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________________ ma THE LIGHT OF MAHAVIRA. PART I - zrI T che mahAvIra prakAza. (prathama bhAga. ) -----G rIki -- - A che. (mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM AdhyAtmika ane A siddhAMtika jIvana.) che pragaTa kartA, zrI janadharma vidyA prasAraka varga, pAlItANA. ke - * kirIDara *... - ja -- che -- vIra saMvat 2436. vikrama saMvata 1966. ( pragaTa kattae sarva haka svAdhIna rAkhyA che.) zrI AnaMda mudrAlayamAM mudrita karyuM che. mUlya rUA. 08-0. - { TEJ Teka.. PI = T 1 nahI n ja N
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________________ arpaNa patrikA. - saguNa sujita, svadharmaniSTa, svargavAsI zeTha ratanazI vasanajI punazI. vartamAna kALe Apa A jagatamAM adazya thayA che, chatAM ApanI yazemUrti dazyamAna che. ApanuM jIvana apUrNa rahyuM che, te paNa teTale aMze prakAzita thayuM che, te A mahAvIra prakAza che graMtha ke jemAM te mahAtmA jagadagurUnA siddhAMtika ane AdhyAtmika jIvananuM zuddha svarUpe prakAzita karavAmAM AvyuM che, te graMtha A8) pane arpaNa karI ame amArA kartavyane prakAzita karIe chIe. ane tene ApanA eka yazaH zarIranuM aMgabhUta gaNuM te rUpe Ache panuM darzana ane smaraNa cirakAla rahevAnI amArI bhAvanA saphaLa che che karIe chIe. ame chIe, ApanA snehAdhIna, dharma baMdhuo, zrI jainadharma vidyA prasAraka varganA . vyavasthApake,
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________________ prastAvanA. AhaMta sAhityamAM caritAnuyogane viSayavizva vyavahAramAM vizeSa upayogI che, tenI aMdara dharma, nIti ane vartananA evA uttama tattvo rahelA che ke je to manuSya jIvananI uccatAne ApanArA che. temAM prAcIna vIra purUSonA e. tihAsika jIvananI ane siddhAMtika ke AdhyAtmika jIvananI dizAo kevaLa judI judI hoya che. je aitihAsika jIvana che, te prayoga zIla pUrAvAnI apekSA :khatuM nathI ane kadi rAkhe te te maLI AvavuM kaThina che. jyAre siddhAMtika ke AdhyAtmika jIvana jagatamAM jeTalA jeTalA AtmAne satya pratIta thaI zake che, tenA cekasa pUrAvA ane dAkhalA-dalIlathI pratIti karAvI zakAya che. aitihArika jIvanamAM vyavahArika temaja bAhya jIvana moTI jagyA roke che. jyAre viddhAMtika ke AdhyAtmika jIvana aMtargata dazA pratIti karAvavAnuM ane je dRzya nathI teno yogyatA pramANe anubhava karAvavAne ghaNuja vistIrNa jJAnanA vAtAvaraNamAM AtmAne otaprata karI zake che ahiM prastutamAM mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM aitihAsika jIvana prasiddha che. dareka jene varSamAM ekavAra tenuM zravaNa kare che ane mAtra apUrva zraddhAthI ane pUjya buddhi tathA bhakti bhAvathI tenI uccatAne grahaNa kare che, chatAM temanA jI. vananuM anukaraNa ghaNuM thaDA manuSya karI zake che, ema ApaNe kahIe to temAM ghaNuM satyatA che, te chatAM aitihAsika jIvane zraddhALu manuSyane ati ghaNuM upakArane karanAruM thaI paDe che, e niHzaMka che aitihAsika jIvana ane siddhAMtika jIvananI dizAo judI judI hovAthI baMne prakAranA jIvanane sAthe zuddha nyAya ApI zako azakya che. vaLI aitihAsika jIvananA ghaNAM sAdhano hovAthI siddhAMtika ke AdhyAtmika jIvananI agatyatA joI zakAya che. joke paramAtma padane prApta thayelA zrI vIra paramAtmAnuM aMtaraMga siddhAMtika jIvana lakhavAne pravRtta thavuM, e eka jAtanuM jokhamavALuM sAhasa kahI zakAya. kAraNake, je sthiti varNavatAM te sthitinA pratyakSa anubhava vagara te tAdApaNe varNavI zakAya nahI to paNa manuSyamAM je paramAtma avasthA. AvaraNamAM pracchanna rahelI che, te avasthAne pragaTa karavAne je anukrama mArga vIra paramAtmA jevA mahA purUSanA jIvana caritramAMthI maLI zake che tenA AdhAre
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________________ (2) ane manuSyanI sAmAnya zakti praphullita thaI zake tene AdhAre AvA jokhamakAraka sAhasane thoDe ghaNe nyAya maLavA saMbhava che. apekSita vicAro ane vacanonI apekSA samajavAnI yogyatA AvA graMthAnA vAMcana vicAramAM prathama darajo agatyatA dharAve che. kAraNake, kaI sthaLe mahAvIranI vyaktine pRthaga mAnIne lakhAeluM hoya che, tyAre bIje sthaLe mahAvIrane uddezIne lakhAyuM hoya che, te AtmAnI paramAtma sthiti para AtmA ane mahAvIra paramAtmAne akaya bhAvathI uddezIne lakhAeluM hoya che. AtmAnI aMtaraMga dizA ke je kevaLa pakSa che, tene vizeSa sukSma rIte jANavAne mATe ekeriyana jJAnavALA jeo kahevAya che athavA jeone zAstranA amuka vacanane vaLagI rahevAnI Teva hoya che, teone yogyatA vALA gaNa zakAya nahIM. je vicA-- re bAhya ane aMtaraMga jagatanA siddhAtine sAdA sarala paraMtu yathArtha rIte khAtrI Ape tevA-udAharaNa ane purAvAne siddha karI Ape che, tene tAdaza ane nubhava zAstranA amuka pAThathI ke kaI prasaMganA amuka vacanane pakaDI rAkhavAthI jANI zakAto nathI paraMtu te jANavAne mATe vivekanI tIkSNatA vizeSa upayogI sAdhana thaI paDe che. - AtmAne paramAtma avasthA sudhI laI javAne A graMthamAM je siddhAMtanuM pratipAdana karyuM che, te kaI paNa zAstranA sIdhA AdhAra vALu jaNAze nahIM paNa ADakatarI rIte te tattva vicAramAM virAma pAmI pramANabhUta dekhAze. tema temAM je anukrama ane dhoraNa akhatyAra kahela che, te evA prakAranA che ke, je AjasudhI koI paNa jaina graMtho lakhavAmAM A prakAre levAmAM AvyA nathI. A graMthanI zailI kAMIka pAzcAtya tattvajJAnIonA dharaNane maLatI Ave che kharI te paNa temAM e mizrita bhAva thaI gayeluM jaNAya che ke tene koI navIna vi. citra zailI kahe che te kevaLa bhula bhareluM che ema kahI zakAze nahIM A pramANe nI sthiti hovAthI lekhaka ane vAcaka vargane baMnene pitAnI jokhamadArI samajavI jarUrI che. tenA abhAve ghaNI vakhate anartha thavAno bhaya rahe che. sAMpratakALe je jAgratino ane zodha khoLa karavAno jamAne cAle che ane, vidhAna tathAgata zAstrIo je paddhati svIkAratA jAya che, te paddhati jaina sAna yinI khIlavaNIne mATe ghaNI ja agatyanI che; paraMtu jena lekhake junI zelIne bahuja custa rIte vaLagI rahelA hevAthI teo viratIrNa jena sAhityane saMkucita karatA jAya che. ane potAnI zaktine ghaNuMja tIvra rIte jAgrata karI zake tevA
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________________ (3) vidvAnothI jaina phema moTe bhAge uparanA kAraNathI ja banazIba rahe che. junI zai lInA sabaLa pakSa taraphathI navIna zailIne tvarita sAre AvakAra maLaze ema kahI zakAtuM nathItenA para ghaNI TIkAo thaze paraMtu jamAne je mAge che, tenI kIMmata avazya thayA vagara raheze nahIM. A navIna zailInA graMthamAM mahAvIranuM je siddhAMtika jIvana che, te moTe bhAge AtmA ane paramAtmA vacceno bheda, teo vacceno chupo saMvAda, ane teMo vaccenA najIkanA saMbaMdhanI pratIti karAvavAnA dhoraNane vadhAre maLavuM che, matalaba ke A graMthamAM mahAvIra prabhune amuka mahAnuM vyakti tarIke gaNavAne badale paramAtmA (AtmAnI zreSTa sthiti) tarIke citaravAmAM vizepa mukhyatA rAkhavAmAM AvI che. ane tethI kaI kaI bAbatamAM mahAvIra prabhunA aitihAsika jIvananI sAthe A siddhAMtika jIvanano virodhAbhAsa jaNAya to te saMbhavita che. je bAbatanuM jJAna zabdocara nathI ane tene zabdagocara karavA jatAM jene sAdhAraNuM khyAla ApavAne bhASAkepa paNa pUrato nathI. tevA adazya svarUpa vALA paramAtmAnuM AtmAne jJAna thAya ane arUpI AtmA karmathI mukta thaI arUpI paramAtmA thAya te viSenI saghaLI uttarottara sthiti je mAtra anubhava gocara che, te saMsAranA kSaNika udAharaNathI siddha karavA jatAM temAM mULa vAta viSe nyUnatA rahe emAM kaze zaka nathI. te chatAM A graMthamAM je anukramathI A bhAne jAgrata karI zreNIe caDAvelo che, tene je uDe abhyAsa karavAmAM Ave te manuSyane aMtaraMga jagatanuM ghaNuM sUkSma jJAna thAya, evI mAnyatA che. A graMthamAM sarala rIte kaI paNa zAstrane AdhAra rAkhavAmAM Avyo nathI, tepaNu para pagAe zAstrIya vicAronI chAyA temAM paDelI dekhAze. tema chatAM hadayanA ane AtmAnA baLapara tenI khamadArI rAkhavAmAM AvI che ane temAM TIkA karI zakAya e ghaNo bhAga maLI AvavA saMbhava che, kAraNake, lekhaka ane vAcaka baMne apUrNa AtmA hovAthI pUrNa AtmA viSenA gahana vivayanA rahasyamAM eka mata thaI zake e vAta kAMika asaMbhavita jaNAya che, tethI jeo A graMthanA keI paNa para siddhAtane anusarIne yaMgya TIkA karI amArI bhUla batAvaze te te mahadupakAra sAthe svIkArI sudhAravAlA rAkhavAmAM Avaze A lekhamAM vIra prabhunA vacanathI virUdhdha kAMI paNa lakhAyuM hoya to te mithAdukRta thaze.
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________________ (4) A prasaMge jaNAvavAnuM vizeSa AnaMda thAya che ke, tAtvika vicArothI bharapUra ane zrI vIra bhagavAnanA sidhdhAMtika ane AdhyAtmika jIvanane AdarzarUpa A graMtha eka svargavAsI pavitra AtmAne arpaNa karavAmAM Avyo che. jemanA skUla devanI pratimA A graMthanA agrabhAga upara ApavAmAM AvelI che. te pratimAnI sAthe bIjI be pratimAo che, jemAM eka pratimA te svargavAsInA pitAnI che, ane bIjI temanA putranI che. svargavAsI zeTha ratanazI vasanajI punazI saMgrahasthapaNAnA sarva sadaguNethI alaMkRta hatA ane temanI pavitra manavRttimAM Ata dharmanI pUrNa AstA rahelI hatI, te gRhasthanA nirmaLa nAmanuM smaraNa rAkhavAne zeTha haMsarAjabhAI meghajIbhAIe mamanI mIlakatamAMthI traNaso rUpIAnI rakama A graMthanA uttejanAne arthe ApelI che, temane A prasaMge AbhAra mAnavAmAM Ave che. pavitra jJAna khAtAne uttejana ApavAmAM. apAvavAmAM ane anudavAmAM prayatna karanArA gRha sarakhA puNyanA saMpAdaka thAya che ane temanuM kvana kharekhara pAramArthika jIvana gaNAya che. saMvata 1966. paizAkha, 1 : prasiddha kartA. kRSNa dazamI. pAlItANA | zrI jainadharma vidyA prasAraka varga. 3 Xi che III ' " - ' '
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________________ s zrI mahAvIra prakAza. (prathama bhAga.) prakaraNa. 1 luM. manuSya ane mahAvIra 9 laM, , manuSyamAM mahAvIrapaNunI pratIti-bIjAnA mukhathI ApaNe je satya zravaNa karIe chIe, tenI satyatA bolanAra viSenA vizvAsathI ke pitAnA aMtaHkaraNapara tenuM svaracha pratibiMba paDatuM heya tethI puravAra thAya che. paisAne grahaNa karanArA manuSyane jema khAtrI thAya che, ke pramANika mANasa paisA ApanAra hovAthI te paise sArA che, athavA te te mANasa pramANika che tethI sArA paisA Ape che, tevI ja rIte satyanI pratIti mATe tevIja nizcaya thaI zake ke kAMte te satyane zIkhavanAra vizvAsapAtra che mATe tenA siddhAMta satya ane vizvAsapAtra che athavA zIkhavanAra mANasa vizvAsapAtra che, kAraNake tenA siddhAMtamAMja satyanI pratIti thAya che. mahAvIrane satya siddhAMta tene jIvanaparathI saMpUrNa khAtrInA purAvA ApanAra hato. manuSyanI viveka buddhi ane hRdayanA gupta vicAre jAgRta karavAne temanAM vacane eTalAM badhAM baMdhabestAM hatAM, manuSyanI sAmA nya vicAraNuM para satya svarUpanuM prabibiMba pADavAne evA temaja-- bUta purAvA temanA jIvanamAMthI maLI AvatA ane manuSya aMtaka >> - -1
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. raNanI uMDI icchAone jenA jIvanamAMthI e te svaccha paDe paDatuM hatuM ke te paramAtmAnuM jIvana dareka manuSyane mahAvIra svarUpe sahaja pratibiMbita thatuM. temanA siddhAMtanI svargIya sugaMdhathI jemanA zArIrika vastra sugaMdhamaya thatAM ane tethI AkarSAIne jeo svAbhAvika rIte ema kahetA ke anAdi jIvanamAMthI mukta karanAra eka teja che, tevA manuSya mahAvIrapaNAne kevI rIte pAmatA e vicAravuM te tattvavettAne paNa ghaNuM muzkelI bhareluM jaNAze. satyane dIpaka mAtra pitAnA prakAzathI daSTigocara thatuM nathI, tene je gaNa karanAra che tenI mukhamudrApara paNa tene prakAza pAchaLathI Apa Apa paDe che. satyane sAmAnya pratigheSa paramAtma daSTivaDe te mahAtmA dareka manunA aMtaHkaraNamAM dhvanita kare che. manuSyane satyanI pratIti kevI rIte thAya che?--satyane je niyama mahAvIra darzAve che, tethI dareka vicArazIla manuSya jA. NI heya che. keTalAka satya evA heya che ke te lAMbA vakhata sudhInI ke thoDA vakhatanI amuka yiAthI, carcAthI ane vAraMvAra navI navI kalpanA karavAthI ApaNane pratIti thAya che. tevI ja rIte keTalAMka evAM paNa satya che ke jyAre manamAM paNa tene saMkalpa thAya ke tarataja tenI pratIti thAya che. saghaLuM vijJAna zAstra satyanA dhoraNathI racAeluM che ke je satya pitAnI meLe khAtrI karAvavAne zaktivana rahe che. sarva prakAranA jJAnanA gUDha rahasyanA mULamAM sauthI prathamanA niyama evA hoya che ke tenA purAvAnI apekSA rahetI nathI. tamArI viveka buddhinI saMkalpanAnI pAchaLa cAlatA jyAre tame tenA mULa sudhI pahoMcaze tyAre temane chevaTe evuM kAraNa maLaze ke, je pitAnAja ArdhAra ubhuM raheluM hoya che. te pote ja pitAnI sAbItI Ape che. tamArA jJAnane anukrama tapAsI joze te tamane chevaTe e nirNaya thaze ke te jJAnane adhiSThAyaka keInA paNa AdhAre nahi rahetAM bIjAne AdhAra ApanAra che. asaMkhya vicAravA bAbate satya vyAjabI ane suMdara havAnI khAtrI karAvavAne kadAca tame zaktivAna thaze paNa keTalIka bAbate evI paNa hoya che ke jene mATe tame koI paNa kAraNa nahi ApatAM tame mAtra eTaluM ja kaheze ke "huM te bAbate satya, sArI ke vyAjabI mAnuM chuM ane
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________________ manuSya ane mahAvIra. tethI huM tene satya ane sArI kahuM chuM. mArA manamAM te viSe jarA paNa zaMkA rahetI nathI ane paramAtmAnI sAkSIe mArUM aMtakaraNa kaMI paNa kAraNa vagara te bAbata kabula karI le che." have paramAtmAnA vacane te AvA prakAranA ghaNA satya rUpe che. je vacane zAstramAM lakhAelAM che temAMnA ghaNA viSe manuSyanuM mana eTaluM khAtrIvALuM hoya che ke jevA te manapara Ave che ke tarataja tenI satyatAnI pratIti thAya che. jema manahara dekhAnI suMdaratA sAbIta karavAne zekhIna AMkhane kaI paNa purAvAnI jarUra rahetI nathI, caMcaLa kAnane madhura svaranI khAtrIne mATe kAMI paNa pramANunI jema jarUra rahetI nathI, tevI ja rIte manuSyanA AtmAne jagatanI nitika suMdaratA ane ekyatA je paramAtmAnA vacanathI jaNAya che, temAM eTalo badhe gUDha ane satya vyavahAra rahelo che ke AMtara casuo je dUSita na hoya te svAbhAvika khAtrI ane pramANuthI ekadama daivika satya padArthanA svarUpane anubhavI zake che. AtmAnA mULa baMdhAraNamAM vagara lakhelA evA satya siddhAMte che ke je bahAranA lakhelA zAstrarUpe pariNAmane pAme che, kahevAnu tAtparya evuM che ke zAstrIya siddhAMtanuM mULa AtmAmAM che. aMtaHkaraNanA uMDANamAM evuM jJAna raheluM che ke mahAvIra paramAtmAnA jJAnane pratibiMbita avAja cheka tyAM jaI athaDAya che ane badhI jAtanA ADA AvatA ajJAna zalyane te dUra karI zake che. TuMkAmAM saraLa aMta:karaNavALA manuSyamAM mahAvIrapaNAnuM tAtkAlika, daDha ane sIdhuM pratibiMba paDe che uparanA siddhAMtane skuTa karavAnI haju agatya che. jo ke temAM guMcavAI javAne ghaNe bhaya rahe che te paNa satyatAnuM kharuM rahasya banI zake teTaluM skuTa karavAno prayatna karIzuM. je satya viSe manuSyane svAbhAvika pratIti thAya che te satya pitAnA aMtaHkaraNane keLavyA vagara te zodhI kADhe che tevuM nathI. mahAvIranA satya vacane pratiSita thavAthI ke hRdayamAM UMDA utaravAthI te vacananA siddhAMtanuM mULa zodhavAnI manuSyamAM egyatA hoya che ema kahI zakAya nahi. je tema hoya te viveka buddhinA ane aMtaHkaraNanA niyamathI keInI paNa madada vagara zAstrIya siddhAMta
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________________ manuSya ane mahAvIra manuSya ApoApa zodhI zakata; paraMtu teja sthaLe mahAvIra ane manuSya vRcceno taphAvata vyakta thAya che. manuSyamAM jyAre mahA vIrapaNuM Ave tyAre ja temAM tevI zakti utpanna thAya che. mahAvIra prabhumAM tevI svAbhAvika zakti hatI ane tethI te bIjAnI guma rahelI zaktione paNa jAgRta karI zakavAne samartha thatA. - satyane oLakhavAnI zakti jyAre prApta thAya che tyAre tenI sAthe ja teja satyanA mULane zedhI kADhavAnI zakita hotI nathI. dhAraNa zaktine anukrama je vicAro jANavAne ane nakkI karavAne manuSyane zakitamAna kare che, te anukama je zaktithI vicAra utpanna karI zakAya che, tenA karatAM ghaNeja halakA prakArane heya che. ApaNe je zedhI zakIe nahi te samajI zakIe, jemake kudaratane koI paNa mahAna kAnuna zodhI kADhavAne ane te vijJAna zAstranA niyamane lAgu karavAne zodha karanAranI mAnasika zaktio ghaNIja tIkaNa ane asAdhAraNa hoya che, paraMtu jyAre te niyamanI zodha karI eka vakhata jAheramAM mukavAmAM Ave che tyAre seMkaDe buddhizALI manuSya tene sahejavAramAM samajI le che ke jenI jIMdagI sudhI zedha kraravAthI paNa teo phateha meLavI zakatA nahi. dravya guNa paryAyanA je bheda mahAvIranA siddhAMtamAM maLI Ave che, ane dareka padArthane lAgu karI zakAya che, tevI ja rIte sama bhaMgI ane syAdvAdanA paNa je je niyama padArthane baMdhabestA thaI jAya che ane vastu sthiti samajAya che, te zodha game tevA tIkSaNa buddhinA manuSyathI paNa thaI zake tevuM kahI zakAze nahi. mahAvIrapaNuM kharA svarUpamAM te phakta mahAvIra mAMja maLI Ave che, ane mahAvIranI madadathI ja manuSya mahAvIrapaNane pahoMcI zake che. dareka manuSyamAM mahAvIrapaNuM raheluM che, ane te zaktine vicArathI, jevAthI ane bhedajJAnathI aMtaHkaraNanA UMDAM bhAgamAM uthalapAthala karIne satya samajavAne zakitavALA thavAya che pachI-te chatAM satyanA mULa zodhaka thavAnuM ane jaganAM manuSyanA hadayamAMthI satyanI pratIti karAvavAnuM mahAvIra jevuM bhAgya keI viralAneja mATe nirmANa thaeluM hoya che. eka mahAkavi mANasanA manane praphullita karavAne ane dhrujAvavAne zaktivAna hoya che, temAM game te guma bheda heya paNa eTaluM to nakkI che ke te mAtra pi
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________________ * mahAvIra prakAza. tonA vicAra ane pitAnI lAgaNIone zabdadvArA bahAra lAve che ke je vicAre ane lAgaNIo ghaNuM thoDAja mANase darzAvI zake te chatAM sAmAnya samajavALA manuSya te vicArene pitAnA vicAre terIke grahaNa karI le che, kemake teja lAgaNI ane vicAre guptapaNe dareka manuSyamAM rahelA hoya che te amuka kAraNa pAmIne jAgRta thAya che. mahAna graMthakAronA lekhanI satyatA samajavAnI zakita dharAvanArA manuSya lAkhe game heya che, paNa teo pitAthI tevA lekhe utpanna karavAnuM kadi banI zakatuM nathI. suMdaratAnA ane satyatAnA jhAMkhA, asvaccha ane AcchAdanavALA vicAro ghaNuM mANasanA manamAM uddabhave che, paNa jenAmAM vicAra utpanna karavAnuM zuddhajJAna hoya teja satyane kharA svarUpamAM ane kharI suMdaratAmAM pragaTa karI zake che, ane satya te pite potAne samajAvavAthI anukrame manuSyanuM aMga taHkaraNa mahAvIranI draSTimAM mahAvIrapaNuM anubhave che. have A siddhAMtamAM haju jarA AgaLa vadhIzuM to eTaluM te spaSTa che ke zAstrIya siddhAMta je manuSyanI viveka buddhi ane aMtaH karaNa samajI zake che te siddhAMte manuSyanI viveka buddhimAM koInI paNa sahAyatA vagara daivika satya zodhI kADhavAnI gyatA lAvI zakatA nathI. zAsethI je bAbate mANasa zedhI na zake te sArI rIte samajavAne te zakitavAna thAya che jo ke AtmAmAM gupta zraddhA, jhAMkhI lAgaNIo, na samajAya tevI AzAo, ane UMDI IcchAo rahelI che te paNa jyAM sudhI devika satyane bahArane prakAza tene ajavALAmAM lAvato nathI tyAM sudhI te manuSyane pitAne jaNAtuM nathI te ma tenAthI tene anubhava thaI zakto nathI. vaLI manuSyanA hadaya ane ne manapara eka ajANI bhASAnA evA akSare lakhAelA che ke je ne skuTa karavAnI cAvI phakata kudaratanA sarvamAnya satyamAM rahelI che eka azraddhALu athavA eka ajJAna mANasane devIka satya samajAvanAranI sAme ubhe rAkhe ane je te lakSapUrvaka sAMbhaLaze ke tarataja tenA aMtaHkaraNamAMthI kaI evI vIjaLI bahAra Avaze ke tene satyanI pratIti thayA vagara raheze nahi. tene saghaLA viSe khAtrI thaze. te saghaLI bAbatanI tulanA karI zakaze, tenA aMtaHkaraNanA guma rahasya
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________________ manuSya ane mahAvIra khulelAM thaze ane tethI te mahAvIra paramAtmAnI bhakita karaze,ArAdhanA karazeane vIraprabhune pitAnI najadIkamAM joI zakaze. anAdi ane A dazyasatyatAnI dunIAmAM jyAM ApaNe zreSTaprANuM tarIke rahIe chIe, tyAM manuSyane uDavAne ghaNuM uMcI jagyAo che, avanata manuSyatvamAM thI unnata thavAne ghaNuM chupA mAge che ke je vicAravaMta prANIo meLavI zake che. joke game tevI zodhathI ApaNe paramAtmAne zodhI zakIe nahi, vaLI je ke pavitra naitika kAyadAnI khAtrI che ke amarapadanuM svapna game tevA prayatnathI ane mAnaSika viveka buddhithI aprAptavya che te paNa manuSyanA svabhAvanA baMdhAraNamAM eTaluM badhuM daivika tatva raheluM che, tenA aMtaHkaraNa para evA svaccha naitika dhAraNanI chApa paDelI che, jagatanA aMtaHkaraNamAM amarapaNuM pAchaLa eTalI badhI majabuta ane uMDI lAgaNI tathA IcchA zAMtapaNe rahe lI che ke mahAvIra paramAtmA jAgRta thaelA AtmAmAM pitAnA sarva mAnya upadezane tAtkAlika badale ane pramANa joI zakatA. tethI karIne devika satya ke manuSyanI viveka buddhi zadhi zakatI nathI te paNa tenI sAthe tene ghaNe nikaTane saMbaMdha che, joke te mAnava hadaya sudhI pahoMcI zakatuM nathI te paNa tenA niyama ane dhoraNe ghaNuM khAtrI Ape che, manuSya mukhathI tene bolI zakatA nathI tepaNa mahAvIra je rUpe manuSyane satya samajAve che, te rIte teo tene tAdaza grahaNa karI zake che. vaLI manuSya aMtakaraNane sarva mAnya siddhAMtanI ApoApa pratIti thAya che ema nakkI karavAmAM ApaNe te satya zodhavAnI zakita manuSyamAM nathI ema kabula karIe chIe eTaluM ja nahi paNa aMtaHkaraNa tenI apUrNa ane azAMta sthatimAM te satyanI zodha thayA pachI paNa tene saMpUrNapaNe oLakhavAne ane vistAravAne cagya tAvALuM hoya che ema paNa kahI zakAya nahi. eTaluM te kabula karI zakAya ke mANasanuM hRdaya je pavitra ane pUrNa sthitivALuM hoyate mahAvIranA aMtaHkaraNanI sAthe te joDAI zake che ane tenA pavitra vacanane paDe pavitra aMtaHkaraNamAM paDI zake che. 5raMtu manuSyanuM aMtakaraNa pavitra ane pUrNa hotuM nathI, te. manI viveka buddhi jhAMkhI ane raju na thaI zake tevI thaI gaI hoya
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. che, tethI saMpUrNa ane svaccha pratibiMba paDavAne badale temAMthI seMkaDe jUThI kalpanAo ane asatya pramANe phUTI nIkaLe che. aMtarika cakSuo ane kaNa je daDha ane taMdurasta vicAra vAtAvaraNavAlA heya te devika padArthanI suMdaratA ane aikyatA tvarita grahaNa karI zake che, paNa mAnava AtmAnI daSTi dUSita thaelI hoya che, tethI tenAmAM satyanI tulanA karavAnuM vyAjabI cheraNa kayAMthI hoI zake? ema kema khAtrIthI kahI zakAya ke satyane dareka manuSyanuM aMtaHkaraNa grahaNa karI zake che. zAstranA bIjA siddhAMtanI sAthe e paNa siddhAMta nathI ke mahAvIra paramAtmAnA rahasyavALA gUDha vicAre mANasa grahazuM karI zake nahi ke jANI zake nahIM, kAraNake te tAtvika svarUpe judA paDe che. jo evuM kahevAmAM Ave ke jeo satyane grahaNa kare che, temanA aMtaHkaraNapara mahAvIra paramAtmA jAgRtinI kriyA kare che te chatAM paNa tenI sAthe eTaluM hovuM joIe ke, satyane mAnya rAkha vAthI ane samajavAthI mahAvIra paramAtmA aMtaHkaraNane jAgRta karavAne ane pavitra karavAne kudaratI rIte kAma kare che, ane tethI karIne satyanI pratIti keTaleka aMze pavitratA ane bhalAIvALA aMtaHkarazumAM prathama darajajAvALI hoya che. vicAre ke apUrNa ane asva 7 aMtaHkaraNane satya samajeya che, ema kahI zakAze ke? AMdhaLI AMkhe vaDe prakAza kevI rIte joI zakAya? baherA kAnathI suMdara svara kema sAMbhaLI zakAya? A muzkelI bharelA praznanuM nirAkaraNa kadAca evI rIte karI zakAya ke devika satya manuSyanA aMtaHkaraNa para pratibiMba pADavAne ane tene jAgRta karavAne ekadama prayatna kare che ke te satya manamAM evI gyatA utpanna kare che ke jethI te bhedane pAmI zake che. jevI rIte sUryanuM kIraNa ramatuM ramatuM sUtelA mANasanI mukhamudrA para paDe che ane pitAne prakAza jevAne mATe tenI cakSuo ughADe che tevI ja rIte mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM satya AtmA para prakAzatuM tenI zakita caMcaLa ane jAgRta kare che ke jethI karIne teja satyane te jaI zake che jIjJAsA mAnasika zakitane jAgRta kare che te chatAM mAnasika zakita jIjJAsAmAM otaprota thayelI che tethI bemAMthI prathama kiyA konI che te cekasa kahevAtuM nathI paNa teo eka sAthe ja kAma
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________________ sAMsArika amAsa sAnamAM kitanA manuSya ane mahAvIra kare che ema sAmAnya rIte kahevAya che. satya manane jAgRta kare che topaNa mana caMcaLatAmAM hovuM ja joIe, nahitara satya tene pahoMcI zake nahiM. AvIja bevaDI kriyA AtmAnA anukramavALA abhyAsamAM cAlI Ave che prakAza ane kalpanA jJAna ane samajaNa, daivika satya ane viveka buddhi sAtheja utpanna thAya che ane vistArane pAme che temAM vAraMvAra parAvartana thayA kare che, teo anukrame kAraNarUpa thAya che. ane asara karanArA thAya che. sAMsArika abhyAsanA dhAraNa ane vicAra nI peThe A bAbatamAM paNa jema jema darekamANasa jJAnamAM AgaLa vadhe che tema tema tenI jANavAnI zakti vadhAre khIle che ane te zaktinA niyamathI jJAnamAM vizeSa ne vizeSa vRddhi thAya che. navI navI zaMkAnuM samAdhAna thayA pachI sAhityamAM ke vijJAna zAstramAM dareka muzkelI dUra thaI zake che. jovAnI, mukAbale karavAnI, judA pADavAnI vigere zaktie daDha thAya che, dhyAna ApavAnI mAnasIka prakRti majabuta thAya che ane evI rIte jJAnane vismRta anukrama, satyane vistAravALe, pavitra ane jANI zakAya tevuM dekhAva, manane pratIta thAya che. vaLI kudaratanA nirIkSaNathI suMdaratAnuM viveka buddhi prathama anumAna karatA zIkhe che ane pachI keLavAya che. vicAra karavAnA kAmamAM vicAra karavAnI sakti vistArane pAme che, jIjJAsA tvarita thAya che, vicAra ane lAgaNInA ta pavitra ane praphullita karAya che ane tethI karIne kudaratanI nirIkSA karanAranuM AkhuM mana ane utsAha saMpUrNa samajavALuM ane keLavAeluM thaI jAya che, tevI ja rIte AMtarika bheda jANavAnI zakti prathama devika satyanuM mAhAtamya ane suMdaratA oLakhavAne cagya hotI nathI te hamezanA abhyAsa ane paMricayathI tene jANavAne vizeSa ne vizeSa keLavAtI jAya che. mahAvira paramAtmAnA vacananA Atura abhyAsanA dareka kAryamAM sudhAraNAnI ucI kriyA cAlu rahe che, mananI jatA ane zUnyatA dUra pheMkI devAmAM Ave che, ane AMtarika tItAnA navA sparzane anubhava. thAya che, dhArmika abhirUci tene rAka maLavAthI vadhAre ne vadhAre saivika pioSaNa meLavavAne gya thatI jAya che. aMtaracakSu jIjJAsAne abhyAsathI vadhAre ne vadhAre sUkSama kare che, ke jenA pariNAme lAMbA vakhatanA satyanA anubhavathI AmAM lagabhaga svacha khAtrInI
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________________ manuSya ane mahAvIra pavitra prakRtti hoya te paNa satyanA prabhAvathI chupAI rahelI zaktio jAgRta thAya che ane mahAvIra paramAtmAnA jIvanamAM ane tenA satyavacanamAM pavitra dRSTi heya tyAM sudhI ucca sthitinuM rakSaNa thAya che. manuSya gumAveluM mahAvIrapaNuM pharI kema prApta thAya? satyanA siddhAMtanI manuSyamAM mahAvIrapaNAthI kema pratIti thAya che tene kAMIka khyAla ApI have tenuM kharuM rahasya zuM che te samajavAne prayatna karIzuM. prathama dareka manuSya pitAmAM chupAI raheluM ma hAvIrapaNuM pragaTa karavAno prayatnavAna thavuM joIe. * mahAvIra paramAtmA eka rIte manuSyatvanuM kharUM tatva pragaTa karanAra che, pApakarmathI ApaNuM AtmAe pitAnA svarUpane je aMdhArAmAM rAkhI dIdhuM che te pharI ajavALAmAM lAvavAne mahAvIra samartha che. jyAre manuSya potAnI karmapattithI avanatinA khADAmAM paDI jAya che ane pote bahAra AvavAne koI paNa rIte zaktivAna thato nathI. tyAre mahAvIranA vacane je zAstramAM che te tene pitAnI unnatine mArga batAve che. gumAvelA satya vicAre meLavavAne mAnasika parAvartana thavuM joIe ke jene saMbhava nItivAna ane dhArmika manuSyane khAtrI ApavAne muzkela nathI eka kehI jatA choDavAne pitAnI paDatInuM bhAna hetuM nathI temaja temAMthI nakAmuM jaMgalI pu. bdha thAya te paNa bIjA suMdara ane suga dhi cheDavAmAM te pitAnA mULa svarUpane oLakhI zakatuM nathI eka pALeluM ane gharamAM rAkheluM prANI ke jene kadamAM ThIMgaNuM kareluM hoya ane tenI saghaLI zaktine kAbumAM lIdhI heya te prANI jyAre pitAnA jaMgalI sAthI janAvarane krUra, jorAvara ane svataMtra jue che ane je sthitimAMthI pite nakAmuM thaI gayuM hoya che te pratyakSa anubhave che tyAre paNa tene pitAnI jAtanuM bhAna AvatuM nathI A pramANe che te paNa jemane zuddha ane naitika aMtaHkaraNanI bakSIsa che tevA manuSyane tenA saMbaMdhamAM ethI ulaTo ja prakAra che. manuSya game teTalA ajJAna adhikAramAM zuM gaLAI gayo hoya te paNa tenA AMtarika AtmAmAM tenA mULa svarUpane teNe gumAvyuM nathI. tenA manamAMthI pitAnI uttamattAnI gupta M. P-2
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. yAdadAsta karI suMzI zakAze nahi ke jene gumAvavAne mATe te pitAne deSa ane kaMgALIyata mAne che tethI karIne ajJAnathI ane karma thI patita thayelA manuSyane bAhya svarUpe ke AMtarikasvarUpe je kadA ha ca mahAvIrapaNane ga thAya te tenA saMpUrNa prabhAvathI nitika suM. daratAnuM satya pratibiMba paDatAMja DhaMkAI helI gupta zaktio mULa svarUpe jAgRta thAya ane tene te jAte oLakhIne anubhavI zake. e pramANe karavAne patita thaI gayelI vivekabuddhinI sAme thaIne pitAnuM mULasvarUpa zodhavuM ane ema karatAM aMtaramAM satya svarUpa jAgRta thaze ane je kAraNathI patita avasthA prApta thaI hatI te dUra thaze tyAre satya svarUpanI zuddha pratyakSa pratIti svayameva bahAra Avaze. have pazcAtApanA samayamAM manuSyane jAgRta thaelo AtmA mahAvIra paramAtmAe batAvelA mArganA avalaMbanathI upara pramANe pitAnI saMpUrNa sthitine pahoMce che, kAraNa ke ema vicAravuM jeIe ke pazcAtApa ane svAtma laghutA je satyanI pratIti thayA pachI jAgRta thaelA ane pazcAtApavALA hRdayamAM pragaTa thAya che te kharI bAbatamAMthI cekasa sUkSmatA zodhI kADhe che eTale ke AtmasvarUpanI zodhane te pazcAtApa nathI paraMtu mULa sthitinuM pharI bhAna thavAja te pazcAtApa che. mahAvIranA pavitra vacanane vicAra karavAmAM ane mukhyatve karIne mahAvIranI jAta ane jIvanamAM parama svarUpanuM je pratibiMba paDe che te parathI pazcAtApavALA jAgRta AtmAnuM kartavya mAtra nirIkSaNa karavAnuM nathI paNa potAnA bhulI javAelA svarUpane namratAthI oLakhavAnuM che. je mahAvIrane ApaNane paricaya che tene maLatI ApaNI mAnasika kriyAne anukama hai joIe. jyAre keI eka zabada, nAma ke vicAra je A paNe tarata yAda lAvI zakatA nathI to paNa te zabda ke vicAra ApaNe eka vakhata jANatA hatA evI ApaNane khAtrI hoya che tethI karIne ghaNI vakhata magajane mahenata ApyA pachI te zabda nAma ke vicAra ApaNI yAdadAstamAMthI jhabakI uThe che tyAre ApaNe te zabda ke vi. cArane tadana navIna tarIke oLakhatA nathI paNa eka jANItI pari. cita bAbata ke je pitAnA hadayamAM lAMbA vakhata sudhI rahelI hatI teja te che ema ApaNane khAtrI thAya che athavA mahAvIra parama
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________________ manuSya ane mahAvIra bhAnA satyanI pratIti jAgRta thaelA AtmAne je rIte thAya che, tenI sarakhAmaNInuM vadhAre sAruM udAharaNa evuM ApI zakAya ke eka mANasane jema pitAnA bhaviSyanA ulaTa pAlaTa thavA pachI ghaNA varasa vItI gayA bAda je jagyA e pate sukho dIvase kADhelA hatA ane jene te paricita che te jagyAnI pharI mulAkAta levAthI te jagyA viSe tene navIna saMskAra nahi thatA junA saMskAra tAjA thAya che tema jAgRta thaelA AtmAne ghaNA junA vakhatanuM paricita mahAvIrapaNuM pragaTa thavAnI sAthe tene tenI pratIti thAya che. junA dekhAvA ane junA padArthomAM tenI sAthene pitAnA aMtaHkaraNane saMbaMdha jANyA vagara koI manuSya ghaDA vakhata sudhI lapaTAI rahe paraMtu te saMbaMdhamAM Akhare kAMIka evo AbhAsa thAya che ke jethI tarataja yAdadAstInA jussAmAM junI lAgaNIo, junA vicAra ane junA banAve jAgRtInI sAtheja hRdayamAM ubharAI Ave che ane bahArane dekhAva navI caLavaLathI DhaMkAI jAya che tathA saghaLuM mULa svarUpe navA rUpamAM daya thAya che. vicAra che te dekhAva nathI paNa aMtaHkaraNanI kabulAta che ane jema jema je dareka padArtha Akha jue che te jonArane pitAnA jhaLakatA ane vadhAre sArA bhUtakALanuM bhAna karAve che, pite hAla je sthitimAM che tenI sAthe te sarakhAmaNI kare che ane jue che ke eka vakhata huM ke AnaMdI, taMdurasta ane sukhI hatuM te yAda AvatAM tene hAla ghaNuM tINuM ane uMDuM duHkha thAya che, pitAnI mULa sthiti yAda AvatA ghaNeja tIvra pazcAtApa thAya che ke je vartamAna kALe tenA AtmAne ArapAra vedanA utpanna kare che. have A prakArane barAbara maLatI ja kriyA jAgRta thaelA AtmAne satyanI pratIti thavAmAM che. pavitratAnA zAstrIya dhoraNamAM ane mahAvIra paramAtmAnA jIvana kamamAM je uccatA pratyakSa thAya che temAM jyAre AmAne sanmukha lAvavAmAM Ave che tyAre tenA AMtarika hadayamAM pite gumAvelA zuka mULa svarUpane mATe tene kAMIka bhAna thAya che ane tene kharekharI rIte ghaNuM tINuM duHkha thAya che. je mahA mIra paramAtmAnuM jIvana ApaNane tadana na jaNAya tevuM hoya te dehita aMta:karaNane adhuM duHkha ochuM thAya. temAM jo ApaNe ghaNe bhazake. che ema joIe ane jene A
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. paNuM aMtaHkaraNanA parIdhathI ApaNe ardha paNa na samajI zakIe te jema eka kIDA gIdhanI sAme na thaI zake athavA babaDuM bALaka jema keI vidvAnanA DahApaNa ane vAkyAturyanI tulanA na karI zake tema ApaNuM svarUpane bhulI javA mATe ApaNane vizeSa zarama ke dilagIrI thAya nahIM. paNa gupta raheluM tatva ke je jAgRta thaelA manapara AtmaghAtI paNAnA tINa DaMkha mAre che ane mahAvIrANAnI pratIti karAve che je varUpa gumAvI dIdhuM che te yAda Ave che, manuSyane AtmA pUrNatAne pahoMcele che ema mahAvIra jaNAve che paraMtu te karmanA AvaraNathI paravazapaNane pAmelo che e niziya je mahAvIranA jIvanamAMthI thAya che te jANIne jAgRta AtmAne pitAnI sthitine mATe kema vaDe pazcAtApa ane zarama utpanna thayA vagara rahe? pazcAtApa e mahAvIrapaNAmAMthI mANasapaNAmAM patita thavA mATenI yAdadAstI che. jema asarakAraka ane duHkhI hRdaya AzcaryakAraka jIvananI vAta dhyAna purvaka zravaNa kare che, jema mahA purUSane manuSyAkAramAM sa pUrNa nirdoSapaNAnI daSTi hoya che, mAnasika ane naitika ugratA ke jemAM svAbhimAnapaNuM raheluM nathI, mANasa sAthe niraMtara mahenata ane vAtacIta karatAM chatAM paramAtmA sAthe pavitra prema rAkhanArA mahAtmAnA jIvananI jema ApaNe mAnasika tulanA karIe chIe. svAmagI, pitAne sukhanA eka paNa vicAra vagaranuM, svArtha sAdhupaNAnA eka paNa kArya vagaranuM jIvana, mAtAnA jevA nirmaLa premavALA paropakArathI vadhAre puSTa thaelA, game te prasaMge nirdoSa ALa ane apamAna thayA hoya tevA ane TuMkAmAM saMpUrNa pavitra jIvana hoya tevA AtmAne pitAnA guma thaelA svarUpane zodhavAnuM Apa Apa bhAna thAya che. zreSThatAnuM cheraNa jene mATe mANasane lAgaNI thAya che. tenI tene ghaNuM lAbe kALe pratIti thAya che. AtmAnI, gunhAnI nAkhuzI barelI kabulata pratyakSa che, te vicAre che ke mArA pApIpaNAnI A taratanI khAtrI che te chatAM me tenA tarapha kadI tiraskAra batAvyuM nathI, je prakAza jevAne mArUM malina a taHkaraNa taraphaDIA mAratuM hatuM, je pavitra dharaNane hu dhikkAratA hate. je pavitratAne huM apavitra gaNate hate, mArA AtmAnI zAMti ane nirdoSatAnuM sthaLa je huM tajI detA hatA, huM
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________________ manuSya ane mahAvIra. mezAM aMtaHkaraNathI ulaTI rIte cAlatuM hatuM te huM Aje mArUM gupta mahAvIra paNuM jAgRta thavAthI mane judAja rUpe jouM chuM. mArA bhaTakatA ane aMdhArAvALA vicAre have kharApaNAne joI zake che, mArI nabaLI ane valalA thaI gaelI kalpanA zakti kharA mAge ane zAMtipaNe jAgRta rahe che, mahAvIra paramAtmAnA jIvananI A satya. tAthI mArA aMtaHkaraNamAM mArUM mahAvIrapaNuM je dabAI raheluM te Aja pratyakSa thAya che. mahAvIrapaNuM meLavavAnI rItinI zodha, mahAvIranA satya svarUpathI manuSyanA aMtaHkaraNamAM pitAnA gumAvelA svarUpanuM bhAna thAya che, eTaluM ja nahi paNa mahAvIranuM satya manuSyane pitAnuM svarUpa pAchuM meLavavAnI rItinI zodha kara. vAne mArga darzAve che. manuSyane pitAnI judI judI sthiti batAvavAmAM zAstra phakata tene vAsa ane avanatine mArga dUra batAve che, eTaluM ja nathI paNa temAMthI kema bacAva kare ane kema unnata thavuM tenI rIti paNa batAve che. mANasanA hRdayamAMthI tene ze rega che. tene javAba mAgavAmAM Ave che eTaluM ja nahi paNa je upAya batA vavAmAM Ave te mAphaka Ave tevA ane puratA che ke nahi tene pAchA javAba mAge che. mahAvIra paramAtmA pitAnA upadezathI mANasanA hRdayamAM paDagho pADI jAgRta kare che, ane pahelA dilagIrI bharelI kabulatathI manuSya kahe che ke "AvA prakAranI pavitratA ane zAti meM gumAvI dIdhI. ' ane pachI AnaMdita rIte yAda lAvIne meM kahe che. A rIti sivAya bIjI koI paNa rItI tene pAchI meLavavAnI nathI." IrachAti ke vagara IrachAthI mANasa manuSyatvathI patita thate hoya tenA jevI duHkhakAraka mananI sthiti bIjI koI paNa hoI zake nahi. mArAmAM ucuM ane umadA prakAranuM dhAraNa hoya chatAM tethI mArI saghaLI kiyA bhayaMkara rIte nAza karanArI hoya, zreSThatA ane suMdaratAne dekhAva je huM ghaNeja vakhANato houM paNa huM je karuM temAM tene aMza paNa na hoya, AvA prakAranI je sthiti che tenuM duHkha koI paNa mANasa sahana karI . ahiM. mANasanA pitAnA
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________________ 14 mahAvIra prakAza. bhukhane mATe ke teNe pitAnI sthiti bhulI javI athavA tene pharI prApta karavAno prayatna kare. kAMte manamAMthI potAnI adhama thaI gaelI sthiti vize ane gumAvelAM sukha ane pavitratA mATeno vicAra kADhI nAkhe athavA te tene meLavavAne daDhatA pUrvakartiyArathAo. eka bALaka ke jenuM nazIba ghaNAja halakI jAtanA jIvanavALuM che tene laIne koI paisAvALA suMdara baMgalAmAM rAkhavuM ane badhI jAtanA uMcA prakAranA svAda, Teva ane lAgaNIthI paricita karavuM ke jethI tenA manamAM asaMtoSavAnI IcchAo jAgRta thAya, ane te pitAnI halakI sthitimAM tenA sAdhananA mArga TuMka hovAthI ghaNe kaMgALa ane duHkhI thAya, evI rIte karavuM te bALakapara ghaNI bhula bharelI dayA batAvelI gaNAze. athavA koI jaMgalI ane mukhe jAtane keI mANasa , ane jyAM sudhI tenuM mana sudhArAvALA vicArathI ane ArAmanA raheThANathI paricita thAya ane TevAI jAya tyAM sudhI rAkhIne pAcho tene tenAM jaMgalI jhuMpaDAmAM ane jaMgalI mANasemAM mekalI Ape, have AvI jAtanA upakAranuM pariNAma ane sthitimAMthI te mANasane pAyamAla karyA barAbara nahi Ave? te sudhArelAmAM paNa rahI zakaze nahi, ane jaMgalImAM paNa tenAthI rahevAze nahi. A uparathI kahevAnuM tAtparya evuM che ke mANasane pitAnI sthitinuM bhAna thAya tenI sAthe ja te sthiti saMpUrNa rIte prApta thAya tevA prayatnamAM utaravuM joIe. je mANasane manuSya jIvananI uccatAnI chApa paDelI che, ane mANasanI aMdagI svArthIpaNAthI ane pApathI bharapUra hoya te paNa je mahAvIra paramAtmAnA ucca abhAva ane nitika mahatvatA tene pratyakSa thaela hoya to tene kamanazIbamAM upara kahelA udAharaNe lAgu thatA nathI. AvI jAtanA mANasane mATe be mArga che ke jemAM prayatana karavAthI te potAnI gumAvelI hamezanI zAMti pAchI meLavI zake te pitAnI sthitine kaMgAlIyata bharI ane ane asara vagaranI rItithI bhulI javI ane bIjI rIni pitAnI mULa sthiti samajIne tene meLavavAno prayatna karI hamezanI zAMti prApta karavAnI che. mahAvIra paramAtmA jijJAsu mANasanI sanmukha teNe gumAvelA
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________________ manuSya ane mahAvIra mahAvIrapaNAne pratyakSa dekhADe che eTaluM ja nahi paNa te pite pitAnA jIvanathI tene AtmAne evI rIte maLe che ane asara kare che ke jethI manuSyane aMtaHkaraNanI prakRti badalIne tene tenI jarUrIAta bharI mAgaNIone javAba ApoApa maLe che. AtmAne pitAnI sthiti pAchI prApta karavAne be moTI muzkelIo naDe che (1) deSanuM jJAna ane (2) karma deSadUra karavAmAM mananI naitika nabaLAI AthI jAgRta thaelA amAne be khAsa jarUrIAta rahe che jemAMthI eka kSamA karavAnI (sahana karavAnI) jarUra ane bIjI naitika paribaLanI jarUra A bane jarUrIAte purI pADavAne mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM satya svarUpa ghaNIja majabuta rIte mANasanA aMtakaraNane asara kare che. 1 pApakarmanI mukti. saMpUrNa zAMti ane pavitratAne cAhanAra AmA prathama pApa karmanI muktine cAhe che. ane tene mATe je uDI lAgaNI rahe che tene javAba maDAvIra paramAtmA potAnA jIvanamAMthI Ape che. te zIkhave che ke he manuSya prANI? tuM vicAra kara ke pApakarmane jJAnathI tArUM jAgRta thayeluM mana ane tArI zakti kevI rIte dabAI jAya che? ane te pApakarmane dUra karavAne tane kaye mArga anukULa che? mahAvIranuM jIvana tene zuddha mArga tAtkAlika batAve che. eka karajadAra mANasanIguMcavADA bharelI sthitine maLatI Ave tevI ja sthiti eka kulIna AtmAnI hoya che, jyAre eka mANasa na chuTI zakAya teTale devAdAra thaI jAya che tyAre ApaNe joIe chIe ke tenI sthiti tadana nAlAyaka ane nabaLAIthI bharelI hoya che. mANasanI zaktio para karaja e maraNatala bojArUpe rahe che je mANasa dina pratidina upakAranA beja nIce dabAte jAya che ane thoDI muzkelI paNa dUra karavAne jene kaze saMbhava jaNAtuM nathI te pitAnA mananI pharI jAgR ta thavAnI zakti gumAve che eTaluM ja nahi paNa te utsAha vagarane zunya ane nabaLe thaI jAya che. jyAM sudhI bhUtakALanI vaLagelA bhata jevI sthiti tenI sanmukha hoya tyAM sudhI kaI paNa navA kAmamAM ke navA sAhasamAM utaravAnI tenI hiMmata hetI nathIte evuM vicAre
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. che ke huM game teTaluM karIza te paNa je bejAthI huM kyarAI gayeluM tene amuka aMza dUra thavA sivAya bIjuM kaMI thavAnuM nathI ane e vicArathI tenI mukhya zakita ane mahenata karavAnI khaMta rahetI nathI bhUtakALanA bhUtane dura karavAne badale te tadana nirAzAmAM pitAnI jIda ganenazIba para paDatI muke che athavA to pite kaMI sAruM nahIM karI zake evI lAgaNamAM pite je vadhAre kharAba karate hoya te paNa jANavAne te bedarakAra thaI jAya che. AvA mANasane prayatnamAM lAgu karI jAgRta karavAne je prathama karavAnuM che te e che ke tene bhUtakALa sAthe saMbaMdha tadana dUra kare ane jIdagInI pharI zarUAta karavAne tete utsAhita kare. AbarU ane AcAranA nukazAnakAraka pheraphArathI je tene vAraMvAra asara thAya che tene dezanI yAda ApIne tenA AtmAnI jarUrIAte viSe khAtrI karAvavAmAM madada karavI. samAjamAM je mANasa nyAta bahAra thaye hoya che te tenI sAthe prayatna karavAnI ghaNIja prabaLa hIMmata paNa gumAve che. geravizvAsa ane zakanuM vAtAvaraNa ke je ghaNI bhule karAve che tenAthI AzA ane utsAhane nAza thaI jAya che. dayA, mAna ane jAhera rItanI lAgaNuM tenAmAM rahetI nathI. samAjamAM mAna ane gyatA pramANenI pitAnI gumAvelI jagyA nahi maLavAnI saMbhAvane lIdhe tenA hRdayamAM AzA ane lebha marI jAya che, ane pite keTalI kharAba sthitie pahoMce che, te jANatA chatAM kadAca tene mATe tadana bedarakAra thaI rahe che. je te navIna jIdagI zarU karI zake, tene dhikakAravA lAyaka bhUtakALa na bhulI zakAya tevI yAdadAstamAMthI hamezane mATe bhulI javAya te tene mATe kAMIka judI ja sthiti thaI zake, paNa te bhayaMkara bhUtakALa tenA vicAromAM vAraMvAra dekhAya che, tenA sevatI ane saMbaMdhIonA mukhathI tene ghaNuM sAMbhaLavuM paDe che, ane jyAM jAya che tyAM te tene herAna kare che ane dareka rIte dabAve che. AvI sthitimAM mANasa game te kare te paNa tene pitAnA viSe sArA vi. cAra nahi Ave ane te nirAzAnA kaMgALa saMtoSapara pitAne hamezane mATe tajI de che. have je AtmA pitAnuM nitika mAhAsya pAchuM meLavavAne
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________________ - manuSya ane mahAvIra lAMbA vakhatathI IcchA rAkhe che, paraMtu tene pApakarmathI tene je je muzkelIo jaNAya che, tene uparanA udAharaNa sahAyarUpa thaze. karajanI peThe aMtaHkaraNanuM pApa jAgRta thaelA AtmAne zalyarUpe tAjuM duHkha Ape che, ane te zaktione pAchI haThAve che. jyAMsudhI nahi bajAvelI pharaja ane javAbadArInI nodha tenI sAme thAya tyAMsudhI sAruM karavAnA navA prayatnathI zuM lAbha? hamesanI pharaja bajAvavAne game te prayatna hoya te paNa te puratuM nathI, pApaka nA pUrvanA samUhane dUra karavAne te ghaNeja cheDe upayogane thaI zake. dareka divase hamezanA vadhatA jatA ane nahi bharAtA karajamAM kAMIka vRddhi thAya che, ane hadayaparano be mANasa game te kare to paNa vadhAre ne vadhAre bhAre thatuM jAya che. je te navIna jIdagI zarU kare, bhUtakALanA pApane bhUlI jAya, duHkhI AtmAne ema lAgaNuM thAya ke bhUtakALamAM kAMI thayuM ja nathI, je aMtaHkaraNane nirdoSatAnA jorathI potAnA kartavyanI navIna sRSTimAM praveza karavAne chuTuM karavAmAM Ave te bhaviSyane mATe kAMIka sArI AzA rAkhI zakAya. paraMtu pravAhanI sAthe ja eka taNakhalAnI peThe ghasaDAIjanArA manuSya mAM evI kaI paNa zakti asara karI zake nahiM. pApakarmanA karajanI bhayaMkara javAbadArImAMthI AtmAne keI paNa dUra karI zake nahIM sAmAjIka zikSAnI jAherAtanI peThe pApa aMtaHkaraNamAM daivika zikSAnI jAherAta sAMbhaLe che, ane prayatna karavAne pitAne agya mAne che. vizeSa bhayaMkara e lAge che ke A saghaLA udAharaNe pApanA naitika pAchA pADavAmAM saMpUrNa rIte maLatA Ave tevA nathI, kAraNa ke karaja game tevuM bhAre hoya te paNa te tadRna dUra na karI zakAya ane kADhI na zakAya tevuM nathI, paraMtu pApakarmane mATe tevuM che. karajadAra mANasa lA laIne Insolvent bevaDA prayatnathI athavA nazI banA keI aNadhArelA lAbhathI athavA kaI mitranA vacce paDavAthI bhUtakALanI na bhUMsI zakAya tevI javAbadArImAMthI kadAca mukta thaI zake, paraMtu pApa eka vakhata karyA pachI tene nahi kareluM thaI zakaze nahi, pApI kAryathI je karaja thaeluM hoya che, te A jagatane kaI paNa khAtrIvALA sAdhanathI bharI zakAtuM nathI, ane ekanuM pApa bIjAne paNa ApI zakAya tevuM paNa koI saMbhava nathI. vaLI je mANa M. P -
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________________ 18 mahAvIra prakAza. sa samAjathI dUra thaele hoya te vakhatana javA pachI athavA pitAnA kharAba kAmane tajI devAthI sAmAjIka dhikkAra ane ravizvAsanI asarathI chuTo thaI zake che, ane samAja tene potAnA samudAyamAM karI le che, paraMtu pApanI jAherAtavALAne mATe tevA kAMI paNa bacAva nathI. tenA pApakarmane nyAya svataMtra ane adala che. te tenuM raheThANa jete nathI, temaja hajAro ane lAkho varasa jAya te paNa tenA pApanuM prAyazcita maLavAmAM jarA paNa khAmI AvatI nathI. aneka bhava vIti gayA pachI ghaNuM pApa udaye Ave che, ane tenA mAThA phaLa tyAre bhegavavA paDe che. jAgRta thaelApApI mANasanuM pApa te tene pitAne ja sanmukha rahIne duHkha Ape che, te tenA thI bhUlAtuM nathI. jAgRtIvALuM mana pitAne mAphI maLe evI IcchA rAkhatuM nathI, paraMtu temAMthI mukta thavAnI IcchAnA bhAre duHkhamAM te pApanI zikSA bhegavavAne tatpara rahe che. je pApanA udayathI pitAne duHkha bhogavavuM paDe che te zikSAnA niyamane te vakhANe che. game tevI sArI dayA, jarA paNa kSamA ke kAMI paNa tene saMtoSa Apaze nahiM, paraMtu pApanA phaLanA niyamathI je duHkhanI nizAnI pitAnA para thAya, teja tenI zAtinuM kAraNa thAya che. mArA pApa huM zAMtithI bhegavuM teja huM pavitra thAuM e tene nizcaya hoya che, ane tethI jyAMsudhI pApa taddana naSTa thaI ane tenA cUrecUrA thaI jAya tyAM sudhI te dhIrajathI tenI sAme ubhe rahe che. have mahAvIra paramAtmAnA jIvanamAM je mahAvIrapaNuM pratyakSa thAya che. ane jemAM pApanI saMpUrNa zikSA AvI jAya che. te jANa vAnI uMDI jarUra jAgRta thaelA AtmAne che. kAraNake eka rIte mahAvIra paramAtmAnA jIvanamAM je asAdhAraNa pavitratA che. tene pApanA samUha sAthe kevI rIte TakAvI rAkhavAmAM AvI che te Apa che anubhavavAnuM che. ghora pApa karmanA udaya vakhate. paNa te pavitratA te zeSamAtra gaI nathI. ane kharekhara duHkhI aMtaHkaraNane mATe te kAMI ochA dilAsarUpa nathI. je kaI bhale ane pavitra mANasa ke I garIba nyAta bahAra thaelA mANasane mATe tenI saghaLI juThI va. rtaNuMka bhUlI jaIne pite lekenI apakIrti sahana kare ane te nyAta bahAra thaelA pApI mANasane pitAne prema ane mitratA batAve
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________________ manuSya ane mahAvIra te te kAMI ochI vAta nathI. nyAtane tiraskAra pitAnuM ane bIjA nuM apamAna e sahana karatAM ja tene dilAsAnuM eka kAraNa AzA ane sukhanuM eka sthAna maLe te te duHkhI mANasane keTalI khuzAlI keTalI AzA ane kevuM navuM jIvana Avaze te kalpanA zaktithI ja NI zakAya tevuM che eka ghaNe bhale ane AbarUdAra mANasa tenI sAthe maLe che e te tene kAMI ochI umedanuM kAraNa nathI. tevI ja rIte eka pApI mANasane je ema jaNAya ke mahAvIra paramAtmA mane pApIne sahAyaka che, tenI hAjarImAM ja meM mArI pavitratA jA khI jANI che te tenI sanmukha pitAnA pApane kabula kare che ane chu pI rIte te tenuM duHkha sahana karavAne taiyAra rahe che. jyAre vIra paramAmA ke jenA madhyamAM saghaLA kudaratanA niyama ane dhoraNanuM madhya biMdu dekhAya che, je pote ja pavitratAnI mUrti che ane je pApI mANasane paNa mahAvIrapaNane pratIti karAve che. tene pitAnI sanmukha jue che tyAre kharekhara prajatuM a taHkaraNa nirAza thatuM aTake che ane bhUtakALane nirAzAvALe gaNuM bhUlI javAya che ethI paNa vizeSa mahAvIra paramAtmA pitAnI apUrva zaktithI pApI mANasane tenI prakRti badalI nAkhavAne vALe che eTaluM ja nahi paNa tene pApa ane paramAtmA pratyenI zatrutA ane dhikkAra je tenAmAM hoya che ne tene pratyakSa batAvIne temAMthI tene bahAra kheMcI lAve che. ghaNaja dhAstIvALA ane nirAza aMtaH karaNane sAbIta karI ApavAneja jaNe na hoya tema mANasanA mahAna deSanI kabulAtamAMthI tenA tarapha vizALa dayA batAvavAmAM AvI che joke kudaratane kAyade dhikkAravA lAyaka svarUpamAM pApa sAthenA lAMbA vakhatanA cAluM saMbaMdhathI pApanuM je duHkhadAyaka phaLa ApI zakAya te bhayaMkara duHkha ApavAne rajA Ape che. tIkSaNa jherI tIrathI pApIne zikSA karI nirdoSapaNAnuM bhAna karAvavAnuM te kahe che, jagatanA ane narkane duHkha pApanA dhikkAra tarIke batAvIne ghaNAja pavitra ane namra AtmA thatA zIkhave che. ane Akhare pApanA bhega tarIke tene tenA hAthamAM paNa te muke che. A pramANe che te chatAM pahelethI chelle sudhI mANasanA doSane bAjue rAkhIne pitAnuM mahAsAgara jevuM dayAthI bhareluM aMtaHkaraNa batAvIne ghaNu pApI jI.
