Book Title: Pitano Putra Pratye Updesh
Author(s): Shravak Bhimsinh Manek
Publisher: Shravak Bhimsinh Manek
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/005383/1

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Page #1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ -pitAno Ans By F r SF wife TF ; ( 6pk p 114# laacii FiFgs 1p piuM 33 I pls S - guDa 35 yejB] ] e. $ 1s - ecprakAzaka. rDa 1i/2}')}{E YOU | Iii cha | zrAvake bhImasiha mANekI EAda (IEche | je E pustakrio:prasiddha karanAra tathA vecanAra/ &! As an | mAMDavI, zAkaMgalI e baInA of . - 2 / 3 ahI prathamavRtti jo da trikrima saM. 1973. Sii vanegara nada" mI. presamAM zo. gulAbacaMda lallubhAIe chApuM Jain Educationa l e Resonal and laugh Page #2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ uRRRQ==RRRRROT =RRRR. jaARAT vidyA nAma narasya rupamadhikaM pracchanna guptaM dhanaM, vidyA bhogakari yazaH mukhakari vidyA guruNAM guru, - vidyA bandhujano videzagamane vidyA paraM daivataM, // vidyA rAjamu pUjitA nAtu dhanaM vidyA vihinaH pazuH he che "vilAja manuSyane moTuM rU5 che, ati gupta dhana che, huM 4 vidyA bhega ApanArI che, kIrti ane AnaMda ApanArI [ re che, vidyA gurUnI paNa gurU che, vidyAja paradezamAM bhAInI che paThehita karanArI che, parama daivata paNa vidyAja che, rAjAe che paNa vilAnI ja pUjA kare che, paNa dhananI pUjA karatA nathI che mATe vilA avazya ja meLavavI joIe." zuddhALu - pAnA 38 mAM je patra terame Apela che, tene anu- ke che karma naMbara bArame Apa joIe. te sudhArI vAMcavA - namra vinaMtI karavAmAM Ave che. - lI. prakAzaka Sorons persone soccorso suvusurvivuutos Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ pitAnoputra che. je upadeza kiMvA (eka suyogya pitAe potAnA putrane lakhelA sArapUrNa patrane saMgraha) Ass 22. prakAzaka zrAvaka bhImasiMha mANeka pustake prasiddha karanAra tathA vecanAra, mAMDavI, zAkagallI-muMbaI, prathamavRtti. vikrama saMvata 1974 : Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ dhI "AnaMda" prInTIMga presamAM zA, gulAbacaMda lalubhAie chApyuM. Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prastAvanA gvAlIyaranI vyavasthApaka sabhAnA maMtrI zrIyuta mAlavI mehammada karImakhamsa, DepyuTI kalekaTare, potAnA putra je vakhate vighAthI avasthAmAM hatA te vakhate tenA upara je je patrA lakhyA hatA temAMnA upayogI bhAga urdu bhASAmAM gheADA vakhata upara pustaka AkAre bahAra paDyo hatA. ame tenA hiMdI bhASAMtarane anusarIne A pustaka taiyAra karyuM che. jo ke mULamAMnA keTalAka bhAgone amAre vistArIne lakhavA paDyA che, teApaNu mULa lekhakanI bhAvanAne jema ane tema gujarAtI vidyAthI'madhue pAse avikRta rUpe rajI karavAnA prayatna karyo che, ane ema karavA jatAM A pustake svataMtra kRti jevu' rUpa pakaDyu` che, chatAM ameA zrIyuta mailavI sAheba tathA Akhu dayAcandranA upakAra mAnavAnuM bhUlI jatA nathI. A pustakamAM sArapUrNa je patra dAkhala karavAmAM AvyA che te vidyArthI jIvana gALatA andhuone khAsa karIne upayAgI tathA upakAraka thaI zake tema che. temAM nItinI sAthe vyavahAranA mArga ahu suMdara rIte darzAvavAmAM Avye che, ane tethI te navayuvakAne eka semIyArUpa thai paDe tema che. Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ A patronI asara zrIyuta mUlavI sAhebanA putra upara evI te suMdara thaI che ke teo Aje bArIsTara eNTa-lanI parIkSA sAthe bIjI paNa vidyAnI zAkhAmAM bahu phattehamaMdIthI pAra utaryA che. A sarva pratApa temanA pitAnA patroneja hato ane che ema sai keI svIkAre che. ame gujarAtI bhASA vAMcanArA vidyAthIo pAse tene anuvAda raju karIe chIe, ane AzA rAkhIe chIe ke teo paNa zrIyuta malavI sAhebanA putranI mAphaka tene lAbha uThAvaze. ApaNu gujarAtI sAhityamAM navayuvakone utsAhita kare ane saccaritranA mArge dore evAM pustakane prAya: abhAva che. tevA vakhatamAM A nAnuM, paNa sAragarbhita pustaka je keLavaNIkhAtAnA adhikArIo taraphathI Adara pAmaze te ame amAre zrama sArthaka thaye mAnIzuM. dareka pAThazALA, kula tathA baoNDIMganA hitaiSI vyavasthApake A pustaka je bALavidyAthIonA hAthamAM mUkaze te paNa bahu upakAraka thaI paDaze. A pustakanA vAMcanathI tathA abhyAsathI bALakonuM cAritra tathA jIvana ghaNuM ujajavaLa banavAne je saMpUrNa saMbhava ame dharAvIe chIe te phaLIbhUta he, eja eka amArI prArthanA che. lI. prakAzaka, Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ pitAno putra pratye upadeza. patra pahele. priya putra, da huM dhAruM chuM ke tame skulamAM dAkhala thaI gayA haze. have dararAjanA pATha dararoja taiyAra karavA mATe tamAre sa* vaMdA prayatnazIla rahevuM joIe, ane e prayatna niraMtara niyamitapaNe cAlu rahe te mATe eka samayakama arthAt TAImaTebala taiyAra karI tamAre tamArA ane bhyAsagrahamAM laTakAvI rAkhavuM joIe. pAThazALAmAM je viSaya tamane samajAvavAmAM Ave te upara evuM ekAgrapaNe lakSa Apo ke tame tamArA vidyAthImitra karatAM kaI rIte pachAta na rahI jAo eTaluM ja nahIM, paNa sarvanI upara sthAna rAkhI zake. jo tame tamArA nityanA pATha niyamitapaNe taiyAra karaze ane avakAzanA samayamAM anya uttama uttama