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________________ GadeshNtN klkaalNtkNtkNtkuddini maMgalamayI mayaNAsurI Ano zIlApattA zrIpALarAjA saMpAdaka 29sunaMdAbahena - pra8Aza8 :: harasukhabhAI bhAyacaMda mahetA - kaYyayaya5Xya5X5Xya5Y=ya5kya5454545Y=yayya5}
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________________ zuM maMgalamayI mayaNAsuMdarI ane zIlasaMpanna zrIpALarAjA -~9- saMpAdaka - sunaMdAbahena - prakAzaka 29 harasukhabhAI bhAyacaMda mahetA ---- - ----------
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________________ maMgalamayI mayaNAsuMdarI ane zIlasaMpanna zrIpALarAjA - saMpAdaka -~sunaMdAbahena - prakAzaka ~~ harasukhabhAI bhAyacaMda mahetA 203, vAlakezvara roDa, penoramA, muMbaI - 400 006 phona : 23690603 / 23690608 - prAptisthAna - sevaMtIlAla vI. jaina DiI-para, sarvodaya nagara, pahelI pAMjarApoLa, grAunDa phlora, muMbaI-400 004. phona : 2240 4717 mUlya : rUA. 25/ mudraka 29rameza prinTarsa muMbaI - 400 004 mobAIla : 9820149288
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________________ Gbhaka dharmaparAyaNa vAtsalyamUrti pU. vaDIla harimA phare . . . | . # # # '' para na MS ' E maMgalamayI mayaNA suMdarI ane zIlasaMpanna zrIpALarAjA jemanA smaraNArthe A graMtha prakAzIta karela che. 24 mI puNyatithI STUD tA. 24-1-2011 va rSa For Private & Personal use only
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________________ amarelI nivAsI pU. vaDila harimA mahetAnI saMkSipta jAna jharamara zAzvatatIrtha zrI zatruMjaya girirAja tathA giranAra Adi pAvanatIrthonI hAramALAthI zobhatA soraThadezanI raLiyAmANI bhUmimAM AveluM mahavA gAya te samaye dharmanI jAhojalAlIthI ghamaghamatuM hatuM. vi. saM. 1963mAM amarelI nivAsI mahetA maLacaMdabhAI vacharAjabhAI sAthe haribena lagnagraMthIthI joDAyA. ratnakukSi harine vi. saM. 1966mAM tejasvI putra bhAIcaMdane janma Apyo, mAtra saMsArano ja nahi, dharmano paNa suMdara vAraso mAtAe putrane Apyo. potAnA jIvanamAM emaNe dharmane tANA - vANAnI jema vaNI nAMkhyo hato. temano janma mAtra bhautika sukha bhogavavA ja nahI paNa tapa-tyAga-saMyamasvAdhyAyanI ArAdhanA mATe vizeSa hato, ema kahIe to jarAya atizayokti nahIM gaNAya. mAtra cAra varSanI vaye jema pitAnuM zirachatra gumAvyuM, tema vi. saM. 1968mAM mAtra pAMca ja varSanA lagnajIvanamAM patinuM paNa chatra gumAvyuM. tyAre teonI uMmara phakta 19 varSanI ane putra bhAIcaMdanI uMmara mAtra be ja varSanI hatI. karmasattA AgaLa konuM cAle? paNa dRDhadharmI AtmAo saMsAramAM AvatI Adhi-vyAdhi ke upAdhinI AMdhIthI DaratA nathI, tema haribena paNa ekabAju pharajarUpe bALakane moTo kare che-sAthe dharmanuM siMcana kare che. bIjI bAju pote vizeSa dharmAbhimukha bane che. dharmI AtmAone samaya maLe to dharma karavAnI suMdara taka maLI Fer Private Personal use one www.jainlike Jain Education.
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________________ ema thAya, jyAre saMsArarasika jIvone samaya maLe to AraMbhasamAraMbhanAM pApakAryo, pApavicAro ane vikathAo karavAnuM mana thAya che ! pU. haribene bALavidhavA thayA bAda vi. saM. 1973mAM amarelImAM baheno mATe jaina pAThazALA zarU karI ane e bALAo-baheno pAse jainakonpharansanA ejyukezana borDanI parikSAo apAvI. A rIte soLa varSa sudhI potAnA rojIMdA jIvanamAM paNa nitya sAmAyika, ubhayaTaMka pratikramaNa, paramAtmabhakti - pUjA, Adi niyamita cAlu hatuM. vi. saM. 1995mAM karADa mukAme (punA pAse) 1. pAda zAsanaprabhAvaka vyAkhyAnavAcaspAti AcAryadeva zrImad vijayarAmaMcadrasUrIzvarajI ma.sA.nI tArakanizrAmAM pU. haribAe prathama upadhAnatapa karI mokSamALAnuM paridhAna karyuM hatuM. samyagdarzanane nirmaLa banAvanArI zrI siddhagirirAjanI navvANuyAtrA, kalyANaka bhUmionI sparzanA, giranArAdi aneka tIrthonI yAtrA, tathA zrI vIsasthAnaka Adi tapazvaryAo teoe pUrNa karI hatI ane jIvanaparyaMta uphALeluM ja pANI vAparyuM hatuM. teonA nAnI moTI aneka tapazcAo ane sukRtyonI anumodanArthe muMbaI - vAlakezvara zrI pALanagaranI AMgaNe jIvatA ja vi. sa. 2033 mAM zrI siddhacakra mahApUjana (zrI bAbubhAI kaDIvALA e bhaNAvela) paMcANikA mahotsava pU. caMdrazekhara vijayajI mahArAja jeo hAla panyAsajI che temanI nizrAmAM dhAmadhumathI ujavyo hato. potAnA upakArIgurUdeva suvizAlagacchAdhipati vyA. vA. pU. AcAryadeva zrImad vijayarAmacaMdrasUrIzvarajI ma. sA.
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________________ caMdanabALA jaina upAzraya khAte padhAryA hatA, tyAre potAnI tabiyata nAdurasta hovAthI bhAvanA jAgI ke, pU. gurUdevanA puNyapagalAM mArA gharaAMgaNe 'penoramA' mAM thAya ane teozrIjInA zubhaAzISa dharmalAbha prApta thAya tathA pU.zrInA svamukhe mAMgalika sAMbhaLavAno lhAvo maLe! A bhAvanA amArI pAse vyakta karatAM ame pU. gurudevanA caraNomAM pahoMcyA. pU. zrIne vAta karI, karuNAsAgara e mahApurUSe tarata ja vinaMti svIkArI eTale pU. harimAno manamayUra nAcI UThyo. dharmAtmAne deva-gurU-dharma traNe khUba vahAlAM hoya che. harimAe pU.AcAryadeveza pAse samAdhimaraNa maLe evA AziSa mAgyA. bhavyAtmAne bIjuM zuM joIe? kharA hRdayathI karelI bhAvanAprArthanA phaLIbhUta thAya ja che. pU.mAtAmaha mATe paNa evuM ja banyuM! teozrIe jevuM IcchayuM hatuM tevuM samAdhimaraNa vi.saM.2044 poSa vada-9, zanivAra 24-1-1987nA dine maLyuM! aMtima divasa sudhI jee svAdhyAyamagna hatAM, jJAnagaMgAmAM jhIlatAM hatAM, te pU. harimA amArA vizALa parivAra mATe vaTavRkSanI chAyA samAna hatA. teozrIe amArAM saunAM haiyAM dhArmika temaja naitika saMskArothI suvAsita banAvyAM che. teono pArthivadeha bhale Aje amArI vacce nathI paNa yazodeha to Aje ya amArI AMkha sAme rame che, aneka AtmAone jIvana jIvavAnI kaLA zIkhavanAra pU. upakArI harimAne hajAro vaMdana! mahetA bhAyacaMda muLacaMda parivAra -vikasuuuuuuutANAvA -ga-pAnA-naLAkAra
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________________ zrAsaMgika jainazAsanamAM siddhacakrajI-navapadajIno atyaMta mahimA gavAto rahyo che. sarva tapomAM A navapadajInI ArAdhanAne maMgaLakArI mAnI che. navapada eTale arihaMta, siddha AcArya upAdhyAya ane sAdhu paMca parameSTi svarUpe che; ane darzana, jJAna, caritra tathA tapa dharmasvarUpe ArAdhavA yogya che arthAt zreSTha avalabana che. zIlasaMpana zrIpALa ane maMgaLamayI mayaNAsuMdarI zrI navapadajInI ArAdhanA karI zAzvata sukha pAmyAM hatAM. tenI kathA anaMtalidhvanidhAna guru zrI gautama gaNadhare svamukhe zreNika rAjAne kahI hatI. A kathAnuM hArda anupameya che. AtmArthIone ArAdhanA karavAnuM zreSTha avalaMbana che. mumukSuone muktiprApti mATe zreSTha sAdhana che. rogIne nirogI thaI javA dharmamArge javA prerakabaLa che. rAgIne vItarAgatA pragaTAvanAruM pAtheya che. paribhramaNarUpa bhavaroga TALavAno uttama mArga che. vAstavamAM A kathA navapadajInI ArAdhanAnI saraLatAthI sAmagrI pUrI pADe che. tenuM ArAdhana karIne bhavya jIvo du:khamukta thaI zake tevo teno prabhAva che. tenA bAhya
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________________ vidhi-vidhAnonI vividhatA che. atyaMtaravidhi viSayo ane kaSAyone kSINa karavAnI che. jagatanA jIvo pratye Atmatulya bhAvanA keLavavAnI che. rAgadveSane jItavA e ArAdhanAnuM hArda che. sAravarjita A saMsAramAM sarvajJa paramAtmAe sArabhUta tattvonuM nirUpaNa karI jagatanA jIvo para atyaMta karuNA karI che. temAM navapadajI zreSTha sArabhUta avalaMbana che. ajJAnavaza jIva karmasattAthI prabhAvita thayelo che. navapadajInI zuddhabhAve vidhisaha ArAdhanA karavAthI dharmasattAne mokaLAza maLe che tyAre A kathAnA nAyakonI jema anya jIvo paNa dharmasattAnA prabhAvathI saMsArano cheda karavA samartha bane che. A kArya kadAya eka janme na thAya to paNa, sAcA hRdayathI kareluM tapa-ArAdhanA anya janmamAM sAtha ApI teno saMskAra sAdhakane sAce mArge laI javA prere che. A kALamAM sAkSAt mokSa pragaTa thavAnA nimitto upalabdha nathI, tenA samaye parama pavitra navapadajInI ArAdhanAthI mithyAtva jevA mahAdoSono nAza thAya che. athavA samiti AtmAone vizeSa zuddha thavA A AlaMbana upakAraka che tema zAstrakAro kahe che. prastuta kathA zrIpALarAjAnA rAsa tarIke graMthabaddha suprasiddha che ane lokapriya che. vi. saM. 1738mAM upAdhyAyajI zrI vinayavijayajI
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________________ mahArAje A graMthano praraMbha karyo hato. paraMtu teonuM svArgArohaNa thatAM bAkInI graMtharacanA upAdhyAyajI zrIyazovijayajIe pUrNa karI hatI. Ama janatAne eka graMthamAM be mahApuruSonI prasAdIno lAbha maLyo kahevAya. zrIpALa rAjAno rAsa ghaNA samaya pachI vAMcavAmAM Avyo. temAMthI bhAva ullAsita thatAM saMkSipta kathAnuM saMkalana saheja thaI gayuM. jo ke vizeSatA to svazreyanI che. AjanA yugamAM jIvananI doDamAM AvI saMkSipta kathAo jIvanamAM savicAra ane sadAcAra keLavavAmAM, tathA dharmazraddhAne daDha karavAmAM sahAyaka bane che. puNya-pApano gherAvo kevo saphaLa che te samajAya che ane mukta thavAnI cAvI maLe che. - maMgalamayI mayaNA ane zIlavAna zrIpALarAjAnI sAdhanA, temanAM jIvanarahasyo ApaNane preraNAdAyI banI rahe tevI abhyarthanA. prastuta kathAnAM rahasyo ane navapadajInI ArAdhanAnI vistRta mAhitI mATe jaina prakAzana maMdira dvArA saMpAdaka paMDita zrI rasikalAla zAMtilAla mahetA-racita zrIpALa rAjAno rAsa ane zrI siddhacakra ArAdhaka zrI bAbubhAI kaDIvALA pAsethI zrIpALa ane mayaNAnAM AdhyAtmika jIvana rahasyo vAMcavA, manana karavA ane jIvanamAM guMthavA jevA che. saMkSipta saMpAdana mATe A banne graMthakartAnA graMthonI A lekhanamAM parokSa preraNA maLI che. Jain Education international Formate personal use only membrary US
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________________ temaja zrI bAbubhAI kaDIvALA pAse zrI siddhacakra pUjana temaja temanA svamUkhe zrIpALa - mayaNAno rAsa sAMbhaLavAthI paNa ghaNuM ja jANavA maLe che. vinIta sunaMdAbahena sc999991990997 noMdha : A kathAnA nAmakaraNamAM mayaNAsuMdarInuM nAma prathama mUkyuM che, kAraNa ke A kathAmAM prathama praveza mayaNAno che. vaLI zrIpALane tabhava ane parabhavamAM dharmamArga mAM preraNAdAyinI paNa mayaNA che. AthI mahAsatInI jIvanakathA strIjagatane mahAupakAraka che. cccccccccc5997 sarva jIvo mokSane prApta kare A hakka sarva darzanoe svIkAryo che. jIva ja zivarUpa che, mokSasvarUpa che. tettatva jIvamAM tirohita bhAve rahyuM che. tene pragaTa karavA je je sakriyAo sAkSAt ke paraMparAe nimittarUpa che tene dharmamArga kahe che. tenI ArAdhanA te mAnavajIvananuM zreSTha kartavya che. ele=rewoh her enroloe =erevere caelivereussexual Awar Pereinereove,
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________________ aMtaranI vAta "maMgalamayI mayaNAsuMdarI ane zIlasaMpanna zrIpALarAjA" "dharma rakSita rakSita" maMgalamayI mayaNAsuMdarI ane zIla saMpanna zrIpALarAjA nI kathA uparokta uktane sAkAra kare che. jaina, dharmamAM AgavuM sthAna dharAvatI A kathAnuM zrI sunaMdAbahena voharAe saMkSiptamAM karela saMkalana khUbaja suMdara che. teoe AvI ja suMdara zailImAM anya kathAonuM paNa Alekhana karela che tathA kalpasUtra kathAsAra, zAMtipatha darzana, navatatvano saraLaparicaya, mukti bIja zuM karavAthI pote sukhI, gautama svAmI labdhI taNA bhaMDAra, sukhI jIvananI cAvI tamArA hAthamAM vagere pustakonuM Alekhana karela che. zrI sunaMdAbahena voharAnA pravacano atre temaja | paradezamAM bahu ja lokapriya thayela che. aneka loko temanAthI paricita che prastuta pustikA vAMcavAthI ApaNane teono vizeSa paricaya thaze. A kathA ApaNane karmanI philasUphI ane zrI navapadajInuM mahatva samajAve che. paMca parameSTi svarUpe arihaMta, siddha, AcArya, upAdhyAya ane sAdhu tathA dharma svarUpe darzana, jJAna, caritra ane tapa, e navapadanI ArAdhanA avazya karavA yogya che. dALA gAkhApAvAnAnApathArANAnAnA nAnA nAnA wainniAnAnAgAkArobArI
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________________ A kathAnA dareka vAcaka karmanI philasUdI para daDha banI zrI navapadajInI ArAdhanAmAM rata bane e ja abhyarthanA. amoe amArA 5. vaDila harimA nI 7 mI puNyatithie saMvata 2050 poSavada 9 tA. 24-1-1994 mAM A suMdara pustikA prakAzIta karela. Aje amo amArA pU. vaDila harimAnI 24 mI puNyatithIe - tA.24-1-2011 nA teonA jIvananI rUparekhA sAthe A pustikA pharIthI prakAzita karIe chIe. A pustikA taiyAra karAvI ApanAra zrI ajayabhAI sevaMtilAla jaina nA sahakArathI agAu nA pustakonI jema prakAzita karavuM saheluM paDela che. temaja amArA dareka pustakanI suMdara prastAvanA temaja ghaNA sudhArA sAthe prakAzita karI rahyA chIe te amArA kuTuMbanA kusumabahena jyotindrabhAI mahetA ne AbhArI che. vAcaka varga A pustakanuM vAMcana, manana karIne jIvanane sArthaka, AnaMdamaya banAve eja zubhecchA. harasukhabhAI bhAyacaMda mahetA ra03, vAlakezvara roDa, penoramA, 6Tho mALa, muMbaI - 400006. phona 23690603 / 23690608 -- -- -- --
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________________ maMgalamayI mayaNA - zIlasaMpanna zrIpALa (gaNadhara bhagavata zrI gotama svAmInA kathAnuyAga) zreNika pUche che, sukhasAmagrInI samRddhithI saMpanna tathA dharmathI zobhAyamAna rAjagRhI nagarInA pavitra udyAnamAM bhagavAna mahAvIranA paTTaziSya jJAnI zrI gautama gaNadhara padhAryA hatA. magadhapradezanA prabhubhakta mahArAjA zreNika saparivAra upadezanA zravaNa mATe AvyA hatA. vaLI aneka nAgarike dharmasabhAmAM upasthita hatA. gautamasvAmIe jIne hipadeza ApatA zrAvakanA cAra prakAranA dharmane samajAvyuM. vaLI kahyuM ke he mahAnu bhAve! tame navapadanI ArAdhanA kare, kAraNa ke, e ArAdhAne zrI bhagavAne zreSTha kahI che. te ArAdhanAnI phalazruti zAzvata sukha che mATe navapadanuM dhyAna karavuM. gautamasvAmInA zrImukhe dezanAnuM zravaNa karIne zreNika rAjAnA manabhAva atyaMta ullAsita thatAM temaNe pUchayuM ke, "he bhagavaMta! e navapadanuM dhyAna kevI rIte karavuM ? gautamasvAmIH "he zreNika! pUrve zrIpALarAjA ane mayaNAsuMdarI navapadanA dhyAnathI anukrame je rIte mokSa pAmyAM hatAM te rIte navapadanuM dhyAna karavuM."