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________________ 20 mahAvIra prakAza vene paNa mahAvIra paramAtmAM dayAthI khare mArga batAvIne temane pApathI mukta kare che tenA dareka vacanamAM, daSTimAM ane kAryamAM te pApI tarapha dayA ane premanI lAgaNIthI jue che, ane chevaTe te vIra paramAtmA ApaNu mahAvIrapaNAne batAvIne kudaratanA niyamathI pApanuM je prAyazcita ApaNe bhegavI pAyamAla thAta tenAthI bacAve che ane bhavI jIvene mahAvIra paNuM meLavI mahAvIra thavAne dareka saralatA karI Ape che. tethI karIne ApaNe mAnavuM joIe ke te vIraparamAtmA pAse ja pApI AtmAnI jarUrIAte purI pADavAne purata khajAne che. jo ke pApa kharI rIte puNya thaI jatuM nathI, jo kebhUtakALa pAche ApI zakatA nathI, je ke koIpaNa kArya kareluM heya te kadI nahi karyuM thatuM nathI te paNa mANasanA dhrujatA aMtaHkaraNamAM kharekhara mahAvIrapaNAMnuM bhAna thayA pachI ghaNA prakAre zAMti thAya che, bhUtakALa bhUlI javAya tevI khAtrI rahe che, pApanI zikSA bhagavIne pApane dUra kareluM jANI zakAya che ane jyAre mahAvIra paramAtmA mANasamAM mahAvIrapaNuM lAve che tyAre kudaratanA niyamane, nyAyane, sarva mAnya raNane, satyane tenA kharA svarUpamAM jANI zake che ane pite pitAnA pApakarmathI mukta thavAne zaktimAna thAya che. 2 Atmika nabaLAI. ApaNuM mULa svarUpane pAchuM meLavavAnI bIjI moTI muzkelI Atmika nabaLAI eTale pavitratA pAchaLanA AtmAnA prayatnamAM hRdayika jaDatA ane hRdayanI nirbaLatA mukhya che. ane mANasanA utsAhanI A jarUrIAta purI pADavAne mahAvIra paramAtmA pote hadayamAM sthiti kare che ane mahAvIrapaNuM upasthita kare che. gumAve lA satya svarUpane pahAcavAnA prayatnamAM AtmA pitAnI naitika naba baLAIthI jANItA thAya che. jyAre AjarI mANasa rogathI paTakAI paDe che ane bIchAnAmAM paDI rahe che tyAre tene potAnI nabaLAInuM bhAna thatuM nathI. paraMtu jyAre te sAjo thaIne uThavA jAya che. ane C nahi karelA nikAcita evA sakacita eTale bhagavyA vinA chuTI zake evA keTalAka karmanI hakITa na Ave che tenA AdhAre A bAbata lekho che. lekhaka
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________________ Atmika nabaLAI. ' ra1 cAlavAne prayatna kare che tyAre tenA dhrujatA pagalA ane lathaDatA zarIrane joIne tene jaNAya che ke tenI zakti keTalI badhI ochI tha I che. jyAre svata tra sattA e dezanI prajAne ghaNI uzkerI mukI he ya ane tenI gulAmagIrI jarA paNa dUra karavAnI darakAra karavAmAM na Ave tyAre tene tenA be dhananI nirAzA zodhavAnI sthiti nathI.paraMtu jyAre baMDa karavAne jusso phATI nIkaLe che, rAjyanI dhikkAravA lAyaka dhuMsarI pheMkI devAne prayatna thaI cuke che tyAre te baMDa zAMta karavAne dareka prayatna niSphaLa jAya che ane tyAreja kaDe anubhava thAya che ke sattAnI aMdhAdhuMdhamAM keTalI kharAbI thaI che. tevI ja rIte jyAM sudhI pApa AtmAmAM kaMI paNa harakata karyA vagara paDI rahe che, tyAM sudhI pApane aTakAvavAnI darakAra thatI nathI. paraMtu jyAre tenI daSTi para pavitratAnuM navuM dhoraNa prakAze che, jyAre kartavyane pahelA prayatna karavAmAM Ave che, tyAre ja tenA nizcayanI nabaLAImAM ane sArA thavAnA prayatnanI jhAMkhI asarathI tene duHkha bharelI khAtromAM potAnI naitika ane Atmika nabaLAInuM bhAna thAya che.ane tyAre vaLI AMtarika sahAyatAnI uDI IrachA jAgRta thAya che ane te vicAre che ke nirAzA ane uMDI IcchAnuM hRdaya vagaranuM belavuM zA kAmanuM che? mahAvIra paramAtmAnI mahAna Atmika zaktinuM jJAna hovAthI zuM lAbha che ? manuSyatvanA umadA padArtha jevAnI zakti zuM upaganI che ke jyAre A saghaLuM na meLavI zakAya tevuM zreya karavAne badale mAtra mANasa nI kamanazIbInI mazkarI karavAmAM kAma lAgatuM hoya. zreSThatA ke suMdaratA, pApane pratikAra, ane pavitra aMdagInI uccatAnI nakAmI vAta karaze nahIM. te sarva kharuM che ane sarva kaI jANe che paraMtu te meLavavAne je kharo mArga hoya teja joIe chIe. eka garIba gu lAma je chuTakArAnA niHsAsA nAkhe che tene chuTakArone mArga batAva ane tenI nabaLAI dUra karavAnI che. je kharUM satva che tene pahoMcavA no ka mArga che te batAve ane he mahAvIra? mArI nabaLI thaI gaelI zaktio ane hAthamAM devika zakti Ape, mArI AtmIka zaktinI pAchI bakSIsa kare, ane chellI je muktinI nema che te pAra pADavAne dareka caMcaLatA ane nizcirthika kaDhatA Apo. mahAvIra pa. ramAtmA AtmAnI AvI uDI lAgaNIne tenA pitAmAMthI javAba
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. Ape che. te AMtarika svarUpa bAhyathI AtmAmAM batAve che. eTaluMja nahIM paNa aMtarathI manuSyatvanI zakti ane AzA jAgRta kare che. AtmAnI uMcI IrachAo ane ceDA lAbhane mArga temAMthI maLaze nahi paraMtu tenA ekAMtamAM ane nabaLAImAM tenI sAthe koI devika mahAtmAnI hamezAnI hAjarI ane rakSaNa tene maLaze. tArI dareka hRdayika nabaLAInI vacce ke svagIyadevatA tArUM rakSaNa karavAnuM dhyAnapara le te te tArA mATe keTaluM lAbhakAraka che tenI tuM kalpanA karI je, tArI nabaLI ane guMcavADAvALI jIMdagImAM kaI mahAtmA ke jenAmAM svargIya zaktio hoya, ane tArAmAM kadI nahi AvelI tevI zreSTha pavitratA hoya te tArA aMgarakSaka tarIke rahete tethI tane keTalI sahAyatA maLaze, tene huM vicAra kara. tAre suMdara svabhAva kevI rIte badalI jAya che, tArA pApa kevI rIte dAbI devAmAM Ave che, tAre utsAha kevI rIte unnata karavAmAM Ave che, tuM jyAM jyAM jAya tyAM tyAM madhura, prakAzita ane premI AtmAo tArI AsapAsa pharatAM tuM jue che. lAlacanA saghaLA dekhAve je tane cheDatA na hatA, ane nizcaya vagara tArA kAnamAM lAlaca utpanna karatA hatA, temAM tene zikhAmaNane ane cetavaNIne zabda te mahAtmA saMbhaLAve che, ane tuM tAruM hita joI zake che. tArA saghaLA gucavADAnI muzkelIo dUra karanAra tarIke tArA hRdayane mitra je mahAvIra tArI pAse hAjara rahe che, ane tane tArA kartavyane mArga batAve che. A jagatamAM jenI hAjarI manuSya jIvananI umadI I. chAo pUrNa kare che, je mahAvIra paramAtmA tArA ekAMta ane vicAranA vakhatamAM tArI bAjue sthira thAya che, ane jevI vAtacItathI vicAranI uyatA, bhaktinI prAdhAnyatA, ane zreSTha nizcayika zraddhA Atma pradezamAM ubharAI rahe che te paramAtmAnI nabaLA ane prajatA mANasane A kevI uttama bakSIsa che. svAtma vizvAsaghAtI dareka garIba manuSya AvI sebatane keTalA AvakArathI svIkAra karaze? devika mahAtmAnA samAgamathI ja jyAre ATale A naMda thAya che tyAre khuda vIra paramAtmA jyAre pratyakSa rIte manuSyanI vacamAM rahe ane khare mArga batAve te te keTaluM hitakAraka che ! keI zaka grasta AtmA, je sthiti pate cAhe che, tene mATe IcchA
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________________ Atmika nabaLAI karate hoya ane duHkhathI gherAela hoya jo ema vicAre ke mahAvIra paramAtmA tene sebatI ane snehI tarIke eka varasa sudhI tenI sAthe rahe che, tyAre e vicArathI tene keTalI jAgRti thaze? jyAre tamAruM aMtaHkaraNa mAnasika nabaLAIvALuM hoya madadanI tamArI buma paramAtmAne pahoMcatI hoya, te buma sAMbhaLIne ja jANe mahAvIra paramAtmA tamArI pAse AvI tamArA duHkhamAM bhAgIdAra hoya ane tamArI nabaLAI dura karI tamArA salAhakAraka ane bhemIA tarIke tamArI sAthe rahete tame zuM ka9panA karaze? jyAM te mahAtmA ArAma letA haze te sthaLamAM kevI zAMti haze? te jagyAnuM vAtAvaraNa keTaluM paviMtra thatuM haze? tenA sukhI rahIze badhI muzkelI ane guMcavADAmAM kevI sahelAIthI mArga zodhI kADhatA haze? kevI pavitra sugaMdha, kartavyamAM kevuM paribaLa dareka aMtaHkaraNamAM u. bharAtuM haze ? je zrI vIra paramAtamAnI sukhakAraka hAjarI ane saradArI ApaNuM bhAgyamAM hoya te dareka svAtma vizvAsaghAtI AtmA tene eka kudaratI bakSIsa mAnI uccapadane prApta na kare? teo zuM ema na kahe ke he mahAvIra? tArI zItaLa chAyAmAM ane samAvI de amArA vicAre guMcavAI gayA che. amAro prema deSita che, ane mArA hetu nabaLA ane dhrujatA che, e taraNatAraNa? tuM amArI pAse AvI ane tArA darzanathI ja amArA AtmA prakAzita ane daDha thaI jaze. - jema vIra paramAtmAnI bAhya hAjarI ane rakSaNathI AtmAnI jarUrIAte purI paDe che, tema tenA zastrothI paNa ghaNe aMze jarUrIAte purI paDI zake che, kAraNa ke je zAstrIya siddhAMte AtmAmAM pratyakSa thAya, jo jAgRta AtmAnuM dhyAna, vicAra, baLa vigere mAnasika jIvanamAM madadarUpa thAya, te paNa te mANasamAM mahAvIrapaNuM lAvavAne kAMI ochuM sahAyarUpa nathI. mahAvIra paramAtmAnI ja je barAbara oLakhANa thAya te tenI hAjarI ApaNu dareka pavitra vicArane ujata karavAne ane dareka zakA dUra karavAne AzIrvAda samAna che. bAghu meLApathIja jo mahAvIra paramAtmAne aMtaHkaraNamAM A turatAthI Adara thAya. je te paramAtmA ApaNAMja raheThANamAM sthiti karatA hoya te ApaNane je moTe upakAra thAya te tenA
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza gharamAM rahevAthI nahIM paraMtu ApaNA hadayamAM-aMtaHkaraNamAM tene nivAsa thavAthI ApaNu yukti thaI zake, dareka jAgRta AtmA ke jeoe vira paramAtmAne bAhya svarUpa A jagatapara joyA che teo sarvenA hadaya ane aMtaHkaraNamAM te zAzvatanA sukhanA bIja ropI zakayA che. jeoe ghaNuMja dhyAna pUrvaka tenI mukhamudrA joI che, ane tenA vacane zravaNa karelA che, temanAmAM teo jyAM haze tyAM mahAvIrapaNAnI zakti haju paNa jAgRta haze. tamArI muzkelI ane muMjhavaNa vakhate pite tamArI bAjumAM che, ema jANavAne tamane je te zakitamAna kare, tenA vacana sAMbhaLavAne tamane preraNuM kare, tene majabuta hAtha pakaDavAne tamane utsAhavALA kare te tamAre samajavuM ke te mahAvIranI kRpAthI tame jarUra mahAvIra thaze, evI rIte temaNe ghaNuM mANasane mahAvIra kIdhA che, ane Aja paNa kare che. tamAre ema mAnavuM joIe ke dareka pavitra vicAra je tamArA hRdayamAM utpanna thAya che te mahAvIra paNAnI sUcanA che. bhakti bhAvanAmAM AtmAne je lIna bhAva thAya che te mahAvIrapaNuM pragaTa thayA pachI ja thAya che. tamArA hadapATa te mahAvIra pAse khulA kare ane tenuM mahAvIrapaNuM tamArA AtmAmAM praveza karaze. tamAre AtmA tenI sAthe ekameka thaze ane mahAvIrapaNuthI tamAruM hRdaya dhaDakaze, tamAruM mAhAtamya mahAvIra jevuM ja thaze. are ! nabaLA ane dhrujatA manuSya? tane pavitra, zAMta ane sabaLa thavAne je kAMI jaIe chIe te A saghaLuM nathI? mUcha pAmatA zarIrane bhAnavALA karavAnI peThe te mahAvIra paramAtmA tArI durdazAmAMthI tane mahAvIra banAvavAne parama prayatnavAna che ke nahi tene tuM vicAra kara ane tArI Atmika nabaLAI dUra karIne mahAvIra paNane anubhava kara. upasaMhAra, je viSayanI ApaNe laMbANathI nirIkSA karI chIe te aMtamAM ema batAve che ke mahAvIranA satyanI pratItino zreSTha pATha temAMthI kareka manuSya zIkhI zakaze ane tenI javAbadArI tenA para raheze. deSika satyanA je purAvAthI ApaNe tene svIkArane hakaka rAkhI zakIe
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________________ ra5 manuSyaane mahAvIra. te sarva mAnya ane sarva zikSita che. te manuSyane eka ghaNA keLavAelA ane saMpUrNa buddhizALI banAve che. ema nahi te paNa te mA bhusane mANasa banAvI mahAvIra thavAne mArga batAve che tenI pharI yAdagIrI yAda lAvavAne pachI jarUrIAta rahetI nathI. je mahAna zakita ghaNA thoDA mANasamAM praphullita thaI hoya che tene mATe tene ApoApa lakSa jAya che ane uMcA prakAranI vivekabuddhi, nitika zreSTha prakRti je sahelAIthI prApta thaI zake che tenuM kudaratI zikSaNa maLe che. mukhyatve karIne mahAvIrane satva siddhAMta magajane asara kare che tenA karatAM te hRdayanA UMDA bhAgamAM vadhAre asarakAraka nivaDe che. mahAvInA daivika satva tarapha je lakSa Ape che temane kaI evI rIte nAkabula nahi thAya ke Atihasika sAbItI vagara, sUkSama dalIla vagara ane viveka buddhinI gucavADA bharelI carcA vagara te satya grahaNa karavAne taiyAra nathI. mahAvIranuM satya e je sAhitya hetate AvA bacAvane aMta AvI jAya, udAharaNa tarIke ema mAnI laIe ke uMcA prakAranA gaNita zAstra athavA vijJAna zAstranA abhyAsane mATe je zakitao keLavavAmAM Ave te chatAM tenA purAvA ghaNAM mANasanI zakitathI na samajAya tevA hovAthI ane ajJAna tathA abhaNa mANase tenA ajANa paNAne lIdhe badhI javAbadArIthI dUra rahe te gaNita zAstra ke vijJAna zAstrathI ghaNuM leke ajJAta rahe che kAraNake te sAhitya che ane temAM purAvAnI jarUra paDe che paraMtu mahAvIra e kAMI sAhitya nathI. mahAvIranuM satya Ape Apa vistArane pAme che, temAM tIkSNa buddhinI jarUra rahetI nathI paNa manuSyatvapaNanuM sAmAnya aMtaHkaraNa ane sAmAnya hadaya tene grahaNa karI zake che. ApaNe prakRtinA sAmAnya jJAnathI je aMtaHkaraNa jAgRta che, je AtmA prema, dayA, komaLatA ane satyatAnI gyatA dharAve che, teo sarve mahAvIranAM siddhAMte zravaNa karavAne ane grahaNa karavAne dareka rIte yogya che. eka nAnuM bALaka ke je mahAvIra paramAtmAne pahelIvAra oLakhe che, ane prArthanA kare che, eka garIba rejIde majura ke jenI buddhi pitAnA kAma I D -
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. sivAya kAMI paNa vadhAre hotI nathI, eka nabaLe kaMTALI gaele daradi' ke je duHkhI bichAnApara paDele heya ane kAMI paNa vicAra ke vivekabuddhi jethI naSTa thaI gaI hoya paraMtu mAtra prema ane prArthanA nI zakti hoya te sarve meTI meTI dhArmika saMsthA ane uMcA tAvika siddhAMtika manavALA manuSya karatAM mahAvIrane kaI paNa rIte ochA jJAnathI oLakhe che ema nathI. mahAvIrapaNAnI chApa temanI ajJAnatAmAM paNa tevIja sajajaDa rIte paDe che.. eTaluM kharuM che ke uMcA vicAravALA manuSya gya rIte satyanI sAbItI zodhI kADhavAne ane paddhatisara abhyAsa ane khIlavaNuM karavAne temanI zaktio egya rIte kAme lagADI zake, paraMtu je kudaratI bakSIsa ane prApti eka zraddhALu mANasane maLelI che, tene eka daivika zAstranA prakresaranI sAthe mizrita karI zakAya nahi jANavAnI, samajavAnI, jevAnI ane mAnavAnI zaktione je zakitaonI vyAkhyA karavAmAM jarUra paDe che, tenAthI judIja gaNavI joIe. saMgIta zAstranA niyame zodhI kADhavAne ane lAgu karavAne ghaNane zakti hoya che, te chatAM tevA prakAranI zakti jenAmAM nathI hotI, teo ghaNI sarara rIte gALI rake che, ane vizeSa AnaMda paNa ApI zake che. saMgIta manuSyane pAvaradhava karavAne mATe hajAre paddhatisaranA zikSaNa karatAM sUra grahaNa karI zake tevA tIkSaNa kAna vadhAre sArI rIte kAma karI sa ke che suMdaratAne niyamo ane vyAkhyA judI judI rIte cacavAne ane nakkI karavAne ghaNI sUkrama buddhi joIe paraMtu ghAsanA saudaryanuM mAhAsya ane puSpanI kudaratI manaharatA lakSapUrvaka nirakhavAne tevI koIpaNa zaktinI jarUra paDatI nathI. suMdara AMkhamAMthI ja saghaLuM pratyakSa thAya che. nItinA niyama ane siddhAMte zodhI kADhavAne ane nakkI karavAne ghaNIja sUphamabuddhi manu seMkaDo varSa sudhI zodha calAve che paraMtu eka nisvArtha ane umadA kAryane mAna ApavAne nIcatA ane svArthIpaNAne oLakhIne dhikkAra batAvavAne je pavitra ane premamaya che tenI prazaMsA karavAne evA guNe joIe chIe ke je koIpaNa tIkSaNa buddhinA cAturyathI maLI zake nahi te chatAM te
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________________ manuSya ane mahAvIra. 27 eka jhu'paDAmAM ke zikharapara jyAM abhaNu ane ajJAna mANasa raheche. tyAMthI paNa maLI Ave che tethI karIne mahAvIranu' satya eka vidvAna ke prephesaraneja maLI zake che ane khIjA tene meLavavAne kitamAna thatA nathI evu' nathI. satyanI keLavaNI ane bheda karavAne mATe game te zakita jarUranI hoya tene mATe vAMdho nathI paNa mAnasika jarUrI. Ata jANe tevu ataHkaraNa, mahAvIra paramAtmA pratye kSamA, zAMti ane kabulatavALI namra prArthanA, jema mAbApa vagaranA chekaro potA nA gumAvelA mApathI nirAza thAya che tema jAgRta ane Atura AmAnI bhAvanA, uMDA vizvAsa, pazcAtApa A sarva guNNA je vidvAne nI buddhi ane cAturyathI judA che tenAmAM jagalI ane azikSita mananuM' cAkasa 'dhAraNa karI zake che daivika satyanuM uMDu* rahasya jeTa luM A guNAthI jANI zakAya che teTaluM ghaNI sUkSma buddhi ane zreSTha vidvattAthI ghaNI vakhate samajI sakAtuM nathI mahAvIranuM satya, DAhyA ane samaju mANasethI ghaNI vakhate chUpuM rahe che ane eka bALakane te pratyakSa thaI zake che (nAgaketunu dRSTAta ) buddhivALA jamAnAnA abhyAsathI mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM satya ane zakita kadAca nahiM zIkhI zakAya teA paNa te zIkhavAne mATe te mahAna taraNuM tAraNu mukitanA ApanAranA caraNa kamaLamAM uDI daSTIthI ane AMsu vALI AMkhothI eka kSaNa paNa puratI thai paDaze. jee pAtAnA buddhi sAmarthyathI satyanA siddhAMte nakkI kare che ane tenI pratIti karAve che temane mAna Ape paraMtu tamArI vivekabuddhinI bakSIsanA upayega te satya jANavAmAM grahaNa karavAmA ane te pramANe vavAmAM karo. tamArU a`taHkaraNa tenI sAme khullu karI dejo, te mahAvIra paNAnA svAbhAvika zikSaNamAM tamArA AtmAne aNu karo mahAvIrane pagale cAlavAnI ane je zuddha mArga maLe tenI prAnA karo ane tyAre kAMi paNa zeAdha vagara kharU satya svarUpa Ape Apa tameAne pratIta thaze tamArA aMtaHkaraNamAMthI u`DA aMtaHkaraNamAM te tamAne dareka khAtrI karAvaze, tameA tenA para lakSa Apaze eTale svargIya avAja tamArA AMtarIkakaNuM upara paDaze, je sAda A jagatanI sapATI para natha. te tamArI zraddhALu AMtarika cakSumAM
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________________ 28 mahAvIra kAza. * thI prakAzita thaze . ane tame pratyakSa rIte anubhavaze ke mANu samAM mahAvIrapaNu" pragaTI nIkaLe che. prakaraNa 2 . mahAvIra ane manuSyanu Atmika jJAna. dareka jAtanI ajJAnatAmAM je sAthI vizeSa AzcaryakAraka ajJAna che, ane je IcchApUrvaka jaNAya che, te potAnuM Atmika ajANapaNuM che. A viSaya ghaNA rasika ane mahattvanA che, eTaluMja nahi paNa ta eka evA viSaya che ke jemAM ApaNane ghaNI sagavaDa ane sUcanAnI taka maLI zake tevu che. jo kaiAi mANasane hAla ema kahevAmAM Ave ke tArA gharamAM ghaNA varSa sudhI eka mANasa rahe che, te chatAM tu' tene caherA joi zakayeA nathI, ane hajI paNa tuM tene eLakhatA nathI, te te tene temaja dareka sAMbhaLanArane kevI ajAekha bharelI ane na mAnI zakAya tevI vAta lAgaze ? te chatAM e kAMI kalpanA nathI paNu zaMkA vagaranI sahya bAbata che ke ApaNA gharamAM niDhuM paNu ApaNA hRdayamAM hAla eka gupta musApharI, khare mitra ane snehrI tathA baMdhu karatAM ghaNA najIka rahe che, te chatAM hajIsudhI tenA viSe ApaNe ghaNuM gheADuM' athavA kAMi paNa jANatA nathI, ApaNAmAM eka buddhimAna vi dvAna mANasa hAya ke jenI pAse varSoM sudhI AkhA jagatamAM vakhaNA elu* ane sarva mAnya zAstra hAvA chatAM tenA pAnA teNe kadI ughADyAM na hAya tA ethI te zuM zaramAze nahuiM ? athavA buddhinI ghaNIja uttama cInna ane vijJAna zAstra tathA kaLAnA na maLI zake tevA zreSTha namunAthI bharapura eka bhaDALa hoya chatAM tenA mAlIkane te jo neTa-mahAvIra paramAtmAne uparanA prakaraNamAM kartA ke kriyArUpe pratyakSa rUpe temaja manuSyanA anubhavamAM AvI zake evI rIte je vivecana Apelu' che tenuM ta'pa' evu che ke reka AtmA pete aMtaragata paramAtmA mahAvIrajaMve che. ane AtmanAM zreSTa kriyAne mahAvIranI kriyA kahevAnI apekSA che. lekhaka,
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________________ mahAvIra ane manuSyanuM Atmika jJAna, vAne kadI vicAra paNa na thAya e zuM eAchuM khedakAraka che? vAMcanane mATe ghaNuMja zreSTha pustaka, abhyAsanA sarvottama AzcaryakAraka sAdhana vALuM mane hara sthaLa, AnaMdathI bharapura saMgrahasthAna. A saghaLuM hovA chatAM tene jovAne paNa AkarSaNa na thAya e zuM sakhedAzcarya nathI ? je manuSyae ghaNuM lAMbI musApharI karI hoya tevA mANasa pAse ApaNe ghaNI vakhate jaIe chIe, ane dUradezanI AzcaryakAraka vAte sAMbhaLIe chIe, te chatAM ApaNe potAnA svarUpathI taddana ajANyA rahevAmAM saMteSamAnIe chIe e zuM vicitra ane navAI jevuM nathI? jJAnajJAnanA sarva mArga tarapha jaIne dunIA,samudra ane A kAzanA saghaLAbhAganA AzcaryajavAya ane navI zodha karAya te chatAM hadayamAM rahelI eka nAnI dunIyA haju tadana zodhyA vagaranI ane joyA vagaranI rahI jAya e kevI mUkhaI che? bIjA dekhAve ane viSaye ApaNe zeDe cheDe AMtare abhyAsa karI zakIe, tene ghaNuM mahenatathI ane lAMbI musApharIthI pahoMcI zakAya paNa hadaya samudrane pula te tarata oLaMgI zakAya teTale najIka che, ApaNe pharI AMkha baMdha karavI ane bahAranI duniAnA vicAro kADhI nAMkhavA ke jethI karIne aMtaranI AzcaryakAraka dunIAnA dekhAve ane kudaratI sidaryamAM game te kSaNe bhaTakavAnuM banI zakaze. bIjA padArtho tapAsavAne nAnA ane moTA hathIAnI jarUra paDaze. jyotiSa zAstrI rasAyaNa zAstra, vijJAna zAstra vigerene ucA ane kIMmatI hathIrenI jarUra paDaze. paraMtu vicAra karavAnI zakita ke je koI paNa yAMtrIka vidyA karatAM ghaNI navAI jevI che, je kaLA hamezA sudharelI che te sarva ke InAmAM hoI zake che. garIba ane abhaNa temaja ghaNuM keLavAelA ane paisAdAra sarva keIne AtmAnuM aMtaranuM svarga zedhI kADhavAne ane tene vicAra, lAgaNa tathA nizcayane bahAra lAvavAne eka sarakhuM zastra maLeluM che. ane te chatAM A jAtanuM jJAna meLavavAne dareka sagavaDa hovA chatAM e prazna thaI zakaze ke te jJAna evuM che ke je taddana sAmAnya rIte bhUlI javAmAM AvyuM che? ane vaLI jeo e ItihAsa, vijJAna zAstra ane sAhityamAM ghaNuM zreSTha prakAranuM jJAna meLaveluM che, tevA jathAbaMdha mahAna vidvAne e pitAnA AtmAnuM jJAna aMza mAtra paNa meLavyuM nathI?