pustako vAMcavAne abhyAsa pADazo te tamArA samayane sadupaga thavAnI sAthe tamArA zikSakane tathA snehIone paNa bahu sAre prema meLavI zakaze. vidyAthIone mATe je vAta Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ hAnikAraka tathA vidyAnnatimAM kaMTakarUpa lekhAtI hoya tenAthI niratara dUra rahevAne prayatna karaje. niSphaLa vAtacItamAM tathA gapATAo hAMkavAmAM ane tevI ja bIjI jAtanI kuthalImAM tame tamArA jIvanane amUlya avasara javA deze nahIM. tamArI sAthe abhyAsa karanArA vidyAthIo sAthe mitrAcArI rAkhavI emAM kAMI khoTuM nathI, paNa mitronI hada uparAMtanI saMkhyA tamArA abhyAsamAM naDatararUpa na thAya tenI saMpUrNa sAvacetI rAkhaze. ghaNA mitranI jaMjALamAM paDavAthI ghaNIvAra vidyArthIo potAnA abhyAsanuM lakSya biMdu bhUlI jAya che tema tamArA saMbaMdha na bane enI cIvaTa rAkhaje. tamane kaI maLavA Ave tathA rastAmAM ke mitra maLI jAya te tenI sAthe vivekapUrvaka vAtacIta karavI e tamArUM mukhya kartavya che, paNa banatAM sudhI abhyAsa kiMvA vidyAvRddhi sivAyanI bIjI vAtanI nirarthaka carcA karI niSphaLa samaya vitAvazo nahIM. temaja kaI mitrane tyAM vAraMvAra jaIne tene samaya naSTa karazo nahIM. tamAre vidhAthIjIvanane samaya bahu amUlya che. tamArA jIvananI pratyeka kSaNa eTalI badhI upayogI che ke te kSaNane kAMI paNa jJAna prApta karyA vinA jemanI tema javA deze nahIM. pramAdavaza ke evAja bIjA kaI kAraNathI je tamAre samaya niSphaLa vyatIta thaI gaye heya to te mATe pazcAttApa karI bhaviSyamAM sAvaceta rahevAnI pratijJA karaje. tame tamArA vakhatane barAbara sadupayoga karatA rahezo to thoDA ja vakhatamAM tame bahu sArI unnati prApta karI zakaze, emAM kazI zaMkA rAkhaze nahIM. mArA je je patre tamane pahoMce te patra vAMcI phADIne nAkhI na detAM tene sAcavI rAkhaze, ane jyAre jyAre mArI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ sAthe vAtacIta karavAnI ke mArI salAha levAnI tamane icchA thAya tyAre mArA A patre puna: vAMcI jaje. ethI tamane bahu lAbha thaze, eTaluMja hAla te kahuM chuM. patra bIje, RAM tame tamArA vargamAM parizramI vidyArthI tarIke paMkAo che ane tamArA adhyApaka tathA tamArA sahAdhyAyIo | tamane parizramI vidyArthI tarIke mAna Ape, te mATe chetamAre tamArA nityanA abhyAsapATha bahu sArI rIte taiyAra karavA joIe, je vidyAthIo bahu pari. zrema kare che ane sarvadA rRrtivaMta rahe che teo pAThazALAmAM ghaNI sArI kIrti prApta karI zake che. parizramI vidyAthI anya ALasu ane susta vidyAthIo karatAM bahuja alpa samayamAM bahuja sArI rIte AgaLa vadhI zake che, zikSake paNa evA parizramI vidyAthI pratye bahu saMtuSTa rahe che eTaluM ja nahIM, paNa parizramI vidyAthI pratye sai keI AMtarika mAna ane prIti dharAvatA thAya che. zramanuM bIjuM paNa eka bahu suMdara pariNAma Ave che, ane te e che ke zrama karanAra vidyAthInuM citta hamezAM prasanna tathA utsAhamaya rahe che. parizramI vidyAthIne jyAre tenA adhyApaka taraphathI sAbAzI maLe che tyAre tene je apUrva AnaMda thAya che te AnaMdanI tulanA bIjI kazI vastunA AnaMdanI sAthe thaI zakatI nathI, zrama karavAthI kaSTa thAya che, evI kalpanAne tamArA magajamAM ajANatAM paNa sthAna Apazo nahIM. zramanA pariNAme je saMtoSa ane AnaMda Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ prApta thAya che tenI pAse zramanuM kaSTa akiMcikara banI jAya che. parizramazIla vidyAthIne parIkSAmAM prathama naMbare pAsa thavA badala je InAma prApta thAya che te inAma prApta karavAthI vidyAthIne aparimita AnaMda thavAnI sAthe bhaviSyamAM vadhAre utsAha ane umaMgapUrvaka abhyAsa karavAnI gupta preraNA tenA aMtaHkaraNamAM thAya che. A utsAha ane AvI suMdara AzAothI vidyAthInuM jIvana bahuja ucca koTInuM tathA anukaraNIya banI jAya che. jeo potAnA jIvanane anukaraNIya tathA rASTratika banAvavA IcchatA hoya temaNe saMpUrNa umaMga, utsAha tathA udyamapUrvaka satata abhyAsa cAlu rAkhavuM joIe. A usaravAnI asaramAM vadhAre patra trIjo . - Yo : ta | mAro patra maLe che. tame lakhe che ke tame tyAM e kalA hovAthI tamane gamatuM nathI, e hakIkta vAMcI mane bahu Azcarya thayuM che. vastutaH tame jeTalo va1:o khata ekAMtamAM niHsaMgapaNe rahI zake teTale vakhata I che tamArA abhyAsamAM gALI zake te tame bahu sArI rIte abhyAsa karI zake, ema huM mAnuM chuM. eka vidyAthI pitAnA mitro-snehIo tathA sagAM-vhAlAMothI pariveSTita rahyA kare che te tene abhyAsa barAbara sArI rIte karI zake nahIM. pari. zramI ane vijayanI IcchAvALA vidyAthIo hamezAM ekAMtane ja pasaMda kare che. bezaka, jeo ramatIyALa hoya che ane ramata vinA jemane ghaDIbhara paNa cAlatuM nathI temane potAno samaya naSTa karavA Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ mATe bhAIbaMdha-stAranI jarUra paDe che. je tamane mahenata karIne bhaNavAnI IcchA nahIM hoya te kharekhara tamArUM citta ekAMtathI gabharAyA vinA raheze nahIM.priya putra! saMsAramAM satkIrti prApta karavI ane ucca adhikAra prApta kare e kAMI ramatavAta nathI. jyAM sudhI ekAMtamAM rahI sapta parizrama karavAmAM na Ave ane amuka adhikAranI gyatA prApta karavAmAM na Ave tyAMsudhI sakiIrti ke ucca adhikAranI AzA rAkhavI