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________________ zreNika rAjA: "he bhagavaMta! zrIpALa ane mayaNA keNa hatAM ane temaNe navapadanI ArAdhanA kevI rIte karI hatI ?" anaMtalabdhinA dhAraka evA zrI gautamasvAmIe muni sutratasvAmInA samayamAM thayelA mahAna ArAdhaka ane pavitrAtmAoe karelI navapadanI ArAdhanAnA saMdarbhamAM suMdara kathA kahI saMbhaLAvI. surasuMdarI ane mayANasuMdarInI kasoTI mAlavardezanI samRddha ujajayinI nagarI hatI. tyAM parAkramI rAjA prajApAlanuM rAjya hatuM. tene saubhAgyasuMdarI ane rUpasuMdarI ema be rANuo hatI. saubhAgyasuMdarIne surasuMdarI nAme kanyA hatI. rUpasuMdarIne mayaNAsuMdarI nAme kanyA hatI. baMne kuMvarIone zaizavakALa pUrNa thatAM, rAjapari vArane gya zikSaNa prApta karavA patine rokavAmAM AvyA hatA. baMne bahene jevI guNavAna hatI, tevI ja buddhimAna hatI. AthI temaNe alpa samayamAM cosaTha kaLAmAM nipuNatA prApta karI hatI. jainadharmamAM anurakta rUpasuMdarIe pitAnI kanyAne jaina dharmanA mukhya siddhAMtanuM jJAnazikSaNa ApavA eka jena paDitane kayA hatA. pUrvasaMskAranA baLe mayaNAne saTha kaLA karatAM A pAMsaThamI kaLAmAM vizeSa ruci thaI. ane janajananA mULa zamI anevitarmayukta anaMtanA
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________________ vALa jJAnakaLA teNe prApta karI. sarvajJa paragAtmAe kahelAM nava tattvane te yathArthapaNe jANatI hatI. baMne putrIo yauvanavayamAM AvatAM rAjA ane rANI temane mATe egya pAtra meLavavA prayatnazIla hatAM. kanyAonA vicAre jANavAnI jijJAsAthI eka divasa rAjAe baMne kuMvarIone temanA zikSaNanI kasoTIrUpe carcAne prAraMbha karyo. rAjA ane putrIo vacce saMvAda rasaprada hate. baMne nipuNatAthI pratyuttara ApatI hatI carcAne aMte rAjAe atyaMta prasanna thaI baMne putrIone manavAMchita mAMgavAnuM kahyuM. vaLI rAjAe kahyuM ke "A rAjayamAM mAruM sAva bhaumatva che. huM dhAruM tene sukha ApI zakuM chuM. mATe tamArI je IcchA hoya te vinAsaMkeca kahe." surasuMdarIe kahyuM, "pitAjI ! ApanI vAta sAcI che. ApanA pratApe amane sukha prApta thayuM che. kAraNa ke, rAjyane rakSaka rAjA ja hoya che. mATe sau tamArI kRpA vaDe sukhI che." surasuMdarInA pratyuttarathI prasanna thaI rAjAe te samaya rAjasabhAmAM hAjara rahelA zaMkhapurInA rAjA aridamana sAthe tene vivAha nakkI karyA ADaMbara sahita dhAmadhUmathI lagna paNa UjavAyA. rAjA have mayaNAne kahe che ke, "tAruM manavAMchita tuM paNa mAMgI le." mayaNAe vivekasahita jaNAvyuM H "he pitA! Ape ApelA susaMskAra e vAMchita che.
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________________ Apa vaDIlonI kRpAthI ame guNavAna chIe. dharmabhAvanAnA maLe ame puNyavAna thaie. devagurukRpAnA nidhAna vaDe ame dharmavAna thaIe. pUrva puNyaceAge ApanA jevA mAtApitA maLyAM e amAruM dhanyabhAgya che. huM pitAjI! mArA gurujIe mane je zikSaNa ApyuM che tenA marma Apa sAMbhaLe dareka jIvanuM sukhaduHkha potAnA nane AdhIna che. vaLI pAtAnA karelAM karmane pote ja seAgavavAM paDe che. ajJAnavaza jIva ahu seve che ke huM dhAruM te koine sukha ApI zakuM, athavA duHkhI karI zakuM, paraMtu koI koIne sukhI ke duHkhI karI zakatuM nathI." Aja sudhI rAjAnA kAne AvI vAta sAMbhaLavAmAM AvI nahAtI. te te dhAratA hatA ke, mArA rAjyamAM huM koine paNa sukhI karI zakuM, ane dhAruM tene raste rajhaLatA karI zakuM. mayaNAe te pote prApta karelA sAcA zikSaNanA marma pitA pAse rajU karyAM hatA. pitAjI dubhAya tevA tenA Azaya na hatA. karmanA udaye rAjA atya'ta paraMtu DhAI azubha kopAyamAna thaI gayA. mayaNAnI vAta janasamAja mATe paNa navI hatI. ajJAnavaza saurAjAnA pallAmAM besI gayA, ane mayaNAnI buddhine tathA teNe samajAvelA dharmanI hAMsI karavA lAgyA. rAjadarabAramAM sarvatra kSeAla vyApI gayA. samayapArakhu
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________________ anubhavI maMtrIe sabhA visarjana karI, rAjAne vinaMtI karI ke, "ApaNe sau rAjavADIe jaIe." rAjA, rAja parivAra, maMtrI ane sainya sahita rAjavADIe javA nIkaLyA. mArgamAM dUrathI eka ToLuM AvatuM joIne rAjAe maMtrI sAme praznasUcaka daSTi karI. maMtrIH "he rAjana! ApaNe dizA badalIne javu paDaze. A ToLuM kuSTha regathI grasita che. sAtaso keDhiyA gAmogAma phare che ane temanA uMbara rANa mATe rAjakanyA zadhe che." evAmAM kukaregIone nAyaka rAjAnI najIka Ave. tenA raktaparuthI bharelA zarIrane joIne rAjA bha pAmI gaye. paNa tenA magajamAM eka jhabakAre thaye, tyAM te pelA nAyake rAjAne vinayAnvita thaIne nivedana karyuM ke, "amArA rAjAne gya kanyA meLavavAnA ame abhilASI chIe." mAyaNa ane ubara rANunAM lagna thayAM rAjAe tarata vicAra karyo ke mayaNA puNyapApanI vAta kare che te bhale phaLa bhegave. AvezanA AvegamAM rAjAe pelA nAyakane vacana ApyuM ke, "mArI rAjakanyA tamArA rANA sAthe paraNAvIza." bIje divase darabAra bharyo. mayaNAne punaH pUchyuM ke, tuM hajI paNa zuM vicAre che? kahe tAruM sukha kayAM che? karma kare te thAya ke mArI kRpA hoya te thAya ?"
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________________ mayaNAe punaH vivekathI javAba Ape, "pitAjI karmanAM rahasyanI gUDhatAnuM sarvara paramAtmAe nirUpaNa karyuM che. temanA vacanane kevI rIte mithyA kahevAya? arthAt dareka jIva pitAnA zubhAzubha karma pramANe sukha ke duHkha bhegave che." Ama pitAputrIne vArtAlApa cAle che tyAM te sAtaso keDhiyAonI jAna, ubara rANA (zrIpALa) ane kutUhalathI. joDAyelA nagarajane darabAramAM AvI pahoMcyA. sAtase koDhiyA, temAM koInA hoTha kapAyelA, keIna. AMgaLA te koIne hAtha. uMbara rANA prajApAla rAjAnI najIka AvI Ubho rahyo. tarata ja rAjee jAhera karyuM ke, "mayaNAsuMdarIne tenA karma phaLa ApyuM che. tenAM lagna A ubara rANA sAthe karavAmAM Ave che. tyAre rUpavatI mayaNane joIne uMbara rANAe rAjAne Ave anyAya na karavA kahyuM. paraMtu ahaMkAranA AvezamAM rAjAe mayaNAne tenI sAthe paraNAvI dIdhI. e kuSTarogI yuvAna keNa hatuM? samRddha evA aMgadezanI mahAnagarI. caMpApurImAM siharatha nAme rAjA hate. tene sadguNI kamaLaprabhA nAme rANI hatI. temane zrIpALa nAme rUpavAna kuMvara hate. rAjArANa sukhe samaya vyatIta karatAM hatAM. A sarva zubhaga palakavAramAM azubhamAM parivartita thaI gayo. rAjA asAdhya dardathI maraNane zaraNa thaze. te samaye zrIpALa
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________________ mAtra pAMca varSane hate. rANanA duHkhazekane pAra na hate, duHkhanA divaso kemeya khUTatA nathI. anubhavI maMtrIe rANIne samajAvIne zrIpALakuvarane rAjyAbhiSeka karyo ane rAjyavyavasthA saMbhALI lIdhI. paraMtu durbhAgya te AgaLa cAlatuM hatuM. zrIpALanA ja kAkA ajitasene dubuddhivaza rAjya paDAvI levA bALa kuMvarane ghAta karavAnuM kAvavuM UbhuM karyuM. pramANika sevaka dvArA maMtrIne A kAvatrAnI gaMdha AvI gaI. teNe tarata rAjamAtA ane zrIpALane gupta daravAjethI ravAnA karyA, ane AzvAsana ApyuM ke kuMvara jIvate raheze, te bhAvimAM pitAnA bAhubaLathI rAjya punaH prApta karaze. puNya paravAre tyAre rAjA raMka bane, mahelanAM sukha mANanArA sevakethI sacavAyelAM rAjamAtA ane rAjakuMvara jaMgalamAM cAlI nIkaLyA. ghaDIka cAle che, ghaDIka doDe che. prAraMbhamAM te rAjakuMvarane jaMgalamAM pharavAthI khuzI thaI paNa . bapora caDyA, udarapatinuM koI sAdhana nathI. UThatAMnI sAthe anekavidha khAdyasAmagrInAM kImatI pAtrane badale Aje baMnene sUkA roTalAnA paNa phAMphAM che. rAjakuMvaraH "mA! have mahelamAM cAlone, mane thAka lAge che. mAre khAvuM che, have jaMgalamAM pharavuM nathI." mAtAnI AMkhamAM azrudhArA vahI rahI che. bALakanA gAlane cUme che, vAMse paMpALe che. avAka rahIne kuMvarane UMcakIne AgaLa vadhe che. mA-dIkare cAlIne ane deDIne thAkayAM hatAM, pAMca
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________________ varSane e sukumAra rAjakumAranuM mukha puSpa karamAya tema karamAyuM hatuM. nisahAya rANI atyaMta duHkhI hatI. aMte rAta thavA AvI. jagalanA pazuonA bhayAnaka avAje ane siMhanI trADa parAkramI puruSanuM kALajuM kaMpAve tevAM hatAM. koI upAya na hatuM. rANIe paramAtmAnA nAmanuM zaraNa laI eka vRkSa nIce visAmo karyo. rANanA zIlanA prabhAve - pudaye rAtri nivine pasAra thaI. prabhAta thayuM paNa rANI ane kuMvara mATe prabhAta paNa rAtri jevuM hatuM. bALake AMkha khelI ane prathama dUdha mAMgyuM. rAjamahelamAM kaDhAyAM dUdha ane bALakanA bhAgyane have ghaNuM cheTuM hatuM. mAtA putrane samajAve che, have zuM karavuM tene vicAra kare che. te samaye sAtaso kukaregIonuM chuM tyAMthI nIkaLyuM. prathama najare AvA moTA samUhamAM kurAgI jeIne rANI kaMpI UThI. paraMtu tene khAtrI hatI ke atisenanA sainike temane pakaDavA pAchaLa nIkaLyA haze. AthI DUbate mANasa taraNuM pakaDe tema rANu kumArane laIne te keDhiyAmAM bhaLI temanI sAthe AgaLa cAlI. tenI dhAraNA pramANe temane pakaDavA sainike AvI pahoMcyA paNa AvA bihAmaNA keDhiyAnA samudAyane joIne teo pAchA vaLyA. eka saMkaTa TaLyuM, tyAM bIjuM saMkaTa UbhuM thayuM. aho! karma tArI gati! keDiyAnI sAthe rahevAthI zrIpALane paNa kekane roga lAza paDayo te joIne mAtA atyatA dukhI thaI. bALakane ToLAmAM mUkIne koDhanI davA zodhavA te
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________________ deza-dezAMtara ghUmatI rahI, ema paMdara varSanAM vahANa vAyAM. zrIpALa bALaka maTIne yuvAna thayA hatA. paNa zarIranA rome rome keDha rega vyApI gaye hate. kayAM zrIpALanuM sauMdarya ane kyAM A karmane udaya? maya sAthe jenAM lagna thayAM te kuSTharogI yuvAna uMbara rANA te ja zrIpALa kuMvara hate. mayaNane tattvanI zraddhArUpa bedhabIja prApta thayuM hatuM. tenA baLa vaDe mayaNue A prasaMgane samatAthI svIkArI lIdhuM. tenA mukha para zaMkA ke zokanI leza mAtra paNa chAyA paDI na hatI. mayaNa rAjakuMvarI hatI, paraMtu karmarekhA badalAI hatI. lagnanA kaI rAjakIya utsavarahita, kariyAvararahita rAjakanyAne vidAya karavAmAM AvI. rAjasattA ane puruSapradhAnatA pAse mAtA AMsu sAratI rahI. pitA te garvanA aMdhakAramAM aMdha banyuM hatuM. mayaNuM-zrIpAvAnuM prathama milana nagaranI bahAra keThiyAone utAro hatA, tyAM AvelA ke jarjarita makAnamAM mayaNA-zrIpALanuM, varavadhUnuM prathama milana thAya che. rUpavAna ane lAvaNyamayI mayaNA sAme joIne zrIpALa stabdha thaI vicAravA lAgyA, ke mArI sAthe rahevuM A kanyA mATe kaI rIte egya nathI. tenuM saudarya naSTa thaI jaze. mATe tene samajAvIne pAchI mekalavI ucita che. patine UMDA vicAramAM garakAva joI mayaNa zrIpALanI najIka AvI. zrIpALa sAvadhAnapaNe dUra rahevA mAMgatA
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________________ 10 hatA. teNe mayaNAne samajAvI, "he rUpavatI ! mArI sAthe. rahevAmAM tAruM hita nathI. huM romerome keDha rogathI pIDAI chuM. jotajotAmAM A rega mArA sahavAsathI tArA lAvaNyamaya sauMdaryane paNa bharakhI jaze. mATe tuM tArI mAtA pAse jA ane anyatra lagna karI sukhI thA." zrIpALanI sajajanatA ane nehabharyA zabdonA zravaNathI mayaNanA dilanA tAra jhaNajhaNI UThayA. teNe kahyuM ke, "satI strIne be pati heI ja na zake. satIne anyatra sukhanI apekSA na hoya, ane duHkhathI pAchA pharavAnuM na. hoya. tenuM sukha patinA sahavAsamAM rahyuM che. vaLI mArA bhAgyamAM je lakhyuM che te banyuM che. tame nizcita rahe. dharmanA prabhAve sAruM thaI jaze." - mayaNAnA zraddhAyukta vacananuM zravaNa karI, zrIpALanI vANuM yaMbhI gaI. baMnee te rAtri dharmabhAvanA ane prabhusamaraNamAM gALI. aho ! zrIpALanuM saujanya ane zIla. dhanya! mayaNAsuMdarInI zraddhA ane satItva. re karma! tAro koyaDo paNa ajaba che. pavitra premanA pravAhamAM palakavAramAM rAtri vyatIta thaI gaI. chatAM baMne svastha ane prasanna hatAM. prAtaHkAla thatAM mayaNAne niyama mujaba prabhudarzananI bhAvanA thaI teNe patine kahyuM ke, "ApaNe prabhudarzana karavA jaIe." zrIpALa to pAMca varSanI uMmarathI keDhiyAnA ToLAmAM jaMgalamAM pharatuM hatuM tyAM tene prabhudarzanane koI yoga
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________________ thayuM na hatuM. chatAM te sajajana puruSa patnInA vacanane anusaravA tatpara thaye. nagaranA daravAjAnI najIkanA maMdiramAM teo AvI pahecyAM. jinezvara bhagavAnanAM bhAvathI darzana karatAM baMne jaNa sarva duHkha, saMtApa ane zoka vIsarI gayAM. zrIpAlanuM citta saraLa hatuM mayaNAnuM dila bhAvavALuM hatuM prabhuvaMdana caMdanathI paNa zItaLa hatuM. baMnenAM hRdayamAM bhAva UmaTayA. mayaNanA mukhathI udgAra sarI paDyAH "he karuNasAgara! Apa ja amArA rakSaka ane taraNatAraNa che. Apa amArA zirachatra che. ApanI bhakti e ja amAre duHkhamuktine upAya che. he vizvavatsala! Apa vaMdanIya che. prANImAtrane pUjanIya che. devene darzanIya, sune sevanIya cho. amArA dilane anupama AdaraNIya che. he karuNAnidhi ! A tamArAM bALako para kRpA karI Atmazreyane mArga batAvaze. ApanA dharmamAM ame anurAgI banIe tevuM zraddhAbaLa Apaje." prabhubhaktimAM lIna baMne zAMta cite UbhAM thaI prabhune saulAsa nIrakhI rahyAM hatAM. tyAM eka Azcarya banyuM. tyAM rahelA adhiSThita devanI labdhithI, ane A jIne pavitra bhAvathI prabhanA ka8mAM rahelI mALA ane zrIphaLa
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________________ 12 zrIpALanA hAthamAM AvyAM. zrIpALa ane mayaNA sAzcarya A dazya joI rahyAM. temanI zraddhA vadhu daDha thaI. mayaNanA manamAM anumAna thayuM ke have maMgala prAraMbha jarUra thaze. pUrI rAtri pALeluM akhaMDa brahmAvata, pitAnA bhAgyane saharSa svIkAra. prabhudarzanamAM akhaMDa AtmavRtti. tenI phaLazruti maMgaLanuM Agamana. prabhudarzananI ananya bhAvanAnuM kRpAmRta. prabhudarzana pachI sAdhakanuM bIjuM prAta:kArya guruvaMdana che. gAnuga maMdiranI najIkanA upAzrayamAM jJAnI muni suMdarasUri mahAtmA upasthita hatA. baMne atyaMta utsAha sahita tyAM pahoMcyA. guruvadana karI vivekapUrvaka beThAM. mayaNuM agAu koIvAra sakhIo sAthe guradarzane AvatI hatI. Aje kuSTharogI sAthe AvelI je munizrIe pUchyuM, "mayaNA! tArI sakhIo kyAM che? tuM kenI sAthe AvI chuM? A bhAgyavAna yuvAna keNa che? mayaNAe saMkSepamAM hakIkata jaNAvI. mayaNaH "gurudeva! mArA bhAgyamAM je hatuM te banyuM che, paNa mArI vyathA e che lokomAM dharmabhAvanAne Adara ke Adarza nahi rahe, paNa zAsananI avahelanA thaze. Apa keI upAya batAve." gurudevaH "mayaNA! tArI vAta sAcI che. paNa ame muni chIe, amArI pAse kapa ke jaDIbu na hoya, paNa
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________________ tuM zraddhA rAkhaje. jema tArI bhaktithI prerAIne kaI zAsanadeve maMgaLanAM cihanarUpe mALA tathA zrIphaLa ApyAM che tema tArI zraddhAnA phaLathI puryodaye tAruM zubha jarUra thaze. gurunI nizrAmAM prApta thayelA dharma (navapadanI ArAdhanA) zrIpALanI mukharekhA nihALI gurudeve kahyuM ke, "A lAgyavAnanI mukharekhAo darzAve che ke te koI uttama AtmA che, ane te zAsanaprabhAvaka puruSa thaze." guru jJAnI hatA. temanI daSTi tenA zarIra pratye na hatI, paNa temaNe zrIpALanA AtmAne oLakhI lIdhuM hatuM. mayaNane gurudevanA vacanamAM vizvAsa hatuM. AthI gurudevane paNa eka zuddha upAya sUjhI Ave. gurudeve kahyuM, "maNA amArI pAse paugalika upAya nathI paNa pAramArthika upAya jarUra che." ane temaNe AgamapraNita siddhacakayaMtranI ane maMtranI vidhi mayaNane batAvI. ane kahyuM ke "A maMtra atyaMta mahimAvaMta cheH Aso suda sAtamathI pUnamanA divase nava divasa AyaMbilanuM vrata karavuM. te divasemAM cha Avazyaka ArAdhavA. zuddha brahmacaryanuM pAlana karavuM. kramavAra te te padanI ArAdhanA. vaLI caitra suda sAtamathI pUnamanA divasomAM A ArAdhanA zraddhApUrvaka karavI. navapadanI vidhi prakAre pUjA karavI.
