatya saMkaLAyelI che. ahIMnA pALIyA kALa sAgarane nahi pIchAne? zuM yuganI hAkala nahi saMbhaLAya? ane khAMbhIothI ApaNe tarka bAMdhI zakIe chIe ke niMgALA gAma ItihAsa prasiddha prAcIna valabhIpuranuM samakA ApanI samakSa mahatvanAM prazno nirNaya mATe Avaze, keTa lAka prazno saMbaMdhe matabheda hovAno saMbhava che. Apa e sarva lina haze. tema mAnavAmAM ahIM najIkamAM je sarovara che te praznone nirNaya samAjanI vartamAna paristhiti lakSamAM rAkhI, "vallabhIpura sarovara" nA nAmathI oLakhAya che te paNa dIrghadraSTithI, samabhAvapUrvaka karaze evI mArI namra vinaMti ghaNuM ja sUcaka che. che. kenpharansanI pravRttiomAM Avela zathilatA dUra karI A sthaLane "maNilAla koThArI nagara" nAmAbhidhAna ApaNA samAjanI unnatI arthe kAMIka racanAtmaka pravRtio karavAmAM AvyuM che. A nAma rAkhavAmAM hetu samAyeluM che. hAtha dharavAmAM Avaze te adhivezana saphaLa thayuM gaNAze. zrIyuta maNilAla jeThArI sArAya bhArata varSamAM sevAnAM vrata keTalAka prazno upara huM mAre aMgata abhiprAya vyakata dhArI tarIke prasiddha thayelA hatA. AvA sevAdhArIonA nAma karavAnI taka lauM chuM. huM samajuM chuM tyAM sudhI kenpharansanuM daSTi samIpa rAkhavAthI ApaNAmAM sevAnI tamannA jAge, kAryakSetra jaina samAjanI sarvadezIpa unnati karavA mATe sAcuM tethI uparokta nAma ApavAnuM kAryakartAone ucita lAgyuM mArga darzana karAvavAnuM che. che. zrIyuta maNilAle rASTra sevA uparAMta jena kemanI pAlI ApaNA prazno, dhArmika, naitika, sAmAjika, Arthika, ane tANa satyAgraha prasaMge cAlu sevA ApI samAjane jAgana rAjakIya, ApanI vicAraNA mAgaze. AmAMnA koI paNa rAkhI tenI yAda karAvanAra paNa A prasaMga lekhAya. prazno konpharansa hAtha na ja dharavA evI maryAdA bAMdhavI te | konpharansanI prathAmAM pramukhanI varaNI atyAra agAu mArA namra mata mujaba vyAjabI nathI. chatAM, maryAdIta paNuM 2 layabadathI karavAmAM AvatI tene jatI karI A vakhate svIkArya" che zA mATe? navayuga zarU thayo che temAM jaina sevAnAM svama sevanAra, ane sevA arpaNa karavAnI sAcI samAje phALe ApavAnI AvazyakatA che. phALe kayAre ApI tamannA dAkhavanAra, atyAra sudhInAM mUMgA sevAbhAvInI varaNI zakAya? jyAre samAjamAM aikaya heya. paNa je samAjamAM phI prathAmAM palaTo Avyo che. pramukha taraphanI ke bIjAo mamabhedanI paraMparA hoya to kALo ApI zakAya nahiM. parataraphanA koI paNa jAtanA AzA rAkhyA vagaranI A vakhatanI 5ra rITAvavAnA rastA zodhavA, navA matabheda thatA aTakAvavAne varaNI prazaMsanIya gaNAya evA mArA maMtavya sAthe Apa ane hoya tene haLavA banAvavA arthe kAryavAhake e mayodita jarUra maLatA thaze evI AzA rAkhuM chuM. thavuM ucita dhAryuM ane koI paNa vyaktine aNagame utpanna kenpharansa devI cAlIza varSane kinAre AvI ubhI che. na kare tevA prazno chaNavA vyAjabI dhAryuM. samAjamAM bhede kinArAnI banne bAju kALa sAgara che, kayAre kinAre tuTaze jaDa ghAlI beThA che tene kai rIte ukheDI pheMkI devAnuM bane, te khabara paDatI nathI. kadAcIta tuTavA sajIta haze to te ane koI paNa pakSa ke vyaktine aMgulI nirdeza karavAnuM pahelAM ApaNuM samAjamAM je matabheda rUpI dAvAnaLa pragaTela kAraNa na maLe te khAtara mAna mUkI, ahaMtA tyajI, aikaya che tene ThAra che; je ke dAvAnaLa karaze ke kema te kahI zakAya mATe hAtha laMbAvyuM che te udAra banI matabheda mITAvavA mATe Page #21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ A yugamAM banyuM che ane e pI utsuka banAya te mUkela maryAdAne vijaya maLyo gaNAya. kArya, AMtarika sthiti paNuM joIe tevI sArI nathI ene laIne vAhake e te phaLanI AzA rAkhyA vagara pitAnI pharaja teo dhArmika saMskAra na meLavI zake. te jaina samAje zahero bajAvI gaNAya. huM mAnuM chuM ke maryAdIta banyAne A tathA gAmaDAMone bekArIne prazna saMyukata rIte vicAra karI khulAse pUrata gaNAze. evI yejanA karavI joIe ke bannene paraspara lAbha maLe. alabata paristhiti pramANe keTalAka prazno tAtkAlika huM AzA rAkhuM chuM ke bekArI jevA nirdoSa prazno ukela nirNaya mAgatA hoya, keTalAka atI mahatvanAM hoya ane keTa karavAmAM zrImate ane udyogapatie sahakAra Apaze ane lAka gauNa heya, te kenpharansa yathA samaye nakkI karavAnuM rahyuM. badalAyelA yugane pIchAnIne dAnanI dizAmAM bekArIne agrasthAna sIdhI rIte rAjakIya pravRttiomAM bhAga le e A ke- Apaze te samAjanI unnati jarUra thaI zakaze. ApaNA mahAna rasanuM zreya nathI e huM jANuM chuM. paNa A yugamAM rAjakA- purUSe je vizALa dRSTithI svAmi-vAsa karavAnuM pharamAvI raNuM eTaluM vyApaka banyuM che ane jIvananAM badhAya kSetrane gayA che te mujaba ApaNe vizALa