phegaTa che. tamane je tamArI vartamAna sthiti duHkhamaya ane asahya jaNAtI hoya te tame tamArI buddhine Azraya , ane vicAra karI juo ke A kaMTALAnuM pariNAma kevuM Avaze? je vidyArthI tarIke tamane prApta thayelI paristhitine tame sadupaga nahIM karI zake ane AvA najIvA kaSTane sahavAnuM baLa nahIM dAkhavI zake te tamAre mATe bhaviSyamAM unnatinA sarva mArgo baMdha ja rahI jaze, e vAta nizcayapUrvaka samajI leje. thoDA vakhatanA zramathI AkhuM jIvana je kayAreya paNa sukhamaya thaI zakatuM hoya to te A vidyArthI avasthA ja che. bhaviSyamAM sukha prApta karavAnI je tamane leza paNa AMtarika kAmanA hoya to tamAre ekAgra cittathI vidyA prApta karavAnuM bhagIratha prayatna karavo joIe. vidyA eja mitra, vidyA eja baMdhu, vidyA eja kalyANakArI ane vidyA eja tamArUM bhUSaNa tathA vidyA eja tamArI AsAeza che, ema kharA hRdayathI mAnavA lAgaze tyAre ja tame uttama prakAranA sukhanA bhaktA banavAnI yogyatA prApta karI zakaze. tamane AvI rIte nizcitapaNe abhyAsa karavAno samaya maLe che te mATe tame tamArI jAtane bhAgyazALI lekho. tamArA sadabhAgyane lIdhe A avasthAmAM tamArA zire keI jAtane vyAvahArika beje nathI AvI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 10 paDyA te mATe paramAtmAnI stuti karo, ane vidyAnA adhyayanamAM tallInapaNe cittane ceAjI gheA. sukha-zAMti-kIrtti tathA paramAnaMdane mATe jo tame AzA rAkhatA hai| tA samajo ke vidyA vinA sukhazAMtinA eka najIvA aMza prApta karavA e paNu asaMbhavita che tamArA pUnA puNyabaLe tamane tamAma prakAranI sagavaDatA maLI gaI che te mATe sarvadA parama zAMti ane utsAhathI udyama karo. kAi rIte kadApi nirAza manI kaMTALI jaze nahIM. utsAhI khanA. gabharAIne lamaNe hAtha mUkI besI rahevuM e kAyara purUSAnuM lakSaNa hAya che. tame kAyara nathI, paNa purUSAthI che, e vAtanI sa`ne khAtrI karI Apo. sadA sAhasa ane hiMmatapUrvaka kArya karA. sAhasI ane parizramI manuSya pAse kAi paNa prakAranI Aphata ke vipatti TakI zakatI nathI. pratyeka kArya mAM dhIratA tathA daDhatAnI prathama jarUra paDe che. kadAcit tamArA kAryamAM kAMi kaTaka ke vigna jevuM tamane jaNAya te tene kazu mahattva ApavAne badale tucchakArI kADho. je mArga tame kharAkhara vicAra ane vivekapUrvaka grahaNa karyA hAya teja mAge kharAkhara cAlyA jajo. kAinI khATI mIka rAkhaze| nahIM. kAi rIte gabharAze! nahIM. ApaNe mA'mAM cAlIe chIe te vakhate ApaNA paga taLe aneka kAMkarA tathA patharAe cagadAya che, paNa te tarak ApaNe khIlakula lakSa nahIM ApatA sIdhA cAlyA jaIe chIe, teja pramANe tame paNa vizrva ke kaMTakanI darakAra karyA vinA sIdhA mAge nizcitapaNe ni yatApUrNAMka cAlyA jAo. nirbhIya ane nizci Mta manuSya potAnA lakSya sthaLe sAthI prathama pahoMcI jAya che. jo keAikhATI rIte DaravAnI tathA gabharAi javAnI khATI Adata tamane paDI jaze teA tamArA unnatinA mArgamAM tame khaDuM AgaLa vadhI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 11 rAkaze nahIM. nirbhayatA e AtmAnuM eka divya sakuraNa che. bhayavAna tathA DarakaNa manuSya najIvI vAtamAM gabharAI jAya che. evA manuSya saMsAranI lAte sahana karyA sivAya bIjuM kazuM sArthaka karI zakatA nathI. kharo vIra ane sAhasika manuSya bhaya ke gabharAmaNa ke kaThinatA zI cIja hoya che te paNa samajato nathI. evA manuSya je mAge bhaviSyamAM sukha prApta thavAnuM hoya che te ja mAge nirbhayatAthI cAlyA jAya che. jeo ramatagamata ane bhegavilAsane ja sarvasva mAnI le che teo pitAnA amUlya jIvanane kaze paNa sadupaega karI zakatA nathI. saMsAramAM atyAra paryata je purUSe prasiddha thaI gayA che te sarva pratApa temanA sAhasane, daDhatAne tathA nirbhayatAne ja che, ema cokkasapaNe samajI leje. patra ceAtha. thata che mArI parIkSAne samaya have najIka AvI lAge che. tamene meM samayakama (Timetable ) taiyAra karI te koI pramANe vartavAnuM lakhyuM hatuM te rIte vartatA haze, ane A vakhate bahu uMcA naMbare pAsa thaI zake te mATe saMpUrNa taiyArIo karI lIdhI haze, evI AzA rAkhuM chuM. parIkSAne holamAM jo tame sArI rIte uttare lakhI zakaze te tamane eTalo badhe AnaMda thaze ke atyAra sudhI tamAre parizrama tame taddana bhUlI jaze eTaluM ja nahIM, paNa bhaviSyamAM vizeSa parizrama karavAnI vRttine sateja banAvI zakaze. je Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Avo apUrva AnaMda le hoya ane abhyAsanA zramane mane raMjaka banAvavo hoya te tame tamArA amUlya samayane kaI paNa prakAre durupaga na karazo, eja mArI tamane bhalAmaNa che. kadApi paNa vi ghAthIo sAthe gAmagapATA hAMkavA ke koInI niMdA karavA besaze nahIM. hamezAM bhaNavA-gaNavAmAM ane lakhavA-vAMcavAmAMja tallIna raho. mane khAtrI che ke jo tame ekAgra cittathI barAbara zramapUrvaka abhyAsa karazo te tame skulamAM sArI kIrti prApta karyA vinA 2hezo nahIM. mahenata karavI, paNa evI mahenatanuM khoTuM abhimAna karI phulAI jaze nahIM, ane jenI tenI pAse tamArI mahenatanA baNagA phUMkaze nahIM. zAMta rIte, pramANikapaNe mahenata kare. tame mane hetana karI che, e vAta tamArI parIkSAnA pariNAma uparathI siddha thAya teja te mahenata saphaLa ane upayogI che. pAvA hi bAmA: e ughogI manuSyano mudrAlekha