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. mukhyatve karIne Atmika ajJAnane bhUlI javAnI je bAbate upara kahI te jemane udezIne A lakhAya che temAMnA ghaNAnA saM. baMdhamAM lAgu thatI haze. ApaNA svabhAvane amuka bhAga e che ke jene laIne dUSita jJAna ghaNuM sAmAnya ane ghaNuM nAzakAraka nivaDe che navAInI bAbata tarIke ane AnaMdI abhyAsanA eka viSayatarIke dareka buddhizALI manuSya potAnA mAnasika svabhAvanA baMdhAraNa, niyama ane kiyAo viSe thoDuM ghaNuM jANavuM joIe. ane kharUM kahIe. te eka navAInA viSaya tarIke nahi paraMtu eka chelI ane uMcI jarUrIAta tarIke ApaNe ApaNI naitika pravRtithI ane mahAvIra paramAtmAnI sAthe sarakhAvatAM ApaNAM aMtaHkaraNanI sthitithI ApaNe avazya jANatA hovA joIe. ApaNI zArIrika taMdurastInI saMbhALa ApaNe bIjAne pI zakIe, ane eka vidyanI huzIArIthI ApaNuM zArIrika ajJAnatA sahajavAramAM dUra thaI za. ke, ApaNI buddhi khIlavavAmAM bedarakArIthI, ane vartana sudhAvAmAM dulakSathI khATI magarUrI, dhikkAra, ane pitAnA abhiprAyanI haTha vigerethI bahu nukazAna thatuM nathI paraMtu jyAre ApaNuM ajJAnatA mAtra zarIra saMbaMdhInI nahi paNa AtmA saMbaMdhInI hoya che, maga janI nahi paNa aMtaHkaraNanI hoya che tyAre tenuM bhayaMkara nukazAna kaI paNa bhASA kahI zake tevuM nathI. ApaNe Atmika taMdurastI ane Atmika anubhavanI khIlavaNInuM kArya ApaNe kadI kaI bIjAne seMpI zakIe nahi. A jagatu para koI paNa mitra AtmAne vaidya thaI zakatuM nathI athavA ApaNane ApaNuM ekAMtIka javAbadArI ane karmanA bejAmAMthI koI mukata karI zakatuM nathI. ane aMtaHkaraNanI ajANe bhUlathI ApaNI svAbhAvika sthitine nukasAna pahoMce che eTaluM ja nahi paNa tethI ApaNe hamezane nAza thavAnI zarUAta thAya che. anubhavathI ema jaNAya che ke manuSyanI naitika khAmI ghaNuM karIne tevI pitAnI zodha karavAnI be darakArane lIdhe che ApaNuM pApa vipenA keTalAka khAsa gupta ane na zodhI zakAya tevA bheda che, zArIrika rega ke nukazAna ghaNuMkharAnA saMbaMdhamAM zarIramAM thatA duHkhathI jathAya che ane tethI mana para tenI asara thAya che tethI karIne eka mAM
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________________ che ane karavA jevuM garano A ane caherA para e mahAvIra ane manuSyanuM Atmika jJAna. dA mANasane mATe pitAnA bhayathI ke duHkhathI lAMbA vakhata sudhI ajANapaNuM ke te daradane dura karavAnI bedarakArI rahetI nathI paNa taitika AMtarIka darada evA prakAranuM che ke je pitAnuM bhayaMkArakArasthAna chupIrIte kare che. pApa e evI jAtanuM gAna che ke te aMtaramAM asara kare che ke je pitAnI meLe zedhI zakAtuM nathI te eka evuM aMdhakAra utpanna kare che ke je ApaNI vacce rahIne ApaNane nukazA na kare che ane tene je bhegA thaI gaye heya tene AMdhaLe karIne tene ne vinAza karavAnuM te kAma kare che. keIpaNa zArIrika ane te kadA ca maLatuM hoya te te nAzakAraka zAMti mAMdA mANasane chetare che ane tenA bhayanA pramANamAM vadhAre UMDuM ane chetaravA jevuM kare che ane je maratA mANasane dhyAna vagarano AnaMda baMne AzcaryakAraka ane dilagIrI upajAve e haya, je kadAca kSaya roga lAgu thayA hoya ane cahere phIko paDI gayA hoya, mAMdA mANasanA mukhathI nirAzA bharelA zabda dayA ane AzcaryanI mizrita lAgaNIthI sAMbhaLyA cheya tenA karatAM kharekhara vadhAre dayAne pAtra che tevA mANase che ke je o pitAnA AMtarIka regathI ajANyA che ane bhUlathI hamezanI nirAzA ane hamezane motane mATe jeo chetarAI jevI tevI zAMtithI A jagata para AMdhaLA thaIne cAlyA kare che. pitAnI meLe chupAI rahe tevuM pApanuM valaNa ane ApaNuM cekasa pramANa nakakI karavAnI hamezanI muzkelI ApaNane ulaTe raste jatA aTakAvatA nathI. pitAnI bhUla koI samajI zakatuM nathI ane pitAnA gupta de"phUra karavAno prayatnavAna thatA nathI. huM ahIM keTalAka evA vicAro raju karIza ke jethI pitAnI jAtanA ajANapaNAmAM pApI mananI kevI bhUle thAya che, tenA keTalAka kAraNe ane vicAre samajavAne tamane anukULatA thaze. 1 pApane aTakAvavAthIja tenuM pramANa jaNAya che. pApI mANasa pitAnI bhUla kema samajI zakatA nathI tenuM paheluM kAraNa e che ke pApa kharekhara rIte jyAre aTakAvAya che tyAre ja tenuM pramANa thaI zake che, jyAM sudhI ApaNe ApaNA durguNa sAme thaIe nahi tyAM sudhI te durguNanuM AtmAmAM jera keTaluM che te
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________________ thaI jAya che paNa vicAra jora kaI mahAvIra prakAza jANavuM asaMbhavita che, ane je bedarakAra pApI mANasa pApanI sAme thatuM nathI tene pApathI keTaluM nukasAna thAya che te te bhAgyeja jANI zake che. jyAM sudhI pApa ke durguNa sAme thayA vagaranA AtmA para rAjya karaze tyAMsudhI tenA kArasthAna keIthI jANI zakAze nahi. jyAM sudhI mANasa zaMkA ke vicAra vagara sAMsArika lAlaca ane apavitra IcchAne AdhIna thaI jAya che, ane naThArI Tevane gulAma thaI jAya che, tyAM sudhI tenI hayAtI zodhavAne ke tenuM pramANa karavAne tene kadI paNa vicAra AvatuM nathI. kAraNa ke ghaNI bAbatenI peThe AmAM paNa aTakAvathI ja jaranuM pramANa thaI zake che. kudaratanA ghaNuM zaktivALA ejaTe jyAre sAme thanAra keI na hoya tyAre pitAnuM kAma zAMtapaNe ane kAMI paNa AkarSaNa na kare tevI rIte kare che. jyAre keI sAme thanArI zakti tenI sAme thAya che tyAre tenI hAjarI ane zakita tarapha dhyAna kheMcAya che. eka josa bhera vahetA jhare jyAM sudhI tene aTakAvanAra ke padArtha ADena hoya tyAMsudhI zAMta ane avAja vagara vahyA kare che, paraMtu khAbocIyA khaDaka ane aTakAvelA pravAhanI garjanA tarataja tenuM jora batAvI Apaze. pavana jyAre khullA medAnamAM puMkata hoya tyAre tenuM jora kaLI zakAze nahi paNa jyAre te jagalanA vRkSa para athavA samudranA jApara thaIne pasAra thAya che, tyAre tene aTakAva thavAthI tame tenuM jora jaI zake che. have teja prakAra AMtarika dunIomAM che. pApanuM paribaLa mAtra tene aTakAva karavAthIja anubhavAya che, koI paNa pApanI sAmene ejaMTa jyAMsudhI tapAsa thaI nathI tyAMsudhI pitAnA kAmamAM vadhAre zaktivALe ke mahenatavALe jaNAze nahIM. ghaNuM sAMsArika ane nAstika aMtaHkaraNamAM pApa, zAMta pavananI peThe ane jhaDapathI cAlatA jharAnI peThe rAjya kare che. svAthI paNAmAM, sAMsArika mehanI mAM magarUrImAM, lebhamAM ane tevAja durguNemAM te zAMtapaNe rAjya kare che, eTaluM ja nahi paNa pApa te AMtarika jagatamAM eTale vaga dharAve che ke zIyALAnI TADhane jema dUra na karI zakAya tema tenA mArgamAM koI paNa ADe na Ave tevI rIte te sAmrAjaya kare che. tene ughADuM pADanAra tenA sAme thaIne aTakata karanAra che. jyAre
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________________ mahAvIra ane manuSyanuM Atmika jJAna. aMtaHkaraNamAM uMcA ane pavitra jIvana viSe vicAra udabhave che, ane aMtarane daDha utsAha magarUrI ane durguNane dAbI devAne pitAnI zaktione jAgRta kare che, tyAre apavitra IcchA ane nIcama no vikArane pravAha aTakAvavAno prayatna thAya che. jyAre daivika pramane namra niyama nAstika aMtaHkaraNanI ThaMDI bhUla dUra kare che tyAre AtmAne pApanuM bhayaMkara jora jaNAya che. jAgRta thaelA AtmAmAM hamezAM AzcaryakAraka zadhathI ja pApakarmanuM bhAna ekAeka thaI A ve che, navIna ane ucca aMtaHkaraNanI unnatinI sAthe ajA baje bhAre ane na sahana thaI zake te durgaNane bhAra AtmAne pitAnI navI zaktione kacarI nAMkhate uMDI lAgaNIthI uce Avato dekhAya che je AjasudhI pApanI soDamAM ArAmathI rahe te AtmA mahAvIra paramAtmAnA darzanathI utsAha pUrvaka bahAra dhasI Ave che, tenI najIka AvavAne buma pADe che, ane baMdhananI adhirAI tathA tAjuM bhAna thavAthI pite mahAvIrathI dUra thaela che, te vicAratAM tene pitAnI sthiti jaNAI Ave che. jevI rIte eka bALaka jyAre dhyAna vagara ajANyA mANasa nI seDamAM sUtuM hoya ane jevuM te pitAnA mA bApane jue che ke tarataja tenA tarapha javAne taraphaDIAM mAre che ane hAtha laMbAve che temaja abhaNapaNe bIjAnA hAthamAM rahevAthI je azAMti hatI te vyakta kare che tevI ja rIte eka jAgRta thaelA pApI mANasane thAya che. te chatAM pazcAtApanA pahelAM taraphaDIyAmAM AmAnI vartaNuMkamAM pApa saMpUrNa rIte jaNAtuM nathI. Atmika jJAnanI vRddhinI sAthe je pApa rahI jAya che te AtmAnI tIkSaNa manavRtti para vadhAre asara kare che ane tenI jAgRta thatI zaktione vadhAre kaM. TALa bhareluM lAge che. bhUla ane pApa tenA AgalAM aMtaHkaraNathI adazya ane ajJAna hatAM te dhArmika jIdagInI uMcI sthitimA gha0 NAja dhikkAravA lAyaka jaNAya che. ane pahelA je nIca ane naThArA kAma karavAmAM AvatAM tenA karatAM pavitra ane sArAM kAma karatI vakhate have pApa tarapha vadhAre karaDI najara thAya che. caMcaLa aMtaHskaraNane dareka pagale pApanA gADAne be vadhAre bhAre jaNAtuM jAya che ane jema jema zraddhALu AtmA mahAvIranA jIvananI najadika A 3. P-0
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________________ 34 mahAvIra prakAza. vattA jAya che tema tema tenA mukhamAMthI adhirAithI evI chuma paDe che. ke " mahAvIra paramAtmA vinA A maraNunA zarIramAMthI mane kaNu mukta karaze. ? " AtmAne jAgRta thatA pApanI dhAstI lAge che. * svAtma ajJAna mATe pApI mANasane bIjI' kAMraNa e che ke pApa vAravAra Atmika svarUpa jANavAne manuSyane DarAve che, AtmA mAM ka`nA sa'cArathI je za'kAzILa saDA pesele hAya che te Atmika svarUpane jevA jatAM manuSyane dhAstI utpanna kare che. jo ke e ghaNuM Azcaya jevu' lAge che teA paNa manuSyanI sthiti eka evI asAdhAraNa prakAranI rahe che ke jethI manuSya ema mAnI le che ke tenA AtmAmAM saghaLu' kharekhara nathI. te paNa saghaLuM satya jANavAnI anicchAthI kAMIpaNu AgaLa tapAsa karatAM te madha paDe che. e vAta ghaNA gheADAja manuSyeA haze ke je peAtAnA viSe theADu ghaNuM pazu jANutA na heAya, gheADIka muzkelIthI hajArA manuSye kAMi paNa vadhAre jANavAne nA kahe che. ghaNIja beda2kA2ka jIMdagImAM paNa avaranapara rUDhinA pravAhu cAlyAja kare che ane AtmA peAtAnI uDI AMtarika kagAlIatane pakaDI rAkhe che. ka'gAla sthitinA aMdhakAra eTaleA bhayaMkara hoya che ke bahuja thADA manuSyA tenA sanmukha jevAnI hiMmata kare che ane e rIte mahAvIranI zaktivALe AtmA meDhA jevA ga rIkha thaI jAya che. pApI mANasanuM aMtaHkaraNa peAtAnI tapAsa karavAne je khulu' karavAmAM Ave te tene eka eveA karaDA dRSTipAta jAyache ke jenA sAme jIvAne kapArI AvyA vagara raheze nahi. tethI ghaNAkharA manulye. ajJAnapaNAnI nakAmI zaktithI Atmika svarUpa jANavAthI dUra rahevAnuM ja pasa da kare che. ane tepaNa A jANI joine rAkhelI asAnatA keTalIka khAkhatamAM jyAre ApaNI vartaNuMkanI sAme thavAmAM Ave che, tyAre jyAM AtmAnA lAbhA jokhamamAM heAya tyAM ghaNIja ajAekhI bharelI rIte AtmAnA pakSamAM jovAmAM Ave che, A jagatanA vyavahAramAM manuSya na rekI zakAya, tevA pApathI kharekhara bhaDake che, ane je duHkhA aTakAvavAnuM peAtAnI zaktinI bahAra hoya tenA vicArathI te pApane Thurakata karavAnI nA kahe che, para'tu jyAre zaMkA zILa pApa upAyanI
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________________ ' mahAvIra ane manuSyanuM Atmika jJAna, rUpa bahAra heAtuM nathI, tyAre ghaNuA manamAM tene dUra karavAne ulaTI vartaNuka vALI prakRti hAya che ke je prakRti koi paNa dhAstIvALA pApanA jarA paNa dekhAvathI tenuM naThArU pariNAma jANI zake che, paNa ekAeka kAMi karI zakatI nathI, udAharaNa tarIke eka DAhyA vyApArI peAtAnA vizvAsu neAkaranA hiMsAmamAM kAMika goTALeAjue athavA tA tenA keAI karajadAra ke jenI sAthe tene ghaNA jokhamavALA vahIvaTa hAya tenA viSe zaka utpanna thAya te mATe bhAge te ekAeka keAIne kAMi paNa kaheze nahi. peAtAne nahi gamatI tevI sUcanAo tarapha peAtAnI AMkheA adha karIne ane badhI AgaLa tapAsa calAvavAthI dUra rahIne te vamAnanI ayeAgya zAMtithIjANI joIne peAtAnI bhaviSyanI pAyamAlInuM jokhama kharIda karI leze. eTaluja nahi paraMtu kharI hakIkatanu` mULa zeAdhIkADhatAM jo ke tenI tapAsa evIja jAya ke nAkare tenI mIlkata naSTa karI nAkhI che ane tenA karajadAra devALu kADhavAnI aNIpara che teApaNu taratane mATe te peAtAnI ghAtakI tapAsa eka mAjue rAkhI le che. athavA koI ciMtAtura ane mAyALu sage dhAstIthI jANe che ke jenApara tene ghaNA prema che te najIkanA sagA roganA bhaya'kara cinhA che, tenA gAlapara garamInA cinhAne jue che, te vaLI vicAre che ke huM tenA jhINA zvAsa cAlu thayele sAMbhaLuM chuM ane tene bhaviSyanI saghaLI dhAstI utpanna thAyache, te chatAM zuM tene e kadara te mANasanA mRtyu viSe vicAra Avaze kharA ? AvA prasaMge kayA mAbApa, dhaNI, mitra peAtAnI svAthI bhayabhIta zaktinI salAha nADu leze ane te rAga vadhatA aTakAvavAne je anI zake te upAye nahi le? ApaNA sAMsArika lAbhanA parighamAM evA manAveA ghaNA gheADA hAya te paNa Atmika khAkhatAmAM potAnI marajInI bedarakArI ghaNuA DAhyA vidvAna ane sAdhu purUSAmAM apavAda tarIke nahi paNa utsa niyamita rIte jovAmAM Ave che. bIjI bAbatamAM AzcaryakAraka, azAta ane sahelAithI dhAstI lAge tevuM DAya te paNa ghaNAM mANuse AvI bhAkhatamAM te AzcaryakAraka rIte bekarakAra thaI jAya che. teonI dhAstI ane zakA vAne badale echAM thAya che, ane jayAre "taMdurastI ke paisA athavA sAMsArika sukhanI vAta na hoya pu
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza raMtu AtmAnuM hamezanuM sukha ane uttama vartaNukanI bAbata hoya te jagatane meTA bhAvanA vyavahAra Atmika sukhanI sAmenI dhAstI aTakAvavA tarapha hita nathI, paNa tenI nizAnIo paNa bhalI javAmAM Ave che. dharma tarapha teo game tevA avicArI ane bedarakAra hoya te paNa kharekhara ghaNuM cheDA mANase potAnI Atmika sthiti vizenA prasaMgopAtanA jJAna vagara jIdagI pasAra karI zake evA paNa prasaMga Ave che ke jyAre aMtakaraNa game tevA bedarakAra mANasane tenI khabara Ape che ane AtmA tathA tene bhaviSya viSenA ciMtAtura dekhAva ghaNuM kaThaNa aMtaHkaraNane paNa kahI dekhADe che. sAMsArika sukhanI zreNa saMbhALa ane mojazekhanI vacce mANasane uDe svabhAva paNa uMghate rahe che. sAmAnya jIvanane sapATa pravAha saMsAramAM magna rAkhe che ane AtmAne ughavAne lalacAve che paraMtu lagabhaga dareka mANasane evA prasaMge avazya Ave che ke jyAre sAMsArika sukhanA sapATa pravAhanA jIvanamAM AMtare paDe che ane tene AmA thoDA vakhatanI jAgRtino anubhavakare che. ekAMta mAMdagInA bIchAnAnI zAMtimAM, saMsAranA kaMTALAmAM, tabIyatanI kharAbImAM, ghaNuM ja taMgImAM, jyAre ApaNe mazAnamAM ubhA hoIe chIe ane manuSyane maratA joIe chIe tyAre dareka manuSyane paramAtmA eka kharI vastu che ema ghaDIbhara mAnyatA thAya che ane ghaNAja avicArI tathA saMsAra rakta thayelA manuSyane paNa jarA vAra bhIne vicAramAM paDI javuM paDe che. athavA jyAre koI pApI mANasa saMsAranI anitAne ghaNe ja asara kare te bodha sAMbhaLe che athavA je ghaNIja verAgyavALI ane pavitra jIdagI kADhe che tenA saMbaMdhamAM Ave che tyAre potAnI bedarakArI viSe tene dukha bharI lAgaNI thAya che, uMcA pavitra jIvananA abhAvathI pitAnA tarapha dhikAra chUTe che ane tenI sAthe pitAnuM jIvana sarakhAvatA tenA mana mAthI jAgRtine avAja uThe che paraMtu AvA vicAro kamabhAgye lAMbe vakhata rahI zakatA nathI. manuSyane te vicArone pitAnA manamAM TakAvI rAkhavAne bhAgyeja IcchA pUrvaka nizcaya hoya che. teone Atmika ciMtAothI potAnA sAMsArika vyavahAramAM harakata tha ya evI IchA hotI nathI. temanA AtmAthI temanA mAjazekhamAM
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________________ 37 mahAvIra ane manuSyanuM Atmika jJAna. khalela paDe evA Atmika vicAranI teo darakAra karatA nathI. ane pachI jevI rIte eka suMdara caherA para rega thayA pachI beDeLa DAghAe paDI gayA hoya tenA para ArasI jotAMja pahelI ja najara paDe che tyAre rogane cagya upAya nahi thavA mATe jema duHkha thAya che, te maja jyAre AtmAnI bedarakArIthI pApanuM darada tenI beDoLa nizAnIo batAve che, ane jAgRta thaele AtmA pahelI vakhata tene jue che tyAre mana tene bahAra dekhAtA aTakAvavAne ghaNI DAdoDa karI muke che. vaLI tema karavAnA AtmAmAM vizvAsu pratibibanuM kharUM sukha zedhavAne badale, game tevuM duHkhI paNa vicArazIla, mamahAvIranuM batAveluM, AtmAnA pApane dUra karavAnuM sAdhana meLavavAne badale vyagra mana utAvaLamAM je khare mArga nathI te tarapha dhasIne saMtuSTa thAya che, ane dunIAnA deraMgI vicAramAM peTA prakAzavALA abhiprAyanI sAthe maLIne pitAnI kharI sthitithI vegaLuM rahe che. AvI rIte ghaNA manuSyanA jIvana potAnA AtmAnI oLakhANa vagaranA ulaTe mArge cAlelA pratIta thAya che, je kharuM svarUpa temanAmAM che, ane je temanA hRdayamAM eka vakhata jAgRta thaze te lAMbA kALa sudhI bhUlI javAya che. te chatAM ghaNAM prayatna thoDA ghaNuM phateha vALA paNa hoya che. ghaNuM ja saMsArI ane bedarakAra aMtaHkaraNamAM ghaNAM uMDA bhAgamAM ghaNI vAra pApane ardhI rIte jANeluM hovAthI ane je mUrthita raheluM paNa bhulAeluM, nahi tevuM hovAthI chupI paNa azAMti ane ArAma vagaranA vicAro seve che. kAMIpaNa gabhIra sudhAro karavAne azakta aMtaHkaraNanI khAtrImAM mAThuM bhaviSya pratIta thAya che. nahi didhelA karajanI peThe pApanuM lakSa rahe che ane nahi sAra thaelA daradanI peThe aMdaranA bhAgamAM te chupI rIte kAma kare che. pitAnA svarUpane jANavAnI nA kahetA chatAM mANasa vAraMvAra tene bhUlI javAmAM sukhathI ghaNe dUra rahe che. tene sAre vakhata, AvatA bhavanA ajANyA lakSanI peThe DhaMkAele rahe che. tenA saghaLA khuzAlInA prasaMgamAM saMtApa ane acekasapaNuM jaNAya che.ane tene je ghaNuM najadikanuM sukha hoya che te eka garIba uDAunA kSaNika bhabhakadAra AnaMda jevuM hoya che, tenA kAmakAja tapAsavAmAM paNa te duHkhita jaNAya che. athavA eka Duba
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________________ 38 mahAvIra prakAza. tA vahANamAM kaI mUchita kaMgAla dArUnA josathI pitAnI mUchI pAchI vALe paNa tethI jema te AvatA bhayane dUra karavAne vadhAre azata thAya che tema je manuSya potAnA svarUpane thoDuM ghaNuM jANe che paNa saMsAranA pravAhamAM ghasaDAI jAya che. tenI sthiti paNa tevIja thAya che. pApi prakRtti dhime dhime baMdhAya che. pApI mANasanuM Atmika ajJAna evI rIte sAmrAjya bhega ve che ke ghaNA kharA manuSyamAM pApI Teve ane pApI prakRti ghaNI dhImethI dAkhala thAya che. bIjo vicAra bAjue rAkhIe te paNa varta zukamAM je dhime dhime pheraphAra thAya che te rItamAMja koI evI meha nI che ke jethI manuSya pitAnI bhUle viSe aMdhArAmAM rahe che kAraNake, dareka mANasa eTaluM te jANe che ke je sUma rIte ane dhIme dhIme pheraphAra thAya che tethI ApaNe kevA ajJAna rahIe chIe. dAkhalA ta rIke je eka rUtumAMthI bIjI rUtu pheraphAra ekAeka te heta te ApaNane hAla rUtunA pheraphAranI je khabara paDe che tenA karatAM vadhAre sArI rIte dhyAna rahI zakata paraMtu jyAre ApaNe madhya unALAmAMthI zIyALAmAM kudI paDatA nathI ane Ajano divasa kALanA jeja ja thAya che, tethI divasanuM ajavALuM dhime dhime vadhe che ane ghaTe che tethI te maja havAmAM ThaMDI rUtu ghaNu ja dhImI rIte jaNAya che tethI ApaNe bhAgyeja joI zakIe chIe ke kudaratanA pheraphAra kayAre ane kevIrIte thAya che vaLI tevIja rIte ApaNA jIvanamAM paNa ke dhIme pheraphAra thAya che. je ApaNe ekadama bALapaNamAMthI yuvAna thaI jaIe athavA A paNe yuvAnImAM sUIne uThatI vakhate ApaNane gharaDA joIe te ApaNe te pheraphAroMdhI rAkhyA vagara rahI zakIe nahi paNa Aje tame kALanA je vAjamanuSya hovAthI ane tamAruM jIvana dhime dhime badalAtuM rahevA thI gaMbhIra ciMtA,lAbha ane jokhama dhime dhime tamArI pAse ekaThA thAya che. tethI ane tame cheka caDIne pachI utaratI avasthAmAM Ave che, tevA cinha dhime dhime jaNAvAthI,vaLI junA mitro dUra nahi thatAM navA temAM vRddhi kare che, tethI ane junuM svarUpa ekAeka rIte badalatuM nathI, tethI temane bahu Azcarya lAgatuM nathI, jIvananA
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________________ mahAvIra ane manuSyanuM atmika jJAna. dhimA nAzane vicAra karavAnI tamane bahu pharaja paDatI nathI, ane tene nAza thAya che, tyAM sudhI tame jANe ajJAta che tevI rIte saghaLI pravRti karatA rahe che. kudaratI jagatamAM ane ApaNA pitAnA zarIramAM AvI rIta dhime dhime pheraphAra thAya che, tyAre zuM te uparathI ApaNe ema nahi. kabula karIe ke na dhyAna rahe tevA ane ghaNuM dhimAM tene maLatAja pheraphAre ApaNI dhArmika ane naitika vartaNuMkamAM paramAtmA pAse ApaNA AtmAnI sthitimAM thatAja haze. huM khAtrIpurvaka kahuM chuM ke kharekhara te temaja che. AtmAne ziyALa tenI cheka vRddhAvasthA ane mRtyu jene ghaNu mANase dhimedhime pahoMce che ane ghaNuM pahoMcI gayA hoya che te chatAM teo badhA chevaTa sudhI ajJAna hoya tema dhime dhime pitAne kSaNika vyavahAra vadhAratAja rahelA hoya che. vartaNuMkanuM baM, dhAraNa ghaNuMja dhimethI thAya che. vistArathI ane utAvaLathI tenI yuvAnI kadI AvI zakatI nathI. dareka pasAra thatA divasanA banAve sUkSma sparzathI tenuM baMdhAraNa karavAmAM madada kare che. ApaNuM bAhya jIdagInA uparAuparI pheraphAre kAMIne kAMI pAchaLa mukatA jAya che, jo ke jAheramAM Ave tevA moTA pramANanuM baMdhAraNa thavAne ghaNe lAMbe vakhata joIe chIe. dhArmika lAgaNInA dareka zvAse zvAsa ApaNA Atma pradezane halAve che ane ghasaDe che paNa tene amuka cekasa dizAmAM vALavAne ghaNe vakhata lAge che ke je parathI cAlatA pavananI peThe ApaNe tenI amuka cekasa sthitI joI zakIe. jema ApaNe dareka eka bIjAthI judA paDIe chIe tema kadAca ApaNuM darekanI vartaNuMkamAM ApaNuM bahAranA parAkrama para ApaNe kAMI khAsa chApa mAratA nathI kAraNake te kudaratanA dhoraNamAM samAI zake che. adharma ane pApI mANasanA saMbaMdhamAM vakhatane dhIme ane svarUpa banAvanArA hAtha mANasanA kudaratI durgaNe amukaAkAramAM bAMdhe che ke je AkAra temanI vartaNUkathI teo 5chI joI zake che. nIca svAthIpaNuM. kaMjusapaNuM, nIcapaNuM, kaThaNa-nirdayapaNuM ane adharmipaNuM vigere manuSyamAM game tevI durgaNa vALI vartaNuMka levAmAM Ave te kadIpaNa eka divasamAM ke thoDAja avAjathI athavA mananI saheja kAcI buddhithI turataja tevA prakAre thavA pAmI na ke jAheramAM chIe. atri ghasaDe che 3 thI cAlata
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________________ 40 mahAvIra prakAza.' hatI tethI ulaTuM te ghaNA nAnA pApanI zarUAtathI, asaMkhyAta sUma kaSAyathI, vikAranI lAgaNIne hajAre vakhata vaza thaI javAthI jazekhanA mAThA phaLanA lAMbA vakhatanA ajANapaNAthI, vigere evA prakAranA lAMbA anubhavathI manuSyanuM vartana amuka prakAranA cekasa dhoraNavALuM thayeluM hoya che. sArAmAMthI mADuM thavAne pheraphAra ekaMdara rIte bIjA jenArAone paNa dinapratidina ghaNe dhIme jaNa ya che tethI karIne saMsAramAM rakata thayelA bedarakata ke adhama mANasane ja nahI paraMtu khulI rIte duSTa ane tajAelA mANasane paNa durganI asara ghaNuMja dhImedhIme thatI jAya che ane aMdha kAra pachI aMdhakAramAM vRddhi thAya che ghaNA ja kaThaNa ane nirlaja hirAmakhera ekaja kudakAthI harAmakheranI padavI pAmyo hoya te tene bALapaNane AnaMdI cahero ane svaccha tejasvI AMkhe eka divasamAM phelAvALA dekhAvano ke zaMkAzIla gussAvALo badalI gayA hatA. paraMtu mANasa pratyakSa rIte jue che ke kadarUpApaNAnI nizAnIo caherA para hamezAM joI zakAtI nathI tevI ja rIte AtmAne pachAta paDavAmAM kevA uMDA ghA lAge che te haMmezAM jANe zakAtuM nathI. mahAvIra paramAtmAnA paricayanI zarUAta thAya che ke tenA vacanenA paDaghA jyAre hRdayanA uMDA bhAga para paDe che tyAre ja ghaNuM lAMbA vakhatanI thaelI pAyamAlInuM bhAna thAya che. AtmAnuM ajJAna pApano tela karavAnA vimA ane naThArA ghoraNane paNa AbhArI che. AtmAmAM pApanI vRddhi thavAnuM bIjuM je valaNa jovAmAM Ave che te jevI rIte vartana dhime dhime barAbara thAya che tema pA. pane tela karavAnuM dhoraNa paNa tevI ja rIte kharAba karanAruM hevAthI mANasane pApI kare che. jema jema pApanI vRddhi thAya che tema tema hadayanuM baLa ochuM thatuM jAya che je zakita pApane jue che te pApathI AtmAne je nukazAna thAya che tenI sAthe bhAgIdAra thAya che. jyAre AtmAnA bIjA ta IcchAo muMddha prema naitika baLa vigere avanata sthitimAM hoya tyAre pApane jevAvALI zakti kAMI zAMta rahetI nathI paraMtu te paNa halakA prakAra Ave che te ja pApanI vRddhi ke AbhArI che.
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________________ mahAvIra ane manuSyanuM Atmika jJAna. 41 nI thatI jAya che. kInAre ubhA rahIne eka jonAra je pravAhamAM cAlatA vahANunI jarApaNa gatine joI zake che tene A khAta maLatI AvatI nathI paNa tevAja eka darIyAi musAphara je gatimAM pate bhAga le che temAM peAtAnA mitrane paNa joi zakatA nathI tene kharAkhara maLatI Ave che vaLI jema tAva ane khIjA rAga je magajane asara kare che te rAga daradInI bhAnavALI zakatane harI le che tema pApa e paNa evA rAga che ke naitika a'taHkaraNanuM nukasAna karyA vagara ane nukazAnanI jANa thAya tevI rIte tenI zaktipu2 asara karyAM vagara AgaLa cAlatuM nathI. game tevA nakhaLA ane ajJAna aMdhakAravALA aMtaHkaraNane paNa pApa tenA ghaNA svarUpamAM pahelAM beDALa dekhAva batAve che. paNa tenI zaktithI te ghaNI jhaDapathI paricita thaI jAya che. pAtAnI pharaja bajAvavAmAM, peAtAnA dharma jALavavAmAM, mRtyu, nyAya ane kakhulatanA kharA satyane samajavAmAM mANasanuM ataH karaNa tenI game tevI kudaratI paDatI sthitimAM kadI paNu tadna asAta hAi zake nahiM, paraMtu tenI kharI hakIkata nahiM mAnavAthI ApaNe ApaNA aMtaHkaraNane chetarIne pApI thavA tatpara hAie chIe. satya nahi mAnanArAonI kriyAmAM e tadna saMbhavita che ke pApa taraphanI nApasa'dagI nahi thavAthI game tevuM bhayaMkara pApa thAya ane tene cetavaNI ke sUcanA ApavAmAM Ave tepaNa tenA AtmApara ghaNA dhImA ane jhAMkhe! paDaghA paNa paDI zakate nathI. jevI rIte ziyALAmAM eTalI dhI TADha paDe ke TADha mApavAnuM tharamAmITara (yaMtra) paNa TharI jAya che, ane tethI TADhanA vadhArAnuM mApa karavAnA sAdhana vagaranA thai rahevAya che, tevIja rIte prakRtinI avanati tha vAmAM paNa eTale sudhI mane che ke jyAM mANasanI vadhatI jatI ThaMDI, kaDiNutA ane svArthIpaNuM pachI jANI zakavAnuM sAdhanaja rahetuM nathI, je ya*trathI naitika pheraphAro joI zakAya che, te peAtAnI meLe satva vagaranA ane gati vagaranA thai paDe che. ane tyAreja bhayaMkara ajJAnapaNAmAM pApI mANasanuM pApa eka chupI vastu thaIne rahe che. tyAreja bhaya kara chuTa meLavavAmAM Ave che, ane dareka jAtanA akuza rahita taddana svata MtrapaNe vartana rakhAya che. aMkuza vagaranI prakRtipara AtmA evI sthitie paheAMcyA hAya che ke aMkuza vagaranI prakRti M, P~ 6 .
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________________ kara mahAvIra prakAza. mAM te pApa karI zake che, jANyA vagara hamezAM pApanA karajamAM - dhAre kare che, pitAnIja upara vadhAre uMDA ane na sudharI zake tevA ghA mAre che te chatAM te vakhate dukha thatuM nathI, ane javAba vagaranA gussAnA divasanI sAme vizeSa krodha batAve che. jaladI pAyamAla kare tevI bAbata paNa kaI jAtanI cetavaNIthI ekAeka rekI zakAtI nathI. bhayaMkara nAza pratyakSa heAya tevI kaI paNa bAbata ke bhaviSyanA keI paNa bhayathI te camakatuM nathI. tenAmAM je prakAza hato te aMdhakAra thaIgaye hoya che, ane te aMdhakAra paNa eTale vizeSa kelAe hoya che ke temAM kAMI paNa joI zakAtuM ja nathI. AvI rIte ghaNA prakAra evA che ke jemAM pApa pitAne chupuM khe che, ane kharekhara dareka vAMcanAranI sthiti meM upara jaNAvI tevI thavA saMbhava che. tenA pApa ane bhayanI khAtrI mATe thoDA ja zabda puratA thaze. deSane mATe kaI paNa manuSya ema baDAI nahi mArI zake ke pApanA ajANapaNAmAM tenuM kaI paNa kAma pApayukta nathI. athavA gunhegArane gunha e thAya che ema paNa koI abhimAna karI zakaze nahi. jANItI ajJAnatA jyAM sudhI apUrNa sudhArAvALI hoya che, tyAMsudhI doSane vadhAre kharAba karanArI hoya che. je manuSya jANI joIne dIve bujhAvI de che, te pite aMdhArAthI je bhulavALA pariNAma Ave che temAMthI bacavA pAmatuM nathI. eka chATake mANasa gAMDo thaIne gunha kare te jANe kudaratI rIte javAba dAraja nathI ema gaNuM zakAya nahi, ane aMtaHkaraNanuM ajavALuM aTakAvIne athavA aMtakaraNano prakAza tadana aMdhakArarUpa thaI jAya tyAM sudhI tene pApanA deSathI sudhAravAne badale pApamAM vadhAre anurakta rahevAya te te eka e meTo gunha che ke jenA ghaNAja mAThA parINAma nIpaje temAM Azcarya nathI. je manuSya mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM jIvana ke temanI bhAvanA jANatA nathI athavA jANI zakaya nathI te pramANika rIte ajJAnatAnuM bahAnuM kADhI zake. paraMtu te badhuM jANatA chatAM beparavAIvALa kaThaNa aMtaHkaraNathI jANI jeIne ajJAna rahevuM, te pApane ghaNaja duHkhI rIte kharAba karanArUM ane tenI bhayaMkara zikSAne Apo Apa bhegA thaI paDavA jevuM che. Amika ajJAnane ya pApa karatAM kAMI e nathI kAraNake
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________________ mahAvIra ane manuSyanuM Atmika jJAna. badhA durgamAMthI chupA TuthathI chUTA thaI javuM sAruM che, badhA duzmanemAM chupAI rahele duzmana sauthI vadhAre kharAba che, eka uDe khADe hoya tenA karatA sIdhI uMcI TekarI vadhAre sArI che, vagara pIDAnA mRtyu karatA sudharI zake tevA daradanI mahA pIDA sArI, ane tevIja rIte tamArA AtmAne game tevA pApa ane bhaya hoya te paNa tenAthI jANItA rahevuM te vadhAre sAruM che. Atmika ajJAnatAnA bhayaMkara durgaNe karatAM game tevuM dhAstIvALuM ane game tevuM duHkhakAraka Atmika jANapaNuM vadhAre sAruM che. je kharekhara tamArI sthiti keIpaNa AzA ane madada vagaranI nirAdhAra hoya, je tamArA pApa upAya vagaranAja heya, ane tamAre nAza na rekI zakAya tevuM hoya te saghaLI tapAsa karavI nakAmI che, te pachI AgaLanI javAbadArI ghAtakIpaNuM che paNa dayA nathI. eka maratA mANasanI nakAmA upAyothI herAna kara. e koI paNa rIte jarUranuM nathI. phasInI zikSA pAmelA gunhegArane tene phAMsI ApavAmAM Ave tyAM sudhI zAMtapaNe ekAMtamAM divase kADhavA ApavA joIe. paraMtu tamArA saMbaMdhamAM tevuM kAMIja nathI, kaI paNa mANasa pitAnI meLe ke bIjAothI vinAzI tarIke paDatuM mukAya evI koI paNa jarUra nathI. keI paNa jIvate AtmA upAya vagarane heI zake ja nahi, duHkha utpanna karanAruM kAraNa pachI te game tevuM chUpuM hoya to paNa te khuluM karavAmAM tamAre jarA paNa pAchA haThavuM nahi, ane AtmAnA te ghA sudhAravAnI kriyA game tevI duHkhakAraka ane tadana niSphaLa jevI lAgatI hoya te paNa tenAthI DaravuM nahi, kAraNa ke tamArI IjA sahelAIthI sudharI zake ema dhArI zakAya nahi temaja nakAmA upAyothI upara uparanI zAMti zodhavI e paNa ochuM jarUranuM che, jyAre te daradanA vaidya mahAvIra paramAtmA piteja thaIne duHkha dUra karavAne tamArI samukha hAjara dekhAya che, tyAre tame e khare vaidya zodhI kADhaye che, te ceDA ghaNA duHkhanI darakAra karyA vagara tamAruM darada dUra thAya e tamane kema nahi game? evuM kaI pApakarmanuM jera nathI ke je mahAvIranA aMkuzamAM AvI zake nahi, te mahAvIra paramAtmA Agala tamAruM AkhuM atakaraNa khullu karI de. tamArI kharekharI sthiti temane jaNAve.
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________________ karka : mahAvIra prakAza. tenI pAse tamArA dareka chupA duHkhanI kabulAta Ape te hamezAM sAMbhaLavAnuM ane sahAya karavA tatpara che. game tevI bhayaMkara sthiti sudhAravAne te saMpUrNa sAmarthyavAna che, jIvana ane maraNa eka sarakhI rIte tamArA AtmAne duHkhI karatA hoya te cheka chelle vakhate paNa te mahAvIrane yAda karo, tamArA AtmAnI parIkSA karavAnuM temane sepe, tenA zraddhALu prema ane madada upara tamArUM game tevuM jIvana arpaNa kare ane tamAre uddhAra khAtrI pUrvaka thazeja te tamArAmAM chupAI raheluM mahAvIrapaNuM utpanna karaze, ane tenI madadathI tame game tevA zatrune dUra karI mahAvIrapaNAne pAmaze. paraMtu bIjI rIte je ALasa ane bedarakArapaNuM vadhatuM rahe ane tamAre bhaya jANavAnI tame nA kaho, mahAvIra paramAtmAnI madada zo nahi, te pachI vicAra kare ke e vakhata nahi Ave ke jyAre AbhikajJAna lAMbe vakhata marajInI bAbata rahI zakaze nahi ? prakAzane dUra kare hamaNuM saMbhavita che. paraMtu jyAre ajavALuM aM. dhArAnA ravarUpane dhAraNa karaze tyAre ApaNe IcchA haze ke nahi tepaNa dareka aMtaHkaraNanA uMDA bhAgamAM tenI asara thaze ane pachI AtmAnI sthiti phakata mahAvIrane ja jaNAze. AtmAne bhulI kvAnI zAMti zodhavI e je ke hamaNa zakaya che, duHkha nahi sahana karavAnI IcchA paNa saMbhavita che, ane cheDe vakhata pitAnI sthitinA saMtoSakAraka ravapnamAM paDI rahevuM e paNa banI zake tevuM che paraMtu te zAMti jeTalI nAzakAraka che teTalI ja cheTI che. tarataja Akhare jAgRta thaIne DhIla karavAnA bhayaMkara samayanI sAme thavuM paDe che. A dunIyAmAM keTalIka khedakAraka jAgRta avasthA paNa hoya che. rAtrinI svapna avasthAmAM bhegavele AnaMda anubhava, junA de khA pharI javA, ApaNu premI ane guma thayelA na bhulAya tevA svarUpanI sAme rahevuM, junA parIcita mANasane jevA, ane lAMbA vakhatathI zAMta thaI gayele svara pharI sAMbhaLI ane pachI ApaNA ekAMta sthaLamAM duHkhanI lAgaNIthI savAranA ajavALAmAM jAgavuM e ghaNuM ja pedakAraka che eka garIba gunhegAra mANasane sukhI divasanA vagaranA, AzA ane zAMtinA jyAre mAyALu mitro ane sukhI ghara tathA tenuM AbarUvALuM ane DAgha vagaranuM nAma heya tenA madhura sva
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe AtmAne lAgavaga. nana anubhavIne pachI pitAnA kedakhAnAmAM jAgRta thavuM, phAMsInI - savAra jevI ane svapnamAM jeeluM saghaLuM hamezA gaeluM che ema yAda AvavuM tathA Ajeja phAMsIne lAkaDe maravuM che tema trAsathI nakakI karavuM te keTaluM badhuM kharAba ane duHkhakAraka che? paraMtu AthI paNa vadhAre bhayaMkara ane duHkhakAraka sthiti je jagatanA svapnAmAM kadI AvatI nathI te Amika ajJAnavALA AtmAne jAgRta thatAM ja jaNAya che ane jyAre tene mahAvIra paramAtmAnA AlaMbanathI ja. dagInA svapnamAMthI bhaya ane adharmanI sAthe jAgRta karavAmAM A- - ve che ane te vIra paramAtmA pAse pitAne nyAya karAvavAne te ubhe thAya che tyAre tene pitAnI pAyamAla thaI gaelI sthitimAM jJAna thAya che ane mahAvIrane pagale cAlI mahAvIrapaNuM prApta karavA pAchaLa pitAnuM ajJAna dUra karI bAkInuM jIvana te gALe che aMtamAM mahAvIrapaNAne pAme che. neTa - A prakaraNamAM jyAM jyAM pApa zabda vAparela che te karma zatrunA arthamAM che. lekhaka, prakaraNa 3 ju. mahAvIra sAthe AtmAne lAgavaga. pavana vAya che ane dareka manuSya tene avAja sAMbhaLe che paNa te kayAMthI Ave che ane kayAM jAya che te koI kahI zakatuM nathI. tevIja rIte AtmA che paNa te kayAMthI Ave che ane kyAM jAya che te kahI zakAtuM nathI. ApaNe mahAvIra je pheraphAra viSe atre kathana kare che te kAMI zarIra saMbaMdhI che ema karI dhAravuM nahi. te paNa keTaleka daraje mANasanA jIvanamAM evI jAtanuM parAvartana thaI jAya che ke AzcacaMkAraka kapanA paNa ghaNe vakhate taddana kharI hoya te bhAsa thAya che. jo ke eka buTTA mANasane mATe bALaka thavuM e azakya che, ciMtA ane jokhamadArIthI gherAelA yuvAna mANasane athavA umaramAM
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________________ 46 mahAvIra prakArA, vadhatA jatA tarUNane utaratI jIdagInA vakhatane pakaDI rAkha e jo ke azakaya che te paNa yuvAnI pAchI meLavavI ke mANasanI bAhya jaMdagImAM bALaka thavuM e navIna AtmAnA ItihAsamAM kAMI bahu ajAeba utpanna kare tevuM nathI. kAraNa ke AtmAnA bIjA janmamAM tevuM paNa pratyakSa bane che. ApaNe kSaNabhara ema anumAna karIe ke eka mANasa je ahIMA ghaNe vRddha che ane ghaNe jAgRta paNa thaele che tene jANe kAMI camatkArathI tenI zArIrika aMdagImAM tAjuM lehI AvavA jevuM dekhAya ane vakhatanA javAnI sAthe tenA AkAramAM je bhula bharelA pheraphAra thayA hatA te badalIne bALapaNanI nAjuktA ane navIna manaharatAmAM badalI jAya ane ajAba jevI asarathI te thAkele ane karacalI paDele mANasa eka cakacakIta caherAvALo tarUNa jaNAya te paNa te vakhate AvI sthiti thavA chatAM AtmAnA lAgavagathI je pheraphAra thaI zake che, tenA jevA AzcaryakAraka ane advitIya pheraphAro ApaNuM sanmukha ApaNe joI zakIe chIe, kAraNa ke te kahe che ke AtmAnA lAgavagathI bAhya svarUpanuM navuM baMdhAraNa thAya che, eTaluM ja nahi paNa AMtarika jIvana ne pharIthI navInapaNe utpanna karavAmAM Ave che. mAtra bAharanI DAka DamALa sthiti sudhAravAmAM nathI AvatI paNa ataraMga jIvanane jarUra rane sthAyi pheraphAra karavAmAM Ave che, ane emAM te jarA paNa zaMkA jevuMnathI ke mAnasika ane naitikapheraphAre zArIrikakaratAMghaNajasUkSma ane agatyanA che. AtmAnA AvAgamanathI manuSyanA jIvanamAM je parAvartana thaI zakaze te zArIrika svarUpa ane dekhAva karatA ghaNuM saMpUrNa sthitivALuM thaze. mANasanI prakRtinuM kharuM sattva AtmA che paNa zarIra nathI. AtmAthI ja vartana, vicAra, ane nitika prakRti aMtaraMgamAM zakti dhAraNa kare che ane je bahAra dekhAya che te te banAvaTa mAtra che. jIvananA zArIrika AkAramAM hajAre pheraphAra thAya tepaNa te mANasa kharI rIte badalyA vagara ja rahe che athavA je De ghaNe pheraphAra jaNAya che, te eka navA bolelA gharanA rahevAzI je athavA navI jAtanA Dresa paheravAthI bIjA rUpamAM dekhAtA mANa sanA je hoya che. jIdagInA jaladI anubhavathI mananI zaktio yuvAnImAM thAkI jAya che, ane tethI yuvAna mANasanA pitamAM gharaDA
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe atmAne lAgavaga, mANasane AtmA DhaMkAe rahe che, ane bIjI bAjue joIe te prakRtine anukULa jarUranI zaktione vyaya thayo hoya te eka gharaDo mANasa paNa jIvananA cheDA sudhI yuvAnIne jusse jALavI rAkhe che. paraMtu badhA mANasenA saMbaMdhamAM AtmAnI sthiti kevA prakAre rahe che te samajavuM joIe. tethI karIne gharaDAmAMthI bALakanuM svarUpa pAchuM meLavavuM. te bALakanuM aMtaHkaraNaja pAchuM meLavavAnI sAthe sarakhAvatA thaDA ja ulaTapAlaTa pheraphAra thaye gaNaze. ane je ke yuvAnI ane uparane AkAra kaMIpaNa pheraphAra vagarane rahe che, te paNa mANasanA AtmAnA chupA uMDANamAM e navIna jIdagIne janma hoya te bALakanA jevA aMtaHkaraNa ane AtmAnuM pAchuM maLavuM thAya che ane tyAre gharaDe mANasa navIna jIdagI zarU kare tenA karatAM A pheraphAra vadhAre AzcaryakAraka ane vadhAre sUkSma che. mahAvIra paramAtmAnI chAyAnI jeo pasAra thayA haze teo dareka AtmAne aMtaraMganA A pheraphAravALA ItihAsanI zarUAtane sAro anubhava haze. uparanA kahevAnuM tAtparya e che ke jyArathI mANasa pitAnA Atmika svarUpamAM mahAvIrapaNuM joI zake che ane e mahAvIrapaNAnI madadathI pitAnuM jIvana pharI zarU kare che tyArathI te game te gharaDe ke yuvAna mANasa hoya te paNa tenuM navuM bALapaNa zarU thAya che ane e ja rIte gharaDA ane yuvAna bALakanA svarUpane dhAraNa kare che. mahAvIra5NunI pratIti thatAMja dareka zraddhALu AtmA pitAnA deSa, durguNa, DhoMga ane IrSyAne dUra mUkIne tathA kheTA manuSyapaNAnI saghaLI Teva ane vikArane tyAga karIne navA janmelA bALakanI peThe mahAvIranA vacananuM satyasattvavALuM dUdha pIvAnI IcchA kare ane tenAthI vadhavAnI cAhanA rAkhe te te vicAra e kAMI kevaLa kAlpanikanathI. athavA bIjA zabdamAM kahIe te eka nAnA bALakanI sAmAnya IcchAo ane svAda temane aMtaHkaraNamAM pharI jAgRta thAya che. kAraNa ke AtmAmAM mahAvIra vizenI Atura zraddhA utpanna thavA lAge che. ke tarataja navIna daivika jIvana dhIme dhIme jAgRta thatuM jaya che. bALapaNanA AnaMda karatAM vadhAre uDe ane jhaLahaLate A - bALakna draSTAMta vAraMvAra eTalA mATe ApyuM che ke e avasthA kevaLa nirdoSa ane AnaMdita hoya che.