dRSTithI, vizALa hadayathI eTaluM sparzI rahyuM che ke tenAthI alaga rahevuM zakya nathI. vartAtA jaIzuM te samAjamAMthI bekArI ghaNI ochI thaI hiMda jevA parAdhIna deza mATe pitAnI unnatimAM rAjakAraNa jaze. Ane mATe Ape yejanA karavAnI che, vyavahAra banI prathama pagathiyuM che. to ApaNe tethI alipta kaI rIte rahI zakIe? unnati karavAnA saphaLa amalI pagalAM bharavAnAM che. jaina samAjane lagatA sAmAjika ane Arthika prazno ghaNe bekArIne prazna jeTaluM jarUrI ane agatyanuM che teTalo ja aMze hiMdanI prajAnA prazno sAthe saMkaLAyela che. jenasamAje agatyane prazna keLavaNIne che. A baMne praznone ghaNo ja hiMdu dharmanI sAmAjika vyavasthA ane kAyado keTalAka apavAde nikaTane saMbaMdha che. keLavaNIne prazna gahana che. tene aneka sAthe svIkAryA che eTale jenasamAjanA sAmAjika ke Arthika dRSTithI carcI zakAya che. tevA gahanatAvALA ane mArA ja praznono ukela hiMdanI prajAnI paristhiti lakSamAM rAkhI kara vyApArI zI rIte carcI zake? mArI najara te keLavaNImAM vAne che. jaina hiMdanA koI paNa eka varga ke jJAtinA bhege paNa Arthika daSTi tarapha vaLe tethI te daSTie e viSayane carca pitAnI unnati na ja Icche eTale A konpharansa keTaleka te ayogya na gaNAya. aMze mAtra mArgadarzana karavA pitAnuM maMtavya jAhera karIne ja bhAratamAM keLavaNIne pracAra hAla je thaI rahyo che temAM aTake ema paNa bane. ekaja tatvane samAsa mukhya hoya tema thaI gayuM che. keLavaNI konpharansanI kArobArI samitie bekArI ane keLavaNI laI nekarI meLavavI, e vicAre moTe bhAge ApaNe tyAM ghara sivAyanAM prazno hAtha dharavA nahi tevuM TharAvela hoI hu A karyuM che. A deza keLavaNIne che ke kema te kahI zakAya nahi. prazna upara vadhAre vivecana karIza nahi, paNa mane lAge che ke game te he paNa A keLavaNI e ApaNI madazA gulAmIvALI ApaNe aMte sarvadezIya prazno para AgaLa upara vicAra to banAvI che, jene laI ApaNe sAhasika banI zakatA nathI. jarUra kara paDaze. atyAre te huM bekArI ane keLavaNInA kadAca koI sAhasika banavA jAya tene uttejI zakatA nathI. yama prazna upara mArA vicAro rajU karIza. AgaLa vadhI rahyo che. bIjA deze svAzrayI keLavaNI laI samasta hiMdanI prajA sAthe jemAM paNa bekArI vadhatI hunnara, udyoga ane vijJAnathI potAnA dezane unnata karI rahyA che. ApaNe te tarapha dRSTi karIe chIe, ajAyabI bharelI rahI che, ApaNo deza parAdhIna che tyAM sudhI bekArIne pUrI ze nIhALIe chIe ane te dezane saMpattivAna banatA rIte phiTAvI zakavAnA nathI ja, chatAM paNa jene je pramA jaIe chIe chatAM ApaNAmAM e bhAvanA kema AvatI nathI? NamAM sukhI samAja e viSayane aMge ghaNuM karI zake che. tenuM kharuM kAraNa parAvalaMbItA ApaNAmAM ghUsI gaI che te che. ApaNuM zrImaMta ane udayogapatio A praznamAM rasa le ApaNe have parAvalaMbana tajI, svAzrayI banI, Agekuca karI sakriya phALe Ape te keTaleka darajaje bekArI jarUra ochI A yugane anurUpa keLavaNInI racanA karIe, jethI dezane ane thAya. jenasamAjamAM ekanI gerahAjarIthI A dizAmAM kArya karavAmAM keTalIka muzkelIo naDe che tethI ekaya sthApavAne samAjane daridratAmAMthI mukata karIe ane udyoga, hunnara vijJAna purUSArtha sevAya te icchavA jevuM che. paNa ekayanA abhAvanuM tarapha ApaNuM pagalAM mAMDI dezane temaja samAjane samRddha banAkAraNa AgaLa dharIne kArya karatAM aTakavuM e kaI rIte vIe. zuM bhAratamAM A pramANe na banI zake? je dezamAM chavA pUjaya mahatmA gAMdhIjI Adi mahAna naro pedA thayA che te deza thagya nathI. ApaNe niSkAma vRttithI, niHsvArtha bhAve, sevAnI dhagazathI bekArI ochI karavA kAma karatA thaI jazuM te bekArI. pitAnI keLavaNInI racanA pitAne sAnukuLa na karI zake? badhuM jevA matabheda rahIta pramathI ApaNAM samAjamAM gerahAjara rahelI che temAM palaTo Ave eTalI ja vAra che. mahAbhAratanA thaI zake tema che, paNuM ApaNumAM manedazA hAla pravartI dekhAtI ekayatA jarUra AvI maLaze tema huM mAnuM chuM, yugamAM vijJAnane zikhare bhArata hatA, azokanA vakhatamAM keLabekArIne prazna zahera karatAM gAmaDAne vadhu sparzI rahyo vaNI pradhAna pade hatI. bhArata Aje paNa tene teja che. janatA che. gAmaDAMnA bhAIone azikSita ke akuzaLa gaNIne ApaNe mAnasa badalAvI ApaNane anurUpa keLavaNInI racanA karatI temanA tarapha bedarakAra rahyA chIe. pariNAme ApaNuM e thaI jAya te bIjA dezanI mAphaka udyoga hunnaromAM bhArata mahatvanuM aMga hAla tanyahIna banI gayuM che; e duHkhada AgaLa AvI zake temAM jarA paNa zaMkA nathI. dareka kAmanI rithatinuM prAyazcita ApaNe kaja chaTake che. gAmaDAMnAM ApaNA keLavaNInI pragati pitAnI ane dezanI unnatimAM