hoya che. arthAt phaLa joIne ja tenA prAraMbhanuM anumAna lake kare, e DAhyA mANaso Agraha dharAve che ane te vAstavika che. je vidyAthI pitAnI mahenata ane buddhinI sarvadA sarvanI samakSa baDAI hAMkayA kare che te vidyAthI kamanazIbe je "nApAsa" thAya che to tenuM aMta:karaNa baLIne rAkha thaI jAya che, kAraNa ke tenuM abhimAna tenA aMta:karaNamAM bhayaMkara agni saLagAvI de che. jo ke tamane ema pUche ke tame amuka viSaya taiyAra karyo?" te tenA uttaramAM abhimAna na darzAvatAM mAtra eTaluM ja kaho ke "samajavAno prayatna karyo che, pariNAma kamIMdhIna che." AvA abhimAna rahita zabda tamane kadApi pazcAttApa karAvaze nahIM ane dhIme dhIme tamArUM cAritra paNa namra ane gaMbhIra banatuM jaze. gAmamAne dUtA DhaM Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 13 abhimAnathI laMkA jevI nagarIne paNa vinAza thaI gayo che, te pachI pAmara manuSyanuM zuM gajuM ? abhimAnathI mANasanuM aMtaHkaraNa saMkucita banI jAya che, ane tethI temAM je prakAza dAkhala thaI zakato nathI. AnuM pariNAma Akhare bahu buruM Ave che. duguNanuM to abhimAna karavuM ja nahIM, kiMtu saddaguNanuM paNa abhimAna na dharavuM. mAtra sadaguNa pratye prema rAkha, ane saguNuM mAnanI aMta:karaNapUrvaka anumodanA karavI, eja ApaNuM sarvanuM kartavya che. patra pAMcame. mAre niraMtara "jAta mahenata" ane "cAritra" jevA granthanuM vAMcana cAlu rAkhavuM joIe. jo tame A salAha pramANe vartaze to tamAruM jIvana parizramI ane eka utsAhI thayA vinA raheze nahIM. tamAruM bhAvI jIvana " huM kevI rIte sukhamAM pasAra thAya enI taiyArIo tamAre A avasthAmAMthIja karavAnI che. je manuSya bAlyAvasthAmAM parizrama karI gyatA prApta kare che te manuSya AkhI jIMdagI paryata sukhamAM rahI zake che, ane dharmadhyAna tathA bIjAM pAralaukika hitanAM kAryomAM paNa bhAga laI zake che. je tamArA jIvanane A amUlya avasara nakAme kADhI nAkhazo te AgAmI jIvana badhuM duHkhamAM ane hAthamAM ja pasAra thaze, ema kahevAnI jarUra nathI. gayA vakhata pharI pharIne AvatuM nathI. samayarUpI amUlya dhanasaMpattine A avasthAmAM durupayoga karI nAkhaze te pachI kaI pra Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ kAre e saMpatti punaH prApta thaI zakaze nahIM, e vAta khAsa karIne yAda rAkhaje. ALasamAM ane sustAImAM samaya eTale badho jaldIthI pasAra thaI jAya che ke tenI ApaNane khabara paNa rahetI nathI, tethI samayane barAbara mAna Ape. eka sekanDa jeTalo samaya paNa nirathaka na jAya tenI sAvacetI rAkhazo. Aje je samaya niSphaLa pasAra thaI jaze tene mATe tamane AkhI jIMdagI sudhI pazcAttApa thayA karaze. vidyAne mATe tamArA aMtaHkaraNamAM evI ugra tRSA uddabhavavI joIe ke jANe tame vidyArUpI nadImAM DubI gayelA che chatAM tamArI tRSA na chIpatI hoya, emaja tamane lAgyA kare. pustakanA vAMcana pratye tamane eTalI badhI ci utpanna thavI joIe ke eka pustaka hAthamAM lIdhA pachI tene pUrNa karyA vinA pAchuM mUkavAnuM manaja na thAya. sauthI prathama tamAre tamArA abhyAsanAM pustaka pratye saMpUrNa lakSa ApavuM, ane ema karatAM je samaya bAkI rahe te samayamAM uttama pustaka AdithI aMta paryata vAMcavAno ane vicAravAne abhyAsa pADe. chaeka mahInA sudhI A abhyAsa cAlu rAkhaze te tamane vidyAne AnaMda kevo apUrva hoya che tenI sahaja khAtrI thaze. pachI te tamane potAne koInI paNa bhalAmaNa ke salAha vinA vidyA prApta karavAnuM vyasana lAgI jaze. amAruM kAma mAtra tamane mArga batAvavAnuM che. ame tamane kAyama upayegI thaI zakIe nahIM, kAraNa ke kALanI kone khabara che? ame te Aja chIe ane kAla nathI. amArI haiyAtImAM je tamane barAbara mArga hAtha lAgI jAya ane DI ghaNuM vidyA prApta thaI jAya te tamAre tamArUM ahobhAgya mAnavuM joIe. AjakAla thoDI vidyA prApta karavAthI vyavahAra cAlI zakatuM nathI. tame sAMbhaLyuM haze ke bI. e. Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 15 sudhI abhyAsa karanAra paNa bhAgyeja uMcA adhikAra prApta karI zake che. ema. e. nI DIgrI prApta karyA vinA tame kAi paNa zAkhAmAM mahu upayeAgI thai zake ema vartamAna saMyeAgA jotAM mane lAgatu nathI, paraMtu ema. e. sudhI pahoMcavu ane ema. e. mAMthI kIrtti pUrNAMka pasAra thavuM e kAMi sahaja vAta nathI. temAM ahu sakhta parizrama karavAnI jarUra paDe che. saMsAramAM sukha ane zAMtipUrvaka jIvana vyatIta karavu e pratyeka buddhimAna purUSanuM kAma che, paraMtu ceAgyatA ane vidvattA vinA evuM jIvana prApta karavAnI AzA rAkhavI phAgaTa che. eTalA mATe tamAre vidyA prApta karavAne kammara kasIne mahAra Avavu joIe, ane gheADA vakhata samara.1 bhAgavilAseAne eka khAntu mUkI dai vidyAnA samudramAM kUdI paDavu joie. vidyArUpI samudramAM jyAMsudhI ucca prakAranAM motI hAtha na Ave tyAMsudhI satata mahenata karyA karavI, e tamArUM mukhya kartavya hovu joIe. pustaka ane tamArA peAtAnA sivAya tamane bIjI kai vAtanA khyAla paNa na AvavA joie, gapATA ke TAyalAM e te tamArA mArgamAM kaMTakarUpa che emaja mAnajo. kharAMmara mahenata karIne eka vAra parIkSA pAsa karI lyA. jo tame mArI A salAha upara lakSa nahIM Ape| ane tamArA samayanA durupayeAga karazeA tA AkhI umara sudhI tamAre potAneja du:kha bhogavavu