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________________ A uparAMta egya vidhi batAvI. ane kahyuM ke, "A tapa pUrNa thaye salillAsa UjamaNuM karavuM. niSkAmapaNe karelI navapadanI ArAdhanAthI tamArA sarva duHkha-saMtApane nAza thaze. zraddhApUrvaka ArAdhanA karanAranAM manavAMchita pUrNa thAya che. sarva karmane nAza thAya tevuM sAmarthya A padanI ArA. dhanAmAM raheluM che." gAnuyoge A parvanA divase najIka AvatA hatA. vaLI te samaye upAzraye AvelA keI gRhasthane sadbhAvanA thatAM A baMnene pitAnA nivAse laI jaI, vrata-ArAdhanA mATe uttama suvidhA karI ApI. mayaNanA hRdayamAM 'umaMga che. tapazcaryAne mahimA ane zraddhA bharapUra che, gurunI kRpA che, upadezanuM amRta che. gurue darzAvelI vidhine pUrNa paNe lakSamAM rAkhIne sAdhanazuddhi ane bhAvazuddhi sahita tapazcaryAne maMgaLa prAraMbha thaze. uttarouttara ArAdhanAmAM bhAva nirmaLa thatA gayA. prathama divase zarIranI baLatarA zamI. bIjA divase kharAba cAmaDI UtaravA lAgI. trIjA divase paru nIkaLatuM baMdha thayuM. cAra, pAMca, cha, sAta, ATha ane navame divase te zrIpAlanI kAyA zuddhapaNe asalarUpe pragaTa thaI. mAyaNa ane zrIpALe navapadanI ArAdhanA nispRha
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________________ 15 bhAve ane ucca prakAre karI hatI. te samayanA temanA nirmaLa bhAvanA nimittathI navapadajIne prakSAlana kareluM haraNa anya sAta keDhiyAne lagAvavAthI teo paNa nirogI thayA hatA. ahIM eka prazna thaze ke nava ja divasanA navapadanA ArAdhana mAtrathI je A duHsAdhya roga nAza pAmI gayuM hatuM, te Aje ghaNu tapasvIo AvI tapazcaryA kare che chatAM AvuM zIdhra pariNAma kema jaNAtuM nathI ? tenA uttaramAM ema samajavAnuM che ke jene sanmArge javA mATe utkRSTa daSTAMtathI bedha ApavAmAM AvI hoya che. vaLI AvI ArAdhanAmAM darekanI zraddhA, bhAva ane mananI nirmaLatA vizeSa kArya kare che. sAdhakanI, sAdhyanI ane sAdhananI zuddhi, traNenI ekatAthI kArya zIghatAthI siddha thAya che. zrIpALa ane mayaNAnI zraddhA, ananya bhAva, atyaMta nirmaLatA, ane citta navapadane dhyAnamAM lIna ghavAthI pariNAma zIvratAne pAmyuM hatuM. AthI jena - darzanakAre kahe che ke samakitanI prApti pachI ja vrata-tapa sAcAM kare che, arthAt karmanA nAzanuM kAraNa bane che. mithyAdarzana ke mithyAbhAvane kAraNe karelAM vratAdi ArAdhanAnuM phaLa je tyAre zubha bhAvanA hoya te zubha baMdhanuM kAraNa bane che paNa karmanAzanuM kAraNa banatuM nathI. sat puruSane batAvelAM sAdhane - bhAga zuddha che, paraMtu mithyA devane lIdhe te zIvratAthI phaLadAyI thatAM nathI, samyam daSTi AtmAne te
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________________ ja vrata-tapAdi karma nazAnuM sAdhana bane che. mATe tapavratAdi svarUpalakSe karavAthI mithyAdeSa TaLI jIvanA pariNAma samakita sanmukha bane che. dharmanI kriyA mAtra svarUpaniSThAthI karavI jethI tevA saMskAranA baLe jIva samakitanI prAptine yogya bane, samakitabIja sahitanA mayaNanA prazasta pariNAma, tenA saMge zrIpALe grahaNa karelI acaLa zraddhApUrvaka sAdhanAthI paugalika raMga te nAza pAme, paNa bhavaraga paNa nAza pAme teve temaNe sata puruSArtha Adaryo hate. kamanI vicitratA ahe! kamenI vicitratA te juo! Aje mahelanAM sukha, kSaNamAtramAM jaMgalanAM duHkha, AjanI rAjakuMvarI kAle keDhiyAnI patnI Aje uttama bhejanathI bharapUra pA. kAle sUkA roTalAnAM paNa valakhAM. AjanI zAMtirUpa sahita sukumAratA. kAle rame rome vyApelI kaDhanI azAtA. devagurunI kRpArUpa dharma anuSThAnane ga. zubha karmane prAraMbha ane sukhane vega saMsArI mAtranuM jIvananAva Ama zubhAzubhanA halesAthI saMsArasAgaranI saphara karatuM rahe che. prAce azubha ane kavacit zubhayoga maLe che. mATe jJAnI puruSe te jJAnasvarUpa AtmamAM sukhane jANIne tenI prApti mATe ja saMsArane tyAga karI cAlI nIkaLatA hoya che.
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________________ 17 zrI pALanI mAtA gAnuga A nagaramAM hatI. te eka divasa devadarzane AvI. tyAM zrIpALe mAtAne oLakhI lIdhI, ane tene praNAma karyA. mayaNA tene anusarI. pachI traNe sAdhamikane tyAM gayA. zrIpALe mAtAthI chUTA paDyA pachInI sarva hakIkata mAtAne kahI saMbhaLAvI. kamaLaprabhAe pitAnI vItakakathA kahI ke, dezavideza tArA mATe auSadhanI zodhamAM pharatI hatI. tyAM eka vAra guru mahArAja maLyA. temaNe pitAnI jJAnalabdhithI tArI hakIkta kahI. AthI tane zodhatI zelatI huM ahIM AvI pahoMcI. mAtA puvaeNmilanathI atyaMta sukhI thaI. mAtA, zrIpALa ane mayaNA sukhethI kALa nirgamana kare che. dharmArAdhanAmAM pravRtta rahe che. prajA pALarAjAe AvezamAM bhAna bhUlIne jayAre mayaNAne kukarAgI uMbara rANA sAthe paraNAvI hatI, tyArathI dharmapriya rANI rUpasuMdarI patine AvA vartanathI atyaMta duHkhI thaI hatI. AthI pite ujajayinImAM rahetA pitAnA bhAI puNyapALarAjAnA nivAse rahetI hatI. dharmArAdhanAthI kaMIka sAMtvanA pAmatI hatI. eka divasa evuM banyuM ke te jinamaMdiramAM darzanArthe AvI gAnuyega te ja maMdiramAM mAtA, putra ane putravadhU atyaMta bhAvathI prabhubhakti karatAM hatAM. bhaktipadanA zravaNathI tenuM dhyAna gAnAra mayaNA pratye gayuM, ane teNe tarata ja putrI mayaNAne oLakhI lIdhI. te kALe ke sarvakALe strI jIvananA satItvane pati
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________________ parAyaNatA sAthe avinAbhAvI saMbadha manAyA che. AthI rUpavAna navayuvAna evA yuvAna sAthe mayaNAne joIne mAtA atyaMta du:khI thaI. are ! mArI kukSie janmelI kanyAe AvuM duSkRtya kema karyuM ? te sadguNusaMpanna potAnA keDhiyA patinA tyAga karI anya puruSane paraNI ? enuM jJAna 18 - zikSaNa kayAM gayuM ! caityava'dana-bhakti-vidhi pUrI thatAM mayaNAnI najara potAnI mAtA tarapha gaI, ane teNe necuM ke mAtAnI AMkhamAM azru che, tenA mukha para glAni che. AthI teNe pUchyuM: "he mAtA ! tame A sthAne AnaMda pAmavAne adale zAkamagna kema che? zrI jinezvaradeva ane gurunI kRpA vaDe ame sukha pAmyAM chIe. cAla, tame amArI sAthe Ave ane sarva hakIkatane sAMbhaLe. jethI tamAre zAka-saMtApa dUra thAya.' daherAsaramAM sAMsArika vAta na thAya, tevA viveka jANanArI mayaNA bahAra nIkaLI. mAtAne sAthe laI cAre sAdharmika kha'nA nivAse pahoMcyAM. mayaNAe mAtAne vinayapUrvaka sthAna ApyuM, ane pachI saghaLI hakIkata kahI saMbhaLAvI. mAnavamana mana kevA calita bhAvavALuM che! rUpasuMdarIe mayaNAne dha'zikSaNa ApIne khuzI mAnI hatI. paraMtu tenA pitA pratyenA javAbathI te nArAja thaI hatI. mayaNAne navayuvAna sAthe joI duHkhI thaI, ane satya hakIkata
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________________ sAMbhaLIne atyaMta sukhI thaI. sAmAnyapaNe saMsArane pravAha A pramANe vahete heya che. jI paLamAM sukha ane paLamAM duHkha anubhave che. baMne mAtAo anya paricaya pAmIne tathA dharmaparAyaNa vara-vahune joIne AnaMda anubhavavA lAgI. rUpasuMdarIna pUchavAthI kamaLaprabhA rANIe pitAnI ane zrIpALanI sarva hakIkta jaNAvI. te kamaLaprabhAnA duHkhathI dravita thaI. chevaTe bane vicAravA lAgyA ke zubhAzubha kamane A ke akaLa cakrAve che. jIve chAne khUNe karelA pitAnA karmane vipAka thatAM te bhegavavAM ja paDe che. kamaLaprabhAne mukhe jamAI zrIpALanA kuLavaMzanI uttamatA jANI rUpasuMdarI atyaMta prasanna thaI. kamaLaprabhAe kahyuM ke A sukhanA divasene sarva yaza putravadhU mayaNane che. te amArA puNyayege ja amArAM duHkha dUra karavA janmI ane amane putravadhU tarIke maLI che. rUpasuMdarI paNa pitAnI putrInA satItva ane zIlanI prazaMsAthI harSa pAmI. ane kahevA lAgI, "mayaNAne A rAjakumAra patirUpe maLe tethI te bhAgyavAna che." Ama aneka prakArane saMvAda karI rUpasuMdarI prasannacitte pitAnA bhAI puNyapALane nivAse pahoMcI ane saullAsa sarva hakIkta kahI saMbhaLAvI. puNyapALa sarva vigata sAMbhaLI prasannatA pAme. vaLI puNyapaNe vicAryuM ke bhale mayaNAnAM lagna ke azubha muhUrta thayAM paNa have te temane samAna 'pUrvaka ahIM lAvavA joIe.
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________________ 20 AthI caturagI senAne taiyAra karI rAjaparivAra ThAThamAThathI taiyAra thaye. nagArAM, vAjA ane vAjiMtre gAjI UThayAM.. kutUhalapriya prajAjane temAM joDAyA. vAjategAjate sAjana sthAne pahayuM... jaya zrIpALa-mayaNAne vAsa hatA. puNyapALa puNyazALI daMpatIne maLyA. puyapALe atyaMta Adara ane premapUrvaka zrIpALane AliMgana ApyuM. mayaNAsuMdarIe mAmAne oLakhI lIdhA. mAmAne satkArane mAna ApI bane sAjana sAthe mAmAne tyAM pahoMcyAM. puNyapALa rAjAe zrIpALa ane mAyaNa mATe sukhasAmagrImAM kaMI ja khAmI rahevA na dIdhI. Ama, temanA puNyabaLe sukhamAM divaso vyatIta thaI rahyA hatA, prajApAlI rAjano pazcAttApa prajA pALa rAjAe AvezamAM ekavAra pagaluM bharI dIdhuM. paNa pachI pastAvA lAgyA. vaLI rUpasuMdarI temane tyAga karI gaI hatI. AthI vyathita manavALA rAjA ekavAra vanavihAre gayA hatA. tyAMthI pAchA pharatAM te puNyapALanA nivAsa bAjuthI nIkaLyA. te samaye temanA zravaNe suMdara vAjitrenA avAjo saMbhaLAtA hatA. rAjAe avAja tarapha joyuM te jharUkhAmAM eka suMdara yuvAna ane rUpavatI kanyA beThAM hatAM. temanI samakSa nATayAraMbha
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________________ thatA hatA. arepaNa A zuM? A kanyA te mANasuMdarI ja che ! paNa A suMdara navayuvAna koNa? mayaNane te kuSTharegI sAthe paraNAvavAmAM AvI hatI. karma ane pitAnA prArabdhane mAnavAvALI mayaNAe patine tyAga karyo? e vicArathI te duHkhI thaye; tenA karatA pitAne apakRtyane yAda karIne te vizeSa duHkhI thaye, mAnavamana kevuM vicitra che? bahAra mAM pIDAne nimitta UbhA karavAnA ajJAnavaza aMtaraMgamAM paDelA ahamane te jANatuM nathI. pariNAme duHkhane anubhava kare che. prajApALa rAjAnI savArI AgaLa vadhe che. tyAM puNyapALe pitAnA mahelamAMthI joyuM ke prajA pALanA mukha para atyaMta kheda che. temaNe vicAryuM ke mAre dharma che ke mAre temane satya hakIkta jaNAvavI, jethI temanuM duHkha dUra thaI zake. Ama vicArI te tarata ja nIce AvyuM ane prajA pALa rAjAne gya AdarasatkAra karIne mahelamAM laI gaye. vaLI TUMkamAM sarva banAva kahI saMbhaLAvyuM. tyAM te teo zrIpALanA mahelamAM AvI pahoMcyA. mAnavamananI vicitratA juo - paLamAM harSa, paLamAM zoka; paLamAM sukha, paLamAM duHkha. prajApALa rAjAnA manamAM ekasAthe eTalA badhA Avege UbharAyA che te stabdha banI UbhA rahyA. pAna jamAIne joIne AnaMda, mayaNAnuM duHkha dUra thayAne harSa,
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________________ pote karelAM apakRtyane aphasesa, rUpasuMdarInI gerahAjarIne bha, AvI mUMjhavaNa anubhavatA prajApALane dUrathI jotAM mAyaNa hiMDoLA parathI sahasA UbhI thaI ane vinayapUrvaka pitAne praNAma karyA. zrIpALe paNa sasarAne oLakhyA ane te mayaNAne anusaryA. - rAjAne pitAnA Avegana, sattAnA madanI bhUla samajAI hatI. AthI tenAM nayane sajaLa thayAM ane mayaNAsuMdarIne premasahita kahevA lAgyA ke, he putrI ! tArI vAta satya. hatI. Aje mane jaina dharmanA aciMtya prabhAvanuM sAcuM darzana, thayuM ke vyakti keIne sukha ke duHkha ApI zakatI nathI. dareka jaNa pitAnA prArabdhathI ja sukhI ke duHkhI thAya che. kathaMcita temAM nimittane bhega bane che tyAre vyakti ajJAnavaza ahaMbhAvathI ema mAne che ke huM keIne sukhI ke duHkhI karI zakuM chuM." - mayaNAsuMdarIH "pitAjI ! Apa AvA vikalpa karI. duHkhI na thAva. je banyuM te mArA zubhAzubha cegathI ja banyuM che." puNyapALe pitAnI bahenane khabara ApIne bolAvI lIdhI hatI. Ama darekanA mane bhAvamAM samAna prasannatA. prApta thaI. duHkhada kSaNe vItI gaI ane navI kSaNe sukhadapaNe pariNamI. tyAra pachI prajA pALa rAjAe AkhA nagaramAM utsava. jAhera karyo. gRhethuha sajAvavAmAM AvyAM. core ne cauTe jainadharmane tapAdinA prabhAvanI sukhada carcAo thavA lAgI.
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________________ 13 zrIpALa-mayagrAnI atyaMta mAnapUrvaka zobhAyAtrA nIkaLI, nagarajanA A yugalane joIne dhanya banyA. rAjAe putrIjamAI mATe ati zaiAbhAyamAna mahela, vasro, ala kAre vagerenI sajAvaTa karI temane mahelamAM laI gayA. zrIpALamayAna samaya sukhamAM nigamana thatA hatA. A sau vAna yuvAna teA rAjAnA jamAI che. ekavAra zrIpALa manoraMjana mATe keTalAka sainya sAthe vanakrIDA mATe nIkaLyA. savArI nagaranA mArgathI pasAra thatI hatI. nagarajanA rathamAM beThelA zrIpALanA sauMdaryane joIne mugdha thayA hatA. tee aMdaraaMdara carcA karatA hatA ke ahA ! A jainadarzInanA prabhAva tA jue! e keDhiyA uMbara rAtheA kayAM ne A temanuM pragaTa thayeluM sau kAM ? iMdra, cadra ane cakravartIne paNa jhAMkhA pADe tevA rAjAnA jamAI kevA zaiAle che? Ama vAravAra leke rAjAnA jamAI', 'rAjAnA jamAI' zabda [ phlAsathI khelatA hatA. temAM vaLI eka bALakI peAtAnI mAtAne pUchavA lAgI ke mA! ApaNe koI divasa AvA rUpavAna puruSane joyA nathI. A kArya devanI savArI dharatI para UtarI AvI che? A rUpavAna yuvAna kANu che?' mA kahe, 'putrI ! A koI deva nathI, paNa A dharatInA ja mAnava che. ApaNA rAjyanA jamAI che." te ja samaye zrIpALanA ratha tyAMthI pasAra thayA ane A zabdo punaH
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________________ ra4 temanA karNapradeze sparyA. are, A zuM sAMbhaLuM chuM? "jamAI !" "jamAI !" "jamAI ! parAkramI puruSe pitAnA guNa-parAkramathI oLakhAya, ane huM te ahIM jamAI tarIke prasiddha thAuM chuM. rAjAnA rAjyamAM sarva prakAranuM sukha hovA chatAM zrIpALanuM hRdaya vyathAthI UbharAI gayuM. re mAnavamana ! kazuM ja badalAvA na chatAM mana kevuM kAraNa zodhIne kSaNamAtramAM vyathita thaI jAya che! te dezakALe ane Aje paNa puruSapradhAna saMskRtinuM paribaLa parAkramI puruSamAM A vicAra udabhave te sAmAnya vyavahAra che. vanakIDAe nIkaLelA zrIpALa Aje hatotsAhI hevAthI zIghratAthI pAchA pharyA. prathama temane prajA pALa rAjAe joyA, ane temanA mukha parane viSAda pArakhI gayA ane pUchavA lAgyA : "he rAjakumAra ! tame Aje kema udAsa che? tamane keNe dubhagyA che? athavA tamane tamArA rAjyanI yAda Ave che? je te pAchuM meLavavAnI cAhanA hoya te tamane parAkramI sainya sajaja karI ApuM. je tamane keIe dubhavyA hoya te tene daMDa karuM !' zrIpALa kahe, "he pitA! parAkramI puruSa te pitAnA baLathI kAryasiddhi kare che. tame mArA para ghaNe upakAra karyo che paNa have mane rajA Apa. huM dezavideza pharIza ane kAryasiddhi karIza.