phALo ApI bhAIomAMthI dharmanA saMskAra ochA thatA jAya che kAraNa ke zake tema che. tethI eka bIjAne sAkAra karatI thai jAya ane temane te saMskAra meLavavAnuM sAdhana hotuM nathI temaja teonI dezane anukuLa keLavaNI kema prApta thAya tenA nirNayamAM rasa Page #22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 10 letI thai jAya to jarUra ApaNe A praznane sAnukULa banAvI zakIe. keLavaNInA A praznamAM Arthika praznaneA paNa samAsa thAya che. tethIja ApaNA dezane yathAyogya keLavaNI maLe tevA prabaMdha karavAthI banne prazno haLavA banI jAya. atyAranI kuLavaNIe ApaNane nirmAlya banAvI parAvala MbitA ApaNA lehImAM dhusADI dIdhI che tethI ApaNe keLavaNInA kSetramAM pheraphAra karAvavA bIjA upara najara rAkhI, hAtha joDI khesI rahyA chIe te have kayAM sudhI calAvI laizuM ? A jAgRtinA yugamAM keLavaNInI dizAmAM AgaLa dhapya TakA che ane keLavaNInA svarUpane hiMdanI janatAne sAnukuLa banAvye ja vahelA ke meDA ApaNA AreA AvavAnA che. dhArmika yAjanAmAM ane sAmAjika kAryomAM temaja tIrthAnA meTA vArasAne taLavavA ghaNuM karI zakIe. dareka jaina potAne mahAvIranA saMtAna gaNe ane matabheda thatAM manabheda na kare ema thavAnI atyAre dhaNI jarUra che. ApaNe sa saMgata thaI saMpa karI AgaLa vadhIe te aneka kAryo karI zakazuM. saMpa tyAM jaMpa che, tyAM lakSmI che, tyAM prakAza che. tyAM vikAsa che. eTale ApaNe saMgaThana karI AgaLa dhapIe ane jaina dharmanI ane samAjanI pragati sAdhIe. sapa ane aikayatA vagara ApaNe ghaNuM gumAvyuM che have te -iti badalAvAnI jarUra che. ahiMsAnA yuga je pravRttamAna thayo che tene sAcA svarUpamAM nihALIne; apanAvIe teA samAjanA keTalAeka praznone ukala thai jAya. ApaNA siddhAMtemAM krodha, mAna, mAyA, le ane tyAjya gaNyA che. tene ApaNe barAbara samajIe te samAjamAM je sthiti ghara karI kheDI che temAMthI mukta thai javAya. ApaNA mahAna tirthaMkara zrI mahAvIra bhagavAne ApakhUne mA Ivana mULa nA mahAmulo mAtra ApyA che te je ApaNe dRSTi samIpa rAkhIe teA samAjanA badhAya praznomAM saraLatA AryAM naya. A vicAro vyakta karyA temAM samagra hiMda samAjanI vAta thai che. dezanI unnati thAya tevI keLavaNI thaze tene ApaNe lAbha meLavavAnA. te samaya Ave tyAre taiyAra thai javA ane phALA arpavA, atyAre je che te meLavavA ane meLavI na zakatA hAya tene evAM sAdhano pUrA pADavA samAjanI pharaja che ema huM mAnuM chuM. ApaNA samAjamAM alpa saMkhyAmAM sAdhanA che. zrI mahAvIra jaina vidyAlaya jevI saMsthA hiMdanA temAM khIjI DhAya tevI mane khabara nathI. eka saMsthA jaina samAjane mATe sapUrNa gaNAya ke huM mAnuM chuM te mujaba ekathI adhIka jarUriyAta saMsthAnI UbhI thaI che te pUrI pADI ApaNA jaina bALakane keLavAyelA banAve. samAje evI yeAjanA karavI joie ke zahera ane gAmaDAM bannene lAbhadAyI thAya. meATA zaherAmAM kherDIMgo, ane vidyAlaye khAlAya ane tenuM te sama paNa kare, kAM tene muzkelIno paDe te anya ApI muzkelIo dUra karavI. jema myunIsIpAliTInA mULane grAnTa Ape che tema: ApaNe zaheranA vidyAlaye athavA chAtrAlayAne jarUra jeTalI grAnTa ApavI. AvI yeAjanA thai zake teA samAja keLavaNImAM AgaLa vadhe. strI zikSaNanI te paNI jarUriyAta che. ane te mATe boDIMga vidyAlayanI yAjanA AvakAradAyaka lekhAze. AvI yeAjanA kAnpharansa jevI sauMsthA karI zake. janatA yojanAne apanAvI laI krAnpharansa jyAre jyAre te mATe madadanI mAgaNI kare tyAre ApavAnI pharaja samaje teA, kheA~gA ane vidyAlayAne grAnTa ApI zakAya. kAnpharanse te keLavaNIkuMDa samAja samakSa mUkavu' ema mArA aMgata abhiprAya che. jaina samAjai na sakriya, tattvajJAna, nidrAma ane kaLAnA saMzodhana ane prakAzana tarapha lakSa rAkhavAnA A yuga che. ApaNA prAcIna maMdizamAM je sthApatya ane kaLA bharyo che te barAbara sAcavI rAkhIe te te navA banAvyA barAbara che. jaina kilAsI ane tatva jagata samakSa sAdI ane saraLa bhASAmAM phelAvA pAme ema karavAne vakhata AvI pahoMcyA che. ApaNA samAjamAM vadhatA jatA kusaMpa kaI rIte naSTa thAya tenA upAye| yeAjavA joie. je samAjamAM aikayanI uSNupa haze te samAja unnata dazAmAM AvI zakatA nathI, eTalu' ja nahiM paNa je sthAna heAya te gumAvI bese che, te samAjanA dareka aMge saMgaThita thai ekatra banIne sahakArathI samAja unnatinA kAryo karatA thaze tyAre ja jaina samAja peAtAnuM sthAna TakAvIne AgaLane AgaLa pragati karI zakaze. eka saMdhAya hatA. khAge vepAramAM, Arthika vikAsamAM, mArA A bhASaNamAM sAmAjika viSayane sthAna ApavA mATe mitra varganA khAsa Agrahu hovAthI temanI sAthenA te saMbaMdhInA vArtAlApane sAra mUkuM chuM ke sAmAjika prazna