paDaze eTaluMja nahIM, paraMtu mAre paNa tamArA du:khe du:khI thavu paDaze. pitAne prasanna karavA e pratyeka pitRbhakta putranI pharaja che. tame vidyA prApta karazeA tAja tame mArI prasannatA meLavI zakazeA, samayanI durlabhatAnA punaH punaH vicAra kare. bhAvI pravAsane mATe taiyArI karavAnA A samayaja uparyukta che. tamArAthI ane teTalI taiyArI karI lye, bhaviSyamAM Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ muMjhAvuM na paDe, ane jIvana paryata sukhamAM rahI zake, teTalI taiyArI karavAno A samaya nakAme javA deze nahIM. ramatagamatamAM vakhata kADhI nAkhaze te tamArI sAthenA abhyAsIo tamArAthI AgaLa vadhI jaze, ane tame AMkho phADIne joI raheze eTaluM ja nahIM, paNa nirAzAno agni tamArI samasta suMdara AzAone bhasmIbhUta karI nAkhaze. huM prathama ja kahI gayuM chuM ke ame to mAtra tamArA mArgadarzaka chIe. tamAruM suMdara bhAvI kevI rIte tamAre ghaDavuM e kAma te tamArA pitAnA ja hAthamAM che. manuSya potAnA bhAvIne mAlIka che, evI eka aMgrejImAM kahevata che. jo tame A avasthAmAM mahenata karIne vidyA prApta nahIM kare ane bhegavilAsa tathA ramata gamatamAMja samaya vItADaze te saMsAranA manuSyo tamane temanA pagathI kacaratA cAlyA jaze. tamArA kuTuMbanA mANase tathA tamArA mitre paNa tamArI mazkarI karaze. patra chaThTho. / o jAnA divasemAM zuM karavuM? tenA uttaramAM lakhavAnuM ke tevA avakAzanA vakhatamAM koI khAsa upayegI viyuSanAM pustakonuM vAMcana-manana karavuM. rajAnA divaso evI rIte vyatIta karavA joIe ke jethI jJAnanI sAthe gamata paNa maLI zake. ghera ekAMtamAM avyAkuLapaNe vAMcavAthI je lAbha maLe che te skulanA vAMcanathI maLato nathI. kalAsamAM je viSayanuM adhyayana thAya te avakAzanA vakhatamAM punaH vicArapUrvaka ghera vAMcI ja joIe. svayaM abhyAsa athavA Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ aMgrejImAM jene self-study kahe che tenAthI kevA mahatvanA lAbha prApta thAya che, te bInA parizramI vidyArthIo bahu sArI rIte jANe che. svayaM pustakAvalokana karyA sivAya keI manuSya gyatA meLavI zakatuM nathI. kAraNa spaSTa che ke amuka viSayanuM vAMcana karatI veLA je vicAra ke manana karavuM joIe tene mATe te vakhate avakAza maLatuM nathI. eTalA mATe je je uttama pustake tamArI skulanI lAIbrerImAM hoya te pustake tame pote ekAgratApUrvaka eka vAra vAMcI jajo. temAM je vAta tamane upayogI lAge tenI eka neTabukamAM nedha karatA jaje, paraMtu priya putra! A prasaMge mAre tane mane eka khAsa vAta jaNAvI devI joIe ane te e che ke jethI karIne tamArI tabIyata bagaDI jAya, evI hada uparAMtanI mahenata karazo nahIM. huM tamane punaH puna: abhyAsa karavAnuM prabodhyA karuM chuM te uparathI ema samajI leze nahIM ke ArogyatAnI paNa darakAra karyA vinA abhyAsa karyA kare ! ArogyatA uparaja jIvanane saghaLo AdhAra che. e vAta kadApi bhUlI jazo nahIM. dhAmamokSAnAM mAthuM mUkuttama-arthAt purUSArthanI siddhine mATe ArogyanI prathama jarUra che. zarIra ane mana je Aregya haze te ja tame saMsAramAM sakArya karI zakaze. zarIranI asara mana upara thayA vinA rahetI nathI. zarIra nirbaLa thAya te mina paNa nirbaLa thAya, eka sAmAnya niyama che. jyAM zarIra nirbaLa thayuM, tyAM manane nirbaLa thavuM ja paDe che, ane tame jANo cho ke e nirbaLatA aneka pApa karAvyA vinA choDatI nathI. eka vidvAne kahyuM che ke durbaLatA eja pApa che. Weakness is sin. Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ matalaba ke zarIranI sukhAkArI. sAcavavAmAM pramAda karaze te tame tamArI saghaLI mahenata upara pANI pheravaze, e vAtanuM vismaraNa thavA deze nahIM. zarIranuM svAthya surakSita rAkhavA mATe kasarata e eka bahuja upayogI sAdhana che. pratidina kasarata karavAnuM rAkhaje. kasaratamAM ALasa thAya to paNa manane majabUta karI kasarata karaje. vAMcanathI athavA abhyAsathI je kaMTALo Ave che, te kasarata karavAthI ApoApa dUra thaI jAya che, ane mana praphulla rahe che. mAnasika zrama dUra karavAne mATe zArIrika zrama atyaMta upayogI che. sabaLa mana ane sabaLa zarIra samasta vizvane pitAnA caraNomAM namAvI zake che. eka mahAna purUSa kahe che ke-" Dron naries with an well intelligant brain-and the whole world is at your feet". patra sAtame. ghAthIo jyAre navarA paDe che tyAre ghaNuM karIne temane evA vicAro AvavA lAge che ke "bhaviSyamAM mArUM zuM thaze?" AvA vicAre svAbhAvika rIte darekane eka AvavA joIe ane Ave che paNa kharA. sai kaI che potapotAnI sthiti ane bhAvanA pramANe A vicArane nirNaya kare che. paraMtu A vicAranI sAthe mAre tamane eka sAvacetI ApavI joIe. "mAruM zuM thaze, bhaviSyamAM huM sukhI thaIza ke nahIM?" ItyAdi ciMtAo tamArA manane Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ zithiLa kiMvA nirbaLa na banAvI de tenuM khUba lakSa rAkhavAnuM che. je ciMtAthI tame hatAza thAo, tamArA bhAvI ucca manera uDI jAya tevI eka paNa ciMtAne tamArI pAse AvavA deze nahIM. manamAM saheja paNa zithilatA je dAkhala thAya che te pachI zrama ke udyoga karavAnI vRtti TakI zakatI nathI. ApaNuM pitAnuM ekalAnuM ja sukha zodhIne besI rahevuM, ane ApaNA Azraya nIce rahelA strI-putra pratye tathA