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. naMda upara tarI Avaze navA janmelA AtmAne taratanA dekhAvathI jIdagIne naveja artha lAgaze. jagatapara dhIme dhIme vadhAre mahatva vALI AzAonuM paThIuM thaze ane jyAre bALapaNanI navAI jevI najarathI saghaLI cIjo tAjI ane navIna jaNAtI hatI tyAre bahAranA padArtho ane banAve lAbhanA ajANapaNAmAM sukhI vakhatamAM Azcarya tarIke jovAtA hatA. zraddhALu manuSyanA aMtaHkaraNamAM paNa dhIme dhIme zAMti, ciMtA rahita vizvAsa, ane sAMsArika phikaramAMthI mukti jAgRta thaela ja. NAze, ke je sthiti eka nAnuM bALaka pitAnA pitA taraphathI saghaLI jarUrIAte purI paDaze tevo vizvAsathI anubhave che, tene maLatIja rIte mahAvIra je pitA maLavAthI temAM zraddhA rAkhanAra AtmA nizcita thaI zake che. ekaja zabdamAM kahIe te AtmAne pharI vakhatanA lAgavagathI mahAvIra paramAtmA sAthe saMbaMdha thavA de, ane vaheluM ke meDuM tenAmAM navIna jIvana bALapaNanA cihe dekhAvA lAgaze, bALapaNathI dareka AkarSaNa kare tevA guNonI utpatti thaze, je vadhAre pavitra, vadhAre umadA prakAranA ane jIvanane ghaNuM ja mahatvanuM kare tevA thaze. manuSyanA AtmAmAM pheraphAra thavAnI sAthe AvI rIte mahAvIra paramAmA dareka AtmAne mokSa mATe pharI jIvana zarU karavAne temanA vacanamAM jAhera kare che. ane navIna janmane vicAra jo kadAca AzcaryakAraka lAge te je mANasa mahAvIra paramAtmAnA vacananuM rahasya samajI zake che, te aMtaHkaraNane temanA vacananuM kharuM siddhAMtika rahasya ghaNI ja asara karaze, ane je te AtmAne te vakhate samyakatvanI pharasanA thaze te tyArathI tenA navIna janma nI zarUAta thaze. evI rIte mahAvIra paramAtmAnA pavitra vacana thI hajAre AtmA samyakatva pAmI navIna jIvana zarU karI jIvananA aMtane pAmyA che, ane haju paNa teja rIte navuM jIvana zarU karI anAdikALe duHprApya evI muktine prApta karavA dareka sAmagrI sahaja meLavI zake che, tame jue che ke temanA uMDA rahasyavALA siddhAM te samajavAne je muzkelIo naDe che, te siddhAMta manuSyanA aMtaHkaraNamAM sthApita thaI zake eTalA mATe te vIra paramAtmAe sAdA
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe amane lAgaNa. vicAro ane saraLa udAharaNo ApelA che. ghaNaja dabANathI te jagavaMdya mahAvIra paramAtmA Atmika kalyANanA zodhaka manuSyanI azraddhA dUra karavAne A kudaratI saMsAranA cekasa ane teTalAja satya svarUpavALA je ke mizrita bhAvavALA jaNAya te paNa Atimaka pheraphArane barAbara maLatA Ave tevA dAkhalA dalIlethI tenA manane kharA mArga tarapha prere che. pitAnI AsapAsa rahIne jAgrata AtmA dhyAnapUrvaka zravaNa kare che, tene saMsAranI ghaNaja paricita , bAbate ane roja banatA banAve jevAne te AzA kare che, ke jemAMthI AtamA navIna janmanA siddhAMtamAM je kriyAo ane zaktienA purAvAnI apekSA rahe che te saraLatAthI maLI zake che. mahAvira paramAtmA kahe che ke tamAre pharI janma le paDaze temAM jIrA paNa zaMkA jevuM nathI. pa>>nanI peThe AtmA kayAMthI Ave che, ane kayAM jAya che, te mANasa kahI zakatuM nathI, paNa tenI jema gati che. temaja AtmAne eka gatimAMthI bIjI gatimAM javuM paDe che. - upara kahI te mukhya dalIla saMsAra ane mokSanA mArgamAM ekasarakhI muzkelIone AbhAsa karAve che, tethI karIne tene vadhAre pR" cha karavAne ApaNe punarjanmanA siddhAMtanA cekasa kAraNe viSe vicA2 calAvIzuM. punarjanmanA niyamanI sAthe je muzkelIo saMbaMdha dharAve che, tene ApaNe mahAvIra paramAtmAnI traNa bAbate sAthe dUra karIzuM. (1) saMsAramAM mahAvIranI zreSThatA (2) sarvarUpaNuM ane. (3) chupA rahasyavALuM temanuM sarvottama jIvana. A traNamAMthI chellI bAbatanI sAthe mukhya dalIla ghaNeja nIkaTane saMbaMdha dharAve che, paraMtuM udAharaNathI bIjI be bAbate teTalI ja siddha thayelI che. mahAvIranI zreSThatA manuSyane kevI rIte pratIta thAya che. ghaNA manuSyonA aMtaHkaraNamAM mahAvIramAM saMsAranA niyama thI zreSapaNuM jaNAyaje prabhAvika Azcaryo te mahApurUSanA jIvanamAM pratyakSa thAya te nahi mAnavAthI e bAbata tarapha khAsa karIne mAna nI lAgaNuM thaI zakatI nathI. jo ke ajJAna ane bhakti vagaranA manuSya mATe paNa adazya jagat navAI jevuM AkarSaNa dharAve che, ane aMtaHkaraNane kudaratathI zreSTha banAve viSe pratIti karAve che, ). P-1,
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________________ pU / mahAvIra prakAza. temaja ghaNA sAdhAraNa prasaMgomAM paNa adazya ane chupI zakitae viSe Azcaya upanna kare che, tepaNa eka evA pratipakSI ataHkaraNa vALA varga paNa che ke je DhaMreka mAkhata sa`sAranA sAmAnya kudaratI kAraNAthI jeTalI samajAya teTalIja sarasa rIte samajavAnI ane jANItI tathA paricita bAkhatenI satyatA sivAya mIjI kAi paNa khAkhata nahiM mAnavAne daDha valaNa dharAve che. ajJAnatA e kharekhara ThagAIvALI bhaktinI mAtA che paratu dareka khAkhata viSenI zaMkA e vadhAre dayAjanaka che ke jenA mAbApa AtmAnuM puratu jJAna che. ghaNAja aMdhArAvALA jamAnAmAM dharmanu' kadAca evu' valaNa haze ke dareka nahi samajAvelI satya bAbata athavA kudaratanuM' asAdhAraNa Azcaya dharma gurU pratyakSa rIte tarajume karIne samajAvatA hoya, je samajAvavAne bhASAmAM zabda nathI ane mANusamAM je viSenI zakita nathI te samajAvavAne kevu ulaTuM valaNa levuM paDatuM haze te kahI zakAtuM nathI, dareka tAphAnamAM eka ja galI garIkha mANasa krodhI avAja sAMbhaLe che ane kAi asAdhAraNa zitanI hAjarIthI dhrUje che, jyAre sUryanA pratibiMkhamAM thaine rAkSasI chAyA pasAra thAya che ( grahaNa thAya che) arthavA AkAzanI vIjaLI thAya che tyAre tene kapArI chUTe che. ajJAna aMtaHkaraNuM svapnamAM, lAgaNImAM ane devanI nakala kare tevA svarUpanI hAjarImAM potAnI meLe bhaya ane dhAstI utpanna kare che. para'tu jema jema samAja jJAnamAM vadhatI jAya che ane upara kahyA tevA banAve je agAu keAI devatAI keAparUpa gaNAtA tenI mAtra kudaratanA niyamanA kAraNa tarIke zodha thAya che tyAre ghaNIvAra evu' bane che ke kevanA astitvanuM anubhavikajJAna asAdhAraNa zreSThatAnI peThe naSTa thai jAya che. mANasa jAta na jANI zake tevI kAi zakata nathI ane mANusathI koi mATe devatA nathI evI . mAnyatA-ghaNA azraddhALu aMtaHkaraNamAM jJAna thavAthI thAya che. kudaratanA kAraNeA je peAtAnI AsapAsa banatA-hAya tenI nirIkSA karavAnI Teva paDI javAthI mAsa khIjI zreSTa khAkhatanA vicAra karavAnu tajI de che. dareka bAbatane kudaratanA niyama lAgu pADavAnI Teva paDI javAthI evA prakAranu . valaNu thai jAya che ke jyAre Treka kudaratI dekhAvanA khAdya ane zArIrika kAraNeA tAvI zakAya che tyAre tenA samrutyu jJAtA ApaNe * ' '
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe AtmAnA lAgavaga pA . chIe, ema manAya che. jyAre vIjaLInA niyamA ( Laws of Eleetricity ) jaNAya che tyAre tenI ganAmAM mahAvIra paramAtmAnA avAja lAMkhe| vakhata sudhI sabhaLAtA nathI. je zeAdhaka zAMtapaNe esIne sUrya grahaNunA vakhata ane aMtaranI gaNanA karatA DAya tenA adhArAvALA ajavALAmAM paramAtmAnI krizAnI chAyA paDatI nathI. Dhauvaka AzcaryanA pradeza AvI rIte pAchaLa ane pAchaLa mukAtA jAya che, paraMtu khATI bhaktinA pradeza dharmatarIke bhAgyeja jItI zakAya che. ja'galI leAkAnA junA devA hAla, lAMkhA vakhata thayA jaMgala, vRkSa ane nadI nALAmAMthI adRzya thaI gayA che. evA prakAranA vhema venI keLavAelI dunIAmAM rahyA nathI. te chatAM siddha paramAtmA taraphanI mAnyatA gaI nathI, ane dharma sthAnakeAmAM have AkarSaNanA, garamInA, lehacukhakanA ke vIjaLInA prayAgA thatA nathI, naitika dunIAmAM ApaNe tevuMja. 1laNa rAkhI zakIe tevI sthiti che. naitika ane Atmika pheraphArA nA bALa svarUpa ApaNe jemAM rahIe chIe, tevAja che. viveka mu ddhinI zakti keLavaNInA lAgavaga, sUcanAo, cetavaNI, salAha vigere paramAtmAnA upadezanA niyamathI judI rIte vartananA pheraphAro kare che, mahAvIra paramAtmAnA upadeza pramANe cAlyA vagara ApaNe kadI sArA thaI zakazu' nahi ema ApaNe kharAkhara rIte mAnavAne taiyAra hAie, paNa A kabulatanI satya agatyatA ApaNe bhAgyeja svIkArIe chIe, Atmika sudhAraNAnA dareka udAharaNamAM daivika zaktinI sthitinI nA pADI zakAya nahi . paraMtu ghaNIvAra e khAkhata viSe ajANa rahevAya che. eka bALaka mATu thAya che, jyAre namra mAyALu, pavitra thAya che. paNa jyAre ApaNe ema kahI e chIe ke, tene dhArmika keLavaNInA sArA lAbha maLelA che, tyAre te badhu' ApaNe pAteja Apelu che, ema ApaNane lAge che. eka bedarakAra tarUNa vicAra zILa ane gabhIra manuSya tarIke peAtAnA vanane sudhAre che, ane varSanA javAthI je asara thAya che, te mApazu" lakSa kheMce che. eka adharmI manuSya pavitra ane dhI thAya che, ane bhayarthaMkara mAMdagI ke tIvra kaTuMbika vyAdhi athavA koi dharmI mitranI seAbatathI ApaNe ghaNI vakhate tene DA ane bhale mANasa *
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________________ - - muhAvIra prakAza. . - thaele joIe chIeA pramANenI janasamAjanI mAnyatA che, paNa temAM chupI rIte mahAvIrapaNAnI je kRti che, te taraphane vicAra kudaratI rIte bhAgye ja manuSyane AvI zake che mahAvIrapaNAnI zakti thI A pramANe pheraphAra thAya che, ema kahevAmAM Ave, te te ghaNAne geravyAjabIka lAgaze, paNa AtmA karmathI dabAele chatAM kharA svarUpane samajavAne zaktimAna thAya che, te mahAvIrapaNuM pragaTa thayA vagara banI zake ja nahi e vAta kalpanA zakitanI bahAranI nathI. mANasanA aMtaHkaraNamAM chUpI rIte mahAvIranI zakita ane zraddhA kAma kare che, te vicAra-ghaNuM. vAra navAI je bheda bharela khAsa karIne vika, zAstranA rAjyamAM ApaNuM chupA nyAyamAM A caryakAraka lAgaze paNa ApaNe sAmAnya anubhavathI tadana alaga haMmezanI jIdagInI sAdI satyatAnA anubhavamAM te sahaja paNa A zcarya vagara pratIta thAya che. * - * * 4. A jAtanuM valaNa rahe temAM ane kudaratathI paNa zreSTha bAbatethI DaratA rahevuM temAM khAsa sudhArAnI jarUra che. kAraNa ke ethI | ApaNA vicAravALA vAtAvaraNamAM evA prakAranI brAMti thAya che ke, mahAvIramAM sAMsArikathI ke kudaratathI je kAMI zreSThatA hatI, te dharma sAthe saMbaMdha dharAvatI nathI. carmacakSuthI A jagatamAM je kAMI de. khAya che, tenI pelI pAra ataraMga cakSuvaDe ghaNuM dUra javAnI A huM jarUra che, ane kudaratanI ghaNI ja paricita kriyAo ane de. khoimAM evI sAbItIo maLaze ke tarataja chupA bhedavALIdaivika - zakita je dharmathI jaNAya che. te manuSyane pratIta thAya che, daivika zAstranA chupA rahasyanA jhAMkhA, pradezamAM ja nahi paraMtu hamezanI jIdagInA dekhAve ane avAjemAM ApaNe AzcaryanI dunIAmAMja cAlIe chIe. mAtra mAnasika bAbateja nahi paraMtu dareka khIlatI kaLI, dareka cAlatA pAMdaDA, dareka jhaLakatA sUryanA kIraNa ane caLakatA jhAkaLanA kaNIyA, pavananI ThaMDI lahera, varasAdanuM jhApaTuM, vahate jhare ane dareka kudaratanI racanAmAM chupIzakitanuM astitva batAve che, ane te chupIrIte ApaNI AsapAsa kriyA kare che. te pachI je mahAvIra paramAtmA sarvajJa ane sarvatra che, ane jenI zakitanuM kadi mApa ke kepanA thaI zake tevuM nathI, temAM kudaratI
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe . AtmAno lAgavaga. paka Azcarya ane zreSTatA heAya e viSe za'kA jevuM zuM che? vijJAnazAstra peAtAnI saghaLI phateha chatAM jagatanA eka nAnA bhAgamAM samAi zake che, ane kudaratanI sAmAnya hilacAlamAM paNa AzcaryakAraka zaktinI hayAtI che, ema jete tarata kabula karavAnI pharaja paDe che te sAmAnya buddhithI paNa pratIta thAya tevuM che. kArake, vijJAna zAstranA game tevA uMDA rahasya kudaratanA niyamita banAvA karatAM kAMI paNa vadhAre asAdhAraNa mAmata khulI karavAne zaktimAna thatA nathI. kAraNake, tenA kudaratanA niyama je rIte kAma kare che temAMja samAveza pAme che. AkaSa Nu, vIjaLI, garamI, ane rasAyaNa vigere mAtra judA judA kudaratanA svarUpa che, je temAM kudarata kAma karatI na heAya te tenI pAtAnI zakti kAMIja karI zake nahiM. jIvana vagaranA padArtha game tevI rIte gAThavavAmAM Ave tepaNa te peAtAnI zaktithI kAMI karI zakaze nahi, asAdhAraNa ca'caLatA ane zakti jIvana vagaranI vastumAM kadI paNa rahI zake nahiM, te mAtra jIvanavALA, vicAravALA prANImAMja vAsa karIne rahe che, yAMtrika zaktivALe manuSya. pote anAvelA saMcAne gatimAM mukI de che, ane kudaratanA niyame jyAMsu dhI tene anukULa hoya che, tyAMsudhI je padArtho~thI te.sa Mce banelA hAya te kAma kare che. lenDru khagaDatuM nathI, ane varALa peAtAnI vizALa zakti khatAve che, para'tu te kudaratanA rahasyanI bahAranI vAta nathI, para'tumahAvIra paramAtmA AMtiraka sa'cAo je niyamathI calAve che, te sacAe mAnasika vikAra jevAne ke mADurAjA jevA DhagArAne te sAMpI detA nathI, tenA dareka sUphaima bhAganI hIlacAlamAM tenuM, mahAvIrapaNu ja sapUrNa sAmrAjya bheLave che. ane tethIja mahAvIrapaNAnA je AtmAmAM abhAva che, ane meharAjA jevA luccA A rAjyamAM uthalapAthala karI nAkhe che, temane mahAvIranI asAdhAraNa zreSThatA joIne Azcarya utpanna thAya temAM navAi jevu* nathI. dareka AtmAe mahAvIranI peThe evA nizcaya karI rAkhavA oie ke mArA AtmAnI ne huM darakAra nahi karUM te khIje zuM tene dhanasuta karI zakavAnA hatA! e mAbatamAM jarA paNa pramAda thAya te AtmAnI sthiti ghaNI kapheADI thai jAya che. sUkSma ane najIvI khAkhatamAM paNa pAtAnA jAgRta AtmAne mahAvIre pramAne vaza thavA r
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________________ * mahAvIra prakAza. dIdho nathI, teno sarvottama hetu ane svAtmAvalaMbana eka kSaNavAra paNa nabaLA paDatA nathI. dareka kSaNe AkhA jaganA niyamenI peThe baMdhanamukta thavAnI kriyA tenAmAM cAlu rahe che. ane bIjA AtmA e jyAre sAMsArika sukhaduHkhathI ghaNA saceta hovA chatAM baMdhAya che tyAre game tevA lAlacanA ne duHkhanA prasaMge paNa mahAvIranuM mahAvIrapaNuM calAyamAna thayuM nathI. temanuM jJAna eTaluM badhuM vizALa hatuM ke teno AtmA leka prayANa pradezamAM prANIo para prabhAva pADatuM hatuM, jyAM jyAM te vIraparamAtmA vicaratA hatA tyAM tyAMnI bhUmi vanaspati, prANIo ane manuSyamAM kAMI navIna prakAranuM svagaya jIvana AvatuM hatuM. viraparamAtmAnA atizayanI vAte je zAstramAM lakhelI che te viSe hAlanA pazcimAtya keLavaNI lIdhelA yuvakene zraddhA rahetI nathI paraMtu mahAtmAonA pavitra zvAse zvAsa ane uddagAthI havAnuM vAtAvaraNa eTaluM badhuM pavitra thaI jAya che ke tene lIdhe janma verI evA prANIo paNa pitAnuM janma vaira tajIne zAMtine anubhava kare che, dareka pAMdaDuM prasannatAthI cAle che, dareka vanaspatimAM tene prabhAva paDe che, AkAza tenA vicAravAthI ramaNika thaI jAya che, sUryamAM paNa zAMti jevuM lAge che, pavana ma dhura ane sukhakAraka lAge che ane te vIraparamAtmAnI sarvottama zreSThatA kudaratI padArthomAM paNa pratyakSa anubhavAya che. mahAvIra paramAtmA viSe je je atizaya zAstrakAre e kahelA che tethI kadI, paNa Azcarya pAmavAnuM nathI paramAtmamaya jagata kahevAya che tenuM rahasya samajavuM ghaNuM jarUranuM che. A jagat AtmAthI bhareluM che te dareka jagyAmAM paramAtmA pitAnA sarvajJANAthI sarvatra che, te sarvatra che ane nathI ema je syAdvAda siddhAMta che tene bheda buddhimAneja samajI zake che. siddha thaI AvelA AtmAo pitAnI avagAhanA sahita mekSamAM rahe che ane tethI ema kahevAya ke tene AtmA sa tra nathI paNa AtmAne je mukhya guNajJAna che te sarvatra hevAthI te sarvatra che ema paNa kahI zakAya A badhI saptabhaMgInA bhedamAM ApaNe atre utaravA mAgatA nathI. mAtra kahevAnuM tAtparya e che ke mahAvIra paramAtmA jyAre dareka sUkSma padArthamAM pratibiMba pADI zake che te tenA jevAja AtmAo ke jeonuM svarUpa karma
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe AtmAne lAgavaga papa thI AcchAdita thaI gayuM hoya che temAM tenI sathiti thaIne bIjA AtmAone mahAvIrapaNAnI kema pratIti na karAve? temane pavitra AtmA jyAM vicara hoya tyAM tenI sarvottama zakita ane sugaMdhanI asara kema na thAya? eka bagIce ke jemAM sugaMdhei puSpa hoya tyAM jaIe chIe te te puSpanI sugaMdhathI AsapAsanI saghaLI jagyA sugaMdhamaya thaI gaI hoya che, eka ramaNikasthAnamAM dIpaka mukele hoya te te aMdhakAra dUra karI AkhA sthAnamAM prakAza pADe che, eka madhura vAjItra jyAM mukeluM hoya tyAMnA AsapAsamAM te pitAnA , madhura svathI , zrAtAonA mana raMjana kare che, sUrya jayAM uge che tyAMthI - a. dhakAra Apa Apa naSTa thaI dhAnya pAkavAnI vigere kriyA paNa svAbhAvika rIte thavA mAMDe che te pachI jenI sugaMdhamaya zakita jaganA keI paNa AtmA karatA vadhAre vistAra vALI che, jene prakAza jagapara hamezanuM apUrva ajavALuM pADe che, jenI barAbarI hajAre sUrya paNa karI zake tevuM nathI te pavitra mahAvIrane AtmA jyAM vicarate heya tyAM sarvatra zreSThatAnA pratibiMba paDe temAM Azcarya jevuM zuM che? te mahAvIrano pavitra siddha svarUpI AtmA kayA jIvopara kevI asara kare che ane azuddha ane apavitra nabaLA AtmAo kevI rIte zuddha, pavitra ane sabaLa thaI jAya che tene tela ke kalapanA karavI e ghaNuM muzkela che, paraMtu gatamAdi gaNadhare jevA mahAna purU ke jeo te, vIra paramAtmAthI pitAne zreSTha gaNI mithyAbhimAnathI temane parAjya karavA dhasyA hatA teone darzana mAtrathI pitAnI sthitinuM bhAna Ave ane vacana mAtrathI kSaNavAramAM saghaLI sthiti ane vicAra ulaTapAlaTa thaI jAya e keTaluM AzcaryakAraka che te samajavAthI mahAvIranA jIvananI ucca tA ane bIjAonuM mahAvIrapaNuM jAgRta karavAnI tenI svAbhAvika zreSThatA viSe kAMIka kalpanA AvI zakaze. AvA prakAranuM chUpuM rahasya jemAM raheluM che tenAthI manuSyanA hadayanI game tevI kaThaNa jamIna zuM narama ane rasakasavALI na thaI zake ? ane jIva vagaranA padArtho karatAM'game tevA saMjJAna ane pramAdI manuSya zuM tenI kRpAthI sa-, ceta ane jJAna na thaI zake? hajAra pApI prANIone tevI rIte.
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. " uddhAra thaye che ane jemanA vacanethI Aja paNa. pApI manuSyane pitAnI sthitinuM sahaja bhAna thaI Ave che tevI paramAtmAnuM mAMhAsya keNa kahI zakaze? mahAvIranI sArvabhAmatA manuSyane saMpUrNa kare che. mahAvIranI sArvabhematA athavA pratyakSa vataMtratA (saMpUrNatA) jAgRta thaelA AtmAone bIjuM mukhya avalaMbana che pavane ke manuSyAmAM kayA sthaLethI Ave che e jANavuM je manuSyanI zakti ane jJAnanI bahAra che te mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM jJAna saMpUrNa hAvAthI ane tenuM Atmika sAmrAjya sArvabhaumapaNa anubhave che tethI temane pratyakSa che. eka dhArmika AtmA tarIke manuSyane mahAvIra sAthe je saMbaMdha che te manuSyAtmAne A Azcarya kAraka saMpUrNa jJAnanI bAbatathI kevI kevI kalpanA thaze? dharma tenA dareka zreSTha svarUpa sahita hovA chatAM manuSyamAM saMpUrNapaNu lAvI zakatuM nathI. pavitra jIvanavALA AtmAo dareka pApathI bharelI jagyAmAM hoya che e nizcaya nathI. paraMtu jyAre DAka bhAgyavAna pradeze tevA AtmAnA astitvathI pavitra thAya che ane A jagatamAM na dekhAya tevA naitika ane mAnasika saMdaryathI te pradeze jyAre mane hara dekhAya che tyAre evA ghaNu anArya pradeza che ke jyAM te apUrva zaktivALA AtmA vicaratA nathI ane tethI te pradeza jamAnAnA jamAnA sudhI verAna jaMgalanI peThe khAlI paDI rahe che athavA kAMTAvALA cheDavAo tyAM mAtra uge che. manuSyanI kaI paNa zakti A jAtanA virodhane kaI paNa niyama zedhI zakaze nahi. pitAnI sarvottama zaktione AvI rIte ghaNI prajAne lAbha nathI maLate tene kAraNe manuSyanI viveka buddhi cokasapaNe ApI zake nahi tevIja rIte amuka praka dezanI peThe amuka vyaktionA saMbaMdhamAM paNa te mahAvIra ne lAgavaga kaI upayogamAM nathI Avate tenA kAraNe samajAvavA ghaNu muzkela che. sudharavAnA bahAranA sAdhano eka sarakhA hovA chatAM keTalAka AtmAo pitAnuM kalyANa karI zake che ane keTalAka, aneka bhava sudhI rakhaDe che, tenuM rahasya samajavuM muzkela thaI paze, satya siddhAMtanA bIja eka aMtaHkaraNamAM jhaDapathI ane
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________________ 17 mahAvIra sAthe AtmAne lAgavaga, AbAdapaNe ugI nIkaLe che, jyAre bIjA aMtaHkaraNamAM te bIja va. dhAre verelAM hoya che, te paNa te ugI nahi nIkaLatAM aMdaraja karamAI jAya che. keTalAka manuSyane mAtra premamaya-daSTithI je kahevAmAM Ave che ane ajANapaNe jyAM laI javAmAM Ave che, tyAM kAMI paNa zaMkA vagara teo cAlyA Ave che, jyAre keTalAka manuSya evA hoya che ke temane dareka rIte samajAvavA chatAM, dareka jAtanI khAtrI ApavA chatAM nizAna vagaranA tIranI peThe temane mATe karelAM saghaLAM prayatna niSphaLa jAya che. eka aMta:karaNa duHkhanI bhaphrimAMthI ane na TALI zakAya tevI parataMtratAmAMthI namrapaNe tAbe thaIne cAlyuM Ave che, ane Atmika savarUpatAne pAme che, jyAre bIjAe duHkha vagaranI dilagIrInI ke maLatA hovA chatAM tarataja kaThaNa aMtaHkaraNamAM TharI jAya che ane temanA ajJAnapaNAmAM vizeSa vRddhi thatI jevAmAM Ave che. je kadAca AvI jAtanA bheda bharelA kAraNe bAhya sAdhanathI na joI zakAtA hoya ane tene aMtaraMga zaktinI hAjarI ke gerahAjarI asara kare tevA kAraNe hoya te tevA prakAranI zakti eka manuSyamAM jovAmAM Ave ane bIjAmAM na Ave jovAmAM Ave tenuM kAraNa ApaNe kahI zakIzuM ? zu mahAvIranI zaktine jhare evI rIte saMkucita rahetuM haze ke tene kIMmatI bhAga amukane maLe ane bIjAone te na maLI zake ! nabaLA ane bhula karanArA manuSya taraphanA saMpUrNa ane kAraNa vagaranA premane sAMsArika upakAranA premanI sAthe ApaNe sarakhAvI zakIzuM ? je manuSyanA pheraphAramAM kapAnI jarUra che, je tenA vagara svarganA devatAne bodha paNa niSphaLa jate heya ane tenI sAthe ghaNA nabaLA manuSyanA vacane game tevA bedarakAra manuSya para asara karatA hoya te ApaNe e prazna karavAne nahi lalacAIe ke mahAvIranI kRpAne varasAda pramANa vagara apavitra AtmAnA samAjamAM paNa ekasarakhI rIte nathI varate? svArthIpaNAnuM vAtAvaraNa AtmA para phelAyeluM rahe che ane tethI zreSapaNAnI-mahattvanI gyatA rahI zakatI nathI ema je kahevAmAM Ave te tenA javAbamAM ema kema nahi kahI zakAya ke te mane hAvIranI zakti e svAthI paNuM kADhI uttaramAMthI tene dakSiNamAM kAM na lAve? pApathI maraNatela thaI gaele athavA jIvatAM chatAM ne . PS
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________________ 58 mahAvIra prakAza. mare te maraNatela AtmA jagatamAM kema nahi prakAzI zake che jenI dayAnuM mApa paNa thaI zake nahi temAM zuM ATalo saMkeca hovAne kadI saMbhave che ke ? AvA aneka prazna jee. mahAvIra paramAtmAnA kAryanI saMpUrNatA jenAra che temane paNa vicAravA yogya ane aMtaHkaraNanI ciMtA utpanna kare tevuM jaNAya te temAM Azcarya jevuM nathI. paraMtu tene javAba TUMkA zabdamAM eTale ja ApI zakAya ke jyAM sudhI tamAro AtmA jAgRta thaI sarvajJANuM prApta kare tyAMsudhI temAM kAMIpaNuM Azcarya ke zaMkA lAvavI nahi. karmanA niyame ke je mahAvIrane paNa teTalAja lAgu thatA hatA tene uDe bheda samajavA samajAvavAne ApaNI gyatA na hoya te nirAza ke zaMkAzIla na thatAM pitAnI Atmika unnatinA mArgamAM AgaLa vadhavuM, kAraNake manuSya zaktithI joI zakAya tenA karatAM ghaNe dUra karmanA niyame pitAnuM kAma kare che ke je joI zakAtA nathI chatAM teo saMpUrNa zaktivALA ane gaNatrImAM na Ave tevA che. pavananI sAmAnya gatinA niyame je mANasathI jANI zakAtA nathI tene paramAtmAnI zaktinA dhoraNo na samajAya temAM kAMI vizeSa Azcarya nathI. evI rIte pavananI gati mANasa jANI zakatA nathI tema AtmAnI gatine jANI zakatuM nathI te pachI paramAtmAnA niyame te na jANI zake emAM zaMkA jevuM kAMIja nathI. eka kalAka pachI pavananI gati kevI thaze, te keNa kahI zakaze ? te koI vakhata sthirapaNe rahe che, ane kaI vakhata ghaNuM tephAna karI muke che, unALAnA vakhatamAM kaI vakhata khetaramAM ThaMDI lahera Ave che, athavA vaMTALIo thaIne pRthvI para je heya te ghasaDI jAya che. zIyALAmAM ghaNA jorathI te pheke che, jyAre bIjA pradezamAM sthiratAthI pitAnuM astitva paNa jaNAvA deto nathI. ghaNA divasa sudhI je pAMdaDA pharakatA paNa nathI. teja pAMdaDAyara vasaMtarUtumAM te evuM ra kare che, ke TapoTapa te saghaLA kharI paDe che. tyAre kahevAnI matalaba evI che ke, AvI pratyakSa bAbata viSe jyAre manuSya tenI hilacAlane niyame jANavAne azakta che, te je zakita ghaNI aTa
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe AtmAne lAgavaga. zya che, ane jenI pracakSa asara kaMI paNa nathI, tene tela karavAne ke nyAya karavAne manuSyanuM aMtaHkaraNa kema egyatAvALuM kahI zakAya? AtmA ane karmane saMbaMdha je anAdikALane che, tenuM saMpUrNa jJAna je karmathI mukata thaIne sarvajJapaNuM pAmyA che, teone ja hoya che. jyAM sudhI e sthiti prApta nathI. thaI tyAM sudhI mahAvIra paramAmA je AtmAne karmathI mukata karavAmAM ghaNuM saraLa nimitta che, tenA AlaMbanathI karma mukta thavAnA dareka prayatna karavA ke te prayatnamAM jema jema zopazama thatuM jaze tema tema kharuM rahasya samajAtuM jaze pavananI laherathI ghAsa cAle che athavA jhare vividha rIte uchALA mAre che, tenuM kAraNa zodhI kADhavuM e jyAre manuSyanI buddhi maryAdA bahAranI vAta che, tyAre je zakti anaMtakALathI adazya paNe dareka AtmA para pitAnuM kAma kare che tenI hilacAla samAjavI muzkela paDe emAM Azcarya jevuM kazuM nathI. te mahAna zakita karma nuM pramANa saMpUrNa rIte jANavAne ane dareka zaMkA dUra karavAne manuSya aMtaHkaraNa tevI ja anaMta zakitavALuM karavAnI agatya che, ane barAbara jyAM sudhI tene aMta ApaNe pAmI zakIe nahi tyAM sudhI mahAvIranI peThe ApaNe ApaNA sAhasamAM makkamapaNe AgaLa vadhavuM joIe. . paraMtu ApaNe je ApaNuja vicAramAM AgaLa vadhIe te paramAtmAnI je saMpUrNatA ApaNe kaLI zaktA nathI te ghaNu rIte pratyakSa paNa jaNAya che. ane tenA niyamo ApaNane jeke jaNAtA nathI te paNa te barAbara ane na badale tevA kAyadAvALA che ema pratIta thAya che. dareka kudaratI padArthamAM paNa tevuM che. AmAnA saMbaMdha paNa temaja che ke jenuM te pratibiMba che pavananI gati viSenI ka 95nA gyatA ane aniyamitapaNu e mAtra bahArathI tema dekhAya che paraMtu pavana kadI paNa jema Ave tema niyama vagara cAlate nathI tenI aMta vagaranI asthiratA, tenA na aTake evA ane na jA. zakAya evA pheraphAre padArthanA niyamathI ja thAya che ane jema sarva graha, caMdra, sUrya vigere amuka dhoraNathI phare che tema pavananA sabaMdhamAM paNa amuka khAsa dhoraNa che. joke vijJAnazAstra pavananA ane tephAnanA niyame zedhI kADhavAne ghaNe ghoDe abhyAsa vadhAre thI parata ane aniyatibiM
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________________ mahAvIra prakAraza - le che ane kadAca te viSe mANasanu jJAna hamezAM apUrNa rahe teve sabhava che tepaNa te ajJAnanA ane apUrNatA kudaratamAM nathI paNa ApaNA pAtAmAM che ema kabula karavu joie, ApaNI zaktinI aM muka maryAdA heAvAthIja asthira evA pavananI dareka gati dareka badalAtAM vAdaLa!nA AkAra, AkAzanA pheraphAra vigere bAbatenA kA raNA jeTalI sahelAIthI eka paththara jamInapara zamATe paDeche tenA kAraNA ApI zakIe teTalI sahelAIthI ApI zakatA nathI. Aja pramANe mahAvIra paramAtmA manuSya sAthenA potAnA ghaDDA chupA kAmAM kaDhI kAraNu vagara preraNA karatA nathI. ApaNate jenA niyame jaNAtA nathI te saghaLuM tene niyamita jag2Ayache. jagatnI je vicitratA apavitra hRdayathI ka'TALA bharelI lAge che te mahAvIranA a'taH karaNane Akhu jagat zreSThatA ane DaDApaNathI prakAzI raheluM jaguAya che, ane je saghaLu' manuSyanI AMkhane aMdhArAvALuM, na samajI za kAya tevu, ane kalpanika lAge che te ApaNe khAtrIthI mAnavuM joie ke ApaNA nabaLa! aMtaHkaraNu te samajane zaktimAna nathI tethI lAge che. eve vakhata hatA ke jayAre mANasa pRthvIne ghaNIja nAnI mAnatA hatA paNa amerIkA khaMDanI ze!dha pachI pRthvI ghaNIja vizALa haze ema dareka vicarazI manuSyane pratIna thayu. tevIja rIte kadAca eve vakhata Ave ke je ghaNI vastunA bhe; jaNAtA nathI tenApara prakAza paDaze, ane AkaNunA niyamanI zedhanI peThe manu pcyunI zikta vadhIne jema jema kSaye pazama thane jo tema tema padmAthatu yathArtha svarUpa te sa'pUrNa rIte samajI zakaze; para'tu jayAM sudhI kuMdaratanA, karmanA ane paramama nI sapUrNutA ane sAvabhAmanA samajavAnI zakita nI tyAM sudhI jemA manuSyanI zakita ghaNI naLI ane ajJAnarUpa che, ema sAMsArika paTTAtheonA anubhavathI khAtrI che, tevI khakhatemAM TIkA nahi karatAM, zakazILa nahu thatAM prazna nahi karatAM zradvALu thavu'e saprlR ane zreSTha thavAnA mArga che. mahAvIranuM bhedIjIvana manuSyane jAgRta kare che. manuSya jI%0nanI navIna jAma nI satyatA mahAvIranA pA ane na jANI zakAya tevA jIvanane AbharI che. A dalIla siddha pharavAne jarA muzkelI paDaze te! pazu bhedI jIvananA bheda bharelA rahu.
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe AtmAne lAgavaga. svanI keTalIka vigatamAM ApaNe jarA uMDA utarIzuM. joke AtmAmAM hamezAM ghaNe sUma pheraphAra thAya che, te paNa temAM evI jAtanA pheraphAra che ke jene mATe sIdhI rIte ApaNuM aMtaHkaraNa pratIta thaI zake nahi, ke tAtkAlika purAvA ApI zake nahi. ApaNA AtmAnA cheka chupA uMDANamAM paramAtmAnuM zaktivALuM jIvana zuM kArya kare che te ApaNe jANI zakatA nathI. temaja tenA jIvananI asara je ApaNane ne chupI rIte thAya che, tene mATe kaI paNa bAhya cinha thatA nathI, caherApara tenI kAMI paNa mahatvatA jaNAtI nathI, athavA e kaI paNa prakAza tenI khAtrI ApatuM nathI. na dekhAya tevI rIte tenI A sara thAya che, ane tevI ja rIte te ApaNAthI dura paNa rahe che. A paNa Amika ItihAsanI saghaLI dizAo ApaNAthI ajJAta rahe che, ane hRdayamAM asAdhAraNa banAva bane che, tyAre ja ApaNane tenI pratIti thAya che. ane je pheraphAra buddhi ke lAgaNIthI taddana khAtrI vagaranA rahe che, te pahelAM te asaMbhavita jevA jaNAya che, ane jyAre ema kahevAya ke dareka manuSya navIna jIvana zarU kare che tyAre prathama kadAca Azcarya paNa lAgaze, manuSyanA sAMsArika ItihAsamAM bAhya dekhAva ane hIlacAlathI, bahArane bhapako ane saM gathI ApaNe asAdhAraNa banAvo viSe jANIe chIe, ane A paNe bhAgyeja e vicAra lAvI zakIe ke bAhya mahatvatA kharI agatyatAthI taddana judIja pADI zakAya. jayAre sAMsArika khajAnAne ke mahApadane vArasa janme che, tyAre te nabaLA bALakanuM paheluM raDavuM jaganI khuzAlInI nizAnIrUpa thaI paDe che, ane hajAre ajA. NyA mANase te khuzAlInA banAvane phelAvo karI muke che. jyAre cekasa laDAIthI kaI meTA vAMdhA bharelA kajIAno aMta Ave che ke jemAM prajAne lAbha samAelo hoya che, tenI jItanI khuzAlI bharI bUma mAtra raNakSetramAMja purI thatI nathI, paNa jyAM sudhI eka dezamAMthI bIje deza AnaMdanI nizAnIo batAvAya, dareka UMcI ja. gyAe vAvaTA pharakAvavAmAM Ave, ane te banAvane jeTaluM bane teTale phela thAya nahi tyAMsudhI te jItanI hakIkta zAMta thatI nathI. tyAre kahevAnuM keTaluM badhuM Azcarya lAge che ke manuSyanA ItihAsamAM ghaNeja zreSTha pheraphAra chupI rIte ane zAMtapaNe thAya, paramA che tene banAsa UMcI
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza, tmAnA vArasa tarIke AtmA paramAtmapaNe - vArasa thaI ne janma dhAraNa kare ke jenI pAse jaganA manuSyane janma ghaNe Iike dekhA ya che te banAva keInI paNa jANa vagara pasAra thaI jAya che. je laDAImAM eka aMdhakAranI ane eka cIjavALAnI sattA sAmasAmI rekAelI che, ane jenA pariNAmanuM pramANa vakhata paNa karI zako nathI, tene keI ghaNAja zubha vakhate cakkasa rIte aMta Ave che. (mekSa thAya che, ane te paNa te ghaNAja daDha chupA bhedamAM phatehanA eka paNa zabda ke eka paNa nizAnI vagara AtmA karmanI sAme jIta meLavI jAya che. vaLI ApaNe A bAbatamAM eka sAdI dalIlathI vicAra karIe. ApaNe zIkhI gayA chIe ke je saMbaMdhathI azraddhA utpanna thAya che, te saMbaMdha dekhAva ane kharApaNAne, bAho mahattvatA ane kharI agatyatA vacce rahevA chatAM taddana bhula bhareluM che. tenI sAbItI mATe dazyatA ane mahuvatA, zakita ane dekhAva na judA thaI zake tevA che. ApaNe ghaNuM maLatA dekhAve joyA che ke je A jagamAM hamezAM eka sarakhI rIte bane che. kudaratamAM e prazna karI zakAze nahi ke mahAna zakti ane tenA kA hamezAM adazya ja rahe che. temanI asaranI hayAtI jaNAya che ane temanA kAmanI paddhati mAtra ajJAna ane na joI zakAya tevI rahe che. tethI karIne je ApaNe joIe te ja mAnavuM, je buddhithI grahaNa na karI zake te saghaLAnI hayAtI nahi svIkAravI te dheraNa vijJAna zAstrane temaja dharmane nAzakAraka che. jyAre lehacuMbaka lekhaDanuM AkarSaNa kare che. jyAre dhruvanA tArApara jyotiSa cakra phare che tyAre lehacuMbakathI je AkarSaNa thAya che tenI AzcaryakAraka zakti kaNa joI zake che? eka padArtha bIjA padArthane kheMce che temAM je saMbaMdhanI derI rahelI che, te kaMI AMkha joI zakaze ? sUrya ane caMdra aneka dunIAnA pradeza para je gati karI rahyA che, tenA bheda bharelA niyamo ane eka dUranA pradezamAM banatA banAvanI kene khabara paDI zake che? AkarSaNa cakane kayA tINa camAthI joI zakAya che? kudarata A pramANe je prabaLa kriyAo kare che, temAMthI padArthanI pitAnI zaktinI pratIti thAya che. tevIja rIte AtmAnI na dekhAya tevI gati ane zakti mATe kaI
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe AtmAnA lAgavaga. paNa udAharaNa ApavAnI jarUra nathI. jema ke zAMta vAtamAM kudaratanuM svarUpa tame juo che tema grISmanAtunI bapore athavA jhAMkhA jhaLajhaLIAnA vakhate dareka pradezamAM zAMti hoya che, dareka vRkSa zAMta ane sthira sthitimAM rahe che. dareka jhare kAMI paNa avAja vagara vahe che, dareka cheDe, dareka pukha ane dareka pAMdaDuM jANe zAMtimAM grasta thaI gayuM hoya tema dekhAya che, paraMtu vaLI tame kadAca koI adazya zaktinI pharamAzathI te dekhAva upara pheraphAra thate je koI sthaLethI tamArA kAnapara madhura svara paDaze, pAMdaDAo cAlatA ane khaDakhaDATa avAja karatA saMbhaLAze.vRkSe vaLI jatA ane cAlatA thaI jaze, jharo jorathI pravAhamAM vahe che ane avAja karate jaNAze, ane dareka sthaLe je je pheraphAre thavA mAMDe che, te parathI ema jaNAya che ke keI navIna kudaratI zakti najIkamAM kAme lAge lI che. kudaratanA A pheraphAre ApaNe pratyakSa joIe chIe, paraMtu temAM tevA pheraphAre zAthI thAya che, te ApaNe joI zakIe chIe? A uparathI samajAze ke kudaratanA niyamone mANasa jANavAne asamartha che te pachI kudarata jene tAbe che ane jenA sUkSama bhAvenuM jemanAmAM pratibiMba paDe che, te mahAvIra paramAtmAnA chUpA jIvananA kAryo keNa jANI zake? te kevI rIte karmathI mukta thAya che, ane bIjAne karmathI mukta kare che, te koI jANe ke varNana karI zakaze? rehaNIyA cera jevA ke jamAlI jevA nihava janma zatrune tenI kaI zaktie aMdhakAra dUra karyo te kahevuM muzkela che. mANasa mahAvIra na thAya tyAMsudhI mahAvIranA bhedane pAmI zakaze nahi, te mAtra tenA kAmonI asara joze paNa tenI aMtaraMga kiyA joI zakAze nahi. AtmA kyAMthI Ave che ane kyAM jAya che. jAya che te tame jANatA nathI paraMtu te saghaLuM jANe che ane tamArA uddhAramAM jarUra paDe tyAre tevA caritre te kahI saMbhaLAve che. tamAre tenA mahAvIpaNAmAM zraddhA rAkhavI joIe ane mahAvIra thavA prayatnavAna thavuM joIe. jeo jAgRta AtmA hoya che temane mATe paNa tevuM ja bane che kudaratanA rahasyane jema pAra pAmI zakAtuM nathI temaja jAgRta AtmAnI chupI kriyAo jANI zakAtI nathI paNa jevI sthiti ekanA
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________________ 4 mahAvIra prakArI, (kudaratanA) saMbaMdhamAM che tevIja sthiti khIjA (AtmA) nA sabaMdhamAM che jo ke tenI kriyAo adRzya che te paNa tenI asara pratyakSa che. mahAvIra ane manuSya AtmA vaccenuM chupuM AkarSaNu tamArAthI joi zakAze nahi paraMtu jema leAcu baka eka sUIne kheMce che tenI peThe kAi pApI AtmA peAtAnA sAMsArika ane svArthI aANupaNAmAM kAi adrazya zaktinA sparzathI potAnI meLe jAgRta thavA mAMDe sa'sAra ane vArthamAMthI pAchA heThe ane paramAtmA pratyenI bhakita ane prema tarapha te khecAya te te sthiti tame bhA gyeja nahi joi zake. AkAzamAMthI AvatI pavananI lahera ke, pApI AtmApara mahAvIranI kriyA tame nahi joI zake paNa jo tame vAravAra tamArA seAkhatInA mAnasika pheraphAro tapAsazeH te game tevA bedarakAra mANusanA jIvanamAM gheADA athavA vadhAre pramANumAM pheraphAra thatA tame joi zakaze! ane chupI tathA adRzya kriyAnI pratyakSa sAkSI tamane maLI zakaze. jyAre duHkhathI aMtaHkaraNa narama thai gayu` hAya, jyAre ekAMta vAsathI AtmA gabhIra vicArava'ta anelA hAya, jyAre vartana kudaratI rIte AnaMdI, zAMta ane lAgaNI vALu' thaelu' hAya, yAre bALapaNathIja bAhya sa'ceAgo pavitratAmAM vRddhi kare tevA hAya, tyAre mahAvIranu jIvana temanA zvAseAzvAsa mAM praveza kare che, ane jANe tenA mAnasika vAtAvaraNamAM ajANI hIlacAla thatI hAya, a'taHkaraNamAM pavitratAnA khIja uMDA raipAtA hAya. ane jIMdagImAM te pavitratAnA phALI nIkaLavAnA kAraNa rUpa thatA heAya tema saghaLI zreSTa kriyAo thavA mAMDe che, keTalIka vakhate zIyALAnA jesavALA pavananI peThe teAphAna ane bhayamAM paNa jAgRti thai Ave che. jyAre aMtaHkaraNa pApathI kaThaNa ane kaThora thai gayu. hAya ane gabhIra lAgaNIonA lAMkhA vakhatanA a'kuzathI hRdaya Atura ane zAMta thaI gayu* hAya, AvA ane tenA maLatA udAharaNamAM AtmAnI pavitra jAgRti bhaya ane dhAstiI AvatI hAya, ema dekhAya che, tene jatA AtmA pApa mRtyu nyAya ane zikSA je maLe tenI darakAra karyA vagara bahAra dhasI Ave che, ane pachI jANe tenu' aMtara'ga jagat madhyabiMduthI khasIne DAlA khAtu hAya, ane duHkhanI cIseAmAM tathA pazcAtApanI maryAdAmAM eka vakhata
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe AtmAno lAga ga. AzAthI jAgRta thate ane bIjI vakhata nirAzAmAM DubI jate tene AtmA spaSTa sAkSI Ape che ke, tenA aMtaHkaraNane pavana kevI bhayaMkara rIte aMdara pravRtti karI rahyA che. paraMtu tenI zAMta ke, kaThera jAgRtimAM mahAvIra paramAtmA je kriyA kare che, te kadI joI zakAya tevI hatI nathI. mAtra tenI asarathI eTale sAdhujIvananI sugaMdha ane sAdaryathI tenI sAcatA, namratA, AtmaniMdA ane kSamA jANuM zakAya che. athavA kharAba vikAra ne jaDamULathI ukheDI nAkhavAthI, pApI Teva ane vyasanano tyAga karAvavAthI pavitratAnI muzkelIo dUra karavAthI udAsInapaNathI, pazcAtApathI, AtmAnI bhakti bhAvanAthI, A badhA kAraNothI tenI bahAranI asara mahAvIra paramAtmAnI chupI hatI ane chupI kiyA jANI zakAya che. dareka jAgRta AtmA mahAvIrapaNAne pAme che. upara je vivecana ApeluM che te uparathI daSTAMta dalIlothI e siddhAMta nakI thaI zake che ke dareka jAgRta ane pazcAttApavALA AtmApara mahAvIranI chupI kiyA thayA kare che. A siddhAMta ghaNuM anubhavavALA pAThethI samajI zakAya teve che. je mahAvIrapaNuM ApaNe joyuM che te pramANe kudaratathI zreSThatAvALuM hoya, sAmAnya sAdhana karatA te ghaNuMja ucA prakAranuM sAdhana hoya ane tenA vagara sAdhAraNa upAye asara vagaranA rahetA hoya te pachI vicAra kare ke mane havIrapaNuM meLavavAnI keTalI agatyatAvALI jarUrIAta che. je te mahAvIrapaNuM na hoya te mANasanA ghaNA kAmamAM keTale badhe aTakAva thaI jaze? jo pavana phukata baMdha thAya te keTalAka kAryamAM mAyusanA saghaLa udyoga ane kaLA keTalI badhI nakAmI thaI jAya che, tene vicAra kare. pavana aTakI jAya te samudra ane nadInI gati baMdha thaI jAya, vahANanA saDha sthira thaI jAya, ane samudrapara cAlatA dareka vahANa hamezane mATe cAlatA baMdha thaI jAya. temaja jAgRta jIvana vagara vikArane vaza thaelA manuSyanI zArIrika zaktio nabaLI paDI jaze, bejAvALI ane pramAdI thatA Akhare unnatine mATe nAlAyaka thaI jaze. A rIte hajAra raste mANasanI cAlAkI niSphaLa jaze, ane upAyenI zodha karavAmAM tenI uMDI AturatA M. P-0
