Pandita Sukhlalji

Author(s): Ramanlal C Shah
Publisher: Gurjar Granthratna Karyalay
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/001208/1

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paMDita sukhalAlajI ramaNalAla cI. zAha

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paMDita sukhalAlajI ramaNalAla cI. zAha gUrjara graMtharatna kAryAlaya ratanapoLanAkA sAme, gAMdhImArga, amadAvAda - 380 001

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PANDIT SUKHALALJI: by Ramanlal C. Shah Published by Gurjar Grantha Ratna Karyalaya, Opp. Ratanpolnaka, Gandhi Road, Ahmedabad 380 001 Price Rs. 90.00 pahelI AvRtti Disembara, 2003 prata : 750 - pRSThasaMkhyA : 14 + 134 kiMmata rU. 80 prakAzaka amarabhAI ThAkoralAla zAha gUrjara graMtharatna kAryAlaya ratanapoLanAkA sAme, gAMdhImArga, amadAvAda - 380 001 TAipaseTiMga vikrama kamyuTara - e - 1, vikrama epArTamenTa, zreyasa krosiMganI pAse, AMbAvADI, amadAvAda - 380015 mudraka bhagavatI ophaseTa 15/sI, baMsIdhara esTeTa, bAraDolapurA, amadAvAda - 380 004

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arpaNa kaoNlejakALanA mArA mitro sva. vADIlAla DagalI sva. yazavaMta dozI - nA puNyAtmAne zraddhAsumana sAthe - ramaNalAla cI. zAha

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nivedana prajJAcakSu paMDita sukhalAlajI eTale vIsamI sadInI eka AzcaryakAraka ghaTanA. eka netravihIna vyakti potAnA jIvanakALa daramiyAna adhyayana, adhyApana ane lekhanakAryanA kSetre ATaluM badhuM kArya karI zake tathA rASTrIya ane AMtararASTrIya stare ATalI badhI khyAti prApta karI zake e tarata mAnyAmAM na Ave evI vAta che, paMDitajInI siddhio jevI tevI nathI. paMDitajI sAthe mAre aMgata AtmIya saMbaMdha hato. mAre mATe teo pitAtulya hatA. eTale ja paricaya TrasTa taraphathI mArA mitro zrI vADIbhAI DagalI ane zrI yazavaMta dozIe mane paMDitajInuM jIvanacaritra lakhavA mATe nimaMtraNa ApyuM tyAre te meM saharSa svIkArI lIdhuM hatuM. e mATe teono RNI chuM. che. A jIvanacaritra lakhavAmAM meM paMDitajInI potAnI I. sa. 1924 sudhInI AtmakathA "mAruM jIvanavRtta'no mukhya AdhAra lIdho che. emAMnI keTalIye kAlagrasta vIgato choDI dIdhI che. A AtmakathA uparAMta zrI dalasukhabhAI mAlavaNiyAkRta prajJAcakSu paMDita sukhalAlajI, zrI pUrNimAbahena mahetAnI pustikA "puNyazloka paMDitajI, zrI vADIlAla DagalInI paricaya pustikA paMDita sukhalAlajI' tathA anya keTalAka zraddhAMjali lekhono AdhAra lIdho che. mArA A graMthamAM paMDitajInA samagra jIvanavRttAntane AvarI levAmAM Avyo che ane paMDitajInA vipula sAhityano saMkSipta paricaya ApavAmAM Avyo che. paMDitajInuM sudIrgha jIvana ane vipula sAhitya eTaluM badhuM samRddha che ke enA upara zodhanibaMdho taiyAra thaI zake, mArA mitro sva. vADIbhAI DagalI ane sva. yazavaMtabhAI dozI A caritra prakAzita thayeluM jovAne hayAta hota to teone keTalo badho AnaMda thAta ! paricaya TrasTanAM zrI iMdirAbahena DagalI, zrI candrakAnta zAha, zrI haMsAbahena vagereno paNa AbhAra mAnuM chuM. - ramaNalAla cI. zAha

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paMDita sukhalAlajI - eka mahAna dArzanika pratibhA - ramaNalAla cI. zAha prajJAcakSu paMDita zrI sukhalAlajI eTale vartamAna bhAratanI eka mahAna dArzanika pratibhA. 97 varSanI sudIrgha uMmare amadAvAdamAM emanuM avasAna thayuM hatuM. paMDitajInuM jIvana eTale puruSArthanI bhavya gAthA. saurASTramAM lImalI-vaDhavANa zaheranA teo vatanI. soLa varSanI kizoravaye I. sa. 1897mAM unALAnA divasomAM temane zItaLA nIkaLyAM ane netrajyoti vilIna thaI. acAnaka AvI paDelA aMdhatve emane ciMtAtura banAvI dIdhA. kizoravaye teo taravarATavALA hatA, paraMtu netra jatAM temanI zArIrika pravRtti maMda paDI gaI. pote khUba mUMjhavaNa anubhavavA lAgyA. jANe jIvanano rAha badalAI gayo. zuM karavuM te sUjhatuM nahi. e nAnakaDA gAmamAM bIjI pravRtti te zI hoI zake? dharma ane enAM kriyAkAMDo tarapha loko vALe ane potAne paNa vaLavAnuM mana thAya e svAbhAvika che. pote jena. jaina sAdhuonI avarajavara cAlu hoya ja. potAnA gAmamAM jaina sAdhuo Ave, temanI pAse javuM, dhArmika abhyAsa karavo ane kriyAkAMDabharI dharmapravRtti karavI e tarapha teo doravAyA. jaina sAdhuo pAse samaya paNa ThIka ThIka hoya ane aMtaramAM karuNA paNa hoya. eTale yogya pAtra jaNAtAM tene preraNA ane mArgadarzana sahaja rIte Ape. paMDitajI vakhatovakhata judA judA jaina sAdhuonA saMparkamAM AvyA ane ene pariNAme dharmazAstronuM adhyayana karavA mATe jarUrI evo prAkRta ane saMskRta bhASAno abhyAsa karavAnI tAlAvelI temane lAgI. pote aMdha hatA eTale bIjI pravRtti to khAsa rahI nahi. tethI maLelA samayamAM je kaMI jANavA maLe te cittamAM grahaNa karI letA ane tenuM vAraMvAra smaraNa-raTaNa karatA. eka jaina sAdhu pAsethI "raghuvaMza'nI nakala ATha divasa mATe maLI to teTalA divasamAM temaNe "raghuvaMza'nA dasa sarganA zloko kaMThastha karI lIdhA. saMskRta bhASAnA abhyAsa mATenI temanI bhUkha e nAnakaDA gAmamAM saMtoSAya tema nahotI. teo te mATe kAzI vidyAbhyAsa karavA gayA. kAzImAM temane ghaNI muzkelIo paDI. ghaNI parataMtratA anubhavI, paraMtu dhIrajapUrvaka temaNe potAnI abhyAsa pravRtti cAlu rAkhI. buddhinI tejasvitA, tIvra smaraNazakti ane svabhAvanI

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VI saraLatAne lIdhe paMDito paNa temane vidyAbhyAsa premathI karAvatA. temaNe kAzImAM saMskRta bhASAnA abhyAsa uparAMta darzanazAstrono paNa abhyAsa karyo. vidyAbhyAsa pachI vyavasAya tarIke paMDitajIe moTuM kArya je karyuM te banArasa yunivarsiTImAM prAkRta ane jaina darzananA vibhAganA adhyakSa tarIkenuM adhyApanakArya che. A samaya daramiyAna temaNe hiMdI bhASAmAM ThIka ThIka lekhanakArya paNa karyuM. paMDitajIe keTaloka samaya gujarAta vidyApIThamAM gAMdhIjI sAthe ane keTaloka samaya muMbaI bhAratIya vidyAbhavanamAM kanaiyAlAla munazIjI sAthe rahIne kArya karyuM. paMDitajIne emanI vidyAne mATe, emanA graMthone mATe suvarNacaMdrako, pAritoSiko, DI.liTa.nI upAdhi vagere maLyAM, paraMtu A badhAM aupacArika sanmAno hatAM. paMDitajIe potAnA vyaktitva para enI jarA paNa viparIta asara thavA dIdhI nahIM. paMDitajI sAtheno mAro paricaya I. sa. 1944thI. e samaye huM kaoNlejamAM vidyArthI tarIke dAkhala thayelo ane muMbaImAM zrI mahAvIra jaina vidyAlayamAM raheto. te samaye amAre dhArmika abhyAsamAM paMDitajIe saMpAdita karelA graMtha, vAcaka umAsvAtikRta tattvArthasUtra'nuM adhyayana karavAnuM hatuM. paMDitajInI sUkSma ane gahana vidvattAno tyAre pahelo paricaya thayo. e ja varSe vidyAlayamAM paMDitajI, kAkAsAheba kAlelakara sAthe maMgaLa pravacana mATe padhArelA. e samaye emanuM darzana pahelavaheluM thayeluM. tyAre paMDitajI muMbaImAM bhAratIya vidyAbhavananA jUnA makAnamAM rahetA eTale koI koI vakhata huM temane maLavA jato. teo zrI muMbaI jaina yuvaka saMghanI paryuSaNa vyAkhyAnamALAmAM pramukhasthAne birAjatA. koI koI vakhata temAM pote paNa ekAda viSaya upara pravacana ApatA. te sAMbhaLI paMDitajInI vidvattAthI huM ghaNo prabhAvita thayo hato. I. sa. 1951mAM senTa jheviyarsa kolejamAM gujarAtInA adhyApaka tarIke meM kArya karyuM ane sAthe sAthe jaina yuvaka saMghanI kAryavAhaka samitimAM paNa joDAyo. zrI paramAnaMda kApaDiyA tathA mArA sasarA zrI dIpacaMdabhAI zAha sAthe mAre yuvaka saMghanI pravRttione aMge paMDitajIne maLavA javAnuM vAraMvAra banatuM. e arasAmAM eka vakhata zrI muMbaI jaina yuvaka saMghanA upakrame yojAtI paryuSaNa vyAkhyAnamALAmAM kalikAlasarvajJa hemacandrAcArya upara mAre vyAkhyAna ApavAnuM hatuM. pramukhasthAnethI upasaMhAra karatAM paMDitajIe paryuSaNa vyAkhyAnamALAmAM AvA mahAna pUrvAcAryone saMbhAravA mATe AnaMda vyakta karyo. vyAkhyAna pachI emaNe mane 'triSaSTizalAkApuruSa caritra' saMskRtamAM vAMcI javA bhalAmaNa karelI. e prasaMgathI paMDitajI sAthe vadhu nikaTanA paricayamAM AvavAnuM thayeluM. A samaya daramiyAna paMDitajI muMbaI choDI kAyamane mATe amadAvAda jaIne vasyA hatA.

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paMDita sukhalAlajI janma tA. 8-12-1880] [avasAna tA. 2-3-1978

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VI 1955mAM eka varSane mATe muMbaI choDIne amadAvAdamAM zarU thatI senTa jheviyarsa kaoNlejamAM adhyApaka tarIke kArya karavAnuM mAre mATe nakkI thayuM. ethI e varSa daramiyAna agavaDo mane sauthI moTo lAbha thayo hoya to te paMDitajI ane pa. pU. puNyavijayajI mahArAjanA niyamita saMparkamAM rahevAno ane temanI pAsethI preraNA ane mArgadarzana meLavavAno. paMDitajInA vatsala svabhAvano tyAre gADha paricaya thayo hato. amadAvAda pahoMcatAMnI sAthe paMDitajIne "saritakuMjamAM emanA nivAsasthAne huM maLavA gayo. pUchyuM, "kaMI kAma hoya to kaho'. paMDitajIe kahyuM: "sAMje pharavA javuM che, tamane samaya hoya to Avo.' huM sAMje paMDitajIne pharavA laI gayo. pachI to roja sAMje emane pharavA laI javAno kAryakrama nizcita banI gayo. jema jema samaya vadhu maLato gayo tema tema pharavA javAnA kAryakrama uparAMta kalAka-be kalAka paMDitajI pAse besIne temane je vAMcavuM hoya te vAMcavAno kAryakrama paNa cAlyo. roja sAMje ghaNuMkharuM teo haLavuM vAMcatA. chApAMo, sAmayiko vagere je AvyAM hoya te emaNe goThavIne rAkhyAM hoya. eka pachI eka huM leto jAuM, prathama zIrSaka vAMcI saMbhaLAvuM. jo e viSayanuM lakhANa mAre vAMcavAnuM hoya to teo vAMcavA mATe sUcana karatA. "janmabhUmi', prabuddha jIvana" ane "saMskRti e traNa teo vadhAre vaMcAvatA. e samaye paMDitajI mATe vAMcelA pustakomAMnAM be vizeSa yAda che. eka to mahAmahopAdhyAya kANenuM dharmazAstranA itihAsa viSenuM aMgrejI pustaka. e vAMcavA mATe sAthe aMgrejI zabdakoza laIne besato, kAraNa ke potAne khabara na hoya tevo eka paNa aMgrejI zabda paMDitajI cUkavA na detA. aMgrejI bhASAno pote vyavasthita abhyAsa karyo na hovA chatAM, e bhASAnI teo kevI sArI jANakArI dharAve che tenI te samaye pratIti thatI. bIjuM pustaka te iMdulAla yAjJikanI AtmakathA. te samaye navuM ja bahAra paDeluM te pustaka hatuM. e pustakamAM AjhAdInI laDatanA ane gAMdhIjI sAthenA keTalAye jAhera ane aMgata prasaMgonuM temaja iMdulAlanA potAnA aMgata jIvananA ekarArabharyA keTalAka prasaMgonuM hRdayasparzI Alekhana thayuM che. te vAMcatAM paMDitajI keTalIye vAra asvastha thaI jatA, AMkhamAMthI AMsu TapakatAM. koI vAra gaLagaLA thaI jatA ane kahetA ke "basa, hamaNAM have vAMcavAnuM baMdha rAkho." rajAnA divaso hoya tyAre paMDitajI pAse vAMcavA mATe savAre athavA bapore paNa jato. emano nokara saraju athavA mAdhu amArA baMne mATe cA banAvI lAvato. jyAre gaMbhIra vAcana cAlatuM hoya ane te samaye paMDitajIne koI maLavA AvyuM hoya tyAre teo lAMbI vAta karatA nahi. ekAda miniTamAM patAvI, mane AgaLa vAMcavAnI sUcanA karatA, eTale AvanAra vyakti tarata samajI jatI. vidyAbhyAsanA samayamAM mulAkAtIo khalela pahoMcADe te emane gamatuM nahi.

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VII paMDitajI AMkhe joI zakatA na hatA; paraMtu "saritakuMja makAnamAM vasAvaTane kAraNe teo pratyeka vastuthI eTalA paricita thaI gayA hatA ke temane e gharamAM besavA-UThavAmAM ke haravA-pharavAmAM koI aDacaNa paDatI nahi. badhuM ja kAma potAnI meLe karI letA. pratyeka vastu kyAM keTalA aMtare che e emanA citta samakSa spaSTa rahetuM. emanI zravaNazakti ghaNI tIvra hatI. Teliphona paNa jAte ja letA ane vAtacIta karatA. avAjane oLakhI levAnI temanI sUkSma grahaNazakti ane smaraNazakti paNa eTalI ja sateja hatI. paMDitajI pAse huM jato tyAre mAre mAro paricaya ApavAnI jarUra paDatI nahi. mAro avAja e oLakhI letA. keTalIka vAra ame beThA hoIe tyAre temane maLavA AvanAra koI mANaso bahArathI vAto karatA karatA AvatA hoya to paMDitajI tarata kahetA ke phalANA bhAI AvyA lAge che. paMDitajInI zravaNazakti ane smaraNazakti eTalI tIvra hatI ke bUTa, caMpalanA avAja parathI paNa koNa AvyuM che te paNa teo jANI letA. eka vAra muMbaImAM 'tAnasena' nAmanuM calacitra jovA ame paMDitajI sAthe gayelA. emaNe paradA upara cAlatuM calacitra joyuM nahotuM. mAtra saMvAdo ane gIto temaNe sAMbhaLelAM. paNa e citra joIne pAchA pharyA pachI emaNe keTalAka prazno karyA tyAre calacitra jonArA je vAto cUkI gayA hatA te zravaNazaktinI ekAgratA vaDe temaNe kevI sarasa rIte pakaDI lIdhI hatI tenI pratIti thaI hatI. 1955-56mAM paMDitajI pAse AvanArA mahAnubhAvomAM sAhitya pariSadanA baMdhAraNa vagerenI carcA mATe AvanArA sneharami, umAzaMkarabhAI ane jayaMti dalAla mukhya hatA. sAhitya pariSadanA navesarathI ghaDAnArA baMdhAraNanI ghaNI vATAghATo paMDitajInI hAjarImAM thatI. keTalIka vAra matabhedo thatA tyAre, khAsa karIne jayaMti dalAla ugra banI gayA hoya tyAre, paMDitajI thoDuMka ja kahetA ane vAtanuM nirAkaraNa thaI jatuM. paMDitajI baLavAkhora paMDita' tarIke jANItA hatA. keTalAye dhArmika jaDa kriyAkAMDo upara emaNe prahAro karelA che; Ama chatAM paMDitajI mAtra buddhivAdI nahotA, zraddhAnA tattvane paNa temanA jIvanamAM pUro avakAza hato. mane eka prasaMganuM barAbara smaraNa che. comAsAnA divaso hatA. paryuSaNa vyAkhyAnamALA mATe paMDitajI muMbaI AvavA nIkaLatA hatA. huM paMDitajIne levA mATe "saritakuMjamAM gayo. teo taiyAra ja hatA. meM temano hAtha pakaDI cAlavA mAMDyuM tyAM paMDitajI kahe, "eka miniTa UbhA raho'. mane ema ke kaMI levAnuM bhulAI gayuM haze; paraMtu paMDitajIe moDhA AgaLa hatheLI dharI navakAra maMtra bolavAnuM zarU karyuM. traNa navakAra gaNIne emaNe rUmanI bahAra paga mUkyo. meM paMDitajIne pUchyuM, "Apa paNa A rIte navakAra gaNo cho ?' temaNe kahyuM, "zraddhA vagara ApaNuM jIvana TakI ja na zake. bahAragAma jatAM ke koI sArA kAma mATe jatAM huM haMmezAM manamAM navakAra gaNI lau chuM."

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IX paMDitajIe jyAre potAnI tabiyata sArI hovA chatAM paryuSaNa vyAkhyAnamALAnuM pramukhasthAna choDyuM tyAre meM emane pUcheluM; 'Ape kema muMbaI vyAkhyAnamALAmAM javAnuM mAMDI vALyuM ?" emaNe eka ja zabdamAM uttara Apyo, "vayodharma'. paMDitajI kahetA ke ApaNA lokomAM uMmara pramANe potAnA dharmo bahu ochA mANaso samaje che, khAsa karIne jAhera jIvanamAM. je pramANe ApaNI uMmara cAlatI hoya te pramANe ApaNAM rasa ane pravRttinAM kSetra badalavAM joIe.' paMDitajI mitabhASI ane mitAhArI hatA. vAtacItamAM teo haMmezAM TUMkA ane muddAsara javAba ApatA. e javAbamAM paNa emanI vidvattA DokiyuM karI jatI. tattvajJAnanI carcA hoya to emanI bahuzrutatAnI pratIti vAte vAte thatI. dareka dharma ane saMpradAyanI ke enA mahAna dArzanikonI vAta thatI hoya tyAre tenA guNapakSe zuM zuM che ane enI maryAdA kyAM kyAM rahelI che tenI samatola vAta paMDitajI pAsethI sAMbhaLavA maLatI. paMDitajInI smRti khUba sateja hatI ane koI paNa vyakti ke graMthano saMdarbha teo jhINavaTathI tarata ApatA. paMDitajI maMda ane mRdu avAje vAta karatA. koI vAra bhArapUrvaka vAta karavI hoya tyAre jamaNA (ke DAbA) hAthanI tarjanI UMcI karI te vaDe teo te darzAvatA. paMDitajI ekalA beThA hoya athavA mAtra sAMbhaLavAnuM cAlatuM hoya tyAre emanA jamaNA hAthanA aMgUThA upara tarjanI satata pharyA karatI hoya, jANe mALA pheravatA na hoya ! kyAreka DAbA hAthamAM paNa e kriyA cAlatI hoya. (muni jinavijyajIne paNa evI Teva hatI. jIva ane zivanA milanarUpa e mudrA ane AMgaLI pheravavAnI e kriyA haThayoganI dRSTie dIrghAyuSyamAM sahAyarUpa manAya che.) kizorAvasthAmAM zItaLA thavAne kA2Ne paMDitajInA zarIramAM garamI puSkaLa rahetI. AthI gharamAM hoya tyAre ghaNuMkharuM teo phakta dhotiyuM paherIne ja besatA. dhotiyuM khAdInuM ane hamezAM svaccha rahetuM. chAtI upara teo vastra sahana karI zakatA nahi. bahAra javuM hoya tyAre khAdInuM paheraNa paherI letA. AjIvana brahmacaryopAsanAne kA2Ne paMDitajInuM zarI2 ojasvI hatuM. vRddhAvasthAmAM paNa emanA zarIra upara uMmara jaNAtI nahi. avasAnanA mahinA pahelAM huM ane mArAM patnI emane maLavA gayAM hatAM tyAre teo pathArImAM beThA thayA hatA ane TaTTAra beThA hatA. paMDitajInA sAnnidhyamAM mane haMmezAM emanA vAtsalyano anubhava thato. huM amadAvAda eka varSa mATe gayo hato ane lojamAM jamato hato, eTale mArI tabiyata mATe teo haMmezAM phikara karatA. eka divasa sAMje gayo tyAre mane kahe, 'Aje navaraMgapurA bAju pharavA jaIe.' saritakuMjathI AzramaroDa para sIdhA ja ame cAlyA, tyAre raste ATalAM makAno ke vAhanavyavahAra nahi. (Aje to have 'siratakuMja' paNa rahyuM nathI.)

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X rasto Ama zAMta hato. amuka aMtare cAlyA pachI paMDitajI kahe, have DAbI bAju vaLo.' ame DAbI bAjunA raste cAlyA. paMDitajI pachI kahe, 'ApaNe anAja-kariyANAnI dukAna che tyAM jaIe.' paMDitajI joI zakatA nahi, paNa keTaluM aMtara kapAyuM che ane kyAM pahoMcyA chIe tenI temanI sUjha cokasAI bharelI hatI. e dukAne ame gayA. emanA koI sagAnI e dukAna hatI. paMDitajIe badAma, kAju, drAkSa, ema cAra-pAMca paDIkAM baMdhAvyAM; pachI mArA hAthamAM ApIne kahe, ramaNabhAI, A tamArA mATe baMdhAvyAM che. paisA ApavAnA nathI. ApaNI gharanI ja dukAna che.' paMDitajIe zA mATe navaraMgapurA bAju pharavA javAnuM sUcana karyuM hatuM te samajAyuM. emanA Agrahane chevaTe vaza thavuM paDyuM. emanA vAtsalyanA sparzathI mAruM hRdaya ArdrabhAve namI rahyuM. paMDitajInA avasAnanA chaeka mahinA pahelAM mArAM patnI sAthe huM maLavA gayo hato. varSojUnA muMbaInAM smaraNo tAjAM karyAM, ATalI uMmare paNa emanI smRti sateja hatI. alabatta, vAta karatAM karatAM citta thAkI jatuM to thoDI vAra zAMta rahetA. amArAM baMne saMtAnone yAda karyAM ane pharI amadAvAda jaIe to saMtAnone laI emane tyAM amAre javuM ane tyAM ja jamavAnuM rAkhavuM evo Agraha karyo. kahe, "ahIM jamavAnI badhI vyavasthA thaI zake ema che, mATe e ciMtA karazo nahi.' paMDitajIe amadAvAdane potAnuM nivRttisthAna, nivAsasthAna banAvyuM te pachI amadAvAda bahAra khAsa teo gayA nathI. 'saritakuMjamAMthI muni jinavijyajInA makAnamAM, anekAMta vihAra'mAM rahevA gayA pachIthI to gharanI bahAra paNa khAsa jatA nahi. chellAM keTalAMka varSomAM to alabatta, tabiyatane kAraNe paNa teo bahAra nIkaLatA nahi. paMDitajInuM jIvana eTale AjIvana vidyopAsanA ane AjIvana brahmacaryanI paNa upAsanA. alpaparigrahI, nisvArtha, tapomaya emanuM jIvana hatuM. paMDitajI eTale jaMgama tIrtha. 1956mAM huM amadAvAda choDI muMbaI pAcho Avyo tyArathI te teo svargavAsa pAmyA tyAM sudhI jyAre jyAre amadAvAda jAuM tyAre paMDitajIne maLavA javAnuM, vaMdanArthe javAnuM to acUka rAkhyuM hatuM. chelle emanA avasAnanA cAreka mahinA pahelAM eka vakhata maLavA gayelo tyAre muni jinavijyajI tyAM AvIne rahyA hatA. paMDitajIe mane kahyuM, 'munijIne kensara thayuM che. DaoNkTara kahe che ke have e mahinAthI vadhu nahi kADhe. bahAra sUtA che. tame maLo tyAre kensaranI vAta karatA nahi' huM munijI pAse gayo. munijI prasanna hatA. gUjarAta vidyApIThanAM keTalAMka saMsmaraNo mane kahyAM. sAthe sAthe kahyuM, "basa have taiyArI thaI gaI che. kensara che. thoDA divasano ja mahemAna chuM. mRtyudevanA AgamananI utsuktApUrvaka rAha jouM chuM, kensara ane mRtyunI vAte kadAca munijI asvastha bane evI paMDitajIne bhIti hatI, paraMtu mRtyunI vAta munijIe pote ja kADhI

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X ane prasannatApUrvaka tenI taiyArI darzAvI. muni jinavijayajI jatAM paMDitajIne eka nikaTanA sAthI ane AdhArasthaMbha gumAvyA jevuM lAgyuM hatuM.' paMDitajInuM smaraNa thatAM cittapaTa para aneka saMsmaraNo taravarI rahe che. "darzana ane ciMtana', "tattvArthasUtra', "sanmatitarka vagere emanA graMthonuM vAcana manana karIe chIe tyAre emanI dArzanika pratibhAnI jhAMkhI thAya che. viparIta saMjogomAM emaNe karelI jIvana-sAdhanA kevI ananya hatI tenI pratIti thAya che. mahAna vibhUtio potAnI bhautika maryAdAone AtmabaLathI dUra karI jIvanane kevuM sarasa ane sArthaka karI zake che ! [1978mAM "navanItamAM prakAzita thayelo zraddhAMjali lekha)

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ..... anukramaNikA 1. vIsamI sadInI virala vibhUti. 2. janma ane kuTuMba ....... 3. bAlyakALanAM saMsmaraNo .. 4. kizorakALa .. 5. aMdhatva. . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * 6. upAzrayamAM ... 7. chappaniyo dukALa ane sAmAjika paristhiti 8. sagAI tUTI 9. dharmakSetranA vividha anubhavo. .... 10. jaina sAdhuono saMparka ane maMtrasAdhanA. 11. kAzI pahoMcyA.. 12. kAzImAM pAThazALAmAM abhyAsa. . . . 13. sametazikharanI yAtrA ....... 14. mUrtipUjA vize... 15. pAThazALAmAMthI vidAya....... 16. kAzImAM svataMtra vidyAbhyAsa... 17. vizeSa vidyAbhyAsanA anubhavo 18. pAlanapuramAM adhyApanakArya.. 19, mahesANA ane viramagAma. . . 20. Abu ane pATaNa .. 21. kesariyAjInI yAtrA ...... 22. vaDodarAmAM tAva ra3. gAMdhIjInA kocaraba AzramamAM . 24. kAzImAM lekhanakArya. 25. pUnAnI jena borDiMgamAM , , , , , * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5 5. 5 . . . . . * * * * * * * 3. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * sAva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . . . . . . .

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XIII . . . 102 26. AgrAmAM karmagraMthano anuvAda . . . . . . . . . . 27. vRMdAvana - mathurAmAM .... 28. paMca-pratikramaNa sUtra . . . . . . . . . . 29. karmagraMthanuM kArya ane zrI vijayadharmasUrijI sAthe meLApa...... 100 30 pitAjInI ciravidAya . 31. AgrAmAM kuTuMbasaMskAra.... 32. sanmatitarkanA saMpAdanakAryamAM aMtarAyo.... ... 106 33. paribhramaNa............. 108 34. gujarAta vidyApIThamAM "sanmatitarkanuM kArya. - 110 35. banArasa yunivarsiTImAM ... 11 2. 36. aMtima varSo .. .. 116 37. paMDitajInuM sAhitya.............. ........ 120 je w bh .. 128 pariziSTa........... 1. paMDitajInA jIvananI sAlavArI..... 2. paMDita sukhalAlajInA graMtho.. 3. paMDitajInI siddhionI kadara .............. 4. paMDita sukhalAlajI vize lakhAyelAM pustakapustikA ....... 5. paMDitajI vize mahAnubhAvonA uddagAro. ............... .. 131 bh bh * * * * * * * * . . . . . 1 33

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je jIvavAnI kaLA hastagata kare che tene sAdhano tathA sagavaDanI UNapa viSe phariyAda karavApaNuM hotuM nathI. te to potAnI sAme jevAM ane jeTalAM sAdhano hoya, jeTalI ane jevI sagavaDa hoya teno evI sajIva kaLAthI upayoga kare che ke temAMthI ja tenI sAme ApoApa navAM sAdhanonI sRSTi UbhI thAya che. te vaNamAgI AvIne UbhI rahe che. je AvI jIvanakaLA jANato nathI te haMmezAM A nathI, te nathI, AvuM nathI, tevuM nathI evI phariyAda karyA ja kare che, ane tenI sanmukha game teTalAM ane game tevAM sAdhano upasthita hoya to paNa tenuM mUlya samajAtuM nathI, kAraNa ke te jaMgalamAMthI maMgala karavAnI kaLA ja dharAvato nathI. paMDita sukhalAlajI

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paMDita sukhalAlajI ramaNalAla zAha

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deha dhAraNa karavo, zvAsocchavAsa levo, jJAnendriyothI jANavuM, karmendriyothI kAma karavuM, eTaluM ja mAtra jIvana nathI, paNa mananI ane cetananI judI judI bhUmikAomAM je sUkSma ane sUkSmatara aneka prakAranAM saMvedano anubhavavAM te paNa jIvana che. AvA vyApaka jIvananAM pAsAM paNa aneka che. e badhAM pAsAMne doravaNI ApanAra ane jIvanane calAvanAra dRSTi che. jo daSTi sAcI to tenAthI doravAtuM jIvana khoDakhAMpaNa vinAnuM; ane jo dRSTi khoTI ke bhUlabharelI to tenAthI doravAtuM jIvana khoDakhAMpaNavALuM ja hovAnuM. - paMDita sukhalAlajI

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vIsamI sadInI virala vibhUti AtmAnI zakti anaMta che, paNa kyAreka deha AtmAnI zaktine dabAvI de che. vRddhAvasthA AvatAM manuSyanI haravApharavAnI zakti ochI thaI jAya che. keTalAkanI smaraNazakti paNa kuMThita banI jAya che. nAnapaNamAM vikalAMga bananAra keTalIya vyaktio potAno jIvanavikAsa potAnI bhAvanA ke icchA anusAra sAdhI zakatI nathI. Ama chatAM vakhatovakhata evAM dRSTAnto jovA maLaze ke jeoe potAnI zArIrika nirbaLatAne atikramIne potAno jIvanavikAsa supere sAdhyo hoya ane bIjA mATe teo udAharaNarUpa banyA hoya. vartamAna samayamAM apaMgo mATe vividha prakAranAM vaijJAnika sAdhano nIkaLyAM che ane Adhunika paddhatithI evI sarasa tAlIma apAya che ke apaMga vyakti paNa potAnA jIvanane sAmAjika, dhArmika ane AdhyAtmika dRSTie osvI ane samRddha banAvI zake che. prajJAcakSu paMDita sukhalAlajI saMghavI eTale vIsamI sadInuM eka aneruM Azcarya. kizorAvasthAmAM aMdha thayA pachI emaNe potAnA dIrgha jIvanakALa daramiyAna apratima puruSArthathI je siddhio prApta karI tenI vigato jANatAM Azcaryamugdha thaI javAya che, Adara-bahumAnathI emanAM caraNomAM mastaka jhUkI jAya che. aMdhatvanuM ochuMvattuM pramANa duniyAmAM sarvatra rahyA kare che, paNa lAkho-karoDo aMdha mANasomAMthI koIka virala vyakti ja mahAna kAryo karI, potAnI tejasvI pratibhA vaDe AMtararASTrIya stare khyAtanAma bane che. paMDita sukhalAlajIne e koTimAM mUkI zakAya. kadAca pAzcAtya jagatamAM teo hota ane ATaluM kArya karyuM hota to vadhu vizvakhyAti emane maLI hota ! vastutaH evI khyAti mATe emaNe kArya karyuM nahotuM ke e emanuM jIvanadhyeya nahotuM, paNa ApaNane evI sarakhAmaNI karavAnuM avazya mana thAya. - paMDita sukhalAlajI (janma 8-12-1880 - svargavAsa 2-3-1978)nI 97 varSanI jIvanayAtrA ghaTanAsabhara, preraka ane bodhaka che. paMDitajIno janma eka jaina vaNika kuTuMbamAM thayo hato, paraMtu eka vidyAvyAsaMgI brAhmaNa paMDitanI jema emaNe jIvanabhara kArya karyuM hatuM. ethI ja keTalAye aparicita brAhmaNa paMDito paMDitajI janme brAhmaNa

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4 . paMDita sukhalAlajI che ema mAnatA ane jyAre teo jANatA ke paMDitajI vaizaya khAnadAnanA saMtAna che tyAre teone paMDitajI mATe ahobhAva thato. zArIrika vikalatAvALI AvI keTalIka vibhUtionA jIvanasaMgharSanI kathA rasika ane preraka hoya e svAbhAvika che. temAM paNa paMDita sukhalAlajIno to samagra yuga tejasvI hato. svAtaMtrya saMgrAmanA e divaso hatA. mahAtmA gAMdhIjI AkhA yuga para chavAI gayA hatA. paMDitajIne mahAtmA gAMdhI, saradAra paTela, vinobAjI, kAkA kAlelakara, ravizaMkara mahArAja, zrI vijayadharmasUri, zrI vijayavallabhasUri, munizrI jinavijayajI, munizrI puNyavijayajI, nAnAbhAI bhaTTa, rasikalAla parIkha, IndulAla yAjJika, kanaiyAlAla munazI, vAsudeva zaraNa agravAla, cahula sAMkRtyAyana, AnaMdazaMkara dhruva, gurudayAla malika vagere keTalA badhA vaDIla ke samavayaska mahApuruSonA tathA kAzI-mithilAnA paMDitonA nikaTanA sahavAsamAM AvavAno uttama avasara sAMpaDyo hato, emanI chAyAmAM paMDitajInI pratibhA viziSTa rIte pAMgarI hatI. eTale ja emaNe ATaluM badhuM karyuM hatuM. paMDitajI bhAratIya SaDradarzananA ane vizeSataH jaina darzananA prakAMDa paMDita hatA. 'tattvArthasUtra", "sanmatitarka, "karmagraMtha', paMcapratikramaNa sUtra', pramANamImAMsA jevA jaina dharmanA mukhya graMtho upara tathA bauddha ane cArvAkadarzananA graMtho upara emaNe parizramapUrvaka je saMzodhana - saMpAdana ane anuvAdanuM saMgIna kArya karyuM che, te emanA prabaLa puruSArthanI jhAMkhI karAve che. eka moTI vidyAsaMsthA karI zake eTaluM bhagIratha kArya emaNe ekale hAthe karyuM che. eTale ja paMDitajI vyakti nahi paNa saMsthA hatA evuM emane mATe je kahevAyuM che te yathArtha che. paMDitajIno "darzana ane ciMtana' graMtha vAMcIe to emAM paNa prAcIna ane arvAcIna evA anekavidha viSayonI gahana, talasparzI ane samatola chaNAvaTa jovA maLe che. paMDitajInI bahuzruta, pUrvagraharahita, nirAgrahI, satyAnveSI pratibhAnAM emAM ApaNane darzana thAya che. paMDitajIe bhAratIya nyAyazAstrano ghaNo UMDo abhyAsa karyo hato. eTale ja emanI vicAraNA haMmeza vizada, gahana, mArmika, tarkasaMgata ane pakSapAtarahita rahI hatI. paMDitajIne emanA maryAdita banI gayelA jIvanamAM paNa ghaNAM kaSTo veThavAM paDyAM hatAM. viparIta saMjogo vAraMvAra upasthita thayA hatA, tema chatAM prAmANikatAthI ane vairyapUrvaka, pUrI svasthatA sAthe emaNe kAma karyuM hatuM. paMDitajInI pratibhA tejasvI hatI. temanuM bauddhika stara ghaNuM UcuM hatuM. temanI yAdazakti ane grahaNazakti atizaya teja hatI. eTale ja "siddhahema zabdAnuzAsana' jevo vyAkaraNano kaThina graMtha, bRhadravRtti sAthe, emaNe Akho kaMThastha karyo hato, je javalle ja koI karI zake. paMDitajI jIvanabhara satata udyamazIla rahyA hatA. kArya karavAmAM teo haMmezAM apramatta rahetA. aMdhatvane kAraNe emane lagnajIvana - dAmpatyajIvana maLyuM nahi, paNa

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vIsamI sadInI virala vibhUti * 5 te anya apekSAe emane mATe AzIrvAdarUpa nIvaDyuM hatuM. ethI emano badho samaya vidyAvyAsaMgamAM pasAra thayo hato. aMdhatvane kA2Ne emanuM jIvana parAdhIna hatuM, to paNa potAnA premALa ane mRdu svabhAva vaDe emaNe potAnA saMparkamAM AvanAranAM haiyAM jItI lIdhAM hatAM. mitro, saMbaMdhIo, karmacArIo hoMze hoMze emanuM kAma ka2vA tatpara rahetA. paMDitajI pAse e mATe anokhI jIvanakaLA hatI. manuSyanI pAMce indriyomAMthI sauthI mUlyavAna indriya te cakSu che. bahero ke bobaDo, laMgaDo ke ThUMTho mANasa ekalo ekalo AkhI duniyAmAM ghUmI zake che, paraMtu aMdha mANasa bIjAnI sahAya vinA gharano uMbaro paNa oLaMgI zakato nathI. bIjI bAju aMdha mANasa jo buddhizALI hoya to enI zravaNazakti vadhu sateja bane che. enI ghrANendriya ane sparzendriya paNa vadhu sakSama thAya che. enI smRti tIvra bane che. potAnI avarajavaranI maryAdA AvI jatAM, eka ja sthaLe vadhu samaya besI rahevAnuM thatAM, ene potAne anukULa pravRttiomAM rasa paDe che. ene vaMcAvavuM game che '(athavA belipa vaDe vAMcavuM game che.)' ene saMgIta sAMbhaLavuM game che. ene gAvA-vagADavAnuM priya lAge che. ene vAto ka2vAmAM rasa paDe che. ene kavitA sphure che ane paMktio kaMThastha karavAnuM game che. eTale ja keTalIka aMdha vyaktionI pratibhA bIjI rIte khIlI UThe che. aMdha vyaktiomAM milTana, suradAsa, helanakela2 vagere jema suprasiddha che, tema e haroLamAM have paMDita sukhalAlajI paNa besI zake ema che. keTalAye mANaso potAne zAparUpe maLelA aMdhatvane varadAnamAM pheravI zake che. AvA mANasomAM ApaNA kALanA prajJAcakSu paMDita sukhalAlajI che. aMdhatva ane nirdhanatAmAMthI ApabaLe potAno mArga kADhI, potAnA jIvanamAM AMtarabAhya vikAsa sAdhI, ucca koTinA paMDita ane dArzanika tathA krAntikArI vicAraka banI, prAcIna arvAcIna saMskRta, prAkRta, gujarAtI ane hiMdI sAhityanA kSetre mUlyavAna ciMtana, lekhana, saMzodhana, saMpAdana ityAdi karIne je siddhio hAMsala karI teNe emane vividha yunivarsiTIonI DI. li.nI mAnada DigrI apAvI ane bhArata sarakAranuM 'padmabhUSaNa'nuM biruda apAvyuM. emanI kArakirdInA ghaDataramAM yuvAna vaye emane kAzI bolAvIne bhASAsAhitya ane darzanazAstra tarapha vaLAMka apAvanAra emanA guru kAzIvALA zrI vijyadharmasUrijIno phALo ghaNo moTo rahyo che. gujarAta paMDita sukhalAlajI mATe haMmezAM gaurava anubhavatuM raheze !

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janma ane kuTuMba paMDitajInA janmakALanAM varSo evAM hatAM ke jyAre gAmaDAMonA ekaMdare ghaNAkharA loko potAnAM janmasthaLa ke janmatithinI cIvaTapUrvaka noMdha rAkhatA nahi. vartamAnakALamAM dastAvejI vyavahArane kAraNe janmasthaLa ane janmavarSa, tithi-tArIkha nizcitapaNe jANavAnuM jarUrI banyuM hovAthI tevI adhikRta noMdha rAkhavI paDe che. paMDitajInA jamAnAmAM tevI noMdha rakhAtI nahotI. loko aMdAje uMmarano khyAla rAkhatA, paNa tArIkha-tithino khyAla rAkhavAnI cIvaTa nahotI. alabatta, keTalAMka uccavarNanAM suzikSita kuTuMbomAM evI vyavasthita noMdha tyAre paNa rakhAtI hatI. paMDitajIne potAne potAno janma kayA sthaLe thayo hato te vize kazI nizcita mAhitI nahotI, paraMtu e jamAnAmAM sAmAnya rIte strI prasUti mATe kAM to potAne piyara gaI hoya. athavA apavAdarUpa saMjogomAM zvasuragRhe prasUti thaI hoya. paMDitajInI mAtA jhAlAvADamAM dhrAMgadhrA-haLavada pAse koMDha gAmanAM hatAM. eTale paMDitajInA janma samaye teo prasUti mATe jo koMDha gayAM hoya to paMDitajIno janma koMDhamAM thayo hovo joIe, ema mAnI zakAya. paMDitajI cAreka varSanA hatA tyAre emanI mAtAnuM avasAna thayuM hatuM, eTale paNa kadAca potAnA janmasthaLa vize emane mAhitI maLI na hoya. vaLI e kALe evI jijJAsA paNa emane nahi thaI hoya. paMDitajIno janma kayA divase thayo hato e vize paNa emane potAne kaMI mAhitI nahotI. janmatithi ke tArIkha lakhavAnI koI AvazyakatA paNa UbhI thaI nahotI. pote vyavasAyamAMthI nivRtta thayA te pachI emaNe potAnA nAnA bhAI ThAkarazIne lImalInI zALAnA daphataramAMthI janmatArIkha meLavavAnuM kahyuM hatuM. aMgrejI zikSaNapaddhati zarU thayA pachI dareka zALAmAM vidyArthIone jyAre dAkhala karavAnA hoya tyAre emanI janmatArIkha tathA janmasthaLa copaDAmAM noMdhavAnI prathA zarU thaI hatI. joke keTalIye vAra emAM smRtine AdhAre, aMdAje tArIkha lakhAtI; keTalIka vAra vidyArthIonA vAlIone enI khabara na hoya to heDamAstara ke kArakuna copaDAmAM potAne hAthe tArIkha lakhI nAkhatA. zALAnA daphataramAM paMDitajInA janmanI je tArIkha noMdhAyelI che. te che: mAgasara suda pAMcama, vi. saMvata 1937 tArIkha 8-12-1880. A tArIkha sAcI hovAno WWW.jainelibrary.org

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janma ane kuTuMba * 7 pUro saMbhava che. ema paMDitajIne potAnA anya kuTuMbIjanonA anya jIvanaprasaMgo sAthe meLa besADatAM lAgyuM hatuM. paMDitajInA prapitAmaha te mAvajI monA saMghavI hatA. emane cAra putro hatA - gAMgajI, taLazI, amarazI ane motI. kuTuMbano vistAra thatAM gAMgajIne cAra dIkarA, taLazIne eka. amarazIne be ane motIne traNa dIkarA thayA hatA. emAM taLazI saMghavInA eka dIkarA te saMghajI saMghavI, paMDitajInA te pitA. saMghajI be vAra paraNyA hatA. emane cAra dIkarA ane be dIkarI hatAM, emanI prathama patnIthI khuzAlacaMda ane sukhalAla thayA. bIjI patnIthI choTAlAla ane ThAkarazI thayA. pahelI patnIthI eka putrI ane bIjI patnIthI paNa eka putrI thaI hatI. moTI putrI maNi te paMDitajInI sagI bahena hatI. bIjI putrI caMcaLa te paMDitajInI sAvakI bahena hatI. paMDitajInuM kuTuMba dhAkaDavaMzI visA zrImALI jJAtinuM hatuM. have jJAtiprathA lupta thavA lAgI che. paraMtu e jamAnAmAM jJAtiprathAnI pakaDa ghaNI daDha hatI. paMDitajInuM kuTuMba saMghavI kuTuMba tarIke oLakhAtuM. e parathI anumAna thAya che ke paMDitajInA koI vaDavAe saMgha kADhyo haze. paMDitajInuM kuTuMba jena zvetAmbara sthAnakavAsI saMpradAyanuM hatuM. joke paMDitajI pote evA koI saMpradAyamAM mAnatA na hatA, paraMtu emanA koI vaDavAe saMgha kADhyo haze to te kALe teo mUrtipUjaka haze, ane pachInI koI peDhI sthAnakavAsI thaI gaI haze, evuM anumAna paMDitajIe karyuM che. jJAti ane saMpradAyanA AvA saMkucita peTA vibhAgo mAtra aitihAsika dRSTie samajavA mATe ja che. anyathA paMDitajInA jIvanamAM enuM khAsa kazuM mUlya nahotuM. mAvajI saMghavInuM kuTuMba pahelAM saurASTramAM vaDhavANamAM vaseluM hatuM. tyAMthI teo lImalI AvIne vaselA. teo mULa vaDhavANanA hatA enI sAbitI e hatI ke vaDhavANamAM vANiyAvADamAM mayiArI saMpatti tarIke emanuM ghara hatuM ane dukAno paNa hatI. vaLI paryuSaNamAM Agale divase aMtaravAraNAM emanA kuTuMba taraphathI tyAre karAvavAmAM AvatAM hatAM. mAvajI saMghavInA cAra dIkarAmAMthI gAMgajI ane taLazI lImalImAM rahyA ane amarazI ane motI lImalIthI thoDA kilomITara dUra kholaDiyAda nAmanA gAme sahakuTuMba kAyama rahevA cAlyA gayA hatA. cAre bhAIo vacce bahu saMpa hato. paNa kuTuMba moTuM thatAM vepAra ane jIvanavyavahAranI dRSTie tyAM rahevA gayA hatA. gAMgajI saMghavI ane taLazI saMghavInuM kuTuMba lImalImAM saMyukta kuTuMbanI jema sAthe rahetuM hatuM. gAMgajI saMghavInA sauthI moTA putra tribhuvanadAsa te cAre bhAIonAM saMtAnomAM sauthI moTA hatA. bIje naMbara taLazI saMghavInA putra saMghajI paMDitajInA pitAzrI) hatA. eTale gharamAM chokarAo tribhuvanadAsane "bApu' kahetA. teo dekhAvaDA.

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8 * paMDita sukhalAlajI buddhizALI ane vyavahArakuzaLa hatA. vepAra-dhaMdhAmAM paNa emanI hoziyArI ghaNI hatI. saMghajI emane moTAbhAI kahetA. lImalI gAmanA garAsiyA-2japUto bIjA loko karatAM jabarA hatA, paraMtu teo tribhuvanadAsane mAnathI bolAvatA. mAvajI saMghavInuM kuTuMba Atithya satkAra mATe tyAre bahu jANItuM hatuM. emanI Arthika sthiti paNa sArI hatI. ghare dudhALAM Dhora hatAM. eTale dUdha-ghInI jANe ke nadI vahetI. ghare mahemAnonI satata avarajavara rahetI. mahemAno hoya eTale miSTAnna bhojana paNa hoya. gharanAM chokarAMone paNa evA bhojanamAMthI bhAga avazya maLato. mahemAno uparAMta lagna vagerenA divasomAM tathA parvanA divasomAM jamaNavAra thatA. ene lIdhe saMghavI kuTuMbano mobho ghaNo moTo gaNAto. paraMtu mobhAnI ane moTAInI kuTuMbane pachIthI evI Teva paDI gayelI ke jyAre Arthika sthiti kathaLatI jatI hatI tyAre devuM karIne paNa teo potAno mobho sAcavatA. paMDitajInAM janmadAtrI mAtA to paMDitajI cAra varSanA hatA tyAre gujarI gayAM hatAM. e divasomAM tabIbI vijJAna eTaluM AgaLa vadheluM nahotuM ane akALa maraNanI ghaTanAo ghaNI banatI. ene lIdhe yuvAnImAM gharabhaMga thanAra yuvAno bIjI vAra lagna kare evI ghaTanA sAmAnya gaNAtI. saMghajIe paNa gharabhaMga thatAM bIjI vAra lagna karyA hatAM. paMDitajIne potAnI janmadAtrI mAtAnuM mukha paNa yAda rahyuM nahotuM, kAraNa ke eTalI nAnI emanI uMmara hatI. navI mAtAe jUnInAM traNe bALakone sArI rIte sAcavI lIdhAM hatAM. badhAM saMtAno emane "navImA' kahIne bolAvatAM. A navImAM paNa potAnAM saMtAnone paraNAvavAnuM sukha jovA pAmyAM nahotAM. eTalAM vahelAM e paNa mRtyu pAmelAM. je divase sauthI moTA putra khuzAlacaMdanA lagnano mAMDavo nAkhavAmAM Avyo te ja divase vi. saM. 1951mAM A navImA mRtyu pAmelAM. ethI lagnano divasa zokamAM palaTAI gayo hato. Ama, paMDitajInAM navamA paNa avasAna pAmyAM, paraMtu emanA pitAnI mAtA tyAre haju hayAta hatAM. e vRddha uMmare emanI AMkho gaI hovA chatAM gharano badho kArabhAra teo saMbhALatAM hatAM. teo gAyo dohatAM, daLaNuM daLatAM, chAza valovatAM, mAkhaNa kADhatAM ane rasoI karIne badhAne jamADatAM. pitAjInI jema gharamAM badhAM emane "mA" kahetAM. paMDitajInA moTA bhAI khuzAlabhAInAM patnI eTale ke paMDitajInAM bhAbhI mAne gharakAmamAM madada karatAM. vaLI paMDitajInAM eka phoIne lImalI gAmamAM ja paraNAvelAM hatAM eTale teo paNa ghare AvIne potAnI mAtAne madada karavA lAgatAM.