kauTuMbika manuSya pratye bedarakAra rahevuM, eTaluM ja nahIM paNa temanA pratye sahAnubhUtine chAMTa paNa na hoya te, te jIvana bIlakula IcchavA yogya nathI, kAraNa ke evuM svArtha maya jIvana adhamAdhama ane nikRSTa gaNAya che. A jagatamAM janma dharIne potAnuM peTa keNa nathI bharatuM? kUtarAM ane bIlADAM paNa tema karI zake che. je ApaNe paNa temanI mAphaka ApaNuM ekalAnuM sukha zodhIne besI rahIe te janAvaramAM ane ApaNAmAM zuM bheda, rahe? manuSya sarva jImAM zreSTa paMkitane jIva gaNAya che. deve paNa manuSyanA jevuM jIvana prApta karavAnI bhAvanA rAkhe che, ema zAstromAM kahyuM che. manuSyomAM buddhi ane dharmabhAvanA sahajabhAve helI hoya che. e banene anusarI mANasee parahitArthe bane teTalo bhega ApavAne tatpara rahevuM joIe. AtmabhAvane vistRta banAvavAne mATe A saMsAra eka zALA samAna che. temAM sau prathama ApaNe ApaNA kuTuMba-parivAranA manuSya pratye prema rAkhatAM zIkhavuM joIe, ane dhIme dhIme A nisvArtha premabhAvane e te vizALa banAva joIe ke je tame kame mitre, saMbaMdhIo tathA jaganA samasta manuSya pratye satata vahyA kare. manuSya mAtrane sahAyatA ApavI e ApaNuM Avazyaka kartavya che, e vAtanI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 20 tamAre draDha pratijJA karI levI ucita che. potAnA tanathI, manathI ke dhanathI harakeI prakAre anya prANune upayogI thavuM, eja utkRSTa jIvananuM lakSaNa che. AvA utkRSTa jIvana pratye jema bane tema jaladIthI pahoMcavAnI taiyArI karaje. parahitanI bhAvanAthI hadaya-mana praphulita rahe che. saMsAranA tamAma dharmo tathA upadharmo parahitavRttane ekI avAje anumodana Ape che. jyAre jyAre samaya maLe tyAre caritra-sudhAraNa saMbaMdhI pu stake vAMcatA rahevuM. AvA uttama graMthonA vAMcanathI mAnasika tathA Atmika sukhane kiMcit anubhava thAya che, saMsAranA duHkhe tathA upAdhio tucchavat jaNAvA lAge che, ane vividha ApattionI asara hRdaya uparathI cheka bhuMsAI jAya che. caritra-sudhAraNuM saMbaMdhI upadezanI asara ApaNuM hRdaya upara cirasthAyI rahI zakatI nathI, e vAta huM kabula karuM chuM. paNa tenuM eka kAraNa che ke leke svArtha ane ahaMkAranA madamAM AvI e badho mahattvane upadeza bhUlI jAya che. saMsAranA heTA bhAganI pravRtti jaIzuM te ApaNane jaNAze ke teo prAya: kUDakapaTa ane vizvAsaghAtanI ja bAjIo khelatA hoya che. AvuM jIvana saccaritrathI bahu vegaLuM gaNAya che. sAdhAraNa manuSyanA hRdaya upara AvI aAgya pravRttinI uMDI chApa paDe che. ane tethI eka vakhata saccaritramaya jIvana gALavAne tatpara thayela manuSya punaH AvI kupravRttinA baLavAna vegamAM taNAvA lAge che. eTalA mATe zAstromAM "satsaMga" viSe bahu bhAra mukIne upadeza karavAmAM AvyA che. eka sthaLe kahyuM che ke lA isakananAMtinA mata mavALavatAne nA-eka kSaNa mAtranI sajajana purUSonI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 1 sabata, A bhavasAgara taravAmAM naikA samAna thaI paDe che. mATe bane tyAM sudhI uttama pustakanA vAMcananI sAthe satapurUSanA samAgamamAM rahevAnI bhAvanA rAkhavI. sajajana-samAgamathI saddaguNenI asara hRdaya upara evI te draDhapaNe besI jAya che ke puna: te nAbuta thaI zakatI nathI. je sthaLe A sajana-samAgama durlabha jaNAta hoya te sthaLe uttama pustaka tathA uttama lekhene sahavAsa cAlu rAkhavAthI e abhAva cheDe ghaNe aMze dUra thaI zake che. keTalAeke kahe che ke ApaNe te uttama kAryo ane zubha AcaraNanuM jJAna prApta karIe, eTale basa." paNa A vAta yAda rAkhajo ke saccaritra vinA jJAna apUrNa che. tamArAmAM game teTaluM uttama jJAna bharyuM hoya, paNa je tenI sAthe sadAcAra na hoya te e jJAnane huM bahu mUlyavAna mAnatuM nathI. kevaLa mAtra jJAnathI kAMI lAbha nathI. tenI sAthe je saccaritra hoya, jJAnanI sAthe mahApurUSonA pavitra jIvananI asara paNa hRdaya upara cirasthAyIpaNe rahI gaI hoya teja te jJAna amUlya vastu che, ema kahI zakAya. jJAna ane cAritrano saMgama eja kharUM tIrtha che. buddhi ane anubhavathI A vAta siddha thaI cUkI che ke je vastu ApaNe mATe lAbhadAyaka hoya, ane kamanasIbe te vastu saM. pUrNa rIte ApaNane prApta thaI zake ema na hoya te jeTale aMze banI zake teTale aMze te prApta karavAne ApaNe prayatna kare jeIe. huM ema kahevA mAguM chuM ke je A samaye tamane sat purUSone samAgama aprApya athavA azakaya jaNAto hoya to uttama pustaka dvArA, kiMvA uttama purUSanA jIvana-caritra dvArA mahA purUnA jIvana-prasaMgene abhyAsa kare. pratyakSa darzananA abhAve ke pustaka dvArA ke citradvArA temanA saguNene, bane Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ teTalo lAbha le, eja ApaNuM kartavyasUtra hovuM joIe. sa jana-samAgama saheje prApta thaI zake tema nathI, eTalA mATe uttama pustake ke uttama jIvana-caritre paNa na vAMcavA evI salAha bI. lakula svIkAravA egya nathI. pratyakSa saccaritranA draSTAMta vinA A paNuM jIvana saMpUrNatA prApta na karI zake te paNa tenuM jJAna, cheka ajJAnAvasthA karatAM ghaNuM upakAraka che. jJAnanA prakAzamAM manuSya pitAne mArga game tyAre paNa zodhI zake che, jayAre ajJAna manuSya tarapha bhaTakI vaLavA chatAM potAne gya e mArga meLavI zakato nathI. je saccaritra pratyene