eTale badhA agatyanA che ke tene prathama sthAna ApavuM joIe. atyArA dezakALa saMgita thavAne che tyAre ekaja dharmane mAnanAra bAvApIvAnA vahevAra rAkhanAra, jJAtinesane kAraNe thA, kiMzA, esavALa, pAravADa tarIke eLakhAvanAra vADAnA baMdhanamAM rahIne ApaNI sakhyA dharI gai che te dRSTi bahAra che ? saMgabharata kayAre thaI zakAya jyAre ekaja jaina letAMbara mUrtipUjaka' nAmanI kAma banAvI arasaparasa vyavahAra Acare tA je saMkhyAbaLa ghaTI gayuM che tenuM niMgArajI zakya bane jagatanI utpatithI ja bheda paDayA che te bheda mITAvavA jyAre jyAre prayatna thayA che. tyAre ulaTA te vadhyA che e tarapha emanuM dhyAna doratAM bheda mITAvavAnA sAcA mArgo karyo te nakkI tha zakayu' nahi. paNa je samaye je dizAmAM vaheta haiya temAM sAtha apAya te| te tarI pAra UtarAya tema lAgyuM paNa kALadharma mAge che ke jJAtibhedo dUra karI eka kAma banI samAjane vizALa banAvavA. agAu jJAtibhedathI kadAca phAyadA thayA haze paNa atyAre te enAthI pragatI rUMdhAti jaNAya che. vaLI kALane anurIte kramamAM oNphAra thayA kare che. A vakhate meM kaheluM ke atyArane dezakALa je che te pramANe sAmudAyika rIte bhedane dUra karI zakAya nahi paNa jJAtibheda dUra karavAnI mAnyatA dharAvanArAo maMtrita banI potAnuM kArya vartanamAM mUkI samAjane mAdaka banI zake. jo samAjane te rUcaze te dhIme dhIme vaLuM te tarapha vaLaze ane jJAtibheda haLave banaze, athavA te ekaja jJAtimAM pariNamaze. dAkhalA tarIke dazA, vizA, esavALa, poravADa darekamAMthI je saMkhyA jJAtibheda pITAvavAnI tamannA rAkhatI hoya temanuM kavya e che ke khelavA karatA kArya karI batAvavuM ane te badhAM vacce lagna vahevAra zarU karavA ane samAja samakSa dAkhalA pADaze. samAja tenA phAyadA joze te te apanAvI leze. AvI rIte thaze teja jJAtibheda Ape|Apa DhIlA thatA jaze ane Akhare nAkhuda (anusadhAna vadhArAnA pR.7 upara) Page #23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ tA 8-1-1941 jaina yuga. -- ( anusaMdhAna pR. 8 uparathI.) beThakanuM kAma cAlu thayuM. zrI. mehanalAla desAI kRta 'jAga vIra saMkaDAI jAya ema meTA bhAganuM mAnavuM hatuM. temaja A saMtAna' kAvyathI zarUAta thaI ane turataja mukhya maMtrI TharAvathI be samitio ubhI thatI hatI ane motIlAlabhAInA zrI. caturabhAI rAyacaMde adhivezananI saphaLatA icchanArA vicAre pramANe te muMbaInI sthAyI samiti tadana bIna jarUrI saMdezAo vAMcyA. (A saMdezAo pAThavanArAnA nAme tathA thaI paDatI hatI, athavA te rahe te dimukhI sattA jevuM thAya, gAmanuM varNana A patranA anya pRSTha upara ApeluM che.) ane paraspara visaMvAditA utpanna thAya. A viSaya keTalIka A pachI TharAvo eka pachI eka mUkAtA gayA ane cokhavaTanI gerahAjarIe khuba carcAne cakrAve caDe. motIlAla darakhAsta ane anumodanemAM judA judA vaktAo pitAne bhAInA hRdayamAM kAMIka bIjuMja vasatuM hatuM, paNa teo spaSTa maLelA bahuja TUMkA samayamAM jeTaluM kahevAya teTaluM kahetA ucArI zakatA na hatA. lagabhaga 15 kalAkanA mathAmaNa pachI hatAM. chAtrAlaye mATe TharAva zrI. caMdabhAI dozIe zrI jIvarAjabhAI dezIe motIlAlabhAIne kahevAno bhAvArtha bahuja uttejaka bhASAmAM zailipUrvaka mUkyo, ane zrotAjano spaSTa rIte sabhyone samajAvyo ane motIlAlabhAI paNa tene upara jANe ke emane vaktavyanI chApa paDI na hoya tema A saMmata thatAM je vastu goLa goLa bhASAmAM ramatI hatI te TharAvane mUrta svarUpa ApavAnAM maMDANa thayAM, svAgatAdhyakSa zrI. paSTa banI ane sabhyo paNa samajI gayA. ane A TharAva bhagavAnadAsabhAIe niMgALA grAmamAMja A adhivezananI yAdI baMdhAraNamAM nahi AvatAM jUdo AvI zake ema sarvenI mATe eka grAmya choTAlaya ubhuM karavAnI darakhAsta raju karI mAnyatA thatAM e jUdA TharAva rUpe raju thayo ane svIkArAze. ane turataja tene mATe phALe thatAM daravarSe rUA. 555) nI A sthaLe eka nirdeza karavo joIe ke uparokata TharAva je madada evI pAMca varSa sudhInI madadanA vacano turaturata maryAdA aMkita thaI hatI tenAthI bahAra jato hato. paraMtu jarUrI maLyAM ane lagabhaga ardhA kalAkane najIvA samayamAM A hoI maryAdAnuM ullaMdhana svIkArIne paNa te raju karavA devAmAM AvatA kAma mATe jaDa akatra thayuM Avyo ane pasAra thaye tyAra bAda anya TharAva pasAra thayA pachI zrI motIcaMdabhAIe Ama A TharAvano nikAla thatAM zrI paramANaMdabhAIe baMdhAraNamAM uddeza ane kArya vistAra zivAyanI kalamamAM sUcavela 11 sabhyanI samiti bahu jarUrI na jaNAi, ane te jarUrI pheraphAra temaja keTalIka navI jarUrI kalamo dAkhala karavAnI kalama mULa svarUpe rahevA devAmAM AvI darakhAsta mUkI tene anumodana maLatAM te sarvAnumate pasAra