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bAlyakALanAM saMsmaraNo paMDitajInA kuTuMbamAM nokarIe rahelA, paNa kuTuMbanA ja eka sabhya jevA banI gayelA te mULajIkAkA hatA. teo sAyalAnA vatanI hatA. pitAjI saMghajI emane mULajIkAkA kahetA. teo uMmaramAM gAMgajI ane saMghajI karatAM moTA hatA. eTale kuTuMbanAM chokarAMo emane bhAIjI' kahetAM. jUnA vakhatamAM keTalAMka moTAM zrImaMta khAnadAna kuTuMbomAM evI koIka puruSa vyaktinI nimaNUka karavAmAM AvatI ke je gharano badho kArabhAra saMbhALe. hisAbakitAba rAkhe. zAka-bhAjI, anAja vagere lAve, gha2mAM ja khAya ane gharamAM ja rahe. sthAnika vyakti hoya to rAtre ghare sUvA jAya. je vyakti prAmANika, niSThAvALI, sadAcArI ane hoziyAra hoya tene AvI nokarI maLatI. te kare nokarI, paNa zeTha-nokara jevo vyavahA2 raheto nahi. kuTuMbanA eka sabhya jevo ja vyavahAra sau emanI sAthe rAkhe. kuTuMbanA sabhyone e vaDhe paNa kharA ane nAnA chokarAone vAMka hoya to mAre paNa kharA. paMDitajInA kuTuMbamAM navI mAnA avasAna pachI chokarAMonuM gharamAM dhyAna rAkhavA mATe eka prauDha mANasanI jarUra hatI. eTale mULajIkAkAnI nimaNUka thayelI. temaNe badhAM chokarAMone mAtA jeTaluM vAtsalya ApyuM hatuM. ethI paMDitajIe potAnAM saMsmaraNomAM emane puruSamAtA' tarIke oLakhAvyA che. teo bALakone rAtre vAMso paMpALI, vArtA kahI sUvarAve. paMDitajI bAra varSanA thayA tyA sudhI A bhAIjInI sAthe ja haMmezAM sUtA. paMDitajIe emanI pAsethI keTalIye jaina dhArmika vArtAo sAMbhaLelI. mULajIkAkA pote dhULI nizALamAM bhaNelA, paNa sAMje roja sthAnakamAM vyAkhyAna sAMbhaLavA mATe jatA. eTale jaina dhArmika viSayomAM emanI jANakArI ghaNI sArI hatI. koI vAra vyAkhyAtA kaMI bhUle to mULajIkAkA emane yAda apAvatA. nizALanA mAstaro ke gharanA vaDIlo chokarAMone akAraNa vaDhe ke dhamakAve to mULajIkAkA chokarAMonuM uparANuM letA. AthI koI vaDhavA Ave to chokarAMo emanI pAse pahoMcI jatAM. teo chokarAMonuM eTaluM badhuM dhyAna rAkhatA ke kaMI jarUra paDe ke koI bolAve to khAtAM khAtAM UbhA thaI jAya ane e kAma paheluM kare. kyAreka to bhANA parathI khAtAM khAtAM teo UbhA thayA hoya, eTalI vAramAM kUtaruM gharamAM ghUsIne emanA bhANA sudhI pahoMcI

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10 * paMDita sukhalAlajI jAya to paNa teo ciDAtA nahi. vi. saM. 1955 (I. sa. 1899)mAM mULajIkAkA nivRtta thayA ane lImalI choDI potAnA vatana sAyalA gayA tyAre chokarAMoe potAnI mA gumAvI hoya evuM duHkha anubhavyuM hatuM. uMmara thatAM mULajIkAkA nokarI choDIne sAyalA to gayA, paNa AjIvikAnuM khAsa koI sAdhana nahotuM eTale Arthika saMkaDAmaNa anubhavatA. emanI Arthika muzkelInI vAta sAMbhaLIne paMDitajIne duHkha thatuM, chatAM potAnA dIkarA jevA sukhalAle sArI pragati karI che ane potAnA bhAvino mArga goThavI lIdho che. evuM jANIne mULajIkAkAne bahu saMtoSa thayo hato. kAzImAM paMDitajIne eka spardhAmAM ekAvana rUpiyAnuM inAma maLeluM. emAMthI emaNe dasa rUpiyA mULajIkAkAne mokalAvelA. paMDitajIne e vAtano raMja rahI gayelo ke ekAvana rUpiyAnA inAmamAMthI mULajIkAkAne phakta dasa rUpiyA ja pote kema mokalAvyA? badhA kema na mokalAvyA? paNa e to te vakhatanI paristhitinuM ja pariNAma hatuM. paMDitajI lImalInI gAmaThI nizALamAM bhaNelA. emane jyAre nizALe besADavAmAM AvyA tyAre kinakhAbanI DagalI ane mAthe TopI paherI hatI. te divase vidyArthIo sAthe gIto gAtAM gAtAM teo mAstaranI AgevAnI heThaLa nizALe gayA hatA. zALAmAM vidyArthIone patAsAM vaheMcavAmAM AvyAM hatAM. e divasomAM vidyArthIone bArAkhaDI zIkhavavA mATe lAkaDAnuM pATiyuM ane khaDI vaparAtAM hatAM. vidyArthIone akSara ghUMTAvavAmAM AvatA. evI rIte cUMTavAthI paMDitajInA akSaro sArA thayA hatA. e divasomAM bALakone AMka moDhe karAvavAmAM AvatA. roja sAMje dareka ghare chokarAMo AMka bolI ja jAya evo tyAre rivAja hato. vANiyAnA dIkarAo ethI gaNitamAM ane hisAba karavAmAM kuzaLa rahetA. keTalAka hisAba karavAmAM palAkhAnI cAvIo kAma lAgatI, jethI hisAba jhaDapathI thato. e jamAnAmAM pAI, paiso ane AnAnuM calaNa hatuM. eka AnAnI bAra pAI thatI. eTale udAharaNa tarIke eka palAkhAnI evI cAvI hatI ke jeTale Ane Dajhana teTalI pAInuM eka naMga. AvAM palAkhAMnI spardhAo paNa thatI. AMka (dezI hisAba) ane palAkhAMnI chApelI copaDIo. AvatI. zikSako uparAMta ghare vaDIlo potAnAM chokarAMone palAkhA zIkhavatA. paMDitajIne zAhIthI kopIbuka lakhavAno mahAvaro sAro thayo hato. emanA akSara suMdara maroDadAra thayA hatA. eTale emanA pitAjI dukAnanA hisAbanuM nAmuM emanI pAse lakhAvatA. bahAragAma TapAla lakhavAnI hoya to te paMDitajI pAse lakhAvatA. e jamAnAmAM pAThyapustako jaladI badalAtAM nahi ane karakasaranI saune Teva rahetI. emAM zarama ke saMkoca rahetAM nahi. eTale vidyArthIo potAnAM pAThyapustako pUMThuM caDAvIne sArI rIte sAcavatA. AthI ekanuM eka pustaka uttarottara traNa-cAra varSa

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bAlyakALanAM saMsmaraNo * 11 sudhI vidyArthIone kAma lAgatuM. kyAreka saMyukta kuTuMbamAM to bhaNanAra sabhyo ja eTalAM badhAM hoya ke ekanuM pustaka bIjAne avazya kAma lAge ja. paMDitajInA e jamAnAnuM zaheronuM ane vizeSataH gAmaDAMonuM jIvana asvacchatAthI bhareluM rahetuM. svacchatAno khyAla ja prajAmAM ocho hato. dhULa mATInA rastA, jyAM tyAM chANa ane ukaraDA hoya ane loko enAthI TevAI gayA hoya. ghara sApha karIne kacaro gharanA AMgaNAmAM ja nakhAto. zerI vALavAvALo kacaro laI jAya tyAM sudhI e kacaro tyAM ja paDyo raheto. lokono svacchatAno khyAla ja tyAre adhUro ane kAco hato. paMDitajIne nizALamAM bhaNAvanAra eka zikSakanuM nAma hatuM bhAIzaMkara. teo atyaMta premALa hatA. mAtra vidyArthIo sAthe ja nahi, vidyArthIonA vaDIlo sAthe paNa teo ane emanAM dharmapatnI ghara jevo saMbaMdha rAkhatAM. AthI gAmanA loko paNa emane bahu cAhatA. sArA prasaMge emane bheTasogAdo paNa ApatA. e divasomAM zikSakono pagAra TUMko hato. chatAM bhAIzaMkara mAstara saMtoSI prakRtinA hatA. ethI ja bahoLo parivAra hovA chatAM teo sukhI hatA. temanI badalI thatAM jyAre emane vaDhavANa javAnuM thayuM tyAre AkhuM gAma temane vidAya ApavA ekaThuM thayuM hatuM. paMDitajIne yAda rahI gayelA bIjA eka zikSakanuM nAma hatuM divekara. teo gAmamAM phakta cAreka mahinA rahyA haze. tema chatAM paMDitajIne temanuM smaraNa kAyama rahI gayuM hatuM, kAraNa ke emanA dekhAva ane svabhAvamAM vicitratA hatI. teo kadamAM ThIMgaNA ane moTA peTavALA hatA. teo potAnA jJAna mATe bahu abhimAnI tathA mArakaNA svabhAvanA hatA. vidyArthIo emane cIDavIne nAsI jatA. koIka vidyArthI pakaDAya to ene emanA hAthano mAra khAvo paDato. ghaNAM varSa pachI paMDitajI jyAre kAzIthI bhaNIne pAchA AvyA hatA ane gujarAta vidyApIThamAM adhyApaka tarIke joDAyA hatA tyAre eka vakhata jAmanagara jatI TrenamAM temano Akasmika bheTo thaI gayo hato. teo paMDitajIne oLakhe nahi. vaLI paMDitajI tyAra pachI aMdha thaI gayelA. divekara mAstara TrenamAM abhimAnapUrvaka vAto karatA hatA. paraMtu oLakhANa nIkaLatAM ane paMDitajI ATalA badhA AgaLa vadhI gayA che ema jANatAM teo mAnapUrvaka temanI sAthe vAta karavA lAgyA hatA. emanA avAjamAM tarata mRdutA AvI gaI hatI. lImalI gAmamAM zaikSaNika varSane aMte bahArathI ejyukezanala inspekTara parIkSA levA AvatA. emAM kRSNalAla nAmanA eka inspekTaranI smRti emanI keTalIka lAkSaNikatAone kAraNe paMDitajIne kAyama rahI gaI hatI. kRSNalAla nAma pramANe varSe zyAma hatA, paraMtu paraNyA hatA koI aMgrejI gorI meDamane. ethI emano ruAba ghaNo

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12 * paMDita sukhalAlajI hato. kRSNalAla ane meDama baMnene ghoDesvArIno zokha hato. e jamAnAmAM strI lAja kADhe, ghoDA para bese nahi, TopI ane bUTa pahere nahi. paraMtu meDama evuM badhuM karatI hatI. ethI lokone bahu navAI lAgatI. kRSNalAla vilAyatI pozAka paheratA, mAthe heTa rAkhatA ane hAthamAM soTI laIne pharatA. rastAmAM potAnI meDama sAthe hAtha pakaDIne cAlatA. lokone AvuM badhuM koI nATaka-sinemAnA kAlpanika dazya jevuM lAgatuM hatuM. gAmanAM chokarAMo ane bIjAo AvuM dazya jovA mATe kutUhalavaza thaI Aghe UbhA rahetA. kRSNalAla zALAnuM Inspekzana karavA Ave tyAre emanA bhojana ane utArAnI sagavaDa mATe agAuthI doDAdoDa thatI. garamInA divaso eTale khasanI ke javAsAnI caTAInI ane enA para pANI chAMTavAnI vyavasthA karavI paDatI. e mATe gAmanA kuMbhAra, hajAma vagerene veThe bolAvavAnI paddhati hatI. vaLI zALAnA vidyArthIone vagaDAmAM javAsA vINavA mokalavAmAM AvatA. paMDitajI paNa e rIte javAsA vINavA jatA. kRSNalAla parIkSA vakhate nizALanA mAstarone kaMI bhUla hoya to TokatA ke dhamakAvatA. e joIne vidyArthIne bahu Azcarya thatuM. vargamAM vAghanI jema vartanAra mAstaro kRSNalAla AgaLa sAva bilADI jevA thaI jatA. ethI vidyArthIone bahu kutUhala thatuM. bahAragAmathI parIkSaka AvavAnA hoya tyAre zALAnA zikSako vidyArthIo pAse abhyAsanI barAbara taiyArI karAvatA. javAbo moDhe karAvatA. e mATe vidyArthIone zALAmAM rAte paNa bolAvatA ane tyAM ja suvADatA. gyAsatelanA phAnasanA ajavALe jhokAM khAtAMkhAtAM vidyArthIo vAMcatA. savAre vahelA uThADavA mATe zikSako vidyArthIo upara pANI chAMTatA ke AMkaNIthI mAratA. e jamAnAmAM InspekTara Ave tyAre gAmaDAMonI zALAnuM vAtAvaraNa kevuM taMga thaI jatuM tenuM tAdaza citra AvI ghaTanAothI najara samakSa khaDuM thaI zake che. paMDitajIne yAda rahI gayelA bIjA eka zikSaka te cunIlAla dave. teo ziyANI gAmathI AvelA. zALAmAMthI nivRtta thayA pachI paNa teo lImalImAM ghaNAM varSo sudhI rahelA. paMDitajI kAzImAM vidyAbhyAsa karIne pAchA AvyA tyAre paNa teo haju lImalImAM ja rahetA hatA. teo paMDitajI pratye mAnathI jotA. teo haMmezAM UjaLAM kapaDAM paheratA ane caTAkedAra raMgano sApho paheratA. cunIlAla mAstaranA nAnA bhAInuM nAma nAgaradAsa hatuM. zALAmAM bhaNatA tyAre nAgaradAsa sAthe paMDitajIne khAssI dostI thaI gaI hatI. potAnA moTA bhAI zikSaka hatA eTale nAgaradAsa ziyANIthI lImalI bhaNavA AvelA. nAgaradAsa jAte brAhmaNa, paNa bahu kadAvara ane zaktivALA hatA. kUvAmAMthI pANI kADhIne be hAthamAM eka eka beDuM laIne teo evA doDe ke panihArIo paNa

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bAlyakALanAM saMsmaraNo - 13 Azcaryacakita thaIne joI rahetI. teo svabhAvanA AkarA hatA ane vargamAM koI vidyArthI sAthe jhaghaDo thAya to ene barAbarano methIpAka jamADatA. brAhmaNa nAgaradAsane lADavA khAvAno bahu zokha hato. e jamAnAmAM koI jamaNavAra hoya to lADavA acUka khAvA maLatA. paraMtu nAgaradAsane ghare paNa lADu khAvAnI icchA thAya tyAre teo paMDitajIne gharethI ghI, goLa ane loTa laI AvavAnuM kahetA. paMDitajI gharethI chAnAmAnA te laI jatA. pachI ghara baMdha karIne nAgaradAsa lADavA banAvatA ane teo baMne AnaMdathI khAtA, A rIte baMnenI dostI sArI jAmI hatI. nAgaradAsa hoziyAra ane bahAdura hatA. teo paNa potAnA moTA bhAInI jema zikSaka thavA icchatA hatA. e mATe teo rAjakoTanI TreniMga kaoNlejamAM bhaNavA gayA hatA. rAjakoTamAM eka vakhata rAtanA cora AvyA hatA. e vakhate nAgaradAsa coronI pAchaLa doDyA hatA ane temaNe corone pakaDI pADIne barAbara mAryA hatA, emanA A parAkramanI vAta cAre bAju prasarI hatI. tyArathI nAgaradAsa bahAdurI mATe jANItA thaI gayA hatA. tyAra pachI mULI rAjya emanA jevA bahAdura mANasane phojadAra tarIke nokarImAM rAkhI lIdhA hatA. phojadAra nAgaradAsa UMTa ke ghoDA para besI pharavA nIkaLatA tyAre emano rubAba jovA jevo raheto, teo kyAreka e rIte lImalI AvatA ane paMDitajIne maLatA. ane zALAnAM potAnA divasonAM saMsmaraNo vAgoLatA. AgaLa jatAM nAgaradAsa mULI rAjyanA polIsa InspekeTara banyA hatA. lImalI gAmanI e jamAnAnI je keTalIka vyaktionAM saMsmaraNo paMDitajIne tAjAM rahyAM hatAM emAM gAmanA mukhI premacaMda hatA. teo dhaMdhukAthI lImalImAM nokarI karavA AvelA. mukhI hovAne kAraNe maLelI sattAno geralAbha teo uThAvatA. mukhIno pagAra to bAra rUpiyAno ja hato. potAnA hAtha nIce be sipAI ane eka eka havAladAra hovAthI teo gAmamAM badhAM sAthe sakhtAIthI vartatA. sipAIone tyAre e pradezamAM pUravAIyA kahetA, kAraNa ke evI nokarI karavA AvanAra mANaso pUrva bhAratanA bhaiyAo rahetA. mukhIne veThe bolAvavAnI sattA rahetI, veTha eTale majUrInI rakama cUkavyA vinA, sattAthI maphata kAma karAvavAnI prathA. DheDa, bhaMgI, kuMbhAra, hajAma vagerene veThe laI javAtA. mukhiyANI kheDUto pAsethI lIlA caNAnA popaTA maphata magAvatAM, ane mukhI zALAnA heDamAstarane kahevaDAvatA ke vidyArthIone popaTA pholavA potAne ghare mokale. gAmanA mukhIno hukama hoya to teno anAdara na thaI zake. eTale heDamAstara zALAnA chokarAone mukhInA ghare mokalatA. evI rIte mukhInA ghare popaTA pholavA javAnA e divasonuM smaraNa paMDitajIne varSo sudhI tAjuM rahyuM hatuM. lImalI gAmamAM eka pIra thaI gayA. e pIranI daragAha gAmamAM hatI. e pIra zekhavA pIra' tarIke jANItA hatA. gAmanA lokone pIramAM bahu zraddhA hatI. keTalAye

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14 7 paMDita sukhalAlajI loko emanI mAnatA mAnatA. loko zrIphLa caDAve ane niveda (naivedya) dhare. paMDitajInuM saMghavI kuTuMba paNa evI zraddhA dharAvatuM hatuM. paMDitajI pAMcamA dhoraNamAM hatA tyAre vargamAM zikSaka dIvAla 52 nakazo TIMgADI chokarAone vArApharatI bolAvI amuka gAma, nadI parvata vage2e nakazAmAM batAvavAnuM pUchatA. javAba na AvaDe to zikSaka kAgaLanI bhUMgaLI karI enA vaDe nakazAmAM e sthaLa batAvatA. AvI rIte eka vakhata pATha cAlato hato te daramiyAna zikSaka thoDI vAra mATe bahAra gayelA, te vakhate paMDitajInA manamAM eka kautukabharyo vicAra udbhavyo. teo manomana bolelA ke jo 'zekhavA pIra' sAcA haze to nakazo nIce paDI jaze. banyuM paNa evuM ke nakazo dIvAla parathI paDI gayo. zikSake AvIne nakazo paDelo jotAM vidyArthIone pUchyuM ke A koNe pADyo ? jenA para zaMkA gaI evA vidyArthI pAse javAba kaDhAvavA mAra paNa mAryo. paNa nakazo to enI meLe ja paDI gayo hato. vidyArthIo to potAnI beThaka 52 besI ja rahyA hatA. paMDitajIe paNa kazuM kahyuM nahi. eTale zikSake mAnI lIdhuM ke koIka kAraNasara nakazo nIce paDI gayo haze. 'zekhavA pI2'ne paMDitajIe yAda karyA ane nakazo paDI gayo eno paMDitajInA manamAM artha e thayo ke pIra sAcA che. AvI ghaTanAthI bALakanA manamAM zraddhA vadhI jAya. paMDitajIe potAnA mananI A vAta zikSakane, bIjA koI vidyArthIone ke gharamAM koIne kahI nahotI. paraMtu moTA thayA tyAre paMDitajIne samajAyuM hatuM ke e ghaTanA to mAtra 'kAkatAlIya' nyAya jevI hatI. paMDitajIe kizorAvasthAmAM sahaja kutUhalathI tamAku khAvAno akhataro cUpacApa karelo. nizALanA cokamAM eka pUravaiyAe tamAkunAM pAMdaDAM sUkavavA mUkelAM, e khAvA mATenAM pAna che ema paMDitajIe sAMbhaLyuM hatuM. eTale jijJAsAne vaza thaIne paMDitajIe sUkavavA mUkelAM pAnamAMthI keTalAMka laIne chAnAmAnAM khAI lIdhAM. ethI emane becenI lAgavA mAMDI. zikSakanI rajA laIne teo ghare javA nIkaLyA, paraMtu rastAmAM cakkara AvatAM paDI gayA ane bebhAna thaI gayA. bIjAo emane UMcakIne ghare laI gayA. bhAnamAM AvyA tyAre UlaTIo thaI. gharanAMe koIka bImArI samajI upacAra cAlu karyAM, paNa pachI pUravaiyA dvArA khabara paDI ke kadAca tamAkunAM pAna khAvAne lIdhe cakkara AvyAM haze. pUchavAmAM AvatAM paMDitajIne e vAta kabUla karI lIdhI. e mATe emane sakhata Thapako maLyo hato. paNa A ghaTanA pachI tamAku na khAvAno emaNe saMkalpa karyo hato. pote kAzI bhaNavA gayA tyAre tyAM bhaNAvavA AvatA paMDitomAMthI keTalAka pAnatamAku khAtA. tamAkunI taiyAra karelI goLInI sugaMdha AkarSaka hoya che. paraMtu paMDitajIe tamAku na khAvAno saMkalpa karyo hovAthI e vAtamAM makkama rahyA hatA. paraMtu tyAra pachI

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bAlyakALanAM saMsmaraNo - 15 kAzImAM tamAkue judA svarUpe emane mohinI lagADI hatI. pote vidyAbhyAsa karatA hatA tyAre aMdha hovAne kAraNe vAMcavA mATe eka pagAradAra mANasa rAkhyo hato. e vAcaka sAMje AvIne vAMcato, paMDitajIne sAMje peTa bharIne bhojana lIdhuM hoya eTale UMgha AvatI. UMgha uDADavA mATe paMDitajIe chIMkaNIno prayoga karyo hato. chIMkaNI sUMghavAthI UMgha UDI jatI. paraMtu ema karatAM karatAM paMDitajIne chIMkaNI sUMghavAnuM vyasana thaI gayuM hatuM. sAMje jamyA pachI UMgha na Ave e mATe ochuM bhojana levuM e eka, upAya hato. pachIthI paMDitajIe e upAya ajamAvyo hato. paNa chIMkaNInuM vyasana chUTyuM nahotuM. kAzImAM vidyAbhyAsa karyA pachI paMDitajIe gujarAtamAM AvIne keTalAMka sAdhu-sAdhvIone bhaNAvavAnuM cAlu karyuM hatuM, tyAre paNa emanuM chIMkaNInuM vyasana chUTyuM nahotuM. sAdhu-sAdhvInA kahevAthI zrAvako pAsethI maphata chIMkaNI paMDitajIne maLatI hatI. ethI e vyasana cAlu ja rahyuM hatuM. 1921mAM pote kAkA kAlelakarane akSapAdanAM nyAyaMsUtro' bhaNAvatA hatA, tyAre vacce chIMkaNI sUMghatAM saMkoca thato hato, to paNa A vyasana chUTyuM nahotuM. 1925 sudhI A vyasana cAlu rahyuM hatuM. eka vakhata chIMkaNI sUMghavAthI paMDitajIne bahu ja cakkara AvyAM hatAM. te divase dRDha saMkalpapUrvaka chIMkaNInI DabbI emaNe pheMkI dIdhI hatI. e rIte emaNe kAyama mATe chIMkaNI choDI dIdhI hatI. kizorAvasthAmAM paMDitajI eka vakhata potAnA be mitro sAthe taLAvikanAre zaucakriyA mATe gayA hatA. tyAMthI AvI taLAvamAM loTo mAMjIne traNeya jaNa tyAM ramavA lAgyA evAmAM evI zarata bakI ke pAche pagale taLAvanI bAMdhelI pALa sudhI javuM ane tyAMthI pAchA pagale nIce UtaravuM. traNee cAlu karyuM, paraMtu ema ramavA jatAM, gaNatarImAM thoDAMka pagalAMno phaka paDatAM paMDitajI nIce vADamAM jorathI paDyA ane zarIre ghaNA badhA kAMTA bhoMkAI gayA. pelA be mitro to potAno vAMka Avaze ema samajIne tarata ghare bhAgI gayA. paMDitajIe cIsAcIsa karI, paNa tyAM koI hatuM nahi. evAmAM emanA eka kAkA oghaDadAsa tyAM AvI pahoMcyA. emaNe paMDitajIne vADamAMthI bahAra kADhyA ane ghare laI AvyA. ghare pahoMcatAM paMDitajI bebhAna thaI gayA. cAra kalAke jAgrata thayA tyAre joyuM ke emanA AkhA zarIre tela lagADI cIpiyA vaDe kAMTA kaDhAI rahyA hatA. cAreka divasa vedanA rahI hatI, paNa pachI krame krame maTI gayuM hatuM. paraMtu te divasathI paMDitajIne khoTuM sAhasa na karavAno sAro bodhapATha maLyo hato. eka-be saikA pahelAM samagra hindustAnamAM cora-lUMTAruono ane dhADapADuono ghaNo bhaya raheto. aMgrejonA Agamana pachI aMgrejI hakUmatanA pradezomAM evI bAbato thoDI aMkuzamAM AvI hatI, to paNa saurASTranAM dezI rAjyomAM bahAraviTayAono bhaya satata raheto. divase ke rAtre game tyAre teo gAmamAM dhADa pADavA caDI AvatA. potAnAM hathiyAro vaDe gAmanA lokone teo vaza rAkhatA. sAme thanA2ne teo mArI nAkhatA.

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16 * paMDita sukhalAlajI ghareNAM, gharavakharI, Dhora vagere teo upADI jatA. eve vakhate keTalAMka gAmo pote surakSA mATe sajja ane saMgaThita thayAM hatAM. AkhI rAta gAmamAM cokIpahero bharAto. lImalInI bAju vAliyA nAmano eka TUTho miyANo AvI rIte dhADa pADato hato. eNe bAjumAM AvelA jasApara gAmamAM dhADa pADelI ane sAme thanAra eka garAsiyAne mArI nAkhyo hato. AthI lImalInA loko paNa sAvadha thaI gayA hatA. A Darane kAraNe paMDitajInA pitAzrI ghareNAM vagere kImatI vastuo vaDhavANamAM potAnI bahenanA ghare mUkI AvyA hatA. gAmanA mukhIe AkhA gAmanI pharate kAMTAnI pAkI vADa karAvI nAkhI hatI. emAM jyAM chIMDAM hatAM te paNa purAvI dIdhAM hatAM. gAmamAM AkhI rAtanI cokI mATe paheregIro mUkI dIdhA hatA. mukhI pote paheregIrone laIne aDadhI rAte gAma bahAra AMTo mAravA nIkaLatA. e divasomAM chApAM nahotAM. eTale AvA samAcAra to UDatA sAMbhaLavA je maLe te ja hoya. roja bahArathI kaMIka aphavA Ave ane gAmanuM vAtAvaraNa taMga thaI jAya. paMDitajI tyAre nAnA hatA. ane DaratA hatA. eTale teo rAtanA bhAIjInI soDamAM sUI jatA. e divasomAM mahobatasiMha ane enA bIjA be bhAIo garAziyAno veza paherI, talavAra ane baMdUka sAthe gAmamAM nIkaLatA ane gAmabahAra paNa thoDe sudhI jaI AvatA. teo gAmabahAra baMdUka ke bANavaDe nizAna tAkavAnI tAlIma letA, e joI paMDitajI paNa bIjA chokarAonI sAthe tIrakAmaThAM laI nizAna tAkavAno mahAvaro karatA. keTalAka vakhata pachI coTIlAnA pahADamAM eka jhapAjhapImAM vAliyo dhADapADu mAryo gayo. eno sAthIdAra miyANo paNa pakaDAyo hato. tyAra pachI lImalImAM dhADapADuno Dara ocho thayo hato. mahobatasiMhe tyAra pachI cUDA pAsenI khAImAM bharAI gayelA keTalAka miyANA dhADapADune mAryA hatA. rAjya paNa tyAra pachI mahobatasiMhane polIsa khAtAmAM UMco hoddo Apyo hato. e divasomAM baLajabarIthI cothamahesUla kheDUto pAsethI ugharAvavA mATe gAyakavADI dhADAM AvatAM. tyAre temano sAmano gAmanA vANiyA, brAhmaNa paNa karatA. teo gharamAM talavAra, dezI baMdUka vagere vasAvatA. keTalAMka varSa pachI evA bhayanA divaso ochA thatA gayA hatA ane vasAvelAM zastro gharamAM kATa khAtAM paDI rahyAM hatAM. AvI rIte jyAre bhaya upasthita thato tyAre gAmanA keTalAka loko gAmataru karI jatA, eTale ke AsapAsanA koI surakSita nagaramAM vasavATa mATe cAlyA jatA. paMDitajInA bAlyakALanA jamAnAmAM banatI AvI ghaTanAo tatkAlIna paristhitino ApaNane khyAla Ape che. bAlyakALamAM paMDitajIe vividha prakAranA sAmAjika ane dhArmika saMskAra jhIlyA hatA. e vakhate lagna, dIkSA vagere sAmAjika prasaMgo dvArA vividha prakAranI sAmAnya

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bAlyakALanAM saMsmaraNo * 17 jANakArI teo dharAvatA thayA hatA. e jamAnAmAM vaDhavANamAM jainonA sthAnakavAsI samAjanA be navayuvAnoe dIkSA lIdhI hatI. teo vaDhavANathI vihAra karI potAnA guru bhagavaMta zrI amIcaMdajI RSi sAthe lImalI padhAryA hatA. amIcaMdajInA ziSya uttamacaMdajI mahArAjane maLavA paMDitajI upAzrayamAM jatA. mahArAja paMDitajIne narakanAM citro batAvIne pApano udaya Ave tyAre kevAM kevAM duHkho bhogavavAM paDe che te samajAvatA. ethI paMDitajIe tyAre keTalAka niyamo zraddhApUrvaka dhAraNa karyA hatA. e divasomAM lImalImAM mukhya vasatI sthAnakavAsIonI hatI, keTalIka vAra mUrtipUjaka saMpradAyanA sAdhusAdhvI paNa padhAratAM. gAmanA zrAvako baMne phirakA tarapha pUro AdarabhAva dharAvatA. eka vakhata khAMtivijayajI nAmanA eka tapasvI mahArAja padhAryA hatA. tyAre paMDitajI upara emano ghaNo moTo prabhAva paDyo hato. lImalInA jaina kuTuMbonuM dhArmika jIvana tyAre mukhyatve AcApradhAna hatuM. lImalI gAmanA loko hiMdu saMnyAsIo tarapha paNa evo ja AdarabhAva rAkhatA. eka vakhata eka giranArI bAlA hanumAnadAsajI lImalI padhAryA hatA. teo gAma bahAra eka dharmazALAmAM UtaryA hatA. gAmanA eka garAsiyA sajjana jIjIbhAI emanA khAsa bhagata hatA. jIjIbhAI lobhI prakRtinA hatA, paraMtu hanumAnadAsajI mATe temaNe dharmazALA baMdhAvI hatI ane sadAvrata kholyuM hatuM. hanumAnadAsajI UMcI kakSAnA saMta ane sAdhaka hatA. teo koI paNa prakAranA bhedabhAva vagara DheDhavAsamAM paNa jatA. paMDitajIne A prabhAvazALI avadhUta bAvA hanumAnadAsajI pratye ghaNo AdarabhAva thayo hato.

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kizorakALa manuSyanA jIvanaghaDataramAM keTalAMka paribaLo sahaja rIte kAma karatAM hoya che. bAlyakALa ke kizorakALamAM paDelI keTalIka viziSTa ke vicitra Tevo jIvanabhara cAlyA kare che. paMDitajIe potAnI AtmakathAmAM lakhyuM che ke jAtamahenata, AjJAMkitatA, sAhasikatA, jijJAsA vageree emanA bAlyakALanAM varSomAM jIvanaghaDatara mATe ghaNuM mahattvanuM kArya karyuM hatuM. paMDitajInuM gAmaDAnuM jIvana hatuM ane pote ucca vaNika komanA hatA, chatAM game te prakAranI mahenata - majUrInuM kAma karatAM teo saMkoca anubhavatA nahi. chAparA para caDIne naLiyAM saMcavAnAM hoya, mATInI gAra karIne tagArAmAM bharavAnI hoya, dIvAla caNavA mATe tagArAM UMcakIne ApavAnAM hoya, ghAsanI gAMsaDIo vakhAramAM bharavAnI hoya, e khUMdIbuMdIne enI thappIo karavAnI hoya, kheDUtone tyAMthI AveluM anAja sApha karavAnuM hoya, anAja saDe nahi e mATe emAM cUno, rAkha, divela ke lImaDAnAM pAna bheLavavAnAM hoya, moTI moTI UMcI koThIomAM te anAja bharavAnuM hoya - AvAM badhAM kAma paMDitajI hoMze hoMze karatA. emanA moTA bhAI AvAM kAma karavAmAMthI muktipUrvaka chaTakI jatA. vaLI evuM kAma karatAM emane zarama paNa AvatI. paraMtu paMDitajI evuM kAma potAnuM hoya ke pArakuM hoya, prema ane AnaMdathI karatA. ethI teo badhAMne bahu vahAlA lAgatA hatA. paMDitajI ramatagamatonA paNa utsAhI hatA. emanuM zarIra khaDatala hatuM. teo geDIdaDo, bhamaraDo pheravavo, gaMjIpho, copATa, koDI, navakAMkarI, hatRta. doDakUda vagere vividha prakAranI ramatomAM paNa pravINa hatA. gAmanA taLAvamAM teo moTA chokarAo sAthe jaIne taratAM zIkhatA. zarUAtamAM UMDA pANImAM jatAM temane Dara lAgato, paNa pachI pANImAM hAthapaga pachADIne taratAM AvaDI gayuM hatuM. UMcethI pANImAM hiMmatapUrvaka teo bhUsakA paNa mAratA. lImalImAM paMDitajInA ghare emano potAno eka ghoDo hato ane bIjA be ghoDA kAkAonA hatA. ghoDAone pANI pAvA tathA navarAvavA mATe taLAve laI javAnuM kAma karatI vakhate ghoDesvArIno sAro mahAvaro kizoravayamAM ja emaNe karI lIdho hato. gAmaDAMmAM UcharelAM chokarAMone kUdako mArIne ghoDA upara caDatAM na AvaDe evuM bane

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kizorakALa : 19 ja nahi paMDitajIne e paNa AvaDatuM hatuM. vaLI emane jhADa para caDatAM paNa AvaDI. gayuM hatuM. paMDitajIne UMTanI savArI karatAM paNa AvaDI gayuM hatuM. emanA pitAjI emane lImalIthI vaDhavANa ugharANI mATe mokalatA tyAre teo UMTa para besIne tA. paMDitajInI smaraNazakti ane navuM zIkhavAnI utkaMThA zALAmAM vakhaNAtI hatI. e jamAnAmAM lImalI jevA nAnA gAmaDAmAM evI taka ghaNI ochI rahetI, tema chatAM tevI taka jyAre maLe tyAre paMDitajI te gumAvatA nahi. gAmanA corAmAM comAsAmAM brAhmaNa purANI kathA karatA, bAvA-saMnyAsIo tulasI-rAmAyaNa vAMcatA, bhATa cAraNo lokakathAo kahetA, jena sAdhusAdhvIo upAzrayamAM vyAkhyAna ApatAM, kabIrapaMthI sAdhuo potAnAM pado lalakAratA, gAmabahAranI dharmazALAmAM strIpuruSo ekaThAM thaI bhajano gAtAM, zerIomAM kanyAo bulaMda svare garabA gAtI. A badhAmAM kizora vayanA paMDitajIne bahu rasa paDato. pratyeka viSayanI jANakArI meLavavA teo bahu utsuka rahetA. paMDitajInA kizorakALamAM aMgrejI paddhatinI keLavaNI zaheromAM dAkhala thaI cUkI hatI. aMgrejI pratyeno moha lokomAM vadhato jato hato, kAraNa ke tyAre zAsanakartA aMgrejo hatA. paMDitajInA moTA bhAI vaDhavANamAM aMgrejI hAIskUlamAM bhaNavA gayA hatA, paraMtu laherI svabhAvane kAraNe teo meTrikanI parIkSAmAM pAsa thayA na hatA. paMDitajIne aMgrejI bhaNavAno zokha hato. aMgrejI lipi lakhatAM teo zIkhI gayA hatA. koI aMgrejImAM bole to teo samajatA nahi, paNa mugdhabhAve sAMbhaLatA. potAne evuM kyAre zIkhavA maLaze te vize teo svapnAM sevatA, paraMtu pitAjIne dhaMdhAmAM madadanI jarUra hatI. eTale temane dukAne besADavA IcchatA hatA. kAkAono paNa Agraha evo hato ke sukhalAla hAIskUlamAM bhaNavA na jAya ane dhaMdhAmAM madada kare. pariNAme paMDitajIne zALAno abhyAsa choDavo paDyo hato. vi. saM. 1952 (I. sa. 1896) mAM paMDitajInAM moTI bahenanAM lagna thayAM e prasaMge pitAjIe potAnI zaktinI uparavaTa jaIne kharca karyuM hatuM, kaMIka dekhAdekhIthI, kaMIka moTAInA khyAlathI, kaMIka samaya pArakhavAnI azaktine lIdhe. navo cIlo pADavAnI hiMmatanA abhAvathI pitAjIe ghaNuM badhuM kharca karI nAkhyuM, paNa pachI teo mAnasika tANa anubhavatA hatA. e ja varSe kizora paMDitajInAM lagna levAnuM paNa vicArAyuM hatuM. paMDitajInI sagAI to thaI gaI hatI ane bALalagnono e jamAno hato. paraMtu vevAIe eka varSa pachI lagna levAno Agraha rAkhyo, eTale vAta vilaMbamAM paDI gaI hatI. paMDitajInA kizorakALanA gujarAta saurASTranuM lokajIvana sAmAnya prakAranuM hatuM. e divasomAM pANI mATenA naLa nahotA. kUvAmAMthI pANI kheMcIne kADhavuM paDatuM. saphAI karavAmAM pANInI karakasara thatI. gaMdavADathI loko TevAI gayA hatA. eMThA-jUThAno paNa viveka ocho hato. emAM paNa judI judI komamAM judI judI raheNIkaraNI rahetI.

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200 paMDita sukhalAlajI IMTamATInAM jUnAM gharo, dhULiyA rastA, gAya, bheMsa, baLadanAM chANa vagerene kAraNe svacchatAnuM dhoraNa sAmAnya hatuM. keTalAye loko rojeroja nahAtA nahi. melAM kapaDAM bepAMca divasa sudhI paherI rAkhatA, zaucAdi mATe paNa bahu cIvaTa nahotI. kizoravasthAmAM bAra-cauda varSanI uMmara sudhImAM paMDitajInuM paribhramaNa saurASTra pUratuM sImita rahyuM hatuM. e samayanA pravAsanA anubhavo emane mATe jIvanabhara vadhu tAdaza rahyA hatA. teo vaDhavANa, rANapura, vAMkAnera, koMDha vagere sthaLe, sagAMsaMbaMdhIone maLavA ke lagnaprasaMge gayA hatA. e mugdha kizorAvasthAmAM paNa emanI nirIkSaNazakti tIvra hatI. emanI dRSTi vastu-paristhitine tarata pArakhI letI. teo macchukAMThe gayelA. tyAre tyAMnA vANiyAo dhotiyAne badale coraNo paheratA hatA e vAta tarata emanA lakSamAM AvI hatI. pote pANIthI bharelo kuMDa kyAM joyo hato, vagaDAmAM ekalA jatAM , kyAM DarI gayA hatA, jiMdagImAM papaiyAM pahelI vAra kyAM khAdhAM hatAM vagere badhuM emane yAda rahI gayuM hatuM. paMDitajIe kizorAvasthAmAM saurASTramAM TrenamAM bhAvanagara ke morabI sudhInI musApharI karelI. e jamAnAmAM dhImI gatie cAlatI mITarageja ke nerogeja Trenano pravAsa saune Azcaryamugdha karI de tevo hato. gADAmAM ke ghoDA upara ke ghoDAgADImAM musApharI karavAnA e divaso hatA. eTale TrenamAM beThAM beThAM najara sAme jhaDapathI pasAra thatAM vRkSo vagerenAM dazyo te jamAnAnA mANasone AzcaryamAM garakAva karI de evAM hatAM. paMDitajInA jamAnAmAM jJAtiprathA bahu daDha hatI. kanyAne jJAti bahAra paraNAvI zakAtI nahi. ethI kyAreka nAnI kanyA ane vara moTA hoya evAM kajoDAM paNa thatAM. kanyAvikraya paNa thatA. vRddho bIjI trIjI vAra paNa paraNatA. paMDitajInAM eka phoI vaDhavANamAM rahetAM. paraMtu phoI nAnI uMmaramAM gujarI gayAM eTale phuAe bIjI strI sAthe lagna karyA hatAM. e baMne vacce uMmaranuM aMtara moTuM hatuM. paisA ApIne emaNe e kanyA meLavI hatI. paNa pachI thoDAM varSomAM ja phuAnuM avasAna thatAM navI phoIne yauvanamAM vaidhavya AvyuM hatuM. ethI savAra-sAMja poka mUkIne teo raDatAM hatAM. e joIne paMDitajI vRddhalagna ane vaidhavya vize vicAra karatA thaI gayA hatA. paMDitajInA kizorakALanA jamAnAmAM kevI paristhiti pravartatI hatI eno citAra emanI AtmakathAmAMthI ApaNane jovA-jANavA maLe che.

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aMdhatva paMDitajInA kizorakALamAM AghAtajanaka, eka moTAmAM moTI ApattirUpa duHkhada ghaTanA te pote AMkho gumAvI te che. potAnI AtmakathA "mAruM jIvanavRttamAM emaNe e prasaMga varNavyo che. enI vIgato nIce pramANe che. vi. saM. 1953 (I. sa. 1897)nA unALAno samaya hato. paMDitajInI uMmara tyAre soLa varSanI hatI. zALAno abhyAsa pUro karI have teo kauTuMbika vyavasAyamAM joDAyA hatA. teo lImalIthI vaDhavANa kempanI dukAne jaI kAma karatA. tathA jinapresamAM jaI kAlA pholavAM, kapAsa loDhAvavA, rUnI gAMsaDIo baMdhAvavI vagere kAma paNa karatA. vaDhavANamAM eka divasa unALAnI bapore paMDitajI zaucakriyA mATe bhogAvA nadInA sAmA kinAre gayA tyAre emane jhAMkhuM dekhAvA lAgyuM. badhuM dhoLuM dhoLuM lAge. bIje divase sTezana para teo koIne levA mATe gayA hatA tyAre sAme UbhelAM potAnAM phoIne oLakhI zakyA nahotA. vaLI kAkAe eka kAgaLa TapAlamAM nAkhavA Apyo hato. tenuM saranAmuM vAcatAM AMkhane bahu takalIpha paDI hatI. AthI emane lAgyuM ke AMkhe garamI caDhI gaI che. AMkhe ThaMDaka thAya e mATe emaNe sUramo AMjyo, paNa ethI kaMI pharaka paDyo nahi. vaLI tAva caDhyo. eTale emanA kAkA sAMje vaDhavANathI ghoDAgADImAM emane lImalI laI AvyA. ghare pahoMcatAM rAtanA ATha vAgI gayA hatA, paMDitajInA tAvanI ane AMkhe jhAMkhapa AvyAnI vAta kuTuMbamAM ane AsapAsamAM thaI. te vakhate eka DozImAe paMDitajInuM zarIra joI kahyuM, "kadAca A chokarAne mAtA nIkaLe. e divasomAM gAmamAM zItaLAno rogacALo cAlu thayo hato. mAtAmAM be jaNa mRtyu paNa pAmyA hatA. bIje divase savAre paMDitajInA zarIra para mAtAnI phoDalI dekhAI. DozImAnI vAta sAcI paDI. paMDitajIne mAtA vadhatAM gayAM. AkhA zarIre dANA dANA thaI gayA. AMkha sUjIne eTalI moTI thaI gaI ke nAkanA TeravA sudhI AvI gaI. zarIra parathI cAmaDI UkhaLavA lAgI. AMkhanuM darada divase divase vadhatuM gayuM. ema karatAM AMkhano DoLo ja AMkhanI bahAra nIkaLI Avyo. e joI vaidyo ane DokTaro ciMtAmAM paDI gayA. e DoLo AMkhanI

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rara * paMDita sukhalAlajI aMdara besADavA mATe vaidya popaTabhAI bhaTTa (vaidya jhaMDu bhaTTanA nAnA bhAI) upacAra karavA lAgyA, paNa te upacAranuM kaMI pariNAma AvyuM nahi. te vakhate dholerAnA eka vaidya lImalI AvelA. temaNe ApelI davAthI bIjI AMkhamAM kaMIka ThaMDaka anubhavAI. have mAtA namaze e pachI dekhAtuM thaze evI AzA hatI. paNa e AzA vyartha nIvaDI. Ama paMDitajIe soLa-sattara varSanI vaye zILI nIkaLatAM baMne AMkho gumAvI. have aMdhakArano-kAlimAno kaliyuga emane mATe besI gayo. koI paNa kuTuMba para AvI Apatti jyAre UtarI Ave tyAre eka bAju jema enAM tabIbI ane anya prakAranAM kAraNo ane upAyo vicArAya, tema bIjI bAju devadevIonI mAnatA mAnavAnI vAta paNa Ave. paMDitajInA saMghavI kuTuMbe keTalIka mAnatAo mAnI, paNa tethI koI camatkAra thayo nahi. te vakhate jUnAgaDhanA dAktara tribhuvadAsa AMkhanA dAktara tarIke jANItA hatA. jUnAgaDha pahoMcavA mATe dAktarane puchAvyuM to emaNe kahyuM ke pahelAM vaDhavANanA dAktara ThAkoradAsane batAvo. jo teo bhalAmaNa kare to ja jUnAgaDha Avo." vaDhavANamAM dAktara ThAkoradAsane batAvyuM to temaNe evo abhiprAya Apyo ke "AmAM have kazuM thaI zake ema nathI. mATe jUnAgaDha javAno kazo artha nathI." eTale jUnAgaDha javAnuM mAMDI vALavAmAM AvyuM. A vakhate gharagaththu upacAro paNa vicAratA hatA. eka vAgharIe jaMgalamAMthI kazuMka lAvIne prayoga karavAnuM sUcana karyuM. e pramANe ene paisA ApavAmAM AvyA. e galamAM jaI zuM lAvyo enI pAkI khabara to na paDI, paNa kadAca koI prANInI carabI haze ema lAgyuM. paraMtu e upacArathI paNa kaMI phAyado thayo nahi. evAmAM nAgA bAvAonI jamAtano eka bAvo gAmamAM Avyo hato. eNe eka kalAkamAM dekhatA karI devAnI camatkArabharI vAta karI. e mATe, eNe navuM kapaDuM, cokhA ane savA rUpiyo mAgyo. e jamAnAmAM savA rUpiyo e ghaNI moTI rakama gaNAtI. bAvAe maMtra bhaNIne paMDitajInA mAthe mIThuM mUkyuM. ane pachI e gAma choDIne cAlato thayo. kalAka pachI AMkhe dekhAyuM nahi hatuM tema ja hatuM. bAvAmAM rAkhelI zraddhA khoTI TharI. bAvo to khoTo paDyo, paNa have ene pakaDavo kyAM? e to kyAMya cAlato thaI gayo hato. Ama A rIte eka amaMgaLa ghaTanAe pIDitajInA jIvananA pravAhane badalI nAkhyo. yauvanamAM pravezatAM ja AMkhe aMdhApo Avyo, paNa paMDitajInI cetanAe A paristhitine paDakArarUpe svIkArI lIdhI, emaNe e mATe bhAre puruSArtha Adaryo. pote AMkho gumAvI e mATe paMDitajInA manamAM eka vAta keTalAka samaya sudhI vahemarUpe rahyA karI hatI. pachI e vahema nIkaLI gayo hato. paMDitajIne zILI nIkaLyAM

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aMdhatva * 23 e zItaLA mAtAno ja prakopa hato. ema tyAre teo manathI mAnatA. jUnA vakhatathI keTalAMka devadevIonAM nAma amuka roga sAthe saMkaLAyelAM rahyAM che. zILI athavA zItaLAnA rogane gardabhanA vAhanavALI zItaLA mAtA sAthe saMbaMdha che evI lokamAnyatA cAlI Ave che. Aje paNa keTalAya loko, khAsa karIne bALako ke jene zItaLA nIkaLyAM hoya tene zItaLA mAtAne page lagADavA laI javAmAM Ave che. zItaLA mAtAnAM maMdiro bhAratamAM Thera Thera che. zItaLA e zarIranI garamIno roga che. zItaLA mAtA prasanna hoya to zarIramAM zItaLatA-ThaMDaka karI Ape che. zItaLA mAtAno utsava zItaLA sAtamanA divase karavAmAM Ave che. e divase cUlAmAM zItaLatA joIe eTale ke cUlo saLagAvAya nahi. badhuM ThaMDuM khAvAnuM. agAunA divase karI rAkhelI vAnagIo ThaMDI khAvAnI hoya che. je A rivAjano bhaMga kare enA upara zItaLA mAtA krodhe bharAya che. ene zItaLAno roga thAya che. evI lokamAnyatA che. kizora paMDitajIne eka vakhata kutUhala thayuM ke zItaLA mAtA cUlAmAM sUvA Ave che, to cUlo saLagAvIne emane bhagADavAM joIe. pachI joIe ke teo zuM karI zake che ? zItaLA sAtamanA divase potAnA ghare to kazuM thaI zake ema nahotuM. eTale paMDitajIe potAnI phoInA dIkarA cUnIlAlane khAnagImAM A vAta karI. teo saMmata thayA. baMne jaNe ghara baMdha karIne koI na jANe ema cUlo saLagAvyo. dUdha garama karIne emAM sAkara nAkhIne baMne jaNe pIdhuM. A vAta phakta teo be jaNA ja jANatA hatA. paraMtu e varSe zItaLA mAtAe kazuM karyuM nahi. paNa trIje varSa potAne zItaLA nIkaLyAM tyAre paMDitajInA manamAM evo pAko vahema baMdhAI gayo ke pote tyAre je khoTuM karyuM hatuM, ethI zItaLA mAtA koSe bharAyAM ane have A upadrava karyo che. alabatta, paMDitajIe A vAta potAnA manamAM ja varSo sudhI rAkhI ane koIne paNa kahI nahotI. lAMbA samaya sudhI temanI aMdhazraddhA cAlu rahI hatI, paraMtu tyAra pachI tarka ane buddhithI teo vicAravA lAgyA tyAre temane samajAyuM ke potAno e vahema sAco nathI, kAraNa ke potAne jo zItaLA nIkaLyAM to pachI cUnIlAlane zItaLA kema na nIkaLyAM ? ane jeo zItaLA sAtame cUlo nathI ja saLagAvatA evAone zItaLA kema nIkaLe che ? vaLI zItaLA sAtamamAM jeo mAnatA nathI teonuM zuM? AvA ghaNA prazno uddabhavyA. vaLI zItaLA nIkaLavAnAM vaijJAnika kAraNo ane upAyo jANItAM thayAM che. eTale varSo pachI paMDitajInI e aMdhazraddhA ApoApa sarI paDI hatI. aMdhatva AvyA pachI paMDitajInI UThavA-besavAnI ke haravApharavAnI mUMjhavaNa vadhI jAya e svAbhAvika che. anumAnathI hAlavAcAlavA jatAM kyAMka athaDAI javAnA prasaMgo paNa banavA lAgyA. hAthamAM lAkaDI rAkhavAnI salAha maLelI, paNa lAkaDI rAkhavI emane gamatI nahi. emanI soLa varasanI uMmara hatI. eTale zArIrika zakti UbharAtI hatI.