ApaNe utsAha kAyama rahe te dhIme dhIme ApaNe pote ja sacacaritratAnA draSTAMtasvarUpa banI zakIe, emAM kAMI Azcarya jevuM nathI. jJAna ane sadAcArane saMgama thavAthI jIvana AnaMdamaya pasAra karavAno rAjamArga hAthamAM AvI jAya che. tame jANatA hazo ja ke manuSya-jIvanamAM aneka samaye evA prasaMge prApta thAya che ke te samaye kaSTa ane Apattino bhAra sahyA vinA cAlatuM nathI. paraMtu ApaNA aMtaHkaraNamAM je jJAna ane sadAcArane nirmaLa dIpaka saLagatA hoya che, to e kaSTa ane duHkha ApaNane muMjhavI zaktA nathI. ApaNA gRhasaMsAramAM ghaNuMvAra matabhedane lIdhe athavA gerasamajutIne lIdhe aneka kaleza-kaMkAso utpanna thAya che. paNa te vakhate je ApaNuM aMta:karaNa sadAcArathI draDha thayeluM hoya che te te virodhanI kazI asara ApaNuM upara thatI nathI. mitro athavA kuTuMbIo game teTalo ApaNuM upara anyAya kare te paNa teo ApaNA cittanI nirmaLa-AnaMdamaya sthitine naSTa karI zakatA nathI. je vyavahArathI sAmAnya manuSyane anaMta ve. danA thAya che, te ja vyavahAra saccaritra purUSane kheda prakaTAvavAne Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 23 badale dayA ke upahAsya ja prakaTAve che. matalaba ke jJAnI ane sadAcArI manuSya niraMtara e nirmaLa AnaMda anubhave che ke tenA upara saMsAranA kaDavA anubhava paNa kazI mAThI asara upajAvI zakatA nathI. te te game tevA du:khada prasaMgomAM paNa Atma samAhitapaNe svastha-zAMta ane gaMbhIra ja banI rahe che. "sadAcAra" saM. baMdhI graMthonA vAMcanathI eka evo paNa lAbha thAya che ke, je dekhA sAmAnya manuSyone gAMDAtUra banAvI de che te dekhAva gaMbhIra viSayanA abhyAsIonI pAse tucchavat jaNAya che. AnuM ja nAma sAcI gaMbhIratA tathA sAcuM mahattva che. saddagraMthonuM vAMcana ApaNane zudra bAbate jevI ke khela-tamAsA-nAca-raMgamAM bhAga letA aTakAve che. kAraNa ke suMdara vacanAmRtone jeNe ekavAra rasAsvAda lIdho che te manuSya AvI najIvI bAbate mAM harSane badale ulaTa kaMTALo ja anubhave che. vicArazIla manuSya ane sAmAnya manu mAM je kAMI phera hoya te te ATale ja che. sAdhAraNa meLAmAM ke nATaka-ceTakamAM sAmAnya janasamAja utsAhapUrvaka deDI jAya che tyAre vicArazIla vAMcaka-abhyAsI pitAnA kartavyamAM ethI hajAragaNe vadhAre AnaMda meLave che. sAmAnya manuSyane je kaI kSudra khelatamAsAmAM ke nAcamAM jatA roke che te tenuM hRdaya khedathI baLIne rAkha thaI jAya che. AthI barAbara ulaTI rIte je kaI gaMbhIra abhyAsI manuSyane AvA kSudra nAca-tamAsAmAM jabarajastIthI laI jAya che te tene pitAnI kartavyavimukhatA mATe bahu kheda thayA vinA rahetuM nathI. gaMbhIra ane vicArazIla manuSyane ApaNe ADAavaLA bhaTakatA ane pharatA nathI joI zakatA, tenuM eja kAraNa che ke teo najIvI bAbatamAM rasa laI zakatA nathI. temanA Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 24 ja potAnA aMta:karaNAmAM ja suMdara bhAvanAnA evA jharA vahetA hAya che ke temAM DUbyA rahevAthI ja tee yathArtha Anada meLavI zake che. temane ApaNA kSudra tamAsAe chekarAMnI ramata jevA ja lAge che. matalakha ke sadma thAnA vAMcanathI manuSya gaMbhIra-vicArazIla-dUradazI tathA sAhasika khanI zake che. patra 8 me. nuSyA pAtAnI avasthAnI sarakhAmaNI, peAtAnAthI halakI avasthAvALA manuSyA sAthe kare te teonuM jIvana temane sukhamaya jaNAyA vinA rahe nahIM. ApaNA svaccha vastrAnA nidhana bhikSukeAnA cIMtharA sAthe mukAmale karI, ApaNA svAdISTa annanA kaMgALa manuSyAe bhIkSAvarDa prApta karela roTalInA TukaDA sAthe mukAbaleA karI, ane ApaNI ArAgyatAnA, rAgIonA gaMbhIra rAgeza sAthe mukAkhaleA karI, ApaNe paramAtmAnA upakAra gAvA joie. A sa MsA2mAM evA seMkaDA manuSyeA che ke jee annanA eka dANA mATe taraphaDIyA mAratA hoya che, evA hajAro manuSyeA che ke jee bhUkhathI ane TADhathI tharathara dhrujatA heAya, evA lAkhA manuSyeA che ke jemane peTapuratu khAvAnuM tathA zIyALAnI rUtumAM puratu pAtharavAnu ane oDhavAnuM paNa maLatu na hAya ! A saMsAramAM evA sakhyAbaMdha manuSyA che ke jemane khAvA-pIvAnuM-oDhavAnuM-daLavAnu-pANIbharavAnuM vAsaNa mAMjavAnuM tathA baLataNanA bhArA vahana karavAnu ma Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 25 potAne ekalAne ja karavAnuM hoya. aneka manuSyA saMtAna-prApti mATe rAtrIdina ciMtAtura rahyA kare che, ane saMtAnane mATe deva-devIAne bhAge palAgA dharavA chatAM nirAza banI besI rahe che. evA paNa hajAro manuSyA maLI Avaze ke jemane saMtAna te prApta thayuM hAya, paNa te duSTa-viSayI athavA cArarUpe . potAnA kuLane kalaMkita karatu hAya ! je manuSyA AvA AvA sa'kaTothI rahita hAya teNe paramAtmAnI stuti karI zAMtithI dharmadhyAna karavAmAM lakSa Apavu joIe. pratyeka manulye parama zAMti ane parama saMtASa pUrNAMka paramAmAnI stuti tathA peAtAnA pApAnI kSamA yAcavI joie. rAtre sUtA pahelAM AkhA divasanA nhAnAM-mhATAM pApAne yAda karI, tene mATe pazcAttApa karI, puna: tevAM pApakarmoMmAM pravRtta nahIM thavAnI peAtAnA mananI sAthe draDha pratijJA karavI joie. keTalAeka tA evA halakA svabhAvanA hoya che ke peAtAnA manuSya-maMdhue sAthe vAta karatAM paNa zaramAya che, ane jANe ke temanI sAthe vAta karavAmAM peAtAnI mAna hAni thatI hoya ema mAnI le