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________________ 25 tyArapachI mAtA pAse AvIne vinayasahita pitAnA mananI vAta jaNAvI. mAtA putranI vAta sAMbhaLIne duHkhI thaI gayAM. mAMDa sukhanA divaso joyA tyAM vaLI A putraviyoganI veLA AvI! mAtA kahe, "he zrIpALa! tuM te mArI khanuM ratana che. mAre te A jagatamAM tAre ja AdhAra che. tArA sukhe sukhI ane duHkhe duHkhI evI A mAtA te tArI sAthe ja prayANa karaze." zrIpALane vAraMvAra AzvAsana ane samajathI mAtAe mana vALyuM. ane putranA kalyANa arthe zubhAziSa ApyA ane kahyuM ke, beTA ! navapadajInAM dhyAnathI tAruM ka9yANa ." - tyAra pachI zrIpALa mayaNA pAse pahoMce. mayaNAne dAsI dvArA vAtane dera maLyuM hatuM. sasarA ane mAtAne manAvavA jevuM A kArya saraLa na hatuM. prAraMbhamAM te baMne mauna thaI rahyAM. aMte mayaNAe mauna choDyuM. sajaLa ne kahevA lAgI, "he svAmI! mArI kAyA tamArAthI bhale judI hoya paNa mArA prANu te tamArI sAthe ja jIvavAvALA che. tethI videzayAtrAmAM huM tamArI sAthe AvIza. he svAmI! tame ahRdayanA virahAgnine jANatA nathI tethI mArAthI vikhUTA paDI paradeza javA tatpara thayA che. paNa huM te Apa jyAM jaze tyAM sAthe ja AvIza." vaLI manomana piyAvA lAgIte upa-prArabdha! tuM
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________________ paNa khare samaye tArAM vicitra lakSaNe pragaTa kare che. dharmabhAvanAyukta vaLI sAMsArikapaNe ame sukhe samaya. nirgamana karatA hatA te paNa tuM sahI na zakyuM? Akhare zrIpALe atyaMta sanehapUrvaka mayaNAne sajjana ane parAkramI puruSanI jIvanapraNAli samajAvI AzvAsana ApyuM, puruSanuM jIvana kevaLa sukhasagavaDamAM pUruM thaI jAya tevuM sImita nathI. pitAnA parAkramane pragaTa karavuM te rAjapuruSane vyavahAradharma che. tuM ahIM mAtAnI sevA karaje. dharmanI ArAdhanA karaje. huM zIghratAthI pAchA pharIza. dezaparadeza sAthe pharavAmAM ghaNuM jokhama che." Ama ghaNA prakAre zrIpALe nehA thaIne tene samajAvI. mayaNAnuM mana pati vagaranI pitAnI dazAnA vicArathI subdha thayeluM hatuM. tethI vyathita citte teNe kahyuM, "bhale tame kahe che te mane mAnya che, paNa mane zaMkA che ke ApanA virahamAM mArA prANa raheze kema? athavA mArA prANa te. ApanI sAthe ja haze." mayaNa rAjakuLanI ane te kALanI samAjavyavasthAthI jANakAra hatI. tethI manamAM zaMkA paNa thaI. dezaparadeza, pharatA AvA parAkramI ane sauMdaryavAna purUSane aneka kanyAo prApta thaze. AthI aMtamAM sajaLa nayane te. kahevA lAgI, "he nAtha! anya strIone paraNIne tame tamArI. A prANapriyAne bhUlI na jaze." punaH zrIpALe tene AdhA. sana ApyuM.
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________________ 27 zrIpALaku'vara paradeza sidhAve che, te vAta mahelamAM karNopaka pahAMcI gaI. sagAMsnehIo, dAsadAsIe sau ekaThAM thaI gayAM. zrIpALa paNa svarakSaNanAM sAdhanA sahita saunA zubhAziSa laine vidAya thayA. kharuM rakSaNa te temanA cittamAM navapadajInI zraddhAnuM hatuM. zrIpALa ekAkI cAlI nIkaLyA paNa puNya temanI sAthe hatuM, puNyanA yAga ane svamaLanI zraddhA sahita zrIpALa ekAkI cAlI nIkaLyA, kema jANe bhAvimAM munipaNe Ama ja ekalA nIkaLavAnA hAya ! keTalAya divase navAMnavAM nagara ane sthaLe jotAM pasAra thayA. tyAM eka divasa jagalamAMthI jatAM gIca ghaTAmAM eka caMpakavRkSa nIce eka mANasane tapasahita japa karatA joyA. pote AzcaryathI A dRzya jotA hatA tyAM te pelA puruSe AMkha kholI, sAzcarya teNe kahyuM : 2 huM uttama puruSa ! mane tamArA jevA keAI uttama. sAdhaka puruSanI sahAyanI jarUra hatI. have mAruM kArya siddha thaze. kAraNa ke have huM niya ane ekAgra citte mAruM kArya siddha karIza. uttama sAdhaka sivAya mAruM mana sthira rahetuM nahAtuM.' zrIpALe kahyuM, 'bhale, huM tamArI sahAya karIza. tame nizcitapaNe tamAruM sAdhya siddha karo.' te yAgIpuruSe nirbhIya thaI ekAgra citte potAnI vidyA siddha karI. AthI prasanna thaI che yAgIe zrIpALane.
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________________ 28 be vidyAo ApI. 1. jalataraNI, 2. zastraharaNI. tyAra pachI te vidyAdhara megI ane zrIpALa AgaLa cAlavA lAgyA. mArgamAM temaNe eka dhAturavAdI puruSane suvarNa siddha karavAnI pravRtti karatAM joye. ghaNA parizrama pachI paNa tenuM kArya siddha thatuM na hatuM, te zrIpALanI sahAyathI siddha thayuM. te dhAturavAdI puruSe zrIpALanA kapaDAne cheDe thoDuMka suvarNa bAMdhI ApyuM. bhaviSyamAM jenI jarUra paDavAnI che, tevI sAmagrIo puNyavaMtA zrIpALane svayaM zodhIne AvatI hatI. zrIpALa jagala, nadI, parvata jevAM sthAnene vaTAvI bharUca nagare pahoMcyA. tyAM temaNe senAnAM mAdaLiyAM karAvI temAM pelI vidyAnA maMtre mUkI hAthe bAMdhI lIdhA. dhavaLazeThane meLApa te samaye evuM banyuM ke e baMdare dhavaLa nAmano kauzAMbI nagarIne ati dhanADhaya gRhastha vyApArArthe AvyuM hatuM. samudramArge pravAsa karIne dezavidezamAM vyApAra karI ghanamAM vRddhi karavAnI IcchAvALA te dhavaLazeThe seMkaDe vahANe taiyAra karAvyAM, ane temAM kImatI mAla bharI dIdhe, vaLI seMkaDe anucara dvArA musApharInI suvya-vasthA goThavI dIdhI eka eka vahANanI zobhA, temAM bharAyele kImatI mAla. seMkaDe mAnavane samUha jANe dariyAmAM eka nagara
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________________ 29 UbhuM thayuM hoya tevuM lAgatuM hatuM - zubha muhUrta vahANenA prasthAna mATe dhavaLazeThanA mukhya sAta mALavALA vahANanI tepanA dhaDAkAthI UpaDavAne saune Adeza maLe. dareka vahANanI te paNa te samaye paNa dhaNI UThI. nAvikoe laMga choDyA. halesAM mAryA. paNa A zuM? eka paNa vahANa eka tasu paNa khase nahi! tyAre te kALanI praNAli pramANe vaLazeThane vidharma sUjhayo ke kaI sazakta puruSanuM balidAna ApavuM. Ama vicArI teNe sainikane sUcanA ApI ke kaI parAkramI sazakta puruSane pakaDI lAve. tene dariyAI devane bhega ApIe te vahANa cAlavA lAge. dhavaLazeThanI AjJA pramANe sainiko dariyAkinAre pharatA hatA tyAM zrIpALane bheTa thaye. sainike pitAnA baLanA bhase zrIpALane bAvaDuM pakaDIne kheMcavA mAMDayA. jema vahANa tasu khasyAM nahi tema zrIpALa paNa tasu khasyA nahi. dhavaLane A samAcAra maLyA. teNe moTuM lazakara melyuM. sainikoe zrIpALa para zo choDavA mAMDyA, paNa... A zuM? badhAM zastra jANe zrIpALane namana karatAM hoya tema zarIrane spazIne dharatIne kheLe poDhI jatAM. e ja zone Dhagale jANe zrIpALanuM rakSaNa karavA koTanI jema Ubhe che. sainike AgaLa vadhI zake tema na hatA. zrIpALanA zaraNa sivAya temanuM maraNa sAkSAt hAjara hatuM. ane je
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________________ 30 laDavA zUrA thayA te zrIpALanA bANathI vIMdhAIne maraNa pAmyA. ghaNIvAra thavA chatAM zrIpALane laIne sainya AvyuM nahi. AthI dhavaLazeTha adhIrA thaI jAte ja tyAM AvI pahoMcyA. zrIpALane jotAM temane lAgyuM ke A koI libdhivaMta puruSa che; mATe baLanuM kAma nathI paNa kaLanuM kAma che. Ama vicArI teNe zrIpALanuM bahumAna karyuM ane pitAnI Aphata nivAravA vinaMtI karI. paropakArI puNyavatA parAkramI zrIpALa dhavaLanI sAthe vahANanI najIka AvyA. niHspRhabhAve temaNe navapadajInuM "dhyAna dharyuM. temane zubhe bhAvanAM spaMdanathI vahANe halavA lAgyAM. arthAta je daivI zaktie vina UbhuM karyuM hatuM. tema have te zakti anukULa thaI. tyArapachI dhavaLazeThanA AdezathI vAjiMtrenA nAda sAthe prasthAnanI taiyArIo thaI. dhavaLazeThe nakkI karyA pramANe zrIpALane eka lAkha sonAmahora ApI. zrIpALanA addabhuta prabhAvathI dhavaLazeTha vicAravA lAge ke A mAnava ratnaciMtAmaNi jevuM che. sAthe rAkhe heya te vidane TaLe ane dhanaprApti paNa vizeSa thAya. Ama vicArI teNe zrIpALane kahyuM ke tame mArI sAthe cAle.' vaLI dhavaLazeThe kahyuM ke, "mArI sAthe dasa hajAra sainika che. paNa tame te eka che chatAM A lazkaranI samAna baLavALA che. tethI tame sAthe Ave te mATe tame ja kahezo
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________________ ga te huM tamane ApIza.' zrIpALe kahyuM ke, bhale. A sarva 'sainyanuM kAma huM ekalA karIza. te sarvanA pagAra mane cUkavI Apaze.' dhavaLazeTha pAko vaNika buddhivALA hatA. temaNe e sarvanA pagAra gaNyA te varSoMnA eka kreDa senaiyA thatA hatA. ATalI mATI rakama eka mANasane kevI rIte ApI devAya ? zeThane mauna joI zrIpALa tenA mananI vAta pAmI gayA. zrIpALa puNyavatA hatA. temaNe kahyuM, zeThajI! mAre tamArA pagAra joItA nathI, phakta mane deza-paradeza jevAnuM kutUhala che. tame tamArA vahANumAM mane jagA Ape, huM tamane mAsika se| seAnaiyA bhADuM cUkavIza.' dhavaLa tA A sAMbhaLI khuza thaye|. leAbhI mAnavamAM kevuM pApa paDayu hAya che? zrIpALa sAthe hoya te| lAbhanuM kAraNa jANI sAthe levA taiyAra thayelA zeThane maphatamAM, uparathI mAsika se| seAnaiyA, ane zrIpALanA sAtha maLyA. e leAbhI mAnavane kayAMthI samajAya ke puNyavaMtA jIvAne anya sahAyanI jarUra paDatI nathI. temanuM puNya temanAthI cAra DagalAM AgaLa cAle che. zubha muhUrte sekaDo vahANA vegathI UpaDayAM ane zIvratAthI khakhkharoTa baMdara paheAMcI gayAM. ane jarUrI mAlasAmAna levA te baMdare vahANuMAne lAMgaryAM. rAjyanA niyama pramANe karaverAvALA AvyA. lAbhane kaI zeAla hAya! tene jeTalI saMpatti maLe te sarve tenA udaramAM svAhA thAya. dANu na bharavAthI rAjAnA sainike e zeThane
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________________ 32 deraDe bAMdhI dIdhA. ane subhaTone khAkharA karyAM. baMdara para pharavA nIkaLelA zrIpALe eyuM ke zeTha teH dAraDe badhAyelA dIna dazAmAM AvI paDayA che. zeThanI pAsethI sarva vigata ANI. zrIpALe pUchyuM, 'huM tamane ane subhaTone cheDAvuM te tame mane badalAmAM zuM Ape| ?' garajavAna zeThane te game tema chuTakArA joItA hatA. temaNe kahyuM, A sarva vahANAmAM ardhAM bhAga tamane ApIza.' zrIpALa tarata ja sajja thaine UpaDayA. ane rAjanA. rInikAnI sAme jaI paDakAra karyAM, ane rAjAne kahyuM ke, 'zeThane kha'dhana-mukta kare - athavA mArI sAme laDavA AvI jAva !' rAjAe eyuM ke A mAnava koI sAmAnya nathI. AthI. teNe paNa atyaMta AvezamAM AvI yuddhane AraMbha karyAM. tenA sainikoe zasro ane tepageALAnA varasAda varasAvI. dIdhe paNa te kaI zao zrIpALanA eka rUMvADAne paNa. spazI zakayA nahi. pelI zasrahaNI vidyAnA pratApa ane zrIpALanA puNyanA prabhAva, bannene subhaga samanvaya thayeA hate. ane zrIpALanA teA eka ja tIrathI ekasAthe pAMca cAddhAo dharAzAyI thatA hatA. Akhare rAjA va. zrIpALanI sAme AvI gaye. paNa zrIpALe tene teA palakamAM badhanamAM nAkhIne dhavaLazeThane jyAM khAMdhyA hatA tyAM laI AvyA.
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________________ 33 baMne baLiyA baMdhanamAM nata mastake UbhA hatA. zrIpALanA AdezathI banene baMdhanamukta karavAmAM AvyA. zrIpALanuM AvuM parAkrama jeI, lAcAra thaI, dhavaLazeThe ApattithI chUTavA je saMpatti ApavAnuM zrIpALane vacana ApyuM hatuM, te pramANe zrIpALane bhAge baso pacAsa vahANe mAlasAmAna sahita suprata karyA. zrIpALa ane madanasena zrIpALanA parAkramathI prabhAvita thayelA rAjAe zrIpALakuMvaranuM atibahumAna karI tene pitAnA mahelamAM laI gayA. kuMvaranuM prabhutva ja evuM hatuM ke kSaNamAtramAM saune priyatA thaI jatI babbarakeTanA mahAkALa rAjAne madanasenA nAmanI kanyA hatI. kema jANe vidhAtAe tene mATe ja kanyA ghaDI hoya, tema rAjAe zrIpALane kanyAratna svIkAravA vinaMtI karI. ane atyaMta dhAmadhumathI lagnotsava Ujavyo kanyAdAnamAM aDhaLaka saMpatti ane dAsadAsIone samudAya Ape. zrIpALa ane madanasenA sukhamAM samaya vitAvatAM hatAM. tyAM dhavaLazeThe kuvarane AgaLa pravAsa kheDavAnI vinaMtI karI. zrIpALe paNa tene ucita mAnI mahAkALa rAjAnI rajA mAgI. vidAyanI sarva taiyArI karI. rAjAe punaH aneka gaNa sAmagrI putrIne ApI ane eka moTuM zebhAyamAna jahAja taiyAra karAvyuM. nagarajane paNa aneka prakAranAM
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________________ 34 bheTaNa laIne AvavA lAgyA. Ama zrIpALane jANe cAre bAjuthI lamInI padharAmANI thatI hoya tema saMpatti UbharAvA lAgI. jo ke hajI A te prAraMbha hate. bhaviSyamAM zrIpALane mATe zrI ane kanyAo AturatAthI rAha jotI hatI. zubha muhUrta vividha vAjiMtrenA nAdathI AkAza gAjI UThayuM. seMkaDe vahANanA saDha chUTayA ane te saunI sAgara-sapharane prAraMbha thayo. samaya te vahetuM ja rahe che. dhavaLanAM vahANe sakuzaLa ratnadvIpa baMdare pahoMcyAM. mAlanI levaDadevaDa karavA, tathA anAja-pANI puravaThA meLavavA zeThe saune Adeza ApyA. zrIpALa ane madanamaMjUSA ratnadvIpanA rAjAne kaI daivI saMketa maLyuM hatuM, ke temanI rAjakanyAnA lagna bhagavAna zrI kaSabhadevanA maMdiranA daravAjA kholanAra parAkramI puruSa sAthe thaze. zrIpALakuvara gAnuyoga A maMdira pAse AvyA ane daravAjA khUlI gayA. AthI rAjA temane atyaMta AdarapUrvaka rAjamahele laI gayA. rAjAnA AdezathI AkhuM nagara lagnotsavamAM pheravAI gayuM. ane zrIpALa tathA madanamaMjUSA lagnagraMthithI joDAI gayAM. vidhAtAe jANe jugate joDI karI ApI heya! atyaMta sukhamAM divaso pasAra thatA hatA, paNa zrI pALa pitAnI dharmabhAvanAmAM haMmezAM tatpara rahyA hatA. vaLI te samaye caitra mAsanI AyaMbilanI oLInA divaso AvyA.
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________________ rUpa zrIpALe te divaseAmAM pUrvavat sAdhanA karI. nagaramAM aAri pravartana dvArA ahiMsA dharmanA pracAra karyAM. dharmAtmAe game tevA svargIya sukhAmAM pazu dharmanI rakSA prANanI jema kare che, ane dharma paNa dharmAtmAnuM rakSaNa kare che. dharma rakSati rakSitaH' bIjI bAju dhavaLa rAtridivasa dhanaprAptinI veTha karI rahyo che. dhana meLave che, paNa tenuM jIvana dharmAM vaheNu hAvAthI du:khamaya che. te mAne che ke dhana te chaLaprapa`cathI meLavAya. te ajJAnathI evA gherAI gayA hatA, ke dhana pUrva prArabdhathI prApta thAya che ane chaLaprapa'ca tA bhAvi duHkhanuM kAraNa bane che, te jANatA na hatA. dhavaLane peAtAnA chaLakapaTanuM phaLa zIvratAthI maLavAnuM hatuM, tethI vinAzakALe viparIta buddhinI jema te dhadhAmAM anIti AcarIne badhuM gumAvI beThA, tene dANucerI karavAnI kaI jarUra na hatI. paraMtu mUrkha jIvA svayaM potAnA ja hAthe khADA khodI temAM paDe che, jyAM tene kADhanArA maLatA nathI. dANucArI karavAthI rAjasevakoe temane cAra tarIke pakaDayA ane rAjasabhAmAM hAjara karyAM. siMhAsana para beThelA zrIpALe dhavaLazeThane oLakhI lIdhA, ane tarata ja temanAM badhana cheDAvI nAMkhyAM, vaLI rAjAne temanI oLakhANu ApI. temanuM mAna-sanmAna karyuM.