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24 * paMDita sukhalAlajI Akho divasa zuM karavuM te prazna mUMjhavato hato. e vakhate gharanI pAse ja navo upAzraya thayelo. tyAM savAranA zrAvaka-zrAvikA Ave ane sAmAyika karavA bese. sAmAyika daramyAna koIka stavana, sajujhAya vagere kaMThastha kare, koI moTA rAge gAya. paMDitajIne upAzrayamAM jaIne sAmAyika karavAnuM anukULa AvI gayuM. potAno eTalo samaya sArI rIte pasAra thavA lAgyo. vaLI stavano ane sakjhAyo kaMThastha thavA lAgyAM, jema jema anukULatA vadhatI gaI tema tema teo vadhAre sAmAyika karavA lAgyA. vaLI ema karavAthI emano dhArmika abhyAsa paNa vadhato gayo. yauvanakALamAM pravezatAM ja samaya pasAra karavA mATe AdarelI A pravRttioe paMDitajInA jIvanamAM pachIthI mahattvanuM sthAna prApta karI lIdhuM hatuM. dhArmika sAhityamAM emane rasa paDavA lAgyo hato. upAzrayamAM niyamita javAne lIdhe jaina sAdhu-sAdhvIonA AcAranI eka UMDI chApa paMDitajInA mana upara kizorakALathI ja paDI gaI hatI. jaina sAdhu-sAdhvI ughADe page cAle, eka sthaLethI bIje sthaLe javuM hoya to vAhanano upayoga na kare, paNa pagapALA vihAra kare, gocarI vahorI lAve, haMmezAM ukALeluM pANI ja vApare. teo rAtri-bhojana na kare, vastra ke pAtrano upayoga ane saMgraha jarUra pUrato ochAmAM ocho kare, teo kyAreya snAna na kare. potAnAM vastro ane pAtro hAthe ja dhue. taduparAMta gRhastho ane sAdhu-sAdhvIo aThavADiyAnA ke paMdara divasanA ke mahinAnA upavAsa kare. e divasomAM lImalImAM eka sAdhvIjIe be mahinAnA upavAsa karelA. eka mAravADI sAdhu AvelA. teo bhogAvA nadInA taTanI retImAM unALAmAM bhara bapore khullA zarIre AtApanA letA. kizorAvasthAmAM paMDitajIe nihALelI sAdhu-sAdhvIonI A AcArasaMhitAe emanA jIvana upara UMDI chApa pADI hatI. paMDitajI upAzrayamAM hoya tyAre tyAMnA vAtAvaraNane lIdhe kudaratI rIte ja zAnta rahetA, paNa pachI teo ghare Ave tyAre koNa jANe kema paNa emanA svabhAvamAM ugratA AvI jatI. potAno roSa ThAlavavA mATenuM mukhya pAtra te potAnI bhAbhI hatI. potAnI navI mA have gujarI gaI hatI. emanuM sthAna have bhAbhIe lIdhuM hatuM. kizorAvasthA eTale kAcI buddhinA divaso. saMyukta kuTuMbamAM rahevAnuM eTale badhA paraspara anukULatA karI le ane sahana paNa karI le. upAzrayamAM sAmAyika, pratikramaNa, vrataniyama vagerene lIdhe paMDitajInI pratiSThA baMdhAtI jatI hatI. paraMtu bIjI bAju gharamAM bhAbhI upara akAraNa ugra roSa karavAnuM emanuM valaNa rahetuM e khoTuM hatuM. eTale paMDitajInA manamAM ja enI pratikriyA cAlavA lAgI hatI. evAmAM eka prasaMge emanA jIvanamAM parivartana karAvI dIdhuM. emanAM bahena maNibahenanAM sAsu vaDhavANathI maLavA AvyAM hatAM, teo ane paMDitajInAM bhAbhI vagere mahilA varga ekabIjAnuM mAthuM oLe ane mAMhomAMhe vAto

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aMdhatva * 25 kare. e vakhate paMDitajI dUra khATalA para sUtA hatA, paNa jAgatA paDyA hatA. evAmAM mahilAomAM cAlatI vAtacItanA zabdo paMDitajInA kAne paDyA. bhAbhIe potAnA aMdhA diyaranA gussAnI vAta karI haze, paraMtu bahenanAM sAsue zikhAmaNa ApatAM kahyuM, diyara eTale diyara. diyaranI gALa e to ghInI nALa, mane ya mArA diyara ADuMAvaDuM saMbhaLAve paNa huM to hasI kADhuM chuM. paraMtu pachI diyara mane ja pUchatA Ave che. tAro A diyara jo dekhato hoya to pATu mArI bhoMyamAMthI pANI kADhata, AMkha gaI e to karmanI gata che. tuM ja gharamAM moTI, eTale tAre sahana karavuM joIe." A sAMbhaLIe bhAbhIe kazo javAba na Apyo. paNa DUsaDAM bharyA. paMDitajIe badhuM dUra rahyA mUMge moDhe sAMbhaLyuM. e sAMbhaLatAM ja paMDitajI vicAramAM paDI gayA ke mArI bahenanAM sAsue diyara mATe kazuM na kahyuM, paraMtu bhAbhIne zikhAmaNa ApI. ane bhAbhIe paNa roSa na ThAlavatAM mAtra raDIne ja javAba Apyo. Ama vicAratAM vicAratAM jANe "brahmajJAna thayuM hoya tema paMDitajIe manamAM gAMTha vALI ke havethI gusso karIne bhAbhIne dUbhavavI nathI. tyArathI emano bhAbhI pratye sadUbhAva vadhI gayo. paMDitajInAM moTAM bahena maNibahenane vaDhavANa paraNAvelAM, e temanAM sagAM bahena hatAM. teo sAsarethI Ave tyAre gharamAM rasoI banAvavAnI javAbadArI teo ja upADI letAM. teo badhA bhAIone pAse besADIne vahAlathI jamADatAM. durbhAgye A maNibahenanuM tyAra pachI nAnI vayamAM avasAna thayuM hatuM. paMDitajInI bIjI bahenanuM nAma caMcaLa hatuM. te sAvakI bahena hatI. te uMmaramAM nAnI hatI, paraMtu te paNa bhAIonuM barAbara dhyAna rAkhatI. te zAnta ane hasamukhI hatI. maNibahena gujarI gayAM tyAre vidhura thayelA banevI sAthe nAnI bahena caMcaLanAM lagna thayAM hatAM. paMDitajI bahAragAmathI jyAre lImalI pAchA Ave tyAre caMcaLa sAsarethI acUka lImalI maLavA Ave athavA potAne tyAM vaDhavANa maLavA bolAve. caMcaLabahena paNa pacAsanI uMmare pahoMcatAM pahelAM avasAna pAmelAM. teo chelle bImAra hatAM ane maraNapathArIe hatAM tyAre saMjogavazAta paMDitajI amadAvAdathI emanI khabara jovA nahi jaI zakelA e vAtanuM emane kAyama duHkha rahyA karyuM hatuM.

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upAzrayamAM paMDitajInI pravRttio potAnA saMjogAnusAra goThavAtI jatI hatI. temAMnI eka mukhya pravRtti te upAzrayamAM javAnI hatI. lImalI nAnuM gAma eTale cAturmAsa mATe javalle ja sAdhu-sAdhvI rokAya, paNa zeSakALamAM thoDI thoDI avarajavara rahyA kare. I. sa. 1898nA arasAmAM lImalImAM baMdhAyelA navA sthAnakavAsI upAzrayamAM pagalAM karAvavA mATe saMghe dariyApurI gacchanA rUganAthajI mahArAjane vinaMtI karelI. teo padhAryA. jeTalA divasa teo rokAyA teTalA divasa paMDitajI rojeroja upAzraye jatA. rUganAthajI mahArAjanI sAthe emanA eka celA kevaLajI muni hatA. teo kathA kahetA. temano kaMTha madhura hato. teo pado sarasa gAtA. vaktavyane rasika rIte rajU karavAnI temanI pAse kaLA hatI. paMDitajI emanI pAse besatA ane dhArmika jJAna meLavavA mATe utsAha batAvatA. thoDA divasa rokAI rUganAthajI mahArAja vihAra karI gayA, paNa saMghanI vinaMtIthI cAturmAsa mATe vayovRddha jhabakabAI mahAsatIjI ane bIjAM keTalAMka sAdhvIjIne mokalelAM, paMDitajI emanI pAse paNa besatA ane chaMdo, sakjhAyo vagere kaMIka zIkhatA ane kaMThastha karatA. cAturmAsa daramiyAna ja jhabakabAI vRddhAvasthAne kAraNe lImalImAM kALadharma pAmyAM tyAre emanI pAlakhI kADhavAmAM AvI hatI. jIvanamAM aMdhatva AvatAM ja paMDitajIne parAdhInatAno paricaya thavA lAgyo. darzanakALa pUro thayo ane jANe ke have adarzanakALano, aMdhakArano kALa cAlu thayo. emanA jIvanamAM jANe bIjo tabakko zarU thayo hato. pAMca indriyomAMthI cakSu indriyane prakAzanI jarUra paDe. e vinA e sakriya na rahI zake. nAka, kAna ane jIbha e traNa indriyo prakAza vinA paNa potAnuM kArya karI zake che. sparzendriya paNa e kArya karI zake, paraMtu prakAza paMDitajInA jIvanamAMthI haMmezane mATe cAlyo gayo. eTale have jIvanabhara aMdhakAra sAthe advaita sadhAtAM, kaSTanA anubhavonuM prAdhyAnya emanA jIvanamAM vadhI gayuM. I. sa. 1899 vi. saM. 1955)mAM cAturmAsa arthe lImalImAM koI sAdhu-sAdhvI padhAryA nahotAM, paNa zeSakALamAM je avara-javara rahelI. e vakhate paMDitajI upAzrayamAM

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upAzrayamAM 0 27 niyamita jatA. keTalAMka sAdhusAdhvI pAsethI zIkhIne temaNe keTalIka gujarAtI sajhAyo kaMThastha karI lIdhI hatI. tyAra pachInA varSamAM cAturmAsamAM zrI dIpacaMdajI mahArAja nAmanA eka ekala vihArI sAdhu cAturmAsa karavA lImalI padhAryA hatA. teo vayovRddha hatA. paMDitajI rojaroja emanI pAse jatA ane emanI vaiyAvacca karatA. eTale baMnene paraspara anukULatA AvI gaI hatI. zrI dIpacaMdajI mahArAja pAse paMDitajI dravyAnuyoga ane gaNitAnuyoga vizenA thokaDAo' zIkhyA ane emAMnA keTalAka kaMThastha paNa karI lIdhA. paMDitajIe taduparAMta emanI pAsethI zIkhIne uttarAdhyayana sUtra, dazavaikAlikasUtra ane sUtrakRtAMgasUtranI ghaNI gAthAo kaMThastha karI lIdhI. alabatta, gAthAono artha samajAto nahoto, topaNa kaMThastha karavAno AnaMda hato. paMDitajIne saMskRta stotro vagere kaMThastha karavAnuM game che ane phAve che e jANIne mahArAje emane bhaktAmara, sidUprakaraNa, kalyANamaMdira, zobhanastuti vagere stotro kiMThastha karAvyAM. paMDitajIne lIdhe dIpacaMdajI mahArAjane lImalI padhAravAnuM vAraMvAra mana thatuM ane jyAre jyAre AvatA tyAre tyAre paMDitajIne navuM navuM kaMThastha karAvatA. paMDitajIne have ghaNuM kaMThastha hovAthI gAmamAM emanI sArI chApa UbhI thaI hatI. paMDitajIe AgamanI gAthAo, bhaktAmara stotra, kalyANamaMdira stotra vagere kiMThastha karI lIdhAM. saMskRta bhASAmAM bolAtAM e stotro emane bahu gamatAM hatAM, paNa eno artha samajAto nahoto. have emane eno artha samajavAnI paNa utkaMThA thavA lAgI. emaNe jANyuM ke jyAM sudhI saMskRta bhASAnuM vyAkaraNa barAbara na AvaDe tyAM sudhI artha na samajAya, AthI emane saMskRta bhASAnuM vyAkaraNa bhaNavAnI tAlAvelI lAgI. paNa emane bhaNAve koNa? paMDitajInA nAnA bhAI choTAlAla vAMce ane paMDitajI sAMbhaLe, paNa keTaluMka azuddha uccAraNa thAya. paMDitajInA bIjA be mitro te popaTalAla ane gulAbacaMda paNa emane vAMcI saMbhaLAvatA. emAM popaTalAla emanA karatAM uMmare vIsa varSa moTA hatA. ane ghaNA hoziyAra hatA. teo bhAvanagarathI pragaTa thatuM "jaina dharmaprakAza' maMgAve ane vAMce tathA paMDitajIne emAMthI saMbhaLAve. emaNe praznottaraciMtAmaNi' nAmano graMtha maMgAvelo ane paMDitajIne vAMcI saMbhaLAvelo. paMDitajIne emAM sAro rasa paDyo hato. e divasomAM lImalImAM beThAM beThAM paMDitajIe kAlidAsanA mahAkAvya "raghuvaMzanA nava sarganA zloko kaMThastha karI lIdhA hatA. paMDitajInI smRti eTalI badhI sArI hatI ke rojanA eka sarganA hisAbe nava divasamAM emaNe nava sarga kiMThastha karyA hatA. evAmAM lIMbaDI saMpradAyanA prajJAcakSu sAdhu mahArAja zrI ladhAjI svAmI lImalI padhArelA. teo saMskRtanA jANakAra hatA. emaNe potAnA ziSya zrI uttamacaMdajI mahArAja pAse saMskRta vyAkaraNa bhaNavAnI paMDitajIne bhalAmaNa karI. paMDitajIe e

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28 * paMDita sukhalAlajI pramANe abhyAsa cAlu karyo. tyAra pachI teo vaDhavANa jaIne rahyA ane temanI pAse sArasvata vyAkaraNa, caMdrikA vagere zIkhyA. taduparAMta e vakhatanA suprasiddha zatAvadhAnI mahArAja zrI ratnacaMdrajInA saMparkamAM paNa paMDitajI AvyA. emanI pAsethI paNa emane keTaluMka jANavA maLyuM. uttamacaMdajI ane ratnacaMdrajI mahArAja saMskRta bhASAmAM vAtacIta kare to paMDitajIne potAne paNa evI rIte saMskRta bhASA zIkhIne sarasa rIte vAta karavAnI abhilASA thaI hatI. aMdhatva AvyA pachI paMDitajIe sAteka varSamAM sajjhAyo, stavano, thokaDA, AgamanI gAthAo, saMskRta stotro, raghuvaMza, saMskRta vyAkaraNa vagere je badhuM zIkhavA ane kaMThastha karavA maLyuM e badhuM tyAra pachI kAzInA emanA vidyAbhyAsamAM bahu upayogI nIvaDyuM hatuM. paMDitajIe noMdhyuM che te pramANe kAzInA vizALa saMskRta adhyayana mATe lImalI - vaDhavANanuM saMskRta adhyayana pUrvabhUmikArUpa sAbita thayuM hatuM.

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chappaniyo dukALa ane sAmAjika paristhiti vi. saM. 1956 (I. sa. 19OO)mAM pazcima bhAratamAM ghaNo moTo dukALa paDyo hato. chappaniyA dukALa tarIke e jANIto rahyo che. emAM ghaNA mANaso mRtyu pAmyA hatA. vaLI ene lIdhe aneka lokonA dhaMdhArojagAra bhAMgI paDyA hatA. bekAra navarA mANasonI saMkhyA vadhI gaI hatI. ethI saMyukta kuTuMbanI prathAnA e divasomAM TheraThera kuTuMbakalaha thato rahyo hato. e varase mAvajI saMghavInA kuTuMbamAM paNa milakatanI vaheMcaNI mATe kalaha cAlu thayo. emanA be putro gAMgajI ane taLazIno parivAra lImalImAM raheto ane bIjA putrono parivAra kholaDiyAdamAM raheto. gAMgajI saMghavIne cAra dIkarA hatA. teomAM majiyArI saMpattinA bhAga mATe jhaghaDA cAlu thayA. taLazI saMghavIne mAtra eka putra saMghajI hatA. teo potAno bhAga laI veLAsara chUTA thaI gayA. temane gAMgajI saMghavInA moTA diIkarA tribhuvanadAsanI sAthe AtmIyatA hatI. AthI gAMgajI saMghavInI milakatanI vaheMcaNImAM jyAre be pakSa paDI gayA hatA tyAre pitAzrI saMghajI tathA paMDitajInA moTA bhAI tribhuvanadAsanA pakSe hatA. Ama bIjI rIte saMghavI kuTuMbanA sabhyo bahu udAra ane kyAreka to uDAu kahevAya evI prakRtinA hatA, paraMtu milakatanI vaheMcaNIno vakhata Avyo tyAre temanA jIva phUMkA thaI gayA. jUnA vakhatamAM gharavakharInI vaheMcaNImAM bahu takarAra thatI. te badhI vecIne paisA samAna bhAge vaheMcI levAnuM vyavahAru nahotuM, kAraNa ke vecavA jatAM mUlya bahu ochuM maLe ane pAchI e vastu navI vasAvavA mATe vadhAre rakama kharcavI paDe. paNa vastu eka hoya ane jarUriyAtavALA be ke traNa hoya tyAre kone e cIjavastu maLe e mATe kleza thato. keTalIka vAra eka vastunI sAme aMdAje eTalI kiMmatanI bIjI vastu mukAtI, to paNa vastunI pahelI pasaMdagIno haka kone maLe e vize vivAda thato. koIne lavAda tarIke nImavAmAM Ave to ghaNI vAra lavAdanA cukAdA sAme paNa paDakAra pheMkAto athavA teno asvIkAra thato. te vakhate moTI maDAgAMTha sarjAtI. lImalImAM gAMgajI saMghavIne tyAM AvA jhaghaDA haju zamyA nahotA, tyAM khoDiyAdamAM rahetA be bhAIo ane emanA dIkarAo vacce paNa saMpattinA bhAga mATe jhaghaDA cAlu thayA hatA.

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300 paMDita sukhalAlajI A badhA kuTuMbakalaha vakhate paMDitajInI uMmara nAnI hatI. teo badhuM samaje kharA, paNa abhiprAya ApavA jeTalI ke temano abhiprAya levA jeTalI temanI uMmara nahotI. emanA moTA bhAI vakhatacaMda A badhI bAbatomAM rasa letA, abhiprAya ApatA ane pakSa paNa letA. tribhuvanadAsa catura ane vyavahAradakSa hatA. teo saMghajIno lAbha letA AthI saMghajIne paiseTake ghasAvuM paDatuM. UchInAM ApelAM nANAM pAchAM meLavavA mATe kahevAtuM nahi. paraMtu saMghajInA moTA dIkarA vakhatacaMdane A badhuM gamatuM nahi. teo e mATe pitAzrIne Thapako paNa ApatA. Ama vi. saM. 1956 pachInAM keTalAMka varSa saMghavI kuTuMbamAM majiyArI milakatanI vaheMcaNInA jhaghaDAone lIdhe kleza kaMkAza cAlyA karato hato. A badhI ghaTanAonI asara kizora vayanA paMDitajInA mana para paNa thatI hatI. paMDitajInA kizorakALanA jamAnAmAM gAmaDAMomAM chApAM, copAniyAM ke vArtA vagerenA graMtho AvatA nahi topaNa gAmaDAMnA loko evA rasathI sAva varcita rahetA nahi, kAraNa ke vividha jJAtiomAM laDAI-jhaghaDA thatA ane enI vAto paNa rasapUrvaka thatI ane prasaratI. vividha vayajUthanA loko vacce ane vividha staranA lokonAM jUthomAM thatI dharma, artha ane kAmanI vAto sAMbhaLavAmAM ane navuM kaMIka jANavAmAM paMDitajIne bahu rasa paDato hato. hemacaMdrAcArye kAvyAnuzAsanamAM vividha rasanI carcA karIne vividha rasanAM je lakSaNo batAvyAM che enI pratIti paMDitajIne potAnA kizorakALanA anubhavone AdhAre thaI hatI. paMDitajInuM jIvana kizorakALathI ja anubhavasamRddha banatuM gayuM hatuM. - saurASTranAM gAmaDAMo e jamAnAnuM jIvana vilakSaNa prakAranuM hatuM. saurASTramAM dezI rAjyonI saMkhyA samagra bhAratanI daSTie sauthI vadhAre hatI. rAjAno pATavIkuMvara gAdIe Ave ane rAjAnA bIjA dIkarAo-pATavIkuMvaranA bhAIo-bhAyAtone bhAge AjIvikA tarIke grAma grAsa Avato (grAsa eTale koLiyo eTale ke AjIvikA) potAnA bhAgamAM AvelAM gAmo paNa bIjItrIjI peDhIe vaheMcAI jatAM ane ema karatAM thoDIka jamIna rahetI. rAjavIkuTuMba eTale mULa kSatriyo athavA rajapUto. mahenata karI kamAvAnI vRtti temanAmAMthI nIkaLI gayelI. temanuM jIvana beThADuM thaI gayuM hatuM. teo aphINa vagerenA vyasanI thaI gayelA. gAmanA core besI teo gapATA mAratA athavA jUnI vAto mATe gaurava letA. paNa ema karatAM karatAM keTalAye garAsiyAonAM jIvana sAva garIba jevAM thaI gayelAM. nAnA gAmaDAmAM rahetA vANiyAomAM bahAragAma jaI vepAradhaMdho karavAnI hiMmata hoziyArI jo na hoya to gAmamAM ja vepAradhaMdho karavo paDe. gAmamAM vepArane jeTalo avakAza hoya tenA karatAM vepArIo vadhu hoya, eTale spardhA thAya. emAMthI IrSyA,

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chappaniyo dukALa ane sAmAjika paristhiti * 31 kalaha, prapaMca vagere cAlu thAya. kauTuMbika aNabanAvo paNa thAya. e jamAnAmAM gAmaDAMno brAhmaNa varga to dAnadakSiNA e potAno janmasiddha hakka che ema mAnato. ethI anya sArI rIte AjIvikA mATeno puruSArtha karavAno temanAmAM abhAva raheto. kyAMka jamaNavAra hoya ane brahmabhojana mATe nimaMtraNa maLyuM hoya tyAre teo rAjI rAjI thaI jatA ane peTa dabAvIne khAI letA. | kuMbhAra, luhAra vagere kArIgara varga ucca vargathI dabAyelo raheto. DheDhabhaMgInI jAtinA loko tyAre gAmaDAMomAM hatA. teo zrImaMta vANiyAo ane samRddha garAsiyAonI dayA para jIvatA. teo emanA hAthe haDadhUta thatA. ucca varganA loko pote nIcalA tharanA loko upara ruAba ane johukamI karavAne TevAyelA hatA. kacaDAyelA nIcalA varganA lokoe e paristhitine svAbhAvikapaNe svIkArI lIdhI hatI. gAmaDAMomAM kheDUto khetaromAM kALI majUrI karIne anAja, zAkabhAjI, kapAsa vagere ugADatA. teo paNa kudaratanI ane samAjanI dayA para jIvatA.

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sagAI tUTI paMDitajInI sagAI nAnI vayamAM thaI gayelI. paMDitajInuM saMghavIkuTuMba mobhAdAra gaNAtuM. e divasomAM bALalagna athavA kizoralagnanuM pramANa vadhu hatuM. paMDitajInAM moTI bahenanAM lagna nakkI thayAM hatAM, te vakhate sAthe sAthe sukhalAlanAM lagna paNa levAnI icchA pitAjInI ane dAdImAnI hatI. paraMtu lagnanI e darakhAsta kanyA pakSe svIkArI nahi. daramiyAna paMDitajIe zItaLAmAM AMkho gumAvI. aMdhatva AvyuM eTale have lagnano prazna judI rIte vicArAvo cAlu thayo. emAM paMDitajIne kaMI pUchavAmAM AvatuM nahotuM. paMDitajInA pitAjInI ane moTA kAkAnI icchA lagna karI nAkhavAnI hatI, paraMtu kanyAnAM mAtApitAnI icchA lagna na thAya ane sagAI toDavAmAM Ave to sAruM evI hatI. paraMtu e jamAno evo hato ke jyAre jJAtibaMdhano atyaMta kaDaka hatAM ane ema sahelAIthI sagAI toDavA devAtI nahi. dareka pakSa potAnA svArthathI vicArato. saMghavI kuTuMbane sagAI toDavAmAM potAno mobho naDato hato. vaLI vaDIloe ema paNa vicAryuM hatuM ke lagna thaze to jiMdagIbhara aMdha chokarAne sAcavanAra eka vyakti maLI jaze. nahi to bicAro parAdhIna thaI jaze ane saunAM ThebAM khAze. lagna karavAthI kanyAnI jiMdagI bagaDI jaze evo vicAra varapakSanA bahu ochA lokone Avato. lokamAnasa tyAre evuM hatuM. loko ema kahetA ke bicArI kanyAnA nasIbamAM ja evuM duHkha lakhyuM haze, eTale ja chokaro aMdha thaI gayo. AvAM lagna paraspara hitamAM nathI e dRSTithI vicAranAra tyAre bahu ochA loko hatA. jJAtinA rivAja mujaba kanyAnAM lagna karavAnuM baMdhana enAM mAtApitAne mAthe hatuM. paraMtu manathI teo jarA paNa rAjI nahotAM, balake ciMtAtura hatAM. eTale vAtane teo kaMIka bahAnuM kADhI ThelatAM jatAM hatAM. ema karatAM karatAM be varSa pasAra thaI gayAM, temano Azaya spaSTa thaI gayo. chevaTe saMghavI kuTuMbane namatuM ApavuM paDyuM. sagAI toDavAno nirNaya baMne pakSa vacce thayo. sagAI toDavAmAM AvI che evI jJAtimAM jAherAta thaI. jema sagAI karatI vakhate chokarA ke chokarIne pUchavAmAM

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sagAI tUTI * 33 AvyuM nahotuM, tema sagAI toDatI vakhate paNa chokarA ke chokarIne pUchavAmAM AvyuM nahotuM. paMDitajInI uMmara tyAre aDhAra varSanI thaI hatI. teo pukhta uMmaranA thayA hatA. potAnI vAstavika paristhitino emaNe svIkAra karI lIdho hato. ethI ja jyAre emanI sagAI toDavAno nirNaya vaDIloe jAhera karyo tyAre te samaye emaNe koI asvasthatA anubhavI nahotI.

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dharmakSetranA vividha anubhavo cauda-paMdara varSanI uMmare paMDitajI jaina sthAnakavAsI paraMparAnA saMskAra dharAvatA vaDIlo pAsethI sAMbhaLatA ke potAno dharma bahu sUkSma ane ghaNo UMco che. ema chatAM jainone anya dharma pratye vaimanasya na hatuM. nAnAM gAmomAM to badhA dharmanA loko ekabIjAnA dharmaprasaMge ane dharmasthaLe jatA. te rIte paMDitajIe paNa pAse AvelA sAyalA gAma jaIne tyAM lAlajI bhagatanA maMdiramAM tathA mULInA svAminArAyaNa maMdiramAM darzana karelAM. enI vizALatA joIne ane saMto tathA gRhasthone 'jaya svAminArAyaNa, jaya svAminArAyaNa' ema tALIo sAthe pokAratA joIne paMDitajI mugdha thaI jatA. sAyalAmAM te vakhatanA mahArAja bhagavAnadAsajInI gAmamAM jyAre padharAmaNI thAya tyAre bhakto sAmaiyuM karavA jatA ane badhA sAthe gAtA ke, lAlajI Avo to vahelA Avajo. sAthe trikama chogALAne lAvajo. AvI rIte vividha dharmonA vividha saMskAra kizora sukhalAlanA citamAM aMkita thayA hatA. te jamAnAmAM sAyalAnA bhagavAnadAsajInA camatkAronI lokomAM cAlatI vAto paMDitajI paNa zraddhAthI mAnatA. koI sAdhubAvAo gAmamAM AvyA hoya to temanI pAse paNa teo jatA. emanA eka mitra gulAbacaMda dvArA temaNe camatkA2 mATe abhrakanI bhasmano prayoga paNa karelo. paMDitajIe chappaniyo dukALa' joyelo. te vakhate pote lImalImAM ja hatA. lokone AzAnuM kiraNa koI batAve to badhA e bAju doDe. e divasomAM eka camatkArika bAvo koIkanA khetaramAM Avyo che. evA samAcAra phelAyA. sau enAM darzana karavA javA lAgyA. paMDitajI dekhe nahi, paNa bAvo gAMjo pIve. enA dhumADAnI gaMdha parathI emane samajAI gayuM ke bAvo kyAM che. koIke bAvAne pUchyuM. "mahArAja, varasAda kyAre paDaze ?" bAvAe kahyuM, baccA, paMdara dina dhIraja rAkho.' badhAMe zraddhApUrvaka bAvAnI sArI sarabharA karI. paMdara divasa thayA. thoDA vadhAre divasa paNa thayA, paNa varasAda paDyo nahi. paNa bAvAne pUchavA javAnuM rahyuM nahi. kAraNa ke paMdara divasa pUrA thatAM pahelAM ja e bAvo tyAMthI palAyana thaI gayo hato.

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dharmakSetranA vividha anubhavo. 35 lImalI gAmamAM thaIne jatAMAvatAM lagabhaga tamAma sAdhusAdhvIonA paricayamAM AvavAnI paMDitajIne sArI taka maLatI, kAraNa ke aMdha hovAne kA2Ne teo upAzrayamAM pUro samaya ApI zakatA hatA. I. sa. 1900nA arasAmAM teo bALakRSNajI nAmanA eka jainasAdhunA saMparkamAM AvyA hatA. teo sAyalA saMghADAnA hatA, paNa pachIthI. teo potAnA samudAyathI chUTA thaI ekalA vicaratA hatA. temane yogasAdhanAno nAda lAgyo hato. eTale teo hindu saMnyAsI bAvAono saMga karatA. teo kyAreka gAmamAM upAzrayamAM UtaratA to kyAreka gAmabahAranI dharmazALAmAM bIjA dharmanA bAvAo sAthe paNa rahetA. temano kaMTha madhura hato. teo AnaMdaghanajI, cidAnaMdajI vagere jaina saMto uparAMta kabIra ane dAdupaMthI saMtonAM pado lalakAratA. teo giranAramAM vasatA sAdhusaMnyAsIonI vAto karatA. emanI sAthe paricaya gADha thatAM paMDitajIne yogasAdhanAno nAda lAgyo hato. AthI bALakRSNajI temane giranAra laI javA icchatA hatA. paMDitajI sAtheno paricaya gADha thAya e mATe temaNe eka cAturmAsa lImalImAM paNa karyuM. teo baMnenI icchA giranAramAM jaI tyAM guphAmAM rahetA cidAnaMdajI mahArAjane zodhI kADhI, emanI pAse rahevAnI hatI. paraMtu e cAturmAsa daramiyAna ja paMDitajIne vaDhavANamAM uttamacaMdajI mahArAja pAse saMskRta vyAkaraNa zIkhavA mATe javAnuM thayuM. eTale giranAra javAnI emanI icchA mulatavI rahI hatI. paMDitajI jyAre vaDhavANa kempamAM rahetA hatA tyAre teo kevaLa jijJAsAthI jaina maMdiramAM darzana karavA paNa jatA. teo kuLadharmathI sthAnakavAsI saMpradAyanA hatA, chatAM navuM jovAjANavAnI icchA emane prabaLa rahetI. sthAnakavAsI saMpradAya mUrtipUjAno virodha zA mATe kare che te vize jANavA paNa teo utsuka hatA. e vakhate vaDhavANamAM pAThazALAmAM dhArmika zikSaka tarIke ujamazI mAstara hatA. paMDitajIne emanI sAthe paricaya thayo hato. teo mUrtipUjaka saMpradAyanA hatA. paMDitajIne mUrtipUjA vize teo samajAvatA. bIjI bAju paMDitajI sthAnakavAsI sAdhu mahArAja pAse jatA. teo temane mUrtipUjAnI viruddha samajAvatA. Ama chatAM paMDitajIe maMdiramAM javAnuM cAlu rAkheluM. te aMge sagAMo ke jJAtijano vAMdho uThAvatA nahi. bIjI bAju mUrtipUjako paMDitajIno dAkhalo ApIne bolatA ke juo sukhalAla jevo zAstrano jANakAra paNa maMdire Ave che. to zAstromAM mUrtinI mAnyatA hovI ja joIe.' alabatta, paMDitajInI mUrtipUjA vizenI vicAradhArA e divasomAM eTalI spaSTa nahotI, topaNa teo sthAnakavAsI hovA chatAM mUrtipUjAmAM mAnatA thaI gayA hatA. kAzI gayA pachI to mUrtipUjA vize zAstrIya AdhAra sahita temanI mAnyatA vadhu dRDha thaI hatI.

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jaina sAdhuono saMparka ane maMtrasAdhanA aMdhatva pAmyA pachInAM kizorAvasthAnAM varSomAM paMDitajInI pravRttinuM eka mukhya kendra te jaina upAzraya hato. 1 lImalI jaina sAdhusAdhvIonA vihAramAM vacce AvatuM gAma hovAthI kaccha, saurASTra, gujarAta ane mAravADa tarapha vihAra karanArAM sAdhusAdhvIo tyAM mukAma karatAM. upAzrayamAM sagavaDa sArI hatI. lokono AdarabhAva paNa sAro raheto. eTale keTalAMka sAdhusAdhvI to eka mahino lImalImAM rokAtAM. aMdhatvane kAraNe tathA vidyA tarapha potAnI vadhatI jatI rUcine kAraNe paMDitajI rojeroja upAzrayamAM jatA ane vakhatovakhata tyAM padhAratAM sAdhusAdhvInA saMparkamAM rahetA ane temanI vaiyAvacca karatA. kyAreka teo rAtanA upAzrayamAM ja sUI jatA. dareka sAdhusAdhvI pAsethI temane kaMIka navuM jANavA maLatuM. Akho divasa teo navarA hovAne kAraNe temane sUtro vagere kaMThastha karavAnuM mana thayuM hatuM. ucca svare teo sUtro sArI rIte bolI zakatA. sUtronI sAthe maMtrI paNa zIkhavAnuM emaNe cAlu karyuM. eka evI mAnyatA che ke sAdhusaMnyAsIonI hRdayapUrvaka jo ApaNe sevA-cAkarI karIe to teo ApaNane gupta vidyAo zikhavADe tathA maMtrataMtranI gupta sAdhanA-paddhati paNa batAve. sAdhuonA nikaTanA saMparkamAM AvavAne kAraNe paMDitajIne paNa evI IcchA thaI hatI. emanI yogyatA jANIne jANakAra sAdhuo paDitajIne maMtra ane taMtranI sAdhanA kevI rIte karavI, te pratyekanuM zuM phaLa hoya che vagere samajAvatA, paMDitajI e badhAmAM evA niSNAta thatA gayA ke vakhata jatAM keTalAMka sAdhusAdhvIo aMdha sukhalAla pratye mAnathI jotAM ane vaLI keTalAMka navadIkSita sAdhusAdhvI paMDitajI pAsethI zIkhavAnI IcchA dharAvatAM ethI gAmanA lokomAM paMDitajInuM mAna vadhI gayuM hatuM. lImalImAM paMDitajInA eka samayavayaska mitra gulAbacaMdane paNa A viSayamAM rasa paDyo hato. pachIthI to teo baMne sAthe maLIne keTalIka maMtrasAdhanA karavA lAgyA hatA. e divasomAM sAyalAmAM megharAjajI mahArAja nAmanA eka sthAnakavAsI vayovRddha sAdhu birAjamAna hatA. teo paNa maMtravidyAnA sArA jANakAra hatA. eka vakhata paMDitajIe jANyuM ke akkalaberAnI mALAthI jo jApa karIe to vizeSa lAbha thAya

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jaina sAdhuono saMparka ane maMtrasAdhanA * 37 che. paNa rudrAkSanI jema akkalaberA paNa sAcA che ke nakalI tenI khabara kevI rIte paDe? paMDitajIne eka cAraNe jaMgalamAMthI akkalaberA lAvI ApyA. have tenI kasoTI karavAnI hatI. megharAjajI mahArAje teno nusakho batAvyo. be jaNa potApotAnA hAthamAM ughADI talavAra laIne UbhA rahe ane vacce nIce jamIna para alaberAnI mALA mUkavAmAM Ave. jo alaberA sAcA hoya to talavAra alaberA tarapha kheMcAIne nIce vaLavA mAMDe. paMDitajI ane gulAbacaMde guptapaNe A prayoga karI joyo hato. ane te pramANe thatAM khAtarI thaI ke alaberA sAcA che. eTale teoe sAta rUpiyAmAM e mALA kharIdI lIdhI. eka sarasa DabbImAM ghareNAMnI jema teo ene sAcavavA lAgyA. A vAta dhIme dhIme gAmamAM prasaravA lAgI ane pachI to evI havA baMdhAI ke sukhalAla maMtravidyAnA moTA jANakAra che. lImalImAM eka vakhata mUrtipUjaka saMpradAyanA hitavijayajI nAmanA muni mahArAja padhAryA hatA. emaNe paMDitajIne navasmaraNamAMnA tiLayapatta nAmanA sUtranA maMtranI sAdhanA yaMtra vaDe kevI rIte karavI te batAvyuM hatuM. yaMtra dorI pachI kapUra ane caMdanathI arcana karI, pachI sAdhanA karIne e yaMtrane dhoIne e jala jene kaMI tAva, darda, vighna ityAdi hoya tene pIvA mATe ApavAthI te maTI jAya che. A maMtra-yaMtranI sAdhanAno prayoga paMDitajIe ghaNI vAra karyo hato. taduparAMta navasmaraNamAMthI bhaktAmara stotra ane kalyANamaMdira stotranAM yaMtronI sAdhanA paNa emaNe zIkhI lIdhI hatI. navakAra maMtrano nava lAkha vAra jApa karavAnI vidhi jANI laIne te pramANe emaNe jApa paNa karyA hatA. paraMtu maMtrasAdhanAnA paMDitajInA prayogo dareka vakhate saphaLa thatA nahi. lImalImAM koI eka chokarIne sApe daMza mAryo hato. tyAre enuM viSa utAravA emaNe moTe svare maMtra japa karyo hato. paraMtu tenuM kazuM pariNAma AvyuM nahotuM. evI ja rIte bIjo eka prayoga paNa niSphaLa gayo hato. chappaniyA dukALa pachI pitAjI eka bheMsa moMghA bhAve lAvyA hatA. paraMtu pADIne janma ApyA pachI bheMsa dUdha ApatI baMdha thaI gaI hatI. pADI paNa marI gaI. moMghA bhAvanI bheMsa dUdha na Ape to tethI moTuM nukasAna thAya. paMDitajIe bheMsane vijaya paTutta'nuM pANI pAyuM. ethI eka vakhata bheMse jarAka dUdha ApyuM, paNa pachI pharIthI prayoga karavA chatAM e bheMsa kAyamane mATe dUdha ApatI baMdha thaI gaI hatI. yauvanamAM pravezatAM paMDitajIe keTalAMka varSa maMtrataMtra-yaMtranI sAdhanAnA prayogo zraddhApUrvaka karyA hatA, paNa pachI zAstrAbhyAmAM rasa paDatAM. maMtrataMtranI sAdhanAmAMthI emano rasa UDI gayo hato.

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kAzI pahoMcyA upAzrayamAM niyamita javAthI ane sAdhusAdhvIonA saMparkathI paMDitajIne saMskRta zloko ane prAkRta gAthAo kaMThastha karavAno sAro mahAvaro thavA lAgyo. artha tarata na samajAya, paNa jema jema mahAvaro vadhato gayo tema tema keTalAye saMskRta ane prAkRta zabdonA artha temane AvaDavA lAgyA. pariNAme saMskRta bhASA mATe paMDitajIne Adara ane ruci thavA lAgyAM hatAM. - paMDitajInI AMkhe aMdhatva AvyuM te pachInA arasAmAM, vi. saM. 1959-60 (I. sa. 1903-04)mAM bhAvanagarathI prakAzita thatA jaina dharmaprakAza' nAmanA sAmayikamAM evA samAcAra chapAyelA ke gujarAtamAMthI zrI dharmavijyajI nAmanA eka muni mahArAja potAnA celAo tathA vidyArthIone laIne kAzI javAnA che ane tyAM teone rAkhIne saMskRta bhASA, sAhitya ane zAstromAM pAraMgata karavAnA che. A samAcAranI jANa thatAM paMDitajIne kAzI jaI saMskRta bhASA-sAhityano abhyAsa karavAnI jhaMkhanA thaI. paraMtu TheTha kAzI sudhI javuM ane rahevuM e aMdhatvane kAraNe paMDitajI mATe ghaNuM muzkela hatuM. eTale potAnI IcchA pitAjI ke moTA bhAI AgaLa vyakta karatAM temane saMkoca thato hato. potAnI abhilASAne paMDitajI manamAM ja samAvI rAkhatA. paraMtu tyAra pachI paMDitajIe vicAryuM ke potAne AvI sthitimAM kAzImAM muni dharmavijayajI rAkhe ke kema e pahelAM jANI levuM joIe ane e paNa gupta rIte jANavuM joIe. jo emanI hA Ave to te pachI ja vaDIlone e vize vAta karavI joIe. e mATe paMDitajIe gupta rIte eka mitra dvArA patra lakhIne mitranA saranAme javAba Ave e rIte patravyavahAra karyo. kAzIthI muni dharmavijayajIno javAba Avyo ke "tame bhale AMkhe na dekhI zakatA ho, chatAM kAzI AvI zako cho, vIramagAmathI keTalAka vidyArthIo kAzI AvavAnA che. emanI saMgAthe tame Avajo. e mATe tame vIramagAma jaIne tyAM "kAzI jaina pAThazALA'nI ophisamAM enA sekreTarIne maLajo, huM paNa temane sIdhI sUcanA lakhuM chuM.' muni dharmavijayajInI saMmati maLatAM paMDitajI atyaMta rAjI thayA ane utsAhamAM AvI gayA. manamAM pAko nirNaya karyo ke gharanAM loko game teTalo virodha kare topaNa tenI darakAra na karatAM avazya kAzI javuM.

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kAzI pahoMcyA * 39 e divasomAM lImalImAM acAnaka marakI plega)no rogacALo phATI nIkaLelo. eTale lImalI gAma choDIne ghaNA loko sthaLAMtara karI gayelA. paMDitajInA pitA ane kuTuMbanA keTalAka sabhyo bAjumAM muMjapura gAme rahevA cAlyA gayA hatA. paMDitajI ane bIjA becAra jaNa mULI gAme rahevA gayelA. paMDitajI mULImAM hatA tyAre A patra Avyo. pitAjIne e vize vAta karavAnI teo taka zodhatA hatA. tyAM korTanA koI kAmakAja aMge pitAjI eka divasa mULI AvyA hatA. paMDitajIe e divase anukULa taka joIne pitAjIne bhAvapUrvaka vAta karI. vaLI pitAjIne kahyuM ke "tame mane nA pADIne amaMgaLa ke apazukana karazo nahi, kAraNa ke huM kAzI javAno chuM te javAno ja chuM e nizcita che." paristhiti samajI jaIne pitAjIe nA to na pADI, paNa teo mUMjhAyA. zuM bolavuM tenI emane samaja na paDI, paNa chevaTe ema kahyuM ke "tuM Aje mArI sAthe ghare cAla. tyAM jaIne vicArIzuM." paMDitajI pitAjI sAthe rAtre ghare pahoMcyA. pitAjInA manamAM ema hatuM ke thoDo vakhata jaro eTale Ubharo zamI jaze. ghare bhAbhIe vAta sAMbhaLI eTale e paNa acaMbAmAM paDI gayAM, gharanA darekanA manamAM mukhya ciMtA e hatI ke aMdhatvane kAraNe paMDitajI kAzImAM kevI rIte rahI zakaze? emane koNa sAcavaze? paraMtu paMDitajI potAnI vAtamAM makkama hatA. emanA eka moTA bhAI khuzAlacaMda vaDhavANamAM hatA. eTale pitAjI, paMDitajI ane emanA gharamAM rahetA phaInA dIkarA cUnIlAla e traNe vaDhavANa AvyA. vaDhavANamAM teo khuzAlacaMdane maLyA. khuzAlacaMda to garama thaI gayA. emaNe kahyuM, 'tuM jAya pachI amAre gAmamAM, sagAMsaMbadhIomAM moTuM zuM batAvavuM? sau koI evo ja artha kare ke mAthethI bhAra utAryo. tAre saMskRta bhaNavuM hoya to ahIM kyAM nathI bhaNAtuM ? e mATe koI paMDitanI vyavasthA karIzuM." pitAjIno ane khuzAlacaMdano vicAra paMDitajIne kAzI jatA rokavAno hato, paraMtu paMDitajIno makkama nirdhAra joIne teoe chevaTe thoDuM namatuM ApyuM ane ema nakkI karyuM ke pahelAM viramagAma jaIne tapAsa karavI. pachI nirNaya levo. - vaDhavANathI khuzAlacaMda sAthe paMDitajI vIramagAma javA nIkaLyA. vIramagAma bAjunI TrenamAM javAno paMDitajInA jIvanamAM A pahelo prasaMga hato. Akhe raste khuzAlacaMde kAzI na javA mATe samajAvyA karyuM, paraMtu paMDitajIe jANe e sAMbhaLyuM ja na hoya tema mauna ja rahyA. vIramagAmamAM teo potAnI phoI pArvatIbahenanA ghare UtaryA. paMDitajInI kAzI javAnI vAta sAMbhaLI phoIe baMne bhAIono UdhaDo lIdho, AthI moTA bhAIne to joItuM hatuM tevuM thayuM. paNa vIramagAma AvyA chIe eTale kAzInI saMsthAnA sekreTarIone

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40 * paMDita sukhalAlajI maLavuM joIe ema lAgyuM. te vakhate ratnacaMdrajI ane choTAlAla trikamalAla pArekha e be A saMsthAnA sekreTarI hatA. paMDitajI ane khuzAlacaMda teone maLyA. paMDitajInI apaMga jevI sthiti joIne teo navAI pAmyA. teo baMnee mAMhomAMhe aMgrejImAM vAta karI. paMDitajI aMgrejI jANatA nahotA, paNa khuzAlacaMda samajatA hatA. sekreTarIono Azaya paMDitajIne mokalavAno nahoto, kAraNa ke tyAM aMdhavyakti kevI rIte raheze ane emanI saMbhALa koNa leze? sekreTarIoe kahyuM ke kAzIthI dharmavijayajI mahArAjano sukhalAla mATe koI patra Avyo nathI. vaLI kAzI javAvALA bIjA koI vidyArthI haju AvyA nathI. eTale saMgAthano prazna paNa Ubho thAya che. eTale ame kAzI patra lakhIe chIe. eno javAba AvatAM haju thoDA divasa lAgaze. mATe tamAre ahIM viramagAmamAM rahevuM hoya to ahIM raho athavA ghare javuM hoya to ghare jaI zako cho, javAba Avaze eTale ame tamane jaNAvIzuM." teo tyAMthI pAchA pharyA. pachI khuzAlacaMde rastAmAM kahyuM, sukhalAla, baMne sekreTarIonI tane mokalavAnI bilakula IcchA nathI. teonI aMgrejImAM thayelI vAtacIta parathI mane e spaSTa samajAI gayuM che." AvI paristhitimAM paMDitajIe khuzAlacaMdane kahyuM, "to pachI ApaNe vIramagAmathI vaDhavANa pAchA jaIe. huM vaDhavANAmAM thoDA divasa rokAIza. temano javAba Avaze to ThIka, nahi to huM lImalI ghare pAcho cAlyo AvIza." paMDitajI vaDhavANamAM hatA tyAM aThavADiyAmAM vIramagAmathI vaDhavANa tAra Avyo ke "sukhalAlane kAzI javAnI saMmati maLI gaI che. mATe jaladI viramagAma mokalo." khuzAlacaMda ane paMDitajI taiyArI karIne viramagAma pahoMcI gayA. bIjA snehIo paNa vaLAvavA AvyA, paMDitajI potAnA nirNayamAM makkama ane svastha hatA. khuzAlacaMda ane snehIo gaLagaLA thaI gayA. paMDitajI sAthe nAnAlAla nAmanA prAMtijanI zALAnA zikSaka AvavAnA hatA. baMne A bAjuno pravAsa pahelI vAra karavAnA hatA, baMne binaanubhavI hatA. paMDitajIne viramagAma sTezanethI cheka kAzInA rAjaghATa sTezane pahoMcavAnuM hatuM. vi. saM. 1960nA caitra mahinAno unALo hato. Trena dvArA eTalo pravAsa karavAnuM e divasomAM saraLa nahotuM. traNeka ThekANe gADI badalavI paDatI. dareka TrenamAM kudaratI hAjata mATenI sagavaDa hoya ja evuM nahotuM. dekhatA mANasane paNa kaMTALo Ave ane kadAca trAsa paNa paDe to paMDitajInI to zI sthiti thAya ? emanI sAthe AvelA bIjA bhAI nAnAlAla AvA pravAsanA binaanubhavI ane svabhAve moLA tathA bhIru hatA. paMDitajI ane nAnAlAlane e paNa khabara nahotI ke vacce kayAM kayAM sTezano Ave che. tathA moTA sTezanoe gADI keTalI miniTa UbhI rahe che. teo je gADImAM beThA hatA emAM phakta besavAnI sagavaDa hatI. laghuzaMkAdi mATe sagavaDa nahotI. e

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kAzI pahoMcyA * 41 mATe to TrenamAMthI UtarI sTezana para pleTaphormamAM rAkhelI sagavaDano upayoga karavAno raheto. paraMtu ema karavA jatAM Trena UpaDI jAya to zuM karavuM? paMDitajI ane nAnAlAlane judA judA sTezane maLatI navI navI mIThAIo ane anya vAnagIo khAvAno rasa lAgyo. paraMtu tyAra pachI laghuzaMkAnI kudaratI hAjata dabAvI rAkhavI paDI. chevaTe rahevAya nahi eTale mAravADamAM morI beDA nAmanA sTezana para sAmAna sAthe teone UtarI javuM paDyuM. eTalI vAramAM gADI to UpaDI gaI. teo baMne sTezana mAstara pAse pahoMcyA. sTezana mAstara gujarAtI hatA. eTale temanI vAta sahAnubhUtipUrvaka sAMbhaLI pachI eka gADI javA daI bIjI je phAsTa gADI hatI temAM saMDAsavALA DabbAmAM temane besADyA. AvI hADamArIvALI musApharI karatAM karatAM teo baMne AgrA pahoMcyA. tyAM gADI badalIne bIjI gADImAM beThA. chevaTe jyAre kAzInA rAjaghATa nAmanA sTezane UtaryA tyAre rAta paDI gaI hatI. eTale gAmamAM jatAM Dara lAgato hato. kAraNa ke paMDitajIe lallujI muni pAsethI sAMbhaLyuM hatuM ke 'vArA dhUrtavat'. eTale koI chetarI na jAya eTalA mATe sTezana pAsenI dharmazALAmAM teo rAta rokAyA, bIje divase savAre ghoDAgADI karIne teo yazovijayajI jaina pAThazALAmAM pahoMcyA. tyAM paMDitajI zrI dharmavijayajI mahArAjane pahelI ja vAra maLyA ane potAno kRtajJatAno bhAva darzAvyo. mahArAjazrIe temanuM evuM umaLakAbhera svAgata karyuM ke viramagAmathI kAzI AvavAnuM paMDitajInuM rastAnuM kaSTa visarAI gayuM.