A rIte deDha kalAkanI carcA pachI A TharAva thALe paDa thaI. A pachI Avyo zrI. meMtIlAlabhAIne carcAspada A samaye pramukhazrIe jaNAvyuM ke viSayavicAriNI samitinuM TharAva-A TharAvanI darakhAsta mUkatAM teNe pitAnuM hArda khulluM keTaluMka kAma haju bAkI hovAthI Aje khulI beThaka maLI karyuM. teo je viSaya vicAriNI samitimAM kahI zakatA zakaze nahi. jethI khullI beThaka tA. 27-12-40 nA rahevAnA hatA, te temaNe khullI beThakamAM kahyuM. teNe aikyanI bahuja 8 vAgA upara mulatavI rAkhavAmAM AvI. jarUrIyAta dekhADI te sAdhavA mATe pramukhazrI ane pramukhazrIne baMdhAraNanA TharAva pachI be traNa sAmAnya TharAva pasAra thayA gya lAge tevA cha sabhyonI kamITInI vAta mUkI ane e ane tyAra pachI sTenDIMga kamITInA sabhyonI nImaNuMkanuM kAma samitie pracAra kara tathA aikya sAdhavA prayatna karavA. cAluM thayuM ane e kAma patAvI rAtrInA lagabhaga 10 vAge emanA vaktavyanA sAramAM kAMIka evuM dekhAtuM hatuM ke keTalAka viSayavicAriNI samitie pitAnuM kArya samApta karyuM. baMdhAyelA pUrvagrahane lIdhe aikayanuM gADuM AgaLa cAlI zakatuM viSayavicAriNI samitinuM kAma pramukhazrIe kunehathI nathI, jethI e pUrvagrahathI para evI eka kamiTI thAya te samajAvaTathI ane nikhAlasa rIte carcA cAlavA daIne je aikaya sAdhavAno saMbhava vadhAre tvarita upasthita thAya, dhIrajathI ane vicAra pUrvaka calAvyuM tene mATe darekanA mukha- A TharAvane anumodana maLyAM, ane vizeSa anudana mAMthI prazaMsAnA udagArAja nIkaLatA hatA. keTalIka vakhata ApatAM zrI paramANuMda bhAIe jaNAvyuM ke huM A TharAvane garamAgarama prasaMga paNuM upasthita thatuM hatuM, chatAM jarA paNa anumodana ApavA Ubho thayo chuM. eya ane samAdhAna kene ugra nahi thatAM, temaja jarA paNuM adhikArano upayoga nahi priya na hoya ? chatAM paNa atre eka vAtanI sUcanA ApavI karatAM saMpUrNa zAMtithI calAvyuM. utAvaLa karanArAone eka mane vyAjabI lAge che te e che ke eya sAdhavAnI tamannAmAM prasaMge teozrIe jaNAvI dIdhuM ke 'tame utAvaLa nahi karo, evuM na bane ke eka tarapha ekaya sadhAya nahi, ane bIjI mAre badhAne samajavA che, jarUra paDaze te huM sezana cAra divasa tarapha hAla je kArya cAlI rahyuM che. hAla je keTalAka bhAIo sudhI calAvIza. A uparathI teozrInI bhAvanA ane tamannA kAma karI rahyA che teone khAvAnuM ane cAlatAM kAryane khera be dekhAI AvatAM hatAM. vaLI eka paNa TharAva mATe koIne paNa pADavAnuM na bane eTaluM ja khAsa lakSamAM rAkhaze." upara pramANe besI javAnuM kahevAne ke eka paNa TharAva mata upara laI anumodana maLyA pachI te TharAva pasAra thayo. ane A rIte javAno banAva na banavA dIdhe e emanI kArya kuzaLatAne agatyanA TharA lagabhaga 12 vAge pasAra thaI gayA. (vigaAbhArI che. tethI kahetA hatA ke viSayavicAriNI samiti tavAra TharAve A patramAM anya sthaLe ApyA che.) niMgALA e te adhivezananuM satya che e satvane pIchAkhyA vinA Apa* sTezanethI banne bAjunA mele 2 vAge upaDatA hovAthI pratithI AgaLa cAlIja kema zakAya ? nidhio javAnI utAvaLamAM hAI sahu potapotAnI taiyArI adhivezana divasa 3 je tA. 27-12-40. karavA lAgI gayA. A bAju pramukhazrIne AbhAra, bhAvanagara tA. 27-12-4 nA roja be vAgA pahelAM lagabhaga sTeTano AbhAra, zrI paTaNI sAheba, zrI. hemacaMdabhAI Adi kAma saMpUrNa karavAnuM hovAthI barAbara 8 vAge niyamIta amaladAronI sahakAra mATe temane AbhAra, gaDhaDAvALA Page #24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ -- jaina yuga. tA. 8-1-1941 niMgALAnI samasta prajA taraphathI mAnapatra zrI. mohanalAlabhAI, ANaMdajI kalyANajI Adi sahakAra ApanArAone temaja rITAyarDa thatA mahAmaMtrIone AbhAra mAnavAmAM Avyo. bAda navA mukhya maMtrI tarIke zrI vIracaMda pAnAcaMda zAha ane De. cImanalAla nemacaMda zrophanI nImaNuMka thatAM te tALIonA avAja vacce vadhAvI levAmAM AvI. lokapriya, jaina samAja bhUSaNa 16 mA adhivezana mATe AmaMtraNa- zrIyuta choTAlAla trikamalAla pArekha plIDara-amadAvAda. A samaye paMjAbamAM soLamA adhivezana mATe paMjAba mAnyavara mahAdaya, taraphathI belatAM jaNAvyuM ke AtmAnaMda mahAsabhAnA pramukha akhila hinda jene "vetAMbara konpharansanA paMdaramAM adhi-, zrI, trilokacaMdajI jena ema e. khuda paMjAbathI kenpharansane vezananA pramukha tarIke ApanuM atre zubhAgamana thayuM e prasaMga AmaMtraNa ApavA Avela, paraMtu teone agatyanuM kAma hovAthI mAtra niMgALA mATeja nahi paNa samasta saurASTra mATe gauravane rAteja cAlI gayA teoe seLamA adhivezanane paMjAbamAM viSaya che ane A prasaMge atrenA samasta grAmyajano taraphathI AgrahapUrvaka AmaMtraNa ApyuM che. pramukhazrIe A