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________________ 36 vaLI zubha muhUte anyatra prasthAna, vaLI kanyAdAna ane aDhaLaka saMpatti, atyaMta zaiAbhAyamAna navI naukA, nagarajaneAnI zubha bhAvanAe sahita zrIpALa ane baMne rANIo vidAya thayAM. dhavaLanuM kapaTa dhanADhaca paNa dasanA raMka evA dhavaLa lebhavA potAnI saMpattinuM sukha pAmI zakatA nathI, ane zrIpALa te kazI ja upAdhi vagara ane rANIe sAthe naukAmAM atya'ta sukhane lAgavI rahyo che. mAnasika pIDAyukta dhavaLamAM rdaSNunI javALA pragaTI te zrIpALane kapaTa karI tUtaka upara lai gaye ane dariyAmAM paDelI dIdhA. tyAra pachI dhavaLe nATaka karI zerakhaGera karI mUkayo, ane bane rANIone paNa duHkhanA samAcAra ApyA ke zrIpALa dariyAmAM paDI gayA che. A daLa vidhAtA jANatA hatA. paNa hajI dhavaLanuM. pApa pAkayu nahatuM ne! tethI te paNa dhIrajavAna rahyo. prAraMbhamAM dhavaLa rANIone AzvAsana Apate rahyo. paricaya karatA rahyo. aMte teNe ekavAra potAnI malina vAsanA jAhera karI. te mAnatA hatA ke zrIpALanA dariyamAM DUbI javAthI vahANAnA mAlika te te thaye. have A rUpavatIonA svAmI thavuM te saraLa che. dhanapipAsA ane viSayalAlasAthI prasAyelA te adha banyA hatA.
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________________ (37 vike 1 elinA nI be dhavaLanI kudaSTithI bacavA baMne rANIoe nirNaya karyo? ke ApaNe patinI pAchaLa dariyAne zaraNe javuM. Ama vicArI jyAM baMne pApAta karavA vahANanA tUtaka para jAya che, tyAM te dariyAmAM ekAeka pracaMDa tephAna UThayuM. nAvike paNa mUjhAI gayA. tyAM dhavaLe eka dazya joyuM. bane rANInA zIlanA prabhAvathI zAsanadevI pragaTa thayAM. sau prathama temanI daSTi dhavaLanI bAjumAM beThelA tenA maMtrI buddhi pratye paDI ane te tyAM ja bhasmIbhUta thaI gaye. AthI zeTha gabharAIne baMne rANIonA AvAsamAM ghUsIne temanA caraNomAM besI paDayo. AthI devIe tene jIvate cheDI dIdhe. A devIe baMne rANuone temanI surakSA mATe phUlanI mALA ApI. vikalA tephAnane zamAvI devI adazya thayAM. ane kahetAM gayAM ke tame nizcita raheze. tamArA pati ThekaNadezamAM sakuzaLa che, ane eka mAsamAM tamAre meLApa thaze. dubuddhizeThane kAma ane dhana banenI ati lupatAe aMdha karyo hate. A dazya joyA pachI paNa tenI dAnata te bUrI ja rahI. teNe nAvikane sUcana karyuM ke vahANene uttaradizAmAM laI jAva, satIonAM zIla ane zrIpALanA puNyane saravALe vaLazeThanA puNyanI bAdabAkI karate rahyo. pavananI thayA pUrva taraphathI hatI. athAga parizrama chatAM vahANa
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________________ koMkaNa tarapha cAlyAM. je pitAnI dAnatane pheravI na zakayo te pavanane kevI. rIte pheravI zake ? vahaNe ThekaNa jaIne UbhAM rahyA. kharekhara kapaTI. mANaso svayaM phasAI jAya che ! dhavaLazeThe bahumUlya vastuonI bheTa laIne kekaNanA mahArAjAnA caraNe dharI dIdhI, ane namana karI Ubho rahyo. paNa A zuM? zeThe becAra vAra AMkhane baMdha-ughADa karIne khAtrI. karI lIdhI ke pote svapnamAM nathI ne? sAgaramAM padharAvela A zrIpALa jIvate kayAMthI? - zrIpALane mahArAjAnI bAjunA siMhAsane beThelA joyA ane dhavaLane hRdayanA dhabakArA vadhI gayA. tyAM vaLI rAjAe zrIpALanA haste temanuM svAgata karAvyuM. dharmAtmA kevA dhIra-gaMbhIra hoya che? zrIpALe dhavaLazeThane oLakhI lIdhA hatA, chatAM udAracitte temanuM sanmAna karyuM. ane jANe oLakhatA nathI tema zAMtithI besI rahyA.. samaya thatAM sabhA visarjita thaI. lImaDAne sAkaranA pANInuM khAtara nAMkho paNa lIMbeLI. kaMI kaDavAza cheDe nahi. sAkaranuM pANI pIne paNa lImaDAnuM vRkSa sarvAge kaDavuM ja utpanna thAya che ane rahe che. dhavaLazeThe koI eka rAjasevaka pAsethI saghaLI hakIkata jANI lIdhI, ke A te amArA rAjAnA mAnavaMtA jamAI che. jagatamAM sUtelA ajANyA musApharane jagADIne rAjayama
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________________ 38 lAvyA pachI rAjAe temanI sAthe rUpavatI rAjakanyAne paraNAvI che. kharekhara hakIkata zuM banI hatI? viSayalepa ane dhanalebhI dhavaLe kAvatru karI zrIpaLane dariyAmAM dhakelI dIdhA hatA. paNa "jaLataraNa vidyAnA prabhAve zrIpALa DUkhyA nahi, ane puNyage navapadanA ramaraNathI dariyAmAM eka magaramacchanI pITha para AvI gayA. kema jANe temane mATe naukA banIne te ma temane kinAre laI javA AvyuM hoya tema kaMkaNanA dariyAkAMThe laI AvyuM hatuM. dhamane jhera amRtarUpe pariName. dAvAnaLa hima je zItaLa bane. sarpa phUlanI mALA thaI svAgata kare. jagata maMgalamaya banI jAya. samudra svayaM dharatI thaIne dhAraNa kare. zrIpALa ane madanamaMjarI eka rAtrine dariyAne thAka utAravA zrIpALa eka vRkSanI chAyA nIce vizrAMti laI rahyA hatA, tyAM temaNe kaMIka kolAhala sAMbhaLe. AMkha khelIne joyuM te suvarNanI aMbADI sahita hAthI, gheDA, sainya vagere temanI sAme hAjara hatAM. rAjyanA mahAmaMtrI temane namIne vinaMtI karavA lAgyA : "he svAmI ! ame ApanuM svAgata karIe chIe.
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________________ 40 Apa amArI sAthe padhAre kAMkaNu dezanA parAkramI vasu rAjA taraphathI ApanuM svAgata karavAmAM Ave che.' eka divasa koI nimittike rAjAne jyAtiSavidyAthI khuza karyAM hatA, tyAre rAjAe tenI parIkSA karavA pUcheluM ke 'mArI madanama'jarI kuvarIne yAgya pati kayAre maLaze ? ' nimittike niyata divasa ane sthAna khatAvyAM hatAM, tethI te zubha divase ame Aje tapAsa karavA AvyA chIe, ane amArA sadbhAgya che ke nimittikanA kathana pramANe Apano meLApa thayA che. have Apa hAthInI aMbADI para mirAja ane rAjasabhAmAM cAle.' rAjAe peAtAnI sattAnA prabhAve e ghaDImAM te zrIpALanA bhavya sAmaiyAnI taiyArI karI lIdhI. zrIpALa darabAramAM padhAryAM tyAre rAjAe temane peAtAnI kanyA madanarekhAnI sAthe vivAha mATe vinaMtI karI. zubha muhUte zrIpALa madanarekhA sAthe lagnagraMthithI joDAyA. rAjAe potAnI putrIne devabhuvana jevA mahela ane adbhuta sAmagrI ApI, zrIpALa mATe devI sukhA hAjara thai gayA, eka rAtrinA azubha yAga kAMya bhAgI gayA ane vaLI svargIya sukhAmAM samaya pasAra thaI rahyo hatA. tyAM dhavaLazeThanuM Agamana thayuM. pUrva hakIkatathI rAjA ajANa hatA. zrIpALanA haste dhavaLanuM sanmAna thayuM. paNa dhavaLanuM kALajuM kerAI gayuM.... A zuM?
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________________ 41 nAma dhavaLa paNa hRdaya jANe kAjaLa te have navI kuyukti zeAdhavA lAgyA. dhavAnA hAthanA karyA haiye vAgyA IrSyAnI AgamAM baLatA dhaLa utAre pahoMcyA. -dAsIe pa khA vIMjhe che, paNa dhavaLanI mAnasika pIDA TharatI nathI. tyAM teNe kaIMka kolAhala sAMbhaLyA. te vakhate caMDALajAtinA halakaTa varNanuM, kRzakAya, jIvasradhArI ane dInahIna dazAvALuM eka ToLuM tyAM AvyuM. temaNe sahAya mATe yAcanA karI ane kapaTI dhavaLanI buddhimAM camakAro thaye. teNe ToLAnA nAyakane khelAvyA ane kahyuM ke, 'je tame mAruM kAma kare te tamane ghaNuM dhana ApIza.' dhananI lAlace te nAyaka kAma karavA taiyAra thaye. dhavaLazeThe temane zIkhavyuM ke tamAre darabAramAM javuM. tyAM rAjAnI bAjumAM temanA jamAI siMhAsana para beThA haze. te tamArA putra che tema brUmeA pADIne kahevuM. ane tenI pAse jaI tene vaLagI paDavuM, bIjAe vaLI navI sagAI kADhavI..' Ama nakkI karIne dhanane ardhI caMDALa nAyaka - darakhAramAM pahoMcyA ane rAjA pAse dhanayAcanA karI. rAjA have sarvakArya zrIpALanA haste karAvatA hatA. temaNe -tarata ja zrIpALane kahyuM ke, 'A nAkakane dAna vagerenI sahAya kare.' jyAM zrIpALe nAyakane dAna ApavA hAdhu saMmAnce ke tarata ja te nAyaka zrIpALane bheTI paDayo.
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________________ 42 'are vahAlA putra! tuM ahIM kayAMthI? ame tArA.. viyeAge du:khI thaI gayA. tane zeAdhavA keTalAM kaTTo sahana karyAM! e mArA putra! Aja mArAM bhAgya UghaDI gayAM. tAre meLApa thayeA. tyAM te khI mANusa UchaLI paDayo H are bhANeja ! ATalA divasa tArA vagara ame duHkhamAM. jIvatA hatA.' tyAM te eka yuvAna strI ghUghaTa tANIne AvI. teNe adbhuta nATaka karyuM. svAmI ! mAre| Ajane A aMtima divasa che. jo Aja Apa na maLyA hAta khetA huM agnisnAna karIne jIvananA aMta ANuta.' rAjadarabAramAM zerakhakAra macI gayA. dhavaLazeThanI yukti leAkamAM prathama te| sAcI TharI. rAjA atya'ta kopAyamAna thaye ane tenA hAtha talavAranI mUTha para gayA. tarata ja teNe joSI ane zrIpALanA vadhanI taiyArI karI lIdhI. A samAcAra vAyuvege aMtaHpuramAM paheoMcI gayA. mAtA-putrI paDadA pAchaLa rahI A dRzya joi cAMkI gayAM, pitAne talavAra hAthamAM rAkhI zrIpALa tarapha dhasatA joI madanamaMjarIe pitAjIne kSaNabhara rIkAi javA vinaMtI karI. vicakSaNa ma`trIe zrIpALane temanA vaza pragaTa karavA anurAdha karyAM. zrIpALe kahyuM, 'tamAre talavArathI vaMza jANavA hAya. te sAme AvI jAva! teA mArI talavAranI dhAra mA vadhu pragaTa karaze ! ane tame zAMti-samAdhAna icchatA
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________________ 43 hoya te baMdara para AvelAM vahANemAM be rAjakumArI che temane laI Ave. teo mArA kulavaMza pragaTa karaze. sajajana. puruSe pitAne vaMza svayaM pragaTa karatA nathI." rAjAe tarata ja pAlakhI mokalIne baMne rAjakumArIne belAvI. vidyAdharanI putrIe cAraNamunie kahele zrIpALane. sarva pUrvavRttAMta kahI saMbhaLAvyuM. AthI dhavaLazeThane. prapaMca pragaTa thaI gayo. rAjAe zrIpALanI ane joSInI kSamA mAMgI. baMne rANIonuM ghaNuM sanmAna karyuM. vaLI zrIpALane kahevAthI dhavaLane rAjAe yogya utAro Ape. dharmAtmA zrIpALa. dharmane anusaryA. jIva pApI nathI hoto, tenAM kAryo pApamaya hoya che - tevuM satyaniSTha puruSanuM jJAna hoya che. caMdanane bALe, suMghe, ghase, pIle - e sugaMdha ja phelAvatuM rahe che tene dharma. ane lImaDAne bALe, ghase, khAo - sarvatra kaDavAzane anubhava Apaze. hajI dhavaLanA pApane ghaDo tene pUratI sajA maLavA je bharAye na hatA. raMka vaLe lAkha prayatna karyA chatAM eka paNa rAjakuvarIne hastameLApa ke rAjasattA na pAme. ane A zrIpALa jyAM jAya tyAM varamALA ane rAjamALA AturatAthI tenI rAha jue. AnuM rahasya dhavaLa kayAMthI, samaje? te te kahetA ke, "bhAI ! A dharma karavAne avakAza kyAMthI meLavuM? are dharma vagara A jenI buddhine.
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________________ 44 bagADa kANu zake?' te ajJAnanA aMdhakAramAM aTavAyelA dhavaLa kacAMthI jANe ! zrIpALanI udAratA te jue ! zatrunuM pazu bhaluM icchanAra e mahAtmAe dhavaLane mitrabhAve pAtAnI najIkamAM ja nivAsa ApyA. zrIpALathI viparIta mAnasavALA dhavaLanuM chatI lakSmIe dila daridrI hatuM. eNe chellA upAya zodhI kAyo. teNe vicAyu` ke huM khAI te| na zakayo, paNa DhALI tA zaku chuM. je zrIpALane kALane havAle karI dauM tA mAre jovuM nahiM ane khaLavuM nahi. are dhavaLa ! eka vAra tuM bAjI hArI gayA chatAM hacha puNya-pApanAM rahasyA samajyeA nahi? dhavaLanA pApanA ghaDA bharAI gayA hatA tethI te paNa zuM kare ! zrIpALanA sukhanA rahasyane nahi jANanAra dhavaLa du:khathI AkrAMta thaI UThayo. rAtre pathArImAM paDayo hatA paNa pArakA sukhane nahi jIravanArI pelI iSTae tene Ule karI dIdhA. aMdhArI rAte dhavaLa kaTArI laIne lapAtAchupAte zrIpALatA mahelanA sAtamA mALe javA sIDI caDhe che. Ama te aMdhAruM cArane sAtha Ape, paNa dhavaLanuM citta cAra karatAM paNa vadhu malina haze ke game tema, sIDI parathI tene paga lapasyA, ane sAtame mALe javAne badale potAnI kaTArI dvArA te sAtamI narake pahoMcI gayA. navapadanA dhyAnI zrIpALanuM bhautika puNya paNa kevuM ? dhavaLanA nadhaNiyAtAM sarva vahANA, sainya, sAmagrI ane saMpatti zrIpALanA caraNane cUmatAM rahyAM. je meLavA dhatraLe
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________________ 45 nirarthaka prayatna karyo, chatAM pAmavAne badale gumAvI dIdhuM.. sukhanI prAptinuM sAdhana sukRtya che e sAbita thayuM. zrIpALa ane guNasuMdarI traNa saritAonA saMgamanI jema traNa rAjakanyAe anyeAnya sabhAvavALI hatI. AthI zrIpALa rAjA paNa traNe rANIe sAthe niSkaMTakapaNe saMsAramAM daivI sukha bhAgavatAM hatAM. eka divasa zrIpALa rANIe ane rAjaparivAra sahita rAjaudyAnamAM javA nIkaLyA. tyAM mArgamAM eka ghaNI RddhivALA sAthe temaNe joyA. teTalAmAM sArthapati pote ja bheTa laIne temanI samakSa upasthita thayeA. zrIpALarAjAe sArthapatinuM abhivAdana karyu. pachI teo kayAMthI AvyA che, ane mAmAM zuM navInatA joI te pUchatAM, sArthapatie kahyuM ke ame eka Azcarya joyuM te sAMbhaLe. kuMDalapura nAmanuM eka samRddha nagara che. temAM makaraketu nAmaneA parAkramI rAjA che. tene katilakA nAme sadguNI rANI che. tene thAnAma guNasuMdarI kanyA chaeN. te atyaMta rUpavAna ane kalAnipuNa che. savizeSa te vINAvAdanamAM ajoDa che. A guNasuMdarIe eka pratijJA karI che ke je mane vINAvAdanamAM jItaze te ja mArA pati thaze. kuMvarInI
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________________ A pratijJA nagaramAM ane anyatra prasiddhi pAmI hatI. AthI rAjakanyAne meLavavA keTalAya rAjakumAre vINAvAdana zIkhavA nagaranA vidyAcAryo pAse AvavA lAgyA. A uparAMta bhAgyane ajamAvavA utsuka evA vyApArIo ane anya nAgarike paNa vINAvAdana zIkhavA lAgyA. AthI nagaranI zerIe zerIe vINAo guMjatI thaI gaI che. jANe A sivAya koIne anya kaMI kArya ja na hoya tema nagaramAM core ne cauTe viNAnI kaLAne viSaya carcAspada thaI paDyo che. kuMDalapura vINAvAdanapura thaI cUkayuM che. emAM have gAmanA govALa, bharavADa, vALaMda ke suthAra-kaDiyA keI vaNuM bAkI nathI. dhaMdhA-rojagAra choDI darekane maratha eka thaI gayela che ke vINavAdanamAM vijaya meLavI rAjakanyA meLavavI. paNa guNasuMdarIne vINAvAdanamAM jItavI te kaI saheluM na hatuM. Ama varSo vItatAM gayAM. AthI rAjA-rANI ciMtita thayAM che. rAjakanyAne prApta karavAnA manorathavALA che paNa mahApuruSArtha kare che. vaLI dara mAse vINAvAdananI spardhA jAya che ane parAjaya pAmelA punaH navo parizrama Adare che. punaH parAjaya pAmI rAjakuMvarInuM dAsatva svIkAre che. A puruSArtha ekSaprApti mATe karyo hoya te jIva kevuM sukha pAme. paNa tuccha sukhane AkAMkSI ajJAnavaza jIva e marmanuM rahasya pAmI zakatuM nathI. sArthavAha kahe che, he rAjA ! bAma kuDalapura nagara
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________________ 47 sAkSAt kutUhalanagara thaI paDyuM che. sArthavAhanI vAte -sAMbhaLI zrIpALa prasanna thayA, tene cempa bheTayuM ApI vidAya karyAM. sArthavAhanI kautukapriya vAtethI zrIpALa rAjA prabhAvita thayA ane ku'lapura javAne maneAratha karavA lAgyA paNa ATale dUra javuM kevI rIte ? Ama rAtri pUrNa thaI. prAtaHkAle pUjAvidhimAM beThA paNa Aje temane manAratha judA hatA. uttamalAveAthI prerAIne koI navapadajInA bhakta deve prasanna thaI temane eka hAra ApyA, ane tene prabhAva jaNAvyA ke : jevuM rUpa karavuM hoya tevuM karI zakAya. icchita sthAne AkAzamArge jaI zakAya. je kaLA zIkhavI hAya te pragaTa thAya. bhayaMkara jheranA vikArA paNa hAranA nhavaNu jaLathI nAza pAme. puNyava'tA zrIpALane je manAratha hatA tene pari karavA ceAgya sAmagrI maLI gaI. zrIpALa hAranA prabhAva prabhAvathI kulapura pahoMcI gayA. sArthavAhanA kAna pramANe nagarIne nihALI, pachI ciMtavyuM ke mane kUkhaDAnuM rUpa thAo. hAranA prabhAvathI tema banyuM, mAthu' UbhI TopI jevuM, mukha tuMbaDA jevuM; AMkhe cUMcarI, dAMta 'tUthaLa jevA; hADA jADA, nAka cIjI', kAna gabha jevA,
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________________ 48 [ paga pAtaLA, pUrNa kUbaDAnuM rUpa banyuM. AvuM kUbaDAnuM rUpa karIne zrIpALa UpaDyA. ekavAra. zrIpALanuM rUpa jevA ujajainamAM leAko UmaTayA hatA. ahI' tenuM kurUpa jovA ToLeToLAM UbharAvA lAgyAM. ema karatAM kUbaDA jyAM rAjakumArA vagere vINA zIkhatA hatA tyAM paheAMcyA. saunI najara tenA tarapha gaI ane hAsyanuM menu zrI vaLyuM. vaLI sau kaTAkSayukta vANIthI tene khelAvavA lAgyA, 'he kUbaDAjI ! AvA suMdara rUpavALA tame kayAMthI AvA che. ane AvavAnuM zuM prayeAjana che ?' kUbaDA: 'huM dUra dezathI AvyA chuM ane prayeAjana tA. tamArA saunuM je pratyeAjana che te ja che.' A kathanA zravaNuthI vaLI punaH hAsyanuM eka meju pharI vaLyuM. kUkhaDAjI tA sIdhA vidyAcArya pAse pahoMcyA, temanI pAse bheTaluM dharIne vidyAprApti mATe vinaMtI karI. vidyA cA saunI jema tene paNa eka vINA ApI ane vAmanajIe vINAnA tArane "evA cheDavA ke sarve tAra vINAthI risAIne dUra jaI paDacA. punaH hAsyanuM mAju guMjI UThayu'. ma Ama karatAM kasoTIne divasa AvI pahoMcyA. rAja darabAra khIcakhIca bharAI gayA hatA. rAjakanyA meLavavAnA maneAthavALAnI moTI bhIDa hatI. temAM vaLI vINA sAthe. so UmaTA hatA. rAAe, rAjakumAra, nagarapatie, zrImaMta kuTu'banAM saMtAne, yApArIo, kheDUtA, gAvaLA
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________________ ema mAne ke koI jAta bAkI na hatI. eka vicitra meLe jAmyuM hatuM. temAM A kUbaDe upasthita thayo. samaya thatAM sarasavatInA rUpanA pratIka samI rUpavAna guNasuMdarI darabAramAM hAjara thaI. sabhA rAjakanyAnA rUpane joIne stabdha thaI gaI. rAjakanyAe hAjara rahelA umedavare tarapha eka vedhaka najara nAkhI, pelA kUbaDA tarapha jotAM rAjakanyAnI daSTi tyAM TharI gaI. A zuM? zrIpALe paNa te samaye rAjakuMvarIne pitAnA asala rUpanuM darzana karAvI dIdhuM. atyaMta svarUpavAna ane guNavAna e A rAjakumAra koNa haze? te mArI pratijJA pUrI kare te mArA dhana bhAgya, paNa A zuM? rAjakuMvarIe punaH zrIpALa pratye jevuM te tadana kUbADAnuM kurUpa joI te mUMjhAI gaI. samaya thatAM vidyAcAryanA Adeza anusAra rAjAmahArAjAo UThavA lAgyA. paNa rAjakuMvarInI vINAvAdananI kaLA sAme sau phIkkA jaNAyA. AthI ghaNAe te UThavAnuM sAhasa ja na karyuM. AkhI sabhAmAM sannATo vyApI gaye. A vakhate paNa pratijJA adhUrI raheze? tyAM te kubaDAjI UThyA. leke hasavA lAgyA paNa kubaDAe te nizcita mane vINA hAthamAM lIdhI. ane DokuM dhuNAvyuM ke vINuM te baLelA lAkaDAmAMthI banAvI che.
