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________________ kahe tA havA Bolehlide lo Ibolleb! lol 'Taleleblo 'ble/313 phona : 0278-2425322 3004846 ". kAro kAya mAge che. paNa huM nathI '...hA.hA ..hA..! ana iva nhane kahI dI" chuM | - strI ne ke hAtha te Ape che paNa badalAmAM haiyu' laI le che... ane tethI ja AjanA hiMdIo reDa, mAyakAMgA, pArakA hAthanI huMpha' para ja jIvatA svabalaane svamAnanA 'bhAna' vagaranA khunI gayA Shree gAdham Gvam '' 4 nA kAka detA-parama devatAphTa-sidvAI-mukti pragaTa karavA, - para nAkavA parathA chIe te zuM tu mayA 8 gayA ?" ema zrI mahAvIra kahetA havA.(pRSTa 2pura
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________________ 1-T - - . It at - Try - na - : ... - 5 1 - ka " , , ; , -.. ma.ke Fr: th- . . " . ' + ; , , ' ma --- . ! , lij mai .... : - iAvIka ' E 1 . ka vA. e. zAha' graMthamALA maNake trI, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII - vIsamI sadInAhiMda mATe nUtanarASTriyagItAH mahA-vIra kahetA havA R (zaktizAlI vyaktitva ghaDanArI nItinA eka nUtana bhAvanA) KOTMEHOI MIOK STATO PORTER * My Will - uuto-power walketh on the feet of thy Will-unto - truth". F. NIETZSCHE. MIKSUOTATIO I DIREKT O HOEKO OKOO lekhakaH sva. vADIlAla motIlAla zAha madhumakSikA, saMsAramAM sukha hAM che!, mRtyunA mahoMmAM, asahakAra, poliTikala gItA, masta vilAsa, jaina dIkSA, nagnasatya, muMgAi paDelI duniyA, eka AdinA lekhaka: saMyukta jaina vizAha ( bagahAusa) nA sthApa: vividha janakanphiransanA pramukhaH "rjanahita mAsika, hiMdI jainahitemAM pAkSika ane jaina samAcAra sAptAhika patranA taMtrI. KERTI OTSIK Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ prasiddhakartA zakarAbhAImotIlAla zAha ghATakopara (muMbaI). mUlya kAcu dUThuM : 0-pa-. pAku pUH 0-8-0. kisI vakta maktabe aklameM bahuta ilma hamane bhI thA par3hA, ki hara-ekase hujato bahasa thI so isa ilmakA ye kamAla thA; gayA jaba ki madarase izkrameM * to Age yAro kahU~ maiM kyA ? vaha ajaba ghar3I thI ki jisa ghar3I riyA ra gulA-ju phara ! ki kitAba aklakI tAkameM __ jo dharI thI vahIM dharI hI rahI! te skula, te sthiti, ke hAM paramAtmA (arthAt paramezvarya) sAthe prema (ekaya) karavAnI tAlIma maLe che. buddhivAdane choDI AdhyAtmika "mastI'mAM AvelA hoya teo ja te ekaya pAmI zake che. vA. ma. zAha ta sadhaLAM pustakonA sarva haka vyA. me, zA" pablizana hAusane svAdhIna, prathama AvRtti : bIjI AvRtti dIpatsavI, 1977. hIpatsavI, 1988. prata 7000 prata 3000 vA. mA zAha kRta pustake maLavAnuM ThekANa:vA. e. zA pablizIMga hAusa, sAraMgapura-amadAvAda Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ TILDE 232 0909.2017. AAHIT MENGGERAKOWA: Phill W KODANIKOSECUTKAMILIKA AS jena eTale? "jaina" e kAMI nadI pRthvI paranuM prANI nathI. e bIjo jama jana -manuSya che, mAtra be mAtrA enI vizeSatA khe che. bhaya AkAzagAmI kaha5nAsati (Imaginative E Power) ane puruSArtha athavA tapa e be pAMkho ja sAmAnya jJa zuM "janane jena' banAve che, garUDa banAve che, siMha banAve che, deva banAve che, vijetA banAve che, ajana--saMrakSaNa ane saMhAra zaktine DAinema dharAvatI kuzalatA banAve che. hAM te be pAMkho nathI hAM jamIna para ALoTavAnI prakati che, dInatA che ane janatA janya iSa ane bha che: "kIDA'nuM kalevara che............ kahe chevatane laMbAvavA saMkhe che, jaina jItavA mATe jIvatarane paNa ume che. kIDAnuM dhyeya "sukha' che, ke je jamInane-sthUlanemilakatane- mAnapUnAne vaLagI javAmAM manAyuM che. jaina'nuM svAbhAvika dhyeya "mukita' che, ke je purUSArthathI maLI AvatI tamAma prAptione rasa athavA anubhava cAkhI lai khAne yajJamAM homI devAmAM samAyelI che. jainadharma e bIjuM kAMI nahi paNa e evuM bIjuM che ke je vaDe triguNAtmaka mATImAMthI gagana 8 vihArI garUDa paDAya, araNyapremI ekAMtavAsI siMha paDAya. jahAM ma paDatara jA nathI hAM jana-1 nathI; ghaDatara zokha ane zakti nathI ke jenA parya nathI." -aa. e. zAha. U CHTUKIO DEG EINTLIK 18:00 - SwamRIMIT Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ prasidhdhakartAnuM nivedana A pustakanA lekhaka sadgata zrI vA. mo. zAhanA pustaka prakAzananuM kAma zarU karatI vakhate e krama rAkhavAmAM Avyo hato ke sauthI prathama apragaTa pustake ane te pachI pragaTa thayelAM pustako bahAra pADavAM. upara jaNAvelA krama mujaba apragaTa pustake paikI "eka ane mahAtmA kabIranAM AdhyAtmika pado nAmanAM be pustake gayA gaSTa mAsamAM vA. ma. zAha graMthamALA'nA pahelA ane bIjA maNakA tarIke prasiddha thaI cUkyAM che. trIjA ane cothA maNakA tarIke A "mahAvIra kahetA havA" ane Aryadharma? eka sAthe pragaTa thAya che. pAMcamA ane chaThThA maNakA tarIke pragatinAM pAcina athavA anubhavanA eDakAra" ane "nagnasatya' chapAya che, je thoDA samayamAM bahAra paDaze. . . A pustaka bAra varSa pahelAM prasiddha thayeluM che. paraMtu tyenI lAMbA vakhatathI vAraMvAra thatI rahelI mAgaNIne lIdhe temaja cothA maNakA tarIke prasiddha thatA "Aryadharma' nAmanA pustakanI prastAvanA rUpa hoI trIjA maNakA tarIke A prasiddha thayelA pustakane pragaTa karavAnI jarUra jaNAI che. ghATakopara zakarAbhAI motIlAla zAha Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ (2). sadgata zrI vA. mo, zAhanI sAhitya sevA. vA. e. zAha kRta pragaTa thayelAM pustake. sUjarAtI bhASAmAM (1) madhumakSika--be AvRtti sana 1898 ane 1900 : prata 2000: mUlya 0-8-0. satI damayaMtI-e AvRttiH sana 1902 ane 1904: prata 2000 : mUlya 0-8-09 (3) kacchanA sthA. jainenI DirekaTarIsana 1904: - mUlavinA mUlya pracAra. (4) rUSidanA AkhyAyikA-be AvRttiH sana 1904 ane 1914 : prata 2000 : mUlya 0-3-0. (5) samyakatva athavA dharmane daravAje-e AvRtti sana 1903 ane 1905: prate 5500: mUlya 1-4-0. (6) hitazikSA-pAMca AvRtti sana 1904 thI 1905: kula 12500 prata : mUlya 0-4-0. (9) bAravrata e AvRtti: sana 1905 : prata 7700 : mUla 0-2-0. (8) dharmata saMgraha-e AvRtti H sana 1906 : kula prata 3000 : mUlya 1-0-0. (9) namIrAja-prathama AvRtiH sana 1906 : prata 3000 bIjI AvRttiH prata : mUla 0-10-0. (10) jIvadayAnA himAyatIone apIla-e AvRtti sana 1907: prata 10000 : mUla- vinA mUlya pracAra. (11) che. sA. prathama jena ke. no hevAla sana 1906 (12) zrI mahAvIra sana 1908: prata 2000; vinA mUlapracAra (13) che. sA. bIjI jena ke. nA hevAla sana 1908: Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ ? ? ? ? (17) 1 (14) sudarzana bhAga 1 -be AvRtti sana 1908 ane 1911 :prata 3500 : mUlya 0-6-0. (15) saMsAramAM sukha kahAM che?--pAMca AvRtti: sana 1909 thI 1911 : prata 14400 : mUlya 0-6-0, (16) aitihAsika nedha-be AvRtti sana 1909H prata 4000: mUlya 0-6-0, che. sA. cothI jena ka. no hevAla-sana 1910: (18) . sA. prathama muni pariSane hevAla-sana 1910 (19) jana samAjanuM digadazana ane have zuM karavuM joIe? sana 1910:prata 10000: mUlya-vinA mUlya pracAra(20) mahAtmA kabIranAM AdhyAtmika pado, khaMDa 1-2- be AvRtti sana 1911 : prata 3250 : mUlya 0-4-0. (21) saddaguNa prAptine upAya-sana 1908: prata 2000 : mUlya 0-6-0. (22) bhaktAmara stotransana 1909: prata 1500 mUlya-3-0. (23) kalyANumaMdira stotra-sana 1910 : prata 1500 : (24) dhamasiMha bAvanI--sana 1911 : prata 1500 : mUlya 0-4-0. jainasamAcAra gaghAvali, khaMDa 1-1-sana 1912 : prata 1500: mUlya 0-8-0. khaMDa 3-4--- khaMDa 5-6- khaMDa -8 - khaDa 9-10-sana 1913 prata 1500: mUlya -8-0. (30) zrAvikA dhama-traNa AvRttiH sana thI 1919 prata : mUlya 0-1-0. (31) AryanArI dharma-be AvRtti H sana 1929 : prata 10000 : mUlya 0-1-0. (32) utarAdhyayana sUtra--sana 1912 : (33) dazavikAlika sUtra--sana 1912 Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com hiM ki ke
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________________ (34) dIkSA kAne ApI zakAya ?--sana 1913 : prata 2000 : mUlya--vinA mUlya pracAra. (35) tIthenA jhagaDA maTADavA mATe apIla--sana 1917: prata 5000; mUlya--vinA mUlya pracAra. (36) paryuSaNa parva athavA pavitra jIvananA paricaya--sana 1919 : prata 2000: mUlya-vinA mUlya pracAra. (37) mahAvIra mIzana--sana 1913 : prata 3000 : mUlyavinA mUlya pracAra. (38) mahAvIra kahetA havA athavA vIsamI sadInA hiMda mATe nUtana rASTriya gItA--sana 1921 : prata 7000: mUlya 0-4-0, (39) asahakAra-pAMca AvRtti : sana 1921 : prata 22000 mUlya-vinA mUlya pracAra. (40) sAta sUtronA sAra. (41) mRtyunA mhoMmAM athavA amRtalAlanuM aThavADiyuM-- sana 1921 H prata 4000 : mUlya 1-0-0. (42) masta vilAsa--sana 1925 : prata 2000 : A pustaka jeone mata levu" na paravaDe tevAo mATe pustakanuM mUlya rUA. 3-0-0 rakhAyuM hatuM. (43) tamAma hiMdI kAmAne cetavaNI sana 1927H prata 2000: (44) udepuranA hatyAkAMDa sana 1927 : (45) . jainadIkSA--sana 1929 : prata 2000; mUlya 2-0-0, hiMdI bhASAmAM pragaTa thayelAM pustakA (1) lAbhaeN pula mAM ! mAna 1-2 (2) namIlana (nona) (2) lata ratno (4) sacce sukhakI kuciyAM (6) nazAkSamALA khaMDa 1 lA khaMDa 2 rA bhAga 2 rA (10) mahAtmA nI0pa6-mAnaja (11) (12) tIrthoke agaDheke lie apIla (13) jA. ena. ke. pa sammelanakA ahebAla yz aitihAsika nobha sAdhupariSadakI riporTa (9) sadguNaprAptike upAya Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat (14) mAnavIja (15) zrIpAla caritrakI samAlocanA (16) Avitra ma www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ aMgrejI bhASAmAM marAThI bhASAmAM Political Gita-sana 1921: gata rAtatra-sana 1921H 5000: vinAmUlya pracAra pR4 216. vinA mUlya pracAra vA. mo. zAhe pragaTa karelAM anya lekhakenAM pustake (1) kharA sukhanI kuMcIe ! (7) svara zAstra (2) divya yAtrA | (8) susaddha caritra (3) jJAnadIpaka (9) kayA izvare A vizva racyuM? (4) buddha caritra (10) motI kAvya (5) dayAno jharo. (11) upadezaratnameSa (6) yuganI kuMcI (12) satI sAvitrI vA. mo. zAha kRta apragaTa pustako (1) saraLa aMgrejI vyAkaraNa | (7) jaina dIkSA-bhAga 2 je. (2) hAro jelano anubhava (8) A badhA pratApa vepArane!, (3) nagna satya hamaNAM ja prasiddha thayAM (4) mAyAnI chAyAmAM 9) eka (5) pragatinA pAducihno (10) kabIranAM AdhyAtmika pado khaM. (6) mUMjhAi paDelI duniyA |(11) Aryadharma A uparAMta gujarAtI, hiMdI ane aMgrejImAM jUdA jUdA viSayo para lakhAyelA saMkhyAbaMdha lekha apragaTa paDelA che. vA. ma. zAha kRta maLI zakatAM pustake sudazana (vela) ... 