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kAzImAM pAThazALAmAM abhyAsa paMDitajI jemano saMgAtha karIne kAzI pahoMcyA e nAnAlAla to kAzImAM AvatAMnI sAthe ja mAMdA paDyA. emanI mAMdagI eTalI vadhI gaI ke tarata emane potAne vatana prAMtIja pAchA mokalavA paDyA. tyAM pahoMcyA pachI tarata teo gujarI gayA. paMDitajIe noMdhyuM che ke A nAnAlAla jANe potAne kAzI mUkavA mATe ja AvyA hoya evuM thayuM. zAsanasamrATa zrI vijyanemisUri mahArAjanA eka gurubaMdhu ane zrI vRddhicaMdrajInA prakhara ziSya je 'kAzIvALA' tarIke oLakhAya che te zrI vijayadharmasUri mahArAje emanA jamAnAmAM je eka bhagIratha kArya karyuM hatuM te potAnA ziSyone laI jaIne kAzImAM zrIyazovijayajI jaina pAThazALA' sthApavAnuM hatuM, gujarAtamAM mAMDalathI Theka kAzI sudhIno vihA2 bahu muzkelIbharyo hato, kAraNa ke jaMgalomAMthI javAnuM hatuM. mukAma karavA mATe keTalAMka ThekANe makAno na hoya to khullAmAM rAtrimukAma karavo paDato. jainonAM ghara nahotAM,eTale game te rIte gocarInI vyavasthA karavI paDatI. kAzI teo pahoMcyA tyAre jainone koI makAna bhADe ApavA taiyAra nahi. chevaTe dUranA ujjaDa vistAramAM khaMDiyera jevI eka jarjarita dharmazALAnuM makAna bhADe maLI gayuM. bAbu dhanapatasiMhanI dharmazALAnuM e makAna hatuM. mahArAjazrI. emanA cha sAdhuo ane bAra vidyArthIo sAthe tyAM rahevA AvyA ane pagAradAra paMDito pAse abhyAsa karavA lAgyA. dharmazALAnuM makAna paDuM paDuM thaI rahyuM hatuM. jyAre joradAra pavana phUMkAya ane dhodhamAra varasAda paDe tyAre badhA makAnamAMthI bahAra nIkaLI jaIne bIje Azraya letA. pAThazALAnI khyAti evI vadhavA lAgI ke uttara bhArata, madhyapradeza, gujarAta, rAjasthAna vagerethI vidyArthIo AvavA lAgyA hatA. ajaina vidyArthIone paNa mahArAjazrI dAkhala karatA. paMDitajI jyAre bhaNavA AvyA tyAre pAThazALAmAM pacIsathI vadhu vidyArthIo thaI gayA hAta. paMDitajI kAzI pahoMcyA tyAre caitra mahino cAlu thayo hato. have suda pAMcamano divasa Avyo. paMcamIno divasa vidyAraMbha mATe sAro gaNAya che. te divasa ja zrI. dharmavijyajI mahArAjanA ziSya zrI amIvijyajI mahArAje abhidhAna

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kAzImAM pAThazALAmAM abhyAsa * 43 ciMtAmaNi'no pahelo zloka paMDitajIne uccArAvI vidyAbhyAsano AraMbha karAvyo hato. paMDitajIe kayA viSayano abhyAsa karavo tenI vicAraNA thatAM amIvijayajI mahArAje kahyuM ke tame hemacaMdrAcAryakata siddhahema zabdAnuzAsana' nAmanuM vyAkaraNa bhaNo." paMDitajIe e vyAkaraNanuM nAma jiMdagImAM pahelI vAra sAMbhaLyuM. temaNe pANininA siddhAnta kaumudI'nuM nAma sAMbhaLyuM hatuM. eTale emanI icchA e vyAkaraNa bhaNavAnI hatI. paNa zrI amIvijayajI mahArAje kahyuM ke "siddhahaima vyAkaraNa to sarvAgINa che. e pUruM karavuM saheluM nathI. tamArA jevA jaina jo A vyAkaraNa nahi bhaNe, to zuM brAhmaNo e bhaNaze? bIjA badhA "siddhahaima sAta hajAra zloka pramANe laghuvRtti sAthe bhaNe che. tame aDhAra hajAra zloka pramANa brahadravRtti sAthe bhaNI zakazozrI amIvijayajI mahArAjanI bhalAmaNa anusAra paMDitajIe e pramANe "siddhahaima' vyAkaraNa brahavRtti sAthe bhaNavAnuM cAlu karyuM. pAThazALAmAM bRhadravRtti sAthe bhaNanAra mAtra teo ekalA ja hatA. vaLI pAThazALAnA badhA vidyArthIomAM uMmaramAM teo sauthI moTA hatA. covIsa varSanI umare emaNe vyAkaraNa cAlu karyuM. eTale pAThazALAmAM emanuM mAna ghaNuM vadhI gayuM. zrI vijayadharmasUrijIe pAThazALAnA vidyArthIo ane sAdhuonA abhyAsa mATe sAro pagAra ApIne be paMDito rAkhyA hatA. eka paMDita te aMbAdatta zAstrI ane bIjA te harinArAyaNa tivArI. aMbAdatta zAstrI te samayanA kAzInA suprasiddha naiyAyika sItArAma zAstrInA ziSya hatA. harinArAyaNa tivArI te samayanA bhArata vikhyAta vaiyAkaraNI zivakumAra zAstrInA ziSya hatA. baMne paMDito potAnA viSamAM pAraMgata hatA. aMbAdata zAstrI nyAyadarzana ane kAvyasAhitya bhaNAvatA hatA. harinArAyaNa tivArI vyAkaraNa bhaNAvatA. teo baMne bhaNAvavA mATe utsAhI hatA. aMbAdatta zAstrI pAse badhA sAdhuo bhaNavA besatA. zrI vijayadharmasUri pote paNa bhaNavA besatA. harinArAyaNa tivArI pAse paMDitajI vyAkaraNa bhaNatA. potAne harinArAyaNa tivArI jevA samartha guru pAse vyAkaraNa bhaNavAno avasara sAMpaDyo ene potAnA jIvananA eka uttama yoga tarIke paMDitajIe oLakhAvyo che. paMDitajIe "siddhahema' vyAkaraNa zIkhavAnuM cAlu karyuM tyAre zrI amIvijayajI mahArAje paMDitajIne protsAhita karIne evI bAdhA levaDAvI hatI ke jyAM sudhI vyAkaraNano abhyAsa pUro na thAya tyAM sudhI bIjo koI viSaya zIkhavo nahi. jethI emanuM citta bIjA viSayo mATe caMcala na thatAM potAnA viSayamAM barAbara kendrita thAya. bhaNanAranuM vividha viSayo bhaNavA mATe mana lalacAya e svAbhAvika che. paNa ema viSayo badalavAthI eka viSayamAM vidyArthI, pAraMgata jaladI na thaI zake. zrI amIvijayajIe jyAre bAdhA levaDAvI te vakhate paMDitajIne mATe keTalIka muzkelIo hatI, paNa te najIvI hatI. vastutaH ethI paMDitajIne ekaMdare lAbha thayo che. jo bAdhA

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ja * paMDita sukhalAlajI na lIdhI hota to traNa varSamAM vyAkaraNamAM teo je rIte pAraMgata thaI gayA tevA na thaI zakyA hota. pAThazALAnA makAnamAM comAsAmAM chAparAmAMthI aMdara pANI vadhu TapakavA lAgyuM hatuM. eTale pAThazALA mATe navuM makAna levAnI AvazyakatA UbhI thaI hatI. paraMtu e mATe nANAMnI jarUra hatI. mahArAjazrIe e mATe je phaMDa ekatra karyuM hatuM temAM zrI veNIcaMda suracaMde sAro umero karI Apyo hato. taduparAMta muMbaInA zrI vIracaMda dIpacaMda ane zrI gokulacaMda mULacaMde paNa Arthika sahAya karI hatI. teoe kAzImAM aMgrejI koThI nAmanuM jANItuM pAMca mALAnuM makAna potAnA nAme kharIdIne pAThazALA calAvavA mahArAjazrIne soMpyuM. A eka aitihAsika makAna hatuM ke jemAM thiyosophiTa zrImatI enI besanTe kAzImAM zikSaNa ApavuM zarU karyuM hatuM. A pAMca mALAnA navA makAnamAM jagyAnI vizALatAne kAraNe vidyArthIone rahevA tathA bhaNavAnI sagavaDa vadhI. vaLI bIjI navI navI pravRttio mATe paNa avakAza sAMpaDyo. A makAnamAM trIje mALe paMDitajIne eka rUma ApavAmAM AvI hatI. paMDitajInI rUmamAM zAntilAla kasturacaMda uparAMta popaTalAla nAmanA eka vidyArthI hatA. paMDitajIne emanI sAthe sAro manameLa thayo hato. paraMtu popaTalAlane vAtAvaraNa phAvatuM nahi. vaLI temane zrama bharelA zAstrAbhyAsane badale yogAbhyAsamAM vizeSa rasa hato. teo paMDitajIne khAnagImAM kahetA ke "sukhalAlabhAI, saMskRta bhaNavAmAM ghaNI mAthAkUTa che. mane emAM jarAya rasa paDato nathI. AnA karatAM yogAbhyAsa sAva sahelo che. mATe cAlo ApaNe vatanamAM pAchA jaIne tyAM yogAbhyAsa karIe." paMDitajI paNa jyAre vatanamAM hatA tyAre emane giranAramAM jaIne yogAbhyAsa karavAnI icchA thayelI. eTale yogAbhyAsanI vAta sAMbhaLIne emanuM mana pIgaLyuM. e mATe manomaMthana cAlyuM. paNa chevaTe samagrapaNe vicAratAM temane lAgyuM ke ema pAThazALA ane vyAkaraNano abhyAsa choDIne dezamAM cAlyA javAnuM yogya nathI. eTale teo popaTalAlanI sAthe vatanamAM pAchA na jatAM kAzImAM ja rokAyA. paMDitajInI sAthe kAzInI e pAThazALAmAM bhaNavA mATe vaDhavANavALA ujamazI mAstara ane emanA bhAI khImacaMda mAstara AvyA hatA. taduparAMta maDhaDAvALA zivajI devazI hatA. emanI sAthe emanA be kacchI sahacArIo hatA. paMDita becaradAsa, paMDita haragoviMdadAsa, paMDita zAntilAla kasturacaMda vagere paNa hatA. paMDitajInI eka bAjunI rUmamAM zrI mohanavijayajI mahArAja ane bIjI bAjunI rUmamAM zrI amIvijayajI mahArAja hatA. paMDitajI aMdha hatA eTale badhA emanI saMbhALa barAbara rAkhatA. emAM paNa vaDhavANavALA ujamazI mAstara ane emanA bhAI to svajananI jema ja paMDitajInuM dhyAna rAkhatA.

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kAzImAM pAThazALAmAM abhyAsa * 45 pAThazALAmAM paMDitajIne saMskRta bhaNAvavA AvanArA paMDitomAM janArdana nAmanA eka dakSiNI paMDita paNa hatA. teo pAThazALAmAM roja pAMca kalAka bhaNAvatA. emano pagAra tyAre mahine sAta rUpiyA hato. paMDitajInI taiyArI ane jarUriyAta joI vijayadharmasUrijIe emane mATe vadhAre pagAra ApIne e paMDitano eka kalAka vadhArI Apyo hato. janArdana paMDitanA uccAro atyaMta spaSTa hovAthI paMDitajIne emanI pAse bhaNavAnuM phAvatuM ane gamatuM. paMDita eka kalAka navuM bhaNAvatA ane eka kalAka jUnuM kiMThastha kareluM, hoya teno mukhapATha letA, Ama be kalAkamAM kAma patI jatuM. paMDitajI jAte vAMcI zake nahi, eTale emanI evI IcchA hatI ke temane mATe koI pagAradAra vAcaka rAkhavAmAM Ave to sAruM ke jethI potAno samaya ane zaktino barAbara lAbha uThAvAya. paraMtu saMkocane kAraNe teo e mATe mahArAjazrIne kahI zakatA nahotA. temane vyAkaraNanAM sUtro vagere gokhavAnI evI dhUna lAgI hatI ke khAtAM-pItAM, UThatA-besatAM basa enuM raTaNa ja cAlatuM. punarAvartana karatI vakhate teo sUtronuM arthaciMtana paNa karatA. koI artha na samajAya to teo adhyApaka tivArIjIne pUchI letA. "paMDitajIe hemacaMdrAcAryanuM vyAkaraNa bRhadravRtti sAthe cAreka varSamAM evI sarasa rIte kaMThastha karI lIdhuM ane enA punarAvartananA saMskAra eTalA badhA daDha banyA hatA ke jIvananA aMta sudhI game tyAre koI kaMI pUche to teo adhyAya, pAda ane sUtra udAharaNa sahita tarata kahI zakatA. paMDitajInI A kaMI jevI tevI siddhi nahotI. paMDitajIe saMskRta vyAkaraNa artha sAthe evuM barAbara karyuM hatuM ke hemacaMdrAcAryanA e vyAkaraNanA chellA AThamA adhyAyamAM ApeluM prAkRta bhASAnuM vyAkaraNa paNa emane jAte ja karatAM AvaDI gayuM hatuM. Ama hemacaMdrAcAryanA vyAkaraNano cAra varSa sudhI satata abhyAsa karavAne kAraNe paMDitajIne saMskRta bhASAmAM asmalita bolavAno mahAvaro paNa thaI ja gayo hato. taduparAMta tyAra pachI prAkRta - ardhamAgadhImAM paNa teo pravAhabaddha bolI zakatA hatA. A abhyAsane pariNAme paMDitajInI evI pAkI zraddhA thaI gaI hatI ke sarva zAstronA abhyAsa mATe vyAkaraNano abhyAsa anivArya che. bhAratIya paraMparAnA RSio ane vidvAnonI je mAnyatA che ke vyAkaraNanA jJAnathI bAkInAM badhAM zAstro sArI rIte samajavAnI cAvI maLI jAya che te vAta sAcI che. paMDitajIne anubhave e samajAI gayuM hatuM. paMDitajIe saMskRta vyAkaraNa zIkhavAnuM zarU karyuM tyAre zrI amIvijayajI mahArAje yogya rIte vicArIne ja emane bAdhA ApI hatI ke jyAM sudhI vyAkaraNano abhyAsa cAlato hoya tyAM sudhI bIjA viSaya zIkhavA tarapha citta na doDAvavuM. bIjA viSayomAM

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46 * paMDita sukhalAlajI jo vadhu rasa paDe to saMskRta vyAkaraNanA adhyayanamAMthI rasa UDI jAya, kAraNa ke vyAkaraNano viSaya mAthAkUTavALo hoya che. paMDitajIe e bAdhAnuM barAbara pAlana karyuM. ethI emane lAbha ja thayo. tyAra pachI phAjala samayamAM aMbAdatta zAstrI pAse nyAyazAstra zIkhavAmAM emane rasa paDyo. eka divasa eka aMgreja pAdarI pAThazALAmAM AvelA. emanI sAthe aMbAdatta zAstrIe saMskRtamAM vArtAlApa karyo. paMDitajIne paNa evI rIte saMskRtamAM bolavAnI mahattvAkAMkSA thaI eTale emaNe vyAkaraNa zAstranA adhyayananI sAthe sAthe nyAyazAstranA graMtho tarkasaMgraha, muktAvalI', paMcavAda vagereno paNa abhyAsa zarU karyo. nyAyazAstramAM paMDitajIne bahu rasa paDyo. aMbAdata zAstrI pAse je vidyArthIo nyAyazAstra zIkhI rahyA hatA tenA karatAM paMDitajImAM vadhu grahaNazakti hatI. eTale tejasvI vidyArthI maLatAM zikSakano jIva khIlI UThe tevo anubhava aMbAdatta zAstrIne thayo hato. pachIthI to paMDitajI paNa aMbAdatta zAstrInI sUcanA anusAra pAThazALAmAM bIjA vidyArthIone zIkhavavA lAgyA hatA. nyAyazAstranA adhyayananI sAthe sAthe paMDitajI saMskRta mahAkAvyonA adhyayana tarapha vaLyA. "raghuvaMza', "kirAtArjunIya', "zizupAlavadha, naiSadhIyacarita' vagere mahAkAvyonuM adhyayana emaNe paMDito pAse karI lIdhuM. prAkRta mahAkAvyonuM adhyayana to emaNe jAte ja karI lIdhuM hatuM. mahAkAvyano sArI rIte AsvAda meLavavo hoya to alaMkArazAstrano abhyAsa karavo joIe. eTale emaNe adhyApaka pAse aMlakArazAstranA graMtha "sAhityadarpaNano abhyAsa karyo. e abhyAsamAM pAThazALAnA vrajalAla nAmanA eka brAhmaNa vidyArthI paNa joDAyA hatA. paMDitajI karatAM vrajalAla uMmaramAM nAnA hatA, paNa tejasvI hatA, paMDitajIne emanI sAthe sArI AtmIyatA thaI gaI hatI. Ama, vi. saM. 1960thI 1964 (I. sa. 1904thI 1908) sudhInAM cAra varSanA gALAmAM paMDitajIe pAThazALAmAM rahIne saMskRta ane prAkRta bhASAno, tarkazAstrano, vyAkaraNano ane enA sAhityano ghaNo saMgIna abhyAsa karI lIdho hato.

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sametazikharanI yAtrA kAzImAM pAThazALAnuM kArya have vyavasthita goThavAI gayuM hatuM. mahArAjazrIne lAgyuM ke jaina sAdhu tarIke pote ane ziSyoe vihAra paNa karavo joIe. e mATe emaNe sametazikharanI yAtrAno vicAra karyo. mahArAjazrI yuvAna hatA, adamya utsAhI hatA, vihAranAM kaSTa sahana karavAnI tatparatAvALA, anubhavavALA hatA, dharmapracAranI dhagazavALA hatA, tIrthayAtrAnI bhAvanAvALA hatA. eTale emaNe bihAra ane baMgALamAM jaI sametazikhara, pAvApurI, rAgRhI vagere tIrthonI yAtrA mATe Ayojana karyuM. thoDAka sAdhuo ane thoDAka vidyArthIo kAzImAM rahe ane thoDAka yAtrAmAM joDAya e rIte emaNe Ayojana karyuM hatuM. emanI sAthe emanA cAra sAdhu ziSyo hatA. pagapALA AvI zake evA vIsa vidyArthIo pasaMda karavAmAM AvyA hatA. bIjA vIsa vidyArthIo TrenamAM paTanA AvI emanI sAthe joDAya ema rAkhyuM hatuM. kAzInareze ane eka zrImaMta jaina zreSThIe tamAma kharcanI rakamanI jogavAI karI ApI hatI. mahArAjazrIno prabhAva eTalo badho hato ke gorA kalekTare rAtrimukAma daramiyAna teone rakSaNa maLe e mATe polIsakhAtA upara bhalAmaNapatra lakhI Apyo hato. rAtrimukAma mATe koI makAna na maLe to taMbUo tANIne rAtrimukAma karavA mATe taMbUo ApavAmAM AvyA hatA. rojano vIsa pacIsa mAIlano vihAra hato. je vidyArthIone tIrthayAtrAmAM na joDAvuM hoya teone mATe pAThazALAmAM vadhu vidyAbhyAsa karavA mATenI jogavAI paNa rAkhI hatI. paMDitajInA manamAM dvidhA hatI ke AgaLa abhyAsa karavo ke tIrthayAtrA karavI. teo tIrthayAtrAmAM joDAya to emane mATe badhI vyavasthA barAbara karavAmAM Avaze evI vAta mahArAjazrIe paMDitajIne karI hatI. chevaTe paMDitajIe sametazikharanI yAtrAmAM joDAvAno nirNaya karyo. - cAturmAsa pUrNa thatAM mahArAjazrIe kArtika pUrNimAne divase sametazikharanI yAtrA mATe prasthAna karyuM. sAdhuo, vidyArthIo, nokaro ane gADAMvALAo ema pacAseka mANasano kAphalo hato. cAlatAM je thAkI jAya te gADAmAM bese evI chUTa hatI. mahArAjazrI sAthe emanA sAdhu ziSyoe to vihAra ja karavAno hato, paNa ghaNAkharA vidyArthIo paNa pagapALA ja yAtrA karavAnA hatA. paMDitajIne cAlavAnuM ke gADAmAM

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48 * paMDita sukhalAlajI besavAnuM na zake, eTale emanA mATe judo ekko karavAmAM Avyo hato. paMDitajIne achabaDA nIkaLI gayA pachI navI AvelI cAmaDIvALA page lAMbuM cAlavAnuM phAvatuM nahi. mahArAjazrI paMDitajInI ghaNI kALajI letA. paMDitajI potAno abhyAsa choDIne yAtrAmAM joDAyA hatA. eTale mahArAjazrI temanI vadhAre darakAra rAkhatA. paMDitajInuM mana kAzImAM hatuM ane tana yAtrAmAM hatuM, to paNa yAtrAthI je lAbha thayo teNe abhyAsanuM sATuM vALI dIdhuM hatuM. teo A vihArayAtrAmAM na joDAyA hota to bhagavAna mahAvIra ane bhagavAna buddhanI A vihArabhUmino ane enA itihAsano emane Avo sarasa paricaya karavAnI taka jiMdagImAM pharI maLata nahi ema emane lAgyuM hatuM. relave dvArA pravAsa ane pagapALA vihAra e baMnenA anubhavo anokhA che. vihArano anubhava ekaladokala gRhastha vyaktine jaladI maLI zakato nathI. mahArAjazrIe kAzIthI vihAra karI pahelo paDAva sAranAtha pAse siMhapurI tIrthamAM nAkhyo. tyAra pachI candrAvatI, tyAra pachI gaMgA-gomatInuM saMgamasthAna, pachI, gAjIpura, ArA, soNanada, paTaNA, rAjagRhI, vaibhAragiri, nAlaMdA vagere sthaLe vicAravAno, nadImAM snAna karavAno ke taravAno, mahAnubhAvonuM Atithya mANavAno, cAMdanI rAte nadIkinAre pharavAno ane zikharajImAM page cAlI pahADa paranI yAtrA karavAno AnaMda paMDitajIe anubhavyo hato. potAnA jIvanano A eka advitIya aNamola anubhava hato. evI taka potAne pUrI pADanAra potAnA guru zrI vijayadharmasUri pratye teo potAnI kRtajJatA anubhavatA hatA. potAnI e lAgaNI emaNe mahArAjazrI samakSa vyakta karI hatI. sametazikharanI yAtrA pUrI thaI. pahADanI taLeTImAM thoDA divasa rokANa thayuM, e daramiyAna kalakattAnA jaina saMghanA AgevAno tyAM AvyA. teoe mahArAjazrIne kalakattA cAturmAsa arthe padhAravA vinaMtI karI. e divasomAM gujarAta-rAjasthAna bAjuthI sAdhuo vihAra karI sametazikhara sudhI paNa javalle ja jatA. eTale kalakattAnA jenone sAdhu-sAdhvIono lAbha maLato nahi. ethI ja saMghe zrI vijayadharmasUri mahArAjane e mATe Agraha karyo. chevaTe mahArAjazrIe saMmati ApI ane zikharajIthI vihAra karI kalakattA pahoMcavAno nirNaya karyo. paraMtu paMDitajI mATe dvidhA UbhI thaI hatI. temane potAnA abhyAsanuM sAtatya tUTyuM hatuM e gamyuM na hatuM. mahArAjazrIe bIjA vidyArthIonI sAthe temane paNa kalakattA AvavA kahyuM. daramiyAna kAzIthI emanA mitra vrajalAla zikharajI AvyA. emanI sAthe vicAraNA karatAM paMDitajIne lAgyuM ke pote vrajalAlanI sAthe kAzI pahoMcI adhyayanamAM lAgI jAya te ja vadhAre sAruM che. mahArAjazrInI icchA hatI ke paMDitajI kalakattA sAthe Ave ane rokAya. kalakattAmAM paMDitajInA adhyayana mATe koI sArA paMDitane rokavAnI darakhAsta paNa emaNe karI, paraMtu paMDitajIe potAno nirNaya jaNAvyo ane e rIte teo kAzI pAchA pharyA.

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sametazikharanI yAtrA - 49 kAzImAM pAchA pharI paMDitajI potAnA adhyayanamAM lAgI gayA. have pAThazALAmAM ATheka vidyArthIo ja hatA. eTale bhaNAvanAra paMDitano emane pUrepUro lAbha maLato. vaLI mitra vrajalAla sAtheno saMbaMdha gADha thato gayo. vacce rajAnA divaso maLatAM paMDitajIe potAnA vatanamAM jaI AvavAno vicAra karyo, kAraNa ke traNa varSathI teo gayA nahotA. teo kAzIthI nIkaLI lImalI pahoMcyA. tyAM eka mahino rokAyA. vacce teo pAlItANA jaI zatruMjaya tIrthanI jAtrA paNa karI AvyA. pote sthAnakavAsI hovA chatAM zatruMjaya tIrthanI page caDhIne bhAvapUrvaka yAtrA karavAmAM emane upAdhyAya zrI yazovijayajInA zatruMjaya vizenA stavananI nIcenI paMktionI yathArthatAnI pratIti thaI. - ujvala jinagRhamaMDalI, tihAM dIpe uttegA; mAnuM himagiri vibhrame AI aMbara gaMgA. pAlItANAnI A yAtrAmAM temaNe AdIzvara bhagavAnanI bhAvapUrvaka pUjA karI. mUrtipUjA vizenA paMDitajInA vicAro have spaSTa thaI gayA hatA. teo mUrtipUjAmAM mAnavA lAgyA hatA.

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mUrtipUjA vize paMDitajIno janma jaina dharmamAM mUrtipUjAmAM nahi mAnavAra sthAnakavAsI saMpradAyamAM thayo hato.emanA jamAnAmAM saMpradAyanI custatA ghaNIbadhI hatI. sthAnakavAsIo ane terApaMthIo pote mUrtimAM ke enI pUjAmAM mAne nahi. vaDIlo maMdiramAM na jAya ane potAnAM bALakone paNa maMdiramAM jatAM roke. keTalAka to maMdiravALI zerImAMthI pasAra paNa na thAya ke maMdiranI dhajA sAme najara sudhdhAM kare nahi. teo bALakone aTakAve eTale bALakone kutUhala thAya. paMDitajI kizora hatA ane AMkhe dekhatA hatA tyAre vaDhavANamAM keTalIka vAra koI na dekhe e rIte maMdiramAM cUpacApa jaI AvatA. maMdiramAM bhakto kesara sukhaDa kevI rIte ghase che tathA bhagavAnanI pUjA kevI rIte kare che te nihALI AvatA. kyAreka evI rIte jatAM pakaDAI jatA to gharanAM svajanono ke jJAtinA AgevAnono Thapako paNa temane maLato. aMdhAvasthA AvyA pachI paMDitajInA jIvanamAM je eka mahattvanI ghaTanA banI te vidyAbhyAsa mATe kAzI javAnI hatI. saMjogavazAtu je muninI preraNAthI ane AzrayathI kAzI javAnuM emane prApta thayuM e muni zrI vijayadharmasUri mahArAja mUrtipUjaka samudAyanA hatA. kAzImAM jaIne paMDitajIe emanI pAThazALAmAM rahIne zAstrAbhyAsa karyo hato. zrI vijayadharmasUri mUrtipUjaka hatA, paraMtu pAThazALAmAM darzana-pUjA vagere badhA vidyArthIo mATe pharajiyAta nahotAM. paMDitajI koI koI vAra dekhAdekhIthI bIjA vidyArthIo sAthe maMdiramAM jatA ane stutipATha karatA. mUrti to mAtra pASaNa che. paththaranI gAya dUdha ApI zakatI nathI. mUrti jaDa che ane mUrtipUjA e to mAtra jaDanI pUjA che. evI evI dalIlo sthAnakavAsIo taraphathI je thatI enA saMskAra paMDitajInA bALamAnasa para paDelA hatA. paNa te eTalA daDha nahotA. bIjI bAju mUrti mATe jema emane dveSa nahoto, tema khAsa rUci paNa nahotI. vi. saM. 1959mAM vaDhavANamAM pAThazALAnA ujamazI mAstara sAthe mUrtipUjA vize carcAvicAraNA thaI hatI. e vakhate ujamazI mAstaranA samajAvyAthI mUrtipUjA vizenI janmagata sthAnakavAsI daDha mAnyatA kaMIka moLI paDI hatI. paraMtu paMDitajInI mUrtipUjA

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mUrtipUjA vize * 51 vizenI sthAnakavAsI mAnyatA mULamAMthI nIkaLI javAno prasaMga emane kAzImAM prApta thayo hato. e vize emaNe potAnI AtmakathAmAM savigata noMdhyuM che.. teo kAzInI pAThazALAmAM hatA tyAre madhyapradezamAM eka sthAnakavAsI sAdhue potAnA vyAkhyAnamAM mUrtipUjA viruddha khaMDana cAlu karyuM hatuM. tethI tyAMnA mUrtipUjaka jaina samAjamAM UhApoha cAlu thayo hato. e vakhate tyAMnA samAjanA AgevAnoe zrI vijayadharmasUrine barAbara zAstrArtha karI zake evI koIka vyaktine mokalavA vinaMtI karI. vaLI emanI sAthe saMskRta bhASA jANanAra bIjA eka vidyArthIne mokalavAnuM kahyuM. saMskRta bhASA mATe paMDitajIne mokalavAnuM nakkI thayuM. eTale paMDitajIe mUrtipUjA vize zAstrIya adhyayana zarU karyuM, te vakhate emanA vAMcavAmAM upAdhyAya zrI yazovijayajIkRta pratimAzataka' nAmano graMtha Avyo. upAdhyAyajI mahArAjanI tarkayukta dalIlo paMDitajInA cittamAM barAbara ThasI gaI. eTale mUrtipUjA zAstrokta che ane yathArtha che e vize emane pratIti thaI hatI. paMDitajIe potAnI AtmakathAmAM lakhyuM che, "islAmanI peThe sthAnakavAsI paraMparAno AtyaMtika mUrtivirodha e to mUrtimAnyatAnI vikRta atizayatAnI pratikriyA mAtra che. sthAnakavAsI paraMparAe mUrtipUjAmAM dAkhala thayela vikRtio ane atizayatAonA doSane nivAravAno vivekI puruSArtha karavAne badale mUrti, maMdira ane saMsthAono, tenA itihAsano ane tene Azcarya uddabhavelI kalAmaya saMskRtino evo cheda uDAvyo ke tene lIdhe e paraMparAmAM aneka asvAbhAvikatAo janmI che ane vadhArAmAM hajAro varSa thayAM vikasatA zAstrajJAnanA vArasAno moTo sArabhAga paNa gumAvyo che.'

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pAThazALAmAMthI vidAya kAzInI pAThazALAmAM sauthI moTAmAM moTo vidyArthI te paMDitajI hatA. te pachI uMmaramAM emanAthI nAnA te emanA mitra vrajalAla hatA. teo baMne adhyayanamAM paNa . bIjA vidyArthIo karatAM AgaLa hatA. vi. saM. 1963 (I. sa. 1907) nuM cAturmAsa mahArAja zrI vijayadharmasUrijIe kalakattAmAM karyuM tyAre emaNe kAzIthI paMDitajI ane vrajalAlane kalakattA bolAvyA hatA. teo baMne pAse mahArAjazrIe upAzrayamAM jAhera vyAkhyAna paNa karAvyAM hatAM. jAheramAM bolavAno paMDitajI mATe A pahelo ja prasaMga hato. emAM temane sArI saphaLatA maLI hatI. kalakattAnA A caturmAsa daramiyAna mahArAjazrIne kAne evI vAta AvI hatI. ke paMDitajI jyAre pAlitANAnI yAtrAe gayA hatA te daramiyAna tyAM maLelA pAThazALAnA eka maMtrI AgaLa paMDitajIe pAThazALAnI vyavasthA vize phariyAda karI hatI. pAThazALAnA pAlitANAnA eka vidyArthI dvArA mahArAjazrIne e vAtanI jANa thaI hatI. mahArAjazrIe kalakattAmAM paMDitajIne e vize pUchyuM to paMDitajIe je pramANe banyuM hatuM te pramANe kahyuM. paraMtu pAThazALAno maphata lAbha lenAra pukhta uMmarano eka vidyArthI pAThazALAnI viruddha phariyAda kare e mahArAjazrIne gamyuM nahi. AthI mahArAjazrI ane paMDitajI vacce manaduHkha thayuM ane aMtara paDI gayuM. - paMDitajI ane vrajalAle kalakattAthI kAzI pAchA pAThazALAmAM AvIne potAno vidyAbhyAsa cAlu karI dIdho. cAturmAsa pUruM thatAM kalakattAthI vihAra karI mahArAjazrI paNa ziSyo sAthe kAzI pAchA padhAryA. mahArAjazrI pAThazALAmAM pAchA padhAryA te pachI paMDitajIe saMsthAnI viruddha maMtrI AgaLa vAto karI che e bAbata mahArAjazrInA sAdhu ziSyo ane anya vidyArthIo paNa have jANI gayA hatA. tethI teono paMDitajI sAtheno vyavahAra have pahelAM jevo premabharyo rahyo nahi. emAM paMDita haragoviMdadAsa vagere keTalAka tejasvI vidyArthIo paNa hatA. teo paNa paMDitajI sAthe saMmata nahotA. paMDitajI have aThThAvIsa varSanA thavA AvyA hatA. teo vidyArthI avasthA kyAranA vaTAvI cUkyA hatA. emane have pAThazALAnuM vAtAvaraNa potAne mATe pratikULa lAgyuM.

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pAThazALAmAMthI vidAya - 53 eka pakSe mahArAjazrI, emanA sarva sAdhuo ane badhA ja vidyArthIo hatA. anya pakSe paMDitajI ane mAtra emanA brAhmaNa mitra vrajalAla hatA. AvA vAtAvaraNamAM paMDitajIne pAThazALAmAM rahevAnuM game evuM nahotuM. A saMjogomAM paMDitajI ane vrajalAle pAThazALA choDI javAno nirNaya karyo. teoe mahArAjazrIne potAnA nirNayanI jANa karI. mahArAjazrI kazuM ja bolyA nahi. emane tAva Avyo hato. vrajalAlanAM mAtA tyAre kAzImAM rahetAM hatAM. eTale pAThazALA choDIne teo baMne emane tyAM rahevA cAlyA gayA. paMDitajInA jIvanamAM A eka apriya ghaTanA banI gaI, je vize emane kAyama vasavaso rahI gayo hato. paMDitajI AMkhe dekhatA na hatA eTale ja AvuM banyuM hatuM. bIjAo emane emanI rUmamAM je kaMI kahI gayA ene AdhAre emano vyavasthA vize abhiprAya baMdhAyo hato. teo kadAca AMkhe dekhatA hota to bIjAo sAthe vAtacIta karI hota ethI temane vAstavikatAno yathArtha khyAla Avata ane to kadAca emano abhiprAya judo hota. vaLI potAno abhiprAya maMtrIone jaNAvavAmAM DahApaNa nathI te emane samajAyuM hota. paMDitajIe pAThazALA to choDI, paNa svataMtra abhyAsa karavA mATe ane jIvananirvAha mATe nANAM to hatAM nahi. eTale gujarAtamAM jaIne koIkanI pAsethI nANAMnI sahAya meLavavAnuM temaNe vicAryuM. eTale kAzI choDI teo amadAvAda AvavA nIkaLyA. rastAmAM vacce paMDitajI AgrAmAM zrI karavijayajI (sanmitra)ne maLavA UtaryA. teo temane maLyA ane vAtacIta paNa karI, paraMtu vadhu abhyAsa mATenI badhI Arthika javAbadArI sanmitrajI laI zake ema nahotA. daramiyAna tyAMnA vepArI bAbu DAlacaMdajIno meLApa thayo. paMDitajI AgrAmAM rahIne abhyAsa kare to ja enA kharcanI javAbadArI uThAvavA mATe emaNe saMmati darzAvI, paNa paMDitajIne to kAzImAM rahIne ja vadhu abhyAsa karavo hato. eTale e darakhAsta kAma na lAgI. AgrAthI nIkaLI paMDitajI amadAvAda pahoMcyA ane tyAM zeTha zrI hIrAcaMda kakalacaMdane tyAM UtaryA. temaNe paMDitajInA vidyAbhyAsa mATe zeTha manasukhabhAI bhagubhAIne vAta karI. zeTha manasukhabhAInuM e jamAnAmAM ghaNuM moTuM nAma hatuM. zAsanasamrATa zrI nemisUrijInA teo paramabhakta hatA ane zrI nemisUrinI nizrAmAM temaNe e jamAnAmAM amadAvAdathI pAlitANAno jevo vizALa saMgha potAnA taraphathI kADhyo hato. evo saMgha haju sudhI koIe kADhyo nathI. paMDitajI zeTha manasukhabhAIne maLyA. teo temane bhAvanagara laI gayA. tyAM kuMvarajI ANaMdajI temane zrI nemisUrijI pAse laI gayA. zeTha manasukhabhAIe evI darakhAsta mUkI ke paMDitajI ane vrajalAla jo mahArAja zrI nemisUrijInI nizrAmAM rahIne athavA amadAvAdamAM potAne baMgale.

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pa4 0 pIDita sukhalAlajI rahIne kAzInA paMDito bolAvI abhyAsa kare to tenI Arthika javAbadArI svIkAravA pote taiyAra che. paraMtu paMDitajIno Agraha to kAzImAM rahIne ja abhyAsa karavAno hato. eTale e vAta paNa aTakI paDI. kAzImAM jaIne potAno AgaLano vidyAbhyAsa kevI rIte karavo enI ciMtAmAM paMDitajI ane vrajalAla hatA, tyAM acAnaka gujarAnavAlAthI Avelo eka patra maLyo. emAM vrajalAlane tyAM bolAvavAmAM AvyA hatA. tyAM evuM banyuM hatuM ke zrI AtmArAmajI mahArAje vaidika mAnyatA viruddha potAnA graMthomAM je lakhyuM hatuM te sAbita karI ApavA mATe vivAda Ubho karavAmAM Avyo hato. AtmArAmajI mahArAja to kALadharma pAmyA hatA ane emanA paTTaziSya zrI vijayavallabhasUrijI to ghaNe dUra hatA. ane vihAra karIne pahoMcatAM vAra lAge evuM hatuM. gujarAnavAlAmAM zrI vijayakamalasUrijI ane upAdhyAya zrI vIravijayajI hatA, paNa teo evA vivAdamAM bhAga levA samartha nahotA. eTale zrI vIravijayajI mahArAje paMDita vrajalAlane tyAM bolAvyA. teo tyAM gayA. vivAdamAM bhAga lIdho. kalekTara ane mejisTreTanI upasthitimAM A badhuM thayuM. paMDita vrajalAlane AtmArAmajI mahArAjanAM lakhANono zAstrIya bacAva karavAmAM phateha maLI. e vAta jANIne zrI vijayavallabhasUrijI paNa prabhAvita thayA. teo vrajalAlane maLyA ane kAzImAM vadhu vidyAbhyAsa mATe sagavaDa karAvI ApI. e mATe badhI Arthika javAbadArI bAbu DAlacaMdajIe upADI lIdhI. vrajalAla taraphathI A samAcAra maLatAM paMDitajI temanI sAthe joDAvA AgrA pahoMcI gayA.

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kAzImAM svataMtra vidyAbhyAsa kAzImAM AvIne paMDitajI ane vrajalAle jaina darzana uparAMta anya darzanonA abhyAsa mATe prayAso karyA, paraMtu teone temAM dhArelI saphaLatA maLI nahi. kAzImAM raheThANano prazna to UkalI gayo, paraMtu abhyAsano prazna Ukalato nahi. paMDitajI pote pagAra ApIne paMDita pAse vaidika darzanono abhyAsa karavAnI darakhAsta mUkatA, paNa koI paMDita jaina vyaktine bhaNAvavA taiyAra thatA nahi. e kALe brAhmaNo ane jano vacceno visaMvAda pramANamAM tIvra hato. kAzImAM jainonI eTalI vasatI nahotI. bIjI bAju brAhmaNa paMDitone e kALe jaina darzana pratye eTalo Adara nahoto. paMDitajI vaidika darzana bhaNavAnI darakhAsta mUke to teo vahemAtA ke "A bhAI jaina hovA chatAM zA mATe vaidika darzana bhaNavA mAge che? emano Azaya bhaNIne vaidika darzananuM khaMDana karavAno ja hovo joIe, eTale ene vaidika darzana kema bhaNAvAya ?' vrajalAla brAhmaNa hatA eTale emane vaidika darzana bhaNAvavAmAM zo vAMdho hoI zake ? paraMtu brAhmaNa vrajalAla ane jena paMDitajI baMne gADha mitro hatA ane sAthe ja rahetA hatA. vrajalAlane vaidika darzano bhaNAvavAthI teno lAbha sukhalAla uThAve to ? AthI kAzImAM koI paMDito vrajalAla ane paMDitajI baMnene bhaNAvavA utsuka nahotA. A paristhitimAM kAzIne badale anya sthaLe rahIne tyAMnA koI paMDita pAse abhyAsa karavAnI zakyatA kevI che teno vicAra teoe karyo. teo baMne AgrAthI gvAliyara ane vRMdAvana jaI tapAsa karI AvyA. gvAliyara gayA paNa tyAMnA paMDito vidyAbhyAsa mATe potAne anukULa lAgyA nahi. tyAMthI teo vRMdAvana gayA. tyAM rAmAnujI paMDita sudarzanAcArya eka prakAMDa paMDita hatA. paraMtu have teo vayovRddha thaI gayA hatA. temaNe have vidyArthIone bhaNavavAnuM baMdha karyuM hatuM. Ama A prayatnomAM temane saphaLatA na maLI, eTale kAzImAM ja rahIne bhaNavAno vicAra karavo paDe tema hato. kAzImAM paMDitonI saMkhyA moTI hatI. eTale koIka rasto nIkaLI Avaze evI teone zraddhA hatI. bahAragAmathI koI paMDitane kAzImAM bolAvIne emanI pAse adhyayana karI zakAya ke kema te vize paNa teoe prayAsa karI joyo. potAne jemanI pAse bhaNavuM game evA

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56 paMDita sukhalAlajI be pratiSThita paMDito hatA. eka to mithilAnA cuMbe jhA ane bIjA paTaNAnA harihara kRpALu, paraMtu teo baMne paMDito potAnuM vatana choDI kAzI AvavA taiyAra nahotA ane vrajalAla tathA paMDitajIne tyAM jaIne ane rahIne adhyayana karavAnI anukULatA nahotI. A prayAso cAlatA hatA te daramiyAna eka vikalpa thayo. kAzImAM ja cAra mAIla dUra suprasiddha vedAntI lakSmaNa zAstrI draviDe vrajalAlane bhaNAvavAnI saMmati ApI. AthI paMDitajI ane vrajalAle evo rasto kADhyo ke vrajalAla zAstrIjI pAse jaIne vedAnta darzanano abhyAsa kare ane paMDitajI nyAya darzanano abhyAsa ghare rahIne svayameva AvaDe evo kare. sAMje vrajalAla ghare Ave tyAre baMne ekabIjAne pote karelA adhyayanathI paricita karI de. vrajalAla roja cAra mAIla cAlIne lakSmaNa zAstrI pAse A rIte abhyAsa karavA lAgyA. A krama keTaloka vakhata sudhI sArI rIte cAlyo. daramiyAna koI yogya paMDita baMnene abhyAsa karAve enI zodha to cAlu ja hatI. evAmAM bAlakRSNa mizra nAmanA vidyArthI vyAkaraNa tathA nyAyanuM adhyayana karIne parIkSAmAM uttIrNa thaIne paMDita tarIke taiyAra thayA hatA. teo bhaNAvavAnuM kAma zodhatA hatA. temaNe paMDitajI ane vrajalAlane temanI pAse AvIne bhaNAvavAnuM svIkAryuM. temaNe prAcIna nyAya ane sAMkhyayogamAM bhASyonuM adhyayana karAvyuM. vaLI paMDitajI temanI pAse navya nyAya paNa zIkhatA. paMDitajI ane emanA mitranI icchA badhAM ja darzanonAM bhASyo zIkhavAnI hatI ke jethI binasAMpradAyika daSTi khIle. teo baMnene adhyayana karavAmAM rasa paDato gayo ane paMDita bAlakRSNa mizrane yogya adhikArI vidyArthIo maLyA ethI AnaMda thayo. paMDitajIne potAnA A vidyAguru pratye ghaNo Adara thayo hato. paMDitajIno zrI vijayavallabhasUrijI sAtheno saMparka cAlu hato. zrI vijayavallabhasUrijI pote paMjAbamAMthI vihAra karIne gujarAta tarapha javAnA hatA ane cAturmAsa pAlanapuramAM karavAnA hatA. emanI IcchA evI hatI ke paMDitajI pAlanapura AvIne cAturmAsa daramiyAna rahe. paMDitajIno potAno kAzImAM abhyAsa cAlato hato. e abhyAsa choDavo nahoto eTale zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIe paMDitajIne potAne bhaNAvanAra paMDitajIne sAthe laIne pAlanapura AvavAnuM jaNAvyuM. paMDitajI e rIte potAnA paMDitone laIne potAnA mitra zrI vrajalAlanI sAthe pAlanapura AvI pahoMcyA. tyAM AvIne emaNe "kAvyaprakAzano abhyAsa cAlu rAkhyo. vaLI paMDitajI pote zrI vijayavallabhasUrijInA ziSya zrI lalitavijayajIne adhyayana karAvavA lAgyA. e divaso svarAjyanI caLavaLanA hatA. keTalAMka dezI rAjyo potAnA rAjyamAM evI koI caLavaLa na thAya te mATe sAvadha rahetAM. dezI rAjyomAM to rAjA kahe te kAyado. teno paDakAra koI karI zake nahi. pAlanapura rAjya navAbI rAjya hatuM. keTalAka jaina agraNIo rAjyamAM amaladAra paNa hatA. eTale eka vakhata zrI vrajalAla upAzrayamAM

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kAzImAM svataMtra vidyAbhyAsa * 57 potAnA vaktavyamAM lokamAnya TikaLano ullekha karyo to te vakhate upAzrayamAM khaLabhaLATa macI gayo hato. pAlanapuranA nivAsa daramiyAna divALInA divasonI rajA AvatI hatI. eTale pAse AvelA Abu tIrthanI yAtrA karI AvavAnuM paMDitajIne mana thayuM. emane bhaNAvavA AvelA paMDitone paNa Abu jovuM hatuM. eTale teo badhA Abu-delavADA gayA. tyAMthI ghoDA para besI acalagaDha paNa gayA. paMDitajIe nAnI uMmaramAM ghoDesvArI karI hatI. te haju bhulAI nahotI. emanI sAthe AvelA maithilI paMDita ane emanAM patnI baMne judA judA ghoDA para beThelAM, paNa ghoDesvArIno anubhava nahi, eTale baMne gabharAI gayAM hatAM ane paDatAM paDatAM bacI gayAM hatAM. Abu jaI teo pAchA pAlanapura AvyA. - pAlanapuramAM zrI vijayavallabhasUrijI sAthe cAturmAsa rahyA pachI vrajalAla ane paMDitajIe potAnA vidyAbhyAsa mATeno AgaLano kAryakrama evo nakkI karyo ke vrajalAle kalakattA jaIne ane paMDitajIe kAzI jaIne potapotAno abhyAsa AgaLa cAlu rAkhavo. te pramANe teo baMne potapotAnA nirdhArita sthaLe pahoMcI gayA. - kAzImAM pahoMcyA pachI paMDitajIe nakkI karyuM ke kivansa kaoNlejamAM nyAyanA viSayanI madhyamAnI parIkSA ApavI. e mATe emaNe phorma bharyuM ane parIkSAnI taiyArI zarU karI. je graMtho vAMcyA hatA te paNa parIkSAne nimitte teo pharIthI vAMcI gayA. temaNe parIkSAnI taiyArI eTalI sarasa karI hatI ke prathama varga maLe ja. paMDitajI AMkhe dekhatA nahi, eTale yunivarsiTIonA niyama pramANe temane lahiyo (water) ApavAmAM Avyo. yunivarsiTIno sAmAnya rIte niyama evo hoya che ke lakhanAra (witer) te viSayano niSNAta na hovo joIe, kAraNa ke te pote ja vidyArthIvatI badhA savAlonA javAba sArI rIte lakhI nAkhe. lakhanArane vidyArthInA bolyA pramANe vAra lagADyA vagara lakhatAM barAbara AvaDavuM joIe, paMDitajI mATe je lahiyo nakkI karavAmAM Avyo hato te nyAyanA viSayano jANakAra na hato. te jyotiSanA viSayano hato. tene zuddha saMskRta bhASA lakhatAM AvaDatI nahotI. vaLI te baMgALI hato. eTale paMDitajI 'va' bole ane te "ba" lakhe tathA sa bole to za lakhe. saMskRtanA uttara patramAM AvI azuddhi cAle nahi. javAba khoTo gaNAya. parIkSAmAM paMDitajI je lakhAvatA hatA ane lakhanAra je pramANe lakhato hato te bhaTTAcArya nAmanA eka suparavAIjhara jotA hatA. temane thayuM ke A lahiyo to khoTuM lakhe che. suparavAIjhare paMDitajIne vAta karI. eTale paMDitajIe aMgreja prinsipAla venisa sAhebane lekhita phariyAda ApI. venisa sAheba saMskRtanA jANakAra hatA. paMDitajIe saMskRta bhASAmAM ja phariyAda lakhI hatI. paMDitajInI phariyAda sAcI che e jaNAtAM venisa sAhebe evo nirNaya Apyo ke havethI paMDitajInI lekhita nahi, paNa maukhika

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58 * paMDita sukhalAlajI parIkSA levAze. vaLI je praznapatro thaI gayA che. temAM paNa pharIthI maukhika parIkSA levAmAM Avaze. maukhika parIkSA mATe paMDitonI jogavAI thaI. temAM eka prasiddha naiyAyika vAmAcaraNa bhaTTAcArya hatA. A rIte parIkSA levAtAM paMDitajI temAM prathama vargamAM pAsa thayA. eno emane AnaMda to thayo ja, paNa A maukhika parIkSA nimitte paMDitono paricaya thayo e emane mATe vadhAre AnaMdanI vAta hatI. emAM paNa paMDita nAmAcaraNa bhaTTAcArye potAne ghare paMDitajIne nyAyano viSaya bhaNAvavAnI tatparatA paNa batAvI. ethI paMDitajI bahu rAjI thayA. prakhara taiyAyika nAmAcaraNa bhaTTAcArya pAse nyAyano viSaya bhaNavAnuM paMDitajIe zarU karyuM. paMDitajIe nyAyanA viSayamAM madhyamA parIkSAno cAra varSano korsa to karI lIdho hato. eTale have AgaLa bhaNavAnA dhyeyathI temaNe nAmAcaraNanA ghare bapore javAnuM vicAryuM. roja prakhara taDakAmAM teo cAlIne jatA. e mATe ghaNuM kaSTa veThatA. paNa enA pramANamAM jeTalo samaya Apavo joIe teTalo vAmAcaraNa ApI zakatA nahi. ethI paMDitajIne saMtoSa thato nahi. abhyAsa mATenI emanI bhUkha ghaNI hatI, paraMtu vAmAcaraNanI gati maMda hatI. tema chatAM navya nyAyanA sUtradhAra gaMgeza upAdhyAyakRta tattvaciMtAmaNi graMtha. mAthurI TIkA sahita, emanI pAse bhaNavAmAM paMDitajIne ghaNuM navuM jANavA maLyuM hatuM ane bhara unALAmAM veTheluM kaSTa saMtoSakAraka zItaLatA ApatuM hatuM. paMDitajIne nyAyanA viSayamAM jhaDapathI vadhu abhyAsa karavo hato. eTale emaNe vAmAcaraNane pUchIne bIjA eka maithilI taiyAyikane tyAM paNa sAMje bhaNavA javAnuM cAlu karyuM, ema bapore ane sAMje maLIne ATheka mAIla cAlavAnuM thatuM. ethI thAka ghaNo lAgato. kyAreka ekkA-gADImAM besIne javAnuM mana thatuM, paNa tema na karatAM paMDitajI paisA bacAvatA ane e paisAnI malAI ke rabaDI laIne khAtA ke jethI pagamAM tAkAta AvatI. lAMbuM cAlavAno mahAvaro to sametazikharanI vihArayAtrAnA samayathI paMDitajIne thaI gayo hato. paMDitajIne bAlyakALathI kuLa paraMparAnA saMskArarUpe covihArano niyama hato. emane rAtribhojanano tyAga hato. kAzImAM pAThazALAmAM to e pharajiyAta hatuM, paraMtu kAzImAM svataMtra rIte rahevAnuM-bhaNavAnuM cAlu karyuM. ane garamInA divasomAM rAtre bhaNAvanAra paMDitanA ghare cAlIne javA AvavAmAM tarasa ghaNI lAgatI hatI. ethI Arogya bagaDatuM hatuM. eTale tyArathI paMDitajIe rAtre pANInI chUTa rAkhI hatI. paMDitajI nyAyadarzanamAM vizeSa uccatara abhyAsa karavA icchatA hatA. paNa kAzImAM teone abhyAsa karavAnI zakyatA ochI jaNAtI hatI. evAmAM temane caMdrazekhara nAmanA eka paMDita maLI gayA. paMDita caMdrazekhare kahyuM, 'tame mArA gAmamAM

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kAzImAM svataMtra vidyAbhyAsa - 59 AvIne jo raho to huM tamane bhaNAvuM.' teo darabhaMgAthI keTalAka mAIla dUra pikhalavADa nAmanA gAmamAM rahetA hatA. paMDitajI emanI sAthe emanA gAme gayA. paMDitajI potAnI sAthe rasoI vagere kAmo karI Ape evA lAbhacaMda brahmacArIne potAnA sahAyaka tarIke laIne gayA ane pikhalavADamAM rahyA. e sAva nAnuM gAmaDuM hatuM. paMDita caMdrazekhara atyaMta garIba hatA. ziyALAnI sakhata ThaMDInA e divaso hatA. jAjama pAtharIne sUvAnuM hatuM, paraMtu paMDitajI ghAsa-pALa para sUtA ane ThaMDImAM jAjama oDhatA, pAse pokharAmAM ThaMDA pANIthI nhAya tyAre vIMchI caTakA mArato hoya evo anubhava thato. evA kaparA e divaso hatA. paMDita caMdrazekhara potAnA mAmAne tyAM rahetA. e mAmA paNa eTalA ja nirdhana hatA. temanI pAse koI ga2ma vastra nahotuM. eTale paMDitajIe potAnuM sveTara mAmAne ApI dIdhuM. bhaNAvavAnI phI uparAMta bIjA vadhArAnA paisA paNa ApyA ke jethI gurujI bhaNAvavAmAM prasanna rahe. gurujInuM bhaNAvavAnuM ghaNuM sAruM hatuM, paNa emanA ghare rahevAnuM bahu kaSTabharyuM hatuM. gurujI e joI zakatA hatA. ethI emaNe pAse AvelA potAnA nAnakaDA gAma siMhavADAmAM jaIne paMDitajIne bhaNAvavAnuM TharAvyuM. darabhaMgAthI pAMca gAu dUra e gAma hatuM, keTaloka vakhata paMDitajI paMDita caMdrazekha2 pAse siMhavADAmAM rahyA. paNa tyAM paNa rahevA mATe ghAsanuM ghara hatuM ane jIvAta ghaNI hatI. eTale thoDo vakhata tyAM bhaNIne paMDitajI darabhaMgA pAchA AvI gayA.