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________________ 50 chatAM avasara oLakhIne teNe vINA hAthamAM lIdhI ane tAra cheDayA. gheADI ja kSaNAmAM AkhI sabhA mUrcchita thaI gaI. te lAga joine kUbaDAe rAjAe vagerenAM mugaTa ane AbhUSaNeA utArI lIdhAM ane punaH madhura svara cheDavA jethI sabhA jAgrata thaI, paNa A zuM? AbhUSA koNe utArI lIdhAM? le kaI vicAra kare te pahelAM tArAjaku'vIe zrIpALanA kaMThamAM varamALA paherAvI dIdhI. kUbaDAne varamALA ? kAgaDAne keTe seAnAnI kaDhI ? rAjA-prajA sau du:khI thaI gayAM. tyAM te zrIpALa peAtAnA asala svarUpe pragaTa thayA. tyAre sau sAzcarya vicAravA lAgyA ke mahAdeva ane pArvatI jevA A navada'patI kevAM zailI rahyAM che. AkhAya darabAra lagnatsavamAM pheravAi gayA. zrIpALa ane guNasuMdarInAM lagna thayAM. ane daivI sukhane mANI rahyAM che. pUrvanA azubhanA yuga pUrA thayA ane cAre dizAethI puNya jAgyA hatA. zrIpALarAjA te maLelA sukhathI saMtuSTa hutA, pazu puNyane AvA dharmAMtmA kayAMthI maLe ? zrIpALa ane trailAkathasuMdarI eka divasa zrIpALa rAjA rAjadarabAramAM beThA hatA. tyAM eka paradezI puruSe praveza karyAM. zrIpALane joI te Azcaryamugdha thayA. pachI teNe zrIpALane eka AzcaryakArI ghaTanA kahI saMbhaLAvI.
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________________ kaMcanapura nAmanuM samRddha nagara che. tyAM vajana yathAnA rAjA che. tene kaMcanamAlA nAme rUpavatI rANI che. tene cAra dizA jevA cAra putra che. ane geleksasuMdarI nAme kuMvarI che. geleksasuMdarIne ghaDyA pachI brahmAe anya koIne rUpa ApyuM nahi hoya tevI e rUpavAna che! soLe kaLAmAM nipuNa che. zAstromAM pAraMgata che. tene yegya pati meLavavA rAjAe svayaMvara race che. temAM dezavidezanA parAkramI rAjAe padhAryA che. zrIpALa paradezanA mukhe rAjakuMvarInAM rUpa ane guNanuM varNana sAMbhaLI harSa pAmyA ane tene bheTa ApI vidAya karyA. kutUhalapriya, puNyanA preryA zrIpALa deva ApelA hAranA pratApe eka vAmananuM rUpa karI sIdhA svayaMvara-maMDapamAM pahoMcyA ane egya sthAna grahaNa karyuM tyAre anya rAjakumAree sAzcarya pUchyuM, he bhAI ! tuM ahIM kema Avye chuM?" zrIpALa (vAmana): je kAraNathI tame AvyA che te kAraNathI huM Avyo chuM. vAmananA kathanathI eka aTTahAsyanuM moju pharI vaLyuM, tyAM te rUpavatI suMdarI svayaMvaramaMDapamAM hAjara thaI. hajAre netre eka ja jagyAe cUMTI gayAM hoya tema A vayaMvaramA'Dapa jANe kAmadevathI prerAIne stabdha thaI gayA
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________________ hoya tevuM jaNAtuM hatuM. zaileyasuMdarIe parAkramI, guNavAna, koI rUpavAna evA AkAMkSI rajAo, rAjakuMvare ane mahArAjAonI lAMbI zreNI pratye eka vedhaka najara nAMkhI. aMtamAM beThelA zrIpaLakumAra pratye najara sthira thaI. zrIpALanuM naTakhaTapaNuM paNa kevuM? vAmana asala rUpamAM kuMvarIne dekhAte hato. tethI kuMvarI manathI tene varI cUkI. tyAM te tenI parIkSA karavA vaLI te vAmanarUpa dhAraNa karate, atyaMta kurUpatAne pragaTa karate, vaLI asala rUpane dhAraNa karato. AthI rAjakuMvarI kSaNabhara mUMjhAI jatI. chatAM tenuM mana te e vAmana pratye AkarSita thayeluM hatuM. tethI sAthenI dAsIe aneka rAjAonAM parAkrama, rUpa ke guNanAM varNana karyA te paNa kuMvarInuM mana mAnyuM nahi. tyAM AkAzavANInI jema adhiSThAyaka devanA zabdo zravaNa thayA ke "tAre mATe vAmana ja gya che." kuMvarIe tarata ja vAmananA kaMThamAM varamALA paherAvI. AkhIye sabhAmAM sannATo vyApI gaye. upasthita rAjAone pitAnuM apamAna thatuM lAgyuM. eka vAmana AvuM rUpALuM rAjaratna meLave ! punaH kAgane keTe senAnI kaDI? ukaraDe mahAmUlyavAna ratna ? saune lAgyuM ke kuMvarImAM rUpa che paNa buddhine te. chAMTo paNa nathI.
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________________ 13 vaLI teo vAmanane paDakAravA lAgyA ke, ame hu'sa -jevA rUpALA rahI gayA, ane tuM kAgaDA jeve! vAmana rAjakanyAne lai jAya! UbheA rahe, ame amArA parAkramathI kanyA meLavazuM, ema kahI te kanyAbhilASI rAjAoe peAta potAnI talavAra myAnamAMthI bahAra kheMcI. tyAM teA vAmanarUpamAM parAkramI evA zrIpALe javAba ApyA ke, huM durbhAgI ! tame tamArI jAtane svarUpavAna mAnA che, paNa A rAjakanyAe tamane pasaMda karyo nahi, temAM tamAre ja deSa che chatAM tamAre parAkrama batAvavuM hAya tA AvI jAva.' Ama kahI zrIpALe peAtAnI talavAra kheMcI evI ghumAvI ke saunI talavAra myAna bhegI thaI gaI. te samaye zrIpALe peAtAnuM asala rUpa pragaTa karyuM, te joIne sau pulakita thaI UThayA, ane zrIpALane saha vadhAvI lIdhA. kanyAnA pitA vagere sau prasanna thayA. ane AkhI sabhA lagnotsavamAM pheravAI gaI. zrIpALarAjA ane rAjakanyAnAM lagna nirvighna UjavAI gayAM. vaLI zrI ane srIne cega thatAM zrIpALa rAjA zaileAkayasuMdarI sAthe sukhethI divaso pasAra karavA lAgyA, zrIpALa ane za'gArasuMdarI vajrasena rAjA sAthe zrIpALakuvara rAjasabhAmAM zelI rahyA hatA. tevAmAM paradezathI AvelA te eka sadeze kahyo. dalapata nAmanA nagaramAM dharApALa rAjA che.
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________________ 54 tene zIlavAna evI guNamALA paTTarANI tenI kukSie janmelI z'gArasu darI che te kavitvamAM nipuNa che, ane guNasaMpanna che. tenI kavitA je pUrNa karaze tene te varaze. Aja dina sudhI e kavitA paMDita paNa pUrNa kara zakayA nathI A hakIkata sAMbhaLI, zrIpALane mana te e bAbata bAlaramata jevI hatI, te te daivI hAranA prabhAve tyAM. pahoMcI gayA. kavitvane pUrNa karI puNyayeAge rAjakanyA sahita aDhaLaka saMpattine pAmyA, zrIpALa ane jayasuMdarI zrIpALanA prArabdhamAM ATha saMpadAnI jema ATha kanyAonI prApti nirmANu thaI hatI ke zuM? zRMgArasudarI sAthe rAtridivasanA bheda vagara sukhane mANutA zrIpALa pAse vaLI eka kutUhalanI vAta AvI. kellAgapura nagaranA puraMdara nAme rAjA tene vijayA nAmanI rANIthI jayasu darI putrI che. rAdhAvedha karanAra parAkramI tarane te varaze evuM nimittike bhAvi bhAkhyuM che, zrIpALane tenI niyati tyAM laI gaI. ane ramata mAtranI jema zrIpALe rAdhAvedha karI jayasu darIne prApta karI. zrIpALa ane tilakasu darI zrIpALakuMvarane have mahArAjAmAM gaNunA thAya teTalI aDhaLaka sa patti prApta thaI hatI. mayaNAsuMdarI sahita. ATha rAMNIenA svAmI hatA. aDhaLaka sapatti ane sAta
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________________ papa rANIo sahita dezavidezanI yAtrA karI zrIpALarAjA thANuM baMdare padhAryA hatA. dharmAtmAone puNya zodhatuM Ave che. teo dhana pAchaLa deDatAM nathI paNa lakSamI temane varamALA paherAve che. thANa baMdare AvuM ja kaMI banI gayuM. thANAnagarIne rAjA nisaMtAna hatA. vaLI sagAIe zrIpaLanA mAmA thatA hatA. pitAnA bhANejanuM aizvarya joI mAmA atyaMta prasanna thayA ane te divase zrIpaLakuvarane rAjagAdI para ArUDha karavA rAjyAbhiSeka karyo. thoDA divaso sudhI kAIne mAtA tathA mayaNAsuMdarIne maLavA tyAMthI zrIpALarAjAe prayANa karyuM. mArgamAM AvatA nagaranA rAjAo vaDe mAna-satkArane svIkAratA zrIpALarAjAe sopAraka nAmanA nagara samIpe nivAsa karyo. paraMtu A nagara ujajaDa samazAna jevuM kema bhAse che? A nagarane rAjA vivekapUrvaka Adara karavA nathI Avate ke zakti chatAM yuddha karavA kema AvatuM nathI? A sopAraka nagarane mahAsena rAjA che. tene tArAmatI rANIthI tilamaMjarI putrI che. guNavAna ane rUpavAna te kuMvarIne sApe daMzI che. AthI mahasena rAjAne mAthe Aphata AvI che. paropakAra vRttivALA zrIpALarAjA anukaMpAnA bhAvathI tarata ja sarSathI daMza pAmelI kuMvarI pAse javA taiyAra thayA. te vakhate kuMvarIne marelI jANI samazAnayAtrA nIkaLatI hatI. zrIpALarAjA tyAM pahoMcyA ane kahyuM ke tame DIvAra zekAI jAva. vaLI kuMvarIne joIne kahyuM
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________________ 56 sajI ke kuvarI mUchita che, mRtyu pAmI nathI. huM tenuM viSa utArI sajIvana karuM chuM. - tyAra pachI kuMvare pitAnI pAsenA prabhAvita hAranA havaNa jaLane kuvarIne abhiSeka karyo. kuMvarI nidrAmAMthI jAgrata thatI hoya tema beThI thaI. AthI rAjA sahita sarva AnaMda pAmyA. . harSita thayelA rAjAe kuMvarIne kahyuM ke tene jIvanadAna ApanAra A mahAbhAgyazALI che. kuMvarIe UbhA thaIne vivekapUrvaka kuMvarane namaskAra karyA ane dRSTi maLatA snehanI gAMTha baMdhAI gaI. mahena rAjAe kuMvarInA manebhAva jANI zrIpaLakuvarane kahyuM ke "he sajajana! jene tame prANunuM dAna karyuM che tenuM pANigrahaNa karIne amArA para thayelA upakAranuM traNa cUkavavA do. A jIvonuM puNya te juo! zobhAyAtrA smazAnayAtrAmAM pheravAya tevuM hInapuNyathI bane che. paNa ahIM te smazAnayAtrA zebhAyAtrAmAM pheravAI gaI. rAjakuMvarInAM lagna zrIpALakuMvara sAthe UjavAI gayAM. zrIpAlane mayaNanI yAd mayaNAsuMdarInI vidAya laIne nIkaLelA zrIphaLa mayaNAne visaratA nathI. tenI pAsethI maLelI. navapadanI bhaktinuM dhyAna eka divasa mATe cUkatA nathI. vaLI pati sAthe panIo paNa navapadanI ArAdhanA karI rahI che. khAma zrIpALa, madananA, mAtamajUSA tathA mahAmajI
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________________ 57 vagere rANIe sukhamAM samaya pasAra karI rahyAM che. zrIpALane vizeSa prakAre javAbadArInuM kArya na hovAthI samayanA sadupayega karI navapadanA dhyAnamAM niratara rakta rahe che. arthAt daivI sukha hAvA chatAM jIvanamAM sayamanuM sthAna agrimatA pAmyuM che. puNyAtmA zrIpALane dhanarUpI lakSmI, rAjalakSmI ane kanyArUpI lakSmIe, jANe dharA para khIjA koI puruSa hAya nahiM tema temane zedhIne temanA caraNAmAM samarpita thaI jAya che. kAivAra parAkramathI, viziSTa kaLAthI, koivAra daivI sahAyathI ema zrIpALakumAra anukrame ATha patnIonA svAmI thayA : 1 khakhkharakeTanA mahAkALa rAjAnI kuMvarI madanasenA 2 ratnasaMcayA nagarInA nakaketu rAjAnI kuMvarI madanamaMjUSA 3 DhAMkaNudezanA rAjA vasunI kuMvarI manamaMjarI 4 kuMDalapura nagaranA makaraketu rAjAnI ku'varI guNasuMdarI 5 kaMcanapuranA vajrasena rAjAnI kuMvarI zaileAkayasuMdarI 6 dalapata nAmanA nagaranI dharApALanI kuMvarI zu'JArasu darI 7 kollAgapuranA puraMdara rAjAnI kuMvarA jayasuMdarI 8 seApArakanA mahusenarAjAnI kuMvarI tilakasu darI, mayaNAsu darI jevI guNiyala, rUpavAna, snehALa ane cAritrazIla patnI maLavA chatAM zrIpALe ATha kanyAe kema grahaNa karI ?