0-10-0 ( prAyazcitta . 0-ra-0 mRtyunA moMmAM ... 1-0-0 | eka ... 1-0-0 jainadIkSA ... 2-0 -0 | ? | kabIranAM pa ... 1-4-0 mahAvIra kahetA havA 0-pa-0 Ayama ... 0-1-0 | saMgALazA zeTha... 02-0 - nisvArtha, uMcA zaikha tarIke, vinA mUlya pracAranA AzayathI vA. ma. zAha kRta kaI paNa pustaka yA lekha chapAvavA icchanArane kaI paNa jAtane badale lIdhA sivAya tevI sagavaDa karI ApavAmAM Ave che. tema ja vinA mUlya vaheMcavA mATe chapAyelA pustakanI sAmaTI prate kharIdanArane kIMmatamAM khAsa ghaTADe karI ApavAmAM Ave che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ saze, sarva kALe, karmakSetratattAna kSetra, yuddha kSetra, rAjataMtra kSetra, samAja kSetra, vijhAna kSetra, ityAdi hareka kSetre niha, niti, nivikalpa masta avadhUo-gIe-ze dhake vicArake--ddhAe netAo thaI gayA che, ane thaze te sarva mahAvIrone sAhAsa samarpita! - vA. ma. zAha Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ hajI sudhI e kAmane mATe saMpUrNa lAyakAta dharAvatA eka paNa mahAvIra hiMdamAM to zuM paNa yuropa-amerikAmAM paNa jo jaNAyo nathI. hA, barnArDa ra, velsa, sainIna, gAMdhI jevI keTalIka vyaktio utpanna thaI che kharI ke jeo janasamAja karatAM kAMIka vadhAre zakti dharAve che ane e zakita vaDe samAjanA amuka ghATa ghaDavA prayAsa kare che. jarmanInA phreDarika nijoe mahAyuddha pahelAM ja e taiyArIo karI hatI. A lekha paNa eka evo akhatare ja che. paraMtu AvA saghaLA prayAse bhaviSyamAM janmanAra koI zreSTha mahAvIranI- Sage'nI-prastAvanA mAtra gaNuM zakAya. A prayAsa mAtra sUryanA chaDIdAra gaNI zakAya. ApaNI samakSa duniyAne ItihAsa che, sAyansanAM pariNAmo che, veda ane jaina zAstranAM tattvajJAna che, grIka tatvavettAokhAsa karIne DAnisasanAM sUtro che. A sarvane hajama karI emAMthI gauravazAlI manuSya upajAvavAnI kalAApaNe praSTAvI zakIe chIe. mahArI zraddhA che ke A kArya eka pAzcAtya karatAM pautya vicAraka vadhAre saphaLatAthI bajAvI zake, kAraNa ke sUkSmamAM sUkSma avalokana jeTaluM prAcIna hiMdamAM thayuM che teTaluM bIjA ke dezamAM thayuM nathI ane eka mahAvIra ke kRSNanA AdarzamAM je mahattA, gaurava, zakti, jIvanane thanaganATa, AkarSaNa bharyo che tevA anya koI dezanA AdarzamAM bhAgye ja jovAmAM Ave che. yurapane e Adarza ApavA icchatA yupiana phIlasupha nione paNa paurvAtya pAtra (jarathusta) ja pasaMda karavuM paDayuM hatuM. mahe che je sAhitya vAMcyuM che, je je vicAre vicAryA che, je je anubhava karyA che te sarva ane eka ja kAma pAchaLa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 13 lAgavA prere che. aMdagImAM eka ja kartavya hoya ema niraMtara hArA kAnamAM kahe che. ane te kartavya bIjuM koI nahi paNa hiMdane eka nUtana Adarza ApavAnuM che. A raste mahe keTalAka paMtha kApe cheH chUTAMchavAyAM lakhANo karyA che ane bhaviSyamAM eka "zAstra" rUpe Adarza rajU karavAno saMkalpa che. hAlamAM te e zAstranI prastAvanAnI garaja sAre e matalabathI A bahAnuM pustaka prasiddha karyuM che. prastuta lekhamAM mahAvIra, zatruMjaya Adi janadharmAyuyAyIenAM ja mAnItAM nAmo hArI " kalA " nA sAdhana tarIke vAparavAmAM AvyAM che te sakAraNa che. amuka bhAvo (Ideas)nA pratinidhi tarIke e zabdo kimatI che e te spaSTa ja che; paraMtu te sAthe e paNa kharuM ke je mahAvIranA nAmathI zaktihInatA upadezAvA lAgI che te ja mahAvIranA zrImukhethI zaktine kuAre chUTe e ane vadhAre IcchavA lAge che. prastuta lekhamAM sthaLe sthaLe sUtro, vyAkhyAo, siddhAMta chUpAvavAmAM AvyAM che, tethI lagabhaga dareka vAkya upara savistara vivecananI AvazyaktA che. paraMtu evuM vivecana ApavA pahelAM aMdagI, duniyA, nIti, lAgaNI, buddhi, AtmA, svarga, mokSa, sukha, duHkha ItyAdinI vyAsa "vyAkhyAo ApavI joie ane e vyAkhyAonI satyatA puravAra karavA mATe carcAmAM utaravuM joIe. A kAma huM bhaviSyamAM lakhavAnA zAstramAM karavAno chuM. mahAyuddha daramyAna tema 5chI paNa hiMda bhAvanAnA jUnAkarNa maMdiramAM beThuM rahyuM che. e ja "dayAmaya dharma, e ja nirmA tApUrNa samAjavyavasthA, e ja hAyanA dhaMdhA, e ja bhIkhanAM pAlITIsa, e ja lekamatAzrita AgevAnI, e ja peTa khAtara Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 14 thatI pravRtti hajI hiMdamAM cAlu ja che. "jUnuM maMdira toDyA sivAya navuM maMdira zakya nathI." ane "teDavAnuM kAma hAthI ja bane che." vaLI ghaDavAmAM paNa TAMkaNuM ja joIze.' saghaLA prAcIna hiMdI mahApuruSo-khAsa karIne kRSNa ane mahAvIra-hathoDA ane TAMkaNAnA upayogamAM ati kuzaLa hatA. ma. gAMdhI-jANatAM ke ajANatAM-haDA ane TAMkaNane upayoga karavA lAgyA e zubha. sUcaka che; paNa bhaviSyanA gAMdhI hatheDI, TAMkaNuM, talavAra tema ja puSpa sarva zastrone saphaLatApUrvaka vAparaze. dIpotsavI, 1976, vA. me. zAha Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ Amukha mheM sAMbhaLyuM hatu : zatruMjaya pahADanAM zikharA para ghaNA avadhU, ghaNA mahAtmA, dhaNA siddo rahe che. parantu teo peAtAne pradarzanamAM mukavA khuza nathI heAtA ! teo peAtAnA svasvarUpamAM-potAnA nijAnaMdamAM-sukhI hA, bahArathI sukha meLavavAnI emane garaja hAtI nathI. tethI ja teone leSaNAnI kheDI sparzI zaktI nathI. duniyAnI vAhavAha ke duniyAnA tiraskAra temaja duniyAnI lAgaNIo (emotions) emane dAravI zake nahi. te kAMi jaDa nathI, akSyi nathI. vadhAremAM vadhAre sakriya kAi hoya te te ja che. paNa hemanI kriyA sajAtIya AtmA ja neI ke skramajI zake. hemanA AnaMdanI khUbI paNa tevA ja hamajI zake. AvI AvI ghaNI vAtA mheM sAMbhaLI hatI. tethI eka rAtrie huM zatruMjayagira para TvelavA nIkaLyeA. rAtrinA samaya pasaMda karavAnuM kAraNa e hatuM ke, DAlA purUSo pAsethI mheM sAMbhaLyuM hatuM ke " sa thavA mATe je 'rAtri' che hemAM * saMyamI ' purUSa * jAgatA' hAya che." tethI rAtrinA samaye Are mAkhI duniyA pAtAnI vikArI pravRttithI cAkIne lAthapotha thai peADhI DAya che te vakhate mahAtmA ane siddo jAgatA kheDA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ , 1 haze ke vhelatA haze ke peAtAnA 'gupta maMDala ' vacce kAi mahAna praznanuM kAkaDu ukelatA haze, ema dhArI mheM rAtrine samaya A kAma mATe pasaMda karyA hatA. duniyAnA manuSyA duniyA pAra vasatArAnA jIvana bAbatamAM pazu potAnI ja rIte khyAla AMdhe che! eka TekarI parathI bIjI TekarI para huM vyartha bhaTakayA, kAraNa ke mhArI AzA pramANe kAi mahAvIra, kAI kRSNa, kAi mahammada, kAI nAnaka, kAi kabIra, kAi zivAjI, kAi nepAlIana mhane rastAmAM vhelatA ke guphAmAM beThelA jovAmAM na AvyA. 6 tathApi hajI mhArI AzA thAkI naheAtI, jo ke mhArA paga avazya thAkyA hatA. e AzA mhArA pagane navuM baLa dhIratI hatI. tethI huM AgaLa ne AgaLa cAlavA lAgyA ane eka TekarI para eka manuSya AkRti joi te tarapha vadhavA lAgyA. Akhare eka siddhatA teA patto meLavyA che!' ema kahI mhArUM mana malakAvA lAgyuM. parantu cheka najIkamAM AvI pahoMcatAM caMdraprakAzanI sahAyathI mhArI AMkhAe e AkRtine ekadama pichAnI. te bIjuM kAI nahi paNa muni jinavijaya hatA, ke jenA nikhAlasa nirabhimAnI hRdaya mATe ane jJAnanI zuddha bhakti mATe mhane hamezAM bahumAna hatuM. huM hemane eka evA purUSa tarIke pichAnatA hatA ke je sAhitya tathA nyAya zAstranA jJAna ane saraLa hRdaya vaDe, hajArA paDadA taLe DhaMkAyalA satyane jovA ane pragaTa karavA mathatA hatA, jo ke buddhivAdathI var mysticism (guptavAda) mAM hajI pahoMcyA naheAtA. teo potAnA sarasvatInivAsa ane zAstrAnA Dhagane cheADI A pahADa para ane ATalI rAtrie krama AvyA haze e khyAlathI mhane Azcarya thayuM. mhane jotAM ja te mhane bheTI paDayA ane eka nirdoSa bALakanI nikhAlasatAthI pUchyA lAgyA : "dosta ! tuM ahI mhAMthI ?" Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 17 che tuM bhI evA gIta para mahe pUchayuM: "ane, mahArAja ! Apa ahIM hAMthI ?" jinavijayajI bolyAH "huM have "mahArAja' nathI, bALaka chuM. je mane "mahArAja' ane "Apa" zabdothI saMbodhIza to hAre ne hAre banaze nahi. tvane khabara che? bhaNeluM badhuM bhUlI jaine eka tarkavitarkahIna bAlaka thaI chellA cha mAsathI huM A 5hADa para AvI rahyo chuM. bhUtakALane huM yAde karate thIH phalANI take mahe gumAvI ke phalANuM bhUla karI evA smaraNathI mahAra AnaMda kaluSita karavA have huM taiyAra nathI. bhaviSyanI mahane paravA nathIH kAle khAvA nahi maLe te zuM thaze, ke jAnavara AvI phADI khAze to zuM thaze, ityAdi (kAlanI ciMtA huM karatuM nathI. hAya, kaleza, bhaya e traNa zatrune mArIne ahIM AvI beThe chuM. e za one mAranArAo ja A zatruMjayagiri para Ave che ane ahIMnI khuzanumA havAthI Ara vadhAre tAkAtavALA bane che. amane ahIM AgaLa vadhavAnI. heTA thavAnI, khIlavAnI paNa 'icchA" thatI nathI. ame te amArAthI "DeTA'ne joIe chIe ane ApoApa khIlIe chIe. badhI avasthAnA avadhu A pahADa para rahe che. koI bAlyAvasthAmAM, koI kizora avasthAmAM, koi bhara yuvAnImAM, koI AdheDa ane koI vRddha, te koI vaLI ativRddha avasthAmAM che. teo eka sthaLethI bIje sthaLe pasAra thAya che sTAre hemanA dehamAMthI temanA guNene saksa pravAha vaheto ja hoya che ane te amane ApoApa maLatA rahI amAruM poSaNa ane vRddhi svabhAvataH thayAM kare che. paNa dosta, have kahe ke tuM ahIM kahAMthI?" mahArA chagarI dasta!" he kahyuM: "huM ahIM avadhUomAMnA ekAdane jevA ja Avyo chuM." jinavijayajI bALakanI nirdoSatAthI hasyA ane bolyAH duniyAnA lekine vadhu dekhAtA ja nathI!" Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 18 " ' hA, mheM evI leAkavAyakA sAMbhaLI beuM chuM ke emAM uMDA bheda che." tuM mhane madada na kare ? " jinavijayajI krIthI hasyA ane khelyAH " 'madada'evA zabda ameA bALakAnA jANavAmAM nathI ! tuM jo pUsmaraNunA tyAga karI 'bALaka' banI jA, te| hane paNa amArI peThe ja badhuM dekhAze. jovAmAM kAMi pArakI AMkhA kAma lAgatI nathI." mheM nizcaya karyo ke te ja kSaNe mhAre bALaka banavuM ane mhArA ISTa avadhU mahAvIrane jovA ane hemanI sAthe vAtA karavI. tethI mheM kahyuM: " thAre huM hamaNAM ja bALaka banuM te ? " ghaNuM majAnuM ! 66 bALaka banavA mATe mhAre pUsmaraNanA tyAga karavA joie, kharUMnI ? '' ' hatI ane have huM 66 mhe kahyuH paNa tyAre, dAsta, " emaja ! .6 66 ,, tyAre jo! huM zarU karUM chuM." mhe palAMThI vALA zvAsanu rUMdhana karyuM, ane manamAM ja meTyA 'huM paisA nathI,-paisAnA svAmI paNa nathI; paisAvALA tarIkenuM bhAna eka bhramaNA hatI;...e bhramaNAne huM bhasma karUM chuM." huM putra nathI, huM pitA nathI, huM netA nathI, huM bhakta nathI, huM tAdAra nathIH uparI ke tAbedAra tarIkenuM satraLuM bhAna eka bhramaNA hatI; e bhramaNAne huM bhasma karU chuM.' 6 * huM mana nathI, huM buddhi nathI; mana ane buddhithI prerAtA 'huM e eka bhramaNA hatI, ke je bhramaNAne huM--' eTalAmAM mhArA zAnta sareAvaramAM eka mAtru uchaLyu : bhramaNAne bhramaNA tarIke oLakhAvanAra paNa muddhija che, tA buddhinA tyAga karavAnuM kema pAlavavuM joie ? " " Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ e ja kSaNe jinavijayajInuM khaDakhaDa hAsya re kAne paDayuM ane samAdhi bhAMgI gaI. ke..? buddhine choDAtI nathI ke? chAtI para patharo laIne apAra samudra tare che kharuMne?" ane emaNe hArA gAla para eka ramatIALa tamAce lagAvI dIdho ! huM paNa e bAlIzatAne cepa pAmI hAma tamAco lagAvI beThA! zuM karuM chuM enuM e vakhate mane bhAna na hatuM! bApAjI! bApAjI! A chokarAne kAMI kaheje nahi te huM ene mArI besIza!" jinavijayajIe cheka ja bALakanI peThe rAva khAdhI. e rAvamAM koInI "madada'nI prArthanA nahotI. svabalanI bhAvanA ja enA garbhamAM hatI. e ja kSaNe amArI najara hAme mahAvIranI pracaMDa mUrti daSTigocara thai. nirdoSatA, sayitA, ane AnaMdanI e sAkSAta mUrtine jotAM ja huM pAmI gayo ke e bIjuM koI nahi paNa jenA ati ane te mahAvIra pote hatA. emaNe prakAzita hasamukhA cahere jinavijayane mastakasparza karI kahyuM : "baccA ! tyAre mitra "dhyAnathI nahi paNa hArI sAthenA nirdoSa tophAnathI buddhino tyAga karI cUkyA che ! ene have tArA jeTalo ja A dezamAM rahevAne adhikAra che. paNa zeDa vakhata ene pahADanI nIcenI bhUmi para-jahAM hArA nAmathI vaNAM bATAM zikSaNa apAvA lAgyAM che ane tethI chavAtmAo nirmAlya thaI gayA che DhAM-mokalI mATe saMdeza pahoMcaDAvavo che. tethI tyAre tArA dostanI sobatanI majhA thoDo vakhata gumAvavI paDaze." ane teoe ane kyAre karyo. te muMgI bhAvAthI aparicita havA MaaN jANe emane Azaya rahamajato houM ema Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 20 hemanI pAchaLa cAlavA lAgyo. AgaLa zrI mahAvIra ane pAchaLa huM ema cAlatAM cAlatAM ame eka sIdhI ane ghaNI muzkela TekarInI najadIka AvyA, jahAM zrI mahAvIra thavyA ane hune kahevA lAgyAH ""dayA" ane "rakSA nI bhAvanAe AryAvartane nirmAlya karyo che, ane 'krUratA" ane "bhakSaNanI bhAvanAe AryAvarta sivAyanI zeSa duniyAnuM adha:patana karyuM che. samasta duniyA bhUlI gaI che ke buddhi ane buddhie yojelI dareka bhAvanA AtmAnI dAsI mAtra che, nahi ke rANu. saghaLI bhAvanAo. sadhaLA Adarzo, saghaLI vyAkhyAo AtmAnI sahAyaka mAtra heI zake, AtmAnuM svAmitva emanI pAse na hovuM joIe. jhaverI "cava " thI, sonI "ratIthI, kApaDIo "su" thI, naiyAyika nyAyasUtrathI ane sAdhu vartananA amuka niyamathI potapotAne 'vyApAra kare, paNa e badhI cIje emanAM kATalAM mAtra che, nahi ke kismata. kismata' upajAvavI ane e vaDe pote vadhu zaktimAna thavuM e ja Azaya hovo joIe. kApaDIo tasu ane gajane badale zera ane bazerInA baMdhAraNa" vaDe paNa " kimata 'upajAvI zake. jIvanane karatA' nA dharaNanuM Azrita banAvavuM e "bhramaNa' che, temaja "dayA" nA ja dhAraNanuM Azrita banAvavuM e paNa bhramaNA che. huM hAre hamArI pRthvI para pharate hato, sTAre mahe karatA bahu vadhelI joI tethI rayA ane rakSAnuM dhoraNa cha ApyuM hatuM. jo ke te chatAM mahArA "gupta maMDaLanA sabhAsadomAM-zaitama jevAomAM-dayAnA dhoraNanI tAbedArI na rahevA pAme enI paNa huM saMbhALa avazya rAkhato. eka bharavADa vhAre mahane mAravA taiyAra thaye hato ane indra hArI madade doDI Avyo hato hAre he te madada ane rakSA svIkAravAmAMya "apamAna ane pApa mAnyuM hatuM, e matalabane eka ullekha Aje paNa jenenA dharmagraMthomAM bhAgyA tUTayA AkAramAM hayAtI dharAve che. paNa e ghaTanAnuM saMpUrNa-Abehuba-dhyAna teo pAse nathI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ rahevA pAmyuM. tethI huM hamaNAM ja hArI yogazakti vaDe hene bhUtakALamAM laI javA mAguM chuM ane A zatruMjaya pahADa para aDatAM DaratA ane mahArA hAthanI mAgaNI karatA gautamane e dhaTanAnA khyAnavaDe he ke upadeza Apyo hato te tuM potAnI AMkhothI jevA pAme ane hArA pitAnA kAnethI sAMbhaLavA pAme ema karavA mAguM chuM. e dazyanA bhAna sAthe tyAre AryabhUmimAM pAchA UtarI javuM ane huM je joyuM sAMbhaLyuM hoya te svAnA vadhu vicAravaMta purUSo samakSa kahI saMbhaLAvavuM. e jJAna samasta duniyAne anukuLa thAya evI ghelI IcchA kadApi karato nahi. AkhI duniyA koI kALe ekI sAthe hamajadAra thaI nathI ane thaI zakaze nahi. je thoDAo svabhAve zaktimAna che paNa hemanI zaktio vikRta zikSaNathI daTAI gaI che te "thoDAonI ja jAgRtinI darakAra karavAnI che. e haiDAo pachI samasta lekagaNane potAnI icchAzaktithI deravI zakaze. AryAvarta mAM Aje sauthI vizeSa jarUra kharA jJAnanI che-"samyapha zAna'nI che. e samyapha rAna, tuM hamaNAM je dazya najare je henuM khAna lakSapUrvaka sAMbhaLanAramAM sahelAIthI AvI zakaze. ane pachI teo ApabaLathI ja samyapha darzana ane samyapha cAritra paNa meLavI zakaze. kharI rIte "jotAM" ane "kriyA karatAM teo saghaLA prakAranA pUla temaja sanma zatru para jaya karI zakaze. kuMjaya giri para haDavAnI IcchAvALAe-e tanadurasta khuzanumA javAnI meja icchanArAe-agAunuM saghaLuM bhaNatara bhUlavuM joIe. nIce UbhA rahI uce jovAne bale UMce UbhA rahI nIce jotAM zIkhavuM joIe. jIvavAnI lAlasA ane maraNa ke duHkhane laya eNe bALIne bhasma karavuM joIe. bhaviSyanA vicAra athavA hAthaveyane havAmAM pheMkI devAM joie. sagavaDa surakSitapaNuM jokhama mAtrathI bacatA ravAnI khabaradArI: e sarvano tyAga karI eka prakAranI bekhabaradarI' prApta karavI joIe. e pramANe potAne DhALe ja badalI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com rAe gAmale UbhA eto bhaya
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________________ 3 . nAkhavA joIe. juvAnInI lahejata karI meLavavA IcchatuM. vRddha phInIkSa peAte ja agnimAM paDI jINu zarIrane bALI bhasma kare che ane punarjanma le che-- dvija' thAya che ! dvija-eka jIMdagImAM bIjI vAra janma lenAra-sivAya bIjA kAi manuSya pUjanIya-a tIya--'ucca'-'khAnadAna'--brahmavid-izvarI za-banI zake ja nahi. peAtAnuM rUpAntara karyAM vagara mukti nathI. mukti--kAi paNa prakAranI mukti--sahAyathI---rakSAthI--dayAthI maLatI cIja nathI. * ane mukti kAi kAlpanika padArtha nathI. padArthoM ane manuSyeAnI tAbedArI svIkAranAra ke sahana karI lenAra manuSya game tevAM bhagavAMthI ke ugra tapazcaryAMthI ke game teTalI vidyAthI pa mukti meLavI zakaze nahi. buddhinA kSetramAM, rAjakIya kSetramAM, gRhasaMsAranA kSetramAM sarvatra zatrujaya karanArA jIvAtmA ja mukta che, ane te mukta ja che. HH " mATe jo, hArI najara samakSa pUrva ghaTanAnuM dRzya raju karUM chuM te bhAna sAthe Ava'mAM jaI te prasiddhi Apa. "vikrama pUrve sumAre pAMcase varSa para dayA, kSamA, sahAya, namratA Adi kAsaLa bhAvanAo pUjAtI hatI tema have pachI ugra bhAvanAo pUjAze ane vikramanI vIsamI sadInA chelA bhAgamAM e ja 'nIti' banaze." mhArA cAgabaLathI je lakSapUrvaka jaje, ane henA citrane thArI bhASA dvArA chelleA zabda khelAtAMnI sAthe ja mhArI dRSTi samakSa alaukika dRzya khaDuM thayuM, je dRzya A pachInAM pRSThomAM AlekhavA yathAzakti prayatna karIza. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ mahAvIra kahatA havA * jagavana!" zatruMjaya girirAja para aDatAM zrI mahAvIra pratye bhaktiparAyaNa gotama bolyA: "bhagavAna !" paratu, vidyutanI jhaDapathI AgaLa ne AgaLa vadhatA mahAvIre pAchaLa paDelA gAma tarapha najara sarakhIe karI nahi. prabho!" gAme punaH araja karIH "A cakarI Ave evA sIdhA DuMgara para ApanI sAthe haDatAM huM hAMphI jAuM : ane susavATA mArato pavana hArA vastramAM bharAI ne nIce kheMcI jAya che. dayA karI jarA thobhaze? Apane sahAyaka hAtha mane dhIrazo?" "garama ! duniyAmAMthI bhagavAna ane prabhu te kyAranAe marI gayA" che, tenI tvane hajI khabara nathI?-ane dayA, e * zatru mAtra pU temaja sAma zarU-para jaya meLavavAnI vRtti rUpI bhUmikha, ke je "lAgaNa'nI sapaTa bhUmikAthI paNa "ucI ane Thera (rough and had)ja hoya, bhUmimanuM nAma jema vIrarahyuM che tema che mikApara cAlanArA puranAM nAma paNa (ati . mahAvIra, Arya, jana athavA vitA) vIrarasa ja hoya. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 24 paNa bhagavAnanI sAthe ja marI gaI che! hA...hA...hA...hA...' mahAvIra kahetA havA. mahAvIra kahetA havA p 66 6 vastrA' vaDe tuM 'nIce' kheMcAi jAya che teA pachI zA mATe e jALane pheMkI detA nathI? girizikharanI havA icchavI, ane te chatAM zarIrane vastrAthI lAdhavuM, e zuM hAsyajanaka nathI? peAtAnI mUrkhAthI ke azaktithI vikRta banAvelA zarIranuM kadarUpApaNuM DhAMkavA mATe, duniyAne ThagavA mATe, ' duniyAnA vidrAnA 'e vajra banAvyAM hatAM, ane 'kudaratI '-'nAgA ' helavAmAM 'pApa' anIti'-'jaMgalIpaNuM' manAvyuM hatuM. hA, paNa tuM teA hamaNAM havA jevA kudaratI--nAgA-zarama vagaranA-jaMgalI thavA jAya che! hAre vaLI vastra kevAM? pheMkI de duniyAnA vidvAne ' nI e ' jALa 'te duniyA tarapha pAchI!" ema zrI mahAvIra kahetA havA. * " " < ' " " ane gAttama ! * devAnA vallabha'! DuMgara para vihAra karanAra hArA jevA siMhane vasrajALa hAvI e khyAla ja zuM asahya nathI ? ' duAnayAnA laoNkA ' mATe ' nIti '-' anIti 'nAM vastrA ' sarjAyalAM' che; sahA' mATe te nahi sarjAyalI ' evI-svAbhAvika- namra vRtti' ja che. siMhA ane vIre mATe kazuMye zaramabharyuM nathI. kAraNu ke " zarama' hemanI khAsa bhASAnA zabdAzamAM ja nathI !... zama ane bhaya e bannene jee niravazeSapaNe bhUlI zake te ja zatruMjaya girirAja para rahI ane AMnI ArAgya tathA zakti bakSatI khuzanumA havA bhAgavI zake. devAnA vallabha ! nagna thavAnI ane nagna rahevAnI zaramane e . . duniyAnA loko=Masses=aNaghaDa chavAtmAomAAna vRttivALedha lokasamUha. te azakta hovAthI 'duHkhane tyAjya mAne, ane tethI sAhasamAtrane * anIti ja TharAve. duHkha asala hovAthI te svAbhAvika rIte ja 'rakSA 'nI darakAra kare. emanI e ' jarUrImAta ' ja sama purUSAne ' rAja khanavAnI sagavaDa Ape. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ bharavADanA trAsathI bacAvavA AvelA indra ane sahAya svIkAravAmAM potAnuM apamAna mAnanAra mahAvIra, "zuM mAra, trAsa, kudaratanI pIDAjanaka dhaTanAo, bImArI: te sarvamAM mhArI gupta AMkhe kai aja), prakA 'pUega, wAnuMt nAho khAna nadI dauM zakatI .... kes | du oaa dAne . .
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________________ lekhaka vA. mA. zAha 25 zaramabharyuM vastramAM ja vIMTALIne pheMkI de--zaramabharI duniyA para !" ema zrI mahAvIra kahetA havA. " ane ve, devAnA vallabha ! zatru Mjaya girirAjapara mhaDatAM * paDI javAze evA bhaya ne tAbe thai mhArA 'hAtha pakaDavA'nI > < " che te ' AzAa temaja te bhaya ne ane AzA ke bhaya vagaranA nhAtA bALaka' tu je ' AzA' rAkhe paNa havAmAM pheMkI de! banI jALaka ! ema zrI mahAvIra kahetA havA. "" ,, gudeva! jevI ApanI AjJA ! " gaiAttame kahyuM; paNa gurUnI hAyanA tyAga zI rIte karavA--e pAlave ja kema--e vicAramAM maiM vicAramAM te stabdha UbhA havA. 6. : "gAttama! hu* kApi' AjJA ' karatA nathI ! AjJA, prAnA ane dAyavAya e traNe' khalA ' e mhArAthI sadA dUra ja nAsatI kare che,-eTalA huM * DarAmaNA ' chuM. A traNe balAo mhArAthI hArI chevaTe * duniyAnA leAAmAM' ane khAsa karIne ' duniyAnA izvarA 'mAM hemanAM peTa cIrIne pesI gaI che !' ema zrI mahAvIra gAttama pratye kahetA havA, ane kSamAM gabaDI paDAya evA eka bhayAnaka zikharanI TAya para nagna svarUpamAM TaTAra UbhA UbhA khaDakhaDa hasatA havA. " parantu zrI mahAvIranA uMDA bhAvavALA udgAreAnA ma gAttamathI ' hamAyA ' nahi. emanA gabharATamAM ulaTA vadhArA thavA lAgyA. zrI mahAvIranI tIkSNa AMkha te pariNAmane joI cakI hatI. paNa temAM jJAnanA agni eTalA sateja hatA ke tyAM yAnA barane avakAza maLe tema nahatu te sAgara jevA uMDA tathA DuMgara jevA UMcA, zaLa ane kaThaNa hRdaye gAttama pratye pharI khaDakhaDa hAsya karyuM ane karI kahyuM : " devAnA vallabha ! tu khAya hAya mAge che ?... hA...! tuM mArA hAya mAge che, paNa huM strI nathI !...hA...hA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ mahAvIra kahetA hatA ...hA...! denA vallabha! tuM mane strI banAvavA Icche eya hArI gurUbhakti ke ?... ane sAMbhaLa, have hune kahI dauM chuM ke strI hAtha to Ape che, paNa...badalAmAM haiiyuM laI le che !...' haiyuM jatAM hiMmata henI sAthe ja jAya che, ane tethI ja strIo ATalI badhI hiMmatavALI che, hAre AjanA purUSo roDa, mAyakAMgalA, pArakA hAthanI "huMpha" para ja jIvatA, svabala ane svamAnanA "bhAna vagaranA ane anudAra banyA che. devonA vallabha! je huM IcchA karavAnI sthitimAM hota to AjanA purUSo strI bane ema Icchata ! kAraNa ke, tethI temAM kAMIka vizeSa "mANasAI' prakaTa thAta ! ane gAttama ! ApaNe to hamaNa "mANasAI nahi paNa devatAI-parama devatAI-siddhAI prakaTa karavA girirAja para nIkaLI paDyA chIe te zuM tuM bhUlI gayo?" ema zrI mahAvIra kahetA havA. "garama ! Aje strIo strItvane vaphAdAra nathI rahI, purUSo purUSatvane. Aje badhAe ArAmane lakSyabiMdu mAnyuM che, ane keTalAke to vaLI ezaArAmane ! ane tethI mukti paNa ArAmasthAnamAM ja kalpI che ! " ArAma" tathA "sukhane prAptavya TharAvI "duniyAnA Izvare e duniyAnA mANaso " mATe nItianItinA vADA ane pura -pApanI sAMkaLo yojI lekene sAhasa vagaranI-" lahejata" vageranI-tanadurasta "mastI" vagaranI- gaurava" vagaranI-kaMgAla kITavat jIMdagI jIvatAM zIkhavyuM che. devonA vallabha! tuM paNa e "laukika dharmamAM ja ucharela hovAthI tuM "beDIone teDatAM Dare che ane hArA hAthanI mAgaNI kare che. paNa jANa, e devonA valabha! jANa ke, laukika nIti ane * purUSa-Ajane vikRta nirmAlya purUSa nahi paNa svAbhAvika purUSa pitAnI ubharAi jatI zaktine lIdhe svabhAvata: udAra hoya che. "bhalAI" ke "puNya" karavAnA irAdAthI nahi paNa svabhAvataH-jetAnI "majhA" khAtara-te "ubharAya" che, varSa che, Ape che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ lekhaka, vA. ma. zAha laukika dharmane teDavA-saMhAravA, navuM" utpanna karavA ane navA vaDe lekone bhaDakAvI emAMthI thoDIka himatavAna vyaktio banAvavA mATe ja huM mArA 'DuMgara" parathI kavacita " nIce utarI aDavuM chuM. huM dareka cIjane navI "kImata" ApuM chuM, navAM nAma ApuM chuM, navAM rUpa ApuM chuM, ane tethI jUnI kImatanA rakhavALe krodhAyamAna thaI khArA para prahAra karavAne 5Na cUkatA nathI. paNa tethIya zuM ? dareka prakAra mahAre mana AnaMdano eka navo pAka che ! ane eTalA ja mATe huM "Arya ' karatAM "anArya " lekamAM vadhAre jAuM chuM !" ema zrI maDA ra kahetA havA. tathApi gauttamane gabharATa hajI dUra thayo nahi. "prabho ! huM te Apano bhakta chuM-zi chuM. mane to Ape hAtha devo joIe." ema gottama kAlAvAlA karatA havA. ane zrI mahAvIre AMkha baMdha karI ane bedarakArIthI kahyuM : " huM "muDadAM ' upADano nathI ! ane khAra zivya, hArI mAphaka guraneya zikhAma ke AjJA Apato heya nahi ! tuM te vakhate "hAro ziSya thavA Avyo hato ke je vakhate tuM pitAne ja pachAna na hatuM. garama ! je potAne pIchAnato nathI te bIjAne zuM pAne? mane ne pIchAnyA sivAya tuM bahAra ziSya thavA Avyo tethI zuM dahADo vaLe? mATe prathama tuM pitAne pIchAna. eTale mane pIchAnI zakIza; ane mane pIchAnIza &Are huM hane rUArA ziSya tarIke svIkArIza. devonA vallabha ! hAro lakattara dharma te Ave che ! "laukika dharmomAM ethI ulaTuM ja che. lo game te puruSanA pagane vaLagI paDe che,-hene caherAthI aMjAI jaIne, ke henA saMgItathI mugdha thaIne, ke tenI AsapAsanA ThAThamAThathI dabAi jaine, ke henA vANIvilAsathI rejita thaine, leke game te purUSanA pagane vaLagI paDe che Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ - - 28 mahAvIra kahetA hatA ane henA ziSya banI jAya che. pachI te samAjabhakSaka potAnA gaMdA svArthane poSe evA "kAnUna nA nAmathI manamAnatI jALa bIchAvI "mAchalAM pakaDe che! denA vallabha! mahAvIrane lekettara dharma e sarvatho nyAro che! pitAne jeo nathI oLakhI zakyA hemane mahAvIra pitAnA ziSya tarIke koI kALe svIkArato nathI, potAnuM sAmarthya jeoe harakoI rIte nathI pIchAvyuM, teo mahAvIranA ziSya thavAne "adhikArI" ja nathI. hA, cenA ziradAra mahArA ziSya banI zakyA che, vezyAo mahArI ziSyA banI zakI che, yuddhamAM hajArene saMhAra karI AvelA rAtA hAthavALA kSatri mhArA ziSya banyA che. e badhuM kharuM, paNa teo potAnuM "sAmartha" pIchAnI zakyA hatA e sAmarthya mATe zaramAtA nahatA ane "sAmarthya ora vadhAre prakAzita karavA cAhatA hatA, tethI ja teo hArA ziSya banI zakyA hatA. zaktine "guhe" rahamajanAra, "sAhasIne "mUrkhAI" hamajanAra, jamInapara peTe cAlIne divasa pUrA karavAmAM sabhyatA ane "saddaguNa mAnanAra, DuMgara-guphA-samudra-AkAza-siMhathI camakanAra "saddaguNIo' mahArA ziSya thaI zake nahi. gattama ! tuM bhramaNAmAM paDyo jaNAya che. hamaNAM tuM "saddaguNIonI sattAmAMthI chaTakIne zatruMjaya girirAjapara caDavA lAgyo che tethI teo hArA para potAnI saghaLI zaktithI jALa pheMkavA lAgyA hoya ema huM jouM chuM, paNa saMjayagirinA o pathika ! zuM A khullI AkAzI havA have majabUta karavAne basa nathI? A pahADI dekhAva hArA bhItarane pADI banAvavA pUratuM nathI zuM? jahene tuM gurU mAnavA taiyAra thayo che henI phalAge ane nRtya bedarakAra gAna ane khaDakhaDa hAsyaH e sarva hane lekajALathI chUTavAnuM sAmartha ApavAne puratuM * bhavya ane pracaMDa, uMDI, amaryAdita, uMcI tathA masta "bhAvanAo (Concepts) ane evI nItie. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ - lekhaka, vA. ma. zAha 29 nathI zuM ? gArama! je, huM kahI gayo chuM ke A duniyAmAMthI prabhu marI gayA che ane have huM tvane kahuM chuM ke prabhu have hArAmAM "avataravA mAge cheH bola che tuM te mATe taiyAra ?" ane zrI mahAvIre AMkho kholI nAkhI ane saMpUrNa rUAbathI kahyuM: "autama! denA valabha! bhAvI bhagavana! TaTAra thA ane pahADapara haDavA lAga ! kUdakA ane phalega mArato, khINanI mazkarI karato ane TekarIone thapATa mArato uce...uce ...uce haDavA lAge !" ane have gautamanA zarIramAM vidyutano jhabakAro thAya che, ane juo, te mastaka jhATakI paga upADe che! zarIra paranAM sadhaLAM vastra hemaNe kahAranAe havAmAM pheMkI dIdhAM che. eka, be ane traNa TekarIo pasAra thAya che ane ekAeka siMhanI garjanA saMbhaLAya che. garama hAM ja TharI jAya che ane temanAthI svabhAvataH bolI javAya che"prabho! sahAya kare! rakSA karo!" o bhayanI ja sebatane cAhanArA duniyAnA mAchalA! maheniza bhayane ja taDaphaDATa karate hane joine, je huM dodhAdi sarva kRtio para jaya meLavI cUka na hota to, hArA para ane hamaNAM asIma kodha upajata. zuM Ama bhayabhIta IdagI TakAvI rAkhavA karatAM sihanA mAM jAte ja pesavAnuM sAhasa vadhAre khAnadAnI' bharyuM nathI? peTe cAlIne-rIbAI rIbAInedaza varSa jIvatara laMbAvavA karatAM kudakA mAravAmAM-nAvavAmAM rasavAmAM-javAmAM cuha karavAmAM vadhAre " lahejata' nathI ? pArakI madada-ethI bALa-rakSA-dayA vaDe bacavAnI icchA karatAM bhayane maradAnagIthI bheTavAmAM vadhAre tadurasta sukha nathI? e TuMkI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 30. mahAvIra kahetA havA chAtInA nAjuka badananA-gulAmInI gaLathuthIvALA manuSya ! e bhaya he ja saryo che, ane evI ja rIte bhayano bhaya paNa tuM ja sarjI zake che e satya yAda kara! e siMha tvane DarAve che, paNa game tevA siMhano paNa kAna tuM pakaDI zake che e satya zA mATe bhUle che? sAMbhaLa, huM ne mArI potAnI vItaka vAta kahuM." ema zrI mahAvIra kahetA havA. ane zrI mahAvIre garama pratye potAnI vItaka vAta pote ja kahevI zarU karI,-vItaka ke jemAM teo pote "anubhava karanAra" pAtra hatA, ane je anubhava hamaNAM pitAnA ja zrImukhethI vANI rUpe bahAra pADatA hatA. zrI mahAvIra kahetA havAH "devonA vallabha! dhyAna daIne zravaNa kara! huM ekadA A zikhara para beThe sato amaryAdita AkAzamAM khelato hato. lAke ene "dhyAna dazA" kahe che. je ke e dizAmAM to aneka "yuddho" cAlI rahyAM hoya che ane "samukasnAna" ane "sUryasnAna' ane "bhayaMkara majhAo" cAlI rahI hoya che henI lekene eAchI ja khabara hoya che! e prasaMge keTalIka gAyone laI eka bharavADa mahArI pAse Avyo. huM koI koI vakhata zahera ane gAmaDAMmAM paNa vicAruM chuM tethI lAke ane keAI sAdhusaMta tarIke oLakhe che. tethI, hane beThelo joI bharavADa bolyo : "bAvAjI! huM pAcho pharuM hAM sudhI jarA A gAyone saMbhALaje!" ema kahI te cAlato thayo. . "devAnA vallabha! tuM hamajyo ? e gAyo ane bharavADane tuM hamaje ? leka e gAyo, ane lekanA dila para sattA bhogavatA nRpAla ane dharmagurU e hemanA bharavADaH tuM hamajyo? te gAyonA bharavADe ema vicAryuM ke huM paNa eka sAdhu hovAthI gAyone bAMdhI rAkhavA-jALavI rAkhavAnI kalA sArI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 31 lekhaka, vA. ma. zAha piThe jANato hoIza; tethI, o devAnA vallabha ! tethI te bharavADa mahane te gAyo bhaLAvI cAlato thayo. paNa huM to "DuMgaranI jamIna ' para beTho sate vAdaLAMnIya pelI pAra uDato hato-kUdato hato ? mane te gAyonI zI darakAra hatI ? "AkAzamAM ja kAmadhena lAvavAne zaktimAna hovA chatAM enI paNa garaja vagarano huM A duniAparanI gAyone zuM karuM? devatAnA vallabha ! mahane kazAnI zI paravA che? "hane te gAyonA bharavADa ke mAlIka banavAnI paNa garaja na hatI temaja hemane hemanuM dUdha chInavI levA khAtara lAkaDIthI mAranAra ane sadA baMdhanamAM rAkhanAra bharavADathI chUTI karavAnI paNa ane paravA nahotI; kAraNake A devonA valabha! huM kudaratanA niyama ane kudaratanuM valaNa barAbara jANato heba mane koInI dazA para kheda' thavo ja zakya nathI, kAraNa ke "lAgaNuM mAtrathI huM u chuM. mArI ubharAI jatI zaktio konI tRSA chIpAvanAra ke sahAyaka thaI paDe e judI vAta che, paNa huM koIne mATe kheda ke koinA para dayA karavAnA svabhAvavALa nathI. tethI, o devAnA valabha! tethI huM te gAyonI bAbatamAM kazo paNa vicAra karavAnI darakAra vagara mhArA uDavA ane kudavAmAM ja mazagula rahyo. ane ane A pramANe betamAvALe jaI pelI gAyoe svataH gAma bhaNI rasto lIdho ! bicArI te gAyo! gottama! te kadAca evI AzA rAkhatI hatI ke hemanA bharavADanI peThe huM paNa emane khIle bAMdhI, thoDuM "lIluM ghAsa nIrIza, be cAra gALe ane DacakArA pachI ekAda daMDaprahAra karI emane dohI laIza ! Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 32 mahAvIra kahetA hatA bicArI te gAyo ! hemane khullA medAnamAM caravAnI manA hatI ane lIluM ghAsa lAvIne hemanA khIlA AgaLa nIravAmAM AvatuM hatuM, tethI emAM ja te TevAI gaI hatI ane hemAM ja hemane "sukha' lAgatuM hatuM-bicArI te gAyone ! bicArI te gAyo ! deraDuM ane daMDe e aniza hemanI najara AgaLa ramI rahyAM hatAM ane te to hemaNe hArI pAse joyAM nahi! kahe, devonA vallabha! mArI pAse rahevuM emane kema game-bicArI te gAyone? paNa sAMbhaLa, o gottama! mahAvIra koI divasa lekagaNu sAthe zabdonI Apa-le karato nathI. siMhaNanuM dUdha suvarNapAtra ja jhIlI zake, bIjI dhAtunAM vAsaNa karavI zake ja nahi, o gauttama! mahAvIra barAbara jANe che; kAraNa ke te guphAmAM paNa joI zake che. "ane mahAvIranI bhASA jeTalI "siMha"thI ane "bAlakathI hamajI zakAya che teTalI "gAye thI ane "bharavADa"thI nathI hamajI zakAtI; kAraNa ke siMhanA te udghAsane paNa gAyo durgadha' mAne che! o devAnA vallabha! eTalA mATe huM prAyaH guphAo sAthe ke girizikharo sAthe ke AkAzamAM vAdaLAM sAthe ke mahArA potAnA utpanna karelA "vicAra" rUpI putra sAthe vAto karyA karuM chuM ane kavacita kavacita "duniyA" rahAme 'baLavo' karanAra koI 'siMha' maLI jAya che te henI sAthe vAta karuM chuM ! o devenA vallabha! mahAkuM DahApaNu-mhArUM jJAna bahAranI guphAmAM garbhavaMtuM thayuM hatuM, tethI te zaheramAM vasatA" lokAne mATe bhayaMkara che mahArU DahApaNa ekAMta girizikhara paranI zilApara vIyANuM hatuM, ane henuM bALaka janmanI sAtheja samudranA taLiyAthI AkAzanA cheDA sudhI kudAkuda karavA lAgyuM hatuM! o denA vallabha! Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ lekhaka, vA. mA. zAha 33 - "e ' tandurastI '-e * mastI '-e janmasiddha zakti ' duniyA ' ne bhaDakAvanArI che. kAraNa ke, vADAmAM ke gharamAM khIle baMdhAi rahevAmAM ane be gajanI jamIna para ALoTavA ke peTa dhasIne khasavA jeTalI pravRttimAM ja emanI " surakSita jI MdagI 'nI sahIsalAmatI ' che ! ' lIlI dhAsa ' emanI najIka AvIne paDe te khAIne tyAM ja ALeATI jvAnI hemane chUTa maLe,--e dharmAM emanI prakRtimAM ghusADavA mATe varSo ane yugA sudhI anaMtA bharavADe| ' e zrama sevyA che! -4 > 66 "ane A devAnA vallabha ! DuMgare DuMgare ane suphrAe guphAe mArA ApaNe jaNelAM masta bAlakA meAjuda che ane anaMtakAla paryaMta mAjIda raheze. ane saikAo bAda, A gaiAttama! e masta bAlakAne nahi joI zakanAra gAyA paNa te DuMgarAne pUchyA jaze ! ane, hasatA nahi, gAttama !--huM tArA jevA rAtrujaya giripara lavA nIkaLI paDelAne paNa izvara ' banAvatAM vicAra karUM chuM,keTalI badhI AnAkAnI karUM chuM, paNa e * gASA' tA pattharanA TukaDAne paNa izvara banAvI deze ane pUjaze ! gAttama ! gAyA ane gAyAnA bharavADAmAM paNa zuM ochI mahuttvAkAMkSA che?--mAchI pITatA che ? devAnA vallabha! e mahattvAkAMkSA para tuM hasatA nA; te e guNanA svIkAra karatA nathI e ja khedana viSaya che, ene kAI namra nAma taLe chUpAvavA prayatna kare che e ja khetA viSaya che. teo pattharane Izvara batAve che e ja khtAthI mApe che ke hemanuM hradaya bIjA zA mATe nahi paNa izvaratva mATe ja talase che. - " pattharane Izvara banAvanArA pratye tuM hasatA nA, gaiAttama! aya tA vizvamAM sarvatra patharAyeluM che, tethI jyAre manuSya peAtAnuM akSaya svIkAravA ane jAhera karavAmAM ' zarama' mAnavA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com 64