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vizeSa vidyAbhyAsanA anubhavo paMDitajI darabhaMgA gayA tyAre tyAMnA saMskRta rAjakIya vidyAlayanA prinsipAla mahAmahopAdhyAya citradhara mizrane maLavA gayA hatA. paMDitajIne potAnA abhyAsa mATe vAMcI Ape evo eka vAcaka joIto hato. enI tapAsa mATe teo emane maLavA gayA hatA. citradhara mizra moTA mImAMsaka hatA. teo vayovRddha thayA hatA. paMDitajI temane jyAre maLavA gayA tyAre teo vidyArthIone bhaNAvatA hatA. paMDitajI tyAM jaIne beThA. citradhara mizra bhaNAvatA hatA. tyAre vacce vacce thoDI thoDI vAre TapaTapa avAja thato hato. paMDitajI joI zakatA na hatA eTale potAnA sAthIne pUchyuM ke A TapaTapa avAja zAno Ave che ? sAthIdAre dhImethI kAnamAM kahyuM, "ahIM mAkhIo ghaNI UDe che. eTale tene mAravA citradhara miTe lAMbA tAvethA jevuM sAdhana rAkhyuM che. tenA vaDe pAse AvelI mAkhIone teo mAre che.' janma jaina evA paMDitajIne citradhara mizranI mAkhI mAravAnI A Teva pratye aNagamo thayo. emanuM dila dubhAyuM. vaLI emane thayuM ke prAcIna samayamAM mImAMsako pazuone yajJamAM homatA e paraMparA mImAMsaka citradhara mizra mAkSikAyajJanA rUpamAM cAlu rAkhI hoya tema jaNAya che. paMDitajI tyAM hatA. evAmAM koIka mANasa citradhara pAse prAyazcitta levA Avelo. eNe potAnuM pApa varNavatAM kahyuM ke eNe potAnA nAnA vAcharaDAnA gaLAmAM dorI bharAvIne bAMdheluM. paNa gaLe bhIMsa AvatAM vAcharaDuM marI gayuM. eTale e prAyazcitta levA Avyo hato. citradhare e mANasane keTalAka mAIla dUra AvelI gaMgA nadI sudhI ughADA page jaI, gaMgAjImAM snAna karIne dAna karavuM evuM prAyazcitta ApeluM. e divasomAM mithilA ane baMgALanAM gAmaDAMonA hiMduomAM Dagale ne pagale prAyazcitanI vAta AvatI. paMDito prAyazcitta batAvavA ane badalAmAM dAnadakSiNA mAgatA. uttara bhAratanA nAnAmoTA aneka paMDito tyAre AvAM prAyazcitto dvArA potAnI AjIvikA meLavatA, ane enA upara nabhatA hatA. mithilAmAM paMDitajIne nyAyano abhyAsa karavo hato. paMDitajI eka divasa citradhara mizranA gharethI pAchA pharatA hatA tyAM rastAmAM bIjA eka paMDitajI maLyA.

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vizeSa vidyAbhyAsanA anubhavo temaNe paMDitajIne keTalIka vigata pUchIne jANI lIdhuM ke paMDitajI nyAya darzanano vadhu abhyAsa karavAnI icchA dharAve che. potAnA vidyAlayamAM paMDitajI joDAya evI emaNe icchA darzAvI, paNa potAnAthI uMmaranA nAnA te paMDita zuM bhaNAvaze evI paMDitajIne manamAM zaMkA thaI, te paMDita A zaMkA samajI gayA. emaNe sAmethI kahyuM, 'tamArA karatAM huM nAno chuM, paNa tame pahelAM mArI parIkSA karI juo, jo saMtoSa thAya to ja mArI pAse bhaNajo.' paMDitajIe nyAya darzana vize manamAM saMgharI rAkhelA agharAmAM agharA savAlo temane pUchyA. te darekanA emaNe vistA2thI barAbara saMtoSakAraka javAba ApyA. ethI paMDitajI Azcaryacakita thaI gayA ane tarata ja emanA caraNamAM namI paDyA. e paMDite paNa kahyuM, 'sAruM thayuM ke tame mane prazno pUchyA. tame tamArI zaMkAnuM nirasana karyuM ethI mane saMtoSa thayo.' e paMDitanA kahevAthI paMDitajIe emanI pAse ja bhaNavAnuM nakkI karyuM. tyAM vidyArthIo mATenA chAtrAlayanI bAjumAM eka bagIcAmAM kAcuM makAna hatuM. temAM temaNe rahevAnuM ane hAthe rasoI banAvavAnuM nakkI karyuM. e pramANe ghaNA divasa tyAM vidyAbhyAsa cAlyo, paraMtu kAcA makAnamAM varasAdanuM pANI aMdara paDatuM hatuM ane bagIcAmAM sApa nIkaLatA hatA. eTale e ghara choDavAno teo vicAra karatA hatA. daramiyAna kAzIthI paMDita bAlakRSNajI mizrano patra Avyo. eTale paMDitajI mithilA choDIne kAzI gayA. mithilAmAM paMDitajIne eka evA bhAIno meLApa thayelo ke jemanuM kuTuMba vaiSNava hatuM, paraMtu teo ema mAnatA hatA ke pote jaina che, kAraNa ke emanA pUrvajo jaina hatA. chokarA-chokarInI sagAI ka2vAmAM paDatI muzkelIone kAraNe tathA anya sAmAjika kAraNone lIdhe keTalIka peDhI pahelAM jainoe e pradezamAM vaiSNava dharma aMgIkAra karI lIdho haze ema manAya che. e jaina bhAI sAthenI vAtacIta pachI A vAtano abhyAsa karatAM paMDitajIne emanI vAtamAM tathya jaNAyuM hatuM, bhagavAna pArzvanAthano dharma e pradezamAM saikAo pUrve prasaryo haze ema itihAsakAro svIkAre che. Aje paNa e pradezamAM je 'sarAga' loko che. teo mULa zrAvaka ja hatA. 'zrAvaka' zabda 52thI ja 'sarAga' athavA 'serAka' zabda Avelo che. mithilAmAM paMDitajI eka varSa rahyA hatA. tyAMnA phaLadrupa pradezanI chApa emanA mana 52 dRDhapaNe aMkita thaI gaI hatI. mithilAmAM cokhAno pAka vadhAre thAya ane loko bhAta vadhAre khAya, cokhAnI paNa tyAM ghaNI judI judI jAta thAya che. mithilAmAM rahevAne kA2Ne paMDitajI pote 'bhAta khAu' thaI gayA hatA. mithilAmAM tyAre ane haju paNa ghI karatAM dahIM khAvAno rivAja vadhAre che. dahIM paNa tyAM ghaTTa ane cIkAzavALuM hoya che, kAraNa ke kaDhelA dUdhanuM dahIM banAvavAmAM Ave che. mithilAnA brAhmaNo kyAMka brahmabhojana mATe gayA hoya tyAre keTaluM dahIM khAdhuM e vize ekabIjAne pUche. mithilAmAM .

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62 0 paMDita sukhalAlajI lADu nahi paNa dahIM vize pUchavAno rivAja paDI gayelo. paMDitajI paNa mithilAmAM rahyA pachI vadhu dahIM khAtA thaI gayA hatA. - mithilA brAhmaNa-pradhAna pradeza gaNAto Avyo che. tyAMnA sanAtanI brAhmaNo bahu custa hoya che. vidyA to jANe mithilAnA brAhmaNone varI na hoya ! thoDAM gharonuM nAnuM gAma hoya, to paNa becAra vidvAno to maLI ja Ave. kAvya, vyAkaraNa, nyAya, darzano, jyotiSa, Ayurveda vagerenA adhyayana sAthe tyAM taMtravidyAnI upAsanAnuM pramANa paNa ThIkaThIka che. akSapAda gautamanA teo vaMzaja che. vaidika viruddha koI paNa graMtha lakhAya ke teno prativAda mithilAmAM thayo ja hoya. paMDitajI potAnI AtmakathAmAM lakhe che : "buddha mahAvIranA samayanA ke kadAca tethI ye pahelAMnA samayanA vedavirodhI vidvAno mithilAnA vaidika dharma sAme phAvyA na hatA. AgaLa jatAM mithilA ane magadhano pradeza be virodhI chAvaNIomAM vaheMcAI gayo. nAlaMdA, udantapurI ke vikramazilA Adi bauddha vidyApIThomAM koI bauddha vidvAne vaidika darzananI mImAMsA karI ke teno uttara maithilI paMDito Ape ja. lagabhaga paMdaraso varSamAM evo bhAgye ja koI graMtha haze ke jeno prativAda maithilI vidvAnoe tarata ja na karyo hoya. kharI rIte A kALanA sAhityamAM eka bAju bauddha ane bIjI bAju maithilI dArzaniko ema sAmasAme UbhA che. te baMne pakSo ekameka upara sarasAI bhogavavAno prayatna kare che. prAcIna kALathI Aja lagI janaka vaidehInI mithilAmAM jeTaluM sAhitya uddabhavyuM che ne hayAta che, tene jo choDI devAmAM Ave to bhAratIya darzanomAM prANa ja na rahe. ati garIbImAM paNa mithilAnA brAhmaNo A vidyAparaMparA sAcavI rahyA che.' mithilAmAM paMDitajIne brAhmaNonI lagnaprathA vize paNa avalokana karavAnI taka maLI hatI. AjhAdI pahelAMno e jamAno hato. eka patnIno kAyado tyAre Avyo na hato. paMDitajI jemanI pAse bhaNavA mATe khilavADAmAM rahyA hatA te garIba brAhmaNa paMDitane agiyAra patnI hatI. ghara nAnuM hatuM, ane kuTuMba garIba hatuM, to paNa agiyAra patnIno samAveza ane poSaNa kevI rIte thatAM haze e vize paMDitajIne Azcarya thayuM hatuM. paNa pachIthI khabara paDI ke mithilAmAM to eka sivAya bIjI patnIo potapotAnAM piyaramAM ja rahe. pati vArApharathI e darekane ghare thoDA thoDA divasa rahI Ave. ane dakSiNA ugharAvI lAve. e divasomAM mA-bApa kanyAne nava-dasa varSanI thAya te pahelAM paraNAvI detAM. AjhAdI maLyA pachI eka patnIno kAyado AvI gayo. paraMtu tyAMnAM gAmaDAMnA keTalAye loko najIka AvelA nepALanI sarahadamAM jaIne lagna karI le che ke jethI kAyadAnI dRSTie guno na gaNAya. paMDitajI ane vrajalAla pAThazALA choDI kAzImAM judA rahevA gayA tyAre teone lAgyuM ke potAnA abhyAsa aMge tathA jIvanavyavahAra aMge koIka vaDIla vidvAna vyaktinuM

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vizeSa vidyAbhyAsanA anubhavo . 63 mArgadarzana maLatuM rahe to sAruM. e vakhate teone eka pArasI vidvAna prophesara UnavAlAno paricaya thayelo. madrAsamAM AdyAra thiyosophI sosAyaTInuM mukhya kendra che. e kendramAM zrImatI enI besanTa kAma karatAM. kAzImAM emanA kAmamAM sahAya karavA mATe prophesara UnavAlA paNa jatA. teo kAzImAM AvelI senTrala hindu kaoNlejamAM purAtattva viSayanA ane avestA bhASAnA prAdhyApaka hatA. teo agAu bhAvanagaranI zAmaLadAsa kaoNlejamAM prinsipAla hatA. teo tyAMthI nivRtta thaIne kAzI AvyA hatA. paMDitajI ane vrajalAlane temanI sAthe paricaya vadhato gayo ane teo vakhatovakhata mArgadarzana ApatA. teo pArasIsahaja ramUjavRttinA paNa hatA ane potAnA viSayanA UMDA abhyAsI hatA. paMDitajI kAzImAM bhadainI ghATa para jaina dharmazALAnA makAnamAM rahevA gayA hatA. gaMgAghATe rahevA javAne pariNAme paMDitajIne je keTalAka lAbha thayA emAMno eka mukhya te sAMpradAyika saMkucitatAmAMthI bahAra nIkaLavAno hato. gaMgAghATe jaina zvetAmbara maMdira ane dharmazALA che. tenI pAse ja digaMbara maMdira ane dharmazALA che. tyAM digaMbara pAThazALAmAM rahIne keTalAka digaMbara vidyArthIo bhaNatA hatA. pAse pAse rahevAne kAraNe paMDitajIne teono saMparka thayo. AraMbhamAM to sAMpradAyika saMkucitatAne lIdhe ataDApaNuM rahyuM, paNa paMDitajInuM hRdaya vizALa hatuM. teo vividha zAstronA jANakAra hatA. A vAta jANatAM digaMbara vidyArthIo emanI pAse bhaNavA AvavA lAgyA. paMDitajI teone utsAha ane khaMtathI bhaNAvatA. paMDitajIne A nimitte digaMbara zAstro vAMcavA maLyAM. digaMbara zAstragraMtho sAthenuM temanuM tAdAsya paNa vadhyuM ne AgaLa jatAM tulanAtmaka lekhanakAryamAM e temane bahu upayogI lAgyuM. samaya jatAM digaMbara samAjamAMthI paNa temane paMDita mitro maLatA rahyA hatA. bhadainInA ghATa paranA nivAsa daramiyAna paMDitajIne kAzInAM keTalAMka brAhmaNa saMskArI kuTuMbo sAthe paNa saMbaMdha baMdhAyo hato. tevAM brAhmaNa kuTuMbomAM jaIne rahevAnA prasaMgo paNa prApta thayA hatA ethI paMDitajIne ane te te brAhmaNakuTuMbone paraspara saMskAra-vinimayano lAbha maLyo hato. ekabIjAne samajavAnI ane apanAvavAnI taka teone maLI hatI ethI temanA parasparanA sAMpradAyika pUrvagraho moLA paDatA gayA hatA. lagabhaga pAMceka varSanA gaMgAghATanA nivAsathI paMDitajIne potAnA jIvanaghaDataramAM ghaNo lAbha thayo hato. kAzImAM gaMgAtaTe rahevAne lIdhe vividha RtuomAM gaMgAmaiyA kevAM kevAM svarUpa dhAraNa kare che ane sthAnika rahevAsIo ane navA navA AvatA yAtrikone kevA kevA anubhavo thAya che te vize paMDitajIne jANavA maLyuM. moTAMmoTAM pUra Ave tyAre temAM pazuo, vRkSonI DALIo, sUkAM lAkaDAM vagere taNAtAM hoya. nadI zAMta hoya tyAre temAM nAvaDAmAM besI loko rAmadhUna jamAvatA hoya ke rAmAyaNanI copAIo lalakAratA hoya,

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64 0 paMDita sukhalAlajI saMdhyAvaMdana thatuM hoya, AratI UtaratI hoya, lobhI paMDAo zrAddha ane anya dhArmika vidhi mATe yAtrikonI pAchaLa paDatA hoya, AvI AvI ghaTanAonI vAto paMDitajIne sAMbhaLavA maLatI. emanA jIvana sAthe A rIte gaMgAmaiyA vaNAI gayAM hatAM. AgaLa jatAM potAne ekAMtamAM maMtrasAdhanA karavI hatI, te paNa A ja sthaLe rahIne emaNe karI hatI. paMDitajIe I. sa. 1910mAM kvinsa kaoNlejanI nyAyanA viSayanI madhyamAnI parIkSA ApI hatI. ane emAM uttIrNa thayA hatA. have nyAyanA AcAryanI parIkSAnI taiyArI karavAnI hatI. e parIkSAnA cha khaMDa hatA ane te parIkSA cha varSamAM pUrI thatI hatI. paMDitajIe 1913 sudhInAM traNa varSamAM traNa khaMDanI parIkSA ApI hatI. paraMtu e chellI parIkSA vakhate evI ghaTanA banI ke jethI paMDitajInuM vadhu parIkSA ApavAmAMthI mana UDI gayuM. te vakhate kaoNlejanA prinsipAla aMgreja hatA. teo saMskRtanA jANakAra hatA. paNa nyAyanA viSayanA eTalA jANakAra nahotA. emanI hAjarImAM emanA ja kamarAmAM maukhika parIkSA levAnI hatI, kAraNa ke paMDitajI aMdha hatA. parIkSA lenAra be naiyAyiko hatA, jagajIvana mizra ane vAmAcaraNa bhaTTAcArya. chapAyelo praznapatra Avyo eTale teone ApavAmAM Avyo. e joIne parIkSakoe prazno pUchavAnA hatA. paraMtu paMDitajIne vahema paDyo ke baMne parIkSako irAdApUrvaka praznapatramAM na chapAyA hoya evA paNa prazno vacce vacce pUche che. e baMne parIkSakono A prakArano kuTila vyavahA2 paMDitajIne gamyo nahi. maukhika parIkSA to pUrI thaI, paNa rUmamAMthI bahAra nIkaLatAM da2vAjAmAM ja paMDitajIe nirNaya karyo ke AvI parIkSAmAM have besavuM nathI. paMDitajIe potAnA e nirNayanI dRDhatA mATe rUmanI bahAra nIkaLatAM uMbarAmAM jorathI paga pachADyo hato. A rIte pote roSa karyo hato ane paga pachADyo hato e vAta paMDitajI jIvanaparyaMta bhUlI zakyA nahotA. paMDitajIe nakkI karyuM ke havethI parIkSAo na ApavI, paNa parIkSAo jeTalI sajjatA to avazya keLavavI joIe. potAnI sajjatA keTalI vadhI che enuM mApa pote ja kADhatA. zrI harSanuM 'khaMDanakhaMDakhAdya', madhusUdana sarasvatIkRta advaita-siddhi'ane citsvarUpAcAryakRta. citsukhI' - e traNa vedAntanA aMtima gaNAtA graMthonuM paMDitajIe jAte adhyayana karI lIdhuM hatuM. kAzImAM rahIne nayanyAyano abhyAsa ka2vAno paMDitajIno manoratha have siddha thaI gayo hato. eTale AjIvikA arthe kaMIka kArya ka2vA ta2pha temanuM mana vaLyuM hatuM. paMDitajInA mitra vrajalAla kalakattAmAM rahIne vedAnta bhaNatA hatA. teo vacce vacce kAzI AvI jatA. emanI mAtA ane bhAI sAthe paMDitajI kAzImAM rahetA hatA.

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vizeSa vidyAbhyAsanA anubhavo * 65 paMDitajInuM lakSya have anya graMtho vAMcavA tarapha ane jIvananA vyApaka viSayo vize jANavA tarapha vaLyuM hatuM. teo upAdhyAya zrI yazovijayajIkRta "nyAyAloka' jevo agharo graMtha vAMcI gayA ane pAzcAtya citaMko mila, harbarTa spensara jevAnA graMthonA hiMdI anuvAdo paNa vAMcI gayA. - kAzImAM rAjakIya, dhArmika, sAmAjika, ItyAdi kSetranI jAhera sabhAomAM paNa teo javA lAgyA ane judA judA viSaya para vaktAone sAMbhaLavA lAgyA, AryasamAjI, sanAtanI, thiyosophisTa vagere saMsthAnA kAryakramomAM paNa teo upasthita rahevA lAgyA ane aMgrejI AvaDatuM na hovA chatAM aMgrejImAM thatAM vyAkhyAno sAMbhaLavA paNa jatA. A pravRttionI sAthe sAthe pote hiMdImAM vyAkhyAno ApavAno mahAvaro keLavavA lAgyA. paMDitajIne haju lekhanakArya karavAnI phAvaTa AvI nahotI, paNa emanA mitra vrajalAla hiMdImAM lekho lakhatA thaI gayA hatA. A rIte paMDitajInA vyaktitvanuM ghaDatara vyApaka dhoraNe thavA lAgyuM hatuM.

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pAlanapuramAM adhyApanakArya paMDitajIe potAno vidyAbhyAsa pUro karyo hato. teo trIsanI uMmara vaTAvI cUkyA hatA. AjIvikA mATe have kaMIka karavuM joIe ema temane lAgatuM hatuM. pote aMdha eTale keTalIka maryAdAo ApoApa AvI gaI hatI. temane mATe paMDita tarIke bhaNAvavAno vyavasAya ja vadhu anukULa hato. e mATe teo tapAsa karatA hatA. agAu kAzIthI gujarAta jatAM paMDitajI AgrA UtaryA hatA. e vakhate tyAMnA DAlacaMdajInA nAnA bhAI cAMdamalajIno ane emanA mitra kannomalajIno paMDitajIne paricaya thayo hato. kannomalajI suzikSita hatA, vedAntI hatA ane vividha viSayo para hiMdImAM lekho lakhatA hatA. temanA sAthenI maitrIthI paMDitajIne svAmI vivekAnaMda ane svAmI rAmatIrthanAM lakhANono paricaya thayo hato. kannomalajI graMtha vAMcatA ane paMDitajIne saMbhaLAvatA. AgrAmAM eka vakhata cAMdamalajIe paMDitajIne ane vrajalAlane lAlA vaijanAthano paricaya karAvyo. lAlA vaijanAtha nyAyAdhIza hatA. nivRtta thaIne teo potAnuM jIvana gAmathI dUra eka khetaramAM lImaDA nIce gALatA hatA. teo paMDitajI ane vrajalAlanI sAthe vAtacIta karatAM ja prabhAvita thayA. paMDita tarIke taiyAra thayelA ane AjIvikA mATe kAma zodhatA A be paMDitone potAnI pAse ja rAkhI levAnI icchA emaNe darzAvI. lAlA vaijanAtha svAmI rAmatIrthanA custa bhakta hatA. svAmI rAmatIrthe hRSIkezamAM jIvananI aMtima avasthAmAM gaMgAjImAM jaLasamAdhi lIdhelI. lAlA vaijanAthe emanI smRtimAM hRSIkezamAM eka Azrama baMdhAvelo. lAlAjIe A baMne paMDito samakSa darakhAsta mUkI ke teo baMnee hRSIkezamAM rahevuM, vidyArthIo Ave tene bhaNAvavA, pustakAlaya calAvavuM tathA AgaMtuka mahemAnone vAcana pUruM pADavuM. emaNe vaLI kahyuM ke jo teo baMne A nokarI svIkArI le to potAnI milakatano aDadho bhAga temane ApavA mATe potAnA vasiyatanAmAmAM paNa lakhANa karavA taiyAra che. lAlAjInI A darakhAsta lalacAvanArI hatI. paraMtu cAMdamalajIe baMnene vicAravA samajAvyuM, kAraNa ke vrajalAla to vedAMtI hatA. paNa paMDitajI to koI jaina vidyAsaMsthAne ja potAnI sevAo

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pAlanapuramAM adhyApanakArya - 67 ApavA icchatA hatA. eTale vicAra karIne hRSIkezanI saMsthAmAM joDAvAnuM teoe mAMDI vALyuM. daramiyAna pAlanapura bhaNAvavA mATe javAno prasaMga prApta thayo. e divasomAM mUrtipUjaka jaina saMpradAyamAM zrI vijayavallabhasUrijI pragatizIla vicAro dharAvatA hatA. jaina gRhasthomAM vidyAnuM teja ochuM hatuM eTale teone dhArmika zikSaNa sAruM ApI zake evA paMDitonI AvazyakatA hatI. bIjI bAju jainoe vyAvahArika keLavaNImAM paNa AgaLa vadhavuM joIe ema teo mAnatA hatA. Ama, vyAvahArika ane dhArmika evI baMne prakAranI keLavaNI vidyArthIone sArI rIte ApavI hoya to jyAM vidyArthIo ane adhyApako rAtri-divasa sAthe rahetA hoya evAM gurukuLonI sthApanA karavI joIe evo emano mata hato. zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIe paMjAbanA potAnA vicaraNa daramiyAna nihALyuM hatuM ke AryasamAjIonAM gurukuLomAM vidyAbhyAsanuM ghaNuM kArya thaI rahyuM che. eTale emaNe jaina samAja pAse evI saMsthAonuM nirmANa karavA mATe bhalAmaNa karI hatI. emanI preraNAthI ja pachI muMbaImAM zrI mahAvIra jaina vidyAlayanI sthApanA thaI hatI.) vi. saM. 1969mAM zrI vijayavallabhasUrijI e potAnI A yojanAne vega ApavA muMbaImAM cAturmAsa karyuM hatuM. e vakhate vrajalAla ane paMDitajI kAzImAM vidyAbhyAsa karIne paMDita tarIke taiyAra thayA hatA. emanI sevAno lAbha levAnuM zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIe vicAryuM ane vrajalAlane muMbaI bolAvyA hatA. emanI sAthenI vAtacItathI evo nirNaya levAyo ke paMDitajI jo kAzI choDIne AvI zake ane teo zrI vijayavallabhasUrijInA ziSyone cAturmAsamAM pAlanapuramAM AvIne bhaNAvI zake to e mATe rahevA-jamavA vagerenI badhI vyavasthA goThavI zakAya. - paMDitajIe e nimaMtraNa svIkAryuM ane teo pAlanapura pahoMcyA. paraMtu pAlanapuranI sAMpradAyika sthiti thoDI judI hatI. tyAM sthAnakavAsI ane mUrtipUjaka baMne saMpradAyanAM ghara ThIka ThIka saMkhyAmAM hatAM. baMne saMpradAyo bahu custa ane paraspara dveSa ane durAgrahavALA hatA. e vakhate mUrtipUjakomAM zrI haMsavijayanuM cAturmAsa hatuM, to sthAnakavAsIomAM suprasiddha zatAvadhAnI kavi ane prakhara vyAkhyAtA evA zrI ratnacaMdrajInuM cAturmAsa hatuM. ratnacaMdrajI ghaNA udAra daSTivALA hatA, paNa emanA anuyAyIo ugra hatA. paMDitajI pAlanapura AvyA tyAre emanuM kArya zrI haMsavijayajIne vizeSAvazyaka bhASya' bhaNAvavAnuM ane emanA eka ziSyane hemacaMdrAcAryanA vyAkaraNanI bRhadravRtti zIkhavavAnuM hatuM. jaina sAdhuo jJAnI guru bhagavaMtono jo yoga na hoya to gRhastha paMDito pAse abhyAsa kare e paraMparA jUnA vakhatathI cAlI Ave che. vaLI gRhastha

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68 * paMDita sukhalAlajI paMDitone saMgha taraphathI sAruM mahenatANuM paNa apAya che. vidyAbhyAsa vakhate cAlI AvatI suMda2 praNAlikA pramANe gRhastha paMDita mukhyasthAne bese ane adhyayana karanAra sAdhusAdhvIo sanmukha bese che. vaLI bhaNAvanAra paMDitanuM pachIthI jAheramAM bahumAna paNa ka2vAmAM Ave che. paraMtu pAlanapuranI paristhitimAM keTalIka viSamatA UbhI thaI hatI. paMDitajIne nimaMtraNa maLyuM hatuM mUrtipUjaka samudAya taraphathI, paraMtu paMDitajI pote sthAnakavAsI hatA. vaLI zrI ratnacaMdrajI mahArAja sAthe emane gADha saMbaMdha hato. emAM vaLI sthAnakavAsI AgevAnoe paMDitajIne potAne tyAM jamavA notarIne bahu AdaramAna ApavA mAMDyuM. paMDitajI mUrtipUjaka sAdhune bhaNAve che e vAta teone gamatI na hatI. bIjI bAju sthAnakavAsI saMpradAyanI kheMcatANa mUrtipUjaka saMpradAyane paNa gamatI nahotI. baMne saMpradAyanA sAdhuone pakSe udAratA hatI, paNa keTalAka zrAvako A vAtane vivAdAspada banAvavAnI vRttivALA hatA. A badhuM cAlatuM hatuM temAM vaLI eka navI ghaTanA banI. zrI vallabhasUrijInA eka zrImaMta bhakta hatA. emanA kuTuMbamAM vidhavA putravadhU hatAM lADubahena. emane saMskRtaprAkRtabhASA ane zAstranA abhyAsa mATe bhAre ruci hatI. paMDitajI pAse temaNe adhyayana ka2vA mATe icchA darzAvI. paMDitajI Ama to sAdhuone bhaNAvavA mATe pAlanapura padhAryA hatA. vaLI samaya ane parizramano savAla paNa hato. emaNe vacalo rasto kADhyo. pote zrI haMsavijayajIne vizeSAvazyaka bhASya' zIkhave che te vakhate te zrAvikAbahena paNa AvIne sAthe besI zake. paMDitajIno jaina sAdhuone bhaNAvavAno A pahelo anubhava hato. eTale temane mATe paristhiti navI hatI. A paristhitimAM be mukhya muddA UbhA thayA. eka to e ke jaina sAdhuonI sAthe bhale thoDe Aghe besIne eka mahilA abhyAsa karI zake ke nahi ? bIjo muddo e ke e strIne Agamika zAstrono abhyAsa karAvI zakAya ke nahi ? mUrtipUjaka samudAyamAM to gRhastha puruSone paNa Agamika zAstrono abhyAsa karavAnI manAI che. te jamAnAmAM to A vAta ghaNI ja kaDaka hatI. eTale strIne Agamika abhyAsa karAvavAnI vAta samAjamAM na svIkArAya e dekhItuM che. jaina sAdhuo gRhastha paMDito pAse ekAMtamAM besIne vidyAbhyAsa karatA hoya che ke jethI temane je kaMI zaMkA samAdhAna meLavavuM hoya te meLavI zake. 'sAdhu thayA ane ATaluM paNa nathI AvaDatuM' evo prazna kyAreka gRhasthone thAya ane kyAreka e mATe sAdhu potAnA vezane kAraNe kSobha paNa anubhave evuM banavAno saMbhava che. manuSyasahaja nabaLAI paNa emAM kAma karI jAya che, anya pakSe moTA vidvAna AcAryo paNa gRhasthonI maMDaLI vacce besIne gRhastha paMDita pAse zAstrAbhyAsa karatA hoya che. nyAya,

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pAlanapuramAM adhyApanakArya - 69 vyAkaraNa, kAvyAlaMkAra, jyotiSa vagerenA graMthono abhyAsa paNa teo paMDita pAse ja karatA hoya che ane chatAM e viSayanA potAnA ajJAna mATe jarA paNa kSobha anubhavatA nathI. zrAvikAbahenane upAzrayamAM sAdhuo sAthe vidyAbhyAsa karAvavA mATe zrI haMsavijayajInI saMmati levAnI paMDitajIne koI jarUra jaNAI nahi. zrI haMsavijayajIe eno virodha na karyo, paraMtu zrAvakomAM kacakaca cAlI eTale keTalAka samaya pachI emaNe mRdutAthI sUcana karyuM ke vidyAbhyAsamAM bIjA koI na Ave to sAruM. AthI paMDitajIe e zrAvikAbahenane emanA ghare jaIne "vizeSAvazyaka bhASya" bhaNAvavAnuM cAlu karyuM. paraMtu ethI samAjamAM vivAda thayo hato. AvI keTalIka nAjuka bAbatono vivAda jyAre samAjamAM UpaDe che, tyAre jANe madhapUDo chaMcheDyo hoya evI sthiti sarjAya che. pAlanapuramAM to enI cakacAra cAlI. paNa Theka muMbaImAM paNa zrI vijayavallabhasUrijI sAme paNa sthApita hitoe bhAre UhApoha jagADyo, AvA vivAdamAM A adhyApanakArya choDI devAnI paMDitajInI icchA hatI, paraMtu teo jyAre muMbaI zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIne maLavA gayA tyAre zrI vallabhasUrijIe emane samajAvyA. junavANI mAnasa dharAvanAra mANasonI TIkAnI ciMtA na karatAM kuzaLatAthI bAkInA bAra-paMdara divasamAM A adhyApanakArya pUruM karavA kahyuM, paMDitajIe pAlanapura AvI e kArya pUruM karyuM. paNa emane mATe mAnapatrano kAryakrama saMgha taraphathI yojavAnuM je vicArAyuM hatuM ane badhI taiyArIo thaI cUkI hatI te svIkAravAnI emaNe spaSTa nA kahI dIdhI eTale evo koI kAryakrama pachIthI yojAyo nahi. sAdhuone vidyAbhyAsa karAvavAnA pAlanapuranA A kaTu anubhave paMDitajI pAse keTalAka vyavahAru ane daDha saMkalpo karAvyA hatA.

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mahesANA ane vIramagAma adhyApana karAvavAne nimitte paMDitajIne jude jude sthaLe javAnuM thatuM ane vividha anubhavo thatA hatA. emane je keTalAka sAdhuono paricaya thayelo temAMnA bIjA eka * te zrI labdhivijayajI mahArAja paNa hatA. zrI vijayavallabhasUrijInI gurukuLanI vicAraNAno svIkAra thAya ane emAM paMDitajIne adhyApaka tarIke kArya karavAnI javAbadArI prApta thAya evI saMbhAvanA to ghaNI dUra hatI. vaLI te yojanA kyAre kevo AkAra leze te paNa anizcita hatuM. A saMjogomAM AjIvikA arthe AgrAnuM kendra paMDitajIne yogya lAgyuM hatuM. eTale pote vatanamAMthI AgrA pahoMcyA. tyAM temane vividha prakIrNa kAma maLyuM hatuM. AgrAmAM paricitonI saMkhyA paNa vadhatI jatI hatI. kyAMka jAhera kAryakramomAM, meLAvaDAomAM bhASaNa karavAnA prasaMgo paNa prApta thayA hatA. AgrAthI dilhI najIka hatuM eTale kyAreka evA jAhera kAryakramo mATe temane dilhI javAnuM nimaMtraNa paNa maLatuM hatuM. eka vakhata potAnA paricayamAM AvelA zrI labdhivijayajIe adhyayana karAvavA mATe paMDitajIne dilhI AvavA kahyuM, paraMtu paMDitajIe nirdhAra karI lIdho hato ke potAne sthAne je sAdhu AvI zake ema hoya temane bhaNAvavA. eTale emaNe zrIlambivijayajInI e darakhAstano asvIkAra karyo. paNa zrI labdhivijayajIne adhyayananI tAlAvelI hatI. eTale cAturmAsa pUrNa thatAM vihAra karIne teo AgrA AvI pahoMcyA ane traNeka mahinA rahI tyAM adhyayana karyuM hatuM. zrI vijayavallabhasUrijInA ziSya zrI haMsavijayajIne bhaNAvavAno anubhava paMDitajIne pAlanapuramAM thaI gayo hato. paMDitajI pAlanapurathI lImalI ghare jaI, pAchA AgrA potAnA kendramAM pahoMcI gayA hatA. evAmAM emane muMbaIthI zeTha hemacaMdabhAIno tAra maLyo. hemacaMdabhAI zrI vijayavallabhasUrijInA bhakta hatA. eTale tAra emaNe ja karAvyo haze evuM anumAna thayuM ane te sAcuM paDyuM. paMDitajI muMbaI pahoMcyA. jarmana skolara harmana yAkobI bhAratamAM pharIne jarmanI pAchA jaI rahyA . hatA. zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIe paMDitajIno temanI sAthe paricaya karAvyo.

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mahesANA ane vIramagAma * 71 vaLI, zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIe darakhAsta mUkI ke paMDitajI jo emanA keTalAka ziSyone mahesANAnI pAThazALAmAM rahIne abhyAsa karAvI zake ema hoya to teo e ziSyono vihAra mahesANA tarapha karAve. paMDitajIe AgalA varSanA anubhavanI vAta karI ane potAnA kendramAM sAdhuo Ave to ja bhaNAvavAnA saMkalpanI vAta karI. zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIe kahyuM ke paMDitajInI svataMtratAmAM koI bAdhA nahi Ave. vaLI e ziSyonA svabhAvathI paMDitajI paricita che. eTale chevaTe paMDitajIe e darakhAsta svIkArI lIdhI ke jethI mahesANAnI suprasiddha zrI yazovijayajI jaina pAThazALAmAM rahevAbhaNAvavAno potAne paNa anubhava maLe. paNa vizeSa eka kAraNa to e hatuM ke munizrI jinavijayajI paNa tyAM mahesANA bhaNavA AvavAnA hatA. paMDitajIe munizrI jinavijayajInuM nAma sAMbhaLyuM hatuM. emanI sAthenA patravyavahArathI emane mATe mAna paNa thayuM hatuM. eTale mahesANA javAnI A darakhAsta emaNe svIkArI lIdhI. paMDitajIe mahesANAmAM zeTha zrI veNIcaMda suracaMdanI preraNAthI sthapAyelI zrI yazovijayajI jaina pAThazALAmAM bhaNAvavAnuM svIkAryuM ethI emane ane vidyArthIone ghaNo lAbha thayo. mahesANAnI pAThazALAmAM je keTalAka sAdhuo paMDitajI pAse bhaNavA AvyA hatA temAM zrI vijayavallabhasUrijInA eka mukhya ziSya te zrI lalitavijayajI hatA. bIjA hatA muni zrI jinavijayajI. paMDitajI teone savAre ane sAMje maLI sAteka kalAka bhaNAvatA. A pAThazALAmAM taiyAra thayelA te kALanA traNa moTA paMDito te paMDita bhagavAnadAsa harakhacaMda, paMDita hIrAcaMda ane paMDita prabhudAsa becaradAsa pArekha. emAM paMDita bhagavAnadAsa lagabhaga samavayaska jevA hatA. paMDitajI emane kAvyAlaMkArano savizeSa abhyAsa karAvatA. emanI sAthe paMDitajIne gADha maitrI thaI gaI hatI. sAMje teo gAma bahAra jaI khullAmAM kustInA dAva paNa khelatA. baMne sAthe jamatA ane sAthe pharavA jatA. cAturmAsa pUruM thatAM sAdhuo vihAra karI gayA. paNa bIjA vidyArthIo rokAyA. A samaya daramiyAna zrI sAgarAnaMdajI mahArAja tyAM padhAryA hatA ane temaNe tyAM Agama vAcanA cAlu karI hatI. paMDitajIne emanI sAthe A pahelo paricaya thayo hato, je AgaLa jatAM gADha banyo hato. mahesANAnI pAThazALAmAM paMDitajIe je kArya karyuM tethI prabhAvita thaI pAThazALAnA sUtradhAra zrI veNIcaMdabhAIe paMDitajIne tyAM kAyama rokAI javA nimaMtraNa ApyuM. paraMtu viramagAmanI pAThazALA taraphathI vadhAre sArI darakhAsta AvatAM paMDitajI vIramagAma bhaNAvavA gayA. paMDitajIe mahesANAthI AgrA pAchA na pharatAM vIramagAmanI pAThazALAmAM kArya karavAnuM svIkAryuM, kAraNa ke e kSetrathI teo paricita hatA. vaLI paMDita bhagavAnadAsa

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72 * paMDita sukhalAlajI vagere bhaNavA mATe AgrA sudhI AvI zake ema nahotA. paNa vIramagAma jarUra AvI zake ema hatA. paMDitajIne jyAre varSo pahelAM kAzInI pAThazALAmAM javAnuM thayuM hatuM tyAre zrI vijayadharmasUrijInI sUcanAthI vIramagAmanI pAThazALAnA mAstara paMDita jaTAzaMkare emanI parIkSA lIdhelI ane emane mATe bhalAmaNa karelI. e brAhmaNa paMDita paMDitajI karatAM uMmaramAM ghaNA moTA hatA, paraMtu emano vidyArasa paNa moTo hato. emanI namratA paNa eTalI ja moTI hatI. temaNe jyAre joyuM ke paMDita sukhalAlajI kAzI jaIne ghaNuM badhuM bhaNI AvyA che, tyAre viramagAmamAM temaNe paNa saMkoca vagara paMDitajI pAse vadhu adhyayana karavAnuM cAlu karyuM hatuM. muni zrI jinavijayajIne mahesANAnI pAThazALAmAM paMDitajI pAse abhyAsa karavAno je svAda cAkhavA maLyo ethI teo paNa vadhu abhyAsa karavA mATe viramagAma AvI pahoMcyA. bIjA keTalAka sAdhuo paNa tyAM abhyAsa karavA AvyA. ethI viramagAma jevA sthaLamAM paNa mahesANA jevuM ja vAtAvaraNa banI rahyuM hatuM.

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Abu ane pATaNa paMDitajI pAlanapura hatA tyAre tyAMthI eka vakhata Abu jaI AvyA hatA. A vakhate vIramagAmamAM ane pachI amadAvAdamAM unALAnA divasomAM adhyayanaadhyApananA kAryanA atizaya parizramane kA2Ne temanA svAsthya para asara thaI hatI. eTale havAphera mATe emaNe Abu javAnuM vicAryuM. e divasomAM moTaragADI na hatI. baLadagADAmAM ke ghoDA upara Abu parvata para javAtuM. paMDitajI sAthe bIjA be mitro paNa hatA. khareDI (Abu roDa) sTezane UtarI tyAMthI Abu parvata para javA mATe baLadagADuM nakkI karyuM, paNa paMDitajIe baLadagADAmAM besavA karatAM page cAlIne parvata para caDavAno vicAra karyo. e mATe eka sobatI paNa maLI gayo. unALAnI ajavALI rAtri hatI. eTale caDavAmAM vAMdho na lAgyo. paNa thoDAka mAIla caDyA tyAM tarasa bahu lAgI. rastAmAM eka pANInI paraba AvI, paNa parabavALo tyAM nahoto. paMDitajI ane emanA mitre hAthe pANI laIne pIdhuM. e divasomAM loko eThajUThanI bAbatamAM bahu kaDaka hatA. teo pANI pItA hatA tyAM parabavALo bhaiyo AvI pahoMcyo. hAthe pANI laIne pANI abhaDAvavA mATe te paMDitajI u52 bahu ciDAyo ane gALo devA lAgyo. paNa ene uttara ApavAmAM sAra nahoto. eTale teo cUpa rahyA ane AgaLa cAlyA. pharI tarasa lAgI, AgaLa jatAM myunisipAliTInI pANI chAMTavAnI TAMkIvALI gADI paDelI joI. paNa emAM pANI sAva ochuM hatuM. aMdara hAtha pahoMcato nahoto. bIjuM kazuM sAdhana pAse nahotuM, paMDitajI pAse eka dhotiyuM hatuM. temaNe TAMkImAM dhotiyuM nAkhI bhInuM karI bahAra kADhyuM ane e nicovIne pANI pIdhuM. A rIte tarakIba pAra paDI ane tRSA maTI. AbumAM A rIte soLa mAIla jeTaluM cAlavAnuM ane te paNa caDhANavALuM hatuM, paMDitajIe jiMdagImAM pahelI vAra e karyuM. vaLI rAtano ujAgaro hato. rastAmAM eka bhIlanuM ghara AvyuM. tenA AMgaNAmAM teo UMghI gayA ane savAre nava vAge UThyA. te daramiyAna potAnI baLadagADI AvI pahoMcI. teo temAM besI AgaLa vadhyA, delavADAnI jaina dharmazALAmAM teo UtaryAM ane eka aThavADiyuM tyAM rokAyA. teo

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ja * paMDita sukhalAlajI derAsaramAM darzana karatA ane AsapAsanAM sthaLomAM paribhramaNa karatA. Abuno A bIjI vakhatano pravAsa paMDitajI mATe vadhAre yAdagAra banyo hato. paMDitajI amadAvAda AvyA. have pachI zo kAryakrama karavo enI vimAsaNamAM hatA tyAM navasArI pAse kAliyAvADIthI zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIe patra lakhIne temane maLavA bolAvyA hatA. paMDitajI kAliyAvADI pahoMcIne temane maLyA. mahArAjazrIe emane pATaNamAM pravartaka zrI kAgnivijyajInA ziSyone bhaNAvavAnuM kAma soMpyuM. paMDitajI pATaNa gayA ane bhaNAvavAnuM kArya emaNe svIkAryuM. paMDitajIe agAu evo nirNaya karyo hato ke koI sAdhusAdhvInI pAse sAmethI jaIne temane bhaNAvavAM nahi. paraMtu pachIthI emAM pheraphAra karIne evo nirNaya karyo ke mahesANAnI pAThazALAmAM je Ave te sAdhusAdhvIne bhaNAvavAM. mahesANAnA sArA anubhavathI sAdhusamAjamATeno emano pUrvagraha moLo paDyo hato. have evo prasaMga Ubho thayo ke sAdhuonI pAse jaIne emane bhaNAvavAnuM kArya emaNe svIkAryuM, kAraNa ke temaNe pravartaka zrI kAntivijayajInI prazaMsA sAMbhaLI hatI. vaLI munizrI jinavijayajIe paNa pravartakanI prazaMsA karI hatI ane have pachInA cAturmAsamAM teo pATaNamAM zrI pravartakajInI sAthe ja rahevAnA hatA. AthI paMDitajIe pATaNa javAnuM nimaMtraNa svIkArI lIdhuM ane cAturmAsa zarU thAya e pahelAM teo tyAM pahoMcI gayA. pATaNamAM paMDitajIe pravartakajInA ziSya zrI caturavijayajI ane emanA ziSya zrI puNyavijayajIne "kAvyAnuzasana" ane "tilakamaMjarI" e be graMthonuM adhyayana karAvyuM. e kALe A be graMtho prasiddha thayelA nahotA. eTale hastapratane AdhAre bhaNAvavAnA hatA. paMDitajI AvA graMtho agAu jyAre jyAre bhaNAvatA tyAre vidyArthInA hAthamAM hastaprata na hoya. pATaNamAM hastaprato sulabha hatI. eTale zrI caturavijayajI ane zrI puNyavijayajI ema baMne eka eka hastaprata laIne besatA. ethI jyAM jyAM pAThaphera hoya tyAM tarata dhyAna doratA. kyAMka hastapratamAM azuddhi hoya to tenuM zuddhikaraNa paNa tarata thatuM. paMDitajIne A anubhava parathI lAgyuM ke judI judI hastapratonA pAThAMtaro jovAthI kartAne kayo pATha abhipreta hoI zake tenI vicAraNA karI zakAya. evuM saMzodhana prAcIna graMtho mATe anivArya che ema temane lAgyuM. zuddhikaraNa ane pAThanirNaya karatAM karatAM AgaLa vadhavAne lIdhe adhyayananI gati maMda rahetI. paNa ekadare to ethI lAbha ja thayo hato. pATaNamAM e cAturmAsamAM zrI sAgarAnaMdajI mahArAja paNa potAnA vizALa samudAya sAthe padhArelA ane emaNe Agama vAcanAno kAryakrama paNa rAkhyo hato. paMDitajI rojeroja sAgarAnaMdajI mahArAja pAse jatA ane emanA mukhya ziSya WWW.jainelibrary.org

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Abu ane pATaNa * 75 zrI mANekasAgarajIne nyAya darzanano abhyAsa karAvatA. pATaNanA A nivAsa daramiyAna ja paMDitajIe lokamAnya TiLakanuM gItArahasya" vAMcyuM ane ethI bahu prabhAvita thayA hatA. pATaNanA nivAsa daramiyAna adhyApanakArya pachI paMDitajIne je phAjala samaya maLato teno teo vividha rIte sadupayoga karatA. pATaNamAM saMgIta zIkhavAnI paMDitajIne IcchA thaI hatI. emanA mitra vrajalAla sitAra sarasa vagADatA. tyArathI paMDitajIne ekAda vAdya vagADatAM zIkhavAnI ruci thaI hatI. paMDitajIe mahArASTranA harikIrtanakArone sAMbhaLelA ane AryasamAjanI bhajanamaMDaLIomAM paNa gayelA. eTale saMgIta sAMbhaLavAno emane pahelethI rasa hato. paraMtu vAjiMtra vagADavA mATenI pravRtti thayelI nahi, pATaNamAM emane eka saMgItazikSaka sAthe paricaya thayelo. teo pATaNanI TreniMga kaoNlejamAM abhyAsa karavA AvelA. TreniMga kaoNlejanA prinsipAla zrI paMDyA hatA. paMDitajIne zrI paMDyAno paricaya thayo. zrI paMDyAnI kaoNlejamAM bhaNatA saMgItanA zikSakane saMskRta zIkhavAnI icchA hatI. paMDitajIe emane saMskRtanuM adhyayana karAvyuM ane saMgIta zikSake paMDitajIne hArmoniyama vagADatAM zIkhavyuM. paMDitajI pote pATaNa rahyA e cAra mahinA saMgItano A abhyAsa cAlyo. paraMtu pATaNa choDyA pachI hArmoniyama vagADavAnuM kAyama mATe chUTI gayuM hatuM.

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kesariyAjInI yAtrA paMDitajI vidyAbhyAsa karAvavA pATaNamAM cAra mahinA rahyA. te daramiyAna jAherAta thaI ke pravartaka zrI kAMtivijayajInI nizrAmAM pATaNathI kesariyAjInI yAtrAno saMgha nIkaLavAno che. e jamAnAmAM ekaladokala mANasa javalle ja dUranAM tIrthonI jAtrA karI zakato. pagapALA javAnuM, rastAmAM coralUTAruM ane ngalI jAnavarono bhaya, bhUlA paDavAnI ciMtA, hAthe rasoI karavAnI jaMjALa, e mATe sAdhanasAmagrI sAthe levAnI, rastAmAM gAmaDAMomAM mukAma zodhavAnA vagere ghaNI mAthAkUTa hatI. saMgha nIkaLe to AvI ciMtA nahi. eTale ghaNA emAM joDAya. badhAMnA kharcanI javAbadArI saMghapati upADe sAthe rasoIyA ane nokarI hoya, cokIpahero karanArA hoya, baLadagADAM hoya. taMbuo hoya, rojerojanA mukAma nakkI hoya, moTo samudAya hoya eTale sArasaMbhALa levAya ane ullAsanuM dharmamaya vAtAvaraNa hoya. AMkha javAne lIdhe parAvalaMbI banelA paMDitajIne mATe kesariyAjInI tIrthayAtrAnI A taka bahu AvakAradAyaka hatI. paMDitajIe emAM joDAvAnI saMmati pravartakajIne jaNAvI. pravartakajIe paMDitajI mATe saMghayAtrAmAM savizeSa sagavaDa karAvI ApI ke jethI emane koI takalIpha na paDe. emane mATe juduM gADuM, judo taMbU ane judo rasoiyo rAkhavAmAM AvyAM. rasoiyA tarIke pravartakajInA lahiyA tarIke kAma karatA brAhmaNa govardhanane levAmAM Avelo. A saMghamAM munizrI jinavijayajI paNa hatA. pravartakazrI kAntivijayanA ziSya zrI caturavijayajI ane emanA ziSya zrI puNyavijayajI paNa hatA. eTale paMDitajI mATe sobata paNa sArI hatI. saMgha pATaNathI cArUpa, tAraMgA, IDara ema judAM judAM tIrthonI yAtrA karato. kesariyAjI pahoMcyo. tAraMgAmAM kumArapAla mahArAjAe baMdhAvela maMdiramAM paMDitajIe bhAvadarzana karyA ane nisaraNI dvArA uparanA mALa para paNa jaI AvyA. IDaramAM teo eka pahADa upara zrI zAnninAthajInA maMdiramAM tathA zrImad rAjacaMdra jyAM dhyAna dharatA te ghaMTiyA pahADa para paNa jaI AvyA. paMDitajI A yAtrAmAM jyAM calAya tyAM cAlatA ane sAMkaDA kaThina pahADI mArgamAM baLadagADAmAM besatA. teo kesariyAjI pahoMcavA AvyA te pahelAM emanA gADAnA baLadano acAnaka paga bhAMgI gayo ane gADuM namI paDyuM. sadbhAgye gADAmAM beThelA

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kesariyAjInI yAtrA - 77 yAtrIone IjA thaI nahi, paNa baLadano paga bhAMgavAnI ghaTanAthI paMDitajIne du:kha thayuM. badhAMe baLadane Ubho karI jema tema karIne kesariyA sudhI pahoMcADyo. saMgha kesariyAjI pahoMcyo. paMDitajIe kesariyAjInI yAtrA A pahelI vAra ja karI. kesariyAjI jainonuM moTuM tIrtha che. ghaNA jainetaro, vizeSataH e vistAranA bhIlo paNa e tIrthamAM zraddhA dharAve che. keTalAye loko tyAM kesara caDAve che. eTale tyAMnA mULanAyaka zrI RSabhadeva bhagavAna 'kesariyAjI dAdA'tarIke oLakhAya che. kesariyAjInI yAtrA karavAnI potAne taka maLI ethI paMDitajIne ghaNo AnaMda thayo. kesariyAthI nIkaLI paMDitajI pagapALA udayapura pahoMcyA. rastAmAM AvatAM nirjana jaina maMdiro parathI eka kALe mevADamAM jainonI kevI jAhojalAlI haze tenuM anumAna thayuM. udayapurathI paMDitajI TrenamAM besI amadAvAda AvI pahoMcyA. amadAvAda AvIne paMDitajIe karmagraMthano saTIka abhyAsa karI levAnuM vicAryuM. karmagraMthanA pahelA ane bIjA bhAgano emaNe abhyAsa karI lIdho hato. daramiyAna emaNe 'karmaprakRti'nuM vAcana paNa cAlu karI dIdhuM. jaina paraMparAmAM 'karmaprakRti' (kammapayaDI) e ghaNo kaThina ane aMtima pramANarUpa graMtha gaNAya che. saMskRta bhASA ane nyAyadarzanano jemaNe barAbara abhyAsa karyo hoya evI vyaktine A graMtha anya loko karatAM vadhu spaSTatAthI samajAya evo che. keTalAka dArzanika praznono khulAso emAMthI maLI rahe che. paMDitajI amadAvAdamAM jhaverIvADamAM vidyAzALAnA makAnamAM rahIne abhyAsa karatA hatA. teo 'malayagiri'nI ane upAdhyAya zrI yazovijayajInI saMskRta TIkA sAthe e graMtha vAMcatA hatA. paMDitajI nyAyadarzananA jANakAra hatA, chatAM koI zaMkA thAya to potAnA mitra paMDita hIrAcaMda devacaMda emane madadarUpa thatA.