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________________ * mahAvIra prakAza. ane te upAyane kAme lagADavAnI tenI khaMta kAMI paNa sAruM parINAma lAvavAmAM niSphaLa jaze kAraNake, Atmikahita, vagaranI saghaLI mahenata kSaNika lAbhane mATe hoya che je zeDA ja vakhatamAM naSTa thaI jAya che. mahAvIra paramAtmAnI kRpAnI bedarakAravALA saghaLA manuSya praya mAnasika dunIAmAM tadana niSphaLa jaze jema kaThaNa ane verAna jamInapara bIjanuM repavuM niSphaLa jAya che tema ApaNuM vAMcavuM ane zIkhavuM, ApaNI kriyA ane dhyAna je mahAvIranI gupta kRpA vagaranA haze te nakAmA jaze. pavana vagaranA AkAzamAM jema vahANanA saDha pasArelA nakAmAM rahe che, tema Atmika lAgavaganA ApaNe prayatnomAM mahAvIrapaNuM nahi hoya to karmathI mukta thaI mahAvIra thavuM muzkela thaI paDaze. tethI mahAvIrapaNAne mATe hamezAM daDha bhAvanAthI bhakti kare. sArA thavAnA ane sAruM karavAnA tamArA dareka prayatnomAM mahAvIranI sahAyatA zedhI leje. tenA vagara phateha mATe nirAza thavuM paDaze. mATe jyAM sudhI mahAvIrapaNuM prApta na thAya tyAM sudhI zAMta thaze nahi. vahANanA khAravAnA bolAvavAthI kAMI pavana AvI zakatuM nathI paNa jaganI kudarate je niyame nakkI karyA che tethI te tenA kharApaNAmAM hAjara rahe che. zraddhALu ane jAgRta manuSyamAM evI zakti che ke jethI karIne jyAre jarUra paDe tyAre mahAvIranI madada meLavI zake je manuSyanI musApharI aTakI hoya ane DhIlathI jene ghaNuM nukasAna thatuM hoya te joIe te dizAnA pavanane mATe prArthanA ane AjIjI kare che ane te chatAM divase ane aThavADIyAM vIti jAya che ane kAMI javAba maLatuM nathI. kaThaNa jamIna ne pANInI jarUra hoya ane jyAre pitAnI AMkho AgaLa saghaLI mahenata nAmI jatI hoya tyAre varasAdanA jhApaTA mATe kheDuta ghaNuM bhakti ane kAlAvAlA kare te paNa AkAzamAM kAMI paNa hIlacAla thatI nathI. bahAranI bAbatamAM A pramANe bane che paNa Atmika jAgRtimAM tethI ulaTuM che. jyAre tame cAhe tyAre mahAvIrane tamArA aMtaHkaraNamAM lAvI zake che. tamArI jAgRtinI IcchA mahAvIrapaNAthI tarata purI thaI zake che, mATe ApaNe ApaNuM unnatimAM jarA paNa pramAda kare jaIe nahi. pavitratAnA phaLa sva
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe AtmAne lAgavaga. gIya lAgavagathI jema bane tema jaladIthI meLavavA joIe. kAMI paNa zaMkA vagara mahAvIramAM zraddhAvAna thaI je prazna udabhave tene javAba meLavavuM joIe. mahAvIranI bhakitathI tamArI sAMsArika IcchAo kadI paripUrNa nahi thAya; paraMtu tamAruM Atmika zreya to avazya thayA vagara raheze nahi. dareka acAnaka prasaMgamAM ane dareka jAgRtinA kArya tathA prayatnamAM mahAvIrapaNuM mATe tIvra prArthanA karo. jenA vagara tamArAthI kaMIja thaI zakaze nahi ane jenI tamane kAMI paNa azakaya jevuM jaNAze nahi. - uparanA siddhAMtathI mahAvIranI bhaktinI AvazyakatA jaNAya che tema prapanna karavAnA utsAha mATe tenI epachI sUcanA nathI. karaNake jyAre ApaNI kudaratI zakti tenI maryAdA sudhI pahoMcI jAya che tyAre ApaNuM utsAhane AdhAra mahAvIra che. tenI AMtarika madadanI zaktithI kaI paNa manuSyane Amika sudhAraNAmAM ni rAza thavuM paDaze nahi. tene anaMta mArga ApaNA hAthamAM AvavA pachI game tevI pavitratA meLavavI ApaNI maryAdAthI dUra nathI. mAtra mAnaSika nizcayanA baLathI Atmika sudhAraNa karavAnA prayatna saphaLa thatA nathI. paraMtu pazcAtApa karIne mahAvIranI zaktivALA prayatna gumAvelI pavitratA ane sukha meLavavAmAM niSphaLa jatA nathI kAraNa ke je chupi zakti ApaNuM AtmAne jAgRta kare che te ja sudhAraNAmAM madada kare che tyAre phateha te mATe zaMkA kevI rIte hoI zake ? manuSya je kareluM ne sudhAravAnuM kAma mANasathI banI zake che paraMtu AtmA e kudaratanI daivika kRti che, ghaNuM ja umedI ane kamaLa vastu che, ghaNI pavitra che temaja pApa karmanI saMgatathI ghaNuM ja avyavasthita thaI gaelI che te sudhAravAnuM kAma paNa kaI apUrva zakitanuM ja hoI zake che. vaLI pharI anaMta zakita ke daivika kaLAthI ja AtmAnI jAgRtinuM kArya thAya che ema nathI paraMtu te AtmAe paNa ghaNIja tIvra AzAthI te kAryamAM mahenata karavI paDe che. ane jyAre ema khAtrI thAya ke je mahAna zakti AtmAne anAdikALanA karmathI mukata kare che te AtmAnuM baMdhAraNa karanAra zakti ja ApaNI madadamAM che tyAre te phatehanI daDha khAtrIthI Apache mukitane mATe mahAvIrane hRdayamAM rAkhIne prayatna kare joIe
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. ane te upAcene kAme lagADavAnI tenI khaMta kAMI paNa sAruM parINAma lAvavAmAM niSphaLa jaze kAraNake, Atmikahita, vagaranI saghaLI mahenata kSaNika lAbhane mATe hoya che je thoDA ja vakhatamAM naSTa thaI jAya che. mahAvIra paramAtmAnI kRpAnI bedarakAravALA saghaLA manuSya prayatne mAnasika dunIAmAM tadana niSphaLa jaze jema kaThaNa ane verAna jamInapara bIjanuM repavuM niSphaLa jAya che tema ApaNuM vAMcavuM ane zIkhavuM, ApaNI kiyA ane dhyAna je mahAvIranI gupta kRpA vagaranA haze te nakAmA jaze. pavana vagaranA AkAzamAM jema vahANanA saDha pasArelA nakAmAM rahe che, tema Atmika lAgavaganA ApaNu prayatnamAM mahAvIrapaNuM nahi hoya te karmathI mukta thaI mahAvIra thavuM muzkela thaI paDaze. tethI mahAvIrapaNAne mATe hamezAM daDha bhAvanAthI bhakti kare. sArA thavAnA ane sAruM karavAnA tamArA dareka prayatnomAM mahAvIranI sahAyatA zedhI leje. tenA vagara phateha mATe nirAza thavuM paDaze. mATe jyAM sudhI mahAvIrapaNuM prApta na thAya tyAM sudhI zAMta thaze nahi. vahANanA khAravAnA belAvavAthI kAMI pavana AvI zakatuM nathI paNa jaganI kudarate je niyame nakkI karyA che tethI te tenA kharApaNAmAM hAjara rahe che. zraddhALu ane jAgRta manuSyamAM evI zakti che ke jethI karIne jyAre jarUra paDe tyAre mahAvIranI madada meLavI zake je manuSyanI musApharI aTakI hoya ane DhIlathI jene ghaNuM nukasAna thatuM hoya te joIe te dizAnA pavanane mATe prArthanA ane AjIjI kare che ane te chatAM divase ane aThavADIyAM vIti jAya che ane kAMI javAba maLatuM nathI. kaThaNa jamIna ne pANInI jarUra hoya ane jyAre pitAnI AMkho AgaLa saghaLI mahenata nakAmI jatI hoya tyAre varasAdanA jhApaTA mATe kheDuta ghaNuM bhakti ane kAlAvAlA kare te paNa AkAzamAM kAMI paNa hIlacAla thatI nathI. bahAranI bAbatamAM A pramANe bane che paNa Amika jAgRtimAM tethI ulaTuM che. jyAre tame cAho tyAre mahAvIrane tamArA aMtaHkaraNamAM lAvI zake che, tamArI jAgRtinI IcchA mahAvIrapaNAthI tarata purI thaI zake che, mATe ApaNe ApaNuM unnatimAM jarA paNa pramAda kara joIe nahi, pavitratAnA phaLa sva
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe AtmAne lAgavaga. Mya lAgavagathI jema bane tema jaladIthI meLavavA joIe. kAMI paNa zaMkA vagara mahAvIramAM zraddhAvAna thaI je prazna udabhave tene javAba meLavavuM joIe. mahAvIranI bhakitathI tamArI sAMsArika IcchAo kadI paripUrNa nahi thAya; paraMtu tamAruM Amika zreya te avazya thayA vagara raheze nahi. dareka acAnaka prasaMgamAM ane dareka jAgRtinA kArya tathA prayatnamAM mahAvIrapaNu mATe tIvra prArthanA karaje. jenA vagara tamArAthI kaMIja thaI zakaze nahi ane jenI tamene kAMI paNa azakya jevuM jaNAze nahi. uparanA siddhAMtathI mahAvIranI bhaktinI AvazyakatA jaNAya che tema prapanna karavAnA utsAha mATe tenI ochI sUcanA nathI. kAraNake jyAre ApaNe kudaratI zakti tenI maryAdA sudhI pahoMcI jAya che tyAre ApaNA utsAhane AdhAra mahAvIra che. tenI AMtarika madadanI zaktithI keI paNa manuSyane Amika sudhAraNAmAM ni. rAza thavuM paDaze nahi. tenA anaMta mArga ApaNuM hAthamAM AvavA pachI game tevI pavitratA meLavavI ApaNI maryAdAthI dUra nathI. mAtra mAnuSika nizcayanA baLathI Atmika sudhAraNa karavAnA prayatna saphaLa thatA nathI. paraMtu pazcAtApa karIne mahAvIranI zaktivALA prayatna gumAvelI pavitratA ane sukha meLavavAmAM niSphaLa ja nathI kAraNa ke je chupi zakti ApaNA AtmAne jAgRta kare che te ja sudhAraNAmAM madada kare che tyAre te te mATe zaMkA kevI rIte hAI zake ? manuSya je kareluM ne sudhAravAnuM kAma mANasathI banI zake che paraMtu AtmA e kudaratanI daivika kRti che, ghaNIja umedI ane kemaLa vastu che, ghaNI pavitra che temaja pApa karmanI saMgatathI ghaNI ja avyavasthita thaI gaelI che te sudhAravAnuM kAma paNa kaI apUrva zakitanuM ja hoI zake che. vaLI pharI anaMta zakita ke daivika kaLAthI ja AtmAnI jAgRtinuM kArya thAya che ema nathI paraMtu te AtmAe paNa ghaNI ja tIvra AzAthI te kAryamAM mahenata karavI paDe che. ane jyAre ema khAtrI thAya ke je mahAna zakti AtmAne anAdikALanA karmathI mukta kare che te AtmAnuM baMdhAraNa karanAra zakti ja ApaNI madadamAM che tyAre te phatehanI daDha khAtrIthI ApaNe muktine mATe mahAvIrane hadayamAM rAkhIne prayatna karavuM joIe paraMtu Aje lo ane
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. karyA kare che. me teTalI mA je maLyuM mahAvIre mahAvIrapaNuM meLavavA mATe majuranI peThe kAma kIdhuM che. ane ApaNe paNa te pramANe ja karavuM ja joIe. ApaNe mahAvIranA kaTuMbI chIe ane ApaNe mahAvIranA bAMdhakAma tarIke hAla chIe. tenI anaMta ane zreSTha sahAyatA vagara ApaNa prayatna mAtra Atmika unnatinAja rahI zake nahi. ApaNuM unnati ane avyAsanI kAMI cekasa maryAdA nathI. ghaNI rasALa jamInanA rasakasanI maryAdA tenI amuka utpanna pachI jaNAI Ave che, saMsAramAM dhana meLavavAnuM sAhasa amuka muDI ane AbarU meLavI thAkIne pitAnI maryAdA bAMdhI le che, paraMtu Amika unnatinI bAbatamAM tamArA prayatnanI kaMI paNa maryAdA hoI zake ja nahi, je rasALa jamInamAM thI pavitratAnA phaLa maLe che, tene rasakasa kadI paNa ochuM thAya e saMbhava nathI. paramAtmAnuM avicchinna mahAvIrapaNuM tenI vRddhi karyA kare che. je khajAnAmAMthI tamArI mUDI kADhavAmAM Ave che, te khajAne tamArI game teTalI mAgaNIthI e che thatuM nathI, tethI karIne paNa jAgRta AtmAe bhUtakALamAM je maLyuM hoya tethI saM. teSa zAmATe mAnI levuM joIe? dareka Atmika saMdarya te, dareka umadA saddaguNa je manuSyanAM sAdhupaNAmAM kadI jaLayA na hoya te tame sahelAIthI meLavI zakaze. tamAre thoDAja punyathI ke DIja Atmika unnati prApta karavAthI saMteSa pAmavAnuM nathI. devika padArthomAM kadI kaMjusAI hotI nathI. delata mATenI tamArI anaMtaIcchAone nirdoSapaNe tamAre mArga Apa paDe. mahAvIra paramAtmA tamArI IcchAone saMkucita karatA nathI, tethI tamAre tamArI pitAnI Atmika unnatinI chacchAne kadI paNa saMkeca kare nahi. 2 vaLI mahAvIra pazu sarvottama che eTaluM ja nahi paNa temAM sArvabhaumatA che. ema kahevAmAM Ave che te paNa tenI anaMta zakita nA kAme ane namunAomAM khAtrI ApI zake tevuM che ane anubhavika mahattvathI te bAbata pratyakSa thaI zake tevuM che. manuSyanA dareka prayatnamAM kudaratanA lAgavaganuM akasapaNuM ane dekhAvarUpa yogyatA zakti ApanAra tarIke kAma nathI karatA? je pavananI lAMbA vakhata sudhI rAha joI hoya te jaDapathI AvI pahoMce. vasaMtanI bharatI je ghaNA AMtare Ave che te pANInA puramAM Ave, buddhinA prayatnamAM dareka
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________________ mahAvIra sAthe AtmAne lAgavaga, 69 sArI phateha maLe, jyAre vicAre tvarita thai zake, ane jAgRti zruMSTatAmAM vadhatI jatI hAya, AtmAmAM svargIya kalpanA AvavA lAge, tyAre khA sukhI lAgavaga ane sAnerI takanA acAkasapaNAmAM paNu sAvadhapaNAnA ane jAgRtinA prayatna karavAnI zreSTha preraNA nathI thatI ? aMtaraMga Atmika khAtAmAM zu tema nathI ? dhArmika unnatinI koipaNu rUtu ke vakhatamAM evA kAipaNu maLatA pheraphAra che ke je dareka jAgRta AtmAnA hetune siddha karavAne sArI takanI rAhu jevAne ane tene sudhAravAne vicAra karavAne aTakI rahe? kharekhara ApaNe kAMi huMmezA mahAvIra paramAtmAnI zakitanA vakhatane ke RtunA prasa`gane jANI zakIe nahI paraMtu ApaNAmAMnA lagabhaga dareka jANutA hAvA joie ke mahAvIrapaNAnI zakita ApaNA AtmAmAM avara navara jha Lake che. ApaNI zAMta thai gaelI lAgaNImAM ane u'DA ga'bhIra vi cAramAM tenu' astitva ghaNI vakhate jaNAI Ave che. A zuMAtmAmAM bharatInA vakhata nahi kahI zakAya? Adi anaMtakALa sudhI je sAmagrI upayeAgI thai paDe te thADAja vakhatamAM ApaNane maLatI hoya tyAre zuM mahAvIrapaNAnI ApaNane pratyakSa pratIti nathI thatI eka zabdamAM kahIe te AtmAne mATe te eka eve vakhata Ave che ke jyAre Atmika vananI ThaMDI lahera AkAzamAMthI tAjA ane suMdara svarUpamAM OMke che ane jIvanane jANatA AtmA dareka vistIrNa zakitane jAgRta thatI ane satya premane anubhava karatI pragaTa thatA svarUpamAM joi zake che. A vakhata keTaleA badhA kIMmatI che? je tenI kI'matanA vicAra kare che te keIpaNa bAbatane mATe rAhu jovAne, prArthanA karavAne ke tapAsa karavAne ke tapAsa karavAne rokAze nahI ane je zAzvata sudhInA sAdhanA tene mahAvIra taraphathI maLe che te prApta karavAne dareke dareka prayatna chelA zvAseAzvAsa sudhI te cAlu rAkhaze, chevaTe AtmAnI aMtara`ga kriyA je mahAvIra kahe che, te eka ghaNAja chupA kAma tarIke thAya che, ane matra tenI asaraja jaNuAya che, ema ApaNe kahI gayA tethI zuM ApaNane ghaNAja uMDA ane anubhavI saMbadhane pATha nathI maLatA? ApaNe dareka game tevI aga tyanI tapAsa karIe te paNa ApaNA vartanamAMthI te vIra paramAtmA L
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________________ 70 mahAvIra prakArA, nI hAjarI ane tenA adazya kAme zuM ApaNe judA pADI zakIzuM? mahAvIrapaNuM adazyapaNe Ave che, na jaNAya tema ane na joI zakAya tema tenuM kArya cAle che, ane hRdayanA guhya bhAgamAM te vicAre ane lAgaNIne chupa jhare mukI de che. paraMtu jyAM jyAM mahAvIrapaNuM pitAnuM apUrva zaktinuM kAma kare che, tyAM tyAM vahelA ke meDA tenuM pariNAma pragaTa thaI jAya che. ane tenI jANa sarvatra thaI jAya che. badhI tapAsamAM kharekhara bahAra pheraphAra tenA astitvane chupuM rAkhe che. kAraNake, keTalIka mahotsavanI ane kaMTrAkaTane lagatI evI milakata che ke je dhArmika niyama vagaranA ghaNA hetuthI kudaratI manaharatAthI, tIvra lAlacanI gerahAjarIthI, sAganA lAgavAthI ane manuSyanA abhiprAyanI saMbhALathI banelI hoya che, ane AvA hetunuM je phaLa hoya che, tenI bAhya nItirItinA pheraphAraparathI mahAvIranI kriyAnuM je pavitra phaLa che te kAMIka AkAramAM jarAtarA dekhAI zake che. paraMtu bIjAonA dhyAnamAM ke tapAsamAM huM pharIthI kahuM chuM, te pramANe devika camatkAranuM pariNAma aMtaraMga hRdayamAM je raMga pramANe thayuhAya che te vahelA ke meDAM kAMI paNa bhula vagara pratyakSa thaI zake che. kAra ke, pariNAma che te kAMI kalpanA nathI paraMtu kharApaNuM che, mAtra bAhya sudhAre nathI paNa hRdayane pheraphAra che, uparanI bhalAI nathI paraMtu hadayanuM mahAvIrapaNuM jIdagInI pavitratAmAM taratuM rahe che. . dareka manuSya potAnA aMtaHkaraNane A ajamAyaza lAgu karavI joIe ane dareka zodha karatAM saMteSa pAmave nahi, je mANa samAM mahAvIrapaNuM nathI, te pote pitAne nathI. je manuSyamAM mahA virapaNuM nathI, te mahAvIranuM sAmrAjya kadI joI zakatA nathI. jo ke tamArAmAM mahAvIrapaNuM che tenI cekasa khAtrI tamene maLI zakaze nahi, tamAre mekSa kayAre thaze te vize tame cekasa kalpanA karaze nahi. te pachI e prazna kare nakAme che ke A jagatamAMthI mAre kaye vakhate uddhAra thavAnuM che, ane jagatanI niMdA ane prazaMsAmAMthI alaga rahe tevuM mAruM jIvana che. eka jhare tenuM mULa jeTaluM uMcuM, hoya teTale uMce caDI zake che ane tamArI Amika uccatAne dharaNane pahoMcavAne tamane dareka sAdhane dareka vakhate A jagatamAMthI maLI zakaze. huM AgaLa hatuM tenA karatA have zuM huM vadhAre sAre
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________________ f mahAvIra sAthe AtmAne lAgavaga. ane vizeSa vidvAna thaye nathI? temaja mArA vartananI agAunI AregyatAne zu meM tyAga kIdhe nathI? ane je vikArane huM vaza thaI jate te vikArane meM kabajAmAM lIdhA nathI ?. AvA praznane puchavAnI kAMI paNa agatya nathI. mahAvIrapaNuM AvavAthI tarUNapaNAnI lAgaNIo zuSka thaI jAya tevuM nathI, temaja ApaNAmAM je jevA jANavAnI lAgaNI che te kAMI jatI rahetI nathI. vakhatanA javAnI. sAthe e pheraphAre Ape Apa thAya che ane darakAra vagarane vyabhicArItarUNa badalIne Dabreane suzILathAya che, tehadayanA pheraphArathI je rIte thAya che tenA karatAM vakhata jatAM kudarata pitAnI meLe je kudaratI pheraphAra kare che te vadhAre saMgIna thAya che. manuSyanI tapAsa evI hovI joIe ke huM mahAvIrane pagale zuddha jIvana gALuM chuM ke nahi? ane je mahAvIra mArA hRdayanA chupA bhAgamAM jaI zake che, tene maLatAM mArA aMtaraMga niyame, lAgaNuM ke hetue che ke nahi? huM bAhya avaguNathI dUra thAuM chuM eTaluM ja nahi paNa mArA aMtaraMga hRdayamAM huM pApakarmane dhikkAruM chuM, ane tenAthI dUra rahuM chuM ke nahi? je temAM huM pachAta hAuM te te duHkharUpa che ane e bAbatamAM meM jIta meLavI hoya te te mArI khuzAlInuM kAraNa che. mArA bAhya vartanamAMja huM aMkuza rAkhuM chuM eTaluM ja nahi paNa mArA vicAra ane lAgaNa, mArI chupI Teva, prakRti ane svabhAva para paNa mAro aMkuza che ke nahi ? mArA AtmAnA dareka pradezamAM mahAvIranI pUjA ane prema raheluM che ke nahi, ane dareka mAThA vicAra, dareka apavitra sthAthI lAgaNI hAMkI kADhavAne mATe prayatna cAlu che ke nahi? ane mahAvIranA maMdiramAM mAruM pavitra aMtaHkaraNa sthApita karavAne huM phatehamaMda tha chuM ke nahi tenI nizcaya pUrvaka tapAsa rAkhavI joIe. AvA praznane pavitra aMtaHkaraNamAMthI je javAba maLe che tenI sAthe sAthI mahatvane prazna hamezAM e uddabhavele have joIe ke mArAmAM mahAvIrapaNuM AveluM ke nahi? "
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________________ prakaraNa 4 thuM. mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM adazya svarUpa caturgatimAM bhramaNa karI rahelA manuSya prANa mahAvIra paramAbhAnA adazya svarUpane joI zakaze? tene jovAnI zuM keIpaNa sa tama zakita A jagaparanA manuSyamAM vidyamAna che? paramAtmAne tenA mULa svarUpamAM jovA ane jenAmAM jagatanA saghaLA padArtho pra- tibiMbita thAya che tenuM AzcaryakAraka astitva manuSyanI AMkha tAkIne joI zake e kadi saMbhavita che kharUM? meMdarya, Azcarya ane tejanA dekhAve ke jenA para manuSyanI AMkha hamezAM sthira thaI zake che, mahAna camatkArika dekhAve che jenA viSe manuSpakalpanA paNa karI zake che tethI zuM paramAtmAnA adazya svarUpane jevAne tene ha. dayacakSu paNa zakitamAna thaI zake ? eka jAgRta zraddhALu AtmAnI sarvotama kiyA mAtra mahAvIranA mAhAtamyane anubhavI zake che keIpaNa zreSTha manuSyAtmAnuM atizaya sukha dareka kSaNe vicAra ane AcAramAM unnata thavA zivAya bIjuM vizeSa zuM hoI zake? svarganuM sukha, pavitratAne AnaMda ane, ane zreSTha AtmAnI uccatA dareka bAbata anubhavAya che, paraMtu mahAvIra paramAtmAne tenA adazya svarUpamAM joI zakAtA nathI. jene keI mANase jayA nathI ane ke manuSya joI zaka nathI,evuM paramAtmasvarUpa che. tene ajara amara ane adazya kahevAmAM Ave che. tyAre zuM manuSya prANIo dareka Atura IcchA ane paramAtmAnA svarUpane jovAnI uMDI abhilASA dAbIja devI joIe? kaI zaMkAzILa ane duHkhI AtmA e prazna nahi kare ke mAre mahAvIra paramAtmAne jevA che? ghaNu ema nathI kahetA ke je mahAvIra paramAtmA kharA hoya te eka kSaNavAra pragaTa thaIne mArI zaMkAo ane muzkelIo dUra karIne mane zAMti Ape? jemanA aMtaHkaraNamAM paramAtmA pratye prema udavela nathI, ane tenA AtmAnI AsapAsa sarvatra aMdhakAra thaI rahyuM che. tevA ghaNuM aMtaHkaraNamAMthI evI buma nathI saMbhaLAtI ke
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________________ mahAvIra paramatamAnuM adazya svarUpa. haka mahAvIra paramAtmAne amAre evA che? teo kahe che ke te jyAM maLe tyAM ame tenA sthaLe jaIne joIe. ame AgaLa jaIe chIe paNa tyAM te che nahi, ame pAchaLa haThIe chIe paraMtu tyAM paNa tenA darzana thatA nathI. te evI rIte chupAIne rahe che ke ame tene joI zakatA nathI. te ghaNA najIkamAM che ane vaLI ghaNe dara che, e kevuM Azcaryajanaka che? te paramAtmA hamezAM mArA hRdayanI najIkamAM hoya chatAM tenI sAthe saMbaMdha ke vAtacIta azakya thaI paDe, kudaratanI dareka hilacAlamAM, mArA dareka zvAsozvAsamAM ane mArA hRdayanA dareka vicAramAM vIra paramAtmAnuM astitva che, chatAM huM tenA svarUpane joI zakuM nahi? vaLI jyAre zraddhALu manuSyane ema vicAra Ave che ke ghaNu manuSyaja nAstika che, A duniAmAM ghaNAo paramAtmAne visArI muke che, tenA vacananuM apamAna kare che, tenA astitvane mATe paNa zaMkA lAve che ane vaLI tyAre mA- ' Nasa jAta keTalIka kudaratanI zodha karI kulAI jAya che, tyAre vAraMvAra ' evI lAgaNIbharI IcchA thAya che ke, manuSya paramAtmAne jue, ''ane te mahAna siddha svarUpa ane jagatanA jInA karmone zAMta sAkSI eka kSaNavAra paNa manuSyanI najare paDe, ane manuSyanI mUMI ane duSTatAne dUra kare te te keTaluM badhuM sArUM? paraMtu A badhI IcchAo nakAmI che. zaMkAzIla ne khAtrI karAvavAne ke nirAza thaI gayelAne dilAse ApavAne athavA ajJAnI ane luccAone jAgRta karavAne kaI paNa kAraNa mATe paramAtmA A jagatamAM manuSyanI AMkhe dekhI zakAya tevI rIte potAnA adazya svarUpane dazya kare evuM kAraNa nathI. paramAtmAnuM svarUpa manuSyane dazya na thaI zake tenA aneka kAraNe che. jyAM sudhI ApaNe pApa ane mehanA pradezamAM rahIe chIe tyAMsudhI tenuM daivika mAhAnya prApta karavAne zaktimAna thayA vagara paramAtmAne jevAne samartha thaI zakIe nahi. ApaNe eka parvatanI taLATIe jaI zakIe paNa tenA chelA zikhara para je prakAza ane - mAhAlya hoya che tene ApaNe pahoMcI zakatA nathI. ghaNAja zreSTha ane pavitra manuSya jyAre pavitra vicArazreNIthI uccapada sudhI pahece che tyAre paNa manuSyapaNAmAM te paramAtmAnA adazya svarUpa joI - L. P-10
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. zake nahi. mahAvIranA svarUpane mahAvIraja joI zake paNa manuSya joI zake nahi. ema kahyuM che ke "There shall no man see God and live" paramAtmAne jue te mANasa jIvI zake nahi matalaba ke te mANasamAMthI paramAtmAja thaI ja joIe. A prakaraNamAM ApaNe mukhya be bAbate para vicAra karIzuM. (1) mANasanI hAlanI sthitimAM paramAtmAnuM adazya ravarUpa tene dazya thaI zake nahi. (2) mahAvIranuM jIvana paramAtmAnA adazya svarUpanI khAtrI Apaze. (1) vIraparamAtmAnuM adRzya svarUpa, paramAtmA adaya che, ApaNe tene joI zakIe nahi. A duniAmAM rahIne paramAtmAne jevAne ApaNane egya gaNavAmAM A vyA nathI ema kema haze? je tethI sAdhu purUSane sukha thatuM hoya ane pApI mANasanI duSTatA para aMkuza paDato hoya te paramAtmA zA mATe adazya rahetA haze? have A praznane vicAra karatA eka bAbata viSe vicAra Avaze ke je bAbata AtmAne lagatI che te IdriyathI joI zakAya e tadana azakaya che. vikArI IdriyamAMthI nirvikArI svarUpanuM astitva kema joI zakAya? kudaratanI evI ghaNI zakitao che ke jenI hamezanI asara ApaNe joI zakIe chIe te paNa te pi tAnA svarUpe kadI joI zakAtI nathI. judA judA AkAra ane raMgavALA padArtho ApaNe AMkha joI zake che paNa temAM je vijaLIka zakti kAma kare che te koIthI joI zakAtI nathI. tiSa cakanI gati ane samaha daSTivaDe joI zakAya che paraMtu IdriyanI tIkSaNatAthI paNa Aka rSaNanA madhyabiMdune joI zakAtuM nathI. ane je AvI rIte bAhya padArtha viSayaka ane Atmika dunIyAnI maryAdApara idrinA sparza thI ma jANI zakAya tevI racanAo che ane vizeSa te jyAre ApaNe te mayadAmAMthI pasAra thaIe chIe tyAre ApaNe evA pradezamAM pravezuM karIe chIe ke jyAM zArIrika iMdriye niSphaLa jAya che. ane ghaNI daidhika zakitanI jarUra paDe che. vicArane ke je che?jene ApaNe mana, hadaya, AtmA kahIe chIe tenuM chupAI raheluM satva kaI AMkhathI joI zakAya che? je Atmika zakitao ApaNI AsapAsa che
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________________ mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM adamya svarUpa. yaM, asaMkhya jAgRta AtmAo jyAre ApaNe sUtA haiIe ke jega tA hoIe tyAre pRthvI para cAlatA hoyatopaNa jyAre teomAM AMtarika duniomAM Amatema devAdeDa thatI hoya tyAre te mahatvavALA A tmAone astitvanI jhAMkhI nizAnI paNa manuSyanI bAhyazakita joI zakaze.? zuM ApaNe zarIra dhAraNa karanArA jAnI duniAmAM nathI rahetA, teonI sAthe haMmezane saMbaMdha nathI rAkhatA, temanA DahApaNanI ane tenA astitvanI hamezanI sAbiti ApaNe nathI jotAM? ane tema chatAM keIpaNa AtmA bIjA AtmAne dazya thayo hoya tevuM kadi banyuM che? nahi. je IdrIne dekhAya che te AtmAe dhAraNa karelA AkAra che ApaNI AsapAsanI ughegI duniAmAM ApaNe mAtra AtmAnA gharane ja joIe chIe. A rIte paramAtmA hamaNuM ane hamezAM adazyaja che jeIe. eka ghaNe halake AtmA paNa carmacakSuthI joI zakAtuM nathI te pachI je saMpUrNatAne pAmyA che, tevA paramAtmAne kevI rIte joI zakAya? sAmAnya jI keTalIka rIte zArIrika AkAramAM behArathI jANI ane joI zakAya che. manuSyAtmAo je jAtanA AkAre dhAraNa kare che, tethI tene judI judI rIte oLakhI zakAya che, paraMtu teonA saMbaMdhamAM paNa AtmAmAM kAMIka evuM zreSTapaNuM che ke, je mAnaSika sAMdaryanA manahara svarUpathI paNa umadA prakAranuM che, ane je keIthI joI zakAtuM nathI. Dagalo tenA paheranAra karatAM kAMI vadhAre kIMmatI hoyaja nahi ane te pachI anata zaktivALA mahAvIra paramAtmA kema oLakhI zakAya ? jene aneka devalokamAM paNa samAveza thato nathI, te manuSyamAM kevI rIte drazyapaNe rahe kayuM zArIrika svarUpa temanA anaMtajJAnane yathArtha rIte dhAraNa karI zake. padArthathI bhareluM jagata paramAtmAnI amaryAdita mahatvatA AgaLa tuccha che. suMdaratAnA badhA uptanna thatA AkAra karatAM vIraparamAtmA ne mahimA eTalI badhI zreSTha suMdaratAvALe che ke, je manuSyanI kalpanA zaktithI kaLI zakAya paNa nahi. eka kSaNabhAra ApaNe ema mAnIe ke, siddha thaelA paramAtmA keI asAdhAraNa AkAramAM avatAra la, manuSyamAM AthI zreSTha evuM suMdara svarUpa dhAraNa kare ane pitAnA AtmAnI mahatvatAnI khAtrI thAya te pachI ApaNe ane kevAya nahi je va rahe. ka
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________________ mahAvIra prakArA. samajavuM joIe ke, AvA prakAranI utpatti mATe jagamAMthI padArthonI zodha karavI te nakAmI che. ApaNe kalpanAzaktine chUTI mukI daIe, ane ema anumAna karIe ke sUryanuM teja harAI gayuM hoya. tArAne prakAza naSTa thaye heya, ane develeka samudra, AkAza vigere je pitAnA saMdaryathI mukata karavAmAM AvyA hoya te paNa zuM siddha paramAtmAnI na pahoMcI zakAya tevI zakti keIthI dUra karI zakAya tevuM banI zake ke? paramAtmA thavAne aneka avatAra dhAraNa karavA paDe che, anaMtAbhava bhaTakavA paDe che, te pachI paramAtmA thaIne avatAra dhAraNa karavAmAM Ave e vAta kevI yukitavagaranI jaNAya che ? siddha thayA pachI jene kaI paNa kriyAnI jarUra rahetI nathI, ane jemane keIna para rAga ke dveSanI vRtti nathI, temane avatAra dhAraNa karavAnuM kAraNuja zuM heI zake! siddha thavAne je chelluM zarIra ane chevaTanuM manuSyajIvana hoya che, tene ja avatAra kahevAmAM AvatuM hiya te kAMI vAMdhA bhareluM nathI, paraMtu siddha thayA pachI mekSa pAme lA paramAtmA avatAra le e vAta kAraNa vagaranI ane yukita vagaranI che, tethI e bhamra kadI rAkha joIe nahi. paraMtu je paramAtamA carmacakSuthI na joI zakAtA hoya te zuM AMtaricakSuthI paNa tenA darzana nahi thaI zakatA hoya? jema zArIrika padAthe eka bIjA zarIranI IMdrIthI joI zakAya che, tema mAnasika zaktithI aMtaraMga padArtho jevAne saMbhava nathI? AtmA AtmAne joI nahi zake? paramAtmAnA darzanathI manuSyane dUra rAkhavAmAM AvyA che, mATe ja zuM e bAbata azakya che? A badhA prazanene e javAba ApI zakAya ke paramAtmAnuM AtmikasvarUpa vicArathI ane zAstrathI jANI zakAya tevuM che, A Tale sudhI azakyatA nathI. ane e rIte jo ApaNe belIe te AmA AtmAne arasaparasa joI zake che, kAraNake ApaNe jANIe chIe ke jenI AgaLa badhA AtmAnA aMta:karaNa khullA che te ApaNA nahi belelA vicAro ane lAgaNIo jANe che, ane AtmAne oLakhavAnI sAdhAraNa chupI zakti ApaNAmAM utpanna thAya tethIparamAtmAnI zreSThatAmAM ghaTADe thatuM nathI. tethI karIne paramAtmAnuM jeTaluM
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________________ mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM adrazya svarUpa 77 aze AtmAmAM pratibiMba paDe che teTale aMze AtmA paramAtmAne joI zake che, ane teTaleka aMze te tene jANI zake che. matalaba ke AtmA pote ja paramAtma svarUpi hovAthI jeTale aMze tenuM paramAma svarUpe pragaTa thAya teTale aMze te pitAnA AtmAne ja paramAtma svarUpe joI zake che. paramAtmAnA darzananI ApaNe khAtrIne cokkasa karavAne mATe ApaNe kSaNavAra evuM anumAna karIe, ApaNane keIpaNa ApaNA jevA manuSyanA mananI aMdara jovAne zakti maLelI che. - nuSya buddhinA pustake jyAre ApaNe vAMcIe chIe tyAre je vicArathI ApaNane AnaMda thAya che te vicAre zabdasvarUpa pAmyA pa helA kavi ke lekhakanA manamAM hayAti dharAvatA hatA. ane je ke ethI paNa vadhAre umadA vicAre je hRdayamAM prakAzI rahe che te batAvavAne game tevI umadI bhASA paNa nabaLI ane gya zabda samUha vagaranI che, tethI ApaNAthI je te mahAnuM vicArakenA hRdayamAM jevAne ane tenA hadayanI sapATI para te vicAre jevA dhasI Ave che, tevAja tenA mahAna prakAzane jovAne banI zakatuM hoya te garIba bhASAnI apUrNatA vagara calAvI zakAya. temaja vaLI saudaryane. vicAra tenI bAhyasatyatAthI ghaNe agAune che, ane te mahAna citArAnA hadayamAM jyAre te tene raMga ane AkAranuM drazya svarUpa Ape che, te agAu hayAtI dharAve che, ane hunnara kaLAmAM mahAna buddhine paNa e niyama che ke game tevA sarvottama ane suMdara kAma bane te saMtoSa thatuM nathI, pitAnA mULa hetune te purepura vyakta karI zakato nathI. have ApaNe jarA vizALa vicAra pradezamAM caDIne kSaNavAra AtmAne jevAvALA eka manuSyane vicAra karIe ke jene tarataja paramAtmAnA aMtaraMgamAM jovAnI zakitautpanna thAya ane saghaLA satya sAMdarya ane bhalAInuM mULa je paramAtmA che tenuM jJAna sahelAIthI prApta karI le te zAstramAM je jJAnanA bhedanA mukhya tatva kahelA che tethI paramAtmAnuM drazya svarUpanuM pratibiMba paDI zake che paraMtu mahAvIra paramAtmAnA mahAna vicAro je zAmAM rahelA che te manuSyanI bhA.
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. " thInA apUrNapaNathI belAya te pahelA ane jagatanA saMdarya, niyama ane vyavasthAmAM je pheraphAra thAya che tenuM jJAna na thAya te pahelAM te vicArethI manuSya paramAtmAnA svarUpanuM pratibiMba jevAne zakitamAna thaI zake nahI. tyAre vicAra kare ke bAhya svarUpa ane chAyAthI AgaLa vadhavAne mAtra satyanA upara uparanA ajavALAne jevAne ja nahi paraMtu je paramAtmAnuM jJAna sarvatra che ane dareka jagatanA padArtha jemAM pratibiMbita thAya che tenA satya svarUpane jevAne jyAM paramAtmA rahe che tyAM vAsa karavAne zuM karavuM Avazyaka che te viSe manana kare ane mahAvIra paramAtmAe je rIte siddha svarUpa prApta karyuM te rIte karmathI mukata thaI siddha svarUpa prApta karavAno prayatna kare athavA jyAre tame A saMsAranA sarvottama sukhanA mahAna dekhAvane jue che, parvata, sAvare, ane jagalane prAta:kALanA ajavALAmAM manehara dekhAvamAM nihALe che, baparanI senerI bharatinA senerI metIe athavA rAtrInA AkAzanA zItaLacaMdra ane tArAonA zAMta prakAzane anubhave che tyAre tamene apUrva AnaMda thAya che te pachI je paramAtma svarUpamAM saghaLA jaganA padArthanuM eka sarakhuM pratibiMba paDe che tenA saMdarya svarUpa joIne tamane keTalAM sthAyI AnaMda thaze tenI kalpanA karo Ane mATe zAstrakAro spaSTapaNe kahe che ke bhaviA tmAne mekSa maLazeja.je karmanA paDadA ApaNane mahAvIraparamAtmAnA mULa svarUpathI alaga rAkhe che, te eka divasa kheMcAI jaze.Atmika zaktio jAgRta thaIne jagatanA hRdaya ane jIvanamAM potAnuM pari. baLa vistAraze, IdriyanA kSaNika asaya vikAra dUra thaI jaze ane mukta thayele AtmA siddha varUpa paramAtmapadane prApta karaze mahAvIre eja rIte paramAtmA pada prApta karyuM che ane jeo paramAtma padane prApta karaze teo mahAvIra thaI mahAvIranA adRzya svarUpa joI zakaze. hRdayanI jema jema pavitratA thatI jaze tema tema mahAvIrapaNuM jhAMkhA svarUpamAM dazya thatuM jaze. ApaNe te mahAvIra para mAtmAnA putre tene priya chIe, ane ApaNuM zuM thaze te je ke ApaNane hAla kAMI dekhAtuM nathI, paNa ApaNe jANIe chIe ke, jyAre ApaNane te vara paramAtmA dekhAze, tyAre ApaNe paNa tene
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________________ mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM adamya svarUpa. jevAja mahAvIra thaIzuM kAraNa ke, te jevA che, tevAja svarUpathI A paNe tene joI. hamaNuM ApaNe jhAMkhA kAca mAraphata jhAMkhuM svarUpa jaIe chIe. paraMtu pachI AtmAnI ADe je ATha jhAMkhA kAca che, te dUra thaze eTale te paramAtmAne mULa svarUpamAM maLI jaze. hamaNA ApaNane tenA aMzanuM jJAna che, paraMtu pachI jema meM mane jA he che, temaja tene jANIzate svarUpa jevAne dIpaka ke sUrya nA prakAzanI jarUra paDaze nahi, kAraNake tethI ghaNe vizeSa prakAza paramAtma svarUpane prApta thatA AtmAmAM hoya che. paramAtmAnA darzana mATe vicAra tyAre have kAMI azakaya je jaNAtuM nathI. jo ke carmacakSuthI paramAtmAne joI zakatA nathI te paNa AtmAmAM evI gyatA che ke jene saMpUrNa rIte khIlavavAmAM Ave te paramAtmAnA svarUpane te jovAne zaktivAna thaI zake. anumAna karatAM na mAnI zakAya tevuM temaja padArthanI kudaratamAM evuM kAMIpaNa azakya nathI ke jethI paramAtmA AtmAne dazya nathAya ane paramAtmapadanA anaMta sukhanI AtmAne pratIta na thAya te maja jagatanA pApI AtmAonI pravRtti paNa jANI na zakAya. tyAre eve savAla utpanna thAya che ke A bheda zA mATe rAkhavAmAM A vela haze ? paramAtmA pite kema tAtkAlika dazya nahi thatA heya? evuM zuM kAraNa che ke haju sudhI koI paNa manuSya paramAtmAne joI zakyA nathI. ? A praznano javAba e che ke paramAtmAnuM adazya svarUpa ApaNuM AtmAnI hAlanI sthitimAM be rIte na joI zakAya tevA kAraNe che (1) ajamAyaza tarIkenI ApaNuM sthiti ane (2) keLavaNInI sthiti. AtmAnI kaTI. tamArU hAlanuM jIvana ajamAyazanI sthitie juo ane tamane jaNAze ke paramAtmAnI adazyatAnI tamAre mATe haju ghaNuM jarUra che. jIvananI ajamAyaza te padArtho viSenA atizaya ane e kuza vagaranA vartananA sArA narasA hetuone vicAra che. jemAM bhula ke niSphaLatAne saMbhava na hoya tenI parIkSA hoI zake nahIM satya
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________________ i . mahAvIra prakAza. viSenA daDha premanI mANasanI parIkSA karavI hoya te satyane atyaMta svaccha svarUpamAM tenI sanmukha mukavuM joIe nahi. pramANika ane . Atura zedhakane te satya zodhI kADhavA mATe mArga zuddha karI A pa. ane te ja vakhate bedarakAra ane prapaMcI mANasa mATe satya jevAne puratuM aMdhAruM karavuM joIe. je bhalAI viSenA, mANasanA premanI parIkSA karavI hoya te bhalAI ane burAInA pariNAme bahu sthAyI temaja bahuja kSaNika na hovA joIe ke jethI temanI vacce pasaMdagI karavAne mAtra gAMDe mANasaja pIche haThe ethI ulaTuM jyAre pavitratA kaleza kaMkAzanA vartananA bhAgIdAra thAya ane pApI meja zekhanI zikSA dUra ane acekasa dekhAtI hoya tyAre naitika niyama ane vartananI parIkSA ghaNuMja tapAsa vALI thaI zakaze. have emAM kAMI paNa savAla jevuM nathI ke ApaNA hAlanA jIvananI sthiti ghaNA pramANamAM parIkSA karavAnI jarUrIAtavALI che. kAraNake jyAre ApaNe bhaviSyanI jIMdagImAM je parIkSAthI ghaNe sAro lAbha thAya, te parIkSA viSenA vicAro ApaNuM manamAMthI kADhI nAkhIe te paNa eTaluM te khuluM che ke, ApaNe evI sthitimAM mukAyA chIe ke, jemAM satya ane asatya, sAruM ane mAThuM, jIvana ane mRtyu vigere bhAva ApaNuM sanmukha che, ane temAM thI zuM pasaMda karavuM tenuM jokhama ApaNA para raheluM che, ke jemAM khATI pasaMdagI thaI javAne paNa dareka saMbhava che. sUryanA prakAzanI peThe daivika sAthe bedarakAra para ApoApa jaI paDatuM nathI ke maTI gajenA athavA avAjanI peThe tenA siddhAMte lakSa vagaranA kAnapara jaIne paDatA nathI. paramAtmAnA astitva jevA dharmanA mULa siddhAMta paNa mANasanA mana para jorathI lAvavAmAM nathI AvatA athavA atize purAvA paNa ApavAmAM nathI AvatA ke jethI . svacchedI ane bedarakAra manane ApoApa pratIti thaI jAya. viveka, buddhi ane yAda dAstIne saghaLe prakAza hovA chatAM jaganA A khulA chupA bhede mAtra jAgRta ane tIkaNuM cakSuo joI zake che. A nAdi jagamAMthI nikaLatA zAMta nAnA avAje jIjJAsA ane lakSa vALA karNathIja sAMbhaLI zakAya che. dilagIra bharelA anubhavathI sAbIta thAya che ke jagatanA padArthonA guMcavADA ane moTA avAje astitva ja vagaranA manapara
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________________ mahAvIraparamAtmAnuM adazya svarUpa vacce anAdi satya AMdhaLuM ane baherU rahe che. tevI ja rIte vIra paramAtmAnA vacanenA saMbaMdhamAM paNa samajI levuM. jIjJAsu hoya tenAthI ja te vacana saMbhaLAya che, ane tenaja AtmAne te hita karanArA thAya che. jeo satyAsatyane tela karyA vagara aMdha zraddhAmAM AMdhaLA mANasanI mAphaka cAlatA pravAhamAM ghasaDAya che, temane rekIne kharA mArgamAM lAvanAra tenI pitAnI IcchA vagara kAMI karI zakatA nathI. eka mANasa Dubata hoya tene kaI kADhavA jAya; paraMtu te piteja bahAra nIkaLavAne khuzI na hoya te bIjuM zuM karI zakaze, tevI ja rIte jemane mahAvIranI darakAra nathI, ane mahAvIra tenA uddhArane je mArga batAve che te mArge cAlavAne te pote IcchAvALe nathI te pachI te mahAvIra tevA jene mATe zuM karI zakaze? apavitratA kAI paramAtmA vacce paDIne kADhI nAMkhatA nathI. pApI mANasane tenA duSTa vartanane mATe kaI svargathI bIvarAvavA AvatuM nathI, mArgamAM pApanuM vira levAne ubhuM rahetuM nathI, temaja tene masta pratyakSa kredhathI keI aMdhakAra phelAvI detuM nathI. karma cupakIdI pitAnuM kAma kare che, tethI pApanI darakAra nahi rAkhavAne ane paramAtmAne. bhUlI javAne athavA pitAnA ja mAnI levAne mANasa bhUla kare e svAbhAvika che. AvA prakAranuM raNa jALavI rAkhavAne e khulI rIte jarUra nuM che ke paramAtmAe adazya rahevuM joIe. je paramAtmA sarva keIne dazya hoya te jagatamAM je vicitra dvabhAva che, te jovAmAM Ave nahi, ane badhA paramAtmAnA zraddhALubhakta thaI jAya ane tema thavAthI bhakitanuM mAhAtamya rahe nahi. sarva zaktimAna siddha svarUpI vIraparamAtmA pitAnA adazya svarUpane dazya kare te avinaya te gAMDapaNa gaNAze, ane tethI AjJAdhArakapaNuM e premanI nizAnI tarIke rahI zakaze nahi zaMkA ane zraddhA apavitratA ane saguNone eka sarakhI rIte aMta Avaze. sAdhu purUSanI pavitratA te asatyatA parazraddhAvaDe meLavelI jIta nahi gaNAze. duSTatAnI khuda zakitao pApInA hRdayamAM nabaLI paDI jaze. paramAtmAnA adezyapaNAthI dha. nA nAyake pitAnA jJAna ane buddhibaLathI tIrthanuM taMtra calAvatA he che, teo je paramAtmA dazya thAya te kAMIpaNa mahattvapaNuM M.P-11.