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________________ 58 te kALe kSatriya rAjAone aneka rANIe rAkhavAnI. praNAlI hatI. rAjakanyAone svIkAra karI anya rAjAe sAthenA saMbaMdhamAM saMgharSa TALI zakAya tevuM paNa banatuM. vaLI rAjA jyAM jyAM parAkramI tarIke prasiddha thAya tyAM tyAM temane bheTamAM kanyAo ApavAnI prathA hatI. te samayanI kSatriyANa - strIo A prathAne AvakArI letI, ane pate rAjarANuM hovAne saMtoSa mAnI letI haze. zAstrakAranI paddhatithI vicArIe te puyabaLa hatuM. zrIpALanI kathAmAM navapadanuM mAhAsya kevaLa bhautika saMpatti. viSe nathI paNa aMtamAM muktinuM pradAna thayuM te mAhAtamya che. chatAM dharma evuM sAdhana che ke tenA vaDe prANI sarva prakAranAM sukha pAme che. zAstrakAre zrIpALarAjAnI ATha rANIone yuktithI upamA ApI che; - ATha daSTiyukta samakitavaMta AtmA navamI sarvaviratine I che. aSTa pravacanamAtA sahita guNavaMta muni navamI samatAne Icache. ATha prakAranI buddhi sahita paNa muni navamI kevaLajJAnanI siddhi che. zrIpALa ATha rANIonI sAthe sukhane bhegavatA hatA, chatAM ujajena taraphanA prayANanI taiyArI karI. ATha rAjyanAM kanyAratna aDhaLaka kanyAdAna, anya bheMTaNa, vahANanI saMpatti, zvasurapakSathI maLelA hAthI, gheDA, raunya ane vastra-patranA bhaMDAre sahita jyAre zrIpALanI savArI nIkaLI tyAre eka cakravatInI riddhi-siddhi ane samRddhi.
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________________ 59 jevuM dazya saunI najara samakSa khaDuM thayuM. mArgamAM AvatA navA navA nagarenA ane rAjanA rAjAoe kaMIka kaMIka sagapaNa vicArI, athavA zrIpALanA vaibhava tathA parAkramathI prabhAvita thaI, najarANAM vaDe zrIpALanI samRddhimAM vizeSa vRddhi karI. anukrame dezavidezanA bahumAnane grahaNa karatA zrIpALa vizALa sainya sAthe mAlavadezanI najIka pahoMcI gayA. ujajaina nagarImAM vasatA mAlavadezanA rAjAne anucaree samAcAra ApyA ke koI duzmana mahAsainya sAthe caDhI Ave lAge che. AthI rAjAe pitAnA gaDhane sajaja karavAno Adeza ApyuM. ujajaina nagarInI bahAra zrIpALarAjAnA sainyane paDAva thaze. tyAra pachI mAtA tathA patnIne maLavA utsuka banelA zrIpALa, deva taraphathI maLelA hAranA prabhAve gupta rIne mAtAnA mahele AvI pahoMcyA. te samaye kalamaprabhA putravadhU mayaNAne uddezIne kahe che, "ApaNI nagarIne keI dumana rAjAe gherI lIdhI che. zrIpALa ahIM che nahi, tethI have ApaNuM zuM thaze ?" mayaNA kahe che, "mAtA! jarA paNa ciMtA na karo. paNa navapadanuM dhyAna kare, jenAthI sarva duHkha nAza pAme che. vaLI Aje paramAtmAnI pUjA karatA mArA bhAva atyaMta ulasita thayA hatA. tethI mane lAge che te zreSTha kriyAnuM lakSaNa che. tethI koI bhaya rAkhavAnuM prayojana nathI. AvI. amRtamaya kriyA e mokSamArgane anurUpa che, tethI saMsAranAM
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________________ 60 duHkhA nAza pAme che, te samaye anubhavele AnaMda hajI paNa mArA hRdayamAM samAtA nathI. vaLI mane satat bhAsa thAya che ke Aje mane patimeLApa jarUra thaze.' peAtAnI prANapriyAnI vAta satya karavA zrIpALa tarata ja pragaTa thayA ane mAtAnA caraNeAmAM namI paDacA. mayaNAe apUrva snehe patine praNAma karyAM. traNe mAnavI sukhasAgaramAM garakAva thaI gayA. tyAra pachI zrIpALa mAtA ane patnIne laIne peAtAnI chAvaNImAM gayA. mAtA ane mayaNAne yAgya sthAne besADayA, pachI anukrame AThe rANIoe AvIne mAtAne ane mayaNAne vaMdana, vinaya karyAM. A milana eTale jANe sukhanA sAgara UchaLatA hoya tevu maneAhara dazya lAgatuM hatuM. prajApAla rAjAne samAcAra maLatAM te paNa rANI ane parivAra sahita zrIpALa pAse AvyA, teNe potAnA nRtya badala kSamA mAMgI. vaLI zrIpALanuM azvarya, sainya ane samRddhi joI Azcarya anubhavI rahyo. ane thopALa pratye aheAbhAva lAvI tenA guNagAna karavA lAgyA. tyAre jeNe dharmanA prabhAvane ja mukhyatA ApI che, tetrA zrIpALe jaNAvyuM ke A sarve prabhAva navapadajInI ArAdhanAnA che. surasuMdarInuM zuM thayuM hatuM ? Ama vAtAvaraNa AnaMdapramodathI bharapUra thayuM hatuM. ryA anucara khabara ApyA ke naTanuM TALu khela bhajavavA
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________________ naTanA nA atu. zI paNa e mATe Adeza mAMge che. zrIpALanI AjJA thatAM naTanuM TeLuM hAjara thayuM. paNa A zuM? mukhya naTI khela karavAnI nA pADe che. ghaNe Agraha karavA chatAM khela karavA UThatI nathI. naTanA nAyake ghaNA dhamakI ApavAthI te UThI paNa khela karavAne badale sIdhI! deDIne beThelA rAjaparivAra pAse pahoMcI mAtAne gaLe. vaLagI paDI ane "he mAtA "he pitA' kahIne raDavA lAgI. DIvAra pachI zAMta thaIne teNe jaNAvyuM ke he. pitA! tame mane je saMpatti ApI hatI te sarva lUMTAI gaI. pati pitAne prANa bacAvavA bhAgI chUTayo. dhADapADunA subhaTe nepALadezamAM mane sArthavAhane vecI.. sArthavAha bambarakoTa nagaramAM vezyAne vecI. vezyAe mane nRtyakaLA zIkhavI naTI banAvI. mahAkALa rAjAnI nATaka maMDaLIe mane kharIdI. bambarakoTanA mahAkALa rAjae pitAnI putrI madanasenAne zrIpALane paraNAvI temAM A nATakamaMDaLI bheTamAM ApI. huM rAjA-rANI pAse je nRtya karIne divase duHkhamAM vyatIta karatI hatI. paraMtu Aje tamane saune joIne mAruM duHkha huM khamI na zakI. huM surasuMdarI chuM. ' hA deva ! mayaNAnA duHkhane joIne mAre garva samAtuM na hatuM. Aje e ja mayaNAnI dAsIrUpe mAre nAcavAnuM che. kharekhara teNe kahyuM hatuM tema dharmathI ja sukhanI
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________________ kara prApti thAya che. surasuMdarInI kathA ane vyathA sAMbhaLI mAtApitA sahita sarve upasthita parivAranA leAkeAnAM nayane paNa sajaLa banI gayAM. surasuMdarIe kahyuM ke, 'kharekhara mayaNAe jainadharma ane temAM navapadanA prabhAvanA saune paricaya karAvI mahAna upakAra karyo che. he mAtA! kharekhara ame eka ja kuLamAM janmyA hovA chatAM mayA amRtavela jevI nIvaDI tyAre huM viSanI velaDI jevI prasiddha thaI. aMte dharmapriya tathA udAracitta zrIpALe saune AzvAsana ApI, dharmAMrAdhanAnA marmane bedha ApyuM, Azcarya tA e thayuM ke zrIpALanA vizALa sainyamAM aridamana paNa sevA bajAvatA hatA, tene khelAvIne zrIpALe surasuMdarI tathA ghaNI sAdhanasamRddhi sAthe tene pAtAnA deza taraphe vidAya karyAM. puNyapratApe bhAgyacakra phare che tyAre AzcaryaMjanaka ghaTanAe ghaTe che. saMkhyAbaMdha sagAMsnehIe, rAjAe ane keTalAye sajjane zrIpALane atyaMta mAna ApavA lAgyA. ekavAra zrIpALanA pitAnA matrI matisAgare dhyAna deryu ke have tamArA peAtAnA dezane pacAvI pADelA zatrune dUra karI tamAruM sthAna zelAve. .. vaDIla mA~trInI salAha mujaba dharmAtmA zrIpALe yuddha nivAravA prathama dUtane mAnavAcaka bhAvathI saMdezA
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________________ 63 sahita capApurI pratye vidAya karyAM, paraMtu rAjyAkAMkSI ajItasena rAjAe saMdezAvAhakanA tiraskAra karI yuddhanA paDakAra karyAM, ane aMte sattAAlapa ajItasena rAjA hAryAM. sainiko dvArA tene bAMdhIne zrIpALarAjA pAse hAjara karavAmAM AvyA. zrIpALe UbhA thaIne temanA baMdhana cheDAvI satkAra karyAM. ane udAra dilathI kahyuM, rAjya te tamAruM ja che, tame sukhethI rAjyanuM pAlana karI, tame mArA vaDIla che.' susaMskAranI prabaLatA jIvamAM kevI svAbhAvika sajjanatA pragaTAve che? apakArI upara paNa upakAra e mAnavajIvananuM bahumUlya kartavya che. kAI viralAne ja te prApta thAya che. zrIpALanA AvA udAtta vartanathI ajItasena rAjAnuM hRdaya parivartana pAmyuM. tene peAtAnA pApanA atyaMta pastAvA thaye. ane aMtaramAM saMsAra pratye virAga utpanna thatAM, temaNe rAjayanA sukhanA tyAga karI pratrajyA grahaNa karI. zuddha tapAdinA prabhAve temane avadhijJAna pragaTa thayuM. puNya-pApaneA A kevA caDhAve Akrozavaza pitAe putrI pratye AcareluM apakRtya surasu'darIe ahaMkAravaza mayaNAne karelA upahAsa vidhavA mAtA ane saMtAnanA thayelA meDAla sabhyaSTi mayaNAnI sarve sthitimAM samatA prALune harI levAnuM patraLanuM niSphaLa kAvatruM apakArI para zrIpALanA upakAra ! chatAM narahaMkArI paNuM
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________________ dharmane prabhAva jANanAra daMpatIne dhanya ho. pApAcaraNa karavAvALA jIthI dUra rahetuM puNya jANe keruM sthAna zodhIne karavA mAMgatuM hoya tema teNe zrIpALa rAjAne zodhI lIdhA hatA. caMpAnagarInuM rAjya meLavI zrIpALe prajAnA sukhamAM vRddhi karI. prajA vatsalarAjA para anurAgI hatI. sau pratye samAnabhAva rAkhI zrIpALarAjA nava rANIo sAthe daivI sukha bhogavatA hatA. ane savizeSa te navapadanI ArAdhanAmAM saparivAra teo anurakta hatA. temanA jIvananI paLepaLa ane rAmarAma navapadajInA prabhAvathI praphullita hatA. prasaMgacita zrIpALarAjA ekavAra ajItamuni mahArAja pAse saparivAra zravaNa mATe gayA. vinaya vaDe vaMdana karI temanI pAsethI dezanA sAMbhaLI teo atyaMta prasanna thayA. zrIpALanA manamAM eka gheruM maMthana cAlatuM hatuM ke saMsAramAM kevI kevI vicitratA pravarte che? AthI temaNe Adara sahita muni mahArAjane pUchayuM: he bhagavaMta! mArA kayA kama vaDe mane bALapaNamAM duHkha paDayuM ! kayA karmane nimitte mane kuSTharoga thaye? kayA zubha yege mayaNAsuMdarI jevI guNavAna patnI maLI?. jenA kAraNe dharma pAmyuM. vaLI aneka riddhi-siddhio prApta thaI? tyAM vaLI mArA upara nIca gotrane Aropa tha... aMte dharmanuM zuddha avalabana prApta thayuM.
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________________ zrIpALe pUchayuM ke zubhAzubha karmone Ave cega kema banyA? ajitasena rAjarSine Atmavizuddhine kAraNe avadhi. darzana prApta thayuM hatuM. jJAnI munie pitAnA jJAna vaDe zrIpALanA pUrvabhava bhaNayA, ane zrIpALane jaNavyA. he zrIpALa! karmanI gati atyaMta vicitra che. jIva ajJAnavaza karma bAMdhe che te bhagavyA vagara chUTake nathI. tae ajJAnavaza je karma bAMdhyuM tene A bhavamAM vipAka tha. bharatakSetranuM hiraNyapura nAmanuM nagara. zrIkAMta nAme rAjA, tene zrImatI rANI. rAjAne zikAranuM dukha vyasana hatuM. guNavAna patnI temane vAraMvAra rekatI. AthI rAjA, rANI para gusse thaI ekavAra sAtaso hiMsaka puruSane laI zikAra ramavA vanamAM jaI pahoMce. tyAM zuM banyuM? tyAM teNe keDha rogathI pIDita munine vRkSa nIce dhyAnamagna joyA. ajJAnathI gherAyele, sattAnA madavALe te belI UThaDyo ke A keDhiyAne mArIne bhagADe. rAjAnI AjJA thatAM sAtaso jaNa muni para tUTI paDyA. A joI rAjA khuza thaye. munie te prathamatA dhAraNa karI hatI. manamA zikAra karI sau svasthAne pahoMcyAM. ATaluM pApa ochuM paDatuM hoya tema ekavAra rAjA 5
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________________ zikAre nIkaLe, tyAM zikAra prApta na thaye. pAchA vaLatAM eka munine joyA ane niSphaLatAnA AvegathI teNe munine pakaDIne nadInA pANImAM jhaboLI dIdhA. paNa A vakhate manamAM kaMIka raMja thaye. AthI mahelamAM pahoMcI rANIne A vAta karI, rAjAnA mukhe AvuM duSkRtya sAMbhaLI rANI kaMpI UThI, ane AnuM phaLa kevuM bhayaMkara hoya che te samajAvyuM. AthI rAjAe bhayagrasta thaI punaH tema na karavA vacana ApyuM. mAnavamananI vicitratA e che ke jIve hasatA bAMdheluM karma raDatA paNa chUTatuM nathI ane jogavavuM paDe che. kehavAra te varNanAtIta hoya che. ajJAnadazAmAM jIvane te khyAla paNa nathI hotuM ke tenA dareka kSaNanA zubhAzubha pariNAmanI karmasattA neMdha le che. pragaTa-apragaTa sarva kriyAo para sarvatra ane sarvathA pitAnA prabhAva darzAvanArI karmasattA, jIvane egya samaye jema cora UMghatA. jhaDapAI jAya tema karma, tene tenuM phaLa ApI de che. je zubhakarmane vega hoya te pariNAma sukha-samRddhi rUpe pragaTa thAya che. ane je azubha karmavega heya te duHkhanI paraMparA sarjAya che. mATe mAnave ajJAna nivAravuM. tenAthI duHkhamAMthI mukti maLe che. pApathI mukta thayA vagara duHkhathI mukta thavAtuM nathI. rANIe punaH punaH zikArathI thatI hiMsAnAM duHkhada pariNAmo samajAvyAM. kSatriya dharma samajAvyuM ke rAjAnuM kAma prajAnuM rakSaNa karavAnuM che. niHzastrI para zastra cheDavAM
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________________ jAnyu. te adharma che. tame te prajAnA rakSaNane badale tenuM bhakSaNa kare che ane nirdoSa mUka pazuone haNe che. AnuM pariNAma adhogati che. tame te munine kadarzana karIne narakanA duHkhane AmaMtraNa ApyuM che. rANInAM uparokta vacane sAMbhaLIne rAjA bhayabhIta thaye. teNe tarata ja subhaTa sahita nadI najIka rahelA munine sanmAna sahita mahelamAM teDAvyA. vinayapUrvaka - vaMdanA karIne atyaMta kSamAyAcanA mAgI. pazcAttApa karavA lAge ane muni pAse prAyazcitta mAMgyuM. munijane te nispRha heva che. mAdhyastha buddhivALA hoya che. muni mahArAje kahyuM ke rAjAe ghera pApa karyA che. chatAM paNa je te zraddhAyukta thaI navapadajInI ArAdhanA karaze te pApane nAza thavA saMbhava che. - tyAra pachI rAjAe rANInI sahAyathI munimahArAje - batAvelI vidhi pramANe navapadanI ArAdhanA karI. temAM rANInI ATha sakhIoe ane pelA sAtaso ullaka purue paNa rAjAnA tapamAM sahayoga ApI anumodanA karI. rAjyAkAMkSI te ekavAra najIkanA siMharAjAnuM rAjya paDAvI lIdhuM hatuM. AthI gherabhAvavALA teNe sainyabaLa eka karI yuddhamAM pelA sAtaso purUSone haNI nAkhyA. navapadanI * ArAdhanAne baLe teo mAnavajanma pAmyA paNa munine karelA upasarganA phaLarUpe te sarve kuSTharegI thayA ane mahAduHkha pAmyA. zrIkAMtarAjAe zeSa jIvana navapadanI ArAdhanAmAM vya
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________________ 68 tIta karyuM hatuM. prAyazcittathI pApane haLavuM karyuM hatuM. ne tyAMthI mRtyu pAmIne tuM zrIpALa thaye ane zrImatIrANa mayaNAsuMdarI thaI. munine upasarga karavAthI tamAre A janmamAM duHkho bhegavavAM paDyAM. ane zrImatIrANaH dharmayukta hatI tethI janmathI ja dharma pALatI hatI. paraMtu tamArA pratye anurAgathI tenAM lagna tamArI sAthe thayAM. siMharAjA te huM ajitasena rAjA thaye. te samaye te mAruM rAjya paDAvI lIdhuM hatuM. tenA pariNAme meM bALapaNamAM tAruM rAjaya laI lIdhuM. he zrIpALa! A prakAre jIve karelA zubhAzubha karmane pariNAme jIvane duHkhe bhegavavAM paDe che. muninA mukhethI pitAnA pUrvabhavane jANIne zrIpALane. vairAgya utpanna thayuM. temaNe kahyuM - he muni mahAtmA! mArAmAM hamaNAM cAritra levAnuM, baLa nathI paNa mane yogya dharma-ArAdhanA batAve, jethI apabhavI thAuM. munie paNa pitAnA jJAnabaLathI jANyuM. ane sUcavyuM ke he zrIpALa! tAruM bhegakarma bAkI hevAthI, te A bhavamAM cAritranI prApti karI zakIza nahi, paNa navapadajInI uttama prakAre ArAdhanA karavAthI anukrame navama. bhave mokSa pAmIza. A kathananuM zravaNa karIne zrIpALa atyaMta prasanna. thayA. paribhramaNathI mukti maLaze tevuM nizcita vacana suthIne. teo vizeSa dharmaparAyaNa thayA.