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vaDodarAmAM tAva tyAra pachI zrI kAntivijayajInuM cAturmAsa vaDodarAmAM nakkI thayuM. eTale paMDitajI e cAturmAsa daramiyAna vaDodarA gayA. tyAM muni zrI jinavijyajI paNa hatA. paraMtu A vakhate paMDitajIe tyAM phakata muni zrI puNyavijayajIne bhaNAvavAnuM hatuM. eTale phAjala samaya tyAM ghaNo maLato hato. paMDitajI vaDodarAmAM badhe pharyA ane gAyakavADI rAjyanA e mukhya zaheranAM jovA jevAM sthaLonI mulAkAta lIdhI. vaDodarAmAM gAyakavADa sarakAre orienTala insTiTyUTanI sthApanA karI hatI. enA tyAre DAyarekTara cImanalAla DAhyAbhAI dalAla hatA. teo "sI.DI." tarIke vadhu jANItA hatA. teo prAcIna hastapratone AdhAre saMzodhana - saMpAdananuM kArya karatA hatA. pATaNa gAyakavADI rAjyanuM nagara hatuM. eTale saMzodhana kArya mATe pATaNathI hastaprato vagere sArI sAmagrI maLI rahetI. emaNe "gurjara rAsAvalI' nAmanI graMthamALA paNa prakAzita karavI cAlu karI hatI. paMDitajIne sI. DI. dalAlano paricaya thayo. vAraMvAra paraspara jJAnagoSThI paNa thatI. sI.DI. dalAla tyAre rASTrauDhavaMza mahAkAvya', naranArAyaNa kAvya." "kAvyamImAMsA' vagere graMthonuM saMpAdana karatA hatA. enI hastapratomAM saMskRtamAM jyAM azuddha pATha hoya tyAM paMDitajI te zuddha karI ApatA. AthI sI.DI. dalAle prastAva mUkyo ke paMDitajI jevA bauddha darzananA jANakAra bauddha tattvavettA zAMtarakSitanA durlabha graMtha "tattvasaMgrahanuM jo saMzodhana - saMpAdana karI Ape to potAnI zreNImAM teo prakAzita karavA tatpara che. paraMtu e vakhate paMDitajInuM mana adhyayana - adhyApanamAM jeTaluM lAgeluM hatuM teTaluM saMzodhana - saMpAdanamAM lAgyuM nahotuM. eTale emaNe sI. DI. dalAlanI e vAta svIkArI nahi. joke paMDitajIne pAchaLathI lAgeluM ke jIvananI A eka umadA taka pote gumAvI dIdhI hatI. gAyakavADI rAjya hatuM eTale marAThI bhASAne paNa vaDodarAmAM sthAna hatuM. paMDitajI lokamAnya TiLakanA marAThImAM lakhAyelA gItArahasya' nAmanA graMthathI suparicita hatA. ahIM emaNe marAThI bhASAmAM mahAna strI-keLavaNIkAra maharSi karvenI AtmakathA vAMcavAno avasara prApta thayo hato. pote saMskRta - prAkRtanA jANakAra eTale marAThI vAMcavAmAM emane eTalI agavaDa lAgI nahotI.

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vaDodarAmAM tAva * 79 vaDodarAmAM paMDitajI nizcita karelA samaya sudhI rokAI na zakyA, kAraNa ke emane tAva Avyo ane lIdhelI davA garama paDavAthI harasanI pIDA paNa thavA lAgI hatI. e vakhate ghaDiyALI poLanI jAnI zerInA upAzraye teo hatA. teo bhAre tAvamAM paTakAyA hatA ane pathArIvaza hatA. pravartaka zrI kAntivijayajI pote sAdhu hovA chatAM paMDitajInuM mAthuM dabAvI ApatA. tyAre caudazano divasa hato. keTalAka zrAvako AvyA ane emaNe pravartakajIne mAthuM dabAvatA joyA ke tarata ja e kArya pote upADI lIdhuM. gRhasthoe potAno vinaya dAkhavyo hato. paMDitajIne e vakhate pravartaka zrI kAntivijayajInI bhavyatAnAM darzana thayAM hatAM. kAzIvALA zAstrIjIe ane harmana yAkobIe karelI pravartakajInI prazaMsA pote je sAMbhaLI hatI. te yathArtha hatI tenI potAne A vakhate pratyakSa pratIti thaI hatI.

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gAMdhIjInA kocaraba AzramamAM paMDitajI vaDodarAmAM pravartaka zrI kAntivijayajI sAthe hatA tyAre eka vidvAna emane maLavA AvelA. emanuM nAma ramaNIkalAla modI. teo e jamAnAmAM bI.e. sudhI bhaNelA ane carotaramAM oDa gAmamAM hAIskUlamAM zikSaka tarIke kAma karatA hatA. paMDitajI jyAre pATaNamAM zrI pravartakajInI sAthe hatA tyAre zrI ramaNIkalAla modIno emane paricaya thayelo. ramaNIkalAlane zAstragraMthonA adhyayanamAM ghaNo rasa hato. emane emanA pitA taraphathI jaina dharmanI jANakArIno sAro vAraso maLyo hato. taduparAMta emane vaidika darzanonA tathA bauddha darzananA abhyAsamAM rasa hato. paMDitajI jaina darzana ane anya darzanonA paMDita hatA. eTale ramaNIkalAlane paMDitajI sAthe maitrI keLavavAnuM mana thayuM. ramaNIkalAla ane emanAM patnI tArAbahena taddana niHsvArtha sevAparAyaNa ane udAra hatAM. paMDitajI "karmagraMtha'nuM adhyayana karatA ane karAvatA hatA. eTale kamaprakRti' jevo kaThina graMtha samajavA mATe ramaNIkalAlane abhilASA thaI, paNa e graMtha vikSepa vagaranA koI ekAnta sthaLamAM sAthe rahIne ekAgra citte vAMcavo joIe evo emano abhiprAya hato. evuM sthaLa kyAM zodhavuM ? e divasomAM gAMdhIjIe AphrikAthI AvI amadAvAdamAM kocaraba - pAlaDI pAse AzramanI sthApanA karI hatI. tyAM rahevAnI ane bhojananI sagavaDa paNa hatI. tyAM ekAnta paNa hatuM. paMDitajIne gAMdhIjI sAthe thoDo paricaya thayelo. eTale temaNe AzramamAM rahevA mATe gAMdhIjIne patra lakhyo. AzramanA niyamonA pAlananI zarate gAMdhIjIe e mATe saMmati ApI. eTale paMDitajI ane ramaNIkalAla modI kocaraba AzramamAM jaIne rahyA. AzramanA aMtevAsIoe thoDuMka kAma upADI levuM joIe evo niyama hato. ramaNIkalAla to koI paNa kAma karI zake ema hatA paNa paMDitajI to dekhe nahi. eTale emane eka sthaLe besIne koI kAma karavAnuM hoya to ja phAve. eTale emaNe gAMdhIjI pAse anAja daLavAnuM kAma mAgyuM. gAMdhIjIe e maMjUra rAkhyuM. gAMdhIjIe paMDitajIne potAnI pAse besADIne anAja daLavAnuM zikhavADyuM. paMDitajIne AraMbhamAM barAbara AvaDatuM nahi ane hAthe phollA paDI jatA. paNa pachI dhIre dhIre e kAma AvaDI gayuM ane phAvI gayuM.

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gAMdhIjInA kocaraba AzramamAM * 81 paMDitajI upa2 gAMdhIjIno prabhAva vadhato jato hato. AzramamAM gAMdhIjI sAthe rahevAno avasara maLatAM A prabhAva ghaNo vadhI gayo hato. vicArasaraNI ane raheNIkaraNI e baMnemAM emanA upara gAMdhIjInI asara paDI hatI. paMDitajI gAMdhIjInA AzramamAM hatA e arasAmAM amadAvAdamAM gujarAta keLavaNI piraSada ane gujarAta rAjakIya pariSada ema be pariSado yojAI hatI ane emAM javAno ane vaktAone sAMbhaLavAno avasara paMDitajIne maLyo hato. mahamadaalI jhINA tathA sa2 cimanalAla setalavADa jevA samartha mahAnubhAvoe emAM bhAga lIdhelo. alabatta, teonAM vaktavyo aMgrejI bhASAmAM thayelAM, phakta gAMdhIjI ja eka evA hatA ke je gujarAtImAM bolelA. gAMdhIjIne tyAM sAMbhaLyA pachI paMDitajInI gAMdhIjI pratyenI bhakti vadhI gaI hatI. e vakhate emaNe evo saMkalpa karelo ke sAduM jIvana jIvavuM, jAtamahenata karavI, ochAmAM ochA kharce jIvana nabhAvavuM ane ochAmAM ochI vastuono parigraha rAkhavo. A sAdAIno niyama paMDitajInA jIvananA aMta sudhI sacavAI rahyo hato. AzramamAM samaya maLe tyAre ramaNIkalAla ane paMDitajI koI ekAnta sthaLamAM besIne 'karmaprakRti' graMtha pahelAM sAthe vAMcatA. pachI paMDitajI te samajAve. eka vAra pharatAM pharatAM gAMdhIjI tyAM AvI caDyA. ane hasatAM hasatAM pUchyuM 'zuM vAMco cho ?" 'karmaprakRti'nAmano graMtha, paMDitajIe kahyuM. "emAM zuM Ave che " gAMdhIjIe pUchyuM. paMDitajIe emAM AvatA viSayanI vAta karI. gAMdhIjIe 'ema ke " mAtra eTaluM ja kahyuM ane thoDI vAta karI cAlyA gayA. paMDitajI ane ramaNIkalAlane kSobha thayo ke gAMdhIjInA AzramamAM AvIne Avo zAstragraMtha vAMcavA besI javuM te AzramanI pravRttione anurUpa na gaNAya eTale teoe nakkI karyuM ke anya koI sthaLe jaIne A graMtha vAMcavo. ekAnta sthaLanI dRSTie paMDitajIne potAnuM vatana lImalI ThIka lAgyuM. eTale teo AzramamAM thoDA divasa rokAI gAMdhIjInI rajA laIne lImalI gayA. tyAM graMthanuM adhyayana pUruM karyuM. Ama paMDitajIne ramaNIkalAla modI sAthe zAstrIya maitrI baMdhAI. uttarotara A maitrI gADha thatI gaI.

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kAzImAM lekhanakArya kAzImAM ane mithilAmAM vidyAbhyAsa karyA pachI paMDitajIe vyavasAya tarIke adhyayana karAvavAnuM kArya pasaMda kareluM e mATe kSetra tarIke AgrA rAkhyuM hatuM. cAturmAsa daramiyAna teo sAdhuone bhaNAvavA mATe gujarAtamAM jaI AvatA. evI rIte cAra jeTalAM cAturmAsa thaI gayAM. daramiyAna zrI kapUravijayajI (sanmitra)e eka mitrane sAva nirdoSabhAve nikhAlasatAthI kahyuM, "tame hiMdImAM sAruM lakhI zako cho to 'hiMdI jena sAhityano itihAsa taiyAra karo. sukhalAlane AMkho nathI. emanI avasthA evI parAdhIna che ke teo lekhanakArya nahi karI zake. mATe teo bhaNAvavAnuM kAma kare to temAM vadhu saphaLa thaze.' e mitre paMDitajIne sanmitranI A bhalAmaNanI vAta karI. sanmitranI e vAta paMDitajIne sAcI lAgI. paraMtu emanI e vAta paMDitajIne bIjI rIte khaTakI. pote dekhatA nathI mATe lekhanakArya nahi karI zake e vAta emane barAbara na lAgI eTale game tema karIne paNa lekhanakArya karavuM evo emaNe tyAre manamAM daDha saMkalpa karyo. paraMtu AvuM lekhanakArya kyAM rahIne karavuM? paMDitajIne tarata upAdhyAya yazovijayajI yAda AvyA. emaNe kAzImAM gaMgA nadInA kinAre rahIne maMtrasAdhanA sAthe sarasvatI devInI upAsanA karI hatI. kAzIthI paMDitajI pUrA paricita hatA. vaLI tyAM bhadainImAM gaMgAkinAre teo pahelAM rahyA paNa hatA. eTale emaNe paNa potAnI maMtrasAdhanA ane lekhanakArya mATe kAzInuM e ja sthaLa pasaMda karyuM. pote kAzI choDyuM hatuM tyAre tyAM keTalAka graMtho eka TUMkamAM mUkIne AvyA hatA. e graMtho haju tyAM ja hatA. eTale teo AgrAthI kAzI pahoMcyA. tyAM vrajalAlanI mAtA haju rahetAM hatAM. vaLI paMDitajInI sAthe agAu je lakSmInArAyaNa nAmano brAhmaNa hato te haju tyAM kAzImAM ja jaina maMdiramAM pUjArI tarIke kAma karato hato. eTale paMDitajIne kAzInuM e sthaLa badhI rIte anukULa lAgyuM. kalakattAvALA bAbu DAlacaMdajI paMDitajIne karmagraMthanA bhAgonuM hiMdImAM bhASAntara karavAnuM kAma soMpyuM hatuM. eTale paMDitajIe kAzImAM rahIne e graMthonA bhASAntaranuM kAma upADyuM. teo potAnI sAthe potAnA bhatrIjA harajIvanane laI gayA. taduparAMta potAnA kAmamAM madadarUpa thAya evA mahesANAnI pAThazALAnA paricita

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kAzImAM lekhanakArya 0 83 vidyArthI harakhacaMdane paNa sAthe lIdhA. teo badhA tyAM sAthe rahevA lAgyA ane paMDitajInuM karmagraMthanuM kArya cAlu thayuM. paMDitajIe e vakhate ATha mahinA tyAM rahIne kAma karyuM. teo pAMca jaNa hatA ane teono rahevAnA tathA khAvApIvAnA kharcano prabaMdha bAbu DAlacaMdajI taraphathI thayo hato. paMDitajIe potAnA A nivAsane bane teTalo karakasaravALo banAvyo hato. teo anAja hAthe daLatA. kapaDAM vAsaNanuM kAma hAthe ja karatA. vaLI dUdha, dahIM ane ghInI badhAe bAdhA rAkhI hatI. ekaMdare badhA enAthI TevAI gayA hatA. paMDitajInA bhatrIjA harajIvananI tabiyata sArI rahetI hatI. dUdha-dahIM, ghIne badale rojeroja tAjA zekelA caNA sAMje khAvAnuM cAlu karyuM hatuM. vrajalAlanI mAtAne tathA eka pALelA kUtarAne paNa teo caNA khavaDAvatA. pachI to kUtarAne paNa sAMje caNA khAvAnI evI Teva paDI gayelI ke jo caNA na maLe to AkhI rAta bhasAbhasa karI mUke. paMDitajIe jyAre ATheka mahinA pachI kAzI choDyuM, tyAre e kUtarAne caNA khavaDAvavAno prabaMdha karI Apyo hato. paMDitajInI icchA hiMdI bhASAmAM lekhanakArya karavAnI hatI. kAzImAM ghaNAM varSa rahevAne lIdhe hiMdI bolavAno to emane sAro mahAvaro hato, paNa hiMdImAM lakhavAno mahAvaro nahoto. jyAre pote lakhavAnuM cAlu karyuM tyAre ja lekhanakAryanI maryAdA emane samajAI gaI. have lekhanakArya sudhAravuM hoya to zuM karavuM? e mATe pUrvataiyArI rUpe paMDitajIe sArA graMthonA sarasa hiMdI anuvAdo vAMcI javAnuM cAlu karyuM. hiMdI vyAkaraNanA graMthono paNa temaNe abhyAsa karyo. hiMdImAM sAhityika sAmayiko, navalakathAo vagere vAMcavAnuM zarU karyuM. sAthe sAthe upAdhyAya zrI yazovijayajInA "jJAnasAra' graMthano hiMdI anuvAda eka mahAvarA tarIke karavAnuM emaNe cAlu karI dIdhuM. thoDAM pAnAM lakhyAM ane kAcAM lAgyAM to te gaMgAjImAM padharAvI dIdhAM. pachI pharIthI anuvAdanAM pAnAM lakhyAM ane pharIthI padharAvI dIdhAM. ema ghaNI vAra karyuM ema karatAM karatAM hiMdImAM lakhavAno (eTale ke lahiyA pAse lakhAvavAno) emano mahAvaro vadhato gayo. AvI rIte dhImedhIme paMDitajIne hiMdImAM lakhavAnI sArI phAvaTa AvI gaI. kAzInA ATha mahinAnA nivAsa daramiyAna cothA "karmagraMthanA bhASAntaranuM kArya patI javA AvyuM hatuM. have pAMcamo karmagraMtha taiyAra karavAno hato. e kAma thoDuM gahana hatuM. evAmAM pUnAthI eka bhAIno patra Avyo. pUnAmAM kaoNlejamAM bhaNatA jaina vidyArthIone rahevA mATe eka chAtrAvAsa hato. e jaina chAtrAvAsamAM dhArmika zikSakanI jarUra hatI. munizrI jinavijayajIe e mATe paMDitajInA nAmanI bhalAmaNa karI hatI. eTale paMDitajIne emAM joDAvA mATe vinaMtI karato zrI jinavijayajIno patra Avyo. kAzI pachI bhAratamAM vidyAdhAma tarIke pUnAnI gaNanA thatI. e divasomAM pUnAmAM

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840 paMDita sukhalAlajI bhAMDArakara, gokhale, TiLaka, karve vagere mahAnubhAvo hatA. temano paNa lAbha maLaze ane eka navA kSetrano anubhava thaze, tathA pezvAnA samayanA avazeSonuM adhyayana karavAnI taka sAMpaDaze ema samajIne paMDitajIe pUnAnI e javAbadArI svIkArI levA mATe saMmati darzAvato patra lakhI dIdho ane kAzInuM ghara sameTI laIne teo pUnA javA UpaDyA. kAzInA A ATha mahinAnA nivAsa daramiyAna paMDitajIne tyAM AvelA traNa gujarAtIo sAthe paricaya thayo hato. e traNa vyaktio hatI : (1) zivalAla pAnAcaMda, jeo AI.sI.esa.ophisara hatA ane tyAre kAzImAM rahetA hatA. (2) narottama bhANajI ane (3) paramAnaMda kuMvarajI kApaDiyA. teoe paMDitajIne zivalAlabhAInA baMgale jJAnagoSThI mATe padhAravA nimaMtraNa ApyuM hatuM. paMDitajI tyAM gayAM. vilAyata jaI abhyAsa karIne AvelA AI.sI.esa. ophisaranI raheNIkaraNI Adhunika thaI gaI hatI. teo Tebala-khurazI para jamavA beThA ane paMDitajI "cokAdharmI haze ane khuraza-Tebala para nahi bese ema samajI emane mATe rasoDAmAM pATalA para besIne jamavAnuM goThavyuM hatuM. paMDitajI e rIte judA jamyA, paraMtu bapore cApANI vakhate paMDitajIe khulAso karyo ke potAne Tebala khurazI para besavAmAM kaMI vAMdho nathI, tyAre zivalAlabhAIne Azcarya thayeluM, teo vAcananA zokhIna hatA ane jena dharma vizenAM keTalAMka pustako paNa emanA gharamAM hatAM. paMDitajIno zivalAlabhAI sAtheno tathA narottamabhAI sAtheno paricaya vadhato gayo hato. emAM paNa paramAnaMdabhAI sAthe te savizeSa vadhato hato. paMDitajI muMbaImAM cAlatI paryuSaNa vyAkhyAnamALAnA trIseka varSa pramukha rahyA hatA. paramAnaMdabhAI vyAkhyAnamALAnA mukhya saMcAlaka hatA. baMnenI vicArasaraNI maLatI AvatI hatI. eTale baMneno saMbaMdha paraspara gADha thayo hato.

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pUnAnI jaina borDiMgamAM pUnAmAM jaina borDiMgamAM dhArmika zikSaka tarIke nokarI karavAnI darakhAsta AjIvikA ane anubhava baMne dRSTie paMDitajIe svIkArI lIdhI. te mujaba 1917nA aSADha mahinAmAM teo kAzIthI harajIvana ane harakhacaMda sAthe pUnA javA nIkaLyA. e bAju pravAsa ka2vAno A temano pahelo ja anubhava hato. keTalAMka varSa pahelAM paMDitajI jyAre vatana choDIne kAzI jaI rahyA hatA tyAre eka sthAnakavAsI sAdhue emane zikhAmaNa ApI hatI ke kAzImAM dhyAna rAkhajo, kA2Na ke 'vArANasI dhUrtavat' kahevAya che. tyAM luccA, chetarapiMDI ka2nA2A mANasothI sAcavavuM' paMDitajIe vArANasI gayA tyAre e aMge barAbara saMbhALa lIdhelI. eTale koI evo mATho anubhava tyAM nahi thayelo. paNa pUnA pahoMcatAM sTezane ja majUra ane TikiTa cekare pustakonA vajana mATe paisA kaDhAvavA je herAnagati paMDitajIne pahoMcADI tethI pUnA dhUrtava'no emane anubhava thayo hato. pUnAnA jaina borDiMgamAM dhArmika zikSaka tarIkenuM paMDitajInuM kArya kasoTI kare evuM hatuM. borDiMgamAM je vidyArthIo rahetA hatA te judI judI kaoNlejamAM judA judA viSayano abhyAsa karanArA hatA. emAM ijanerI, khetIvADI ke vijJAnanA viSayanA vidyArthIo vadhu hatA. koIne saMskRta bhASAnI jANakArI nahotI ane tattvajJAnamAM koIne rasa nahoto. AvA vidyArthIone bhaNavAmAM kyAMthI rasa paDe ? bheMsa AgaLa bhAgavata jevuM thAya, paraMtu paMDitajIe eno rasto evI rIte kADhyo ke je vidyArthIne saMskRta bhASA zIkhavI hoya tene judo samaya Apavo, ane jene dharmatattvajJAnano koI graMtha vAMcavo hoya tene mATe paNa judo samaya phALavavo. eTale evA viziSTa vidyArthIonI jijJAsA ane abhiruci saMtoSAya. e pachI varganuM dhoraNa paMDitajIe sarvasAdhAraNa karI nAkhyuM. e jamAnAmAM cAlatI rASTrIya caLavaLanI ane chApAMomAM AvatA samAcAronI vAto vargamAM ka2vAnuM rAkhyuM. chellI thoDI miniTomAM teo tattvArthasUtranI sAthe eno viniyoga karI letA. pariNAme vidyArthIomAM dhArmika vargamAM hAjara rahevAno ane temAM rasa levAno utsAha jaLavAI rahyo. bIjI bAju paMDitajIne paNa 'kesarI', 'jAgRti' vagere sAmayikomAM AvatA vividha viSayo vAMcavAno avakAza paNa sAMpaDyo.

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86 0 paMDita sukhalAlajI pUnAmAM eka vAra gokhalenA bhArata sevaka samAjamAM gAMdhIjI AvyA hatA. paMDitajI borDiMgamAM je vidyArthIone bhaNAvatA hatA te vidyArthIoe emane vinaMtI karI ke tamAre gAMdhIjI sAthe paricaya che, to amane temanI pAse laI jAo.' paMDitajI tyAre borDiMganA vidyArthIone laIne gAMdhIjIne maLavA gayA hatA. paMDitajI gAMdhIjIne maLyA tyAre gAMdhIjIe pUchyuM ke tame ahIM pUnAmAM zuM kAma karavA AvyA cho ?" paMDitajIe kahyuM ke pote ahIM chAtrAlayamAM vidyArthIone jaina dharma vize bhaNAvavA AvyA che. e vakhate gAMdhIjIe jaina dharma pramANe dravya, kSetra, kALa ane bhAva vize jANavAnI IcchA darzAvI hatI. eTale paMDitajIe emane e vize samajAvyuM hatuM. pachI gAMdhIjIe potAnI thelImAMthI jaina siddhAnta vize eka pustikA kADhIne batAvI. gAMdhIjI tyAre jainadharma pravezikA nAmanI eka pustikA vAMcI rahyA hatA. ' e vakhate gAMdhIjIe paMDitajIne eka prazna karyo hato ke moTarano tyAga karyo hoya ane chatAM apavAdarUpe moTarano upayoga karavo paDe evI sthiti UbhI thAya to e vize jaina dharma zuM kahe che ? paMDitajIe emane e vize paNa samajAvyuM. gAMdhIjIe tyAre amuka divasa sudhI moTaramAM na besavAno niyama lIdho hato. paraMtu paristhiti evI UbhI thayelI ke misisa polAkane relave sTezana para maLavA javuM hatuM. paraMtu moTarano pote upayoga kare to ja jaI zakAya ema hatuM. paMDitajIe gAMdhIjIne siddhAnta ane vyavahAra ema baMne dRSTie A vAta samajAvI hatI. ane moTuM kAraNa hoya to lIdhelA niyamamAM apavAda karI zakAya che. ema batAvyuM hatuM. eTale gAMdhIjIe tyAre apavAdarUpe moTarano upayoga karyo hato. pUnAmAM paMDitajIne eka atyaMta ghaniSTha paricaya thayo te pro. rAmacaMdra Athavaleno. teo tyAre kaoNlejamAM saMskRta viSayamAM phelo hatA. paMDitajIno emane jyAre pahelavahelo paricaya thayelo tyAre baMnee paraspara vAtacIta saMskRta bhASAmAM karI hatI. ene lIdhe ja baMnene ekabIjA pratye AtmIyatA baMdhAI gaI hatI. paMDitajI uMmare moTA ane bhASAvid tathA zAstrajJa hatA. eTale paNa Athavalene emanI vAtomAM vadhu rasa paDyo. pachIthI jyAre pro. Athavale amadAvAdanI ela.DI.kaoNlejamAM saMskRtanA prAdhyApaka tarIke joDAyA ane paMDitajI paNa amadAvAdamAM rahetA hatA tyAre teo paMDitajI pAse adhyayana mATe AvatA. temaNe hemacaMdrAcAryanuM prAkRta vyAkaraNa', "rasagaMgAdhara', 'vizeSAvazyaka bhASya' vagere graMthonuM adhyayana paMDitajI pAse karyuM hatuM. bIjI bAju pro. Athavale paMDitajIne aMgrejI bhASAmAM lakhAyelA upaniSado vagere vizenA graMtho vAMcI

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pUnAnI jaina borDiMgamAM 0 87 saMbhaLAvatA hatA. Ama pro. Athavale sAthe paMDitajIno saMbaMdha jIvanasabhara ghaniSTha rahyo hato. pUnAnA nivAsa daramiyAna paMDitajIne bIjI be vyaktiono paNa paricaya thayo hato ke jemanI sAthenI maitrI jIvanabhara rahI hatI. A be mitromAMnA eka te zrI trikamabhAI mahAsukhalAla zAha hatA. teo amadAvAdanA vatanI hatA. ane pUnAmAM phargyusana kaoNlejamAM gaNitano viSaya laI abhyAsa karatA hatA. tyAM abhyAsa karyA pachI teo amadAvAda AvIne gAMdhIjIe sthApelI gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM adhyApaka tarIke joDAyA hatA. tyAra pachI teo vidyApIThanA mahAmAtra thayA hatA. paMDitajI pachIthI jyAre vidyApIThamAM adhyApaka tarIke joDAyA hatA tyAre cAreka varSa trikamabhAI sAthe rahevAnuM prApta thayuM hatuM. baMnenA viSaya judA hatA, paraMtu trikamabhAIno svabhAva bahu maLatAvaDo ane paMDitajIne prema ApanAro hato.) pUnAnA maLelA bIjA mitra te rasikalAla choTAlAla parIkha hatA. teo paNa amadAvAdathI pUnA bhaNavA AvyA hatA. temaNe bI.e.mAM saMskRta bhASAno viSaya lIdho hato. paMDitajI pote saMskRtanA jANakAra hatA. eTale baMneno rasa samAna hato. baMnene navuM navuM vAMcavAnI ane jANavAnI icchA rahetI. vaLI kaoNlejamAM rasikalAla parIkhanA saMskRtanA adhyApaka te pro. guNe hatA. rasikalAla temanI pAse pravacanasAra' zIkhatA hatA. eTale paMDitajI pAse te tAttvika graMtha vAMcavAthI temane vizeSa lAbha thato. paMDitajIne pUnAmAM rasikalAle potAnA prophesara guNeno paricaya karAvyo hato. pro. guNe moTA vidvAna to hatA ja, paNa sAthe vinamra, bhalA ane jijJAsu hatA. paMDitajI pUnA choDavAno vicAra karatA hatA tyAre guNe emane pUnAmAM ja rokAI javA Agraha karatA. chAtrAvAsane badale anya koI saMsthAmAM paNa kAma maLI rahe ema hatuM. pUnAmAM paMDitajIne taduparAMta pro. rAmakRSNa bhAMDArakarane maLavAnI taka maLI hatI tathA pro. dharmAnaMda kausAMbI sAthe gADha paricaya thayo hato. pro. kausAMbI tyAre phargyusana kaoNlejamAM pAli bhASAnA adhyApaka hatA. emane maLatAM ja paMDitajInI emanI sAthe maitrI baMdhAI hatI. paMDitajIe bauddha darzanano eTalo UMDo abhyAsa karelo nahi, eTale kausAMbI pAsethI zIkhavAnI emane ghaNI icchA hatI. paraMtu pUnAmAM eTalI taka na maLI, paNa I. sa. 1922mAM dharmAnaMda kausAMbI jyAre gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM joDAyA tyAre paMDitajI paNa temAM joDAyA hatA e varSo daramiyAna baMnenI maitrI ghaNI vadhI. paMDitajI 'tattvArthasUtra' vize lekhanakArya karI rahyA hatA. eTale bauddha darzanamAM AvatA samAntara viSayonI tulanAtmaka samIkSA karavAmAM pro. kausAMbI emane sahAya

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88 * paMDita sukhalAlajI karatA. bIjI bAju pro. kausAMbI paNa je kaMI lakhe te paMDitajIne batAvatA. pAchalA divasomAM paMDitajI jyAre banArasa yunivarsiTImAM joDAyA hatA, tyAre pro. kausAMbI paNa tyAM cha mahinA mATe AvI gayA hatA. te vakhate kausAMbIe lakhelAM be pustako pArzvanAthano cAturyama' ane 'bodhisattva' paMDitajIe tapAsI ApyAM hatAM. pUnAnA nivAsa daramiyAna eka divasa dharmAnaMda kausAMbInA ghare paMDitajIne AcArya zrI je. bI. kRpAlAnIjIno paricaya thayo. te vakhate teo gAMdhIjInI sAthe pUnA AvyA hatA. paricaya thatAM ane paMDitajI jaina che e jANatAM zrI kRpAlAnIjIe ahiMsA vize carcA karI hatI. paMDitajInI sAthe vAtacIta karatAM zrI kRpAlAnAjIne emane mATe ghaNo Adara thayo. tyAra pachI paMDitajI jyAre gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM joDAyA tyAre kRpAlAnIjI tyAM AcArya tarIke kAma karatA hatA. ethI teono paraspara piracaya vadhu gADha thayo hato. gUjarAta vidyApITha choDyA pachInAM varSomAM paMDitajI jyAre banArasa yunivarsiTImAM jaina darzananA adhyApaka tarIke joDAyA tyAre zrI kRpAlAnIjI potAnAM vAgdattA zrI sucetAbahenane paMDitajI pAse laI AvyA hatA ane emane saMskRta bhASAsAhitya zIkhavavA bhalAmaNa karI hatI. paMDitajIe e mujaba banA2samAM sucetAbahenane saMskRta bhASAnuM adhyayana karAvyuM hatuM. sucetAbahene zrI kRpAlAnIjI sAthenAM lagna pahelAM kAzImAM saMskRta viSayanAM adhyApikA tarIke kAma karyuM hatuM. pUnAnA nivAsa daramiyAna tyAMnI te samayanI varSARtu eTale AkAzamAM vAdaLAM chatAM kyAreka jharamara jharamara varasAda va2se ane zItala pavana laherAto hoya. paMDitajIne pozAka, AhAra, Arogya ane vAcananI dRSTie pUnAnuM rokANa bahu ja gamI gayeluM. TekarIo vacce bhavAnI maMdira ane caturbhuja maMdira AvelAM. tyAM teo pharavA jatA ane ekAMtamAM koIka sthaLe besI kesarI', 'jAgRti' vagere sAmayiko vAMcatA tathA kAle, kelakara, bApaTa, TiLaka vagere suprasiddha lekhakonAM ciMtanAtmaka pustako vAMcatA. e rIte pUnAnA divasoe paMDitajInA jIvanane vadhu samRddha banAvyuM hatuM. pUnAnI nokarI choDIne paMDitajI AgrA gayA. A bAju abhyAsa pUro karIne rasikalAla parIkha amadAvAda gayA. paraMtu baMnenI maitrI uttarottara vadhatI gaI. 1921mAM jyAre rasikalAla parIkha gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM purAtattva vibhAganA maMtrI tarIke joDAyA tyAre paMDitajIne paNa vidyApIThamAM joDAvAno yoga sAMpaDyo hato. ethI paMDitajIno rasikalAla sAtheno saMbaMdha gha2 jevo thaI gayo hato. rasikalAlanAM mAtA caMcaLabahena paMDitajIne bahu ja sArI rIte rAkhatAM. eTale paMDitajIne to potAnI sagI bahena

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pUnAnI jaina borDiMgamAM 0 89 caMcaLanuM ja jANe emaNe sthAna lIdhuM hoya evuM lAgatuM hatuM. gUjarAta vidyApITha choDIne pachI rasikalAla parIkha amadAvAdamAM bhoLAbhAI jesiMbhAI vidyAbhavanamAM DAyarekTara tarIke joDAyA hatA. paMDitajI je kaMI lakhatA te rasikabhAIne acUka batAvatA ane emanI jhINI najara pharI jAya te pachI ja chApavA ApatA. paMDitajIe potAnA graMtho "tattvArthasUtra'nA gUjarAtI vivecanamAM tathA "sanmatitarkanA saMpAdana - vivecanamAM rasikalAla parIkhanI ghaNI madada lIdhI hatI.

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AgrAmAM karmagraMthano anuvAda paMDitajIe pUnA choDI pAchA AgrA javAno nirNaya karyo kAraNa ke anubhave ema lAgyuM ke potAnuM karmagraMthanA anuvAdanuM adhUruM kAma AgrAmAM ja sArI rIte thaI zakaze. paMDitajI aSADhI bIjanA divase pUnA AvyA ane pUnA choDI vijayA dazamIne divase AgrA pahoMcI gayA. Ama paMDitajIne pUnAmAM jaina borDiMganA dhArmika zikSaka tarIke comAsAnA divasomAM traNeka mahinA rahevAnuM banyuM. comAsAmAM paMDitajIne pUnAnI ramaNIyatAno AnaMda mANavA maLyo hato, paraMtu potAnA kAmane mATe have pUnA choDavAnuM anivArya thaI paDyuM hatuM. paMDitajI sAthe harajIvana ane harakhacaMda paNa pUnA AvyA hatA. paNa e benI sahAyathI karmagraMtha aMge joIe teTaluM kAma thatuM nahi. evAmAM ramaNIkalAla modIne maLavAnuM thayuM. temane karmagraMtha'nA kAryamAM rasa hato. paMDitajIe emane AgrA AvavA mATe pUchyuM. temaNe AgrA AvavAnuM ane paMDitajI sAthe karmagraMthanuM kAma karavAnuM svIkAryuM. teo vatanamAM jaI potAnAM patnI tArAbahenane laIne AgrA AvI pahoMcyA. pUnAnA nivAsa daramiyAna paMDitajI prauDha vyaktio mATe dharma ane tattvajJAnanA vargo calAvatA. temAM tyAMnA keTalAka nAmAMkita ane judAM judAM khAtAMomAM UMco hoddo dharAvanAra sajjano paNa AvatA hatA. e badhAMne paMDitajInI sAthe sArI mamatA baMdhAI gaI hatI. e vyaktiomAM vAlajI gAMdhI nAmanA eka bhAI paMDitajInA jJAnathI ane zIkhavavAnI paddhatithI prabhAvita thayA hatA. teo digaMbara saMpradAyanA hatA ane digaMbara zAstrono temaNe thoDo abhyAsa paNa karyo hato. paMDitajI zvetAmbara saMpradAyanA hatA, chatAM digaMbara zAstro vize sAro prakAza pADatA hatA. eTale vAlajIbhAIe potAnA moTA bhAI nemacaMda gAMdhI je solApura rahetA hatA, temane pUnA bolAvyA. nemacaMda gAMdhI potAnI sAthe potAnA vayovRddha brAhmaNa paMDitane paNa lAvyA hatA. e brAhmaNa paMDita potAne thayelI keTalIka zaMkAonuM samAdhAna paMDitajI pAsethI meLavIne AnaMda vyakta karyo, eTaluM ja nahi paMDitajI pAse AgrA AvIne bhaNavAnI darakhAsta mUkI hatI. paMDitajIe e vAta mAnya rAkhatAM nemacaMda gAMdhI, e vayovRddha brAhmaNa paMDitane laIne

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AgrAmAM karmagraMthano anuvAda 0 91 saparivAra AgrA AvyA hatA. AgrAmAM emano abhyAsa sAro cAlavA lAgyo. daramiyAna solApurathI eka digaMbara paMDita AgrA AvI pahoMcyA hatA. ethI nemacaMda gAMdhI zvetAmbara saMpradAyanA paMDitajI pAse abhyAsa karavA mATe zaramAyA ane pote jAtrAe nIkaLyA che. ane rastAmAM AgrAmAM rokAyA che evuM khoTuM bahAnuM kADhyuM. paMDitajI A nATaka samajI gayA. teo kazuM bolyA nahi, paNa emane duHkha thayuM. vaLI vadhAre duHkha to pachIthI e vAtanuM thayuM ke vayovRddha brAhmaNa paMDitane nemacaMda gAMdhI bhaNavA laI AvyA hatA. temanuM AgrAmAM avasAna thayuM. paMDitajI pUnAthI AgrA AvIne rozana mahollAnI jANItI jaina dharmazALAmAM UtaryA hatA. bAjumAM zrI zItalanAtha bhagavAnanuM maMdira ane upAzraya hatAM. A upAzrayavALI jagyA bAdazAha akabare zrI hIravijayasUrine bheTa ApI hatI ema manAya che. A maMdiramAM zrI zItalanAthanI bhavya mUrti uparAMta IndranI paNa eka kalAkArIgIrIvALI ramaNIya mUrti che. AgrAmAM A vakhate karmagraMthanA kAma mATe paMDitajI ane ramaNIkalAla modI uparAMta paMdara mANasono samudAya ekaTho thayo hato. eTale dekhItuM che ke kharca vadhAre Ave. samAja upara vadhAre bojo na paDe e mATe paMDitajIe khAnapAnamAM sAdAI dAkhala karI hatI. paMDitajIne potAne ghI-dUdha vagaranA AhArathI skUrti sArI rahetI ane vAcanalekhananuM kAma sAruM thatuM. ochA kharce rasoDuM calAvavAnuM hatuM eTale teoe judAM judAM kAma vaheMcI lIdhAM hatAM. paMDitajI ane ramaNIkalAla modIe vAsaNa mAMjavAnI javAbadArI lIdhI hatI. ethI zramanuM gaurava paNa vadhatuM. A anubhave paMDitajIne lAgyuM hatuM ke phAjala samayamAM AvAM zArIrika kAma karavAthI bauddhika kAmamAM vikSepa paDato nathI. paMDitajIe karmagraMtha'nA traNa bhAgano hiMdImAM je anuvAda karyo hato te chapAvavAnuM kAma AgrAmAM cAlu thayuM hatuM. ramaNIkalAla modInA AgrA AvavAthI e kAma pAchuM vegathI cAlavA lAgyuM. paMDitajIe karmagraMthanI vistRta prastAvanA lakhavAnuM vicAryuM. e mATe emaNe zvetAmbara ane digaMbara paraMparAnA karmasiddhAnta vizenA upalabdha badhA ja graMtho vAMcI lIdhA. e mATe ghaNI badhI noMdho paNa karI lIdhI. emaNe prastAvanA lakhavA mATe lokamAnya TiLake "gItA rahasya' nAmanA potAnA graMthamAM je savistara prastAvanA lakhI che, te namUnArUpe najara sAme rAkhI hatI, paraMtu pachIthI potAnA aMgata saMjogo jotAM lAgyuM ke eTalI badhI vistRta prastAvanA potAnAthI nahi lakhI zakAya. eTale madhyama kadanI prastAvanA lakhavAnuM emaNe vicAryuM. e lakhavA mATe emaNe AgrAmAM eka zAMta ane zItaLa sthaLa pasaMda karyuM. taduparAMta bharatapuranA mahArAjAnI koThImAM

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92 * paMDita sukhalAlajI besIne lakhavAnuM paNa goThavyuM. A rIte emaNe prastAvanAnuM lekhanakArya zarU karyuM. emAM teo vakhatovakhata sudhArAvadhArA paNa karatA gayA. Ama karatAM karatAM potAnI lekhanazakti mATe emanAmAM AtmavizvAsa vadhato gayo. pote have svataMtra rIte lekhanakArya karI zake che evI potAne khAtarI thaI. - paMDitajI mATe "sanmitra zrI kapUravijayajIe je abhiprAya vyakta karyo hato ke aMdhatvanI parAdhInatAne lIdhe sukhalAla lekhanakArya nahi karI zake, e abhiprAya khoTo TharAvavAnuM sadbhAgya potAne sAMpaDyuM che, ethI paMDitajIne ghaNo AnaMda thayo hato. "karmagraMtha'nA pahelA bhAganI prastAvanA lakhAI gaI eTale bIjA ane trIjA bhAganI prastAvanA lakhavAnuM saraLa thaI gayuM. tyAra pachI enAM pariziSTo paNa taiyAra thayAM. lekhanakAryano A ja sarasa anubhava thayo ethI temano utsAha eTalo badho vadhI gayo ke karmagraMtha'nA cothA bhAganA pote taiyAra karelA anuvAdanuM je lakhANa emaNe presane ApyuM hatuM te lakhANa temaNe rada karyuM ane navesarathI navI zailIthI e lakhANa emaNe taiyAra karyuM. pariziSTomAM paNa aneka pAribhASika zabdonA artha temaNe vistArathI samajAvyA. AthI karmasiddhAntanA abhyAsIo mATe A eka pramANabhUta graMtha taiyAra thayo. eTale ja paMDitajIno A anuvAda haju Aje paNa eTalo ja mahattvano gaNAyache. paMDitajI ane ramaNIkalAla modI jyAre karmagraMthanAM pariziSTo taiyAra karatA hatA, tyAre vividha jaina pAribhASika zabdo vize eTalI badhI sAmagrI upalabdha thavA lAgI hatI ke teone ema lAgyuM ke karmagraMthonuM kArya pUrNa karyA pachI jaina pAribhASika koza paNa taiyAra karavo joIe emAM zabdonA artha ane vyutpatti ApavA uparAMta bauddha ane vaidika darzanomAM AvatA evA athavA samAntara zabdonuM aitihAsika tema ja darzanika dRSTie tulanAtmaka adhyayana paNa temAM ApavuM joIe. teoe e mATe sAthe maLI kAmano AraMbha to karyo, paraMtu jema jema AgaLa vadhatA gayA tema tema lAgyuM ke ekale hAthe A kAma jaladI thaI zake evuM nathI. emAM sahAyakonI jarUra paDe ema che. e badhuM kharca uThAvavA koI taiyAra thAya to ja te kAma thaI zake. eTale tatkAla pUratuM e kAma emaNe mulatavI rAkhavAnuM vicAryuM. paMDitajI ane ramaNIkalAla modIe pAribhASika koza mATe judA judA prakAranA pAribhASika kozonuM avalokana karyuM tathA keTalIka kAcI sAmagrI taiyAra paNa karI lIdhI hatI. paraMtu jANe e yojanA pAra paDavAnI na hoya ema e vakhate bhAratanA ghaNA bhAgomAM inphalUenjhAnA tAvano cepa moTA pAye phelAyo. AgrAmAM paNa te Avyo. keTalAye loko mRtyu pAmyA. paMDitajInI sAthe varSothI sahAyaka tarIke kAma karanAra bhAI

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AgrAmAM karmagraMthano anuvAda * 93 harakhacaMda paNa phulumAM sapaDAyA ane thoDA divasamAM mRtyu pAmyA. emanA avasAnathI paMDitajIe jANe potAno AdhAra gumAvyo hoya evuM anubhavyuM. A phUla paMDitajI sivAya saune thayo hato. emAMthI UgaravA mATe zuM karavuM? paMDitajIe ane bIjAM badhAMe lImaDAnAM pAna cAvavAnuM ane lImaDAnAM pAna vATIne eno ukALo karI pIvAnuM cAlu karyuM. lImaDAnI kaDavAzathI saue rAhata anubhavI. phaluno upadrava zamI gayo. paraMtu pAribhASika kozanA kAmamAM sahAyaka banI zake evI vyaktio maLI nahi. eTale chevaTe e yojanA paDatI mUkavI paDI.

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vRMdAvana - mathurAmAM paMDitajIne bhinna bhinna sthaLe jaI tyAMnI saMsthAonuM avalokana karavAmAM ane tyAMnI pratiSThita vyaktiono paricaya karavAnI pravRttimAM rasa paDato hato. teo AgrAmAM hatA tyAre 1918mAM tyAMthI vRMdAvana ane mathurA jaI AvyA hatA. zrI ramaNIkalAla modI ane emanAM patnI tArAbahena temanI sAthe hatAM. vRMdAvanamAM AryasamAja taraphathI yamunA nadInA kinAre cAlatA gurukuLamAM teo UtaryAM hatAM. gurukuLamAM zUdra vidyArthIone paNa praveza apAto hato e jANIne emane AnaMda thayo hato. vRMdAvanamAM prema vidyAlaya' nAmanI eka saMsthAnI paNa temaNe mulAkAta lIdhI hatI. tyAM jIvanalakSI vyAvahArika keLavaNI apAtI hatI. e saMsthAnA maMtrI nArAyaNa prasAda paMDitajInA paricita hatA. vRMdAvanamAM paMDitajIne potAnA eka paricita AcArya zrI sudarzanAcArya ghaNAM varSo pachI maLI gayA ethI bahu AnaMda thayo hato. sudarzanAcArye tyAM emane zrIraMgajInuM maMdira batAvyuM. jANavA jevI vAta to e hatI ke A maMdira lakSmIcaMda nAmanA eka jaina dhanADhya baMdhAvyuM hatuM ane enA nibhAva mATe paNa sArI rakama mUkI hatI. emaNe mathurAmAM paNa jaina maMdira ane dharmazALA baMdhAvyAM hatAM. teo jena - vaiSNava ema baMne dharmane anusaratA hatA. sudarzanAcArye kahyuM hatuM ke vaiSNavono viziSTAdvaita e anekAntavAdanuM ja eka svarUpa che. - vRMdAvanamAM pharIne paMDitajIe tyAMnA AcAryo, gosvAmIo vagere vize mAhitI meLavI hatI. vaiSNava saMpradAyanA nAnAmAM nAnA paMtho paNa vRMdAvanamAM jovA maLe che. rAdhA - ramaNanI zAkhA paNa kharI ane rAdhAvallabhanI zAkhA paNa kharI. caitanyanI zAkhA paNa tyAM bahu vikaselI che. e zAkhAnAM keTalAMka maMdiromAM zUdrone paNa dAkhala thavAno adhikAra hato. joke Aje have e jAtanI samasyA kAyadesara paNa rahI nathI. paNa eTalI pragatizIlatA e jamAnAmAM tyAre tyAM hatI. vRMdAvanathI mathurA AvI tyAnAM vaiSNavamaMdiro, jainamaMdiro, aitihAsika saMgrahasthAno vagere paMDitajIe joyAM. prAcIna samayamAM mathurA e jaina dharmanuM paNa eka

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vRMdAvana - mathurAmAM * 95 moTuM kendra hatuM. ahIM Arya skaMdilAcAryanI nizrAmAM je AgamavAcanA thaI hatI enuM smaraNa paNa tAjuM thayuM hatuM. Ama mathurA vRMdAvanano pravAsa karIne paMDitajI AgrA pAchA AvyA.