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________________ mahAvIra prakAze. . dharAvI zake nahi. bedarakAra manuSya temaja ghaNeja zraddhALu ane bhaktivAna manuSya jyAre paramAtmA pote Ave tyAre eka sarakhA svarUpamAM taiyAra thaI rahe ane sArA naThArA te bheda pachI rahI zake nahiM A pramANe thavAthI jaganI vyavasthA rahI zake nahi. vaLI je mULathIja adazya che tenI dazya thavAnI kalpanA karavI te paNa vyartha che. jeo mahAvIrapaNane pAme che teoja tene joI zake che, AMdhaLo mANasa jema AMkha vagara kaI padArtha joI zakatuM nathI temajemanA jJAnarUpI cakSu khullA nathI tethI mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM adazya svarUpa joI zakAze nahi. mATe mahAvIrane pagale cAlI mahAvIrapaNuM prApta kara rI mahAvIranA adazya svarUpane pAmI zakAya tevI rIte niraMtara ughamavata rahevuM e ghaNuM ja jarUranuM che. AtmA teja paramAtmA che ane tenuM ja svarUpa adazya che tethI AtmA karmathI mukata thaI ' paramAtmapadane pAmaze. vIraparamAtmAnA adrazyapaNAthI thatI Atmika keLavaNI manuSyanA Adhunika jIvanamAM tenA AtmAne jAgRta karavAne ane keLavavAne paramAtmAnA adazyapaNAne teTaleja saMbaMdha che. A jagamAM je prANIo (kaTInI) ajamAyazanI kriyAmAM 5sAra thaIne pitAnA bhaviSyane nizcaya kare che eTaluM ja nahi paNa jeo keLavaNInI kriyAmAM pasAra thaIne tene mATe gya thAya che te enA jevI ja ApaNe AtmAnI sthiti che ane jyAM sudhI e kiyA saMpUrNa thAya nahi tyAM sudhI paramAtmAnA darzane AtmAne thaI zaktA nathI je zaktivaDe vIraparamAtmAne joI zakAya che te zakti ghaNAMja pavitra manuSyamAM paNa apUrNa ane khIlavaNI vagaranI hoya che, ane ayogya Atmika zaktivALAne paramAtmAnuM darzana je kadAca saMbhavita thAya te jema grIma rUtune baporane sakhata tApa AMkhanA daradI ane nabaLA mANasane asahA thaI paDe che tema paramAtmAnA darzana paNa asahya thaI paDe che. mATe emaja vicAra karavo joIe ke Atmika zaktionA AnaMda ane jovAnI zaktine mATe prathamathI ja AtmAmAM e zakti meLavI taiyAra thavuM joIe. paramAtmAnA hRdayane jANavAnuM ane prazaMsA karavAne tenI mahatvatA
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________________ mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM adazya svarUpa. saMdarya ane bhalAIne anubhavavAne jenAranA AtmAnA ghaNAja jAgRta hRdayamAM tevAja guNe hovA joIe. eka pALeluM jAnavara pitAnA dhaNane zarIrathI oLakhI zake che paNa hadaya, aMtaHkaraNa, vartana vigere je guNethI mANasAIpaNuM kharI rIte kahI zakAya che te halakA jAnavarane hamezA adazya che ane adazya raheze. vicAra, viveka, buddhi, pavitratA pUjya buddhi naitika sadUguNo vigere je ke janAvarane vAraMvAra batAvavAmAM Ave che te paNa te prANane te samajavAne kadI gyatA AvatI nathI ane uparanA guNe teo jANI zake te pahelA temanA pitAnAmAM e guNe hevA joIe. teo DAhyA ane buddhivALAne jANI zake te pahelA temane pitAne tevA DahApaNavALA karavAnI keLavaNI maLavI joIe. tevIja rIte vaLI halakA ane jaMgalI hadayavALA mANasa ke bALaka jo ke kaI uMcA- vicAravALA ane zreSTha svabhAvavALA mANasanI sAthe rahetA hoya te paNa teo kharekhara rIte tene jANI zake che ema kahI zakAya nahi. dina pratidina teo eka bIjAne tyAM hAjara hoya te paNa mAtra zArIrika saMbaMdhathIja teo temane jANI zake che, teone Atmika saMbaMdha ke vicAra hotuM nathI. ane halake AtmA ucca AtmAne joI zakato nathI. tAtparya e che ke eka bIjAnA mULa svarUpamAM oLakhavAne naitika ane Atmika prakRti tathA yogyatA samAna hovI joIe. apavitra, viSayI ane svAthI manuSya pavitra ane sAdhu purUSane joI zake e taddana asaMbhavita che. sAMsArika ane mAThI prakRtiomAM pa vitratA bhalAIne ja jue che. svArthIpaNuM satyathI dUra rahe che. apavitra mANasanA ghaNAja najIkanA paDezamAM hovA chatAM tene pavitra ane svargIya AtmAnuM darzana ane oLakhANa keTalAka mahAsAgare vacamAM hoya teTaluM ghaNe dUra ane tenI daSTi maryAdAthI bahAra raheluM heya che. teonI aMtaraMga sthitimAM ghaNo ja aMtara rahe che. ane jyAre karmanI khINa ADI Ave tathA pavitra AtmA tenA aMtaraga sAMdaryane naSTa karI apavitra thAya tyAre teNe pharI pitAnI prakRtine saMpUrNa sudhAre karavo joIe, ane bhalAInuM mULa svarUpa prApta karavuM joIe. tevI ja rIte, ethI paNa vizeSa
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. pavitratA vagara paramAtmAnA darzana azakya che keIpaNa jAtanA bAhya dekhAvathI ke badhajAgRtithI apUrNa ane pApI prakRtine darzana thatA nathI teoe AtmAne paramAtmA karave joIe ane te na thAya tyAM sudhI paramAtma svarUpanA darzanamAM tene saghaLuM aMdhAruM dekhAze. paramAtmA te apUrNa ane ajJAna hadayanA manuSya pAse AzcaryakAraka rIte hAjara hoya paraMtu e te AMdhaLA AgaLa ArasI ane berA AgaLagItanI peThe tenAthI joI ke jANI zakAtuM nathI. vargIyazakti aMtaramAM jaI zakatI nathI, te zraddhAne jAgRta karatI nathI, ane AtmA mAM sahAnubhuti darzAvatI nathI dukAmAM ApaNuM pitAmAMja evuM kAMI zreSTapaNuM hovuM joIe ke jethI ApaNe paramAtmAne jevAne ane jAguvAne zaktimAna thaIe te jevA che tevA svarUpamAM jovAne ApaNe pine ja tevuM thavuM joIe ane A satya siddhAMtamAM ane aMtaraMga cakSuomAM AtmAne vIraprabhunA jIvananA aMta sudhI keLavavo joIe dareka pavitra kAryathI, dareka Atmika uDI IcchAvaDe, kartavya tarapha khAsa valaNa rAkhavAthI, satyanI lAgaNIthI, paramAtmAnI bhakitathI Astika manuSyanI Atmika zakitao keLavAIne ucA prakAranI thAya che. ane Atmika anubhava ghaNe sUphama thAya che . ja eche. . kaja. Atura prArthanAthI ke pavitrapaNe ekaja vakhatanI uM R DI IcchAthI AmAM keLavAtA nathI paraMtu vAraMvAra Atmika zaktinI pAchaLa jyAre majabuta thAya che ane zraddhALuo pavitra thAya che tyAre hamezAM prakAzita evA pradezamAM caDavAne AtmA keLa vAya che ane aMdhArA na Ave tevI draSTithI daivizvarUpa jevAne za. tivAna thAya che. dareka bhavi AtmAne mATe evo vakhata Avaze ke, jyAre A keLavaNInI kriyA pUrNa thaze, jyAre svArthIpaNAnA mizra NamAMthI zuddha prema pradIpta thaze, badhA vidathI mukata thaIne pavitratA jyAre satyanA madhyabiMdumAM AvIne malaze ane AtmA tenA gha. ja UMDANamAM paramAtmAne maLaze, ane siddha varUpane anubhava karaze. paraMtu jyAM sudhI AmA saMsArI apUrNatAthI saMsArane vaLagI rahela che ane paramAtmAne maLavAne apUrNa che tyAM sudhI tenI nabanIcogyatAne lIdhe te tene adazya raheze jema ajavALuM eTaluM badhuM vizeSa paNa hoya che ke manuSyanI Akhane aMdhArA barobaraja lAge
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________________ vira paramAtmAnA adazya svarUpanI daya pratIti. temaja keTalAka vicAre ane purAvAo evA paNa che ke jemAM mANa sanuM nabaLuM jJAna DubI jAya che ane lAgaNI eTalI badhI vistAravALI ane UMDI hoya che ke manuSya aMtaHkaraNatene dhAraNa karI zakatuM nathI. A paNa sAMsarika anubhavamAM paNa koIkeIenA prasaMge Ave che ke, jemAM ke ghaNAja lAMbA vakhatanA guma thaI gaelA mitra ke saMbaMdhInA acAnaka meLApathI ane keI Akasmika bhaya athavA mRtyumAMthI sahaja bacI javAthI je lAgaNI bharI asara thAya che te asahya thaI paDe che ane te parathI lAgaNInI asarane mATe hRdayanI agyatA ane atize jhaDapane camakAre sahana karavAnI azakti mATe sahaja vAramAM pratIti thAya che. mahAna hRdayavALA AtmAo je ke mAnurSika viveka buddhinI maryAdAnI ghaNIja najIka hoya che ane ghaNuja zreSTha ane uMcA vicAre teo dharAve che temaja temanuM DahApaNa ghaNuM vakhANavA lAyaka hoya che te paNa badhA vicAre lAgaNIo je mANasa jAtane mATe saMbhavita che te paramAtmAnI zakti sAthe sarakhAvatA pitAnI nabaLI zaktine mATe tene pratIti karAve che ane A tmAne ghaNAja jAgRta rahevAne sUcave che. karyuM hRdaya, kayuM aMtaHkaraNa paramAtmAnA pratApane sahana karavAne zaktimAna thaze ? ApaNe khAtrIpUrvaka mAnavuM joIe ke je AtmA keLavAyelo che, pavitra, thaele che, paramAtmasvarUpanAM ciMtavanathI tenI cheka najIka Avele che teja AtmA paramAtmasvarUpanA darzana karI zake che paraMtu jayAre ApaNuM Atmika keLavaNI apUrNa che tyAM sudhI ApaNA AtmA ane paramAtmA vacce paDade paDele che ane mahAvIra paramAtmAnuM darzana tene mULa svarUpamAM manuSyane kadi thaI zakaze nahi. ApaNI paramAtmA ciMtavanathI tathA prakaraNa 5 muM. vIra paramAtmAnA adrazya svarUpanI draya pratIti paramAtmAnA darzana ke jJAnane mATe ApaNI hAlanI sthiti saMpUrNa rIte yogya nathI. paraMtu te vIraparamAtmAnA jJAnane maLatuM jJAna meLavavAne mATe dareka jAtanA sAdhane taiyAra che, adRzyavIrapara .
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza, mAtmAnuM siddha svarUpa mahAvIra paramAtmAnA chelA bhavamAM pratIta thAya che. paramAtmapada meLavavAne mahAvIrane chele bhava hatuM ane tethI te chelA zarIre paramAtmAneja gyA hatA. mahAvIra paramAtmAe mokSanuM svarUpa kahyuM che athavA zikhavyuM che tethI nahi paNa tene pi tAnA zarIramAM ane tenA jIvana anukramamAM te A jagatanA jIvene paramAtmapada prApta karavAne ane mArga batAvI gayA che. eka bALaka pitAnA pitAnA vartana ke AkAranuM varNana kare, eka vidyAthI pitAnA zikSakanuM varNana kare, eka graMthakartA potAnA jIvanane hevAla pustakamAM lakhI zake, paraMtu A dareka bAbatamAM keTaluM eka evuM varNana paNa che ke je kharekharUM na paNa hoya, kemake graMthatA jeghache bAheza lekhaka hoya te pitAnA lakhANamAM pitAnuM jIvana evI rIte lakhaze ke tenA pustakanA vAMcanathI vAMcanArAo jANe tenI sAme lAMbA vakhatanA paricayavALA heya tema dareka bAbata anubhavI zake che. tevI ja rIte vidyAthIe paNa pUjya zikSakana AcAra vicAra jANelA hoya che, ane tevI ja rIte bA ke pitAnA pitAne svabhAva, Teva, vicAra, lAgaNI ane kaiTuMbika premane pratyakSa anubhavelA hoya che. ane je ke tenA pitAnA vartanamAM keTalIka bAbata evI hoya che ke je puratA pramANamAM bALaka kahI zake nahi te paNa jeTalI sArI rIte te bALaka tenA pitAne khyAla ApI zake che, teTalI sArI rIte bIjA koI paNa mANasa ta. raphathI tenuM varNana thaI zakaze nahi. tevIja bAbata paramAtmAnA saMbaMdhamAM che. je paramAtmasvarUpa pAmyA che, ane jenI pavitratAnuM tAdazapaNuM bIje rathaLe maLI zakatuM nathI tene mANasa kadI jANa zake nahi. paNa ApaNe eTaluM kahI zakIe ke tene oLakhavAne tenA hRdayanuM ane AtmAnuM dareka sUmasvarUpa zAstramAM ApeluM che ke je mANasa vAMce ane tenA varUpane jANe. paramAtmA anaMta jyoti svarUpa che, paNa te anaMta ti manuSyathI sahana thaI zake nahi tethI tenA svarUpanuM je varNana temanA vacane sAMbhaLanArAe lakhI gayA che tethI jANIne mArga zodhI kADhave joIe. vIraparamAtmAnuM mAnuvikajIvana e paramAtmA nI tAdaza mUrti che ane tenA jIvanano je paricaya te paramAtmAne
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________________ nuM maDAvI pAyamAna 4 hatA vIra paramAtmAnA adamya svarUpanI daye pratIti 87 ja paricaya samajavo joIe mATe mahAvIranA bhAnuSikajIvananA jema uMDA abhyAsI thavAya tema thavAne prayatna kare ghaNeja hitakAraka che. mahAvIrane paramAtmasvarUpe jevAne traNa bAbate lakSamAM rAkhavAnI che (1) tenuM zarIra (2) tenuM jIvana ane vartana ane (3) tenA upasargo (9) mahAvIranuM zarIra, mahAvIra tene zArIrika baMdhAraNathI paramAtmAnI pratIti karAvatA hatA. vraja rASabha nArAcavALuM daDha saMdhAtana ane sama catura saMsthAnavaDe tenI manuSya karatAM aneka aMze vizeSatA pragaTa thatI hatI. jemaNe bALapaNamAM ja Idra jevAne ramatamAM paNa harAvyA hatA ane eka aMguThAnA jorathI jeNe merUne paNa kaMpAyamAna karI dIdhA hate te mahAvIranA zarIra parathI tenuM mahAvIrapaNuM pragaTa jaNAya temAM Azcarya jevuM kazuM nathI. je zarIrapara ekaja rAtrimAM ghara asahA upasargo thayA ane jemanA kAnamAM lekhaMDanA khIlA ThekayA chatAM te duHkhane tuccha gaNI sahana karI zakayuM te zarIranI sAdhAraNa manuSyanA zarIra sAthe zuM sarakhAmaNI thaI zake? je zarIranA aMguThAmAMthI je. ma te amRta jharatuM hatuM, je zarIra jyAM vicare tyAM senaiyAnI vRSTi thatI, duSkALa ane plegane nAza thatuM hatuM, je zarIra nA zvAse zvAsathI ghaNu gAu sudhI prANa pitAnI jAtajAtanI prakRtine bhalI jaI janma vairane tyAga karatAM ane jemane mATe sura asura aneka jAtanI daivikaracanAo karI bhakita karatAM tenA zarIra parathI te mAnusarUpe paramAtmA hovAthI pratIti thAya emAM kazuM Azcarya jevuM nathI. jenA svarUpanI maryAdA nathI jemanA vacananI mahattvatA mANasa kaLI zakatA nathI ane janAvara tathA mANasa dareka te vacanane potapotAnI bhASAmAM samajI zake che. je vacane kadi niSphaLa jatA nathI. te vIraprabhunA zarIrane paramAtmA koNa nahIM kahe? temanA ravarUpanuM jeo dhyAna kare che tene ene vAMcatAM, vicAratAM, bhakita karatAM, hadayanI sthiratA rahe che. A paNa jevAja manuSya temanA bhakata hatA. temanA ziSya hatA.ane ... sagAM thayAnuM kazuM nathI.
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________________ te mahArvIr prakAza, zarIranI zuzrUSA karatA hatA. ApaNA jevAja manuSye tene paramA tmA tarIke namana karatA ane temanA vacanApara zraddhA rAkhI peAtAnuM Atmika kalyANa sAdhI letAM. ApaNA chupA sukha ane duHkhamAM A paNA upakAra ane apakAramAM snehu ane zekamAM jyAre ApaNA aMtaHkaraNane izvarI vizvAsanI IcchA thatI tyAre je khAkhata ApaNe koIpaNa manuSya prANIne jaNAvI zakIe nahi te vIra paramAtmAne pazcAtApathI, AMsuethI ane prArthanAthI jaNAvatA ane krayAnA sAgara evA te prabhu mananI vAta jANI sa'zaya dUra karatAM, jene maravAnI icchA thAya tevA duHkhone jenAthI dilAsA maLatA, bhukhyA tarasyA chatAM rogagrasta thaelA ane mUti thatA dareka duHkhI prANI ke' jee mAtra uMDI lAgaNIthI vIraprabhunu smaraNu karatAM temanA saghaLA duHkhA dUra karI parama zAMti sukhane te potAnA vacanathI vartanathI ke prabhAvathI ApatA. mahAvIranu' jIvana ane vana. mAtra potAnA zarIrathIja nahi para`tu peAtAnA sarvottama jIvana ane vatananA naitika sAMDha thI vIra prabhu paramAtmAnI pratIti karAvatA hatA. vIraparamAtmAnu* jIvana e paramAtmasvarUpa jovAnI jANe A rasIja hatI. te pavitra ane zreSTa prakRtimAM paramAtmapadanI pavitratA ane zreSThatAnI sAkSAta mUrti hoya tevI rIte manuSya tene jotA. paramAtmAnA saghaLA kAryAM vIraprabhunA jIvanamAMthIja pratyakSa jaNAtA hatA. ane siddha dazAnI cheka chelI avasthAne paNa temAM tejaNAvatA hatA uttama prakAranA citramAM paNa je kAtaraNI karavAmAM AvI hAya che te AMkhane sapUNuM gamatI nathI kAraNa jo ke te citrAmaNamAM AvI zake tevuM tAdRza svarUpa hoya tepaNa mULa svarUpanA sauMdarya ane racanAnA asala khyAla te ApI zake nahi, sudara khetaramAM athavA jIvatA caherAmAM evu dhaNuM che ke je game tevA citramAM sapUrNa paNe A vI zake nahi. lIMTIe, AkAra racanA sarakhA bhAga vigere kharAkhara mArIkIthI karelu' hAya paraMtu vacana, jIvana, judAjudA vakha tanA pheraphAra dekhADI zakAya nahi tema pharIthI utpanna karI zakAya na hi tevIja rIte paramAtmAnuM siddha svarUpa chevaTanA AtmAmAM paNu ALekhI zakAya nahi, mANusanA jIvanamAM tenuM koipaNa pratibiMba
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________________ vira paramAtmAnA adazya svarUpanI dama pratIti. 89 paDI zake nahi, kudarata tema karavAne azakata che. te paNa je ke rUpIpadArthamAM arUpInuM svarUpa AvI zake nahi te chatAM saMpUrNa pavitra AtmA tene khyAla ApavAne sAthI umadA prakAranuM ane sarve ttama sAdhana thaI paDe che tevuM zreSTha sAdhanate zrI viraparamAtmA hatA. mahAvIranA mahAna pavitra jIvanamAM paramAtmAnI mUrti hovAnuM pratIta thaI zake emAM zaMkA jevuM kazuM nathI. AtmAnuM svarUpa Atmika padArthamAMja tAdaza AvI zake padArthanI tasabIra padArthaparaja pADI zakAya. mAnasika ane naitika mahattvatAnuM pratibiMba manavaDeja jANI zakAya. sUrya, samudra, pavana ane AkAza vigeremAM akaLa kaLA hovAthI tene paramAmAne aMza kadAca kahI zakAya paraMtu tenuM kharUM pratibiMba te jIvanavALA vicAravALA pavitra AtmAmAMja paDI zake. kAraNa AtamA teja paramAtmA evuM zAstrIya vacana che. paramAtmAnI cheka najIka te vIraprabhunuM jIvana hovAthI paramAtmAnI kharI pratIti tema nA jIvanamAMthI jenI pratIta thaI zake tevI sAdhAraNa manuSpAtmAmAMthI thaI zake nahi manuSpAkAreja paramAtmapada maLI zake che ane tethI paramAtmAnI manuSya AkAranI mUrti pUjanika che. ane tethI je paramAmAtmA . tmA ApaNane yAda Ave che temanuM tAdaza svarUpa mahAvIranA manu " khya jIvana ane vartanamAMthI jeTaluM svaccha joI zakAya che. teTaluM bIjA kazAmAMthI joI zakAtuM nathI. paraMtu saghaLI manuSya vyakitaonA sAmAnya svarUpamAM AtmAnuM raNa malina thaI gaeluM, jhAkhu paDI gaeluM ane ulaTuM rUpa batAve tevuM thaI gayuM che, tethI svargIya prakAza temanI mAraphata jhaLakI zake nahi ane kadAca prakAza paDe te paNa ghaNeja jhAMkho ane truTaka paDe. hajAro ane lAkha varase koI vyakita tevI janma le che ke je ne AtmA paramAtmAnuM pratibiga grahaNa karIza ke te hoya che. A avasarpikALamAM chelI tevI manuSya vyakti zrI vIrapuramAtmAnI che ke, jenA prabhAva ane uttama jIvanathI aneka jIve saMsArathI mukata thaI zakyA che. advitIya prakAranA jJAnamAM, zuddha 5vitAmAM, namratA, samatA, prema ane nirdoSapaNAnA jIvanamAM te vIra prabhu paramAtmAnuM darzana karAvavAne eka Arasa jevuM sAdhana hatuM. tenA AzcaryakAraka jIvananA itihAsanuM jema jema ApaNe M. P-12.
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. ane ApaNA thI. temanA tarasyAnI A manana karIe chIe, ane duSTa prANIonI duchatA pitAnI chatI za. tie sahana karI jemaNe potAne AtmAne pavitra karavAnuM ja lakSa rAkheluM hatuM, te para vicAra karatAM aMtaHkaraNa uraca bhAvanAthI temanA tarapha AkarSAya che, ane pavitra AMkhethI te pavitra mUrtinuM darzana karavAnI bhAvanA pradIpta thAya che. temanA jIvananA azAMta upakAranA tenA tIrtha pravartanamAM jema jema ApaNe tenI pAchaLa cAlIye chIe tema tema dayAnA sAgara evA prabhu ke jemAM dilagIrIne paNa dilAse maLe che, ane pazcAtApane pavitratA prApta thAya che, pApI mANase paNa tenA AvAgamanathI kevI dayAmaNI cIsa pADe che, ane mRtyunI IcchA karanArA tenA tIrthamAM kevI rIte sAmela thAya che, te jotAM ApaNe hadayamAM te mahAvIra prabhu pratye pUjya buddhi utpanna thayA vagara rahetI nathI. temanA pavitra darzanathI pApInI pApavRtti naSTa thAya che, bhukhyAnI bhukha ane tarasyAnI tarasa maTI jAya che, va2 vaira karatA prANI zAMta thaI jAya che, bejAvALAne ArAma maLe che, temanA ekaja vacanathI prANu mAtrAmAM ke utsAha pragaTa thAya che, ane hRdayanA chUpA deSa dUra karavAne upakAranI lAgaNIthI tenI kevI rIte prArthanA thAya che, aMtaranA guMcavADA ane duHkhe, na bhUlI zakAya tevA hRdayanA ghA, aMtaramAMthI dUra na thAya tevI malinatA, te vIra prabhunA darzanathI ane temanA jIvananA abhyAsathI kSaNavAramAM naSTa thAya che. tenA chupA AzcaryakAraka kAryonI asara jyAre ApaNe tapAsIe chIe, ane prANIo pitAnA - bhAne bhalI jatA kevI rIte thaDakIne jAgRta thAya che, azAMtimAM kevI rIte ekAeka zAMti thAya che, tene vicAra karatAM tenA AtmAnA prakAzita kIraNe manuSyanA AtmAmAM alokika vIjaLIka asara kare che, ema ApaNane pratIta thAya che. jyAre ApaNe tenI bhalAInuM uDAupaNuM ane zaktino addabhuta camatkAra joIe chIe tyAre tenA pratye ApaNI manabhAvanA ucca nathI thatI ? ane te vIraparamAtmA ekaja ApaNA dvArA AdhAra che. evI rIte hRdayamAM nizcaya nathI thatuM? dareka manuSya eTaluM te samajI zake ke pavitra ane anaMta zaktivALA AtmAne joI zakAya te AkAra ane keTale mu
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________________ vira paramAtmAnA adazya svarUpanI dastha pratIti. 1 zkela che? je AkArane sAmAnya manuSya prema vaLagI rahe tevuM svarUpa ApavuM vaLI ethI paNa keTaluM vizeSa muzIbatI bhareluM che ? paramAtmA saMbaMdhI vicAra lAvavAne praDha vicAra zaktinI agatya che, je vicAranI pAchaLa mana tenI ghaNIja ucI ane vicAravaMta sthitimAM paNa hRdayanA prayatanathI jera karaze nahi paNa game te kSaNe tene ekatra karI zakAya che ane saMsAranI tIvra lAlacanI vacamAM tene bIjI asara thavA pAme nahi. pavitra paramAtmasvarUpane vicAra AkAra vagara, lAgaNI vagara, maryAdA vagara, badhu jANIne, badhAmAM pa sAra thaIne, badhAmAM zreSThatA meLavIne paNa sAmAnya upacogane mATe artha vagarane ane jude paDe tevuM che. sAhityarasika hadayane te uMcA sAhitya purA pADe paNa aMtaraMga dhAraNa zakitane mATe tenuM dhAraNa grahaNa thaI zakatuM nathI. zAMta ane manana avasthAmAM AtmA ne te vicAra Ave paNa jyAre ApaNe hamezanI jIMdagInI ciMtA ane khaTapaTa ke jyAM te vicAra jAgRta rahevAnI jarUra che temAM sudha thaI jaIe chIe. tyAre te pavitra zreSTha vicAra adazya thaI jAya che. vaLI pUrve kahyuM che tema paramAtmAnuM mAtrajhAMkhuuparauparanuM juduMdana manuSya prema ane sahAnubhUtithI bahu dUra nathI. pavitra ataHkaraNa mahAvIramAMja paramAtmAne joI zake che, te paramAtmAnA kAryo joI ne tene kAIka vizeSa IcchA thAya che tene paramAtmAnI cheka najIka javAnI jIjJAsA thAya che. pitA putranA premanI piThe mahAvIranI sAthe te paricita thavAnI IcchA rAkhe che. eka mitra tarIke te mahAvIrane saghaLA du:khe kahevAne cAhe che ane tene aMtaHkaraNamAM pitAnA viSe lAgaNI thAya tevI rIte dayAnI mAgaNI kare che. paraMtu sarvavyApakapaNuM, sarvajJApaNuM, sarvazaktimAnapaNuM rUpa ane AkAra vagaranuM, sAdi anaMta sthitinuM astitva parama anaMta zAMtivALuM A badhA paramAtmAnA mukhya vizeSaNothI je vicAra utpanna thAya che te manuSya IcchAo ane lAgaNIone AkarSaNa karavAne badale dura hAMkI kADhe che, jAgRta karI uce caDAvavAne ane saMpUrNatA prApta karAvavAne badale dAbI de che ane kacarI nAkhe che. kaMpArI chUTe tevA bha yathI manuSyanI nabaLAImAM AthI nirAzAnI sAthe vRddhi thAya che DaDI havAthI kAMI ApaNe ghara banAvI zakIe nahi, hAtha vaDe A
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. kAzane grahaNa karI zakAya nahi. AvI jAtanA vicAramAM bhUlAvAmAM paDele AtmA kaI ekAMta parvata para bhaTakatA bhUlI gaelA dhrujatA bALakanI peThe A badhI atizakti ane mahatvatAnA samAdhAnane mATe kaI paricita avAjanI IcchA rAkhe che athavA kaI chAyAM vALI jagyAmAM evI dRSTinI jIjJAsA rAkhe che ke mitra thaIne tenA asthira hRdayane zAMta ane samAdhAnavALuM kare. AvA prakAranI uMDI lAgaNInI kudaratI IcchA saMpUrNa samAdhAnithI ane sa paNa khAtrIthI viraparamAtmAnA zarIramAMthI maLI zake che. kAraNa ke upara kahelA vizeSANe jemane chevaTe lAgu thavAnA che tevA vIra prabhune paramAtmA tarIke ApaNe pUjIe chIe, bhakti karIe chIe, tenA vize svasthapaNe vicAra karIe chIe ane tenA para vizvAsathI ane jaganA koI paNa saMbaMdhI karatA vizeSatA thI prema karIe chIe je mukhya bAbatathI ApaNA jhAMkhA vicAro nuM samAdhAna thAya te ahIM vIra prabhumAM che, ane jemAM ApaNI hetu vagaranI lAgaNInuM valaNa thAya tevuM te goThavAeluM varaprabhu rUpa pheka che. vIraparamAtmAnA upasargo (do). vIraprabhune manuSyajIvanamAM adazya paramAtmAnI pratItinuM trIjuM kAraNa tenA ghara upasargo che. sAmAnya manuSyane paNa vIraprabhu pratye je pUjya buddhi thAya che tenuM kAraNa tenA asahya ghera upasargo che, kAraNa ke te duHkhane saMbhALIne manuSya tenI apUrva zaktine khyAla karI pitAnA duHkhamAM dilAso meLave che. eka mi tranA premanI tyAreja kaTI thAya che ke jyAre te A vakhate Atma bhega ApI pitAnI jAtane paNa tuccha gaNe che, ane mitranA kAryane mATe pitAnI jAtane vecavAne ane sahanazIlatA rAkhavAne harSa pUrvaka taiyAra thAya che jyAre manuSyane asahya duHkhane dhake lAgelA heya muzkelI ane pIDAthI jyAre dimRDha banI gaye heya, ane je vi. taka vIte te zAMtapaNe sahana karavA paDatA hoya tyAre satya ane bhalAi mATenI pavitra mAnyatA prabhunI bhakti ane prArthanA kharA rUpamAM thAya che, paraMtu jyAre sukhazAMti hoya ane pramANikapaNe badhuM dha
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________________ vIra paramAtmAnA adazya svarUpanI dastha pratIti 23. raNa cAlatuM hoya tyAre tenI AturatA bhAgyeja hoI zake che. mATe vIraparamAtmAnA vartana sAthe ApaNe saMbaMdha rAkhavAne ApaNuM mahAna mAnuSika AcaraNa prema ane pavitratAthI bharapUra rAkhavuM joIe, ane paramAtmAe manuSyapaNe je duHkha sahana karyA che. pitAnA zarIrane je rIte tuccha gaNyuM che ane aneka AtmAne tethI je mekSa kIdhe che tene khaMtapUrvaka abhyAsa karI temanA advitIya jIvanane ApaNuM hRdayamAM ALekhI rAkhavuM joIe. mahAvIra prabhunA ghera upasargo ane duHkha tathA Atmabhega sivAya bIje keI sthaLe game tevA duHkhI sthitimAM paNa paramAtmAnI zaktinI pratIti thatI nathI, game tevA devika upakAranA kAryathI paramAtmAne prema manuSyathI meLavI zakAtuM nathI. na khUTe tevI daivika zakitanI vIraprabhumAM pratIti thAya che eTaluja nahi paNa jenAmAM AkhuM jagat DelAvavAnI zakita che te pote duHkha sahana kare che, tyAre tenA atIze sahanazIlapaNAnI paNa apUrva pratIti thAya che. vIraparamAtmAne tenI zakita batAvavAmAM kAMI paNa viddha nahotuM. tene akhUTa jJAnane prajAne bharapura hatuM ane tenI anaMta zakitane pravAha cAlu hatuM. tene upakAranA kiraNonuM ajavALuM ochuM karavAne kaI paNa aMdhakAramAM zakita nahatI, jenA ekaja vakhatathI AkhI dunIA bhega ApavAne taiyAra thAya ane jene hAthanA sahaja , jorathI tene sidaryamAM jhAMkhuM paDI jatuM jagat uthalapAthala thaI jAya dukAmAM je anaMtazaktinA nAyakane mATe koI paNa hRdayane prayatnanI, lAgaNanI. AtmabheganI kAMI paNa AvazyakatA nahotI. tene paramAtmasvarUpa AtmA sarva zakitamAna hatuM. paraMtu te chatAM temaNe ati sahanazIlapaNe je ghora upasargo sahana karI karmazatrune parAjaya karyo che tenuM rahasya samajavAthI manuSya AzcaryamAM garka thaI jAya che. vIraprabhune svAmaga judA ja prakArane hatA. manuSyane je je kudaratI bakSIsa maLelI hoya che te mAtra jotAM vIraprabhumAM zreSThatA ane bhalAIne je akhUTa khajAne hato manuSyanA uddhAra mATe je upakAranI lAgaNIne pravAha chUTate hate. ane jenI barAbarI karavAne koI paNa sAmarthyavAna hatuM nahi. temaja tenI jagyA ke te
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. kaI paNa manuSya A kALamAM, A pradezamAM astitva dharAvate na heto. te zrI vIraprabhunA upasargo keI uMDA rahasyane sUcave che. manu dhya mAtrane pitAnA Amika uddhAra mATe tenA tarapha pUjya buddhithI ghaNuM karavAnuM che. jagatanA anaMta padArthomAM be mukhya che, ane temAM paNa sAthI zreSThatA phakata AmAnI che. AmAM anAdi che, te aMda rathI paramAtma svarUpa che ane bIjo koI paNa jagatane padArtha tenI barAbarI karI zake nahi. eTaluM ja nahi paNa je je padArtho dazya ke adazya A jagatanI sapATI para jovAmAM Ave che te amuka AtmAnA Azrita hoya che ane tethI jIvadravya sarva dramAM sarve ttama che. have bIjA saghaLA AtmAo anadikALathI apUrNa che, karmanI malinatA tene lAgelI che, paraMtu mAtra vIraparamAtmA ekaja te vakhate ati pavitra AtmA hatA ane bIjAo je je pavitra thatA hatA, tenuM AlaMbana teja mAtra hatA. evuM hatuM chatAM jema kuMbhAranuM ekaja ghaNuM ramaNika ane mane hara vAsaNa hoya ane te tene ghaNuM priya hoya te paNa tene nAza thavAne ane jagatanA paga nIce kacarAvAne jema phekavAmAM Ave che tema zrI vIraprabhue pitAnA te vakhatanA babarI na thAya tevA ekaja AtmAne ghera duHkha sahana karavAne taiyAra rAkhela hate hajAre gheTA emAM jema ekaja gheTuM DAgha vagaranuM hoya ane te ekaja sAMdaryanI marsi tarIke sene priya lAgatuM hoya tene mAthe duHkhano varasAda varasAvavAmAM Ave tema zrI vIraprabhue hajAre jIna ekaja AdhAra rUpa pitAnA zarIra ane AtmAne duHkhane asahya varasAda sahana karavAne tatparatA jaNAvI hatI. pUrvanA karma zatrune dUra karavA je mAtra upAya have te kIdhA vagara sa pUrNa paramAtmapada prama na thAya evuM jene jJAna hatuM temaNe te upAyathI karma zatru para vijaya meLave ane kSaNika evA zarIrathI potAnA para AdhAra rAkhatA asaMkhya jI nA AtmAne pitAnI peTheja karma zatru para vijaya meLavavAmAM sahAyatA ApI ghaNA lAMbA kALanA ghora pApI manuSya AtmAo ane bhaviSyamAM ghaNe kALe jeo pavitra na thAya tevA vartamAna jIve te mane ghera Upasarga joIne ane temaNe batAvelA saMyama tapa Adi mArganuM avalaMbana laIne pitAnuM zreya karavAne samartha thayA che. ja
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________________ mahAvIra prabhuneA ekAMtavAsa. pa gatnA itihuAsAmAM paramAtmAnuM duHkhamaya jIvana e eka ati ghaNAAzcaryane utpanna karanArU' rahyu' che. asahya duHkhAmAM paNa jenA cakSu azru vagaranA rahyA hatAM ane je duHkha sahana karatAM ekapaNa zabdocAra sarakhA jemaNe kIdhA na hAtA temAM kharekhara ghaNA chupA rahe syA samAelA che. ati ghaNuA upasagothI jema teNe peAtAnu' parAtma svarUpa prApta karyuM che temaja hajArA jIvone paNa paramAtmapada apA nyuM che. Aja mAtra tenuM caritra zAstrakAroe varNavyu che teja AdhArarUpa che ane temAM je rahasya che te jee Aja paNa samaje che tepeAtAnI unnatinA mArga saraLa karI zake che. e duHkhamaya caritra sAM bhaLI hRdaya dayAdna thAya che. karma zatru pratye tiraskAra chUTe che ane tenAthI mukata thavA mATe gamete sahana karavAne zreSTa AtmA prayatnavana thAya che. prakaraNa chuM. mahAvIra prabhunA ekAMtavAsa. dareka mahAna hRdayane mATe amuka pramANamAM ekAMtavAsa niyama hAya che. eka sAmAnya manuSya prANI peAtAnI AsapAsa ekAMta sthitimAM Atmika anubhavane vicAra karyAM vagara manuSya jIvananI sapATImAM uccapadapara AvI zake nahi. uMcAmAM uMcI Atmika zreSTatA kharekhara mAtra mullA ane sAdA jIvanathI maLI zakatI nathI, temaja sAhicanA ucAmAM uMcA tattvane ane eka khALakanI sAmenI rammata gamatane paNu Atmika zakti ekAMta vicAra karyAM vagara zreSTa rIte grahaNa karI zake nahIM, jo ke eTalu'kharU che ke mahAna hRdayavALA manuSyeA halakA manuSyanA sukha duHkha karatAM ucI lAgaNIvALA hoya che, tepaNa ApaNe teja vakhate mAnavu joie ke vicAra ane lAgaNIne evA paNa pravAha cAlu rahelA che ke jene aMta mAtra mekSa prApta thAya tyAreja Ave che. ghaNAM manuSyamAM 5tapara amuka uMcAie caDavAnI zakti hAya che, para'tu temAM evA
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. paNa zikharo hoya che ke jyAM nabaLI zaktivALAo caDI zaktA nathI, ane kadAca te zikhara para caDavAne zaktimAna thAya te samajavuM ke tene mArga sAmAnya manuSya karatAM ekAMta hoya che. jyAre mahAna hadayanA manuSyone mArga A rIte sAmAnya manuSya karatAM ekAMtavAsavALe heya che tyAre jenA hadayanI mApa thaI zakatuM nathI tevA vIra paramAtmAnA jIvananI ugratA ekAMtamAM hoya emAM kAMI Azcarya jevuM nathI. mahAvIra prabhune ekAMta vAsa keIpaNa manu khya prANI karatAM vizeSa hatuM. huM eka chuM ane mAruM koI nathI" evA prakAranI je ekatva bhAvanA tene ja bare ekAMta vAsa kahevAya che. manuSya pratyenI tenI ati ghaNI kamaLa dayA, pApa mukata karavAnI tenI UMDI lAgaNI, eka kaMgALanA duHkhane dUra karavAvALuM jenuM kamaLa aMtaHkaraNa, eka bALapara jeno hamezanI amInI daSTi, e badhuM hovA chatAM te game tyAM vicaratA ane game teTalA manuSya tenI AsapAsahAyate chatAM te mahAvIra prabhupatAnAAmikasvarUpanIekAMta avasthAmAM ja magna hatA. tame je mAbApa che teone je vicAre vAraMvAra Ave che, je citA ane vyAdhi tamArA aMtaHkaraNamAM reja thayA kare che tene mATe khAtrIthI kahuM chuM ke tamArAM chokarAM rAta divasa tamArI sAthe rahevA chatAM kAMI paNa jANe zaktA nathI. tamArI ciMtA tamArA ekAMta aMtaHkaraNamAM ekAtapaNe tameja anubhave che. tame kSaNavAra tenAthI judA paDatA na ho, temanI sAthe snehathI vAtacIna karatA he, tenA dareka chokaramatanA vicAro ane lAgaNIone javAba ApatA he, teo kahe tema karatA he, te paNa dararoja tamArA aMtaH karaNamAMthI hajAro bAbate evI pasAra thatI hoya che jevI ke tamArA dhaMdhAne lagatI, tamArI yukti ane rojanAne lagatI, tamArI mukelI, bhaya, AzA ane jIMdagIne lAbha, tamAre sAmAjIka saMbaMdha, tamArI AsapAsa banatA banAva vigere seMkaDe bAbata viSe tamArA manamAM vicAraNuM ekAMta paNe cAlu hoya teno aMza mAtra paNa tamArA chokarAne khyAla paNa hetuM nathI. AvI bAbate viSe temanI sAthe vAta karavAne svanamAM paNa tamane vicAra thato nathI. ane kadAca thAya te paNa teo kAMI samajI zake nahi ke tamone dilAse ApI zake nahi. eka sa thAya te eka
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________________ mahAvIra prabhune ekAMtavAsa. 97 evI nAnI dunIA che ke jemAM temanI lAgaNInI ramata majabuta ane asthira hoya che paNa tenI uparAMta temanAmAM kAMI paNa samajavAne zakita hotI nathI. kuTuMbamAM keI akALa mRtyu thaI gayuM hoya ane tenA duHkhathI jyAre kuTuMbanA saghaLA mANase zeka ane saMtApamAM garka thaI gayA hoya tyAre teja kuTuMbanA nAnA bALake ke jeo mRtyajIvanamAM kAMI samajatA hatA nathI, teo ajANa paNe ADozI pADozIne tyAM ramatA hoya che. - uparanA daSTAMte sahaja samajI zakAya tevA che. jagatanA manu mAM jema bALake che, temaja mahAvIra paramAtmA AgaLa bIjA dareka manuSya te bALaka babara che. mahAvIra paramAtmAnA zaktivAna, chupA vIryanA ekAMtavAsanuM pramANu bALaka ane mAbApanA uparanA daSTAMtane barAbara maLatuM AvI zakatuM nathI. kAraNake, bALaka ane mAbApa vacce je ekAMtavAsane aMtara che, tenA karatAM mahAvIra ane manuSyanA AtmAnI sthitinA aMtaranuM pramANa ghaNuM ja vistAravALuM che. jemake te ja bALaka jyAre saheja umara lAyaka thAya che, tyAre je ekAMtavicAra ane ciMtAothI te ajJAna rahe te tarataja samajavA lAge che, ane tenI ekAMta sthiti paNa tenA mAbApa jevI thaI paDe che, paraMtu mahAvIra paramAtmA ane manuSya vaccenuM aMtara eka nahi paNa aneka bhava vItI javA chatAM dUra thatuM nathI, kAraNake jyAre manuSya mahAvIra paNane prApta thAya tyAre ja tene mahAvIranA jevI ekAta Atmika vicAraNAnI sthiti prApta thaI zake, je sthiti prApta karavAnuM koI virala manuSyathI banI zake che. vIraparamAtmA manuSyarUpe jagatamAM vicaratA hatA, paNa tenA ekAMtapaNAne jagat jANI zakatuM nahIM. aMdhakAramAM prakAza jhaLakI uThe che, paraMtu adhikArathI te prakAzane joI zakAto nathI, tevIja rIte zrI vIraprabhu paramAtmapada prApta karavAne tIrthakarapaNe ekalAja janmyA hatA, ane tenuM jIvana kaI paNa manuSya karatAM ghaNuM ucca bhAvanAvALuM ekAMta hatuM, je jamAnAmAM teo vicaratA hatA te jamAnAnA cha karatAM temanAmAM asAdhAraNa ekAMtapADyuM hatuM. temanA vicAro, siddhati, hetuo, ziSya, jIvanane udeza te te vakhatanA lokonA jevA nahatAtemaja bIjI kaI paNa duniyAnI prajAne P-18.
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. maLatA nahotA, paNa te taddana ekAMta ane sAdi anaMta siddha svarUpane maLatA hatA ke je sthiti saMsAranA koI paNa bhAgamAM hetI nathI. gautama svAmI ke jeo niraMtara vIraparamAtmAnI pAse ja rahetA hatA ane ati-ghaNuM premathI temane cAhatA hatA, chatAM mahAvIra paramAtmAnA apUrva vairAgyane ane tenA ekAMta karmayuddhane te kaLI zakayA nahatA ane jyAre vIraparamAtmAthI teo dUra hatA, tyAre mekSe gayAnI hakIkata sAMbhaLI tyAreja gitama svAmIne tenI vaiirAgyadazAnuM lakSaya thayuM, ane pite paNa rAga tajIne vairAgya bhAvanAmAM AvyA, ane teja vakhate temane kevaLajJAna prApta thayuM. maitama svAmi ke jeo tenA pahelA gaNadhara hatA, ane taddabhava mokSagAmI hatA. teo temanI ekAMta sthiti kaLI zakayA nahi te pachI sAmAnya manuSyathI te aMza mAtra kema jANI zakAya ? te zrI vIraprabhu TuMkA manavALA, halakA hRdayavALA, vikArane vaza thanArA ane apavitra jIvana gALanArA manuSya samUhamAM thaIne pasAra thatA hatA, ghaNAja ravAthI manuSyamAM, duzmane mAM, asaMtuSTa prakRtivALA manuSya samudAyamAM game tyAM teo vicaratA chatAM temanuM hadaya hamezAM jagapara upakAra karavAnI ceAjanAmAM ane manuSya prANanA uddhAra mATe Atmabhoga ApavAnA rAga dveSa vagaranA premathI bharapura hatuM. ane jyAre tenuM AkhuM jIvana pasAra thayuM, ane je manuSya pitAnA vicAra ane vikAranA parighathI bahAra jaI zakatA nahAtA temanI vacce temanA jIvanane ghaNe vakhata pasAra thatuM hatuM chatAM tene aMtaraMga AtmA paramAtmapadanA vicArothI bharapura hatuM, ane tene manI e ekAMta sthiti te ekalAja anubhavI zakatA hatA. tenA anaMta zakitanA AtmAmAM keTaluM badhuM uMDANa hatuM ke, jenuM AsapAsanA keI paNa prANIthI mApa paNa thaI zakatuM nahotuM. jemane pitAnA khAsa ziSyo karyA hatA. temane paNa jemanI aMtaraMga sthitine anubhava maLI zakate nahote. hajArenA TeLAnI vacce temane ekAMta vAsa hatuM, temaNe pitAnA jIvananA mArgamAM ekalA ja prayANa karI siddhapada prApta karyuM che, ane temanI sAthe kaI paNa manuSya hatA nahi. jeo temanA vakhatamAM sAthe mokSe gayA. temanA AtmAnI gatine mArga alaga , kAraNake dareka AtmAne sarakhA kamI
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________________ mahAvIra prabhune ekAMtavAsa hetA nathI, ane tethI te karma zatru para vijaya meLavavAnA mArga dareka AtmAne mATe judA judA hoya che. ekAMtapaNA viSe je vicAra meM upara raju karyo che, ane mahAvIranA jIvananI manuSyapaNe AtmAnI ekAMta sthiti vize jaNAveluM che, tethI jarA AgaLa vadhIne temanA jIvananA duHkhanA anubhavanA cekasa bhAga viSenI vadhAre vigatamAM ApaNe have utarIzuM. mahAvIra jIvananA dukhano anubhava je ke mahAvIranA dukhe te muka AtmAnA ekAMta ane cekasa mAlIkInA duHkho hatA ema kahevAno bhAvArtha nathI tepaNa bIjA ghaNuM manuSyanA duHkhe karatAM te duHkha ghaNuM judA paDe tevA hatA. temaja temanA duHkho asAdhAraNa prakAranA ane na sarakhAvI zakAya tevI jAtanA julamavALA hatA ema paNa kahevAnuM tAtparya nathI paraMtu je muddA viSe vAMcakenuM dhyAna kheMcavAnI jarUrIAta che te e che ke A chupA duHkhanA sahana karanAranI prakRti sAthe amuka evI sthiti hatI ke jethI temanA dukha evA prakAranA kahI zakAya ke te kaI paNa manuSyathI sahana thaI zake tevA nahotA. te upasargamAMthI je amuka satya hakIkata maLI AvatI te uparathI temanA jIvananA vartanamAM je zreSThatA ane advitIyapaNuM hatuM te mAnuSika anubhavanI zaktithI na kaLI zakAya tevuM hatuM ema kahevAmAM kAMIpaNa vizeSatA jevuM nathI. tethI karIne manuSya jAtanA ItihAsamAM je kAMI anahada nI hakIkata maLI Ave tenA karatAM mahAvIra prabhunA duHkha manuSyapaNamAM te ekalAthI ja sahana thaI zake tevA ekAMta hatA, ema kahevAmAM paNa atizayokti jevuM nathI. karmazatru sAthenA yuddhamAM vijaya meLavatA duHkhanA bhayaMkara dabANane ekAMtapaNe sahana karatAM teNe manuSyajAtane kamazatrupara vijaya meLavavAnI ghaNI kucIo parokSapaNe batAvI ApI hatI. uparanA vicArane anusarIne mahAvIra prabhunA duHkha (upasargo)mAM je sago hatA temAMnA mukhya eka bepara ane kAIka vicAra karavA prayatna karIzuM. za rmaza sAthenA karatAM paNa banAvI zau
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. maLatA nahotA, paNa te taddana ekAMta ane sAdi anaMta siddha svarUpane maLatA hatA ke je sthiti saMsAranA keI paNa bhAgamAM hetI nathI. gautama svAmI ke jeo niraMtara vIraparamAtmAnI pAseja rahetA hatA ane atighaNuM premathI temane cAhatA hatA, chatAM mahAvIra paramAtmAnA apUrva vairAgyane ane tenA ekAMta karmayuddhane te kaLI zakyA na hatA ane jyAre vIraparamAtmAthI teo hara hatA, tyAre mekSe gayAnI hakIkata sAMbhaLI tyAre jagatama svAmIne tenI vairAgyadazAnuM lakSya thayuM, ane pite paNa rAga tajIne vairAgya bhAvanAmAM AvyA, ane te vakhate temane kevaLajJAna prApta thayuM. gautama svAmi ke jeo tenA pahelA gaNadhara hatA, ane taddabhava mekSagAmI hatA. teo temanI ekAMta sthiti kaLI zakyA nahi te pachI sAmAnya manuSyathI te aMza mAtra kema jANe zakAya ? te zrI vIraprabhu TuMkA manavALA, halakA hRdayavALA, vikArane vaza thanArA ane apavitra jIvana gALanArA manuSya samUhamAM thaIne pasAra thatA hatA, ghaNuja ravAthI manuSyamAM, duzamanamAM, asaMtuSTa prakRtivALA manuSya samudAyamAM game tyAM teo vicaratA chatAM temanuM hadaya hamezAM jagatapara upakAra karavAnI cejanAmAM ane manuSya prANInA uddhAra mATe Atmabhega ApavAnA rAga dveSa vagaranA premathI bharapura hatuM. ane jyAre tenuM AkhuM jIvana pasAra thayuM, ane je manuSyo pitAnA vicAra ane vikAranA parighathI bahAra jaI zakatA nahatA temanI vacce temanA jIvanane ghaNe vakhata pasAra thatuM hatuM chatAM tene aMtaraMga AtmA paramAtmapadanA vicArothI bharapura hatuM, ane tene manI e ekAMta sthiti te bo ekalA ja anubhavI zakatA hatA. tenA anaMta zakitane AtmAmAM keTaluM badhuM uDANa hatuM ke, jenuM AsapAsanA keI paNa prANIthI mApa paNa thaI zakatuM nahotuM. jemane pitAne khAsa ziSya karyA hatA. temane paNa jemanI aMtaraMga sthitine anubhava maLI zakyuM nahatuM. hajArenA TeLAnI vacce temane ekAMta vAsa hatuM, temaNe pitAnA jIvananA mArgamAM ekalA ja prayANa karI siddhapada prApta karyuM che, ane temanI sAthe kaI paNa manuSya hatA nahi. jeo temanA vakhatamAM sAthe mekSe gayA. temane AtmAnI gatine mAga alaga hatuM, kAraNake dareka AtmAne sarakhA kama
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________________ mahAvIra prabhune ekAMtavAsa 99 hetA nathI, ane tethI te karma zatru para vijaya meLavavAnA mArga dareka AtmAne mATe judA judA hoya che. ekAMtapaNA viSe je vicAra meM upara raju karyo che, ane mahAvIranA jIvananI manuSyapaNe AtmAnI ekAMta sthiti viSe jaNAveluM che, tethI jarA AgaLa vadhIne temanA jIvananA duHkhanA anubhavanA cekasa bhAga viSenI vadhAre vigatamAM ApaNe have utarIzuM. mahAvIra jIvananA dukhano anubhava. jo ke mahAvIranA duHkhe te amuka AtmAnA ekAMta ane cekasa mAlIkInA duHkha hatA ema kahevAno bhAvArtha nathI tepaNa bIjA ghaNA manuSyanA duHkho karatAM te duHkha ghaNA judA paDe tevA hatA. temaja temanA duHkhe asAdhAraNa prakAranA ane na sarakhAvI zakAya tevI jAtanA julamavALA hatA ema paNa kahevAnuM tAtparya nathI paraMtu je muddA viSe vAMcakenuM dhyAna kheMcavAnI jarUrIAta che te e che ke A chupA duHkhanA sahana karanAranI prakRti sAthe amuka evI rithati hatI ke jethI temanA duHkhe evA pra- . kAranA kahI zakAya ke te koI paNa manuSyathI sahana thaI zake tevA nahatA. te upasargamAMthI je amuka satya hakIkata maLI AvatI te uparathI temanA jIvananA vartanamAM je zreSThatA ane advitIyapaNuM hatuM te mAnaSika anubhavanI zaktithI na kaLI zakAya tevuM hatuM ema kahevAmAM kAMIpaNa vizeSatA jevuM nathI. tethI karIne manuSya jAtanA itihAsamAM je kAMI anahada duHkhonI hakIkata maLI Ave tenA karatAM mahAvIra prabhunA duHkho manuSyapaNamAM te ekalAthIja sahana thaI zake tevA ekAMta hatA, ema kahevAmAM paNa atizayoti jevuM nathI. karmazatru sAthenA yuddhamAM vijaya meLavatA duHkhanA bhayaMkara dabANane ekAMtapaNe sahana karatAM teNe manuSyajAtane kamazatrupara vijaya meLavavAnI ghaNI kucIo parekSapaNe banAvI ApI hatI. uparanA vicArane anusarIne mahAvIra prabhunA duHkhe (upasargo)mAM je sago hatA temAnA mukhya eka bepara ane kAMIka vicAra karavA prayatna karIzuM.