AmaMtraNuM Apane saharSa hArdika AvakAra ApatAM amane AnaMda thAya che." upara sabhAjanonA abhiprAya mAgI te AmaMtraNa tALIonA Ape jaina samAjanI ja nahi paNa anya samAjonI aneka avAja vacce svIkAravAmAM AvyuM. - prakAre amUlya sevAo bajAvI che, te ApanI utkaTa sevAtyArabAda zrI maNIlAla zeDanI vatI temanA bhAI zrI ttinA eka jIvaMta pUrAvArUpa che. ' kulacaMdabhAIe sarvene AbhAra mAnatAM maNIbhAInI gerahAja- - viramagAma zahera sudharAInA pramukha tarIke ApazrIe je rImAM kAMI guDI rahI hoya te te badala kSamA yAcI hatI, suMdara kArya karI te pradezanI janatAne caha saMpAdana karyo che . ane khAsa karI maNIbhAInI gerahAjarImAM zrI maNIlAla , te khareja prazaMsanIya che. mekamacaMde je muMgI sevA bajAvI che te mATe temano tathA zrI naMdalAlabhAI boTAdanA sTezana mAstara zrI lAlana zrI amRta- para janatAnA sArvatrika vikAsa mATe ekaya, zikSaNa pracAra janatA lAla mAstara bhAI zrI mANekalAla modI, rAjapALa vorA Adi vividha pravRttione piAvavA ane vikasAvavA mATe ApanA - AMtarika kArya karanArAone khAsa AbhAra mAro prayatna vizeSa samRddha bane, Apa dIrdhAyuthI thAe ela hato. temaja jadI jadI saMsthAonA dhakkA khAva. amArI zubhecchAo sAthe Apane A abhinadana patra sAra tarIke bajAvelAM kArya mATe te te saMsthAono AbhAra mAnyo hato. samarpaNa karIe chIe. zrI. maNIlAla mekamacaMde AbhArane uttara vALatAM gadagadda li. niMgALAnI samasta prajA taraphathI. kaThe jaNAvyuM ke meM to mAtra maNIlAla zeThanA eka mitra narmadAzaMkara choTAlAla pAThaka, tarIke mArI pharaja bajAvI che. meM kAMI vizeya karyuM nathI. vaidya mehanalAlabhAI ' tyAra bAda vaMde mAtarama nA gIta sAthe sarvanA harSanAda zeDa parasetamadAsa nAgaradAsa vacce kulahAra samarpaNa thayA pachI vIra paratmAnI jaya mAstara harizaMkara jaTAzaMkara : bolAvI adhivezananI pUrNAhuti thaI hatI. kulacaMda jemalabhAI zeTha paracuraNa- polasI jasarAja caturabhAI rAjArAma bhaTa niMgALA adhivezanane saphaLatA ApavAmAM aneka hAtha kalyANabhAI chaganabhAI hatA, jhAjhA hAtha raLIyAmaNa e kahetI kharekhara ahiM cunIlAla oghaDabhAI mUrtimaMta hatI, bhajana samitinI athAga mahenata, utArA Thakkara saburabhAI harajIbhAI samitinuM kaMTALA bhareluM kAma, saMpUrNa vyavasthA jALavavAnuM Thakkara nAnajI devajI svayaMsevakenuM kAma temaja relave tathA tAra pisTane sahakAra mukhI amarazI dhanA gohIla mAdhavasiMhajI kALubhAI jagubhAI A sarvene niMgALA adhivezananI saphaLatAmAM acUka phALo zeTha bhakitabhAI mANekacaMda hato ane niMgALAe eka yazasvI konpharansa meLavI dekhADI paTela raNachoDa gagAbhAI e yazabiMdu tene kapALe aheniza raheze. Iti zubhama ! senI mohanalAla kIkAbhAI merAI mehanalAla trikama sutAra mehana arajaNa apUrva prakAzana. bI narottama dayALa kuMbhAra zAmajI sukhA zrI siddhasena divAkara kRta. rabArI bhIkhAM dudA sanmati taka" (aMgrejI anuvAda) memaNa hasanabhAI gapura paTela lakhamaNa bhagavAna paMDita sukhalAlajI ane paM. becaradAse lakhelI paTela nArANa kalyANa vidvatApUrNa prastAvanA ane TIkA temaja aMgrejI | luhAra bhavAne gaga anuvAda sahita 425 pRSThanA A anupama graMthanI rajaputa buTA surasaMga nAnuM kelA kiMmata mAtra rUA. 1-0-0 (pAsTeja alaga) nAnuM tAju sIpAi lakheH-zrI jaina zvetAMbara ejyukezana borDa. kelI kelA mAvA 20, pAyadhunI, muMbaI, 3. vaNakara nAraNe 2nA niMgALA tA. 25 Disembara 1940. Page #25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ tA. 8-1-1946 tA. 01-1941 jaina yuga. adhivezanane saphaLatA IcchanArA saMdezAo. pUjyapAda jainAcArya zrI vijayavallabhasUrijI mahArAja zeTha sakarAbhAI lallubhAI manoradAsa, amadAvAda. jhelama (paMjAba) e malasukhabhAI cunIlAla, visanagara. zrIyuta kanaiyAlAla mANekalAla munzI, muMbaI , nAraNadAsa navalacaMda, gAMDala. zrI. lIlAvatI bahena kanaiyAlAla munzI, muMbaI. zrI. gulAbacaMdajI ThaThThA, umedapura. de. bha. pipaTalAla rAmacaMdra zAha, pUnA. zrI jaina saMdha-bAraDolI. zrI. cunIlAla bhAIcaMda mahetA, muMbaI zrI jaina saMgha, rAjakeTa. che. prANajIvanadAsa mA. mahetA, jAmanagara, zrI jaina yuvaka maMDaLa, mahuvA. " zrI. bAlAbhAI maganalAla ane zrI. maNilAla bAlAbhAI zrI ke. keLavaNI pracAra samiti, mahuvA, nANAMvaTI-muMbaI. pramukha jaina mitra maMDaLa, kalakattA. narebala zeTha zAMtidAsa AsakaraNa je. pI muMbaI. zrI lAlajI bhAramala, viDha (kaccha.) zrI. saubhAgyacaMda khImacaMda koThArI, bhuja. zrI samarathamala ratanacaMda siMdhI-maMtrI, bAbu bahAdurasiMhajI siMdhI, kalakattA. a. bhA. pioravADa saMmelana-ratalAma , nirmalakumArasiMhajI, ajImagaMja zrI. phulacaMda