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paMca-pratikramaNasUtra AgrAmAM paMDitajInuM karmagraMthanuM kAma pUruM thavA AvyuM hatuM tyAM eka navI darakhAsta AvI. kalakattAmAM bAbu DAlacaMdajI siMdhI dhanADhya temaja dharmapremI ane vidyApremI hatA. emane evo bhAva thayo ke paMca-pratikramaNa - sUtrono sarasa hiMdI anuvAda karAvIne tenI nakalo maphata vaheMcavI joIe, paraMtu te graMtha suMdara ane sughaDa hovo joIe. e kAma paMDitajIne soMpavAnuM teoe vicAryuM. kalakattAnA zrI dayAlacaMdajI jhaverIe paMDitajIne e mATe patra lakhyo. paMDitajIe e kAma tarata svIkArI lIdhuM, kAraNa ke e nimitte pratikramaNanAM sUtronA aitihAsika ciMtananI taka maLatI hatI. vaLI tAttvika ciMtanane mATe paNa emAM avakAza hato. paMDitajInI icchA A graMthamAM badhA ja gacchonI paripATIne samAvI levAnI hatI. eTale nirNaya thatAM emaNe e kAma zarU karI dIdhuM. bAbu DAlacaMdajInI evI bhAvanA paNa hatI ke navakAra maMtranA paMcaparameSThI vize paNa sAmAnya mANasone rasa ane samaja paDe e rIte lakhI zakAya to sAruM. paMDitajIe e darakhAsta paNa svIkArI ane e vizenuM lekhanakArya paNa zarU karI dIdhuM. e vakhate AgrAmAM unALAmAM ga2mI sakhata paDatI hatI. eTale dhAryuM kAma thatuM nahi. evAmAM DAlacaMdajI jhaverInA bhAI cAMdamalajIe sUcavyuM ke AgrA zaheramAM garamImAM rahevA karatAM yamunA nadInA kinAre teo jo rahe to tyAM ga2mI ochI lAgaze ane kAma vadhu thaze. e sUcana paMDitajIne gamyuM. temaNe tathA zrI ramaNIkalAla modIe sAteka mAIla dUra, akabaranA makabarA sikaMdarAthI ekAda mAIla dUra kailAsa' nAmanA tIrthadhAmamAM eka makAna unALA mATe bhADe rAkhI lIdhuM. tyAM garamI ochI lAgatI hatI. e makAnanA bhoMyarAno eka bhAga to sIdho jamanAnA jaLa pAse ja hato. vaLI nadImAM pANI to kamara sudhInuM hatuM, eTale pANImAM nahAvA-taravAno AnaMda paNa savArasAMja mANI zakAto. A rIte kailAsa tIrthadhAmamAM paMca-pratikramaNanA lekhananuM kArya sArI rIte thayuM. paMca-pratikramaNa sUtronA A graMthanI prastAvanAmAM paMDitajIe tulanAtmaka adhyayana ApyuM che. sanAtanIonI saMdhyA, musalamAnonI namAja, bauddhono nityapATha,

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paMca-pratikramaNasUtra - 97 pArasIonA khoradeha avastA vagerenI tulanAtmaka samIkSA A prastAvanAmAM karavAmAM AvI che. jijJAsu vAcakane e ghaNI upayogI thaI paDe evI che. A rIte paMca-pratikramaNa - sUtronA anuvAdanA graMthanuM lekhanakArya pUruM thayuM ane e chApavA mATe presamAM ApavAmAM AvyuM. evAmAM bAbu bahAdurasiMhajI siMdhI AgrA AvyA, emaNe graMtha prakAzanamAM karakasara na karavA kahyuM. paMDitajI sArA presanI tapAsamAM hatA. evAmAM pUnAthI zrI jinavijayajIno patra Avyo ke tame pUnA Avo to tyAM sAruM mudraNakArya thaI zakaze, eTale paMDitajI ane ramaNIkalAla modI pUnA gayA. paraMtu pUnAmAM tapAsa karatAM lAgyuM ke e kAma joIe tevuM sarasa rIte thaze nahi. eTale teo AgrA pAchA phyu. pachI carcAvicAraNA karatAM temaNe evo ukela kADhyo ke TAIpa muMbaIthI nirNayasAgara presanA maMgAvavA, kAraNake te jamAnAmAM sArAmAM sArA devanAgarI TAIpa nirNayasAgara presanA gaNAtA. vaLI kAgaLa kalakattAthI maMgAvavA ane te paNa bAbu bahAdurasiMhajI pote ja pasaMda karIne mokalAve. A rIte TAIpa ane kAgaLa maMgAvIne graMtha AgrAmAM ja gItA presamAM chapAvavo ema nakkI karyuM. TAipa ane kAgaLa AvI jatAM mudraNakArya cAlu thayuM ane sarasa graMtha taiyAra thaI gayo. e joIne bAbu DAlacaMdajIne tathA temanA putra bAbu bahAdurasiMhajIne atizaya AnaMda thayo. A samaya daramiyAna pUnAthI munizrI jinavijayajIe paMDitajIne patra lakhyo ke pUnAmAM lekhanasaMzodhananuM sAruM kAma thaI zake ema che. to tame badhA AgrA choDIne pUnA rahevA Avo. muni zrI jinavijayajIe zrI haribhadrasUrinA samaya-nirNaya vize saMzodhanalekha taiyAra karyo hato. pUnAmAM yojAnAra orienTala konpharansamAM teo te rajU karavAnA hatA. vaLI pUnAmAM bhAMDArakara insTiTyUTanuM udghATana hatuM. paMDitajIne A baMne prasaMgomAM upasthita rahevA mATe munizrI jinavijayajIe kahevaDAvyuM. muni jinavijayajI have potAnI bhinna vicArasaraNIne kAraNe sAdhu-samudAyamAMthI svecchAe nIkaLI gayA hatA. have temaNe ekalA rahevAnuM ane vAhanano upayoga karavAnuM cAlu karyuM hatuM. zrI jinavijayajI sAthe potAne sArI AtmIyatA hovAthI paMDatijIe pUnA javAnuM nakkI karyuM. pUnA javAnuM nakkI to thayuM, paraMtu AgrAthI Trena dvArA sIdhA pUnA pahoMcI javAne badale rAjasthAna ane gujarAtamAM jaIne pachI pUnA javAnuM paMDitajIe goThavyuM, kAraNa ke sAdaDImAM cAturmAsa arthe birAjamAna zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIne ane potAnA vatana lImalImAM jaIne svajanone maLavAnI temanI icchA hatI. goThavelA kAryakrama pramANe teo AgrAthI nIkaLI sAdaDI javA mATe phAlanA sTazane UtaryAM. bIjAM badhAM phAlanA rokAyAM ane paMDitajI tathA ramaNIkalAla sAdaDI javA nIkaLyA. aSADha mahino cAlato hato ane dhodhamAra varasAda varasato hato. phAlanAthI

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98 * paDita sukhalAlajI sAdaDI cha mAIla cAlatA javAnuM hatuM. teo baMne mahArAjazrIne maLavA mATe nIkaLyA. rastAmAM DhIMcaNa sudhInAM pANI hatAM. cAlatAM cAlatAM pANInA joradAra pravAhane lIdhe. paMDitajIe pagamAM paherelA joDA paNa nIkaLI gayA. ughADA page pANImAM cAlatAM khetaromAMthI taNAI AvelI bAvaLanI ghaNI badhI zULo emanA pagamAM bhoMkAI gaI ane vedanA asahya thavA lAgI. teone rastAmAM eka gAmamAM rAte rokAI javuM paDyuM. badhI zULo pagamAMthI kADhavAmAM AvI. page pATA bAMdhavAmAM AvyA. tyAra pachI teo baMne bIje divase sAdaDI pahoMcyA ane zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIne maLyA ane vaMdana karyA. mahArAjazrIe paMDitajInI jaina dhArmika sAhityanI pravRtti vize ghaNo utsAha dAkhavyo ane e mATe AzIrvAda ApyA. sAdaDImAM zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIne maLyA pachI teo tyAMthI pAse AvelA rANakapuranA suprasiddha jaina maMdira "dharaNa vihAranAM page cAlIne darzana karI AvyA. darzana ane eka viziSTa vAtAvaraNanA anubhavathI teo baMnee kRtakRtyatA anubhavI hatI. paMDitajI sAdaDIthI phAlanA thaI potAnA vatana lImalImAM AvyA. pagamAM vAgelA kAMTAnI tyAM sAravAra paNa karAvavI hatI. e jamAnAmAM lImalI jevA nAnA gAmamAM dAktara to hoya nahi. hajAma ja AvA upacAro karatA hatA. paMDitajIe hajAma pAse kAMTA to kaDhAvyA, paNa page rUjha AvI nahotI. teo lImalIthI amadAvAda AvyA. tyAM zrI vijayavallabhasUrijInI bhalAmaNa anusAra zrI maMgaLabhAI jhaverIne tyAM UtaryA. tyAM dAkatare pagamAMthI bAkI rahelA jhINA kAMTAo paNa kADhyA ane yogya upacAro karyA, paraMtu sAthe sAthe salAha ApI ke "traNa aThavADiyAM sudhI kyAMya haraphara karazo nahi." eTale paMDitajIne na chUTake maMgaLabhAI jhaverIne tyAM rokAI javuM paDyuM. emaNe ramaNIkalAla modIne pUnA ravAnA karI dIdhA. amadAvAdanA A nivAsa daramiyAna paMDitajI gAMdhIjInA navA taiyAra thayelA sAbaramatI AzramamAM be divasa potAnA paricita mitronI sAthe rahI AvyA. zrI maMgaLabhAI jhaverIne tyAM ArAma karI rahyA hatA te daramiyAna paMDitajIne be vyaktiono paricaya thayo. eka te DaoN. jIvarAja ghelAbhAI. teo AgamagraMthone prasiddha karavAmAM rasa letA hatA. bIjA te kezavalAla khemacaMda vakIla. teo jaina dharmanA jANakAra hatA. jaina sAhitya vadhu prasiddhimAM Ave e mATe teo kArya karatA hatA. DaoN. jIvarAja roja AvIne paMDitajIne page davA lagADI, navo pATo bAMdhI ApatA hatA. paMDitajInA jUnA mitromAM pro. Athavale roja AvatA ane paMDitajInI pAse hemacaMdrAcAryanA prAkRta vyAkaraNano abhyAsa karatA. taduparAMta paMDita bhagavAnadAsa paNa vAraMvAra maLavA AvatA. zeTha maMgaLabhAInA AtithyabharyA svabhAvane kAraNe roja emane

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paMca-spratikramaNa sUtra : 99. ghaNA judA judA mANaso maLavA AvatA. e badhAMne maLavAno lAbha paMDitajIne paNa maLato. AthI ArAmakhurazImAM besIne ArAma karavAnA divaso paNa paMDitajI mATe AnaMdathI sabhara banI gayA hatA. A ArAmanA divaso daramiyAna paryuSaNanA divaso paNa AvI pahoMcyA. e vakhate tyAM jhaverIvADamAM zrI vijayanemisUrijInuM cAturmAsa hatuM. paMDitajI emane maLavA gayA hatA. pUnAne badale amadAvAdamAM rahI saMzodhananuM kAma karavA mATe zrI vijayanemisUrijIe paMDitajI AgaLa prastAva mUkyo hato, paraMtu paMDitajIne amadAvAdamAM rahIne kAma karavAnuM phAve ema na hatuM. amadAvAdamAM paganI sAravAra karAvyA pachI paMDitajI orienTala konpharansamAM bhAga levA mATe pUnA gayA. tyAM potAnA graMtho chapAvavA mATe emaNe potAnuM lakhANa sAthe lIdhuM hatuM. paraMtu tyAM koI presanI anukULatA jaNAI nahi. eTale e vicAra paDato mUkavo paDyo hato. tyAra pachI paMDitajI tathA ramaNIkalAla modIe "karmagraMthanI prastAvanA ane pariziSTo taiyAra karavAnuM kAma upADyuM. orienTala konpharansamAM paMDitajIne judA judA vidvAnone sAMbhaLavAnI sarasa taka maLI. taduparAMta rAmakRSNa bhAMDArakara, harisatya bhaTTAcArya, satIzacandra vidyAbhUSaNa, mahAmahopAdhyAya lakSmaNa zAstrI draviDa vagere vidvAnono emane pratyakSa sarasa paricaya thayo. paMDitajI mATe A eka moTo lAbha hato.

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karmagraMthanuM kArya ane zrI vijayadharmasUrijI sAthe meLApa paMDitajI pUnAmAM hatA tyAre eka vakhata emane pAlanapuranA zrI lADubahenano patra maLyo. temaNe patramAM lakhyuM hatuM ke "tamane karmagraMtha' chapAvavA mATe maNibahena kApaDiyA nAmanAM eka bahena Arthika madada karavA mAge che. mATe muMbaI AvIne temane maLI jazo.' maNibahena muMbaImAM dAdaramAM potAnA baMgalAmAM rahetAM hatAM. paMDitajI ane ramaNIkalAla modI dAdara sTezane UtarI maLavA mATe temanA baMgale pahoMcyA. maNibahenanuM kuTuMba saMyukta kuTuMba hatuM. temAM teo ja mukhya kartAhartA hatAM. temaNe paMDitajIne emano cotho "karmagraMtha' chapAvavA mATe eka hajAra rUpiyA jevI e jamAnAmAM ghaNI moTI rakama, koI paNa prakAranI zarata vinA ApI. ethI paMDitajIne ghaNo harSa thayo. tyAra pachI maNibahenanI sAthe saMparka uttarottara vadhato gayo hato. paMDitajIe noMdhyuM che ke potAnAM sagAM bahenanuM nAma paNa maNibahena hatuM. emanI khoTa A maNibahena kApaDiyAe potAnA vAtsalyabhAvathI pUrI dIdhI hatI. maNibahena kApaDiyAne maLavA dAdaramAM emanA ghare javAmAM eka bIjI sukhada ane AzcaryakAraka ghaTanA e banI ke te vakhate paMDitajInA gurubhagavaMta kAzIvALA zrI vijayadharmasUrijI potAnA ziSyo sAthe tyAM birAjamAna hatA. paMDitajIe I. sa. 1918mAM kAzImAM zrI yazovijayajI jaina pAThazALA choDIne svataMtra rahevAnuM cAlu karyuM. tyArathI e vAtane agiyAra varSa thaI gayAM hatAM. kAzInI pAThazALA choDyA pachI AcAryazrIne pharI maLavAnuM paMDitajIne kyAreya prApta thayuM nahotuM. paMDitajIe je rIte pAThazALA choDI hatI e zrI vijayadharmasUrijIne gamyuM nahotuM. paMDitajIne "kAzI bolAvIne taiyAra karanAra tathA emanA aMdhakAramaya bhAvimAM palaTo ANanAra evA zrI vijayadharmasUrijIne e bAbatamAM jo kadAca ochuM AvyuM hoya to e svAbhAvika hatuM. eTale zrI vijayadharmasUrijI maNibahenane ghare virAjamAna che. e jANatAM tyAM javAmAM paMDitajIne thoDA saMkoca thayo. paraMtu zrIvijayadharmasUrijIe to jotAMveMta ja paMDitajIne "sukhalAla Avo' ema bhAvathI satkAryA. ethI paMDitajIno saMkoca haTI gayo.

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karmagraMthanuM kArya ane zrI vijayadharmasUrijI sAthe meLApa * 101 emanI bhalAmaNathI ja maNibahene hajAra rUpiyAnI sahAya karavAno nirNaya karyo hato. e jANIne paMDitajIne AnaMdAzcarya thayuM. bhUtakALanI ghaTanA vize AcAryazrIe manamAM koI gAMTha rAkhI nahotI. potAnA ekAMta hitaiSI ane sahAyaka evA zrI vijayadharmasUrijIne vaMdana karatAM paMDitajIe kRtajJatAnI lAgaNI anubhavI. zrI vijayadharmasUrijInI tabiyata tyAre barAbara rahetI nahotI. teo tyAMthI pAchA uttara bhArata tarapha vihAra karI javAnA hatA. eTale paMDitajInI A mulAkAta chellI mulAkAta hatI. paMDitajI noMdhe che ke kAzImAM chUTA paDyA pachI potAnA guru zrI vijayadharmasUrijIne pharI vAra maLavAnuM banyuM eno AnaMda maNibahenanA hajAra rUpiyA karatAM paNa ghaNo badho hato. paMDitajIne karmagraMthanAM lekhana-prakAzana mATe Arthika sahAyanI atyaMta jarUra hatI. pUnAmAM jyAre emanuM A kArya cAlI rahyuM hatuM tyAre khaMbhAtathI eka sagRhastha rUpiyA cAra hajAra jeTalI mAtabara rakama mokalAvI hatI. A vaNamAgI ane aNadhArI madada maLavAthI paMDitajInA ane emanA mitra ramaNIkalAlanA manamAM AnaMda ane utsAhanuM mojuM pharI vaLyuM. AvI moTI rakama Ave eTale javAbadArI paNa vadhe. potAnI pAse badhI rakama rAkhavI enA karatAM bAbu DAlacaMdajI pAse e rakama rahe e vadhu sAruM ema mAnIne paMDitajIe e badhI rakama emanI pAse jamA karAvI dIdhI.

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pitAjInI ciravidAya pote pUnAmAM hatA te samaya daramiyAna paMDitajInA vatana lImalIthI emanA bhAIonA patro AvyA ke "pitAjInI tabiyata bagaDatI jAya che. azakti vadhatI jAya che. A maMdavADamAMthI teo beThA thAya evI bilakula AzA nathI. mATe tame jaladI lImalI AvI jAva. pitAzrI tamane bahu yAda kare che. AthI paMDitajI pUnAthI lImalI javA ravAnA thayA, paraMtu pote pUnA sTezane pahoMce te pahelAM ja tAra maLyo ke pitAjInuM avasAna thayuM che. paMDitajI zokamagna banI gayA. teo lImalI pahoMcyA. pitAjIne aMtima ghaDIe maLI na zakAyuM enuM manamAM duHkha rahI gayuM. - paMDitajI lIlI cAreka divasa rokAyA. e jamAnAmAM moTI uMmaranI vyaktinA mRtyu pachI kAraja karavAno rivAja hato. jJAtinA mANasone maraNa pachI jamADavA paDatA. e mATe moTuM kharca thatuM. jJAtimAM evo pharajiyAta rivAja paDI gayelo. eTale sAdhAraNa sthitinA lokone paNa emAM kheMcAvuM paDatuM. kyAreka to devuM karIne paNa kAraja karavuM paDatuM. sagA saMbaMdhIo taraphathI dabANa thatuM. mRtyunA bAramA divase ke teramA divase AvI rIte jJAtijanone jamADatA. moTI uMmare thayeluM mRtyu e zokano nahi paNa utsavano prasaMga che evI bhAvanAmAMthI ane zokasaMvedanA ochI thAya evA AzayathI Avo rivAja cAlu thayo haze, paNa te ThIka ThIka kALa sudhI pracalita rahelo. Aje paNa kyAMka te rivAja jovA maLe che. keTalAka to potAnA mRtyu pachI karavAnI kArajanI kriyA potAnI hayAtImAM ja karAvI letA ke jethI pAchaLa rahelAM svajano jamADavAnI e kriyA barAbara kare ke na kare enI ciMtA nahi. "jIvatA jagatiyuM ene kahevAmAM Ave che. paMDitajInA kuTuMbanI Arthika sthiti eTalI badhI sArI nahotI. vaLI A rivAja aniSTa che evI mAnyatAvALA sudhArAvAdIo taraphathI eno virodha paNa thavA lAgelo. paMDitajInA be nAnA bhAI kaMIka sAruM kamAyelA eTale jJAtipratiSThA khAtara emanI IcchA kAraja karavAnI hatI. paMDitajInI ane emanA moTA bhAInI icchA kAraja karavAnI nahotI. moTA bhAInI sthiti jarAya sArI nahotI, paNa lokaniMghathI DaratA. eTale potAno mata pragaTa karatA nahi. paMDitajIe eka sUcana mUkyuM ke

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pitAjInI ciravidAya * 103 kAraja karavuM hoya to bhale karavuM, paNa hAla ghInA bhAva vadhAre che. eTale thoDA divasa pachI ghI sastuM thAya tyAre kAraja karavuM. emanI e darakhAstane moTA bhAIe jhIlI lIdhI. nakkI thayuM ke ghI sastuM thAya tyAre kAraja karavuM. paMDitajI cAreka divasa lImalImAM rokAIne pachI tyAMthI nIkaLIne AgrA pahoMcI gayA, paraMtu eka vakhata vilaMbamAM paDI gayeluM kArajanuM kArya tyAra pachI kyAreya thayuM nahi. ethI moTA bhAIne ghaNI rAhata thaI.

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AgrAmAM kuTuMbasaMskAra paMDitajIne lAgyuM ke potAno bhatrIjo ane be bhatrIjIo lImalI jevA pachAta gAmamAM ja rahe to temanA saMskAraghaDataranuM kArya jevuM joIe tevuM thaze nahi. bhAIonI sthiti sAmAnya hatI ane jematema gujarAna cAlatuM hatuM. eTale bhAIonI saMmatithI teo potAnI be bhatrIjI ane eka bhatrIjAne laIne AgrA javA UpaDyA ke jethI potAnI dekharekha nIce teo ghaDAya ane saMskAra pAme. rastAmAM paMDitajIne jaina zvetAmbara kaoNnpharansanA adhivezana mATe phAlanA sTezane UtaravuM hatuM. e divasomAM relavemAM rijharvezana jevI prathA nahotI. jyAre javuM hoya tyAre sTezana parathI TikiTa laIne TrenamAM besavAnuM rahetuM. kyAreka TrenamAM bahu giradI paNa rahetI. DabbAmAM dAkhala thavAnI ja muzkelI rahetI. dAkhala thayA pachI beThaka meLavavAnI takalIpha rahetI. emAM paNa aspRzyatA-AbhaDacheTanA e divaso hatA. ucca kuTuMbanA loko nIcalA tharanA lokone potAnI bAjumAM besavA na de. ekabIjAne tarata nyAtajAta pUchavAno rivAja hato. pUche to kahevuM ja paDe. koIka tochaDAIthI paNa varte. paMDitajIne A vakhate TrenamAM eno vicitra anubhava thayo hato. vaDhavANathI vIramagAma thaI mahesANA pahoMcavAnuM hatuM. tyAMthI gADI badalI Abu mAravADa taraphanI gADI pakaDavAnI hatI. mahesANA sTezane gADI AvI, paNa koI emane DabbAmAM besavA na de. pote dekhe nahi, tema chatAM bArImAMthI teo DabbAmAM ghUsyA to kharA, paNa pAMca varSanA bhatrIjAne bArImAMthI levA jatAM te nIce pleTaphorma ane gADInI vacce pATA para paDI gayo. gADI UpaDavAne haju vAra hatI ane saddabhAgye te bacI gayo. TrenamAM paNa paMDitajIne badhA emanI nyAtajAta pUchatA, paNa paMDitajI koIne kaMI javAba ApatA nahi. potAnI jAta mANasanI che eTaluM ja kahyuM. AgaLa jatAM jyAre musApharoe jANyuM ke teo moTA paMDita che tyAre badhAMne bahu Azcarya thayuM ane mAnapAnathI temanI sAthe vAta karavA lAgyA. A rIte lImalIthI AgrA javAnA A vakhatanA pravAsamAM paMDitajIne relavemAM Avo vilakSaNa anubhava thayo hato. paMDitajI phAlanA sTezane UtaryA. tyAMthI teo sAdaDI javAnA hatA. kAraNa ke tyAM zrI vijayavallabhasUrijInI nizrAmAM kaoNnpharansanuM adhivezana hatuM. paMDitajI jyAre

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AgrAmAM kuTuMbasaMskAra * 105 phAlanA UtaryA tyAre emane gulAbacaMdajI DhaDhAno tyAM meLApa thayo. e vakhate ema. e. sudhI bhaNelA, jAtismaraNa jJAna jemane thayeluM ema kahevAtuM e gulAbacaMdajI DhaDhAnuM nAma rAjasthAnamAM ghaNuM mazahUra hatuM. phAlanAthI paMDitajI sAdaDI pahoMcyA. tyAM teo zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIne maLyA. ethI paraspara AnaMda thayo. adhivezanamAM mAtra hAjarI ApavAnA AzayathI ja teo sAdaDI gayA hatA. eTale pahele divase ja adhivezananI pahelI udghATana beThakamAM upasthita rahIne tathA zrI vijayavallabhasUrijIne maLIne paMDitajI pAchA phAlanA sTezane AvI pahoMcyA. tyAM temane kaoNnpharansanA kAryakartAo zrI mohanalAla dalIcaMda desAI, zrI devakaraNa mULajI, zrI makanajI berisTara, vagere maLyA hatA. phAlanAthI paMDitajI AgrA pahoMcI gayA. tyAM ramaNIkalAla modI ane emanAM patnI tArAbahena pUnAthI AvI gayAM hatAM. AgrAmAM paMDitajInA paMcapratikramaNasUtra, graMthanuM kArya pUruM thavA AvyuM hatuM. emano bhatrIjo ane be bhatrIjIo paNa sAthe hatAM eTale vAtAvaraNa bharyuM bharyuM lAgatuM hatuM. vaLI chokarAMoe gujarAta bahAranI duniyA pahelI vAra joI ane paMDitajI sAthe rahevAnuM maLyuM eTale vidyAdhyayananA vAtAvaraNamAM temane sArA saMskAra maLyA hatA.

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sanmatitarkanA saMpAdanakAryamAM aMtarAyo paMca-pratikramaNa sUtranA anuvAdano graMtha presamAM chapAvA gayo. have paMDitajI bIjuM kiMIka kAma hAtha para levA vicAratA hatA. evAmAM kAzImAM potAnI sAthe abhyAsa karatA hatA temAMthI be munio AgrA paMDitajIne maLavA AvyA. emAMnA eka te zrI kSamAmuni saMskRta bhASAnA sArA jANakAra hatA. emaNe paMDitajI sAthe rahI kaMIka kAma karavAnI tatparatA batAvI. paMDitajIne thayuM ke jo potAnA kAmanI keTalIka javAbadArI ramaNIkalAla modI uparAMta zrI kSamAmuni upADI letA hoya to siddhasena divAkarakRta sanmatitarkanuM kAma karavA jevuM che. zrI kSamAmunie e kAma svIkAravAnI saMmati darzAvI eTale paMDitajIe sanmatitarkanuM saMzodhana saMpAdana ane hiMdI bhASAntara karavAnuM nakkI. karyuM. e mATe joItI pothIo paNa maMgAvI lIdhI. te daramiyAna amadAvAdathI paMDita bhagavAnadAsa paNa AvI pahoMcyA. "sanmatitarkanuM kAma cAlu thayuM, paMDitajI mArgadarzana ApatA jAya te pramANe zrI kSamAmuni, paMDita bhagavAnadAsa ane ramaNIkalAla kArya karatA hatA. AgrAmAM A kArya cAlatuM hatuM te daramiyAna zrI kSamAmunine thoDA divasa bahAra javAnuM thayuM. AgrAthI phatepura sikIne raste dAdA sAhebano bagIco che. A bagIco zahenazAha akabare zrI hIravijayasUrijIne samarpita karyo hovAnuM kahevAya che. A bagIcAmAM eka jinamaMdira che. emAM mUrtinI puna:pratiSThAno kAryakrama yojAyo hato. ane pratiSThA zrI kSamAmuninI nizrAmAM goThavAI hatI. zrI kSamAmuni tyAM gayA, pratiSThAvidhi sArI rIte saMpanna thaI gaI. paraMtu tyAMthI zaheramAM pAchA pharyA pachI munine tAva Avyo. thoDA divasamAM to e tAva eTalo vadhI gayo ke zrI kSamAmuni kALadharma pAmyA. ethI paMDitajIne ghaNo AghAta lAgyo, evAmAM paMDita bhagavAnadAsane bhagaMdarano roga thayo ane hospiTalamAM oparezana karAvavuM paDyuM. te pachI teo amadAvAda ghare ArAma mATe cAlyA gayA. "sanmatitarkanuM kArya maMda paDI gayuM. e vakhate AgrAmAM TAIphoIDa tAvano vAyaro hato. paMDitajI, ramaNIkalAla modI, emanAM patnI ane paMDitajInI be bhatrIjIo badhAM tAvamAM sapaDAyAM. paMDitajInA mitra vrajalAlajI maLavA AvelA. te paNa tAvamAM paTakAyA. eTale sanmatitarkanuM kArya khoraMbhe paDI gayuM.

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sanmatitarkanA saMpAdanakAryamAM aMtarAyo * 107 daramiyAna zrI ramaNIkalAla modI AgrA choDI gAMdhIjInA AzramamAM cAlyA gayA. eTale paMDitajIne potAnA vAcanamAM sahAya kare evI koI vyakti AgrAmAM emanI sAthe rahI nahi. badhuM ja ekale hAthe karavAnuM thayuM. te samaye paMDitajIne saMskRta ane prAkRtanA jANakAra eka paMDita rAmanArAyaNajI maLavA AvyA. temaNe paMDitajInA graMthanAM prUpha tapAsI ApavAnuM svIkAryuM. eTale paMDitajIne A kAryamAM thoDIka rAhata maLI. AgrAmAM paMDitajIne je tAva Avyo te keme karI Utarato nahoto. eTale teo ajamera, phAlanA vagere sthaLe havAphera ane auSadhopacAra mATe gayA. thoDA divasa tyAM rokAI paMDitajI pAchA AgrA AvI pahoMcyA hatA. paMDitajIne potAnA kAzInA eka vidyArthI ke je paMDita tarIke bhaNAvatA hatA te bhAmaMDaLadevano meLApa thayo. paMDitajIe emane potAnA kAmamAM joDAvA mATe pUchI joyuM. emaNe e vAta svIkArI ane AgrA AvIne rahyA. paMDitajInA graMthonA kAryamAM teo sahAya karavA lAgyA, paraMtu e kAma pachI sthagita karavuM paDyuM. kAraNa ke paMDitajIne tAva Utaryo, paNa emane harasanI pIDA thavA lAgI; lohI paDavA lAgyuM, eTale upacAra ane ArAma mATe teo potAnA bhatrIjA-bhatrIjI sAthe vaDhavANa AvI gayA. vaDhavANamAM eka divasa paMDitajI potAnA kAkAnI dukAne hatA tyAM acAnaka cakkara AvatAM teo bebhAna thaIne nIce paDyA. te vakhate svajanone khyAla Avyo ke paMDitajInI tabiyata ghaNI badhI kathaLI gaI che. vaDhavANathI paMDitajIne emanA vatana lImalI lAvavAmAM AvyA. keTalAka divasa tyAM emaNe ArAma karyo. tyAM temanI tabiyata sArI thavA lAgI eTale vadhu divasa rokAyA. ghaNAM varSo pachI paMDitajIe potAnA vatana lImalImAM divALI ane nUtana varSanA parvanA divaso mANyA.

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paribhramaNa pote jyAre pUnAmAM hatA tyAre paMDitajIne vaDhavANanA eka DaoNkTara amarazIbhAI maLavA AvelA. teo paMDitajInA moTA bhAInA mitra hatA. paMDitajIe emanuM sAruM svAgata kareluM, kAraNa ke DaoNkTare paMDitajInI lImalImAM sAravAra karelI, paMDitajI emane kArlAnI guphAo jovA laI gayelA. ane pUnAnA jaina saMghanA svAmivAtsalyamAM potAnI sAthe laI jaI, potAnI bAjumAM besADI jamADelA. DaoNkTara jAtanA darajI hatA. paraMtu paMDitajInA A udAra valaNathI prabhAvita thayA hatA, kAraNa ke sAmAnya rIte evI chApa tyAre pravartatI hatI ke kAzInA paMDito jAtivAdamAM ane AbhaDacheTamAM bahu kaTTara hoya che. DaoNkTara pote paNa gAMdhIjInI asara heThaLa AvelA ane aspRzyatAmAM mAnatA nahotA. punAnI mulAkAta pachI DaoNkTara amarazIbhAIne paMDitajI pratye ghaNo AdarabhAva thayo hato. paMDitajI potAnI davA karAvavA vaDhavANavALA DaoN. amarazIbhAIne tyAM UtaryAM. ane emane rasoDe jamavAnuM rAkhyuM. paMDitajI jaina vANiyA ane DaoN. amarazIbhAI jAtanA darajI, baMne sudhAraka hatA. e jamAnAmAM aspRzyatA ane jJAtibhedanAM baMdhano atyaMta dRDha hatAM. gAMdhIjIe aspRzyatA sAme samagra bhAratamAM ghaNI moTI jhuMbeza upADelI ane ethI keTaleya ThekANe jJAtibaMdhanono bhaMga karavAnA banAvo sudhArako dvArA banatA. paMDitajI amarazIbhAIne tyAM jamatA e ghaTanAe e divasomAM thoDI cakacAra gADelI, paraMtu paMDitajIne enI darakAra nahotI. emaNe noMdhyuM che ke 'potAne' kyAM dIkarA-dIkarI paraNAvavAnAM hatAM ke jJAtithI DaravuM paDe ?" lImalImAM paMDitajI tabiyata sudhAravA rokAyA hatA. ane eka divasa potAnA kuTuMbanI dukAnanA oTale beThA hatA. tyAre acAnaka koIno avAja Avyo. 'kema cho paMDitajI " paMDitajI avAja parathI temane oLakhI zakyA nahi. e pUchanAra vyakti te muni zrI jinavijyajI hatA. paMDitajIne Azcarya thayuM kAraNa ke zrI jinavijyajI to hAla pUnAmAM che, tyAMthI teo vihA2 karIne ATalA jaladI kevI rIte Ave ? zrI jinavijayajIe khulAso karyo ke pote svecchAe, gurubhagavaMtanI saMmatithI munipaNuM choDI dIdhuM che ane relaveno pravAsa

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paribhramaNa - 109 cAlu karyo che. teo pUnAthI nIkaLI amadAvAda gAMdhIjInA AzramamAM AvyA hatA. amadAvAdamAM paMDitajInI nAdurasta tabiyata vize jANavA maLatAM. zrI jinavijayajIne thayuM ke lImalI paMDitajInI khabara jovA mATe jaI AvavuM joIe. AthI teo paMDita becaradAsa sAthe AvyA hatA. te vakhate Do. amarazIbhAI paNa vaDhavANathI paMDitajInI khabara jovA AvyA hatA. badhA eka divasa rokAI nirAMte ghaNIbadhI vAto karIne pAchA vidAya thayA. tabiyata sArI thatAM paMDitajI zrI jinavijayajIne maLavA amadAvAda AvyA. zrI jinavijayajI tyAre kocaraba pAlaDI pAse eka baMgalAmAM thoDA divasa rahyA hatA. paMDitajI tyAM UtaryA. zrI jinavijayajIe ane bIjA mitroe paMDitajIne amadAvAda khAte kAyama mATe rokAI javA Agraha karyo, paNa paMDitajIne to AgrA ja javuM hatuM. jatAM pahelAM paMDitajI dhoLakA pAse vauThAmAM kArtikI pUrNimAno meLo bharAya che, tyAM gayA hatA ane madyapAna na karavA vize tyAM bhASaNa paNa ApyuM hatuM. vauThAthI teo AgrA pahoMcI gayA. munizrI pUnA pahoMcI gayA. paMDitajI AgrA to pahoMcyA, paraMtu karmagraMtha' ane paMca-pratikramaNa'nA mudraNakAryamAM saMtoSakAraka pragati thatI nahotI eTale emaNe kAzImAM lakSmI nArAyaNa presamAM graMtho chapAvavAno nirNaya karyo. e mATe potAnA sahAyako sAthe teo thoDA divasa mATe kAzI AvIne rahyA. daramiyAna pUnAthI muni zrI jinavijayajIno patra Avyo. emaNe lakhyuM hatuM ke pUnAno saMgha sametazikharanI yAtrAe nIkaLe che ane pote temAM joDAvAnA che. munijIe e yAtrAmAM joDAvA mATe paMDitajIne Agraha karyo ane paMDitajI paNa temAM joDAyA. paMDitajIne pravAsanI dRSTie A avasara anukULa lAgyo hato. zrI jinavijayajIe have munipada choDI dIdhuM hatuM. relavenA pravAsanI emaNe chUTa lIdhI hatI. teo relavemAM saMgha sAthe zikharajI pahoMcI gayA hatA. paMDitajI potAnA moTA bhAInA putra vakhatacaMda, baMne bhatrIjIo ane bIjAM snehIo sAthe AgrAthI nIkaLI jyAre zikharajI pahoMcyA tyAre pUnAno saMgha AvI gayo hato. paMDitajI zrI jinavijayajIne maLyA. ethI paraspara ghaNo AnaMda thayo. zikharajIthI nIkaLI saMgha sAthe paMDitajI kalakattA pahoMcyA. tyAM yojAyelI sabhAmAM zrI jinavijayajIe ane paMDitajIe sAmAjika viSayo para vyAkhyAno ApyAM hatAM. kalakattAnA A pravAsa daramiyAna paMDitajIne kAzInI pAThazALAnA potAnA traNa sahavidyArthIone maLavAnuM thayuM e dRSTie A pravAsa emane mATe yAdagAra banyo hato. A traNa mitromAM eka te paMDita haragoviMdadAsa, bIjA paMDita vIrabhadra ane trIjA te lAbhacaMda brahmacArI. paMDita haragoviMdadAsa kalakattAmAM paMDita tarIke kArya karI rahyA hatA.

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gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM "sanmatitarkanuM kArya sametazikharanI yAtrA karIne paMDitajI AgrA pAchA AvyA. ahIM emanuM lekhananuM tathA graMthaprakAzananuM kArya cAlatuM hatuM. evAmAM muni zrI jinavijayajIno amadAvAdathI patra Avyo. teo gAMdhIjIe sthApelI gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM purAtattva vibhAgamAM kArya karavA mATe niyAmaka tarIke joDAI gayA hatA. temaNe paMDitajIne amadAvAda AvIne gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM joDAvA mATe anurodha karyo, kAraNa ke saMzodhananA kAma mATe tyAM sAro avakAza hato. paMDitajIne munizrI sAthe sAro manameLa hato, jANe be sagA bhAI jevo. eTale paMDitajIne vidyApIThamAM joDAvAnuM gamyuM. emanI IcchA potAnuM sanmatitarkanuM zarU kareluM kArya pUruM karavAnI hatI. nirNaya thatAM I. sa. 1922mAM paMDitajI AgrA choDI amadAvAdamAM gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM joDAI gayA. emaNe 'sanmatitarkanuM TIkA sAthe saMpAdana karavAnuM kArya cAlu karyuM. e mATe emane kAzInI pAThazALAnA potAnA sahAdhyAyI paMDita becaradAsa dozIno sahakAra maLI gayo. "sanmatitarka e zrI siddhasena divAkarano mukhya graMtha che. vikramanA cothA-pAMcamA saikAmAM thaI gayelA A mahAna jainAcArye sanmatitarkamAM anekAnta dRSTinuM sacoTa nirUpaNa karyuM che. emaNe graMthanuM nAma paNa yathArtha rAkhyuM che. bhagavAna mahAvIra svAmInuM eka nAma "sanmati' che. anekAntavAda e bhagavAna mahAvIrano mukhya tarka athavA siddhAMta che. eTale graMthanuM nAma rAkhavAmAM AvyuM sanmatitarka. anekAntavAda athavA anekAntadarzana e jaina dharmano prANa che. jene kRtasAhityane samajavA mATe te gurucAvI (master key) rUpa che. zrI siddhasena divAkarano A graMtha gahana ane saghana che. saMkSepamAM emaNe badhuM sarasa rIte samajAvyuM che. anekAnta dRSTithI emaNe bIjAM darzanonI paNa mImAMsA karI che. emaNe prAkRta bhASAmAM AryA chaMdamAM 166 gAthAmAM A graMthanI racanA karI che. A graMthanI mahattA keTalI badhI che e eka ja vAta parathI siddha thaze ke zrI abhayadevasUrijIe A 166 gAthA upara 25000 zloka pramANa TIkA lakhI che. ane e TIkAnuM nAma ApyuM che, vAdamahArNava ! A TIkAmAM zrI abhayadevasUrijIe potAnA samaya sudhImAM pravartatA

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gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM sanmatitarkanuM' kArya - 111 bhinnabhinna vAdo vize khaMDanamaMDana sAthe, bahu savistara ane talasparzI carcAvicAraNA karI che. eTale vAdamahArNava' mAtra TIkA na rahetAM pote ja eka svataMtra samartha graMtha banI gayo che. darzanazAstrano te AkaragraMtha che. paMDitajIe 'vAdamahArNava'nI bhinna bhinna evI 29 hastapratonA AdhAre 'sanmatitarka' ane 'vAdamahArNava'nuM saMpAdana karyuM che ane enI adhikRta vAcanA ApI che. emAM prastAvanA, pAThAntaro, tulanAtmaka TippaNo, pariziSTo vagere ApavA sAthe enuM saMpAdana Adhunika paddhatie karIne paMDitajIe eka mUlyavAna saMgIna kArya karyuM che. A kAryanI prazaMsA harmana jekobI jevA pAzcAtya vidvAne paNa karI che. zrI. dalasukhabhAI mAlavANiyAe lakhyuM che, A graMtha bhAratIya dArzanika carcAonA vizvakoSanI garaja sAre tevo emaNe taiyAra karyo che; tethI bhAratIya vidvad jagatamAM temanuM nAma suvarNAkSare lakhAI gayuM che.' gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM paMDitajIne A saMzodhana-saMpAdananuM atizaya zramabhareluM kArya pUruM karatAM nava varSa lAgyAM hatAM. A graMtha pAMca bhAgamAM chapAyo che. ane chaThThA bhAgamAM pratiparicaya, prastAvanA, mULa kRtino anuvAda vage2e ApyAM che. 'sanmatitarka' mATe paMDitajI vidyApIThamAM je laganIthI satata parizramapUrvaka kArya karatA hatA te kArya mahAtmA gAMdhIjIe najare joyeluM hatuM. ethI ja sanmatitarka'nuM kArya pUruM thayuM tyAre gAMdhIjIe paMDitajIne thoDo vakhata ArAma karavAnI bhalAmaNa karI hatI. gAMdhIjInI preraNAthI ja vidyApIThamAM 'sanmatitarka'nuM kArya thaI zakyuM hatuM. eTale ja paMDitajIe A graMtha gAMdhIjIne arpaNa karyo che..

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banArasa yunivarsiTImAM gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM "sanmatitarkanuM kAma pUruM thayuM hatuM. evAmAM 1930mAM mahAtmA gAMdhIjIe mIThAnA satyAgraha mATe dAMDIyAtrAnI ghoSaNA karI. sAbaramatI Azrama ane gUjarAta vidyApIThanA ghaNA kAryakartAo A yAtrAmAM joDAvAnA hatA. aMgrejo dvArA dharapakaDa ane kadAca jelajIvananI sajA maLe to AzramamAM ane vidyApIThamAM pAchA pharavAno samaya anizcita bane. AthI gUjarAta vidyApITha tatkAla pUratI baMdha karavAno nirNaya levAyo, eTale paMDitajIne vidyApITha choDavI paDI. have zuM karavuM? satata pravRttizIla rahenAra paMDitajIe A saMjogomAM nirNaya karyo ke aMgrejI bhASAno abhyAsa zarU karavo. e mATe samartha vidvAna rasikalAla parIkha tarapha emanI najara gaI. emaNe e mATe saMmati darzAvI. rasikalAla parIkhe A samayagALA daramiyAna paMDitajIne aMgrejI bhASAno sarasa abhyAsa karAvyo. gUjarAta vidyApITha choDyA pachI paMDitajI pAse vyavasAya tarIke koI mahattvanuM kArya nahotuM. daramiyAna 1931mAM paMDitajIne zAntiniketanamAM muni zrI jinavijayajI sAthe siMdhI vidyApIThamAM kArya karavA mATe nimaMtraNa maLyuM eTale teo tyAM gayA. tyAMnuM kArya pUruM thatAM teo gujarAtamAM pAchA pharatA hatA te vakhate banArasa yunivarsiTInA kulapati AcArya AnaMdazaMkara dhruve paMDitajIne gujarAta pAchA jatAM vacce banArasa UtaravA mATe nimaMtraNa ApyuM hatuM. eTale paMDitajI emane tyAM UtaryA. e vakhate paMDitajIne potAnA mithilAnA vidyAguru bAlakRSNa mizrane ghaNAM varSo pachI maLavAno suyoga sAMpaDyo hato, ethI emaNe dhanyatA anubhavI. e vakhate AnaMdazaMkara dhruve paMDitajIne banArasa yunivarsiTImAM adhyApaka tarIke joDAI javAno Agraha karyo hato, paraMtu tyAre paMDitajI ghaNI dvidhAmAM hatA, eTale teo tyAMnI javAbadArI na svIkAratAM AgrA potAnA mukAme pahoMcI gayA. paraMtu tyAra pachI badhI bAjuno vicAra karatAM paMDitajIne banArasamAM adhyApakanuM kArya svIkAravAnuM yogya lAgyuM. eTale 1933mAM teo pAchA banArasa gayA ane AnaMdazaMkara dhruvane vAta karI. AnaMdazaMkara dhruve jaina darzananA prAdhyApaka tarIke banArasa hiMdu yunivarsiTImAM paMDitajInI nimaNUka karI. AthI

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banArasa yunivarsiTImAM * 113 adhyApanakAryanI sAthe sAthe potAnI adhUrI rahetI icchA pramANe potAnA vidyAguru bAlakRSNa mizranI pAse abhyAsa karavAnI taka paNa paMDitajIne maLI. paMDitajIno vyavasAya tarIke sthira ane uttama kALa te A banArasa hiMdu yunivarsiTImAM karelA adhyApanakAryano gaNAya. Ama paNa kAzI-banArasa eTale ke vArANasI nagarIthI teo paricita hatA. vaLI tyAMnA paMDitono paNa temane sAro paricaya hato. eTale banArasa hiMdu yunivarsiTImAM jaina darzananA adhyApaka tarIke joDAvAnuM temane game evuM hatuM. vaLI vidyAkSetra paNa ucca staranuM ane pratiSThita hatuM. jaina darzanano abhyAsa karanAra vidyArthIo ochA hatA, paNa saMgIna kAma karavAne mATe avakAza ghaNo sAro hato. vaLI yunivarsiTImAM bhinnabhinna zAkhAomAM adhyayana - adhyApana karatA prAdhyApakono paricaya paNa vAtAvaraNane protsAhaka banAve evo hato. paMDitajIe 1933thI 1944 sudhI ema saLaMga agiyAra-bAra varSa vArANasImAM kArya karyuM. ahIM je kArya karyuM te emanA jIvananuM sarvottama kArya thayuM. ahIM emane be vidyArthIo evA maLyA ke jeo pote paMDita hatA ane adhyApaka hatA. e adhyApako te paMDita kailAzacaMdra ane paMDita mahendrakumAra, A baMne vidyArthIone paMDitajIe darzanazAstrano atyaMta kaThina gaNAto graMtha "aSTasahastrI' bhaNAvyo. AthI e be adhyApakonI to dRSTi ja khUlI gaI. A abhyAsa daramiyAna emAM AvatA saMdarbho ke pUrva pakSa vize te mULa graMtho jovAnI samaja emane paDI ane prAcIna graMthonA saMpAdananI bhinnabhinna paddhatio paNa AvaDI. AthI A baMne adhyApako pote graMthasaMpAdananuM svataMtra kArya karatA thaI gayA. paMDita mahendrakumAre nyAvakumudacaMdra vagere keTalAka graMthonuM saMpAdana karyuM. paMDita mahendrakumAra paMDitajInA priya ziSyomAMnA eka ziSya hatA. durbhAgye teo yuvAna vaye ja svargavAsa pAmyA. eTale paMDitajIne to jANe potAno jamaNo hAtha gumAvavA jevuM lAgyuM. A samayagALA daramiyAna paMDitajI potAnA lekhana-svAdhyAya mATe vAMcavAnuM kArya karI Ape evA, saMskRta-prAkRta bhASAnA jANakAra madadanIzanI tapAsamAM hatA. paNa evI koI yogya vyakti maLatI nahotI. daramiyAna, 1935mAM paMDitajI muMbaImAM jena konpharansanA adhivezanamAM bhAga levA mATe AvyA hatA. te samaye paMDita dalasukhabhAI mAlavaNiyA muMbaImAM konpharansamAM vahIvaTI kAmanI nokarI karatA hatA. dalasukhabhAI saMskRta ane prAkRtanA jANakAra hatA. temaNe paMDita becaradAsa pAse amadAvAdamAM rahIne prAkRtano abhyAsa karyo hato. te vakhate dalasukhabhAI paMDitajInA paricayamAM AvyA hatA. muMbaImAM kaoNnpharansanA adhivezanamAM e paricaya tAjo thayo. e vakhate paMDitajIe dalasukhabhAIne muMbaInI nokarI choDI potAnI sAthe banArasa AvavAnI darakhAsta mUkI. pagAra ocho maLaze

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114 * paMDita sukhalAlajI e spaSTatA paNa karI. dalasukhabhAIno jIva vidyopAsanAno hato. emaNe muMbaInI vahIvaTI kAmanI nokarI choDIne banArasa javAnuM pasaMda karyuM. rAjInAmuM ApIne teo banArasa gayA. teo gayA hatA to paMDitajInA aMgata madadanIza tarIke kAma karavA mATe, paNa pachI emanI yogyatA jaNAtAM emane yunivarsiTInA jaina darzananA vibhAgamAM ja adhyApaka tarIke nokarI maLI gaI. A rIte paMDitajIe dalasukhabhAI sAthe banArasamAM rahIne sAruM kArya karyuM. paMDitajInA lekhana-vAcanamAM to teo madada karatA ja hatA, paNa taduparAMta potAnuM svataMtra adhyayana, lekhana, saMzodhana, saMpAdananuM kArya paNa karatA rahyA hatA. paMDitajIe banArasanAM varSo daramiyAna hemacaMdrAcAryanA pramANamImAMsA' nAmanA graMthanuM saMzodhana-saMpAdananuM moTuM kArya upADyuM. emAM paMDita mahendrakumAra ane paMDita dalasukhabhAI e be emanA mukhya madadanIza hatA. A graMthamAM paMDitajIe bhAratIya pramANazAstranA vikAsakrama vize savistara prastAvanA rUpe nibaMdha lakhyo ane tulanAtmaka adhyayana sAthe TippaNo paNa ApyAM. 1939mAM prakAzita thayelA e graMthe paMDitajIne ghaNI moTI pratiSThA apAvI, A graMthanI prastAvanAnuM aMgrejI bhASAntara Advanced studies in Indian Logic and MetaphysicsnA nAmathI 1961mAM prakAzita thayuM che.) pramANamImAMsA' uparAMta paMDitajIe, upAdhyAya zrI yazovijayajIkRta jaina tarkabhASA' nAmanA graMthanuM saMzodhana saMpAdana taiyAra karyuM ane te vistRta prastAvanA ane TippaNa sAthe 1938mAM prakAzita thayuM. tyAra pachI e ja pramANe "jJAnabindu'nuM prakAzana 194ramAM thayuM. A traNa graMtho uparAMta paMDitajIe bIjA be mahattvanA graMthonuM saMzodhana-saMpAdana karyuM, e graMtho te (1) cArvAka darzanano 'tattvoplavasiMha ane (2) bauddha darzanano dharmakIrtikRta hetubindu saTIka) A baMne graMtho vaDodarAnA gAyakavADa orienTala sirIjhamAM anukrame 1940mAM ane 1949mAM prakAzita thayA hatA. Ama banArasa yunivarsiTInA adhyApanakALa daramiyAna A pAMce prAcIna graMthonA samartha saMzodhanakArye paMDitajIne e viSayanA vidvAnomAM AMtararASTrIya khyAti apAvI. zrI dalasukhabhAI mAlavaNiyAe prajJAcakSu paMDita sukhalAlajI' nAmanA potAnA pustakamAM lakhyuM che ke paMDitajInuM koI paNa lakhANa hoya, temAM tarka, itihAsa, tulanA, samanvaya to hoya ja. uparAMta bhASAsauSThava e paNa hoya ja. temanuM koI paNa vAkya zithila nahi jaNAya. nahi atizayokti, nahi alpokti, paNa je kAMI vaktavya hoya te barAbara kahevAmAM temanuM bhASAsAmarthya prakaTa thayA vagara rahe ja nahi."

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banArasa yunivarsiTImAM 0 115 I. sa. 1933thI I. sa. 1944 sudhI paMDitajIe banArasa yunivarsiTImAM adhyayana, adhyApana, lekhana, saMpAdana-saMzodhananuM ghaNuM saMgIna kArya karyuM. banArasamAM tyAra pachI, paMDitajI nivRtta thavAnA hatA tyAre DaoN. sarvapallI rAdhAkRSNana vAisa cAnselara tarIke AvyA hatA. paMDitajI have yunivarsiTImAMthI nivRtti levA icchatA hatA tyAre DaoN. rAdhAkRSNane emane yunivarsiTImAM ja rahIne potAnI icchA pramANe kArya karavA kahyuM hatuM. vaLI bIjI bAju kalakattAnI yunivarsiTImAM joDAvA mATe zyAmAprasAda mukharajIe paNa nimaMtraNa ApyuM hatuM. paraMtu paMDitajIe te na svIkAryuM. temanI icchA muMbaI jaIne muni zrI jinavijayajI sAthe rahevAnI ane kArya karavAnI hatI.