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza. mahAvIrane potAnA dukhanuM bhaviSyajJAna hatuM. A je sithI pratyakSa bAbata hatI te e hatI ke temanA duHkhe ane upasargo jyAre teNe bhegavyA te agAute vizenuM zuddha ane saMpUrNa temane jJAna hatuM. te duHkhe temanI kalpanA zaktinI jarAe bahAra nahatA. dareka jAtanI vedanA ane vyAdhi je tene bhegavavAnI hatI te cesa svarUpe tenA aMtaramAM prathamathI ja pratyakSa hatI ane tenA AkhA jIvanamAM najIka AvatA duHkhanuM jJAna tenAthI kadi dUra rahyuM nathI. mahAvIra prabhunA ekAMtajIvananA zeka utpanna kare tevA ItihAsamAM khulI rIte A bAbata judAja saMgovALI hatI. tenA saM sAranA anubhavanI tenI ekaja judI sthiti hatI ke jenAthI saghaLA bhayaMkara duHkha bhogavanArA manuSya judA paDe che. manuSyane pitAnA bha viSyamAM AvanArA duHkhanuM jJAna hetuM nathI jyAre vIraprabhune janmathIja traNa jJAna hovAthI e viSe jJAna hatuM. jema devatAone pitAne deva lekamAMthI vI javAne cha mAsa rahe che tyAre pitAnI bhaviSyanI sthiti vizenA jJAnane lIdhe trAsa ane duHkhathI bhAga nAza karavI paDe che temaja je sAdhAraNa manune bhaviSyanA duHkhanuM jJAna hoya te te trAsathI teo ghelAja thaI jAya ema kahIe te temAM vizeSatA nathI. paraMtu e parAkrama karavAnI ane chatI zakitae pUrva kamanI asahya vedanA sahana karavAnI tAkAta ekalA mahAvIramAMja hatI ane tethI tenuM ekAMtapaNuM temAM paNa pratIta thAya che. mekSanA daravAjA saghaLA AtmAone mATe khullA che paraMtu jeo chatI zakti e ane chatAM jJAnathI te duHkha pratye abhAva nahi batAvatA kasoTImAMthI pasAra thAya che temanAthIja e daravAjA sudhI pahoMcIne paga mukI zakAya che. dareka mukata thatA jIvanI nIce pramANe karoTI thAya che ane tyArapachIjate AgaLa vadhI zake che kudaratanI sAmAnya racanA mA bhaviSyane duHkhathI manuSya ajJAta hoya che ke jethI karIne vartamAna kALanA sukhamA vina na Ave temaja bhaviSyanA bhayaMkara dukhanI yA dagIrIthI vartamAna duHkhamAM vRddhi paNa na thAya. AvI rIte manuSya ke jenA jIvanamAM vyAdhi ane vedanAo uparA uparI AvyAja kare che tene duHkhanA vakhatamAM paNa ajJAna avasthAne lIdhe keTaleka aMze zAMti maLe tevI kudaratI racanA jovAmAM Ave che. kAraNake jyAre
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________________ mahAvIra prabhune ekAMtavAsa 101 bhUtakALanA bhayaMkara dukha yAdadAratamAMthI ochA thAya che tyAre kene pitAnA sArA bhaviSyanI kalpanA karavAne svAbhAvika AzA rahe. che A hakIkata dareka manuSyanA jAtI anubhavanI che ane tethI temAM vizeSa khAtrInI agatyatA nathI. vAMcanArAomAMthI evA te ghaNAja cheDA mANase haze athavA bIlakula nahi hoya ke jeone cheDA athavA vadhAre pramANamAM duHkha ane vyAdhine paricaya thayuM na hoya, pachI te duHkhe tamArI mAMdagInA hoya, TuMbika vyAdhi ane ciMtAnA hAya, sagAMsaMbaMdhIne viyeganA heya, sa sAramAM pitAnA nazIbamAM nirAza thavAthI thayelA haya, game te prakAranAM hoya te paNa mane zaMkA nathI ke tame saghaLAoe tamArA jIvanamAM duHkha ane dilagIrInA prasaMga anubhavyA haze. ane haju paNa tamArAmAMnA dareka ke jemane vadhAre vakhata jIvavuM che temane ghaNuM duHkhanA prasaMgo anubhavavA paDaze paraMtu tame vicAra kare ke je tamoe A saghaLA duHkhe cekasapaNe ane saMpUrNa rIte agAuthI jANyA hoya te tamArA asahya duHkhamAM keTaluM vadhAre thaye heta? hamezanA anubhavamAM AvatI vyAdhionI ane jIvananA prakAzane cerI jAya tevA bhaviSyanA duHkhanI vAta eka bAjue rAkhIe te paNe je duHkha bhUtakALamAM pasAra thaI gayA tenuM paNa je jJAna hoya te keTale trAsa thAya ? bhUtakALane bhayaMkara aMdhakAra ke jemAM asahya viga dukhe ane kamanazIbInA bhayaMkara phaTakAo lAgelA che te yAdadAstamAM lAvI zake tevA manuSyo kAMI thoDA nathI hotA, te pachI e uparathI kalpanA karo ke ghaNA varase ane mahInA agAu tenA duHkho agAu jaNavAne tame zaktimAna hota te zuM zuM duHkha thate ? jo tame na khUTe tevI tamArA prayatnanI niSphaLatA ane tamAro ghaNIja priya AzAonI nirAzAne trAsa agAuthI jANa hoya te tamArA kayA hRdayanA jorathI tene sahana karI zakata? athavA tamArA ati ghaNA priya mitranI sAthe hamezAM AnaMda bhogavatA ke tenI sobatamAM bhaviSyanA sukhanA varasanI AzA rAkhatAM je kadAca tamAre jIvanarUpI dave bujhAIne aMdhakAra thaI jAya athavA te tamAro ghaNe hAla dosta haMmezane mATe judA thAya teve vakhata Avyo hoya te tamArA sukha ane saMtevamAM ke bhayaMkara aMtara paDI jAya? ane kahevAnI ja.
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________________ 102 mahAvIra prakAza. rUra nathI ke jevu' bhaviSyakALane mATe thAya tevAja bhUtakALane mATe paNa mane pAMca pacIsa manuSyanI maMDaLImAM eka e manuSya sukhI, nizciMta ane zAMntivALA hAya e viSe za`kA jevu... nathI teone 5Na jo temanA52 ekaja varasamAM thanArA duHkhanA prasa ga kharekhara rIte jaNAvyA hAya te jarUra tenI vamAna sukhI avasthA ghaNe aMze vighna paDe A jagatamAM tamAne kANu vizeSa priya che. evA kayA mitra, karyuM. madhu, hena, dhaNI dhaNIANI ke bALaka che ke jemane tame ghaNAja cAheH che ane jemanApara tamAe tamArI saghaLI AzAe rAkhI che ane jee tamArA duHkhanA bhAgI thaze ema tame mAnA che ? gheADA mAsa javA pachI tamArA hRdayane evI khAtrIkarI ApavAmAM Ave ke te mitra tamArI najarathI thoDAja vakhatamAM dUra thaze, viyeAganuM duHkha tamAre sahana karavuM paDaze ane tame ekalAja rahI jaze e jANavAthI tamane zuM nahi thAya? aksAsa manuSya A tmAne AvA bhayaMkara duHkhAnuM agAuthI jJAna thAya te ApaNAmAM zAMta hRdaya ane sukhI ghara bhAgyeja dRSTie paDaze kadAca AvA athavA tene maLatA banAveA ApaNA mATe rahelA hoya paNa kAle zuM thaze te ApaNe jANatA nathI, ApaNI alpazakita pramANe ApaNA bhaviSya ane ApaNA jJAna vacce paDadA paDele che ane tethI game tevA trAsa dAyaka vitaka ApaNuApara vItavAnA hAya tepaNa teo ApaNI hAlanI zAMtimAM vighna karatA nathI kAraNake ApaNe tene jANatA nathI. upara je ekaja vicAra mAre ghaNA lAMbe vistAra karavAmAM AvyA che, ane jemAM ghaNe sthaLe punarUti jevuM thayuM che, tenu' kAraNa e che ke ApaNA mahAvIraprabhunA duHkhAnu eka mukhya tattva huM spaSTa karI zakuM' ke je tattva khIjA lakhanArAoe juduM pADI samajAvavAne vizeSa prayatna kIdhe nathI. vAMcake? tame vicAra kare ke je bhaviSyanI ajJAnatAthI manuSya jAtanA sajja duHkhe tene vartamAna kALe vijJarUpa nathI, temAM zrI vIraparamAtmAnA sA`dhamAM ulaTA prakAre hatu. bhaviSyanu' jJAna hovA chatAM temanA hRdayanA baLa Aga 1. te bhayaMkara bhaviSya kAMija asara karI zakatuM nathI. ApaNe hume zA mANaseAne ema khelatAM sAMbhaLIe chIe ke je AvI asahya muzkelI ane bhayaMkara duHkhAnI gheADI paNa amene khabara hat te
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________________ mahAvIra prabhune ekAMtavAsa, 103 ame kadI paNa tevI muzkelImAM paData nahi. paraMtu mahAvIranA dilagIrIvALA jIvanamAM game tevI muzkelI hatI, ekaja rAtrinA asahya ane sAMbhaLatA paNa trAsa thAya tevA saMgama devatAnA ghara bAvIza upasarga jevA duHkha hatA. ane asahya pIDAthI game te rIte kAnamAM khIlA ThekAyA hatA, tathA gozALAe mukelI tejalezyAne game e asahya tApa sahana kare paDa hatuM, temaja vaLI temanA jIvananI zarUAtathI ja bhaviSyanA A saghaLA duHkhonuM temane ghaNuM ja spaSTa jJAna hatuM, te paNa te saghaLA mizrita duHkharUpa jherane cAle temaNe zAMtapaNe pIdhuM hatuM, ane karmazatrupara vijaya meLavI vIrapaNuM batAvI manuSyane paramAtmAnI pratIti karAvI sAce mArga batAvyo hato. jyAre IMdra mahArAje upasargamAM daivika sahAyatA karavAnI mAgaNI karI tyAre viraprabhue temane nA kahI hatI, ane dareka duHkhanA prasaMganI sAme cAlIne pote jANI joIne gayA hatA. AvI rIte A dunIA paranA zrI viraprabhunA advitIya jIvananI zarUAtathI teo pitAnA aMtaraga zatrupara ekAMtapaNe vijaya meLavatA bIjAone uddhAra karavAmAM nimittarUpa thayA hatA. jIvananA anukramamAM AgaLa cAlatA duone je varasAda varasate jAte hatA te tarapha keIpaNe na kaLI zake tevI tenI aMtaraMga ekAMta daSTi hAIne te bIjAone mukitane mArga svaccha ane saraLa karI ApatA hatA ane jyAre ApaNe vicAra karIe chIe ke temane jJAna hevA chatAM AvanAra duHkha viSe kema trAsa nahi thaye hAya, bhaviSya jJAna nathI teo sAmAnya manuSyajAtathI kevI rIte judA paDayA haze, ane te ghaNuM dayAvAna, namra, zakitavAna ane taraNatAraNa hovA chatAM keAI bhAga na pADI zake ane keI ochA na karI zake tevA duHkhane asahya be pitAnA AtmA sAthe zAmATe vahana kIdhe haze tene vicAra karatAM karmanI vicitra gati ItyAdi dAkhalA dalIla vagaranA manuSya jAta mATenA dilAsAnA vAkaya sivAya tene bheda manuSyathI mahAvIrapaNuM prApta thayA vagara pAmI zakAya nahi. manuSya ane mahAvIranA dukhone bheda, bIjI mukhya bAbata e che ke je mahAvIra prabhunA duHkhe bIjA badhA manuSyanA duHkhothI judA pADe che ane je temanI sahana za
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________________ mahAvIra prakAza ktinI ekAMtatAne purAve Ape che te e che ke temanAM duHkha te eka ghaNuMja pavitra ane pUrNa hRdayanA duHkhe hatA. mahAvIra prabhue je sahana kIdhuM te koI paNa sAmAnya manuSyathI sahana thaI zake nahi kAraNa ke tene AtmA badhA ja karatAM mahAna paramAtmarUpa hatuM ane temanuM hRdaya ke jene parIgha ghaNe mATe hatuM ane je jeTaluM thaI zake teTaluM vizALa hatuM te sahelAIthI duHkhane grahaNa karI zakatA hatA. jema eka gha ja uDe pyAlo purepura bharAI gayo hoya, te chalakAtuM nathI ane eka vRkSa ke je ghaNuM ja uMcAIvALuM ane uMDuM hoya te jema tephAnamAM TakI zake che. tema je je AtmA vizALa zaktivALe ane ghaNAM ja Uccapadane pAmela hoya te ja mahAna duHkhe grahaNa karavA ne zaktimAna thAya che. eka nAnA, sAMkaDA, svAthI ane vagara keLavAelA manathI DI muzkelIo sahana thaI zake, tenA sukhaduHkhanA pravAhanI maryAdA ane pramANa hoya che, kamanazIbavALA sAme te eka nAnI DhAla dharI zake, paraMtu jyAM ghaNuM mahAna duHkhe AvatA heya temAMthI teone bacAva thaI jAya che. jema jema keI paNa prANI uMcapade caDate jAya che, tema tema tenA duHkha ane sukhane vistAra vadhatuM jAya che, trAsa ane mAjazekhane anubhavavAnI tenI zakti paNa vadhatI jAya che. eka bALaka ghaNuM DuM duHkha sahana karI zake, yuvAna mANasa karatAM teone cheDI ciMtA, theDI kira ane DI muzkelIo Ave, eka keLavAelA mANasa karatAM eka jaMgalI mANasane, eka ghaNAja vicAravaMta ane lAgaNIvALA manuSya karatAM eka ajJAnI ane mUrkha mANasane ghaNuM gheDI ciMtA ane DI muzkelIo lAge che. TUMkamAM jIdagInoe eka mahAna kAyade che, ke dareka vadhatI jatI zakti, darekasudhAre,zArIrika, mAnasika netika ke Atmika je manuSya meLave che, tene jarUranI zikSA tarIke, vadhArAnI jokhamadArI tarIke AsapAsanA duHkha vadhAre khullI rIte anubhavavA paDe che A bAbatanI khAtrI karavI hoya te keLavAyelA hadayanA mAnasika anubhava ane vicAra karavAnI TevavALA vidvAna manuSyane jaMgalI ane halakA manavALA manuSyanA kuTuMbamAM rahevAni pharaja pADe temanI sAthe te pitAnA divase gALe, temanI nakAmI ane halakI vAte sAMbhaLe ane
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________________ mahAvIra prabhuno ekAMtavAsa, 105 temanI jIMdagInI hasavA lAyaka rItabhAtamAM rahe tevI rIte te vidvAna mANasane pharaja pADe te pachI te vicArazILa ane keLavAelA vidvAna manuSyane AvI sthitimAM vizeSa duHkha ane dilagIrI nahi thAya? ane tenA pavitra uMcA vicAre ane zuddha lAgaNIo AvI jAtanA vAtAvaraNamAM rahevAnuM sahana karI zakaze nahi. tevIja rIte eka zuddha ane dayALuprakRtine mANasa ke jenuM aMtaHkaraNa ghaNuM kamaLa heya, bIjAnA duHkhe dUra karavAne ane bIjAnI mAgaNIo purI pADavAne tatpara hoya te je leke tene ghaNAja priya hoya ane tenA hRdaya pIgaLAve tevA duHkha ane darIdratA je rahe athavA te konA mAnasika duHkhanI upekSA kare che te mANasane tema karavAmAM pitAnI udAra ane upakAra karanArI prakRtine lIdhe evA dekhAthI vizeSa duHkha nahi thAya eka dezabhaktane umadA vibhAvane manuSya jAtanuM bhaluM karanAranI prakRtine pitAnA dezanI ke jAtibhAInI durdazA thatI hoya chatAM rekI rAkhavAmAM Ave che te keTaluM duHkha pAmaze? eka ThaMDA kaThaNa hRdayane manuSya ke jene bhayaMkara dIlagIrIne dekhAthI paNa asara tha. tI nathI ane jene joIne bIjAnA aMtaHkaraNa trAsathI raDe che tevA trAsadAyaka duHkhane kAMIpaNa lAgaNa vagara je jue che tenA tarapha dhikkA2 batAvavo e IrSyA vagarane sudhAre nathI? vaLI eka vakhata vadhAre tamArA vicAre eka ghaNuja uMcI ke LavaNI letAM manuSya tarapha laI jAo ke jene AtmA dareka jAtanI umadA prakAranI zaktionI khIlavaNuM karavAmAM magna hoya, daivika, prabhAvane lAgavaga meLavato hoya ane tene aMtaraMga AtmA vivekabuddhithI jAgRta thatuM hoya. tenI mAnasika zakti vistAravALI thatI hoya. uMcA prakAranA sukha vaibhavane pravAha tenA anubhavamAM pratyakSa hoya tevA manuSyane paNa jyAre A duniyAmAM pUrve kadI nahi anubhavelA evA duHkha ane dilagIrI utpanna thAya tevA prasaMgethI trAsa pAme che. AMdhaLA mANasa AMkhanA duHkhane jANatA nathI.bahere mANasa avAja karavAnA duHkhane jANatA nathI. mArI gayelo ane mUchita manuSya jIvatA ane zvAse zvAsa letA manuSyanA duHkhane jA to nathI ane tethI paramAtmAnI chupI preraNAthI zraddhALu AtmA nitika ajJAta ane meta jevA prasaMgathI jAgRta thAya che. M. P-14. ne tamArI jIpI para thanA duHkha
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________________ mahAvIr prakAza. mAMdagI ane muzkelIethI prakRttimAM sudhArA thAya che matalakha ke viparIta anubhavathI mANasa kharA dheAraNapara Ave che. peAtAnI ajJAna avarathAmAM eka mANasa zraddhALupaNAnA zAMti ane sukhane paramAtmA sAthenA AtmAnA uMDA sakhata anubhavane kAMI jANatA nathI paraMtu jevA te dharmI ane dayAvAna zraddhALu AtmAnA uMDA duHkhA jANe che ane paramAtmA pratye prema karatA zIkheche teveja duHkhanI lAgaNIthI jAgRtathAya che. bhUtakALanA divaseAmAM je saghaLuM satya, pavitra ane sArU hatu. tene grahaNa karavAne te mANusa ceAgya nahAtA kAraNake je saghalI zreSTa bAbate che te tenAM AtmAmAMthI huveja pragaTa thai che ane tethI saghaLI jAtanA pApanuM tene bhAna thayuM che. tenuM aMtaHkaraNa ghaNu kemaLa thayu che, ane ghaNA gheADAja halakA kAmeA tenAthI thai zake che ke jethI tenA AtmAne nukasAna thAya che. eka mANasa ke je ghaNeAja AgaLa vadhelA hoya ane sAdhu padane prApta thayeA haiAya te jyAre peAtAnA AtmAne bhUlI jaIne nIce paDe che tathA pApakamAM rakata thAya che tyAre tenA viSe eka bedarakAra aMtaHkaraNa kAMIpaNa kImata karaze nahi. satya ane bhalAinA abhyAsamAM vIraprabhunA jIvananI tehanu kAraNa anubhava vagara paNujAgRta AtmAthI jANI zakAya che, paratu teja vakhate lAgaNInA eka bhAga tarIke mANasanI duSTatA ane nAstikapaNAthI je duHkha ane dIlagIrI thAya che tenA tene anubhava thAya che te peAtAne mATe pazcAtApa kare che ane ghaNe kALa nakAmA javA mATe tene tItra lAgaNI thAya che ane jema jematevizeSa pavitra ane vizeSa bhakitavAna thatA jAya che tema tema peAtAnI AsapAsanA mANasenA pApathI tene azAMti ane duHkhanI lAgaNIo vadhatI jAya che, eka dharmI mAbApane peAtAnA hekarAone adharmI ane avicArI joine kevu duHkha thAya che ane eka mitrane pAtAnA priya baMdhuene taddana nAstika ane dhathI vimukha joine kevI lAgaNI thAya che? A badhI khAkhatA pharIthI kahevAnI jarUra nathI azAMtinA kAraNarUpa che ke jene ajJAna ane mUrkha hRdaya jANI zakatuM nathI, e duHkhA evA che ke te AtmAnI mahatvatAnI khAtrI Ape che; kudaratanA e evA teAphAne ane gu cavADA che ke jee A jagatanA niyamathI vizeSa umadApaNuM che anetenA atiza 106
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________________ mahAvIra prabhune ekAMtavAsa. 107 yanA pramANamAM jenAmAM te jovAmAM Ave che tenuM mAhAsya tevyakata kare che. paraMtu have je A saghaLuM eja pramANe hoya, je je vicAre upara jaNAvyA te satyanA dheraNa para hoya eTale ke AtmA jema jema pUrNa thato jAya che tema tema tenA dukhe, pApa, zeka ane saMtA5 je A jagatapara tenI AsapAsa jovAmAM Ave che te tene ghaNI tIvra asara kare che te pachI zrI mahAvIra paramAtmA ke jeo paramAtmapadanI ekaja najIka che ane mAnaSika anubhavathI ghaNe dUra temaja manuSyajJAnathI pele pAra jemanuM jAgRta jIvana che temanA duHkha keTalAasahya ane asarakAraka haze? sauthI namra, umadA prakAranuM ane sithI pavitra hRdaya temanuM ja hatuM ke je manuSya AtmAmAM hoI zake nahi, tethI ghera upasargane sahana karavAnI egyatA AsapAsanA duHbenI ajamAyaza thaI zake tevI khAtrI ane AvatA duHkhanuM bhavikhya jJAna mAtra te vIraprabhumAMja hatuM ke jenI manuSyAmAne kadi asa2 paNa thaI nahi hoya tenA AtmAo AnaMda pavitrapaNumAM hate. ghaNA uMDA ane tIvra tiraskArathI temaNe pApane pratibaMdhakIdhuM hatuM pavitra svaccha DAgha vagaranI kudaratI ArasImAM thoDA paNa bahAranI apavitratAthI jhAMkha ane DAgha lAge che tepachI je vIraparamAtmAe A pApathI bharelI dekhAtI dunIAmAM pApakarmane taddana aTakAva karIne pUrvanA karmazatrune ghera yuddhamAM trIza varasa sudhI eka sarakhI rIte daDhatAthI sAmA thaIne Akhare jIta meLavI che, tenI ba. rAbarI keNa karI zake tevuM che. manuSya jAtapara dayA ane prema rAkhe te ghaNuMja namra hRdayane AtmA, prANuM mAtra para ghaNuja udAra upakAra karanAre AtmA jema zrI vIrabhu mANasa jAtanA dIlagIrI ane duHkhe sAme thayA tema kadI daDhatAthI sAme TakI zakatA nathI. te ghaNuMja mAyALu ane dayALu paramAtmAe A kaMgALa jagatamAM zA mATe duHkha sahana kIdhA haze, zAmATe jaganI daSTimAM AMsuo, du, vyAdhio ane upasargo jANe joIne sahana kIdhA haze? mahAvIranuM jIvana paramAtmapadanI cheka ja najIka hatuM, ane paramAtmA thavAne tema karavAnI jarUra hatI, keI paNa sAmAnya manuSya aMtaHkaraNa evI rIte paramAtmAnI najIka AvI zakavAne samartha
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________________ 108 mahAvIra prakAza. thayuM nathI, paraMtu jemaNe vIraprabhunI peThe daDhatAthI karmayuddhamAM vijaya meLavyuM cheteo ja paramAtmapada meLavavAne zaktimAna thayA che. paramAtmapada meLavavA tarapha mukhya lakSa hovAthI duHkha paNa bhaviSyanA sukhamAM ochuM lAgatuM, kaMTALAmAMthI paNa daDhatA rahI zakatI, dilagIrImAM paNa dilAse maLa ane zoka ane saMtApa sahana karavAne puratuM sAmarthya rahetuM. paramAtmapadanA cheka najIkanA prakAzaka vIraprabhu manuSyanA duHkha ane nabaLAImAM paNa eka kSaNavAra paNa nirAza thatA nahi. te paramapakArI vIraparamAtmA jema AkAzamAM sUrya asta thavAthI sarvatra aMdhakAra thaI jAya che tema mekSapadane prApta thavAthI hAla sarvatra aMdhakAramaya jevuM bhAse che. mekSane daravAje temanA javA pAchaLa thaDA vakhata pachI bharatakSetranA manuSya mATe baMdha thayA che, ane je thoDuM ghaNuM hAlanA bhAre ane A laMbana che te temanA zAstro ane temanI pratimA che, duHkhane jANIne dUra rahe te manuSya svabhAva hoya che, jyAre duHkhane jANatA chatAM tenI sAme thavAnI zakti vIraparamAtmAmAMja hatI, te rItane manudhya ane mahAvIranA duHkhene bheda spaSTa rIte samajI zakAya te che. mahAvIre manuSyanI vacce rahIne sahana karelA duHkha. manuSya jAtanA pApa ane duSTatAne vicAra karavAmAM mahAvIra paramAtmAnI lAgaNuMo mAtra pavitra ane dayALu aMta:karaNavALI hatI, eTaluM ja nahi paraMtu te vIraprabhunA saMbaMdhamAM eka bIjI va. dhAre bAbata yAda rAkhavA jevI hatI te e hatI ke, ghaNA halakA - nuSyanA nIca kRtyanI vacce thaIne te pitAnA ekAMta ane cekasa duHkha sahana karatAM. meM kahyuM tema mANasa jAtanI AmikanaSTatA ane avanatinI vaccamAM rahIne te badhuM jovAmAM mahAvIra paramAtmAnI lAgaNI mAtra chekaja pavitra ane jAgRta manuSyAtmAnA jevI nahatI paraMtu te lAgaNuM ghaNuM uDA ane na jANI zakAya tevA maLamAMthI nIkaLatI hatI. avanata thaelI dunIAne te vIraprabhue unnata karavAmAM kacAsa rAkhI nathI, ane cotarapha avanatinA khADAmAM paDatA hajAre halakA manuSyane paNa pitAnA bahoMtera varSanA TuMka AyuSyamAM bacAvI lIdhA che ane tema karavAmAM
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________________ kazuM mahAvIra prabhune ekAMtavAsa. 109 ghaNuM halakA manuSyanI vacce thaIne pite asahya dukhe sahana kIdhA che. gavALI A jevI halakI jAta taraphathI tenA kAnamAM khIlA ThekavAmAM AvyA te jANatA chatAM potAnuM pUrva karma khapAvavAne sAMbhaLatA kaMpArI chUTe tevuM te asahya duHkha teNe sahana kIdhuM. jo ke viraparamAtmAnI kRti vize ApaNe vicAra karIe te ApaNuM ane pUrNa aMtaHkaraNamAM te viSe vicAra ghaNeja jhAMkhe ane aspaSTa rIte AvI zake te paNa Atmika avanatinuM duHkha kAMIka evI lAgaNIvALuM che ke je jANavAne daivika aMtaHkaraNamAM taddana ajJAna nathI.. jyAre jagatpara mahApurUSanA abhAve aMdhakAra thaI jAya che, manuSyanI duSTa vRtti vadhAre kharAba thatI jAya che tyAre kaI mahA purUSa janma le che. ane hajAre chAne uddhAra karI hajArene mArga upara lAve che. tevI ja rIte vIraparamAtmAnA samayamAM paNa ghaNuM halakA manuSya hatAM ke jemanI avanata sthiti joIne dayA upaje teone zrI vIraprabhue uddhAra karyo. mahAvIranA ghaNA chupA duHmAM e pApa eka UMDI lAgavALuM duHkha hatuM ke te manuSyajAtane bhaviSyamAM ghaNI ja duHkhI ane Amika avanatinA khADAmAM paDatI jetA hatA. trIza varasa sudhI potAnA reSa rahelA karma apAvavAmAM je je upasargo naDyA temAMthI upasarga karanAranuM ane upasarga jenAranuM temaNe kalyANa karavAmAM pitAnI apUrva dayA batAvavAmAM khAmI rAkhI nathI. koI mahAna prajAnI mahAna kIrti naSTa thatI je mANasa jue che. tyAre tene ghaNoja Azcaryajanaka gaMbhIra vicAra uddabhave che. ane pAchaLa rahelI tenI chuTI chavAI mahatvatAnI durdazA joIne tene ghaNe kheda thAya che. jyAre eka musAphara je dezonI ramaNIka bhUmi ane manahara sthitimAM nAnapaNathI rahyuM hoya, tenI ghaNA kALe pharIthI mulAkAta le che, jyAre te agAunA rAjA mahArAjA ane tenI sattAne vicAra kare che, ane tene naSTa thaI gaeluM jue che, ane mANasanA hunnara udyogane nAza thaIne mANasa jAtane ghaNI kaMgALa ane duHkhI avasthAmAM te nihALe che, tyAre tenA aMtaHkaraNamAM kudaratI rIte ghaNuMne kheda ane uMDI asara thAya che, ane te vAraMvAra uMDA ti joIne uddhAra karyo. e pApa e
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________________ 120 mahAvIra prakAza, niHzAsA nAkhe che. paraMtu jyAre mANasa jAtanI kheda upajAve tevI naitika ane Atmika avanatInI agAunI sArI sthiti sAthe sarakhAmaNI karatAM ane te kIrtti sthAne yAda karatAM chatAMtene mATe koi vicArava'ta a'taHkaraNamAM judoja vicAra AvI zake che. kudaratI zaktinI chApa jyAre ghaNA halakA ane utaratA vakhatamAM paNa vastuepara paDe che. tyAre tenI sAthe manuSyanA vicAra ane mahenatanI ghaNI u`DI ceAjanAe tadna najIvI jevI thaI jAya che. dharmanI hAnI thAya che ane nItinA lepa thAya che tyAre manuSyanA hAthathI ucheravAmAM AvelA p dArthAne kudarata kevI rIte naSTa kare che te manuSya AzcaryanI sAthe joI rahe che. jyAre manuSyanA AtmAmAM sarva adhakAra thai jAya che ane Atmika zakti kAMipaNa kAma karI zakatI nathI tyAre kudarata jagatnI mahatvatA ane manuSyanI zreSThatAnA lApa karI tenApara bhayaMkara prasaMga lAvI kevI rIte pAyamAlI kare che, mANasa jAtane e pagavALA pazu jevA kevI rIte banAvI muke che tenA vicAra karatAM ataHkaraNa ghaNu' khajjita thayA vagara rahetuM nathI. je zarIramAM AtmAnu raheThANu che ane jenA camatkArika kAryoM ane zakitathI devatAe paNa manuSya bhavanI IcchA kare che te zarIranI paNa kevI rIte durdazA thAya che. ke je oie hRdaya zeka ane satApathI Adna thaI jAya che. tApaNu A vA kamanasIba jamAnAmAM jyAre vIraparamAtmA je sthaLe vicaratA hatA tyAre dareka duHkhI ane darIdrI manuSyanA udayanA divase AvyA vagara rahetA nahi te paramAtmAnA prabhAvathI devatAe teeAyA vi. care tyAM savAlAkha senaiyAnI vRSTi karatA hatA ane AsapAsa cAra ojanamAM sarva prakAranI zAMti rahetI hatI. zarIranA nAza thAya te AtmAnI avanati AgaLa najIvA che zarIra e kAMi jIvita padArtha nathI. te AtmAnA AdhAreja rahevAvALA ajIva padArtha che ane jIvarahita hoya che tyAre joIe chIe te te paMca mahAbhUtanA banelA eka AkAravALA padArtha che. AtmA anAdi ana'takALe astitvavALe che ane paramAtma svarUpane maLatA hAine caitanya svarUpavALe che mAtra jaDa svarUpI kanA sacAgathI tenI avanati ane durdazA tathA paravazatA thaelI che. zarIra e peAte vikAra ane jJAna vagaranA padArthonu" mATInuM pUtaLu che, eTale ke *
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________________ mahAvIra prabhunA ekAMtavAsa. 11 nAzavaMta pugaLa che, jyAre AtmA e pitAnI chupI zaktimAM pavitra apavitrapaNuM prApta karI pitAnI zaktithI caturgatimAM bhramaNa karanAre ane temAMthI mukta thanAre caitanya svarUpI padArtha che. tyAre je padArtha amara, ajara ane paramAtmAnA jevA ja che, te padArthanI pAyamAlI thatI joIne ApaNane Azcarya nahi thAya? zuM vIraparamAtmAne evA anaMta zaktivALA AtmAonI dayA nahi AvI hoya che nahi te vIraprabhue asaMkhya jIne paramAtmapada ApyuM che, paraMtu jemanAmAM karmane rAme thavAnI zaktino aMza paNa naheAte, teoja vIraprabhunA pavitra jIvanane lAbha laI zakayA nathI. badhA bAhya padArthamAMthI vIraprabhunI jedaSTi hatI, te bIjA dareka prANInI najarathI chupI ane judI hatI. bIjA manuSya pitAnA jAti baMdhuonA AtmAnI avanati thatI joI zakatA nahotA tyAre chupA rahelA arUpI AtmAonI avanati vIraprabhunI dRSTi joI zakatI hatI ane temanA unnatinA mArgamAM mukavAmAM teo upakAra buddhithI dareka prayatna karatA hatA. jo ke I manuSyane dAkhalA tarIke ekaja aThavADIyA sudhI pitAnA jAtibhAIone aMtaHkaraNanI nIce AtmAnI je hIlacAla thatI hoya ane AtmAnI je sthiti hoya te jANavAnI chupI zakti ApavAmAM AvI hoya te te manuSya kharekhara aMdaranI bhaya kara sthiti joIne bhayabhIta thaI jaze ane koI paNa zaka vagara te A apUrva zaktinuM turata rAjInAmuM Apaze, paraMtu je jevAne apUrNa ane avanata manuSya zaktimAnanathI te vIraprabhue pitAnA jIvanamAM niraMtara joyuM hatuM, badhA aMtaHkaraNe tenA AgaLa ughADA hatA ane tethI ja tenA saghaLA gadharenI puchayA vagara zaMkAo TALI bhavasAgaramAM paDatA temane bacAvyA hatA. manuSyanA AkAra ane mudrA joIne teo temanI sthiti joI letA eTaluM ja nahi paNa mANasanA aMtaramAM zuM hatuM ke teo sUkSma rIte jANatA. are ! dareka AtmAnuM jANe teNe vAMcana kIdhuM hoya tevuM hatuM. ane dareka sthaLe jyAM te pUrve pavitra, nirmaLa, sukhI AtmA hoya tene sArthadha magarUra ane ISara tathA nAstika thaI gaele jetA tyAM je te AtmA bhavi hoya te tene pharI jAgRta karI tene uddhAra karatA. tyAre temanI apUrva upakAranI lAgaNI ke jene mATe Apa a a a naLAhitaka
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________________ 112 mahAvIra prakAza. paNuM magajamAM kalapanA paNa AvI zake nahi tenI ApaNe kadI zaMkA lAvI zakIzuM ke je vikAcita karma janya bAhya duHkha hatA. tenA viSe tene madhyasthabhAvavALI lAgaNI thatI hatI, berA, muMgA, pazu pakSIe, narakanA jI ane abhavi ivene mATe tene ghaNIja lAgaNI thatI hatI. je bhayaMkara bhaviSya A bharatakSetra prANIone mATe nirmANa thayuM hatuM, tene mATe tene zIzI lAgaNIo thaI haze? te kahevAne keNa samartha che? jemanA apUrva upakAranI lAgaNIo ane manuSyamaMDaLanI vacce rahIne pite duHkha sahana karavAno ekaja dAkhale khAtrI Apaze ke vIraprabhu ApaNa chelA uddhAraka hatA ane ApaNuM kamanasIbe temanA samaye ApaNA jI kayAM bhramaNa karatA haze te ApaNe jA. NatA nathI. nahitara e upakAranI mUrtithI ApaNe paNa kayArane uddhA2 thaI gaye heta tenuM udAharaNa huM ApavA mAguM chuM te e che ke je vakhate te mahAmAM A saMsAramAM pitAnA chelA manuSyabhavanuM AyuSya purUM karI nivANa pAmavAnA hatA te cheka chele vakhate paNa zArIrika zaktI kSINa thatI jatI haze tyAre bhAvI jenA para upakAra karavAnI ekaja nirmaLa buddhithI barAbara saLa pahora sudhI upadeza ApI te vakhate paNa hajAre jIvano uddhAraryo hate. mahavIra jIvananA duHkhamaya prasaMgo vi keTalAka vicAre. je vicAronI zreNI ApaNe upara darzAvI gayA, te parathI bIjI paNa ghaNI sUcanAo ApoApa uddabhave che. mahAvIranA dukho ane ne upasargonA saghaLA prasaMge dAkhalA tarIke khullI rIte manuSya jI.. vananA uddhAramAM aneka rIte sahAyaka hatA, ane haju paNa che, kAraNa ke je prasaMge ApaNe jANIe chIe, ane je chupA bhaviSyanuM ane na kahI zakAya tevuM sUcana karanArA che te ApaNA hRdayamAM jarUra e vI chApa besADyA vagara nahi rahe ke, ghaNuM duHkha sahana karyA vagara karmathI mukata thaI zakatuM nathI. temaja tethI karIne game tevA asahya dukhanA prasaMge paNa mahAvIranA jIvanane yAda karatAM eka jAtane apUrva dizA maLe che. duHkhanI keTalI kIMmata che, te temanA jIvanamAMthI maLI Ave che. je uMcadazAmAM viraprabhue naitika ane
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________________ mahAvIra prabhuno ekAtavAsa 113 Atmika mahAsyanuM vAtAvaraNa phelAvyuM hatuM, je pavitra ane daivika vicAra vAtAvaraNathI jagatane aMdhakAra dUra karyo hate te kharekhara manuSyane ghaNAja AzcaryamAM garka karI nAkhe tevuM ane nAstikothI na mAnI zakAya tevuM camatkArIka mahAbhya hatuM, jANutA chatAM jemaNe garbhanA, bAlapaNanA, ane duSTajInA upasargonA duHkha sahana kIghA ane chatI zaktie temane pratikAra karavAne badale jemaNe uddhAra kIdhe te zrI viraprabhunA Azcaryajanaka jIvanane keNa pAra pAmI zake tevuM che.? te mahAvIra prabhunI AvI upakAranI lAgaNIne vadhAre sTa karavAne tenA saghaLA duHkhe je aTakAvI zakAya tevA hatA tenA para vicAra karIe. vIra prabhunI mAtra pratyenI lAgaNI kAMI kSaNika nahetI temaja tenA duHkhe ane Atmaga manuSya pratye premanI lAgaNe batAvavA mATe ja teNe sahana karyA nahotA te evA kAya na hatA temaja evA mANasanA paNa nahetA ke jene tela karyA vagara ane pariNAma jANyA vagara teNe kIdhA hoya te sArI rIte jANatA hatA ke karmane naSTa karavAnuM ane te nimitte manuSya jAgRta thAya teTalA mATe mAre avazya duHkha sahana karavAM ja joIe tenI bhaviSyanI saghaLI dhAstI game te prasaMge tAdrazarUpe svasthapaNe tenI sanmukha hatI ane te paNa tenA jJAnamAM jema te sa pUrNa hatA tema tema temanA nizcayamAM paNa teTalAja draDha hatA. manuSyanuM vIryabaLa game tevI garamImAM ane yuddhanI game tevI uzkeraNamAM ghaNuM ja zUravIratAnA kAma kare che; paraMtu je AgaLathI temane potAnA mAThA bhaviSyanI khabara ApavAmAM Ave te te jarUra pAtAnuM parAkama batAvavAne mATe jaze nahi. eka darIAI musAphara jyAre mejAe zAMta hoya che tyAre samudramAM AgaLa vadhavAne lalacAya che; paraMtu je tene tophAnanI dhAstinI khAtrI karI ApavAmAM Ave che te bIjI kaI paNa lAlacathI te AgaLa vadhavAne udyamavaMta thaze nahi paraMtu vIraparamAtmA ke jemaNe ekavIza hajAra varasa sudhI zAsana jayavaMtu rahe tene mATe uDA pAyA nAkhelA che temaNe aMdhakAranA mahAsAgaramAMthI pasAra thaIne game tevA bhAre tephAnene vikherI nAkhyA che ane temanA AtmAparate mahAsAgaranA pANI caDI M P-1).
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________________ 114 mahAvIra prakAza. AvyA, te paNa eka pagaluM paNa teo pAchA haTacA nathI. te vIparamAtmA pratye je gautama svAmIne acaLa prema hatuM ane je rAga dizAne lIdhe teo kevaLajJAna meLavI zakatA na hatA tene je acaLa prema dareka karmathI gherAyelA mukata thavAnI IcchAvALA manuSya vIraprabhu pratye rAkhavo joIe. vaLI viraprabhunA duHkhamaya jIvanathI jeo ghaNuM bedarakAra ane nAstika hoya che teone pitAnA Atmika lAbha meLavavAne jAgRta thavA cetavaNuM nathI maLatI zuM? pApakarmanA mAThA pariNAmana tA. daza bhayaMkara udAharaNa ane jeo pitAnA pApakarmanA ghera pari. sumane mATe bedarakAra hoya tenI maMI bharelI dhAstI vIraprabhunA duHkha zivAya bIje kaye sthaLethI maLI zake tevuM che? talaba ke vIraprabhune pApakarmane asahya duHkha sahana karavA paDyA te joIne dareka prANIne ema sahaja vicAra thaze ke ApaNA paNa zuM hAla thaze ? tamArA AtamA viSe ane tenA hamezanA lAbha viSe je tame nizcita ho to vicAra karo ke tamArA AtmAne ane viraprabhunI duHkhamaya sthitine kaze saMbaMdha nathI. jyAre mahAna laDAImAM je mukhya saradAra ( dhe) hoya che te phI paDI jAya che, tyAre bInaanubhavI sIpAI dhrujavA lAge, jyAre ghaNAja hAzIAra DAkaTara daradane joIne dhAstI batAve che tyAre daradInI AzA ghaNI cheDI rahe che. tevI ja rIte jyAre paramAtmasvarUpI mahAvIrane AtmA pApakarmanA udayathI du:kha sahana karato hoya tyAre jenA para pApakarmanA duHkho paDavAnA che tevA sAmAnya jIvee zuM zAMta ane nizcitapaNe besI rahevuM joIe ke? hamezA pApakarmanA vAtAvaraNathI gherAelA evA ApaNe tenA mAThA phaLa (duHkha)nuM cekasa pramANa karI zakIe nahi, paraMtu ApaNI vacce mahAvIra paramAtmAe manudhya jIvana gALI pApakarmanA ghora duHkhane ApaNane khyAla Ape che, ane jyAre ApaNe te vIrabhune duHkha ane uparAganA prasaMgamAM joIe chIe tyAre AtmAnI rithati viSenI kamakamATa bharelI lAgaNI zuM ApaNane naI. thatI ? pApanA bhaviSyanA pariNAmane ApaNe joI zakIe nahi temaja cekasa pramANu kahI zakIe nahi, paraMtu viraparamAtmAe potAnA AtmAparane kALe paDade ucakI ja nahi, paraMtu ghora duHkhana uparAganI rahyA
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________________ mahAvIra prabhune ekAMtavAsa. 115 nAkhyuM hatuM, ane saghaLA bhaviSyanA chupA bheda teo joI zakatA hatA. maratI vakhate pApI mANasanI pAchaLa ApaNe kAMI jaI zakIe nahi. temaja jIdagInA kamathI tenI bhaviSyanI sthitinuM jhAMkhu prayANa paNa kADhI zakIe nahi, paraMtu tevA eka viraparamAtmA hatA ke jeo jIMdagInI pachInI hakIkata paNa jANatA hatA. eTaluM ja nahi paNa teo cAre gatimAM kayA jI kayA karmathI pIDAya che, te jotA ane jANatA hatA. A dunIAmAM pApI manuSyane je bhayaMkara bhaviSya jogavavAnuM hoya che te tenI dRSTinI sanmukha ja hatuM ane jyAre ApaNe eka bAjue te vIraprabhune pApI, avicArI ane murkhaprANIne potAnI AsapAsa sudhAratAM joIe chIe ke je prANIo A jagamAM kAMIja uga vagaranA, bedarakAra, bALakanI ramata rame tevA ane jIMdagInI kIMmata na jANe tevA heya che, te prANIone zrI viraprabhunI kRpAthI eka bAju ApaNe jAgRta thatA joIe chIe jyAre bIjI bAjue te vIraprabhune potAnA bhayaMkara bhaviSyane, tenI trAsajanaka sthitine ane karmazatrunA tenA para thaelA atIze kapAgnine prANuo jue che, tyAre te parathI pApI mANasa dayA ane duHkhanI lAgaNIthI pitAnA bhaviSyane mATe ciMtAtura nahi thatuM hoya ? jyAre vIraparamAmAnA kAnamAM khIlA ThekAyA athavA ekaja rAtanA ghera bAvIza upasargo thayA tyAre kudarata paNa pitAnI manaharatA tajI gaI, te vakhate zuM manuSyane karmazatrunI bhaya kara yAtanAne vicAra nahi Avele heya? eTaluM te nizcayapUrvaka mAnI levuM ke mahAvIranA jIvanamAMthI pApakarmanuM je bhayaMkara pramANa ane je bhayaMkara duonI dhAstInI khAtrI viSe kalpanA thaI zake teTalI bIjI koI paNa rIte thaI zake tevuM nathI have che eka vicAra mahAvIranA duHkheparathI huM je jaNAvavA mAguM chuM te e che ke mahAvIranA duHkhanA saghaLA dekhAvathI pazcAttApa karanAro AtmA vIraprabhupratye atize nirmaLa premanI lAgaNuM batAvavAne utsAhavALe thaze. kAraNake ApaNe jANIe chIe ke mahAvIra prabhunA saghaLA duHkha AgaLathI jANelA hatA. ane je duHkhe temane bhegavavAnA hatA tene mATe zarUAtathI tenA vicAro cAlu hatA A uparathI tamo eTaluM ja nahi samajI zake ke tamAre
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________________ mahAvIranA duHkhemAM manuno bhAga 117 zake che. tenA AlaMbanathI Aja paNa aneka jIve mokSa mArgamAM AgaLa dhasatA dekhAya che te pachI tamAre zA mATe tenuM AlaMbana nahi levuM joIe. viraprabhunA apUrva jIvana ane anaMta zakti viSe kaI paNa zaMkA lAvavI te mUrkhAI che, eka kheDuta pitAnA pAkane mATe aneka duHkha sahana kare pitAnI zaktine vyaya kare, tApa ane bejo sahana kare, ane jyAre anAja pAkI jAya tyAre tenI kApaNI karavAnI nA pADe, ane pAkane nAza thavA de evuM kadi bane ke nahija kadi nahi tevI ja rIte jeo viraprabhunI bhakita karI temanA paraja AdhAra rAkhaze, teo zuM mukata thavAnA mArgamAM AvI gayA pachI pramAdI thaI besI raheze ke ? jo tame mahAvIra jIvanane tamArI nasenasamAM rAkho ane mahAvIrane ja AdhArarUpa gaNe te tamArI ane paramAtmAnI sthiti vaccenuM aMtara A jagamAM kaI paNa rIte rahevAne saMbhava nathI. Akhara jatAM mahAvIranuM mahAvIra paNuM ane tamArUM mahAvIra paNuM ekarUpa thaze. prakaraNa 7 muM. mahAvIranA dukhamAM manuSyano bhAga. je manuSya eka sAthe maLIne amuka duHkha sahana kare che, temAM uMDI ekyatAthI daDha rIte duHkhamAM joDAI rahevAnI temanI svAbhAvika zakti joI Azcarya utpanna thAya che. sarvane sarakhA duHkhAnA baMdhana nI jevI ekyatA hoya che, tevI zakyatAnuM baMdhana bIjA kazAmAM jovAmAM AvatuM nathI. kamanazIbI ane ka gALa sthitimAM je khare ane uDe brAtRbhAva jaNAya che, te brAtRbhAva bIje koI paNa sthaLe joI zakAze nahi, vaLI ema dekhAya che ke, pyAra jyAre pari. tApanA trAsajanaka ane bhayaMkara vakhatamAM pheravAI jAya che, tyAre kadAca jo daDha rahe tevI daDhatAnI bIjI koI paNa prasage vadhAre sArI parIkSA thaI zake nahi. kadAca mahAna ane sarvanI sarakhI ane
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________________ 218 mahAvIra prakAza, jamAyazamAM ApaNe prakRtinuM uMDANa prakaTI nIkaLe ane eka bAdhAnA hRdayamAM zuM che, te darekane batAvI Ape che tenuM rahasya ApaNe Arasparasa na samajI zakIe tevuM uMDuM che, athavA te ema haze ke, duHkha ane hADamArInA prasaMgo arasparasa bhogavavAthIja prema vizeSa daDhatara thAya che. A bAbatanuM nirAkaraNa game te thatuM hoya, te paNa ApaNe eTaluM te jANIe chIe, duHkha ane dilagIrInA prasaMgomAM keI e camatkAra rahe che, te sarakhA duHkhIAone joDI de che, hRdaya hRdayane ane AtmA AtmAne duHkhamAM sAthe maLelA ApaNe joIe chIe, paNa sukhanA prasaMgathI mANase eka thatA ke, joDAI jatA kadI joI zakAyA nathI. je paDatImAMthI bahAra AvatA hoya che, AzA ane nirAzAnA tephAnamAM jee sAthe maLI sahana zILapaNe eka sarakho prayatna kare che, eka lazkaramAM jema goLIone varasAda paDavA chatAM jeo eka bIjAnI bAjuethI khasyA vagara eka bIjAne bacAva kare che ane bhayaMkara trAsadAyaka gherAmAM sapaDAelA thoDA ghaNuM bahAdUra laDavaiyAo eka sAthe duHkha sahana karavAne tatpara thAya che teo je sAmAnya rIte uDI lAgaNI arasparasa eka sarakhI rIte dharAve che te udAharaNe duHkhanA bhAgIdAra ghaNuM hevAne ane custa daDha rIte vaLagI rahenArA hevAne daDha purAve Ape che. je ApaNe zAMta jIvanamAM paNa tevA udAharaNa zedhIe te eka kuTuMba jyAre ghaNuM duHkha ane daridra haze tyAre TukaDe vaheMcIne aikyatAthI mAgI khAvAnI temanI je vRtti haze te ja kuTuMba jyAre zrImaMta ane sukhI thaze tyAre bhAgye ja tevI ekyatA jALavI zakaze. have AvAja prakAranA vicAre cha AtmAnA hRdayamAM sarakhA dukhI jIvone joIne thAya che ane jANe te duHkha pote laI le tevI lAgaNI thAya che tevIja rIte jyAre ApaNe mahAvIranA duHkhe. nI hakIkata sAMbhaLIe chIe tyAre tenA bhAgIdAra thavAnI ApaNane lAgaNuM thayA vagara rahetI nathI. jema mahAvIranA duHo bIja sagha nA karatA vadhAre trAsa upajAvanArA hatA tema te duHkhe ghaNuM AtmAone vadhAre ne vadhAre najIka javAne AkarSaNa karatA hatA duHkhI hRdayanA chupA uDANamAM mahAvIranA duHkhe vadhAre spaSTa rIte samajI zakatA ane temAM mahAvIrane prema vizeSa ne vizeSa
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________________ mahAvIranA du emAM manuSyane bhAga 119 hatara thate jate hare duHkhanI pavitra gAMThathI joDAelA teo duHkha ne bhegavanAra mahAvIranA najIkanA saMbaMdhI thaI jatA ane pAne paNa tevA duHkhane sahana karIne mahAvIrapaNane prApta karatA hatA bIjA tIrthakarone jIvana karatAM mahAvIranuM jIvana je vadhAre asara kare che te mAtra tenA ghera duHkhene lIdhe ja che. tethI karIne duHkhane A Azcarya jevI bAbata gaNavAne badale te aneka para A duHkhama kALamAM vizeSa upakAra karanArI ane svA bhAvika rIte manuSyane jAgRta karanArI yAdagAra bAbata thaI paDI che. je mahAvIranuM jIvana madhura ane duHkhathI kevaLa rahita heta te tenA anuyAyIone te zIra tene jevA bhayaMkara duHkhe AvI paData, mahAvIra pote suMdara ane sarala mArga mokSa meLavI jAta ane bIjAone ghaNuM khaDabacaDA ane kAMTAvALA mArge mokSa meLavavAne hota to te kharekhara AzcaryakAraka temaja ghaNuM jIne nukasAnakAraka thaI paData. tethI karIne mahAvIranA duHkhe bIjA AtmAnA duHkhe sAthe mizrita thavAthI ane tene ja mAga kaThaNa, kATavALo ane khaDabacaDe hevAthI bIjAo tene pagale cAlavAne daDha zraddhAvALA hovAthI te mahAvIra pitAnI sAthe bIjA hajAro jIno uddhAra karI gayA che. ekaja zadamAM kahIe te prANIo uMDo zraddhAvALI lAgaNIthI mahAvIranA dukhe joIne tenI najIka AvIne temAM bhAgIdAra thavAnI irachAmA pitAnA uddhArane mArga zodhI zakavAne samartha thayA che. paraMtu badhA duHkho evA nathI ke jemAM mahAvIra sAthe Apa che maLIne AgaLa vadhIe. khulI rIte keTalAka evA duHkhanA prasaMge heAya che ke jene sahana karavAmAM mahAvIranI peThe pAse dilAse levAne paNa zaktivAna thaI zake nahi. jo ke upara uparathI ema dekhAya che ke badhA duHkhonI lAgaNI badhA jIvone eka sarakhI thatI haze, paraMtu tevuM nathI. mahAvIrane evI lAgaNI ke te duHkha sahana karatAM ja tenA pApa palAyana karI jatA, jyAre bIjA prANIo duHkha sahana kare che te vakhate temAM vaLI bIjA pApa thoDA athavA vadhAre pramANamAM mizrita bhAve praveza kare che te chatAM paNa ghaNA mahAna AtmAo nirvikalpa bhAve dilAsA sAthe udaye AvelA ka.