velajI, muMbaI. rAvasAheba zeTha kAMtIlAla IzvaralAla, muMbaI. zrI. choTAlAla premajI, muMbaI. zeTha ravajIbhAI sejapALa, muMbaI. zrI. gaNezamala rUganAthamala beMkarsa, haidarAbAda. che. punazI hIrajI maizerI je. pI. muMbaI. zrI mulacaMda uttamacaMda pArekha, varateja. rAvabahAdura nAnajI ladhAbhAI je. pI. muMbaI zrI caturabhAI pItAMbara zAha, sAMgalI. zeTha mehanalAla hemacaMda jhaverI, muMbaI. zrI chaganalAla jozI, rAjakoTa. che. cImanalAla nemacaMda zrepha, (beMglorathI.) zrI. lAlacaMda jecaMda , bagasarA. zrI geDavADa jaina zrI saMdha, rANI , ujamazI mANekacaMda, bhAvanagara. dayAlaMkAra zeTha lallubhAI dIpacaMda jhaverI, muMbaI. , vinayavijayajI mahArAja, haidrAbAda (siMdha) zeTha raNachoDabhAI rAyacaMda metIcaMda jhaverI, muMbaI. che. vRjalAla mevANI, muMbaI. , kalyANajI khuzAla, muMbaI. , vimaLabhAI mulacaMda AzArAma vairATI, amadAvAda zeTha kakkalabhAI bhudaradAsa vakIla, muMbaI. , hAthIbhAI mulacaMda, mANasA. zeTha maganalAla mulacaMda zAha, muMbaI , amRtalAla jAdavajI, mAlIA. , cunIlAla vIracaMda zAha, muMbaI , maMtrI, kacchI vIsA o. de. jaina mahAjana, muMbaI e bhegIlAla laheracaMda jhaverI, muMbaI. , zAMtilAla jI. mahetA, bhAvanagara. metIlAla mulajI, muMbaI. , caMdulAla TI. zAha, muMbaI. narottamadAsa bhagavAnadAsa zAha, muMbaI. , tAjabahAdurasiMhajI, kalakattA. - mehanalAla maganalAla, amadAvAda. , hIrAcaMda vasanajI, porabaMdara. devajI Tokaraze mulajI, muMbaI. khImajI tenuM kAyA ane neNazI bhojarAja, muMbaI. , puMjAbhAI dIpacaMda, amadAvAda. - cInubhAI lAlabhAI, muMbaI. vakIla cunIlAla chaganalAla, pramukha, , maNilAla mehanalAla pAdarAkara, muMbaI. - zrI. yaMgamensa jena sesAiTI-cuDA-vigere rasikalAla somAbhAi, muMbaI. zrI. rasikalAla parikha. , jamanAdAsa amaracaMda gAMdhI, muMbaI. , varadhIlAla maganalAla ane phakIracaMda puMjAlAla, rAdhanapura. ,, DAhyAbhAI, muMbaI. bAbu bhagavAnalAlajI panAlAlajI, muMbaI. ratilAla hIrAcaMda pAnAcaMda, kalakattA. zeTha sAkaracaMda metIlAla, muMbaI. , bhIkhAlAlabhAI bI. kapAsI, nyu dahelI. zeTha kAlIdAsa sAMkaLacaMda dozI, muMbaI. >> mulacaMda AzArAma jhaverI, amadAvAda. zrI. ratilAla sI. keDArI, muMbaI. , sAMkaLacaMda nAraNajI zAha ane TokarazI pAnAcaMda, jAmanagara, , kezarImala lalavANI, rANI. zrI. baMsI, muMbaI. , pratAmalajI zeThIyA, maMdAra. ,, mA jI dAmajI zAha, muMbaI. ,AnaMdarAma mAnemala, maMcara. ,, dAmodaradAsa karasanadAsa, muMbaI. maganalAla bhagavAnajI zAha, muMbaI.. zeTha sAkaracaMda mANekacaMda ghaDIyAlI, muMbaI. , rAyazI devazI-maMtrI, hAlAkI vI. e. je. bo. jAmanagara. chevalabhadAsa neNazIbhAI, meravI. , lallubhAI jeThAlAla ghaDIyAlI, amadAvAda zrI saMghavI mohanalAla lAlacaMda, meravI. panAlAla nAgaradAsa ane dalapatarAya viThaladAsa, rAdhanapura zrI. maNilAla kuMvarajI jhaverI, muMbaI. 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Page #26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ jaina yuga. tA. 8-1-194 'niMgALA" nA saMsmaraNo. na jaina samAjanA pArA bhAIo ane bane e sArI chemahAra jema rASTriya mahAsabhAnA adhivezanamAM phajapuranA grAmya paristhitinuM taTasthapaNe karAyela prathakaraNa sau koIne jhaNajhaNAve adhivezanathI na cAlo pADyo ane haripurA adhivezane keAI tevuM che. kharuM kAma karavAnI preraNuM janmAve tevuM che. ane raMga ane aditiya utsAha umeryuM tema jaina kenphara- emAM dhArmika abhyAsanI jhaLake che, kAyadAzAstrInI kAvaTa nsanA je adhivezane atyAre pUrve maLelA che emAM niMgALAnI che, samAja sudhAraNAnI "sAnI tamannA che. kAma levAnI chApa anokhI hAI, prazaMsApAtra ne amukaraNIya che. traNe "ma" kaLAnA rekhAMkana che, ane e sarvane TapI jAya tevI sevAnI kAranA triveNI saMgama samu e drazya varSo sudhI smRtipaTamAM bhAvanA ane nirabhimAnavRttinuM nina darzana che. eka tAju rahevAnuM. dharmavIra ne dezabhakata maNIbhAInA pyArA bhAIe A saMbaMdhamAM zrI. bALAsAheba kheranI vaDA pradhAna nAmathI aMkita thayela koThArInagara jaina samAjamAM navaprANa tarikenI vaNIne prasaMga yAda karAvI-prathama zravaNe thayela kSobha puravAnI bhAvanAthI mAtra paMdara gharanA nAnakaDA gAmaDe konpharansane ane kAryavAhIthI thayela pUrNa satejanI sarakhAmaNI karelI te netaranAra ane hAkala pADatAM eka sanika mAphaka AdaryA adha. Aje paNa cakSu sAme taravare che. .. pramukhazrI jerA be kaThI vaca mUkI cAlI nikaLavAnuM che e pUrNapaNe jANanAra maNibhAI mAnavIo lAbhI jAya te jaina samAjamAM kalezanuM nAma na zeThano adamya utsAha ane mitratAnI sAcI prItanuM yathArtha rahe ane pragatine kAMTo