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aMtima varSo paMDitajI 1944mAM banArasa hiMdu yunivarsiTImAMthI nivRtta thaI muMbaI AvyA. ahIM suprasiddha lekhaka kanaiyAlAla munazInA bhAratIya vidyAbhavanamAM muni zrI jinavijayajI saMskRta-prAkRta graMthonA saMzodhana-saMpAdananuM kArya karI rahyA hatA. paMDitajI emanI sAthe bhAratIya vidyAbhavanamAM joDAI gayA. paraMtu muMbaImAM paMDitajIne potAnI zArIrika maryAdAne kAraNe kAma karavAnI eTalI anukULatA rahetI nahotI. evAmAM amadAvAdamAM gujarAta vidyAsabhA gujarAta varnAkyulara sosAyaTI) hastakanA bhoLAbhAI jesiMgabhAI vidyAbhavanamAM mAnada adhyApaka tarIke emane niyukti maLI. eTale teo muMbaI choDIne amadAvAda rahevA gayA. tyAM teo pIeca.DI.nA vidyArthIone mArgadarzana ApavAnuM kArya sArI rIte karI zakavA lAgyA. eTale vRddhAvasthAmAM paMDitajIne have amadAvAdamAM ja sthira rahevAnuM mana thayuM. e pramANe vyavasthA thatAM jIvananA aMta sudhI teo amadAvAdamAM ja sthira thaIne rahyA hatA. tyAM temane raheThANa mATe nadIkinAre "saritakuMja nAmanA baMgalAmAM vyavasthA thaI gaI. vidyArthIonA mArgadarzana uparAMta paMDitajInuM potAnuM lekhana-adhyayananuM kArya paNa cAlu hatuM. enA phaLasvarUpe emanA taraphathI traNa graMtho ApaNane upalabdha thayAH (1) adhyAtma vicAraNA, (2) bhAratIya tattvavidyA ane (3) samadarzI AcArya haribhadra. A traNe graMtho vyAkhyAno ApavA mATenA maLelAM nimaMtraNone kAraNe lakhAyA hatA. gujarAta vidyAsabhAnA upakrame apAyelAM vyAkhyAno "adhyAtma vicAraNAnA nAmathI 1956mAM pragaTa thayAM. mahArAjA sayAjIrAva yunivarsiTInA upakrame apAyelAM vyAkhyAno bhAratIya tattvavidyAnA nAmathI 1957mAM chapAyAM. tyAra pachI muMbaI yunivarsiTInA upakrame zrI haribhadrasUri vize apAyelAM vyAkhyAno "samadarzI AcArya haribhadranA nAmathI 196 1mAM yunivarsiTI taraphathI graMthasvarUpe prakAzita thayAM hatAM. paMDitajIe yuvAna vayathI potAnA jIvananI paLepaLano sadupayoga karyo hato. pramAdane temanA jIvanamAM sthAna na hatuM. kizorAvasthAmAM AMkho gaI hatI. paraMtu, potAnI e zArIrika maryAdAne emaNe siddhimAM pheravI nAkhI hatI. emaNe potAnuM lakSya svAdhyAya - tarapha vALyuM. bIjA pAse vaMcAvIne emaNe aneka graMthonuM adhyayana karyuM. pharIthI

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aMtima varSo * 117 vaMcAvavAnI parAdhInatA na rahe eTale prathama vAcane ja teo keTalIye paMktio, pAnAM naMbara vagere potAnA smRtipaTamAM aMkita karI letA. emanI smRti atyaMta sateja hatI. jIvananAM chellAM keTalAMka varSa paMDitajIe amadAvAdamAM sAbaramatInA kinAre, Azrama pAse AvelA zeTha mANekalAla jeThAlAlanA baMgalA, "saritakuMjamAM pasAra karyA hatAM, baMgalo ghaNuMkharuM khAlI rahelo ane paMDitajIne pAchaLanA bhAgamAM svataMtra rUma, rasoDuM vagere maLyAM hatAM, A baMgalo jyAre vecAI gayo ane kharIdanArane e toDIne moTI ImArata bAMdhavI hatI, tyAre paMDitajIne "saritakuMja choDavuM paDyuM hatuM, te daramiyAna paMDitajInA svajanasamA munizrI jinavijayajIe amadAvAdamAM "anekAntavihAra' nAmanuM potAnuM svataMtra makAna bAMdhyuM hatuM. eTale paMDitajI "anekAntavihAramAM rahevA gayA hatA. ane jIvananA aMta paryata e sthaLe ja rahyA hatA. muni zrI jinavijayajI ane paMDitajI jIvananAM aMtima varSomAM sAthe rahyA hatA. pahelAM muni zrI jinavijyajIe ane pachI paMDitajIe pUrI pAkI vaye A "anekAntavihAramAM deha choDyo hato. paMDitajIe jIvanabhara adhyayana ane lekhana karyuM che. potAnI zArIrika maryAdAne lakSamAM rAkhIne emaNe keTalAka nirNayo dIrghadRSTipUrvaka lIdhA hatA. pote aMdha hatA ane pariNIta jIvana jIvavuM nahotuM eTale saMtAna, milakata, vArasadAra vagerenI jaMjALathI teo mukta rahyA hatA. AthI ja temaNe potAnI mAlikInuM ghara kahevAya evuM ghara kyAreya karyuM nahotuM. gAMdhIjInA jIvanano prabhAva emanA para bahu paDyo hato eTale sAdAI, saMyama ane svacchatAnA guNa emanAmAM khIlyA hatA. teo jarUra pUratAM ja kapaDAM rAkhatA gharamAM hoya tyAre khAdInuM phakta eka dhotiyuM paherIne ja ughADI chAtIe Akho divasa besatA. bahAra javuM hoya to paheraNa paheratA. ziyALo hoya to baMDIno upayoga karatA. rAtre sUtI vakhate paNa jarUra hoya to ja paheraNa paheratA. teo jarUra pUratI cIjavastuo rAkhatA. graMtho e emano mukhya parigraha hato. paraMtu emAM paNa jarUrI hoya eTalA ja graMtho rAkhatA ane jarUra na hoya evA graMtho koI graMthAlayane ApI detA. teo jyAM rahe tyAM gharathI paricita thaI jAya pachI jAte ja gharamAM haraphara karatA. snAna vagere jAte ja karI letA. cIjavastuo jAte ja letA. rasoI, bhojana ItyAdi mATe tathA bahAra javA-AvavA mATe eka madadanIza rAkhatA ane tene premathI sAcavatA. kyAreka jarUra paDe to lakhavA mATe pagArathI koI madadanIza rAkhatA, paNa ghaNuMkharuM sevAbhAvathI emanuM kArya karI ApanAra koIka ne koIka maLI rahetA. teo potAnI AsapAsanA madadanIza mANaso vagere saunI sAthe udAratA, mIThAza ane vAtsalyabharyo saMbaMdha rAkhatA. (A lekhakane paNa 1955-56nA eka varSa mATe paMDitajI pAse emanA vAcana mATe roja sAMje be kalAka "saritakuMjamAM javAno suyoga prApta thayo hato. potAne je graMtho

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118 * paMDita sukhalAlajI sAmayiko ane chApAM vAMcavAM hoya te teo taiyAra rAkhatA. sva. IndulAla yAjJikanI AtmakathA paNa paMDitajIe te samaye vaMcAvI hatI). paMDitajI apariNIta hatA, eTale bhojana banAvavA mATe koInI madadanI jarUra rahetI. e mATe emane vakhatovakhata koIka ne koIka yogya vyakti maLI rahetI. emanA rasoiyAmAM sarajU mahArAje ghaNAM varSa sevA karI hatI. e to paMDitajIno jANe bhakta ja banI gayo hato. eNe paMDitajInI ghaNAM varSo sudhI sArasaMbhALa rAkhI hatI. te paMDitajIne snAna karAvato, kapaDAM paherAvato ane bahAra pharavA laI jato ane jarUra hoya to paga ke mAthuM paNa dabAvI Apato. paMDitajInI sArasaMbhALa lenAra bahenomAM zrI motIbahena ane zrI suzIlAbahenano nirdeza avazya karavo joIe. motIbahena te suzIlAbahenanAM mAsI hatAM. A mAsIbhANeje pUrA bhaktibhAvathI niSThApUrvaka paMDitajInI potAnA eka pitAtulya vaDIlanI jema sevAcAkarI karI hatI. paMDitajInuM jIvana atyaMta niyamita hatuM. teo vahelI savAre pAMca vAge UThI jatA. niyamita samaye AhAra letA. rAtre nava vAge acUka sUI jatA. savAranA UDyA pachI ane sAMjanA bhojana pachI teo haMmezAM aDadho-poNo kalAka cAlatA. bahu dUra na javuM hoya to makAnamAM kampAunDamAM AMTA mAratA. paMDitajI savAranA cA-dUdha letA, paNa nAsto karatA nahi. bhojanamAM sAmAnya rIte eka roTalI letA. sAthe dALa ane zAka hoya. bhAta to sAmAnya rIte teo khAtA nahi. dUdha ane mosaMbIno rasa teo niyamita letA. temane kabajiyAta rahetI. eTale haraDe letA. temanuM zarIra ekavaDuM hatuM. ekaMdare temanI tabiyata sArI rahetI. tema chatAM vRddhAvasthAmAM temane harasanI ane prosTeTanI takalIpha rahetI hatI. vaLI temane epenDiksanuM oparezana karAvavuM paDyuM hatuM. paMDitajInI zArIrika zakti karatAM emanI mAnasika zakti vadhu hatI. temanI yAdazakti chevaTa sudhI sArI rahI hatI. teo 90-95 varSanI vaye avAja parathI mANasane oLakhAvatA ane koInI sAthe carcA karavA bese to thAkatA nahi. emanAM varSonA vizALa vAcanamAMthI ghaNI vAto bIjAne pahelI vAra jANavA maLatI. emanI mAnasika zakti karatAM paNa emanuM AtmabaLa savizeSa hatuM. corANuM-paMcANuM varSanI uMmara pachI paMDitajInI tabiyata eTalI sArI rahetI nahotI. azakti varatAtI hatI ane Akho divasa ghaNuMkharuM sUI rahetA. bhojana paNa palaMgamAM ja beThA beThA letA. tyAM ja eka nAnA bAjoTha para thALI mUkI temane bhojana ApavAmAM AvatuM, koI maLavA Ave to skUrti hoya eTalI vAra besIne, nahi to sUtAM sUtAM teo vAta karatA. divase divase emano khorAka ghaTato jato hato. enI sAthe azakti paNa vadhatI jatI hatI.

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aMtima varSo * 119 alabatta, tyAre paNa emanI mAnasika svasthatA sArI hatI ane smRti paNa sateja rahetI. chellA divasomAM emanI zvAsanI takalIpha vadhI gaI hatI. ema karatAM, TUMkI mAMdagI pachI 1978nA mArcanI bIjI tArIkhe emaNe deha choDyo. emanI smazAnayAtrAmAM sthAnika aneka sArasvato joDAyA hatA. muMbaI, banArasa ane anya sthaLethI paNa emanA keTalAka cAhako AvI pahoMcyA hatA. amadAvAdamAM zrI rasikalAla parIkhanA pramukhasthAne emane zraddhAMjali ApavA sabhA yojAI hatI. emAM paNa ghaNA nAmAMkita sAhityakAro, nagarajano vagere upasthita rahyA hatA. jemaNe zArIrika maryAdAne atikramIne potAnA sudIrgha jIvanakALane samRddhithI sabhara banAvI dIdho evI A mahAna vibhUtinI jIvanalIlA saMkelAI gaI. emanA nazvara dehano aMta Avyo, paNa emano akSaradeha anekane mATe cirakALa preraNArUpa banI raheze.

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paMDitajInuM sAhitya paMDita sukhalAlajIe je vipula ane gahana sAhityanuM lekhanakArya karyuM che, te emanI zArIrika maryAdAno vicAra karIe to Azcaryacakita karI nAkhe evuM che. kizoravaye aMdhatva AvyA pachI paMDitajI upAzrayamAM jaIne zloko, gAthAo, thokaDAo vagere kaMThastha karatA. tyArathI emane emAM rasa paDavA lAgyo hato. kAzI jaIne emaNe vidyAbhyAsa karyo, vizeSataH hemacaMdrAcAryanA "siddhahaima zabdAnuzAsanane brahavRtti sAthe kaMThastha karyuM ane nyAyadarzananA gahanatama graMthonuM adhyayana karyuM. ethI emanI sAhitya pratyenI ane tattvavicAraNA mATenI abhiruci sArI rIte ghaDAI hatI. aMdha vyakti bIjAnI madadathI vAcana-adhyayana kare e paNa eTaluM saraLa nathI, to pachI lekhanakArya karavAnI to vAta ja zI? yuvAna vaye paMDitajIe pote paNa nahi dhAreluM ke teo lekhanakArya tarapha vaLaze. paraMtu eka vakhata kAzImAM muni zrI karparavijayajIe paMDitajInA eka mitrane nikhAlasatAthI kaheluM ke paMDitajI aMdha che, eTale teo lekhanakArya nahi karI zake, mATe teo bhaNAvavAnuM kArya kare e ja emane mATe yogya che." A vAta jyAre e mitre paMDitajIne kahI tyAre e vAta to emane sAcI lAgI. paNa emanA aMtaramAM e vAta bahu khaTakI. tyAre ja jANe emaNe manomana daDha saMkalpa karyo ke pote lekhanakArya avazya karavuM ja. kema na karI zakAya ? paMDitajImAM AtmabaLa eTaluM badhuM hatuM ke temaNe potAnA badhA puruSArthane e dizAmAM kendrita karI dIdho. paMDitajIe je sAhityanuM nirmANa karyuM che te jotAM emanAmAM e prakAranI pratibhA hatI ja ema pratIti thAya che. e pratibhAne adamya, athAga puruSArthanA jaLathI siMcana karIne emaNe pAMgaravA dIdhI ane pachI to e svayameva vikasavA lAgI. paMDitajIe potAnA lekhanakAryanA AraMbha mATe sthaLa tarIke kAzInI ja pasaMdagI karI. upAdhyAya zrI yazovijayajIe kAzImAM gaMgAkinAre sarasvatI mAtAnI maMtrasAdhanA karI hatI e paMDitajI jANatA hatA. eTale emaNe paNa lekhanakArya mATe gaMgAkinAre maMtrasAdhanA karI hatI. vaLI paMDitajIe lekhanakAryanA mahAvarA mATe upAdhyAya zrI yazovijayajIno ja suprasiddha saMskRta graMtha "jJAnasAra hiMdImAM anuvAda karavA mATe pasaMda karyo. teo anuvAda kare bIjA pAse lakhAve) ane pachI temAM kacAza jaNAya,

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paMDitajInuM sAhitya 0 121 navA zabdo sphure navI zailIthI lakhavAnuM game. eTale je lakhelAM pAnAM hoya te gaMgAjImAM padharAvI detA. A rIte vAraMvAra emaNe lakhavAno mahAvaro karyo hato. temaNe kaheluM ke 'jJAnasAra'nA anuvAdanuM kArya lekhananA mahAvarA mATe eTaluM badhuM kareluM ke ochAmAM ochAM eka hajAra pAnAM pote gaMgAjImAM padharAvI dIdhelAM. paMDitajIe potAnA jIvanakALa daramiyAna trIsathI vadhu mUlyavAna graMthonuM lekhanakArya karyuM che. (enI yAdI pariziSTamAM ApI che.) e badhAmAMthI keTalAka mahattvanA graMtho vize ahIM saMkSepamAM paricaya ApavAmAM Avyo che. paMDitajIe sau prathama je moTo graMtha pasaMda karyo te zrI devendrasUrikRta mULa prAkRtamAM lakhAyelo 'dharmagraMtha' che. paMDitajIe pahelAM to potAnA mitra zrI ramaNIkalAla modI sAthe A graMthanuM adhyayana cAlu karyuM hatuM. paraMtu pachIthI eno hiMdImAM anuvAda karavAnuM kArya maLyuM tyAre emaNe prastAvanA, TippaNa vagere sAthe A graMtha taiyAra karyo. A viSayanA abhyAsIo mATe A graMtha Aje paNa eTalo ja upayogI che. 'karmagraMtha' pachI paMDitajIe 'paMcapratikramaNasUtra'no hiMdImAM anuvAda, prastAvanA, TippaNa vagere sAthe taiyAra karyo. A graMthamAM emaNe jainonA badhA phirakAnAM pratikramaNa sUtronI vicAraNA karI che. paMDitajInuM tyAra pachInuM moTuM kArya te 'sanmatitarka'nI adhikRta vAcanAnuM saMpAdana che. paMDitajIe gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM rahIne A kArya karyuM hatuM. emane madadanIza tarIke maLyA hatA mAtra paMDita becaradAsa dozI. koI moTI yunivarsiTI eka moTA projakTa tarIke kAma kare tevuM kArya paMDitajIe ekale hAthe karyuM hatuM. 'sanmatitarka' u52 zrI abhayadevasUrie lakhelI pacIsa hajAra zloka pramANa TIkAnI 29 hastaprato najara sAme rAkhI, pAThanirNaya karI, pAThAMtaro noMdhI, prastAvanA, TippaNa pratiparicaya vagere sAthe paMDitajIe A graMtha taiyAra karyo, je pAMca bhAgamAM chapAyo che. bhagIrathakArya pUruM karatAM paMDitajIne nava varSa lAgyAM hatAM. nayavAdanA abhyAsIo mATe A graMtha atyaMta mUlyavAna che. paMDitajInA samagra lekhanakAryamAM A graMthanuM saMpAdanakArya yazakalagIrUpa che. paMDitajInA AdhyAtmika vikAsakramaguNasthAna' nAmanA pustakamAM traNa lekho ApavAmAM AvyA che. (1) bhAratIya darzanomAM AdhyAtmika vikAsakrama (2) guNasthAnanuM sAmAnya svarUpa ane (3) guNasthAnanuM vizeSa svarUpa. emAM bIjA be lekho je mULa hiMdImAM lakhAyA hatA enuM gujarAtI bhASAntara ahIM ApavAmAM AvyuM che. pustakamAM paMDitajIe noMdhyuM che ke bIjA be lekho guNasthAna vize che ane te mukhyatve jaina abhyAsIone uddezIne lakhAyA che. pahelo lekha jainetara vAcakone lakSamAM rAkhIne lakhAyo che. paMDitajInI bhAvanA evI hatI ke jaina abhyAsIo jaina zAstranI bahAra

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122 - paMDita sukhalAlajI najara nAkhatA thAya ane vizALatA keLave ane jainetara vidvAno jaina darzanano paNa paricaya keLave to teo 52spara ekabIjAne vadhAre sArI rIte samajI zake, AdhyAtmika vikAsakramanI bhAratIya dArzanikoe je bhinnabhinna rIte rajUAta karI che temAM paribhASAno bheda uThAvI levAmAM Ave to A vicAraNAo keTalI badhI najIka AvI zake ema che te samajAya che, rAgadveSa, yoga, dhyAna, mokSa ityAdi vize paMDitajIe vaidika, bauddha ane jaina darzanano tulanAtmaka khyAla saMkSepamAM A nibaMdhomAM Apyo che. jainonA tamAma phirakA ane saMpradAyane mAnya, eTaluM ja nahi sarvanuM Adara- bahumAna dharAvato graMtha te 'tattvArthAdhigama zAstra' athavA saMkSepamAM 'tattvArthasUtra' che. enA kartA vAcaka umAsvAti (digaMbara mata pramANe 'umAsvAmI') che. paMDitajIe A graMthano gujarAtI anuvAda karyo che ane te uparAMta enuM vivecana paNa lakhyuM che. paMDitajIe 'tattvArthasUtra' ane 'sanmatitarka' e be graMthanuM kAma sAthe upADeluM. emaNe tattvArthanuM lekhana gujarAtImAM ane hiMdImAM ema be bhASAmAM karyuM. e pUruM karatAM agiyAra varSa lAgyAM. to paNa eka adhikArI vidvAnanA hAthe A graMthane yogya nyAya apAyo che. AgrA, amadAvAda, bhAvanagara, kalakattA, ema judA judA sthaLe rahIne kaTake kaTake paMDitajIe A graMthanuM lekhanakArya karyuM hatuM. emAM emane zrI rasikalAla parIkhanI sahAya maLI, eTale kAma jaladI pUruM thayuM hatuM. 1930mAM gUjarAta vidyApITha taraphathI enI pahelI AvRtti prakAzita thaI ane pachInI AvRttiomAM paNa kaMIka ne kaMIka umerA thatA rahyA. e rIte A graMtha ghaNo samRddha banyo che. emAM paNa paMDitajIe ApelI pAdanoMdho A viSayamAM ghaNo prakAza pADe che. aneka sthaLe anya darzanonI sAthe A sUtronA padArthanI tulanA paNa karavAmAM AvI che. A graMthanI prastAvanAmAM paMDitajIe vAcaka umAsvAtino samaya, emanI paraMparA, 'tattvArthasUtra' upara vyAkhyAo ane vyAkhyAkAro, graMthanI racanAzailI, pAThAMtaro ityAdi vize bharapUra adhikRta mAhitI ApI che. e viSayanA abhyAsIo mATe A graMtha atyaMta upayogI che. paMDitajInA vizALa vAcana, UMDI sUjha, darzanazAstrano abhyAsa, viSayanA UMDANamAM javAnI bhAvanA tathA e badhAM mATe lIdhelo parizrama e badhAMnA phaLarUpe ApaNane 'tattvArthasUtra' vize Avo praziSTa graMtha maLyo che. enI hiMdImAM ane aMgrejImAM AvRttio paNa thaI che. 'tattvArthasUtra' vize saMzodhanAtmaka dRSTie lakhAyelA arvAcIna graMthomAM e mokharAnuM sthAna prApta kare evo graMtha che. paMDitajIe banArasa yunivarsiTImAM joDAyA pachI je keTaluMka saMzodhana-saMpAdananuM kArya karyuM temAM zrI hemacaMdrAcAryakRta 'pramANamImAMsA'nuM saMpAdana che. emAM paMDitajIe pramANazAstranA vikAsa vize vistRta prastAvanA ApI che, je e viSayanA abhyAsIo mATe khUba ja upayogI che. emAM paMDitajIe tulanAtmaka adhyayana, TippaNo sAthe ApyuM

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paMDitajInuM sAhitya 0 123 che. AvuM lekhana karavA mATe lekhakanI potAnI sajjatA ghaNI badhI hovI joIe ane emanuM zAstrIya adhyayana UMDuM hovuM joIe, je paMDitajImAM ApaNane supere jovA maLe che. amadAvAdamAM sthiravAsa karyo te pachI paMDitajIe je je vyAkhyAno ApyAM te traNa graMthasvarUpe pragaTa thayAM che. emAM adhyAtmavicAraNA'nAM traNa vyAkhyAnomAM AtmA, paramAtmA ane sAdhanA vize paMDitajIe potAnuM ciMtana rajU karyuM che. emAM vaidika, jaina ane bauddha e traNe darzanomAM AtmatattvanI ane paramAtmatattvanI vicAraNA kevI rIte thaI che enA tulanAtmaka adhyayanano nicoDa prApta thAya che. bhAratIya tattvavidyA'nAM pAMca vyAkhyAnomAM jIva, jagata ane Izvara vizenI bhAratIya darzanonI vibhAvanAnuM tulanAtmaka adhyayana ApaNane sAMpaDe che. 'samadarzI AcArya hirabhadra'mAM mahAna dArzanika ane tattvavettA zrI haribhadrasUrinA graMthonI vizada samAlocanA sAthe tAttvika gaveSaNA che. paMDitajIe AraMbha kALathI 1956 sudhImAM vakhatovakhata lakhelA lekho, prastAvanAo ityAdino saMgraha emanA rASTriya stare muMbaI yunivarsiTInA kaoNnvokezana holamAM thayelA sanmAna prasaMge pragaTa karavAno nirNaya thayo hato. te anusAra emanA je lekho gujarAtImAM lakhAyelA hatA tenA be daLadAra graMtho thayA. paMdarasauthI adhika pRSThamAM patharAyelA A lekhonuM vargIkaraNa, samAja ane dharma, jaina dharma ane darzana, darzanika ciMtana, ardhya, pravAsakathA, Atmanivedana vagere zIrSaka heThaLa karavAmAM AvyuM che. A aMge paMDita sukhalAlajIe 1954mAM lakhyuM hatuM ke '1914thI Aja lagInI mArI pravRtti adhyayana, saMzodhana, lekhana, saMpAdana, sAmAjika ane dhArmika praznonI chaNAvaTa Adi aneka dizAomAM vaheMcAyelI rahI che. alabatta, e dIrghakAlIna zAstrIya ane vyavahArakAryanA yajJamAM kendrasthAne to utkaTa jijJAsA ane satyazodhananI vRtti ja rahelI che. eNe ja mane aneka satpuruSonI bheTa karAvI. eNe ja mane paMtha ke phirakAnA sAMkaDA vartuLamAMthI bahAra kADhyo. eNe ja mane anekavidha pustakonA gaMjamAM garaka karyo. eNe ja mane anekavidha bhASAonA paricaya bhaNI preryo. eNe ja mane agavaDanuM bhAna kadI thavA na dIdhuM. eNe ja mane sahRdaya, udAra ane vidvAna mitro meLavI ApyA, eNe ja mane vidyAkendronI yAtrA karAvI, vizeSa to zuM. eNe ja mane vRddhatvamAM yauvana ApyuM che.' 'darzana ane ciMtana'nA 'samAja ane dharma' vibhAgamAM dharma kyAM che ?" dharma ane paMtha', 'dhArmika zikSaNa', 'dharmadRSTinuM UrmIkaraNa', 'svarAjya ane surAjya', 'lokataMtrono mukhya pAyo' ityAdi lekhonAM zIrSako ja darzAve che ke emAM bhinna bhinna samaye prabuddha jIvana', 'buddhiprakAza', 'prasthAna', akhaMDa AnaMda' ityAdi sAmayikomAM lakhelA

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124 * paMDita sukhalAlajI nAnAmoTA lekho ApavAmAM AvyA che. emAM dharma, samAja, svarAjya, lokataMtra, zikSaNapaddhati vagere vize keTalIka prAsaMgika to keTalIka tAttvika carcAvicAraNA karavAmAM AvI che. paMDitajInuM taTastha, tarkayukta, maulika ane nirbhIka ciMtana emAM jovA maLe che, ane koI paNa viSayane enA mULamAM jaIne tapAsavAnI dRSTi joI zakAya che. jaina dharma ane darzana' nAmanA vibhAgamAM "bhagavAna RSabhadeva ane emano parivAra'; "bhagavAna mahAvIrano maMgaLa vAraso; "bhagavAna neminAtha ane kRSNa", "vahemamukti', 'tapa ane parISaha', "ahiMsA ane amAri', "aspRzyo ane jaina saMskRti', jaina daSTie brahmacaryavicAra' ItyAdi lekhomAM tIrthakaro, tIrthasthaLo, ApaNI sAdhusaMsthA, jenAnA phirakAo, mahAna jainAcAryo ityAdi vize maulika vicAraNA karavAmAM AvI che. parizIlana' vibhAgamAM zrImad rAjacaMdrakRta "AtmasiddhizAstra', dharmakIrtikRta 'hetubindu, nAnAbhAI bhaTTanI AtmakathA "ghaDatara ane caNatara', manubhAI paMcolI kRta ApaNo vaibhava ane vAraso' vagere graMthonA purovacana rUpe lakhAyelA lekho che. e vibhAgamAM anya samIkSAtmaka tathA ciMtanAtmaka lekho paNa che. koI paNa graMtha vize paMDitajI lakhavA pravRtta thAya tyAre teo viSayanA UMDANamAM jAya che. emane potAne te vize kazuMka maulika kahevAnuM hoya ja che. e vAtanI pratIti A lekho vAMcatAM thAya che. dArzanika ciMtana' nAmanA vibhAgamAM jaina tattvajJAna", "saptabhaMgI', jaina nyAyano kramika vikAsa', "bhAratIya darzanonI kALatattva saMbaMdhI mAnyatA', nigoda jAtinA jIvasamUha viSayaka praznottara ' ityAdi lekhomAM bhAratIya darzanomAM thayelI AdhyAtmika viSayonI chaNAvaTanuM nirUpaNa che. emanA keTalAka lekho, patra, prastAvanA, praznottara ke pariziSTarUpe che. A graMthamAM "artha, nAmanA vibhAgamAM mahAtmA gAMdhIjI, vinobA bhAve, AtmArAmajI mahArAja, muni zrI caturavijayajI, kizoralAla mazarUvALA, dharmAnaMda kausAMbI, muni jinavijayajI, AcArya narendra deva, AnaMdazaMkara dhruva, bAbu dayAlacaMda vagere vibhUtione apAyelI aMjalirUpe lakhAyelA lekho che. paMDitajI potAnA jIvanakALa daramiyAna kevI kevI vyaktionA nikaTanA saMparkamAM AvyA hatA ane temanuM milana kevA prakAranuM rahyuM hatuM teno tAda citAra tathA paMDitajInuM bhAvasabhara ciMtana A lekhomAM jovA maLe che. potAnI zArIrika maryAdA hovA chatAM, paMDitajIe pramANamAM pravAsa ThIka ThIka karyo che. eTale emaNe keTalAka pravAsanA rasika anubhavo paNa lakhyA che. AvA keTalAka lekho pravAsakathA' nAmanA vibhAgamAM ApavAmAM AvyA che. paMDitajIe 1924 sudhInuM potAnuM jIvanavRtta lakhyuM che. taduparAMta kyAreka potAnA vidyAbhyAsanAM saMsmaraNo ke anya aMgata anubhavo vize paNa lakhyuM che, AvA lekho A graMthamAM "Atmanivedana' nAmanA zIrSaka heThaLa ApavAmAM AvyA che.

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paMDitajInuM sAhitya * 125 Ama, darzana ane ciMtananA be bhAganAM paMdarasothI adhika pAnAMmAM prasiddha thayelA emanA lekhomAM emanI vidvattA, bahuzrutatA, tarkabaddhatA, taTasthatA, jijJAsA, nyAyapriyatA, arthaghaTananI daSTi ItyAdi guNo jovA maLe che. temanI viSayanI rajUAta vyavasthita ane saghana che. emanA keTalAye lekho ciraMjIva mUlyavALA che ane te te viSayanA abhyAsIo mATe mArgadarzaka nIvaDe evA che. paMDitajInuM samagra vyaktitva darzana ane ciMtanamAM UpasI Ave che. paMDitajInA hiMdI bhASAmAM lakhAyelA ciMtanAtmaka lekhono saMgraha darzana aura ciMtana'nA nAmathI "sanmAna samiti taraphathI prakAzita thayo che. A daLadAra graMtha be khaMDamAM prakAzita thayo che. prathama khaMDamAM "dharma ane samAja tathA dArzanika mImAMsA e nAmanA be vibhAga che. emAM prathama vibhAgamAM dharmanuM bIja ane teno vikAsa', dharma ane saMskRti', vikAsanuM mukhya sAdhana', bAladIkSA' vagere vize lekho che. dArzanika mImAMsAmAM mukhyatve hemacaMdrAcAryakRta, pramANamImAMsA'nA saMpAdanamAM pote lakhela vistRta prastAvanAnA viSayo che. taduparAMta darzana ane saMpradAya, yogavidyA ItyAdi viSayo upara lekho che. A graMthanA bIjA khaMDamAM jaina dharma ane darzana vizenA lekho ApavAmAM AvyA che. emAM bhagavAna pArzvanAthano vAraso', 'nirjhanya saMpradAya', jaina saMskRtinuM hRdaya', 'anekAntavAda', "saMsthAo ane ahiMsA jaina sAhityanI pragati ityAdi lekho uparAMta karmagraMtha'nA keTalAka viSayo uparanA lekho paNa che. Ama, 'darzana ane ciMtananA gujarAtI ane hiMdImAM lakhAyelA lekhomAM paMDitajInA jIvanabharanA abhyAsano nicoDa prApta thAya che. ene lIdhe keTakeTalA viSayomAM navA abhyAsIne ghaNI taiyAra sAmagrI upalabdha thAya che. paMDitajInA A lekho ApaNA tattvaciMtananA sAhityamAM maulika, yazasvI, adakeruM yogadAna banI rahe ema che. paMDitajInA lekhanakAryamAM emanI vidyAniSThAnI pade pade ApaNane pratIti thAya che. dharma ane tattvajJAnanA viSayamAM emanI vicAraNAmAM vizadatA, maulikatA ane samanvayadaSTi spaSTa taravare che. emAM koI sAMpradAyika saMkucitatAnI durgadha nathI. emaNe taTasthatAthI, pramANo sAthe, potAnA vicAro rajU karyA che. emaNe jIvanabhara dharmagraMthonuM adhyayana ane avalokana karyuM che. eTale ja emanuM lakhANa vAMcatAM eka bahuzruta vidvAnanI chApa ApaNA cittamAM aMkita thAya che. paMDitajIe jema dhArmika ane AdhyAtmika viSayonI vicAraNA karI che, tema prasaMgopAtta, sAmAjika viSayonI vicAraNA karI che ane rAjanIti tathA zikSaNanI samasyAonI chaNAvaTa paNa karI che. emaNe keTalAye graMthonI prastAvanA lakhI che ane keTalAMka graMthAvalokano paNa lakhyAM che. emaNe bhinna bhinna saMsthAonA upakrame

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1260 paMDita sukhalAlajI vyAkhyAno ApyAM che, jemAMnAM keTalAMka prasiddha thayAM che. zrI muMbaI jaina yuvaka saMgha taraphathI muMbaImAM yojAtI paryuSaNa vyAkhyAnamALAmAM pramukha tarIkenI javAbadArI traNa dAyakA sudhI bajAvavA sAthe emAM emaNe bhinna bhinna viSayo para vyAkhyAno paNa ApyAM hatAM. samAja, rAjanIti, zikSaNa ityAdi vizenA viSayomAM emaNe potAnA maulika svataMtra vicAro darzAvyA che, paraMtu emanuM mukhya ane mahattvanuM yogadAna to dharmazAstra ane darzanazAstranA kSetre rahyuM che. paMDitajInI bhASA praziSTa, saMskArI ane tarata arthabodha karAvanArI che. emanI lekhanazailI svastha ane samatola rahI che.emanAM lakhANomAM viSayAMtaratA dekhAze nahi. vaLI temAM kyAMya dIrghasUtrIpaNuM jovA maLatuM nathI. emAM pAMDityanI sabhAnatA nathI. emanuM vaktavya yogya zabdomAM yogya rIte rajU thAya che. emAM tarkabaddhatA ane vizadatA jovA maLe che, kAraNa ke paMDitajInuM ciMtana eTaluM gahana ane vizada hatuM. eTale ja teo eka ja beThake ekadhAruM lakhAvI zakatA. zrI dalasukhabhAI mAlavaNiyAe potAnA pustaka prajJAcakSu paM. sukhalAlajI' mAM lakhyuM che, temanuM koI paNa lakhANa hoya, temAM tarka, itihAsa, tulanA, samanvaya to hoya ja. uparAMta bhASAsauSThava e paNa hoya ja. temanuM koI paNa vAkaya zithila nahi jaNAya, nahi atizayokti, nahi alpokita, paNa je kaMI vaktavya hoya te barAbara kahevAmAM temanuM bhASAsAmarthya pragaTa thayA vinA rahe ja nahi.' paMDitajIe eTaluM vipula lekhanakArya karyuM che ke enA u52 ekathI vadhu zodhaprabaMdho yunivarsiTInI kakSAe taiyAra thaI zake ema che. paMDitajIe potAnA jIvanakALa daramiyAna vidyAbhyAsa ane saMzodhanano je parizrama uThAvyo hato teno lAbha bhaviSyanI peDhIone dIrghakALa sudhI maLato raheze. vADgamayajagata e mATe paMDitajInuM haMmezAM RNI raheze.

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pariziSTa 1909 1. paMDitajInA jIvananI sAlavArI I. sa. 1880 janma 1887 - 91 prAthamika abhyAsa, lImalImAM 1897 aMdhatva 1898 sagapaNa tUTyuM 1904 kAzImAM vidyAbhyAsa mATe prayANa 1907 sametazikharanI yAtrA 1908 kAzInI pAThazALA choDI pAlanapuramAM 1910-12 pharI kAzI tathA mithilAmAM 1914 mahesANA pAThazALAmAM 1915 pATaNamAM, kesariyAjInI yAtrA 1916 vaDodarAmAM 1917 pUnA jaina borDiMgamAM 1919-20 AgrAmAM 1922thI 30 gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM 1933thI 1944 banArasa yunivarsiTImAM 1944-45 muMbaImAM bhAratIya vidyAbhavanamAM 1945thI 1978 amadAvAdamAM jIvananA aMtaparyaMta 1978 amadAvAdamAM bIjI mArce 97 varSanI vaye dehavilaya. paMDitajInA graMthonA prakAzanavarSanI ane emanI siddhionI kadaranI sAlavArI judI ApI che.)

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paMDita sukhalAlajInA graMtho 3. AtmAnuzAstiklaka (pUrvAcAryakRta) - mULa prAkRtano gujarAtI anuvAda. prakAzana varSa I. sa. 1914-15 karmagraMtha - bhAga 1thI5 - zrI devendrasUrikRta mULa prAkRtano hiMdImAM anuvAda, samajUtI tathA prastAvanA ane pariziSTa sAthe. prakAzaka : AtmAnaMda jena pustaka pracAraka maMDaLa, AgrA, 1917-20 daMDaka pUrvAcAryakRta) - mULa prAkRta prakaraNa graMthano hiMdImAM sArA prakAzaka - AtmAnaMda jaina pustaka pracAraka maMDaLa, AgrA - 1921 paMcapratikramaNa sUtra-mULa prAkRtano hiMdI anuvAdaprakAzaka AtmAnaMda jaina pustaka pracAraka maMDaLa, AgrA - 1921 yogadarzana (yoga vizenI be kRtio) (1) pAtaMjala yogasUtra" upara upAdhyAya zrI yazovijayajIkRta vRtti tathA (2) zrI haribhadrasUrikRta yogaviMzikA upara upAdhyAya zrI yazovijayajInI vRtti (saMskRta ane prAkRta graMthono hiMdImAM sAra ane vivecana) - prakAzaka-AtmAnaMda jaina pustaka pracAraka maMDaLa, AgrA1922 sanmatitarka prakaraNa-zrI siddhasena divAkarakRta mULa prAkRta graMtha, tenA uparanI zrI abhayadevasUrikRta "vAdamahArNava' nAmanI TIkA sAthe, bhAga 1thI5 prakAzaka-gUjarAta vidyApITha, amadAvAda - 1925 sanmatitarka prakaraNa (bhAga chaThTho) mULa gAthAono gujarAtImAM anuvAda, prastAvanA ane vivecana sAthe, paMDita becaradAsanA sahakAramAM. prakAzaka - gUjarAta vidyApITha 1932 Sanmati Tark Prakaran - gujarAtI graMthano aMgrejI anuvAdaprakAzaka - jaina zvetAmbara kaoNnpharansa muMbaI - 1940 jaina dRSTie brahmacaryavicAra - paMDita becaradAsanA sahakAramAM) prakAzaka - gUjarAta vidyApITha, amadAvAda - 1932 ui oj j

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10. 11. 12. amadAvAda - 1927. tattvArthasUtra- vAcaka zrI umAsvAtikRta saMskRta graMthano gujarAtI anuvAda, vivecana ane prastAvanA sAthe. prakAzaka - gUjarAta vidyApITha, amadAvAda 1930. hiMdI anuvAda (AtmAnaMda janmazatAbdI smAraka tattvArthasUtra graMthamALAmAM prakAzita) prakAzaka - AtmAnaMda jaina pustaka pracAraka maMDaLa, AjhA 1939. tattvArthasUtra- aMgrejI anuvAda. prakAzaka lAlabhAI dalapatabhAI bhAratIya saMskRti vidyAmaMdira, amadAvAda - 1974. jaina tarkabhASA- upAdhyAya zrI yazovijyajI kRta saMskRta graMthanuM saMpAdana hiMdImAM prastAvanA ane TippaNa sAthe) prakAzaka- siMdhI jaina graMthamALA, bhAratIya vidyAbhavana, muMbaI - 1939. 16. pramANamImAMsA- zrI hemacaMdrAcAryakRta saMskRta graMthanuM saMpAdana (hiMdImAM prastAvanA ane TippaNa sAthe) prakAzaka- siMdhI jaina graMthamALA, bhAratIya vidyAbhavana, muMbaI - 1939. 17. jJAnabiMdu - upAdhyAya zrI yazovijyajIkRta saMskRta graMthanuM saMpAdana (hiMdImAM prastAvanA ane TippaNa sAthe). prakAzaka - siMdhI jaina graMthamALA, bhAratIya vidyAbhavana, muMbaI - 1940 tattvoplavasiMha - zrI jayarAzikRta cArvAka paraMparA vizenA saMskRta graMthanuM saMpAdana- prakAzaka gAyakavADa orienTala sirIjha vaDodarA - 1940, vedavAdadvAtriMzikA- zrI siddhasena divAkakRta saMskRta graMthanuM saMpAdana ane gujarAtImAM vivecana. prakAzaka bhAratIya vidyAbhavana, muMbaI - 1946. (A graMthano hiMdImAM anuvAda bhAratIya vidyA, nAmanA traimAsikanA siMdhI smAraka aMkamAM prakAzita thayo che.) 20. nigraMtha saMpradAya - (hiMdI) - prakAzaka jaina saMskRta saMzodhana maMDaLa. 21. hetubindu TIkA - zrI dharmakIrtikRta bauddha nyAyanA saMskRta graMthanuM saMpAdana (arcaTakRta TIkA ane durveka mizrakRta anuTIkA sAthe) prakAzaka gAyakavADa orienTala sirIjha, vaDodarA, 1949 13. 14. 15. 18. paMDita sukhalAlajInA graMtho 0 129 nyAyAvatAra siddhasena divAkakRta mULa saMskRta graMthano gujarAtI anuvAda ane vivecana. 'jaina sAhitya saMzodhakamAM prakAzita - 1927. AdhyAtmika vikAsakrama- guNasthAnaka vizenA traNa gujarAtI lekhono saMgraha - prakAzaka zaMbhulAla ja. zAha, gUrjara graMtharatna kAryAlaya. 19. - - * :/ :

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130 - paMDita sukhalAlajI 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. dharma saura samAna - hiMdImAM lekhono saMgraha) prakAzaka - hiMdI graMtharatnAkara, muMbaI - 1951 cAra tIrthaMr - hiMdI) bhagavAna RSabhadeva, neminAtha, pArzvanAtha ane mahAvI2 svAmI vizenA lekhono saMgraha, prakAzaka - hiMdI graMtharatnAkara, muMbaI - 1954. cA2 tIrthaMka2 - (gujarAtI) - prakAzaka sva. jagamohanadAsa DAhyAbhAI korA smAraka graMthamALA, muMbaI - 1954. adhyAtma vicAraNA prakAzaka gujarAta vidyAsabhA, amadAvAda, 1956 vyAkhyAno) (hiMdImAM eno anuvAda paNa A ja saMsthAe prakAzita karelo che.) bhAratIya tattvavidyA - (jagata, jIva ane Izvara vize pAMca vyAkhyAno) - prakAzaka - ma. sa. yunivarsiTI, vaDodarA - 1957, (A ja graMthano hiMdI anuvAda jJAnodaya TrasTa taraphathI 1971mAM ane aMgrejImAM anuvAda Indian PhilosophynA nAmathI lA. da. bhA. sa. vidyAmaMdira taraphathI 1977mAM prakAzita thayo che.) 1957. darzana ane ciMtana- bhAga-1 ane 2 (lekhasaMgraha) - prakAzaka paMDita sukhalAlajI sanmAna samiti, amadAvAda 1957. varzana gaura ciMtana - (hiMdImAM lekhasaMgraha) prakAzaka - paMDita sukhalAlajI sanmAna samiti, amadAvAda samadarzI AcArya hirabhadra (muMbaI yunivarsiTInA, Thakkara vasanajI mAdhavajI vyAkhyAno) - prakAzaka - muMbaI yunivarsiTI, muMbaI - 1961 (Ano hiMdI anuvAda 1966mAM rAjasthAna prAcyavidyA pratiSThAna, jodhapura taraphathI prakAzita thayo che.) jaina dharmano prANa (saMkalita lekhono saMgraha) - prakAzaka sva. gamohanadAsa koA graMthamALA, muMbaI - 1962 (Ano hiMdI anuvAda - 1965mAM sastA sAhitya maMDaLa, dilhI taraphathI prakAzita thayo che.) 31. - * (AtmA, paramAtmA ane sAdhanA vize traNa - - - Advance studies in Indian logic and Metaphysics (zrI hemacandrAcAryakRta pramANamImAMsA' graMthanI prastAvanA ane TippaNono aMgrejImAM anuvAda). prakAzaka Indian studies, Past and Present, Calculta 1961. 32. mAruM jIvanavRtta (AtmAkathA - 1924 sudhIno vRttAnta) prakAzaka, paricaya TrasTa, muMbaI - 1980, - - -

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paMDitajInI siddhionI kadara paMDitajIe jIvanabhara karelAM adhyayana, saMzodhana, lekhana, mArgadarzana ityAdinI kadara karavArUpe vividha saMsthAo, samitio, yunivarsiTIo taraphathI emanuM vakhatovakhata mAna-sanmAna thayuM hatuM je nIce mujaba che. 1947 - bhAvanagaranI zrI yazovijayajI jaina graMthamALA taraphathI emane "zrI vijayadharmasUri jaina sAhitya suvarNacandraka' ApavAmAM Avyo hato. 1951 - orienTala kaoNnpharansamAM jaina ane prAkRta vibhAganA pramukha tarIke temanI varaNI thaI hatI. 1956 - rASTrabhASA pracAra sabhA, vardhA taraphathI hiMdI bhASAnI sevA mATe emane puraskAra ApavAmAM Avyo hato. 1957 - muMbaI yunivarsiTInA konvokezana holamAM DaoN. rAdhAkRSNananA pramukhapade akhila bhAratIya dhoraNe emanuM bahumAna karavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. 1957 - gujarAta yunivarsiTIe emane DI. li.nI mAnada padavI ApI hatI. 1959 - "darzana ane ciMtana' graMtha mATe dilhInI sAhitya akAdamIe pAritoSika ApyuM hatuM. 1959 - muMbaI sarakAra (gujarAta ane mahArASTra judAM thayAM te pUrvenI sarakAra) taraphathI darzana ane ciMtana' graMtha mATe pAritoSika ApavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. 196 1 - orienTala kaoNnpharasa taraphathI dharma ane tattvajJAna vibhAganA pramukha tarIke emanI varaNI thaI hatI. 1961 - bhArata sarakAre emane saMskRta bhASA mATenuM sarTiphikeTa opha onara' ApyuM hatuM ane penzAna bAMdhI ApyuM hatuM. 196 7 - saradAra paTela yunivarsiTI (vallabha vidyAnagara)e emane DI. li.nI mAnada padavI ApI. 1973 - saurASTra yunivarsiTIe emane DI. linI mAnad padavI ApI. 1974 - bhArata sarakAre emane padmabhUSaNa'no IlkAba Apyo.

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paMDita sukhalAlajI vize lakhAyelAM pustaka-pustikA (1) prajJAcakSu paMDitajI - dalasukhabhAI mAlavaNiyA prakAzaka - kumakuma prakAzana, amadAvAda - 1977 (2) puNyazloka paMDitajI - mRdulA pra. mahetA prakAzaka - sarvodaya sahakArI prakAzana saMgha, li, AMbalA, 1979 (3) paMDita sukhalAlajI paricaya pustikA) vADIlAla DagalI, prakAzaka - paricaya TrasTa, muMbaI, 1980 (4) mAruM jIvanavRtta (paMDitajInI AtmakathA - 1924 sudhI.) prakAzaka paricaya TrasTa, muMbaI, 1980 (5) paMDita sukhalAlajI - ramaNalAla cI. zAha. prakAzaka - gUrjara graMtharatna kAryAlaya, muMbaI. 2003 paMDitajI vize paricayarUpe, saMsmaraNarUpe, zraddhAMjalirUpe gujarAtI tathA hiMdImAM ghaNA lekho lakhAyA che, tathA emanA graMthonA avalokanarUpe paNa keTalAka lekho lakhAyA

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paMDitajI vize mahAnubhAvonA udgAro paMDita sukhalAlajI vize emanA jIvanakALa daramiyAna ane tyAra pachI paNa bhinna bhinna lekhakoe potAno pratibhAva darzAvI emane biradAvyA che. e badhAnuM saMkalana karavAmAM Ave to te ghaNuM moTuM thAya. ahIM emAMthI thoDAka lakSANika udgAro ApavAmAM AvyA che. zrI vinobAjIe kahyuM che, paMDitajImAM taTastha buddhi athavA niSpakSa buddhinI paripUrNatA joI zakAya che? pU. zrI ravizaMkara mahArAje kahyuM che, "emanI AjanI siddhio emanA pUrvajanmanuM phaLa kema na hoya? bhAre puruSArtha karIne teo prajJAcakSu banyA che. teo bhAratanuM eka amUluM ratna che." : pU. muni zrI puNyavijayajIe lakhyuM che, "zrImAna paMDita sukhalAlajI mArA vidyAguru che. mArI daSTine temaNe vizada banAvI che. mArI sAthe temaNe anukULapaNe potAnA atigaMbhIra adhyayana-ciMtanamAMthI udbhavelI anubhavapUrNa vAto karI che. jethI jIvanamAM navuM jJAna ane skuraNAo jAge che. potAnI paddhatine svastha rAkhavA paMDitajI ghaNI ghaNI lAMghaNo ane ardha lAMghaNo kheMcI kADhe che, paraMtu jJAnopAsanAnI lAMghaNa teo bhAgye ja kare che.' kAkA kAlelakare lakhyuM che, paMDita sukhalAlajI najare joI zakatA nathI. paraNIne emaNe gRhaAzrama karyo nathI. A be moTI UNapo hovA chatAM emanuM jIvanadarzana adhUruM nathI... nirAgrahI ane nispRhI hovAne kAraNe emaNe potAnI tejasvitA khoI nathI." rAhula sAMkRtyAyane lakhyuM che, "paMDita sukhalAlajI ApaNA tapasvI vidyAcaraNa saMpanna prAcIna paMDitonA pratIka che. saMskRta darzananA abhuta vidvAna chatAM temanI tIvra jijJAsA joIne Azcarya thAya che. sAMpradAyika saMkIrNatA emanAmAM nathI. emanI vidvattA

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134 * paMDita sukhalAlajI emane pUrNa bhAratIya banAve che. prAcIna paMDitomAM ATalI adhika vicArasahiSNutA mArA jovAmAM AvI nathI." zrI nAnAbhAI bhaTTe lakhyuM che ke, "paMDitajI purAtattvamAM kAma karanArA hovA chatAM niraMtara adyatana che. vidvattA, sAdAI ane nirbhayatAno Avo sumeLa ghaNA ochA mANasomAM jovA maLe che." zrI vAsudevazaraNa agravAle lakhyuM che ke "paMDitajI "mahAprAza" hatA, teo vyakti nahi, paNa saMsthA che. temanA zarIranuM gotra ane nAma game te hoya, paNa temaNe to potAnuM gotra "sArasvata' banAvI dIdhuM che." gurudayAla malike kahyuM che ke, paMDitajI cAritryanA eka aDaga zikhara jevA che. DaoN. AdinAtha upAdhyee kahyuM che, "zArIrika vikaLatA chatAM teo asAdhAraNa vidvattA ane sthAyI lekhanane kAraNe kavi milTananI yAda ApI jAya che. temanI dRSTi vaizvika rahI che. teo dArzanika vividha paribhASAothI upara UThIne tAtparyanI zodha kare che. viSaya game teTalo kaThina hoya paNa paMDitajI jIvaMta ane vicAra preraka banI jAya che.' paMDita dalasukhabhAI mAlavaNiyAe lakhyuM che, "A zatAbdInA teo bahumukhI pratibhAnA dhaNI lekhe ApaNI samakSa upasthita thAya che. jIvanamAM AMkha gumAvavI e moTI aDacaNa upasthita chatAM "ra caM na pAyana' e jIvanamaMtra temano banI gayo ane dekhatAnA paNa mArgadarzaka teo banI zakyA. temAM temano apUrva puruSArtha dekhAI Ave che." zrI vADIlAla DagalIe lakhyuM che, huM jeTalI vibhUtionA nikaTanA paricayamAM Avyo chuM temAM mane paMDitajI sakalapuruSa lAgyA hatA. paMDitajI mATe saMskRta vyAkaraNa, arvAcIna kavitA, rAjyanItizAstranA siddhAnto, bhASAzAstra ane arthazAstra alaga alaga jaNaso na hatI, paNa jIvananA avibhakta aMgarUpa bAbato hatI." paMDitajInA sAthI prAdhyApaka zrI rAmakubera mAlavIe saMskRtamAM paMDitajI vize 13 zlokanI stutiracanA karI che.

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paMDita sukhalAlajIno janma 8 Disembara 1888mAM surendranagara pAse Avela lImalI nAmanA nAnakaDA gAmaDAmAM thayo hato. 16 varSanI uMmare temaNe zItaLAmAM AMkho gumAvI tyArathI, temanA ja jaNAvyA mujaba, temano bIjo janma zarU thayo. A pachInuM temanuM jIvana akathya puruSArtha jevuM hatuM. sane 1904thI 1921 sudhI kAzI ane mithilAmAM prathama saMskRta bhASA ane pachI bhAratIya darzanano abhyAsa karyo ane adhyApanakArya karyuM. 1921thI 1930 sudhI gUjarAta vidyApIThamAM rahIne sanmatitarkanA pAMca bhAgonuM saMpAdanakArya karyuM. te samagra bhAratIya darzananA itihAsamAM ananya ghaTanA hatI. 1933thI 1944 sudhI banArasa hindu yunivarsiTImAM adhyayana ane adhyApanakArya karyuM. A daramyAna tarkabhASA, pramANamImAMsA ane jJAnabiMdu jevA graMthonuM saMpAdanakArya karyuM. 1944 bAda yunivarsiTImAMthI nivRtta thaI satata vidyApravRtti karatAM karatAM 97 varSanI uMmare bIjI mArca 1978mAM avasAna pAmyA. paMDita sukhalAlajI vIsamI sadInA eka maulika philasUpha hatA. emaNe jIvanamAM vidvattA, sAdAI ane manuSya-premano saMgama sAdhyo hato. bhAratanA vidhavidha dharmomAM raheluM samanvayabIja emaNe zodhyuM ane dharmane kriyAkAMDathI mukta karyo. je dharma samAja mATe upayogI na hoya e dharma aprastuta che e vAta temaNe aneka graMthomAM samajAvI che. eka prajJAcakSu asahAya yuvAna bhAratIya darzanano vizvavikhyAta vidvAna kevI rIte banyo tenI gAthA mAnavajAta mATe sAcavI rAkhavA jevo vAraso che. temaNe adhyAtmavicAraNA, bhAratIya tattvavidyA, samadarzI AcArya haribhadrasUri jevA graMtho tathA mAruM jIvanavRtta' nAmanI AtmakathA lakhI. A uparAMta aneka dharma, samAja, rAjanIti, keLavaNI vagere para je asaMkhya lekho lakhyA te traNa bhAgamAM 'darzana ane ciMtanamAM pragaTa thayA che. Jain Education international melibrary.org