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________________ navapadanI uttama prakAre ArAdhanA karavA uparAMta teo bAravratanuM pAlana karatA hatA. saMsAra sukhanI abhilAvAne tyAga karyo hate. temanI sAthe puNyavaMtI rANIo paNa dharmaArAdhanA karatI hatI. vaLI putrAdine rAjyakArabhAra saMpI jIvananA zeSa kALe zrIpALa ane nava rANIo pUrNapaNe navapadajInI vizeSa ArAdhanamAM gALatAM, anukame AyuSya pUrNa thatAM svargaleka pAmyAM. dezanAne aMte gautamasvAmI kahevA * lAgyA ke he zreNika rAja! navapadajInA eka eka padanI - bhakti karavAthI jIva sarvathA duHkhamukta thAya che. te eka samyaktva padanI bhaktinA prabhAve tIrthaMkara pada pAmIne siddha thaIza. gautamasvAmInA zrImukhe AvI dharmavArtAnuM zravaNa karI zreNika harSa pAmyA, ane svathAne vidAya thayA. navapadajInI ArAdhanAnI pAtratA navapadajInA ArAdhake ArAdhanAnI yathArtha phalazruti mATe prathama te zrIpALa-mayaNAnI jema aMtaraMganA viSaya ane kaSAyane tyAga kare ane dareka paristhitimAM sama* tAmAM rahevuM. paradevadarzana, niMdA, vikathAne tyAga kare. A tapanI ArAdhanAnA divasomAM bAhApravRttine saMkSepa karI, AraMbha-parigrahanA doSe ghaTADavA. tevA prakA"remAM javuM nahi. anya divaso karatAM A divasomAM
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________________ 70 ahiMsAnuM vizeSapaNe pAlana karavuM. satyaH vacana satya bolavAM, zakya teTaluM mauna pALavuM.. acaurya : A divasemAM khAsa prayajana vagara vastu, grahaNa karavI ke kharIdavI nahi. - brahmacaryaH nava vADathI brahmacaryanuM pAlana karavuM. A nava divasamAM atyaMta jAgRtipUrvaka mana, vacana, kAyAnA coganI zuddhi jALavavI. paricaDanI mUcha ghaTADavI. zakya hoya tyAM sudhI nivRttisthAnamAM jaIne AradhanA karavI. saMsAranI vAtacIta karavI nahi, niHsaMzaya ane nispRhabhAve ArAdhanA karanAra ArAdhaka zrIpALamayaNAnI jema navamA bhAve mokSa pAme ke chevaTe samakti pAmI samIpa muktigAmI avazya thaI zake. ane A jagatanAM sukhane paNa prApta kare che. vAstavamAM A navapada AtmasvarUpa che. arihaMta pada AtmAmAM pragaTa thAya che. siddhapada-AtmA siddharUpa che, AtmA svarUpAcaraNarUpa AcAryarUpe che. AtmA ArAdhaka hevAthI upAdhyAya, AtmA sAdhaka hovAthI sAdhu che. AtmA. jJAna, darzana, cAritra ane tapasvarUpa hovAthI A cAre. pada AtmAne pragaTa karanArAM che. arthAt navapada te AtmAnAM che. navapadajInI ArAdhanAne kama navapadajInI ArAdhananA kramamAM sAdhana ane sAdhakanI. zuddhi Avazyaka che. sAdhya te zuddha che. traNenI ekatAthI. zrIpALarAjAne prathama divase ja tene prabhAva pragaTa thayela.
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________________ 7 hite. sAdhananI zuddhi ke prajananI rakSA na thAya ane sAdhakanuM mana ArAdhanAmAM tadrupa na hoya te pUrI jiMdagI jAya, te paNa Atmazreya na thAya. zuddhipUrvaka karelA A tapathI rega, zoka ane saMtApa dUra thAya che. saMsAranAM sukhanI prApita thAya che. aMtamAM jIva zAzvata sukha pAme che. vahelI savAre upagapUrvaka pApanA prAyazcittarUpa pratikamaNa, te pramANe saMdhyA pratikramaNa karavuM. padanI saMkhyAne yogya kAusagga ane khamAsamaNuM. te pramANe svastika Adi yathAzakti karavAM. padane vIsa navakAravALI gaNavI. A divasomAM sAmAyika karI zrIpALa-mayaNanA caritranuM zravaNa karavuM. AyaMbilamAM yathAzakti dravyAdine tyAga kare. nitya siddhacakajInuM bhAva sahita vidhipUrvaka pUjana karavuM. ane pavitra bhAvanA dvArA te te padamAM lIna thavuM. sAkara dUdhamAM ogaLe tema navapadamAM laya pAmavAthI ArAdhanAnuM pariNAma anubhavamAM Ave che. upara jaNAvelA prakAra sAmAnya che. pUrNa vidhi zAstramAMthI jANIne ke egya adhikArInI nizrAmAM karavI. A nava divasa pUrNa ArAdhanAnA che. tyAra pachI paNa jIvanamAM navapadajInI ArAdhanAne vaNI levI. temAM nitya siddhacakrajInuM yathAzakti pUjana karavuM. navapadanI navamaLAne jApa kara. yathAzakti tapa karavuM.
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________________ 7ra anaMtalabdhinA bhaMDAra guru gaNadhara zrI gautama svAmIe magadhanA samrATa zreNikane zrIpALa tathA mayaNuMsuMdarInI addabhuta dharmakathAnuM rasapAna karAvI tenuM mAhA mya samajAvyuM. te kathAnA zravaNanuM pAna karIne zreNika atyaMta pulakita thayA hatA. tyAM zubha samAcAra maLyA ke bhagavAna mahAvIra padhAryA che. gaNadhara tathA zreNika Adi sau bhagavAna samIpe pahoMcI, vaMdana karI cagya sthAne beThA - deveracati samavasaraNamAM padhArI bhagayAna zrI mahAvIra dezanA ApavA lAgyA : he zreNika! navapadajInI ArAdhanAnuM mULa kAraNa AtmabhAva che, tethI navapada te AtmA che, ane navapadamAM ja AtmA che. A navapadane sevavAthI ghaNuM prANIo saMsArasAgara tarI jAya che. navapadanuM mAhAsya ane svarUpa prathama pada arihaMta H varNa - veta, guNa - 12 je bhavyAtmA arihaMta padane dravyathI zuddha jANe che, guNothI zuddha jANe che ane paramAtmAnI paryAya-avasthAne zuddha jANe che. arthAt arihaMtane dravya, guNa, paryAyathI zuddha jANI tenuM dhyAna dhare che, temAM lIna thAya che te pitAnuM svarUpa ane arihaMtanuM svarUpa abhedapaNe anubhavI arihaMta thAya che. dravya : arihaMtane AtmAnuM dhyAna karanAre AtmA. guNa: arihaMtanA jJAnAdi guNe - dhyAna karanAra khAmAnA guNa
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________________ 73 paryAyaH arihaMtanI dazA zuddha che. dhyAna karanAranuM sattAgat svarUpa zuddha che. dravya guNa ane paryAyathI arihaMtanuM dhyAna karanAra - sAdhaka arihaMta padane pAme che. arihaMta te tIrthaMkara che. dharmatIrthane pravartAvI jagata - upara mahAna upakAra karanArA che. tethI namaskAra mahAmaMtramAM temanuM sthAna prathama che. teo mahAna upadeSTA hevAthI - sarva jIvenA uddhAraka che. arihaMta bAra guNethI vibhUSita che. arihaMtano varNa veta che. dareka varNamAM veta varNa pradhAna hevAthI prathama padayukta arihaMtane varNa veta che. arihaMta bhagavAna zukaladhyAnanI madhyamAM birAjatA hevAthI, temanI aMtaravRttio zuddha havAthI, temane varNa zukala - zrata che. AthI prathama padanI ArAdhanA zukla varNathI karavI tema kahyuM che. A padamAM ArAdhake arihaMtanI pUjA karavI, bhakti karavI, jIrNoddhAra karavA ane pratimAjInuM sthApana karavuM. - bIjuM pada siddha bhagavaMtaH varNa lAla - guNa AThe. siddha bhagavate rUpAtIta, azarIrI che. kevaLajJAna, ane kevaLadazana sahita che. anaMta avyAbAdha sukhavALA che. anaMta labdhivALA che. nirmaLa Tika rananA jevI siddhazIlAnI upara chellA bhAgamAM lekane ane Adi-anaMtakALa samAdhi
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________________ 74 sukhamAM rahevAvALA che. caitanya - AtmA siddhasvarUpa che. bhavyAtmAoe siddha paramAtmAnuM dhyAna karI temAM tadrupa thaI peAtAnA siddha svarUpanuM dhyAna dharavuM. jethI sarva prakAre AtmAnA azvanI prApti thAya. siddha paramAtmA ATha karmanA naSTa thavAthI ATha mahA guNanA dhAraka che. siddha paramAtmAnA vaNu lAla che. tapa dvArA AtmAne zuddha karyAM che. AthI te tapAvelA zuddha sutranA lAla vaNu jevA che, vaLI nirAgI manuSya lAla vadhu jevA hoya che. siddha paramAtmA karmarogathI rahita lAla varNavALA hoya che. tethI siddha bhagava'tanI ArAdhanAne paNa lAla kahevAmAM AvyA che. siddha bhagavAnanI pratimAnuM sthApana karI temanA padarUpa thavAnI bhAvanA karavI. trI. AcAya pada: vadhu pIta - pILA; guNu chatrIsa. AcArya bhagavaMta pacAcAranA pAlana mATe dakSa hAya . che. teo anyane AcAranuM pAlana karAve che. te apramAdapaNe dharmanA bodha Ape che. samatArasathI bhAvita che. teo dhIrajavALA che ane vikathAthI mukta hAya che. tIrthaMkara paramAtmAnA nirvANa pachI tee dhamI jIvane AdhArabhUta che. chatrIsa vizeSa guNNAnA dhAraka che. vAdIethI vijayI che.
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________________ 75 AcArya bhagavaMta dIpaka samAna hovAthI, ane dIpazIkhA pILI hevAthI AcArya pILA varNavALA che. paMca mahAvratadhArI AcAryanI pILA varNathI ArAdhanA karavAnI kahI che. A padanI ArAdhanA karanAre AcArya bhagavaMtanI pratyakSa bhakti, vaiyAvacca karavA nitya vaMdana karavuM. cethuM pada upAdhyAyaH vaNuM - nIla; guNa pacIsa. upAdhyAya pite bhaNe, bIjAne bhaNave. ratnatranA ArAdhaka che. sarvaracita dharmasUtranuM adhyayana karavAmAM utsuka che. bAra aMganA svAdhyAya karanAra che. AcArya bhagavaMta arthane bhaNAve che. upAdhyAya sUtrapATha karAve che. ziSyanuM ghaDatara kare che. bhaviSyamAM AcArya padane dhAraNa karI gacchanuM rakSaNa karavAvALA che. nIlamaNi zAMta ane manoramya hoya che. tema upAdhyAya bhagavaMtanI krAMti zAMta ane manoramya hoya che. jJAnamArgane aMtarAya dUra karanArA upAdhyAyajI nIlavarNathI ArAdhAya che.. temanI bhakti, vaiyAvacca karavAM. pAMcamuM pada sAdhupada varNa - zyAma (kALe), guNa sattAvIsa. jJAna, darzana, cAritra ane tapa ema je niraMtara cAre prakAre apramattapaNe mokSamArganuM ArAdhana kare che. pAMca iMdriya ane manane jeNe vaza karyA che, cAra kaSAyane jeNe parAjita karyA che, chakAya jIvanI je rakSA kare che,
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________________ 76 manAdi vaigamAM apramatta che tevA sayamane dhAraNa karyo che te sAdhubhagavaData che. pAMca mahAvratanA dhAraka che. nava prakAre brahmacarya nu pAlana kare che, sadA samatAmaya jenI vRtti che te sAdhubhagavaMta sutranI jema kaseATImAMthI pasAra thayA pachI anukrame AcArya padavIne yogya thAya che. suvarNanI kasATIne paththara kALA hoya che tema sAdhupadanI zyAma varNa ArAdhanA thAya che. ArAdhake sAdhu-bhagavaMtane namana, Adara karavAM, vastImAM, vastra-pAtrAdi auSadha vagere ApavAM, dIkSAthI'nI anumAdanA karavI, ane sAdhupada grahaNa karavAnI bhAvanA karavI. chaThThuM pada samyagdarzana pada : vaNu - zula (veta,) bheda - 57. upazama, savega, niveda, anukapA ane AstikayanA guNe pragaTa thatAM mithyAtatva mahanIyanI sAta prakRtinA kSaya ke upazamathI sva-svarUpamaya samyagdarzana pragaTa thAya che. guNAnI ujjavaLatA zudla vathI ArAdhAya che. sarvajJa kathita jIvAdi padArthothI yathArtha zraddhA tathA saMjJa deva, ni' guru ane dayArUpa dharmonI zraddhAne samyagdarzana kahe che. A pada mekSapadanI prAptinu' bIja che. tenI 'prAptithI sa'sAraparibhramaNa sakSipta thaI kSINa thAya che. mAnavajInanuM zreSTha kavya samyagdarzana-prAptinuM che. tenI prApti mATe tattvanA abhyAsa karavA, yathArtha zraddhA karavI. tha
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________________ sAtamu' pada jJAnapada : varNa - zukala ( veta ), bheda - 51. AtmA jJAnasvarUpa che. svayaM jJAtA draSTAsvarUpa che. anAdithI karmasaMyoge jJAnavaraNa sahita che. te AvaraNa kSayeApazcama ke kSaya pAme, ajJAna paNa kSINa thAya che, ane AtmAnuM jJAnasvarUpa pragaTa thAya che. paramAtmAe kahelA navatattvanI zraddhAmAM darzanaguNa vikasita thAya che, ane A navatattvamAM heya, jJeya ane upAdeyanA AdhathI viveka utpanna thAya che. te mATe zrutajJAnanA avalaMbananI AvazyakatA che. te zrutanA AdhAre sAdhaka AtmaciMtana kare che. ane pUjJAna svarUpI parameSThi paTTamAM lIna thAya che tyAre svaya' anubhavajJAna pragaTa thAya che. 77 jJAna aMdhakArarUpI ajJAnane dUra kare che. aMdhakAra zyAma varNavALA che. prakAza veta che. AthI jJAnapadanI ArAdhanA zukla varNa thI ArAdhAya che. jJAnapadanI ArAdhanA vaDe jIva sarvajJa thAya che. jJAnapadanA ArAdhake zAstro lakhavAM-lakhAvavAM. anyane bhajuvAnI AvazyakatA pUrI pADavI, sAdhaneAnI zuddhi rAkhavI, ane jJAna tathA jJAnInI bhakti karavI. jJAnanAM sAdhanAnI prabhAvanA karavI. ATaeNm' cAritrapada : vaNu - zukla (veta), bheda - 70, jJAnAdi guNeAnI prApti thatAM jIva parapadAmAM
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________________ 78 pravartatA nathI. jJAnAdi guNAnuM sAmarthya evuM che ke Atma jJAnaguNumAM ja ramaNatA kare che, jene meharUpI vallIne chedI nAMkhI che evA zuddha upAgarUpa AtmA ja svayaM.. cAritra che. asArakriyAne tyAga ane sArakriyAmAM pravRtti te bAhya cAritra che. mAhanIya karmanA kSINa thavAthI vItarAgatA pragaTa thAya che te aMtaraMga cAritra che. e cAritranI atyaMta nirmaLatA thatAM kevaLajJAna-darzana pragaTa thAya che. cAritranI ujjavaLatAne kAraNe tene vadhu zu'' manAya che. paramAtmAnA abheda dhyAna- dvArA sabhyaSTi AtmAsvarUpa ramaNatA pAme che. ane te dvArA svaya paramAnandane prApta thavuM te saccAritra che, cAritrapadanA ArAdhake vrata, niyama, sayama pALavAM, AtmasvarUpanuM lakSya karavuM. tene upAsavA. upayAganI sthiratA mATe prayatna karaveza. cAritramArganA Adara karavA. navasu' tapapada : vaNu zukla (veta). icchA nirAdhane tapa kahe che. sa`varabhAvathI icchA tathA rAgAdi bhAve rAkAya che te sAdhaka samatAyeAganA pariNAmavALA AtmaguNumAM ramaNatArUpa tapane ArAdhe che. tapa dvArA AtmA kamaLanA kSaya kare che. tapanA prakAza mATe nirAtattvanI mukhyatA che, jenA cha mAhya ane * cha abhyaMtara bheda che. anAdikALathI AmA sAMthe ana'ta prakAranAM malina
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________________ 79 karmo lAgelAM che. te tapa dvArA tapyA pachI AtmapradezathI chUTAM paDe che. mATe samatApUrvaka keIpaNa laukika apekSA vagara tapa karavAthI AtmAmAM zuddha dazA pragaTa thAya che. tApadanA ArAdhake A divaso uparAMta nAnAM moTAM tapa karavAM. tapasvIonI bhakti-sevA karavI. tapa dvArA Atama ujajvaLa thatuM hovAthI tapanuM ArAdhana zuklavarNathI kahyuM che. navapadanI ArAdhanA mATe zrAvaka-zrAvikA, sAdhu-sAdhvIjane saune adhikAra che. chatAM temAM keTalIka AvazyaktAo lakSyamAM levA gya che. dareka pitAnI maryAdAmAM A tapanI ArAdhanA kare che. savizeSa zrAvaka-zrAvikA gRhasthadhamanuM pAlana karatA hovAthI teoe AvA tapanA nimitte snApUjA, vividha pUjAnA prakAra, ujamaNa, tIrthoddhAra vagerenuM yathAzakti Ajana karavuM. dharma ArAdhanA rUpa navapadanI ArAdhanAnA baLe zrIpALa bhautika sukha pAmyA te sukha gauNa hatuM. arthAt mekSane kALa hajI dUra hatA, tethI vacamAM Avate vizrAma hate. navadapanI ArAdhanAnuM sAruM pariNAma te navamA bhAvamAM zrIpALe saMsArane tyAga karI, vairAgya baLe kevaLajJAna prApta karI mokSa pAmyA. ane aDhaLaka sukhasAmagrI chatAM tenI mUcha na hatI te temanuM sAcuM puNya ane dharma bhAvanA hatAM.
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________________ navapadanA ArAdhake ekAgratApUrvaka zAMta sthaLe dareka divase te te padathI ra0 mALA gaNavI. navapadajInA nava jApa OM haM name arihaMtANuM ke hai name siddhANuM hai name AyariyANa hai name uvajajhAyANuM Tho namo loe savva sAhUNuM 3 hI na daMsaNasa ke hai namo nANasa meM hai nama cArittassa huM name tavassa. iti zivama cAra zaraNuM arihA zaraNuM siddhA zaraNuM, sAhu zaraNe varIe, dhame zaraNuM pAmI vinaye, jina ANuM zira dharIe. 1 arihA zaraNuM mujane heje, Atama zuddhi karavA, siddhA zaraNuM mujane heje, rAgadveSane haNavA. 2 sAdu zaraNuM mujane heje, saMyama zUrA banavA, dhame zaraNuM mujane heje, bhadadhithI taravA. 3 maMgalamaya cAranuM zaraNuM saghaLI ApadA TaLe, A sevakanI DUbatI naiyA bhavajala pAra utAre. 4 arihA zaraNuM, siddhA zaraNuM sAhu zaraNe varIe, dhamaeN pAmI zaraNuM vinaya, jina ANuM zira dharIe. 5. []
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________________ GONtkNtkNtkNtkNtN siddhacakane bhajIe re, bhavajana bhAtha dharI maTha mALAne tajIe mata dUra karI; siddhacakranA dayAne re saMkaTa bhaya na Ave, 8che gautama thANAM re amRta pa8 pALe che? aMgUThe amRta vase, kSazva taNA bhaMDAra; zrI gura gautama samarIe, vAMchita phaLa dAtAra -09- saMpAdaka -29 sunaMdAbahena 29- prakAzaka 29harasukhAbhAI bhAyacaMda mahetA 203, vAlakezvara roDa, penoramA, muMbaI - 400 006 phona : 23690603 / 23690608 Coco CocoCoco XXXa539 o