madhyAnha pahoMcatAM jhAjho vilaMba na lAge rIta darzana karAvavAnI kSetra ulaTa sevI niMgALAnI bhAgoLe adhivezana to kevaLa jenenuM chatAM. niMgALAnI prAmINa jene mATe nAnakaDuharipura ubhu karAvI batAvanAra maNibhAI prajAno utsAha vaLuM jAya tema nathI ! are niMgALanAja makamacaMda zAhanuM jalAla. kArya ramatinA viSaya na bane zA mATe, AsapAsanA gAmomAMthI paNa eja umaMga bhayo te kahevuM ja paDe ke ApaNane vastu svarUpanI yathArtha pichAna sahakAra bhAvanagara sTeTanI hAya te kharIja 5Nu e uparAMta nathI! kekArInagaranA sau smaraNamAM agrapada bhogave che eTa gaDhaDAnA svAmInArAyaNa maMdiranI. hArdika svAnubhUti e vinA luM ja nahiM paNa konpharansanA itihAsamAM navo rAha aMkita kare che. niMgALAnI dharatI para, paMdara.baLada joDyA rathamAM pramukhazrInA svAgata prasaMga-e veLA paTaNI sAhebanA Agamana ane bhAvanagara tarapha dhasI rahelI TrenamAMthI kekArI nagaranuM gAmanA vAMkA cuMkA mArge pasAra thatuM bhinna bhinna bhAgedrazya keAI anekhu jaNAtuM. niMgALAnI bha geLanA A saphA mAMthI AvelA baMdhuonA saMmelana samu saraghasa zakaya ke caTa medAna para vastrathI veSTita prakAra che jene ane kevaLa saMbhavita heyaja kayAMthI ? ' vAMsanI cImAMthI kaLAmaya rIte taiyAra karavAmAM Avela mukhya prAtaHkALanI ThaMDI bichAnuM choDavAmAM pramAda karAve tyAM daravAje che jeno-evuM A nagara AgaMtukane hRdayane pahelI te svayaMsevakonI sITI kAne paDesevAne sUtre gaMThAyelA. e take AkarSatu pravezadvAra sAmene mukhya maMDapa, emAM grAmavAsI sevako taMdrAne khaMkherI parizramanuM paDIkuvALI, kamarakasI taiyAra , gharamAMthI ANelI-vIsamI sadImAM lagabhaga vIsarAI gayelI ubhelA draSTigocara thAya. bIjI tarapha nAbatane zaraNAInA mIMDA kaLAmaya kArIgarI vALI cIjo kharekhara beThakane suMdara ne prekSa- sara karNapaTa para athaDAya ! enI madhuratA-mAratA ane NIya banAvavAmAM sAro sAtha puratI junA kALanA e cAkaLAM grAmajIvanane anurUpa ramyatA zaheranA ghAMghATa ne ghamasANa puthIyA ke teNe hAtha kArIgarI ane e pAchaLa kharacAyela bharyA jIvanamAM samAvI javAM mukela che tyAM anukravane viSaya aMtarano umaMga darzAvatA. e purANa puSe sAceja sau te baneja kayAMthI? gAMdhIjIe je gAmaDAM para ATaluM badhuM keInA dila AkarSatA-e uparAMta judA judA vibhAgane lagatA vajana mukavA mAMDyuM che e pAchaLanuM rahasya te AvA AvA nAnA moTA taMbuo-emAMnI sAdaI bharI sagavaDa keIne paNe prasaMganA paricayathI ane jAta jAtanA anubhava prapta thayA kacavATanuM kAraNa Ape tema nahatI. jhaMDA ceka ane bhojane, pachIja samajAya tema che. kudaratanA AMgaNe khullA AkAza maMDapanu dazya jyAre svayaMsevake dhvaja vaMdana karatAM ane prati heThaLa kevaLa sAdI svaccha ane mAmulI lekhAtI cIjone je nidhio temaja prekSake jamaNa veLA ekatra thatAM tyAre manohara vyavasthita rIte buddhimattAthI upayoga karavAmAM Ave te e lAgatuM ane vyavasthA dvArA prasaMgamAM kevI suci pragaTAvI dvArA je sukha ane je AnaMda hajAranA kharace ke raMgaberaMgI zakAya che eno umadA bedhapATha rajI karatuM. traNa dina mATe yaMtronA khaDakalAthI nathI mANI zakAto te sahajapaNe pAmI zakAya che. te kekArI nagara sAcA svarUpamAM nagarapaNe pariNamyuM hatuM. varSothI je avAja uThate ke kenpharansanA adhivezanane ema kahevAmAM jarA paNa atizayokti nahIM lekhAya ADaMbarI jazAnI nAgacUDamAMthI mukatta karI sAdu ne sastu adhivezananA pramukha jeTalA nAma dvArA janatAne nahotA banAvavuM. arthAta kharacALa paddhati kamI karavI ene saze AkarSI zakayA teTalA karatAM adhika kArya levAnI paddhatithI nahi te amukAze amala niMgALAmAM jovAyo chatAM pratiniAkarSI zakyA. sarva kAryo sarvAnumate ane premapUrvakanI carcA dhione dhArmika vidhAnamAM ke Avazyaka kAryomAM jarApaNuM pachI thayAne ekalA dAyakAmAM A prathama prasaMga che. e upa- agavaLa pahoMcI nathI alabata ATaluM karavA chatAM keTalIka rathIja pramukhazrImAM samAyela abhyAsa-AvaDatano ane dIrdha karakasara jema jarUrI che tema svAgata samitinA sammAe dazitAne khyAla Ave che. sevAnI sAcI tamannA kevA keTalIka paddhati akhatIkAra karavA jeIi che. enI vicAraNA mananIya zabdo hRdaya guphAmAMthI bahAra AvyuM che enA pratyakSa aprAsaMgika hevAthI bhaviSya para choDI niMgALAnA saMsmaraNe purAvA rUpa emanu bhASaNa che. emAM vartamAna jaina samAjanI samApta karIzuM. A putra zrI. manasukhalAla hIrAlAla lAlane zrI mahAvIra prI. varkasa, sIlavara menazana, dhanajI zrITa, muMbaI khAtethI chApyuM, ane mI. makalAla DI. modIe zrI jena vetAMbara konpharansa, goDIjInI navI bIDIMga, pAyadhUnI muMbaI , mAMthI pragaTa ka che.