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________________ 34 mahAvIra kahetA have eTale vikRta bane che tyahAre chevaTe henI aMdara dabAI raheluM ezvarya bIjA keI pAtra ke padArthane Izvara banAvavA pravRtta thAya che. te dabAI raheluM Azvarya kahe cheH "cAle ApaNe pattharane paNa izvara banAvIe ane pUjIe; kAraNa ke IzvaranA pUjana vagara bIjuM badhuM dhULa che !" potAnuM Azvarya pachAnavA ane svIkAravA ane jAhera karavAmAM zarama-pApa-anIti-gunho mAnavAnuM zikSaNa bharavADoe phelAvyuM hatuM, gAmakAraNa ke jaDa para rAja karavuM saheluM che! tethI bharavADee gAyone vinItapaNuM zikhavyuM. lAMbA kALathI e zikSaNa pAmelI gAye bharavADane kahe che: tuM amArA zarIramAMthI dUdha dohI le ane e dUdhanI malAI vaDe sazakta thaI anaMtakALa sudhI amAruM svAmitva bhogava, amArI surakSita chaMdagI" jALavavA khAtara amArA para doraDAM ane daMDanA prayoga paNa khuzIthI ajamAva, hAruM dila cAhe tema amane rAkhaH hArUM zaraNuM e ja amAruM sukha che. nAgarike hAkemane kahe che: "amArI pAsethI kara le, hArI kIrtine sahIsalAmata ane vadhAre vistRta banAvavA mATe karavA paDatA yuddhamAM homavA khAtara amArAM zarIra joIe to te paNa le; kAraNa ke amane hArA e kathanamAM zraddhA che ke tuM je kAMI kare che te badhuM amArI rakSA mATe ja kare che. ame to hAro acaLa sUrya ane amAre akhaMDa cuDale-cAMdale e ja IcchIe chIe; ane tethI hArA pratye vagara zarate "vaphAdArI' batAvavAmAM ja amAruM kalyANa che." bhakto gurUne kahe cheH "amAruM dhana ja mAtra nahi paNa tana ane vaLI mana paNa-re AtmA pazu-hane samaparNa che ! tuM je pharamAve te amArI "nIti' che. tuM RAM dorI jAya DhAM ame aMdhano mokSa che.' Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 35 lekhaka, vA. ma. zAha "ane o devanA vallabha! AvuM bolanArA lekagaNunAMya hRdaya to pArane paNa izvara banAvavA talase che, e vAtanuM te vasAyalAone kahyAM "bhAna che mATe ja kahuM chuM ke huM gAyo sAthe bolato nathI, bharavADo sAtheya bolato nathI; "siMha" ane bAlake " sAthe ja boluM chuM ane hArI potAnI utpanna karelI duniyAo sAthe boluM chuM. kharekhara ! devonA vallabha! huM duniyA utpanna karuM chuM ane kharekhara ! e gArama! huM izvare paNa utpanna karuM chuM ! tethI, e devonA valabha! tethI mane pelA bharavADanI gAyo mATe vicAra sarakhAya thayo nahi; ane te gAyo paNa je cI jethI te TevAyelI hatI te mArI pAse nahi jevAthI potAnA nivAsa tarapha cAlI gaI!...garIba bicArI te gAyo svecchAthI -bharavADanA "vADA' tarapha cAlI gaI.. thoDA samaya bAda te bharavADa eka gAyane pakaDIne zvAsabharyo mArI tarapha doDato dekhAyo. gatama! ene cahero krodhathI lAlacoLa thayo hato, enI AMkhamAMthI agni varSI rahyo hato, enA hAthamAM datyanuM baLa avataryuM hatuM. hAthamAMnI rAzano cheDA teNe khArA upara jesathI ugAmyo ane garjanA karI ! garama! e garjanAne AkAze paNa paDagho paDyo ! te bharavADa garyoH "re dhUrta ! zuM tvane bhaLAvelI gAyone nasADI dvArA vADAmAM tuM chUpAvavA iccho hato ke? pArakI mihana coravAmAM ja zuM tArUM "adattAdAna viramaNa vrata x samAyeluM mAne che ke?' ane he pattharanI zilApara potAne paga kolathI pachADayo. * A Superman creates thousands of new 'concepts'-new worlds and destroys old ones. His rery existence necessitates such a 'play.' * corIthI dUra rahevAnuM vrata. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ mahAvIra kahetA havA sc paNa mhe kAMi ja uttara ApyA nahi. huM henA tarapha joyAM ja karatA hatA. mhArI gupta AMkhA e bharavADanI aMdaranA vAnarane ane vAnaranAM dAMtIAMne joI joI ne hasatI hatI ! ane mhArA caherA, huM je zikSA para kheThA hatA hainA ja jevA nirvikAra hatA. 36 66 * " te ja kSaNe AkAzamAM vAdaLAM sTuDI AvyAM ane te phATIne hemAMthI prakAza bhabhUkayA! tetsvI indra peAtAnA pUra AThamAM sajja thaI sa Ayudha sAthe nIkaLI Avyo ane mtane vaMdana karI kahevA lAgyAH ' prabhA! bAra bAra varSa sudhI ApanA upara AphatAnI paramparA AvI paDavAnI che. manuSyakRta tema ja devakRta saMkaTAnI vacce thaIne Apane Ara varSa jeTalA lAMbe samaya pasAra karavAne che. mATe kRpA karI skrute ApanA pAripa.ka--deharakSaka tarIke rahevAnI AjJA Ape!!' " ane indre AkAzamAM ahara UbhuM rahyo. henI eka AMkha mhArA tarapha hatI ane bIjI AMkha pelA bharavADa tarapha agni varSothI rahI hatI. te AMkha mAlatI hatI ke * AjJA maLe te eka samaya mAtramAM e bharavADanI khAkha karI nAkhuM!' 66 paNu adyApi paryaMta huM mauna ja bhajatA hato. prabheA! mhArAthI have vadhu vakhata sabUrI sahana thai zakatI nathI. A khaDabacaDA uddhRta hAya para tUTI paDavA mhArU vaja mastI karI rahyuM che.' indra khelatA haveA. 66 . . ane huM khaDakhaDa hasyAH Indra ! thArA vajramAM mastI che e tA saMtASanI vAta che, paNa hArI bhaktimAM buddhi mhAre Avaze te jarA kaheze? tuM * madada karavA AvyA che ke ? kAne ? zA mATe ? kevI rIte? zA hetuthI?...ane ' madada ' eTale zuM ? . . A badhI bAbatAne te kAMi vicAra karyo che? tuM mhane mada Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ - E lekhaka, vA. mo. zAha svIkAravAnI prArthanA kare che, paNa e prArthanAmAM ja hAruM sakhtamAM sakhta apamAna samAyeluM che te tuM hamaje che ke madada! sahAya! dayA! rakSaNa!...kevuM? zuM mahane bicAra-ApaDA dhAryo? zuM ane duHkhanA nAmamAtrathI phaDaphaDatA bharavADamAMne eka mAnyo? zuM mAra. trAsa, kudaratanI pIDAjanaka ghaTanAo, bImArI ityAdi ke jenAthI manuSyo ane hame devo paNa nAsatA pharo che te sarvamAM hArI gupta AMkho kaI ajaba prakAranI khUbI, AnaMda ane lahejata nathI joI zaktI ? e indra! jANa ke hArA ja karatAM anaMtagaNuM baLa hArI "cchAzakti'mAM che, jo ke te gupta zaktine pUla rUpe vAparI keIne dAbI devAmAM-kAInI zaktione baherI karI devAmAM; " lahejata mAnato nathI. Aje manuSyamAM zaktinI khIlavaTa ghaNI ochI che, te koI paNa rIte vadhe e jevAne ja huM te khuza thAuM. manuSya mhArA upara potAnI zakti akALIne paNa-e rIte 5Na-zaktinI khIlavaTa kare emAM ja hArI "mA" che. " "o Idra ! svAmA pattharanI tarADa para najara kara ! emAne harIALo choDa ke DolI rahyo che-khIlI rahyo che te je! pattharamAM mULa nAkhatAM ene koNe zIkhavyuM? ToLIo varvAdanAM sakha jhApaTAM ane sUryanAM Aga jevAM kiraNe svAme e nAjuka chAnuM rakSaNa karavA kayo manuSya ke kayo deva hAjara ne ? "o indra! jANe ke "sahAyanI niraMtara icchA e ja manuSyanuM "naraka che. sahAya karanArAo sahAya karavA jatAM jAthanuM nukzAna karI bese che e hajI mANase ane deve paNa ame sayA nathI. tuM ane "dina ne- "'ne-dIna-lAcAraari svAme potAnA bacAva mATe pArakI sahAyanI mAvazyaktA dharAvato pAmara prANI banAvavA Avyo che e dvArA khyAlamAM bhu nahi ke. "sahAya'nI "kimana' AMkanArAo ! me "beTI Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 38 mahAvIra kahetA hatA kiMmata AMko cho. sahAya karavI ja hoya to zakti vadhAravAmAM sahAya kare, paMtujI-ThIMgujI banavAmAM-parAdhIna banavAmAM sahAya na karo. svarakSAnI ane jayanI zakti dareka jIvAtmAmAM rahelI che, hene prakaTa karavAmAM ane khIlavavAmAM sahAya karavI hoya te karaje,--parantu te paNa parokSa rIte-dUra rahIne-sUryanAM kira nI mAphaka karajo. jIvAtmAonI kharI sahAya e ja che. Indra! tuM game teTalo baLavAna, to paNa hajI sonA-rUpAnI beDIothI -sukhaduHkhanA khyAlothI-baMdhAyelo "gulAma" che! "lAgaNI" na dAsa che ! zuM baMdhanamAtrane hasI zakanAra, "lAgaNI" ne potAnI TacalI AMgaLI para nAca nacAvanAra vAra eka gulAmanI sahAya svIkAraze ? ke icchaze paNa?...hA...hA...hA...! paNa hune hajI sImA vagaranuM satya hamajavAne vAra che! hIrAmANekamAM sajAyelAthI ' nagna satya" sahana thavAne hajI vAra che ! "bhalA' bhAI! hamaNAM te tuM hArA sthAne sIdhA, ane mahene "mahArI majhA" ekalA ekalA cAkhavA de !" ane devonA vallabha evA o gattama ! e ja vakhate Indra mastaka namAvI AkAzamAge adazya thayo. hArI daSTi samakSa mAtra pele doraDuM ugAmI Ubhelo krodhAtura bharavADa ane pelI muMgI gAya : e sivAya bIjuM kAMI nahatuM. ane A saghaLuM mAtra eka kSaNamAM banavA pAmyuM hatuM. pelA bharavADe doraDuM ugAmyuM ane mahArA hRdaye gupta hAsya karyuM eTalA aMtaramAM A saghaLuM banyuM hatuM. te bharavADa te Indrane joI zakyo nahato, ke amArA vacce thayelI vAtacIta sAMbhaLI zako nahato. ane, e devenA vallabha! zuM duniyAnA kIDA denA devane kadApi joI-sAMbhaLI zakayA che? "paNa mahAruM mauna pelA bharavADanA krodhAgnimAM thI heminAra thaI paDayuM. gautama! te bharavADa nAganI peThe kuphATA mAravA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ lekhaka, vA. mo. zAha 39 lAgyo ane pitAnA mastakanI AsapAsa lAMbA deraDAne sudarzana canI mAphaka ghumAvato te bolyo: "re pApI ! pArakI thApaNuM eLavavAne vicAra karatI vakhate hane zuM narakane paNa bhaya na lAgyo?' he te bharavADanI AMkha sAthe AMkha tAkIne kahyuM: "e gumAnI! pAnelI gAyone paNa gumAvI besanAra pAmara ! kayA baLathI tuM hamaNAM eka pahADI purUSa para ropha batAvavA Avyo che? zaramA, AtmaThaga! zaramA! ane hArI kAgaLanI talavArane myAna kara, nahi te ulaTo vadhAre du:khI thaze. tuM ne pIchAne che? nA, tuM ke je potAne pIchAnI zakatA nathI te tuM mane zuM pIchAnI zake? paNa tane eTalI to khabara hevI joIe ke huM gAmamAM ke sImamAM nahi paNa pahADa para rahenAro chuM, ke hAM "vADA ja hatA nathI, are jahAM "gAyonI "durgadha paNa hetI nathI. re bhoLA ! hArI gAyone te pUcha: A khulI svataMtra-niraMkuza havAmAM rahevuM emane ja gamyuM nahi! siMha ane abadhUonA nivAsasthAnarUpa A pahADI pradezamAM vaLI vADA kevA ane corInI bhAvanA kevI ? cerInI icchAvALA hame bharavADe ja to vADAne hastImAM lAvyA hatA! hame bhaktone "corI'mAM "pApa" batA vyuM ane cerImAtrane-phakta dravyanI ja nahi paNa buddhi, svamAna, baLa ane sAhasika vRttinI paNa carIne-ijAro hame ja rAkhyo. cArIthI maLI zake evI tamAma cIjone ekaThA karI e cIjo parane mAre kabaje avyAbAdha rahevA pAme eTale khAtara ja tvame bIjAone cArIne niSedha karyo. sukha badhu ekalA ja bhogavavA mATe hame duniyAnA lokone cIja mAtramAM