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________________ 120 mahAvIra prakAza. ne dUra karI navA baMdhathI dUra paNa rahe che. tene dukho sArA karavA mATe hoya che, paNa kharAba karavAne mATe hetA nathI. sAmAnya ane zreSTha mANasenA duHkhamAM Aveja phera hoya che. alabata paNa mahAvIranA duHkhe teo kevI rIte sahana karatA te samajavAne zreSTha AtamAo zakitavAna thaI zake nahi tepaNa saghaLA jAgRta ane ucca padanA abhilASI AtmAo jeo mahAvIranA pagale cAlavAne taiyAra hoya che teo mahAvIranA duHkhanA uMDA anubhavI thavAnI yegyatAvALA thaI zake che. eka pavitra AtmA pitAnA pApanuM kaI jAtanuM duHkha sahana karI dUra karI zake che tenI ApaNe zodha karIe. udaye. AvelA pApanuM dukha kayAM sudhI umadA prakAranuM ane egya kahI zakAya. pApanA duHkhemAMthI kayA to ApaNuM duHkhI pavitratAnA dhoraNane nakI karI zake. AvA prazananA saMbaMdhamAM huM mahAvIranA duHkhoparathI manuSya zuM vicAra karavAnA che te jaNAvIza. hRdayanA jANItA doSa. udaye AvelA pApanuM duHkha sahana karavAnuM eka trAsadAyaka tava ke jene sIdhe anubhava hete nathI te hRdayanA jANatA deSane lagate che. pApInI sAthe te pApanA vistAranI eka evI maryAdA che ke jenA para thaIne nirdoSa evI kudarata paNa pasAra thaI zake nahi. vizALa hRdayane, mULarUpavALe, udAratAvALe mahAvIrane pavitra AtmA manuSyapaNumAM jyAM pApa AnaMdarUpa gaNAya che, te tarapha eka pagaluM paNa AgaLa cAlatuM nathI. pApanA aMdhakArathI DhaMkAI gayelA bhayaMkara ghera pradezamAM ane jyAM vaira lenArA aMtaHkaraNane juse prajavalita che tyAM te mahAvIra prabhu ke jemane ApaNI peThe lAlacamAM paDI javAnI Teva nathI te ApaNane derI jaze nahi tevA prabhue game te cekasAIthI mANasanA aMtaHkaraNa vAMcelA hAya, game tevI uMDI karUNAvALI lAgaNIthI teNe manuSyanA duHkha sAthe pitAnA A tmAne joDele hoya, paNa temAM duSita duHkhanA evA uMDANa hAya che ke jyAM nirdoSatA jarApaNa avAja karI zake nahi Amika avanati, Amika mAnabhaMga, Atmika avaguNanuM jJAna, Atmika tirakAra, hRdayanAM asahya kaMTALo ke jemAM apavitra jazekhanI gyatA
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________________ je pApInA vA ghaNAja asara AvI trAsadAya mahAvIranA du khemAM manuSyane bhAga. 12 (IcchA nahi) bhamIbhUta thaI jAya che e vigere lAgao ke je pApInA asahya dukhanuM baMdhAraNa mizrita bhAve bAMdhe che ane mANasane lAge tevA ghaNuMja asahya duHkhe je nakkI kare che te mukhya che ane te chatAM e te khulluM che ke AvI trAsadAyaka lAgaNIne jarA paNa paDachAye nirdoSa mahAvIra prabhupara paDatuM nathI. je pApane jurase che teja pApane adhikAra che jenA dareka mAnaSika anubhavamAMthI te vIra prabhu dUra che. matalaba ke jyAM pApanA duHkhane bhegavavAmAM sAmeM pApa bAMdhavAnuM hoya che tyAM vIra prabhu heI zake nahi pitAnA lAbhanI khuzAlInI IcchAmAM DhaMga karavAmAM Ave, vaira levAnI IcchA mAM aMdhArAmAM rahIne AnaMda batAvavAmAM Ave, pitAnA harIphanI kIrti sahana nahi thavAthI IrSA karavAmAM Ave athavA duzmananI hAra tarapha tiraskAra batAve che, temaja mahAvIra AgaLa beTI magarUrI nI cAhanAthI apavitra bhakti kare, nirAzAvALI kRpaNutA dAkhave, zreSa ane adekhAIne ghA mAravAnI IcchA rAkhe, game te duHkhI, e. kAMta ane trAsavALe manuSya hoya, ane mahAvIra pAsethI dilAso mAgatuM hoya te paNa jyAM sudhI teNe pitAnA AtmAne pApamAM joDelo che ane pApanA duHkhane bhegavatA vadhAre pApI thanA pariNAma rAkhe che tyAMsudhI tene mahAvIrane majabuta hAtha kadI maLI zakaze nahi ane tenA pApanI sAme ekalA hAthe taraphaDIne trAsa sahana karavo paDaze. bIjAnA dukha dUra karavAnI mahAvIranI nirdoSa lAgaNe che emAM zaka nathI paNa jee pitAnI meLe pitAnuM mota ubhuM kare che tene aTakAvavAne kaI vacamAM paDI zakatuM nathI. Abhavi jIve tevA hoya che ane tethI game teTalA caDIne paNuM teo gabaDI paDe che. pApa karmanA udayanuM lakSa. pApanA duHkha sahana karavAmAM bIjuM tattva pApakarmanA udayanuM pitAne lakSa hoya che te che. hRdayathI jANItA pApa kharekhara pApanA aMdaranA pratibiMba rUpe hoya che ane mANasane aMtaHkaraNapara para- - mAtmAnI jhAMkhI chAyA paDe che tathA je AtmA hRdayanA jANItA deSamAM pApa vRttivALA hoya che tene pApakarmanA udayanuM lakSa hAya. M. P-16.
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________________ 1rara mahAvIra prakAza. che ane temAM paNa te teja nAlAyaka ane bIna anubhavI hoya che. A jagamAM paNa jema ApaNuM dhArmika satyatAnI kabulAta jhAMkhI hoya che tema duSTa mANasa potAnA pApane jANatAM chatAM paramAtmA pratye dhikkAranI najarathI jue che ane pApanA udayane jANIne tenA duHkha bhegavatAM vadhAre ghArakane baMdha karatA rahe che. ane je tene Atmika lAgaNInuM bhAna hoya che te tenA kharA vistAramAM tenA pApakarmane parIgha keTaluM che te tene jaNAI Ave che. pitAnA jAti bhAIne dhikkArathI keTalAka pApI manuSya pitAnA pApathI kare che paraMtu jeo jANI joIne apavitrapaNeja pUjya mAbApa ke bhalA mitrane maLe che ane tenA para pitAnI pApavRttinI najarathI jue che teonI sthiti ghaNI bhayaMkara hoya che. pApakarmathI bikaNa thaI gaeluM hRdaya kaI mahAdevI hAjara thAya te paNa DarIne nAze che ane kaI vakhata mANasanA dhikkArane sahana karavAne badale ApaghAtanI zAMtine zodhe che. paraMtu mANasane pApa pratyene tiraskAra ane devIne prakepa te mAtra potAnA pApI hadayanuM apUrNa pratibiMba che. pApI mANasa kahe che ke mRtyu pachI kaI gati thavAnI che te keNa kahI. zake che, ahIMnA pApa tyAM naDaze e paNa keNa jANe che paNa kharekhara e ghaNuM dilagIrI bhareluM ane dayAjanaka che ke mahAvIra je zAMtithI duHkhane sahana karatA tenI paNa AvAbhavAnaMdi jIne kaMI paNa asara thatI nahatI. mahAvIrane pApIpara dveSa nahe tema dhamapara rAga nahote temaja nirdoSa paramAtmAne tevA aneka nAstikane eka kSaNavAra paNa anubhava thavAnuM kAraNa nahatuM. jo ke te manuSyanI vaccamAM rahetuM hatuM ane jeo mukta thavAne udyamavaMta hatA temane tenI daDha sahAyatA hatI ane game tevA duHkhanI sAme thavAnI yukti te upakAra buddhithI banAvatA hatA paraMtu te chatAM nAstikapara tene kaze paNa dveSa nahi thatAM tene upakArane varasAda te eka sarakhe varasate hatuM ane te jene jema Ave tema lekagrahaNa karatA hatA nAstike ulaTA mArge cAle tenI sAthe tene kAMI saMbaMdha nahote. game tevA bhayaMkara dekhAvamAM ane jaganA duSTa pariNumamAM tenI sAme game te tiraskAra batAvavA Avate te paNa tenI tene jarApaNa darakAra nahatI eTaluM ja nahi paNa pitAnAja pA.
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________________ mahAvIranA duHkhomAM manuSyane bhAga 123 panA bhayaMkara duHkhamAM te kadI paNa kaSAya vALI lAgaNIne vaza thaI jatA nahi. tene duHkhanI pachavADe kevaLajJAnane sUryathI vizeSa prakAza DhaMkAI rahele ho ane te mahAvIra prabhu jANatA hatA. kamaLa lAgaNIthI teNe eka pachI eka badhA duHkhe pasAra kIdhA ane pitAnI Atmika vRttinI draDhatAmAM aMza mAtra paNa asthirapaNuM A vavA dIdhuM nahi. bhayaMkaramAM bhayaMkara duHkha vakhate paNa tenI tevIja draDhatA hatI. tenA para te jalezyA mukI tene bALIne bhasma karI nAkhavAnA ge zALAnA ati nIca nathI paNa teNe potAnI zAMta vRtti ne jarA paNa gumAvI nahotI paraMtu ulaTuM ghaNuM ja kamaLatA ane upakAranI lAgaNIthI teNe gozALAne mahA pApathI bacavAne upadeza Ape hatuM ane tenI durdazAne mATe tene lAgI AvatuM hatuM. udaye AvelA pApakarmane jANanArA manuSyane A uparathI kevuM ucu zikSaNa maLe che ? evA prabhunI draDhatA joIne te prabhunA caraNa kamaLamAM bhavi jI pitAnA pApanA duHkha sahana karatAM pazcAttApa karatAM DhaLI paDI che. teo evI ja raTaNa kare che ke he prabhu ? mAre AtmA huM tane saMpu chuM, tuM tene uddhAra karaje aneka bAhya azAMti hovA chatAM te mahAvIra prabhune pavitra nAmamAM uDI vizrAMti hatI, nirdoSa zAMti anubhavAtI hatI, ane tenA AzramamAM hRdayanI zAMta pavitratA pragaTa ke apragaTa paNe joI zakAtI hatI. pApakarma ne udayane jANavAvALA pApI AtmA prabhunA paDakhAmAM pitAnA pApI AtmAne saMtADe te tenA game tevA ghora aMdhakAramaya dilagI. rInA prasaMgamAM paNa te pitAne sarala ane sIdhe mArga joI zake. mRtyu pachInI dhAstI. je ke varaprabhue chelA mRtyune anubhavyuM hatuM, paNa cAra gatimAM bhramaNa karanArA manuSyane mRtyu pachInI sthiti vize je dhAstI rahe che, tenA tikSaNa duHkhane bhagI kevI rIte thaI zake che je mRtyue sAmAnya nidrA heta athavA eka prakAranI bezuddhi heta te pApI manuSyane tenI adha dhAstI ochI thaI hota ghaNe vakhate maraNa vakhatanuM duHkha paNa jIvavAnA duHkha karatAM ghaNuM ochuM hoya che, paraMtu te vizeSa jaNAya che, tenuM kAraNa e che ke, pApa tenA para
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________________ nahi to tene 114 mahAvIra prakAza. bhaviSyanI dhAstInI chAyA racI jAya che, tenI jIdagInA pApI kAme tenI najara AgaLa khaDAM thAya che, ane tethI te pApI mANasa maravAne Dare che, mRtyu pachI kevI dhAstI che, te viSe manuSyanI ciMtA dUra kare, ane jaNAze ke, mata tene vadhAre bhayaMkara lAgatuM nathI. paraMtu maratI vakhate mANasane ema thAya che ke, are ! huM cAle jAuM chuM, kayAM jAuM chuM ? te huM jANatA nathI, dunIAmAM rahIza ke, bIje te tene khabara nathI, badhuM cheDIne javuM paDe che. eja mAtra tene pahele trAsa hoya che, to tene na kahI zake te chupa ane dhakAra lAge che. pApane aMdhArAvALe vikALa dUta jaNAya che, ane jema jema meta najIka Ave che, tema tema trAsa vadhatuM jAya che, ane azAMtimAM tene jIvanamukta thavuM paDe che, paraMtu mahAvIranuM mRtyu ke jenAthI pApe trAsIne nAzI chuyuM hatuM, temAM upara kahelAM tatva nahi hatA. tenA nivaNane samaya jarA paNa dhAstivALe ke azAMta nahi hare, tene paralekanI adazya duniyA viSe kAMI paNa zakA, akasapaNuM, ke trAsa nahatuM. je jagathI teo nivRtta thatA hatA, te jagatanA nirdaya hAthamAM tene pharI AvavAnuM hatuM, te jagamAMthI tene pavitra AtmA nirAzA ane aMdhakAranA duHkhamaya prasaMgamAMthI hamezAM mukta thaIne niraMtara tIsvarUpI paramAtmapadane prApta thatuM hatuM. parama siddha paramAbhAo sAthe tenA chevaTanA mRtyu pachI te Adi anaMtakALa sudhI parama siddha avasthAne prApta thatA hatA. duHkha dilagIrI ane kaMTALAthI bharelA A saMsAramAMthI te hamezane mATe mukata thaIne jyAM ; parama zAMti ane kaI paNa bAbatanI nyUnatA nathI tevA sthaLe jatA hatA. are! mRtyuthI e mahAvIrane mAtra pitAnA mULa ghera javAnuM ja hatuM. evA mRtyunI dareka uttama jI cAhanA rAkhe che; kAraNa ke anaMtakALa sudhI paradeza bhaTakI bhaTakIne pitAnA maLa ghera javAnI kone IcchA na thAya? Akhare kharI zAMti te pitAnAja gharamAM ane potAnA kuTuMbIomAMthI maLI zake che. AtmAnuM mULa ghara paramAtmapada che, paNa karmane bhamA te ahIMthI tahIM bhaTake che, ane beTI zAMtinI zodha kare che, e karmazatruthI mukta thavAya te mRtyu e trAsa nathI paNa ghera javAne mArga che. zatru e trAsa nahataniya hAthamAM narazA
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________________ mahAvIranA duHkhomAM manuSyane bhAga 125 mitra thaI gaye che, tenA tarapha lakSa Apo ane tenAthI dUra thavAne prayatna kare, jyAM sudhI tema karaze nahi tyAM sudhI janma maraNanI ane sa sAranA brAMtivALA sukhanI trAsadAyaka dhAstI ochI thaze nahi ane paravaza thaIne mRtyunA vikALa mukhamAM anekavAra paDavuM paDaze. mahAvIranuM mRtyu kevuM hatuM tene vicAra karI tevuM mRtyu kema thaI zake tenI zodhamAMja tamArI dhAstIne aMta Avaze. pavitra AtmA dAkhanA kevI rIte bhAgIdAra thAya che. pApakarma dUra karavAne kevA prakAranA duHkhe vadhAre umadA ane hoya che temaja kayA duHkha pavitra ane jAgRta svabhAvathI jANI zakAya tevA hoya che tenI have ApaNe tapAsa karIzuM pApakarma je ke mahAvIrathI hajAra keja dUra rahetuM hatuM te paNa tenA trAsadAyaka dukha ane dIlagIrInA prasaMgane tene paNa anubhava thato hate pApa ka. rmanA udayathI thayelA keTalAka aMtaraMga evA paNa duHkhe che ke je mahAvIranA jevAja AtmAo jANI zake ane jeTalA pramANamAM A paNe aMtaraMga AtmA svaccha ane pavitra thayela hoya teTalAja pramANamAM mahAvIra purUSanA aMtaraMga duHkho ApaNe anubhavI zakIe pApanA jarApaNa saMbaMdhathI pavitra hRdayane ja duHkha lAge che te duHkhane ApaNe vicAra karIe. mahAvIre pitAnA mIzananI pUrNAhutimAM pApakarmane je rIte kSaya karyo che tenuM pramANa ApaNuM apUrNa aMtaHkaraNathI nIkaLI zake nahi, mAtra te ApaNI vacamAM najIkamAM rahetA hatA te thIja ApaNe tene jhA mArga zodhI zakIe chIe. nirdoSane paNa dUSitanI sAthe janmano saMbaMdha hoya te pApanA prasaMgathI karIne kramekrame tINuM duHkha utpanna thAya che mahAvIranA duHkho ApaNe AgaLa vAMcI gayA chIe te pramANe ghaNI bAbatamAM ekAMta hatA ane sAMsArika jIvanamAM tenuM nAma ke nizAna paNa nahatuM paraMtu bIjI rIte vicAra karIe te AsapAsanA nitika duHkhane pitAnA aMtaHkaraNa sAthe vIMTALIne pApa sAthenA nirdoSa saMbaMdhathI duHkha sahana karIne vIraprabhu dareka jAgRta AtmAne pitAne daDha ane majabuta dilAsA vALe hAtha Ape che kAraNake jema jethI ApaNe mahAvIra jevA vadhArene vadhAre thatA jaIe chIe tema tema ApaNI paDatInA cinho
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________________ 126 mahAvIra prakAza. ochA thatA jAya che, pApanA najIkanA saMbaMdhathI ApaNe cetIne vadhArene vadhAre dUra rahetA jaIe chIe ane tethI ApaNe duHkhI dabANanA prasaMgamAM ane jagatunA dUSita nItinA vAtAvaraNamAM ApaNe Aga Lane AgaLa vadhatA jazuM ane mahAvIranA duHkhanA bhAgIdAra banatA jazuM. pavitra hadayanA ane komaLa aMtaHkaraNanA strI purUSane kaI bibhatsa vicArathI bhareluM pustaka vAMcavAnI pharaja pADavI te tene ane sahya thaI paDaze te pachI jeone pApa pratye tiraskAra che temane pApakarmanA jIdagI sudhInA mAtra zabdathI nahi paNa dareka kAryamAM paNa paricaya ane saMbaMdhamAM AvavuM paDatuM hoya te game tevA zArI rika trAsa karatA tene e duHkha keTaluM asahya ane bhayaMkara lAgaze? paraMtu AvI jAtanI kalpanAvALe dAkhalo pApamaya jagatamAM mahAvIranI sthiti vize ApaNane khAtrI karAvavAmAM mAtra madadarUpa thAya kAraNake te mahAvIra prabhunI pavitratA saMpUrNajJAnavALI ane game tevA pavitra manuSya karatAM pApa tarapha vadhAre dhikAra batAvanArI hatI eTaluM ja nahI paNa A dunIAnA pApa viSenuM tenuM lakSa ghaNu ja sUkSma ane tarata jANI levAnI zakitavALuM hatuM tenI hAjarIthI ja pApa jANe pitAnA saghaLA jorathI uchaLyuM hoya tema jagane tene pitAnA ane bIjAnA duHkhethI khaLabhaLAvI dIdhuM hatuM. manudhyanI duSTa lAgaNIo paNa evA ghera pApakarma tarapha dhikkAra batAvyA vagara rahI zakI nathI. manuSyanA adhama AtmAomAM vara ane durga thI bhareluM narka jANe sAthe maLIne bhayaMkara rIte mahAvIra prabhunI sAme ulaTI paDayuM hoya tema pApakarmo dekhAva dIdhuM hatuM. itihAsa nI trAsadAyaka naMdhamAM mApakarma pitAnI cheka chelI maryAdA uchaLI raheluM ane tenA sAkSI tarIke ekaja viraprabhuhevAnuM hamezane mATeakhAeluM raheze. te varaprabhunI deNImAM pApakarma game teTalA veSa dhAraNa karI ne AvyuM te paNa dUra thaI zakayuM nathI. game teTalA prapaMca ane daNamAM chupAIne zabdomAM ke svarUpamAM te ghora pApakarmanuM vIraprabhu pAse kazuM phAvyuM nathI. game tevA sArA ke naThArA veSamAM heya topaNa pApa tenAthI chupuM rahyuM nathI. mezanI rathAyI havA levAnI jANe prakRti baMdhAI gaI hoya tema game tevA pApI gharamAM ane duSTAcArI
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________________ mahAvIranA dukhemAM manuSyane bhAga. 127 manuSyamAM te rahIne pitAnI zreSThatA jALavI zakyA hatA ane eTalA mATeja teo pitAne pApakarmane jhAMkhe sparza thaI zakti nahete tenA saMbaMdhamAM AvIne ghaNA sUkSma ane taNuM dukhe sAthe rahIne dhIrajathI ane bahAdurIthI temaNe sahana karyA hatA. bIjAne pApakarma jevAthI utpanna thatI lAgaNI. pApakarmanA je duHkha mahAvIra prabhue sahana kIdhA che temAMthI manuSyane bhAgIdAra thavAnuM bIjuM tatva pitAnA jAta bhAIonA pApakama joIne je lAgaNuM ane duHkha utpanna thAya che te che. mahAvIra prabhu phakata jagatanA pApakarmane jenAraja na hatA paraMtu je pApI manuSya tenA pratye pUjya buddhithI prema dharAvatA hatA temanuM bhaviSya sudhAravA teo virAgIpaNe paNa upakAra karavAmAM satata udyamavata hatA ane A uparathI jANavuM ghaNuM saheluM thaI paDaze ke temanA duHkhe viSe ghaNIja uMDI lAgaNIvALA hatA. jo ke pApakarmanA saghaLA kartavya pavitra hRdayanA manuSyamAM tophAna ane baMDa jagAve che te paNa mahAvIra prabhunI najIkamAM rahenArA prANunA saMbaMdhamAM te prakAra bane te te dekhAva ghaNe duHkha upajAvanAre thaI paDe. jeo ApaNane priya hoya che teonA pApakarma joIne ApaNane svAbhAvika lAgazuM thayA vagara rahetI nathI. eka bhAInI duSTatA ane jAtIya bhraSTatA viSe vicAra karatAM tenA pavitra, bhalA ane vizALa hRdayavALA bhAIne ghaNuM taNuM ane ghAtakI duHkha thAya che. kevA prakAranA sUkSama baMdhanathI eka hRdaya bIjA hRdaya sAthe joDAya che athavA eka AtmA bIjA AtmA sAthe kevI chupI rIte maLI zake che te jANavuM ghaNuM Azcarya upajAvanAruM lAge che ane je ke eka hRdaya bIjAnA sukha duHkhanA bhAgI nahi thatA Ama tema bhramaNa kare tepaNe bIjAnA pramANikapaNa viSe ke pApIkArya viSe tene jAti anubhava thayA vagara rahe nahi. udAharaNa tarIke eka patine ke patnine potAnI patnI ke patitaraphathI apamAna thAya tethI kevuM duHkha ane zarama lAgazetene vicArakare. athavA eka durAcArI chekarAne svacchedapaNe bhaTakatA joIne tene bhalA bApane te viSe keTaluM duHkha ane lAgaNI thaze. kaiTuMbika ghera zumAM eka evA prakArane susaMpa hoya che ke jethI temAMnI keAI paNa
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________________ 128 mahAvIra prakAza. vyakti bAkInAone vinaya sAcavyA vagara caDI zake nahi tema paDI zake nahi athavA mAna pAme nahi temaja apamAna paNa pAme nahi. ekaja lohIne ane keTuMbika premanI gAMThathI baMdhAelA manu khyAmAM je chupA kudaratI kaLAMkozalyathI eka bIjAnA hRdayaarasaparasa maLelA heya temaja eka bIjAnA vartananuM dareka anukaraNa karanArA hoya, kudaratI saMbaMdha hovA chatAM hajAre najIkanI yAdagIrIthI temAM daDhatA jaNAtI hoya ane temAM lagabhaga eka rUpatA thaI jAya tyAre te kuTuMbamAM eka vyaktinI gaMbhIra bhUla viSe je lAgaNI thAya te viSe vicAra kare. eja kuTuMbamAM je chokare ulaTe mArge cAle te teno bApane keTalI uDI lAgaNI thaze. tenI lAMbA vakhatanI saMbhALa ane saMrakSaNa pachI te chokaro je tenI ekaja AzA, magarUrI ane premanuM sthAna te mAnate hoya te apavitra ane anAcAra mAge pravarte tathA tenA nirdoSa nAmane kalaMka lagADe tyAre tene kevI lAgaNuM thatI haze tene vicAra kare. jo ke te pitA pite nirdoSa che, chekarAnA pApane mATe kAMI te deSita gaNAya nahi te paNa saMbaMdhane mAtra lAgaNIthI tene bhAgIdAra thAya che. jene evI asara thaze ke jANe chekarAnI geravartaNuMkane tiraskAra ane zarama ne mATe mAreja nIcuM jovAnuM che. are eTaluM nahi paNa potAnA pApathI tene jeTaluM duHkha thAya tenA karatAM AthI karIne tene ghaNu tINA duHkhane DaMsa lAgaze kharI hakI kata evI che ke che kare pApakarma karavAne pravRtta thaye tejatenI halakAImAM nabaLApaNuM batAve che. ane bIjI rIte kharI vAta ema hoya che ke mAbApa pote halakA kAme karI pachI pazcAttApa karatA hoya tepaNa tenI parvanI asarathI bIjAo kharAba thayA haze e vicArathI paNa duHkha thAya che. A siddhAMtanuM tAtparya khulluM che. mahAvIra ApaNA mahAna pitA hatA, teNe ApaNu jevuM ja svarUpa dhAraNa karyuM hatuM ane tenA hRdaya sAthe ApaNA hRdayanI tenA AtmA sAthe ApaNA AtmAnI ekayatA thAya evI tenI niSa IcchA hatI jema tenA putra ane trei ApaNe tene pitA gaNI ApaNA duHkhe nivAraNa karavAnI prArthanA karatA hatA ane AjapaNa karIe chIe temane paNa nirAgI hovA chatAM ApaNe pApakarmane dUra karavA mATe nirdoSa upakAranI lAgaNIthI ghaNu manuSyane baMdhana mukta karatA hatA kata eka karIne potAnA ja
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________________ mahAvIranA du khemAM manuSyone bhAga. A rIte te jANe ApaNA duHkhanA bhAgI thayA hoya emaja kahI be te eka rIte khoTuM nathI. jagatanA saMbaMdhI ane nehio ApaNA pratye lAgaNIvALA hoya te ApaNe eka bhava sudhArI zake che, paNa je mahAvIra prabhu aneka bhavAMtarane pApakarmane jaDamULathI ukheDI nAMkhI bhavabaMdhanamAMthI mukta kare tenA saMbaMdhanI sAthe jagannA kayA saMbadhanI sarakhAmaNa thaI zake? manuSyanA game tevA daDha e mane mahAvIra ane tenA anuyAyIonA ejyane kiMcit aMza mAtra kahI zakAya. je kAMI ApaNuM mATe banI Ave che, te tenA sAdhanathI juduM nathI. tenA sarva zaktimAna hRdayamAM ApaNuM game tevuM sUma dukha pratyakSa che, ane ApaNe durdazAnI uDI lAgaNIthI te prANImAtra para aneka upakAra karavAmAM pravRta rahe che. tenA para vizvAsa ane zraddhA rAkhavAthI ja jANe te ApaNuM saghaLA zeka ane saMtApane be laI jatA hoya, tema ApaNe chUTA thaI gayA hoya tevo bhAsa thAya che. ApaNuM aghAra karma jANune eka pati patAnI strIne mATe ke eka pitA pitAnA putra mATe je lAgaNuM dharAve che tenA karatAM varaprabhunuM hRdaya ghaNIja dayA ane anukaMpAnI lAga thI ubharAI jatuM hoya che. jo ke teo samabhAvI ane madhyastha nirAgI prakRtivALA hoya che, te paNa vyavahAra daSTie teomAM parepakAra vRtti ghaNIja vizeSa hatI, ema kahevAnuM rahasya na samajI zakAya tevuM bheda bhareluM nathI. vaLI pite ghaNaja pavitra ane uccapadane prApta thaelA hovAthI dUSita ane patita prANIo viSe ulaTI vizeSa lAgaNI thaI Ave e sAhajIka hatuM. tenI anahada upakAranI lAgaNIne purAve eja gaNI zakAya ke teo cheka chevaTe jyAre nivaNa pAmyA tyAre paNa hajAro jIne bhavAMtaranA duHkhamAMthI mukta karavAne seLa pahAra sudhI bhavya prANIone ati ghaNI upakAra karanArI upadezanI dhArA cAlu rAkhI. matalaba ke te eka evuM udAra ane ucca hadaya hatuM, ke je samabhAve hajAre prANunA duHkhanA bhAgI thaI teonA duHkha dUra karavAnI pitAnI paropakAravALI pra. vRttimAMthI pitAne mukta karI zakatA na hatA. tenI nirdoSatA game tevA durguNene dUra karI zakatI hatI. tenI pavitratA durAcArane dUra II P-17.
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________________ 130 mahAvIra prakAza karI zakatI hatI ane tenI madhura upadeza vANuM game tevI mUchamAMthI manuSyane jAgRta karI zakatI hatI. AvA prakAranI vyavasphArIka rItathI mahAvIra prabhu dUSitanA deSa ane dukhane mATe UMDI lAgaNIvALA ane jAte duHkha sahana karavAvALA hatA. pApakarmano bhoga. pApakarmanA udayathI mahAvIra prabhue je je duHkha sahana kIdhA temAM teo jANuM jeIne pApakarmanA bhegA thaI gayA hatA kAraNake tema karyA vagara teo pite mukta thAya nahi ane bIjAone paNa mukta karI zake nahi. tene mATe jIva ApanAra anuyAyIonI vacamAM rahIne teNe papakarmanA asahya rane pitAnI zakti chatAM mUMge meDhe sahana kIdhuM, ane karmazatruoe jANe tenuM nikaMdana kADhI nAkhavAne taiyArIo karI hoya tema pitAnA saghaLA sAmarthyathI ane kAvA dovAthI te prabhu pratye dhasAre kIdhe te vakhate Idra mahArAja ane bIjA devatA - thA manuSyae bhaktibhAvathI prabhune rakhevALI karavAnI vinaMti karI paraMtu teo pate kAMI ochI zaktivALA nahatA tethI keInI paNa sahAyatA vagara pitAnI zakti para aMkuza rAkhIne teo pApakarmanA bhoga thaI tene dUra kIdhA. vaLI temAM vizeSatA hatI ke jeoe te prabhune atIze duHkha dIdhA teo saghaLA pratye temanI ghaNIja mAyALu lAgaNI hatI ane temane pApakarmathI mukta karavAnI upakAra bharI vANIne lAbha teo ApatA rahyA hatA jemake zALAne piteja upadeza ApI jJAnavALe kIdhe tyAre teNeja taNe ghA mArI upakAranA badalAmAM apakAra karI kRtadanapaNuM kIdhuM. kharuM jotAM AvA prakAranA duHkhe bhAgye ja sahana thaI zake te chatAM temaNe ulaTa tenA pratyekarUNAja batAvI hatI. ApaNuM sAMsArika premabhAvamAM paNa keInI sAthe lAMbe vakhata prIti rahI hoya te tUTI jAya athavA jemanA mATe ApaNe ApaNuM prANa pAtharavAne taiyAra heIteonA taraphathIja je ApaNuM apamAna ane nukasAna ke dago karavAmAM Ave che tethI je asahya duHkha thAya che tenI barobarI bIjA dukha sAthe thaI zake nahi. eka mitra ke badhunI aprIti athavA pati patnI vaccenA vizvAsaghAta ke je.
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________________ mahAvInA du bomAM manuSyane bhAga 13 ene arasaparasa ghaNeja draDha sneha ane lAgaNI hoya che tenuM upara jaNAvyuM tevuM ulaTuM vartana joine temanA bhalAne mATe ApaNane dazagaNuM duHkha thAya che. eka udAra mAyALu hRdayanA vRddha mANasane mATe eka nATakamAM evuM udAharaNa Ave che ke te ghaNIja tIvra lAgaNIthI pitAnA putrane cAhate hatuM paraMtu te duSTa ane ghAtakI putra taraphathI tene vRddha pitAne ghA mAravAmAM AvyuM. have te IjA pAmelA vRddha mANasanA hRdayamAM kevI ke maLatA ane uMDI lAgaNI hatI te zabdothI kahI zakAya nahi prathama te te vRddha mANasane ghA lAge tyAre tene ekAeka Azcarya utpanna thayuM. je te pitAnA saghanA premathI cA Dute hato, ane A saMsAranA saghaLA sukhe jemaNe pitAnA te priya putrane seMpI dIdhA hatA tenAja ghAtakI hAthathI vizvAsaghAta ke dago thayo haze e viSe te tene svapna paNa nahetuM; paNa jyAre e bAbata purAvAthI sAbIta thaI tyAre tene ulaTuM vadhAre tI. zuM duHkha thavA lAgyuM, na rekI zakAya te tiraskAra tene chuTa ane tenA aMtaHkaraNamAM te ghaNu gussAthI ane dIlagIrIthI AzcaryakAraka dilAsAnI zodha karavA lAgyo paNa jyAre eka pachI eka judI jAtanI lAgaNI pasAra thaI jAya che ane potAnI bhUlano vicAra karavAne mana nivRtta thAya che tyAre duHkha ane pazcAttApanA asahya bojAthI tenuM aMtaHkaraNa kare che, ane te kaMgALapaNathI temaja atize nirAzAne lIdhe tene ghelachA lAgu thAya che ane tuTelA hRdayavALe te bicAre vRddha turataja maraNane zaraNa thAya che. tAtparya e che ke chekarA pratyenI atIze premanI lAgaNIthI te chekarAnA pApane mATe tene pitAnI jAtane Akhare bhega Ape paDe che. paraMtu je ghaNu manuSya nAstika thaI prabhunA vacanane anAdara kare che ane pitAnI jAtane hamezane mATe aMdhArA khADAmAM nAkhe che teene mATe paropakArI mAvIra prabhu uDI lAgaNI dharAve che temanuM apamAna karavAmAM Ave to paNa temanI lAgaNImAM phera pate nathI. teo kadI pitAnI zaktinuM jora batAvI koIne samajAvatA na hatA, ane tethI tene Adara satkAra ghaNe sthaLe na thAya topaNa jeonA udhAra thAya temane udhAra kare eja mAtra tenI rAgadveSa vagaranI
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________________ 132 mahAvIra prakAza. IcchA hatI. pApIne paNa teo mAyALupaNe belAvatA ane tenI yegyatA pramANe tene kharA mArgamAM laI jatA hatA. have A uparathI samajI zakAya che ke mahAvIra prabhunI lAgache ane temaNe sahana karelA duHkhe kudaratanA traNa umadApaNAnI ni zAnI che ane tenA banI zake teTalA bhAgIdAra thavAmAM manuSyane zarama nathI paNa mahatvatA che. jo ke mahAvIra prabhunA mahAna duHkhanA bhAgIdAra thavAne tene koIpaNa anuyAyIone mATe azakaya hatuM te paNa tevA prakAranI uMDI lAgaNIthI dilagIrI utpanna thAya te paNa pitAne jAtI bhega ApavAnI sArI taiyArI karelIja gaNAya kAraNa ke dareka geravizvAsanA kAryamAM teo vIraprabhumAM dUrathI paNa pUrNa zra ddhA utpanna karavA karAvavAne tatpara hoya che. sAmAnya vicArathI mahA vIranA duHkhe game teTaluM judApaNuM batAve che to paNa temAM keTalA eka evA vicAre che ke jethI manuSya ane mahAvIra saMbaMdha A bAbatamAM ghaNe najIka lAvI zakAya. te vara paramAtmAmAM pUrNa zraddhA rAkhavAthI manuSya pitAnA pApakarmathI chUTe thAya che eTaluM ja nahi paraMtu te mahAna AtmAnI sAthe manuSya eTalA badhA sahAnubhUtI vALA thAya che ke jethI karIne teo pApakarmanI AMkhe thaIne temAM phatehamaMda thAya che. tethI karIne mahAvIranA jIvananuM jeTaluM anukaraNa thaI zake ane tenA duHkhanA bhAgI thaI zakAya teTaluM hitakara ane AnaMdane utpanna karanAruM che tamAre eka sAmAnya satyane vaLagI re hevuM ke tamArAmAM paNa mahAvIrapaNuM che. mahAvIranA duHkhanA vakhatamAM eTale kalyANano mArga che teTale bIjA manuSyanA game tevA sukhanA prasaMgamAM rahevAthI ra LI zakaze nahi. sAMsArika sneha paNa ApaNane zIkhave che ke prItivALuM hadaya daridratA ane muzkelIthI kaMTALyA vagara ghaNAone sahAya kare che. temaja vaLI badhA namratA ane jIMdagInA sukhavALuM jIvana gALe evI cAhanA rAkhe che. sA mAnya manuSyane mATe jyAre e pramANe che tyAre je vIraprabhune Apache ati ghaNuM pUjyabhAvathI mAnIe chIe ane jeenuM jIvana pAramArthika ane niHsvArtha che tenA pagale cAlavAne, tenA duHkhanA bhAgIdAra thavAne keTalI vizeSa uMDI lAgaNI ane khuzAlI thAya?
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________________ mahAvIrane du mAM manuSyone bhAga. ane jo te mizrita prema, mAna ane pUjyabhAva ke je manuSyanA hRdayamAM ghaNI zreSTha rIte heI zake che, je mahAvIra prabhunI bhakti tamAra chupA AtmAmAM otapreta thaelI heya, te je mArgathI mahAvIra prabhue karmazatrunA cUrecUrA karI nAkhyA tene anubhava tamane maLa vAthI tamArA game tevA dilagIrInA prasaMgamAM tamane keTale A zcaryakAraka harSa utpanna thaze ? manuSyathI mahAvIranA jevuM na bane e ma mAnI kadAca uparanI hakIkta atizakitavALI lAgatI haze te paNa eTaluM te nakakI che ke ghaNuM aMtaHkaraNamAM kudaratI rIte satya lAgaNI uchaLatI hoya che ane tevA mANase maratI vakhate paNa kAMIpaNa adhIrAI vagara eTaluM ja kahe che ke "mArA karmanA duHkha mA reja gavavA joIe mATe jeTaluM duHkha AvavAnuM hoya teTaluMbhale Ave, te sahana karavAmAM ja mAruM kalyANa che" tame mahAvIra prabhunA duHkhanA jeTale aMze vizeSa bhAgIdAra thaI zake teTale tame vizeSa AnaMda mAne. kAraNake mahAvIranA je upasargonI hakIkta ApaNe jANIe chIe te mahAna AtmAnI eka majabuta sAbItI che. uccapada prApta karavAnI je gupta nI che, temAM khuzAlI ane sukha e umadA svabhAvanI kharI nizAnI nathI. ghaNuM khuzAlInA khuzanumAM prakAza karatAM manuSya prakRtine uccapada tarapha dorI janAra ghaNuM UMDuM kAraNa duHkha ane dIlagIrI che ghaNAM AnaMda karatAM ghaNuM duHkha bIjI duniomAM zreSThapa. dane ApanAruM che. daivika nirAzAnA UMDANamAMthI ghaNI vakhate AM. suonA varasAda varase che. ne duHkha, kaleza, ane kALa kaSTane sahana karavAthI mahAna tIrthakara mahAvIra prabhu jevA potAnA AtmAne mukta karI zakyA te duHkha viSe vicAra karatAM ema jaNAya che ke sukha ane zAMtithI mahAna pada maLe evuM kudaratanuM baMdhAraNa ja nathI. Aja paNa A jaganI sapATI para evA duHkhI ane dilagIrInA prasaMge maLI zake che ke, je parathI vicAravaMta manuSyane ghaNA AzcaryanI sAthe evA nizcayapara AvavuM paDe che ke moTA thanArAo lagabhaga badhA duHkha ane saMtApaneja AbhArI che. zmazAna bhUmine viSe eka bALaka vicAra vagara AnaMdathI ramaze, paNa vicAravaMta -
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________________ 134 mahAvIra prakAza. nuSyane uDI lAgaNI ane duHkhathI aneka vicAronI paraMparAo utpanna thaze. yAda rAkhavuM ke bALakanA AnaMdanA bhAgIdAra thavA karatAM A duniA cheDI gaelA mahAna purUnA duHkhanA javAbadAra thavuM vadhAre sAruM che. keTalAka evA nakAmA ane khATI meTAIvALA mANasa che ke jeo, kaThoratA ane svAthI paNAne vaza thaIne pazunI upamAne gya pitAnuM jIvana karI de che, ane jagatamAM je nAzakAraka mehinI che, te temane aMdha banAvI kharA mArga para AvatA aTakAve che. jeo eka vakhata daridrI haze teo bIjI vakhata rAjA thaze paraMtu mahAvIra prabhue je rAjyapada meLavyuM che tenI sarakhAmaNI cakravartInA kareDe varSanA rAjya sAthe paNa thaI zake tema nathI. te rAjyane kadI aMta AvavAne nathI mATe mahAvIranI peThe ApaNe duHkha saha.. ka. rIzuM te mahAvIranA jevuM ja rAjyapada bhogavIzuM. tenA jevA duHkhathI ApaNI paNa tenA jevI ja mahattvatA thaze. pavitra ane baMdha vagaranA duHkha sahana karavAnI tamArI gyatA tamArI paramapadane prApta karavAnI regyatAno purA ane pramANa che. kaThera sura sAMbhaLIne je kAna vadhAre duHkhita thayelA hoya che teja karNa madhura svarane siAthI vizeSa AnaMda anubhavI zake che. je hRdayamAM duzmananAM dUranA ghaNuM UMDA ghA lAgelA hoya che teoja kharI mitratAnA premane khare AnaMda anubhavI zake che. A apUrNa ane IdrajALa jevA jagatamAM A tmAne je julama ane saMtApa sahana karavA paDe te eka evuM zAMta bhaviSya ane na kahI zakAya tevA AnaMdanuM cekasa dhAraNa darzAve che ke je bIjI parNa ane satyatAvALI duniAmAM saMpUrNa phatehamaMdIthI A saMsArane duHkhI AtmA paramasukhane anubhavI zake che. pApa karmanA na rokI zakAya tevA sparzathI tamane je duHkha thatuM hoya te parathI tame tamArA caLakatA bhaviSyanuM anumAna karI zakaze. jyAre tame A dunionA atize duHkha sahana karI mukta thaze ane mizrita bhAva vagaranA zuddha prema ane pavitratAnA vAtAvaraNamAM tame A vaze, jyAre pApakarmanuM nAma ke nizAna rahevA pAmaze nahi, tyAre tame samajI zakaze ke pApakarmanA duHkhane sahana karavuM te hamezanA
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________________ . mahAvIranA du khAmAM manuSyanA bhAga. 135 sukhane prApta karavAnA mukhya ane jarUranA upAya che. have mahAvIra paramAtmA ke je jagapura mahAna upakAranA karanArA che, temanI sAthe je AtmAe pApanA paMjAmAM sapaDAi gayA che, ane ulaTA mArga grahaNu kare che, tene mATe tamAne ghaNI UMDI lAgaNI thavI joie. kAraNake bhaviSyamAM temAMnA ghaNA AtmAone mArI peThe udvAra thaze, teo paNa uccapadane prApta karaze, ane tame! sarve mahA vIra prabhunA jevAja paramAtmA thai eka sthaLe siddhipadane zeAbhAvanArA thaze, tethI jema mahAvIranA AdhAre tamArA uddhAra thAya che, tema tamArA AdhAre bIjA pApI jIvAnA uddhAra thAya tevI cADunA rAkhA; kAraNake duHkhanA bhAgIdAra thanArAe parama sukhane prApta kare che. prathama bhAga samApta. samAsa *
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________________ e mahAvIra prakAza. prathama bhAga samApta. Fea532GERS
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