pApa batAvI, bhaDakAvI, bhayaprerita 'tyAga' ane 'sava'mAM ja "bhaviSyanuM sukha samajAvyuM! hame ja duniyAnA kharekharA cAra che ane te nAM vaLI " duniyAnA bacAvanAra ' tarIke pUjAvAnA nitya navA muddA Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ -- 40 mahAvIra kahetA hatA uThAvyA kare che ! huM to ceno bhAra pRthvI parathI ocho karavA Avela chuM ane deraDAM ane beDIo ane vADAne saMhAra karavAmAM kavacita kavacita majhA lauM chuM. gAyanA mAMsa para jIvatI e mAM! hamAre bhuMDe baNabaNATa baMdha kare, hamArA vADAnAM jhAMkharAM dUra kare, hamArAM doraDA ane daMDAne bALI nAkhe, ane hamArA " DacakArA na* jIvananA pavitra hakAramAM*badalI nAkho! hamajo ke hamAre kALa mahAvIra have pedA thaI cUkyo che ! laikika bhramaNAone sthAne lokottara dIvyatAnI padharAmaNI karanAra kesarIsiMha janma lai cUkyo che! e jANI cupacApa gAyone chUTI kare ane hamArA jUnA "gaMdA khela" saMkalI ! e "mAlakI" pAchaLa marI paDatA bharavADe ! bIjA para mAlakI bhogavavAnI IcchA karavA pahelAM hame pitA para ja mAlakI bhegavatA zikho. jeo potAne hukama karI zake ane pitAnA hukama pote nimakahalAlapaNe adA karI zake teo ja mAtra bIjA para hukama karavAne ane bIjAo para sattA calAvavAne hakkadAra hoI zake. ke "gvA2 nave che te "" namAve che. je potAnI aMdaranI aneka khINa ane keto ane guphAomAM potAnAM ja aneka svarUpe sAthe yuddha kare che ane dareka yuddhane aMte lehIthI kharaDAyalA svarUpa para--TekarI para sUryaprakAza jhIlato sokhaDakhaDa hasI zake che te ja rAjI karavAne lAyaka che. "o bharavADa ! ane have je, hArI hAme najara kara; tuM rAja che ke gulAma, "mAleka che ke milkata ? A praznanA javAba mATe vicAranI bhaThThImAM praveza kara ane hAruM kharUM svarUpa prApta kara !" * DacakArA=Don'ts=niSedha vAkayA, 'Ama nahi kare che tema nahi kare evI manA; jIvAtmAne nirmAlya gheTA zapa banAvanAra AgrA. w Yes saying to life; mahAna pravRtti vaDe jIvanane marma hAra banAvavAnuM zikSaNa Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ vyakti ane jJAtinA vikasakramanA traNa tabakkA. (prathama uMTa, pachI siMha, pachI khAlaka : e traNa rUpAtara.) eTalAmAM tA bharavADa ekAeka jamIna para tUTI paDhaye ane henA zarIramAMthI pudagalane pravAha nIkaLI hemAMthI uMTa banyuM. henuM vaLI garja nA karatA siMhamAM rUpAMtara thayuM, ane siMha eka kaeNNatAM pUratA khalakamAM kalAI gayA. (pRSTa 46.)
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________________ lekhaka, vA. mA. zAha 41 hajI chellA zabda pUrA khetalI pazu rahyo nahAtA eTalAmAM, e devAnA vallabha ! eTalAmAM te te bharavADa ekAeka jamIna para tUTI paDayo! enA zarIramAMthI akaka pugaLa jhapATAbaMdha nIkLIne nUtana AkAramAM gAvAvA lAgyAM. jotajotAmAM bharavADanA zarIranI jagAe uMTanuM zarIra dekhAyuM ! peAtAnI pITha para jANe ke bhAra lAdhavAnuM kahevuM hAya tema te dekhAtuM hatuM. gheADI paLamAM te UMTa cAlavA lAgyuM ane jarA dUra gayuM. eTalAmAM henuM rUpAMtara eka garjanA karatA siMhamAM thaI gayuM! ane vaLI jotajotAMmAM e siddha eka bALakamAM badalAI gayA ! gAttama ! e bALaka paNa hasatA--khelatA adRzya thai gayA. mhArI daSTi samakSa mAtra khAnadAna girizikharA ane trividha tApa mAtrane hasI mhADanArAM tathA peAtAnA vikAsa pAtAnI meLe ja karatAM, nijAnaMdamAM DAlI rahelAM vRkSA sivAya bIjuM kAMi rahyuM nahi ! "" * "6 ApavItI pUrI thai, paNa gaiAttamathI mama humajAyA nahi. tethI zrI mahAvIre vaLI gAttamane kahyuM: " devatAnA vallabha ! tuM hamanyA ! bharavADanAM A traNa rUpAMtaramAM tuM kAMI manmyA ? manuSyamAtra e traNa sthitimAMthI pasAra thAya che. "gAttama ! uMTa jema peAtAnI pITha para game tevA ane game teTalA ene lAdhavA devA mATe nIce bese che ane parAyA khAjo upADavAmAM ja maradAnagI ke 'sadguNa ' mAne chetema manuSya prathamAvasthAmAM sadhaLI jAtanA manuSyakRta kAyadA-kAnUna -dhAraNA-smRtio-zAonItioJAnAvacanAne pAtA upara ladhAvA devAmAM ane e khAne vaDhavAmAMja maradAnagI-mANusAI - saddaguNa-1 humaje che, jo ke te jANatA hAtA nathI ke khAne vAdhanAra kALu che, AnA hita khAtara je lAdhavAmAM Ave che, ane kevA rUpa-raMgasvAda-kimatavALA e jo che. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ mahAvIra kahetA havA > parantu, e devAnA vallabha ! uMTa jhAre pITha paranA khAna sAthe doDI jAya che ane ekAMta uSNa raNamAM AvI pahoMce che, tyAre te sastI zikhe che, ane siMha ane che. parAyA meAjAne vadhu vakhata uTAvavA have te nA kahe che ane kheAjAvagaranI svataMtra jIMdagI bhAgavavAnI ' jarUrIAta ' pahelaprathama ' jue ' che. kheAjAnA trAsa ane ekAMta sthAna e e saMjogA enAmAM svAtaMtryanuM bhAna prere che. AnuM ja nAma nIti ane AnuM ja nAma anIti. tuM Ama ja cAla ane tema nahi, thArUM hita yA vanamAM che te nakkI karavAnA adhikAra * kahI hAI zake nahi, ityAdi ' DacakArA'ne tAbe thavA have te taiyAra nathI. te jAnI * kimatA ' ne teADavA zaktimAna thayA--siMha thayA, paNa navI * kimatA 'upajAvavAnI hajI henAmAM yeAgyatA AvI nathI. . . 4ra 66 < " devAnA vallabha ! have te bALaka thAya che. sahuthI je na banyuM te bALakathI have banaze. 'bALaka' e nirdoSatAnA avatAra che. bhutakALanuM--bhUtakALanI gulAmIonu-ene smaraNa nathI ane khyAle nathI, tethI henAmAM nirdoSa niDaratA che. bhaviSya mATenA saMkalpavikalparahita hAi te AnaMdasvarUpa che. bALaka eha bALaka teA navI ' jIMdagI ' che, navI 'ramata' che, pahelI:pravRtti che, jIvanasUtrane pavitra ' hakAra che. krAInI pRcchA pAchaLa kheMcAtI nathI mAtra peAtAne ja anusare che e nirdeSa nirvikalpa nira pravRtti ! dareka cIjane peAtAnA ja hisAbe ne jokhame peAtAnI ja * kimata ' ApavAne te AgrahI hoya che ane enA Agraha, utsAha, AtmazraddhA akhUTa hoya che. > " ane gauttama ! tuM hajI ' bAlaka' nathI banI zakyA tA vIra' tA kramhAMthI ja banI zake? A devAnA vAbha! pAtAnI * Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ lekhaka, vA. mA. zAha 43 niDaratA ane peAtAne AnaMda jema bALakane svAbhAvika che tema hane che zuM? " A gaiAttama! kahe have ke hajIe zuM mhArA hAtha mAgavAnI nAdAnI choDI zakaze ? hajIe hArA svasvarUpanA vizvAsa karI zako ? hajIe hArI ' khAnadAnI'nuM bhAna lAvI zakaze? hI de, jhaTapaTa kahI de, devAnA vallabha ! ' * * " prabhA ! " dIna vadane bhaktiparAyaNa gAttama khelyAH " kRpAnAya! mhete jJAnanI uMDI vAtA vaDe gabharAvI nAkhazeA nahi. mane te Apa gurUdevanuM zaraNu, dayA, sahAya ja joie che." ane mahAvIre vicAra kyAM, ane vicAra ryAM, ane vicAra karyAM, ane pachI manamAM ja hyuM: " mhAre Ate rAkhmAthI jJAna ApavuM joituM nathI...AzAnA pAtra taraphathI eka jabarI thappaDa jhAM sudhI paDe nahi hAM sudhI manuSya AzAnI gulAmImAMthI mukta thaI svAzrayI banI zakatA nathI....ArA viyeAga ja ene peAtAnI AMkhe jotA ane potAnI pAMkhe uDatA banAvaze...mhArA hAthanI mAgaNI karavA mATe te kALe te kharekhara pastAze ane peAtAne nidaze......ane e svaniMdA ane pazcAttApanA agnimAMthI 6 pharI janmeleA ' dvija ' sarvazaktimAna gaiAttama' banaze." ane zrI vIranu vacana ate kharUM pApu. ane zrI vIranA dehanA, bhaktimAna gaiAttamane kharekhara viyeAma thayA, ane kheda thayA ane mahAdu:kha thayu. ane e mahAdu:khamAMthI--e kALAM vAdaLAMnA garbhamAMthI ja vaLI gaiAtama 'krI janmyA '! Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ ja mahAvIra kahetA havA ane te vakhate devee AkAzamAM duMdubhI vagADI ane zrI maittamanAM jayagIta gAyAM, paNa zrI rame te eja kSaNe pitAnA "ekAnta dIvyA AkAzamAM zatruMjayagiripara aDatAM zrI mahAvIre zikhavelAM vacanAtenAM ja jayagIta gAyAM! e vacanAmRta hajIe zatruMjaya girinI havAmAM TahelatA phare che. AMtarthakSu khullAM rAkhIne zatruMjayanI sahelagAha karanAra musAphara kaI kaI vakhate hajIe hene nIce mujaba lipibaddha thaI AkAzamAM jhulatAM vAdaLa tarIke bhALI zake che - 'purisA ! tumameva tumaM mitta, kiM bahiyA mitta micchasi ?' 'je egaM NAme se bahU NAme, je bahU NAme se egaM NAme.' 'sabbato pamattassa bhayaM, sabato apamattassa patthi bhayaM' 1. he "purUSa" (prakRtinAye svAmI) , pata ja hA mitra (sata athavA sUyI che. zA mATe bahArathI mitra meLavavA icche che? 2. je manuSya ekane pitAnA bahirAtmAne) namAve che te sarvane (dasya jagatane) namAvI zake che, ane je sarvane (hasya jagatane) namAvI zake che te ekane potAnA bahirAtmAne) namAvavAne samartha che. (aMtarathI bahAra ane bahArathI AMtara, ema banne rIte zaktinI pragati thaI zake che.). pramatta (pramADI)ne sarva dizAthI bhaya ja hoya; apramAdI (bhagata, AtmabhAnavALA)ne koI dizAne laya spaze nahi. (bamAra ALasa, nidrAvasthA, svamAnanuM vismaraNa, svazaktinuM vimaraNa) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ lekhaka, ve. mo. zAha je mANavA je saMvA, je davA che mANavA. 4. je je " Asava' (karmabaMdhanA hata) che te te ja pariva" ( =karmakSayanA hed) che, ane je je karmakSayanA che te te ja karmabaMdhanA ja che. (je vaDe ajJAnI apAya che te vaDe ja zAnI baMpamukata thAya che.) je vartana vaDe eka vyakti ke prana mukta thAya che te ja vartana vaDe bIjI vyakti ke prakhya udI vadhAre jADAya che. mi pate sArI * bAkI nathI, badhA apAra kiyA karanAranI patti para che. 5. zvaka mAra 'i' sAmanAra "pApa to nahI. "jana' "gunhA" che paNa che ane samayagAAnI "papa thI para che. kaI paNa kArya ne "bApa' nathI. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 46 mahAvIra kahetA hatA kare Izka aba vaha jahAnameM ki soMse baiThe vaha hAtha dho, na kisIke Darase chipe kahIM na kike khauphase deve re, use kucha kisIkI "khabara" hI nahIM huA aba to hai mile najira vaha, tere darda izkamaeN aya miyAM! dile be-navAe sirAjake, na khanna rahA, na ha(r) rahA, je rahI so bekhabarI rahI ! najhIra. * * gaI jabase kaida lIvAsakI ! huI yA hI dilake pharAgate gaI jabase kaida livAsakI, na havA-e atalasa va gulabadana na talAze bAdalA va jarI, koI pahine yA ki na pahino aba garaja usakI jAne balA merI! -najhIra www.umaragyanbhandar.com Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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________________ lekhaka, vA. mA. zAha 'maDuM" te che! jo "krame pUre hai vaha hara hAlameM khuza haiM, hara kAmame, hara dAmame, hara jAlameM khuza hai; gara mAlA milphiyata miTA tA mAlame khuza mejara kiyA kisIne usI hAlame khuza hai; ilAsame, tabhArame, IkabAlame khuza huM -- pUre hai' vAhI ma` ' jo hara hAlameM khuza haiM ! cehare para malAlata na jigarame asara-e gama, mAthepara kahI cinha na abameM kahIM khama; zikya na jo para, na klI cazma hui nama, gamameM bhI vaha hI kheMca, AlamameM bhI vaha hI dama; dara bAta, hara aukAta, dara Alame khuza hai-- pUre huM vAhI ' ma ' jo hara hAlame khuza hai...! 47 kucha unA talaba dharakI, na bAhase unheM kAma, takiyekI na khvAhiza hai, na bistarase unheM kAma, asatalakI havasa dilameM na mandirame unheM kAma, mulisase na matalaba, na tava'garase unheM kAma; maidAnameM, bAjArame, caupAlame khuza huM-- pUre 'vAhI 'ma'jo hara hAlame khuzna hai ! najhIra Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ nitonAM sUtro. What is happiness ? The feeling that power increases, that a resistence is overcome. A Philosopher-is a man who constantly tries, sees, suspects, hopes, dreams of extraordinary things--who is struck by his own thoughts as if they came from without. They are the highest philosophers who are capable of golden laughter. Brave, unconcerned, scornful, violentthus Wisdom would have us be; she is a woman and ever loveth the warrior only. The doer alone learneth. The majority of man are wanting in intellectual conscientiousness. Asceticism for the philosopher-an optimum of the conditions of highest and keenest spirituality. For the thinker success and failure are only responses. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ nityenAM sUtro We thinkers must first establish the relish of all things, and, if necessary, decree it. Practical people would even undervalue their parctical life if we were to slight it. In order to make a thing stay, it must be burned into memory. Life I regard as instinct for growth, for continuance, for accumulation of forces, for power; Where the will to power is wanting there is decline. Hang up no more withered wreaths in the Sanctuary of Life. Life is whatever must surpass itself. Life is so hard to bear? Do not pretend to be so frail. Spirit is that life which cutteth itself into life. To vulgar natures all noble and generous sentiments appear extravagant, fanciful, absurd, unreasonable. Marriage : this I call the will of two to create that one which is more than they who created it. Not to be able to take seriously for a long time an enemy, or a misfortune, or even one's own misdeeds--is the characteri stic of strong and full natures. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ mahAvIra kahetA havA Man is a something that shall be surpassed. What have ye done to surpass him? As long as genius dwells within us we are bold, nay, reckless of life, health and honour. 50 In the end one experienceth nothing but oneself. The secret of a joyful life is to live dangerously. Wherever I found living matter there I found will-unto power. I call an animal, a species, an individual depraved and decadent when it loses its instincts, when it selects, when it prefers what is injurious to it. Two things are wanted by the true man, -danger and play. Man shall be educated for war, and woman for the recreation of the warrior. Everything else is folly. Every man fit for warfare, every woman fit for children, both fit for dancing with head and legs. The yes hidden in you is much stronger than all the Noes and all the Perhaps, of which you are ill. Oh that the poets would again be such Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 51 nijonAM sUtro as they were wont to be, seers foretelling us something of our possible future ! Gracefulness is part of the generosity of the magnanimous. To the existence of art, a preliminary psychological condition is necessary, namely, ecstasy. All excellence is inheritance; we have first to persuade the body. Regarding all aesthetic values I make use now of this capital distinction: Is it defect or abundance of life which has become creative ? Popular morality is comparable to popular medicine; there is no science in either. Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. There are no moral phenomena, there are only moral interpretations of phenomena. Not things, but opinions of imaginary things, have been the source of endless trouble to man. Whoever has not two-thirds of his time to himself is a slave. Even virtue cannot be made to reign by virtuous means. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ para mahAvIra kahetA havA No good, no bad, but my taste, for which I have neither shame nor concealment. A constant struggle against uniformity is what makes a type stable and hard. I love him whose soul wasteth itself, who neither wanteth thanks nor returneth aught, for he always giveth and seeketh nothing to keep for himself. Freedom is the will to be responsible for oneself. Thou art not free yet, thou seekest freedom still. Canst thou give thyself thine evil and thy good, hanging thy will above thee as a law ? Whoever will be free must make himself free; freedom is no fairy's gift to fall into any man's lap. A minority only is capable of independence. My will unto power walketh on the feet of thy will unto truth. What ye call world lieth still to be created by you. A creator is he who createth man's goal and giveth earth its significance and future. Do I counsel you to slay your senses ? I counsel the innocence of the senses. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ nizenAM sa 53 Nothing prohibited-except weakness. The noblest only is perfectly hard. Become hard. Whoever cannot command himself shall obey. Practise, practise, and again practise. Be sure that faith will be added unto you. With this counsel I counsel kings and churches and all that are weak from old age and virtue : allow yourselves to be subverted; in order that ye may recover life, and that virtue may recover you. Write with blood, and thou wilt learn that blood is spirit. Let your work be fight, your peace a victory. Be sure to do whatever you like-but first be such as can will. By one's own pain one's own knowledge increaseth. What we do is never understood, but only praised or blamed. Sects born to be weak hunt after a few intelligent adherents. The higher its kin is the seldomer doth a thing succeed. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ 54 mahAvIra kahetA havA The liberality of the rich is only a species of timidity. Only that which has no history is definable. What to-day calleth itself people deserveth no Kings. That which requires to be proved is little worth. One refuses a thing by laying it respectfully on ice. He who does not believe in himself lieth ever. vA. ma. zAhanAM pustakamAMthI cUMTI kahADelAM sUtro paikI sela sUtro ane A pustakamAM ApelAM cAra citro taktAmAM maDhAvI zakAya tevI rIte jUdA jUdA chapAvavAmAM AvyAM che. vIsa naMganI kiMmata mAtra pAMca AnA. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ vAMcanAranI noMdha Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ panna vAMcanAranI dha mudrakaH madhukara gulAbazaMkara bakSI nyu prinTIMga vakarsa ratanapeLa-amadAvAda Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
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________________ allobllo . vA. mo. zAhe kRta nadeshi hamaNAM ja prasiddha thayelAM pustaka eka (pAku chu DuM) .... * 1-o-o kabIranAM adhyAtmika pado, vivecana sAthe ( pAku DuM ) 1-4- prAyazcitta o-ra -o Aryadharma ... ... -5- mahAvIra kahetA havA (sacitra-navI AvRtti) --5- sagALazA zeTha ane keleye kumAra o-2-- nagna satya 2=--0 pragatinAM pAcinhA athavA anubhavanA oDakAra * 1-8-o | JagAu prasid thayelAM pustake pikI maLI zaktAM pustaka mRtyunA mahAmAM athavA amRtalAlanuM aThavADIyuM .* 1----jaina dIkSA (pAku paDuM), 2-o==0 sudarzana (nevela ) *** o-10upara mujama badhAM pustake eka sAthe lenArane pAchukharca mApha. vinAmUlya pracAra mATe keIpaNa pustakanI sAmaTI prate kharIdanAra mATe kimatamAM khAsa ghaTADe karI ApavAmAM Ave che. 'vA. mA. zA." pablizIMga hAusa sAraMgapura-amadAvAda. Shree Sudhammaswami Gyanbhandar Umara. Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com