che. AvA daMbhI-ahaMkArI ane mAnI manuSyA jagattne priya thai zakatA nathI. ApaNe sarvanI sAthe andhubhAvathI vavu joie. manuSyajAti ApaNA andhu samAna che, eTalu ja nahIM paNu kSudra jaMtu paNa ApaNI dayA ane maitrIne pAtra che, ema svIkAravu joie. haMmezAM namra tathA zAMta rahevuM, e sajjana purUSAnA mudrAlekha DAya che. A saMsAra ke jemAM mahAcakravattI rAjAe paNa khAlI hAthe cAlI nikaLyA ane smazAnanI khuThThI bhUmimAM chellI zayyA lIdhI, te saMsAramAM ApaNane abhimAna karavAnA adhikAra ja zu ? je kAMI thADI ghaNI saMpatti ke buddhi prApta thaI hAya tene mATe Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ mithyA garva karavo e heTAmAM sveTI mUrkhatA nahIM te bIjuM zI che? manuSya janme che tyAre zuM koI sAthe lete Ave che? ApaNAma pitA-mAtA kudaratI premane lIdhe ApaNuM rakSaNa-poSaNa kare che ane vidyA prApta karavAnI sagavaDa karI Ape che, tyAre ja ApaNe saMsAra mAM UMcuM mAthuM karIne harIpharI zakIe chIe. pitA-mAtAne jeDhe le upakAra mAnIe teTalo ocho che. temaNe kevAM kevAM kaTa sahana karI ApaNane ucheryAM che, tene khyAla karatAM ApaNane romAMca thayarI vinA rahe nahIM. janmathI ja ApaNe parAdhIna sthitimAM chIe. ja nasamAjane paNa ApaNu upara anaMta upakAra che. AvI avasthA mAM ApaNe potAnA ja manuSya baMdhuo sAthe vaira-kaleza karI, A bhimAnathI temane herAna karavA e ApaNI potAnI ja adhogati ajJAnatA ane anyAya sUcave che. sadA namra ane zAMta-gaMbhIra sa hevAnI Teva pADajo, eja kahevAne Azaya che. patra navame. hatIA paNa jIvananI jarUrIAto viSe vicAra karIe sada che to (1) bhajana, (2) vastra tathA (3) makAna. JS = traNa vastuonI atyaMta AvazyakatA jaNAyA vinA rahe nahIM. A traNa vastuonI prApti karavI e ApaNuM pratha pharaja che. kAraNa ke ApaNuM jIvananA sukhane ghaNe khare A dhAra e traNa vastuo upara ja rahe che, ema kahevAnI ja rUra nathI. paNa atre eka vAta khAsa karIne lakSamAM rAkhavA Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 27 mA che, te e che ke ghaNAMkharAM manuSyo dhAre che tema pratidina miSTa ane puSTa khorAkanI jarUra nathI. je koI mANasa hamezAM miSTa ane mAre khorAka AhAramAM lIdhA kare te tene ajIrNanuM darda thayA vinA rahe nahIM. tevI ja rIte piSAkamAM paNa evA vastro vAparavA joIe ke jethI zarIra DhaMkAya ane TADha-taDakAthI ApaNuM saMrakSaNa kAya. zarIrane zaNagAravAnI ke kImatI vastrothI AcchAdita karavAnI bIlakula jarUra nathI. makAna paNa evuM joIe ke jethI ziyALAmAM, unALAmAM ane comAsAmAM ApaNe zAMtipUrvaka-AregyatA pUrvaka karI zakIe. bahu maheTA mahelo ane prAsAnI jarUra nathI. eka manuSyanI pAse puSkaLa dhanasaMpatti hoya, paNa je tenuM citta prasanna rahetuM na hoya to te sukhI jIvana gALI zakatuM nathI. je manuSya potAnA manuSya-baMdhuo sAthe lakSyA kare, temane satAvyA kare, ane duHkha ApyA kare te manuSya kadApi AnaMdamAM rahI zake nahIM. temaja bIjAo paNa tene joIne prasannatA anubhavI zakyA nathI. ApaNuM pitAnuM citta prasannatAmahoya, ane ApaNA manamAM sarvane sukhI karavAnI bhAvanAo vartAtI hoya te ApaNAthI se kaI prasanna rahe, eTaluM ja nahIM paNa ApaNe pote paNa prasannatAmAM rahI zakIe. sarvanuM kalyANa IcchavuM, sarvanuM maMgaLa IcchavuM, eja sva-paranA kalyANane ane unnatine mahAmArga che. ATalA uparathI tame samajI zakayA haze ke ApaNuM jIvanane AnaMdapUrvaka vyatIta karavAmAM jeTalI dhananI AvazyakatA nathI, teTalI mananI zuddhatAnI AvazyakatA che. mananI zuddhatA hoya te ja manuSya prasannatAmAM rahI zake che. eTalA mATe pratyeka manuSya pratyeka kSaNe pitAnA manane zuddha ane pavitra karavAno prayatna cAlu Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ rAkhavo joIe. kadAcit kedanI jvALAthI tamAruM mana kSubdha thaI Ave to tatkALa kSamArUpI vArithI tene zAMta karI devuM. keI tamane gALo Ape te tenI sAme badalAmAM gALo nahIM ApatAM gaMbhIratA pUrvaka cAlyA javuM, ApaNI jIbhane upayoga keInI niMdA karavAmAM ke keInI khodaNuM karavAmAM na thAya tevuM lakSa rAkhavuM. jIlDA vaDe jagat pitAnI stuti karavI, potAnA deSane mATe kSamA yAcavI ityAdi kartavya thavAM joIe. jeo potAnI jIbhane upaga bIjAne gALo bhAMDavAmAM ke bIjAnA hRdayane saMtApavAmAM kare che, teo ne huM buddhimAna manuSyanI zreNImAM sthAna ApatuM nathI. AvI rIte pitAnI jIbhane durUpayoga karanArA pitAnuM ja ahita kare che. kAraNa ke apazabdane vyavahAra karavAthI sAmA manuSyanuM mana jeTaluM kSubdha thAya che, teTaluM ja gALo ApanAranuM mana paNa kSubdha thAya che. bIjA manuSyanuM dila dubhAya to ApaNuM paNa dubhAya ja, e hRdayane gUDha dharma che, tame ghaNIvAra joyuM haze ke jyAre eka manuSya keInA upara krodha kare che, tyAre te krodha karanArane here aneka vikAro ane AvezethI chavAI jAya che. te vakhate tenA sudayamAM evuM te tumula yuddha cAle che ke tene ApaNane te vakhate khyAla paNa AvI zake nahIM. eTalAja mATe ApaNuM upadezakene kahevuM paDyuM che ke koIne niyamamAM rAkhavAthI je sukha maLe che, te krodha karavAthI kadApi prApta thatuM nathI. kodha upara kAbu dharAvanAra mANasa eTale vakhata du:khamAMthI bacAvI laI zake che, jyAre vAta vAtamAM krodhAviSTa thanAra manuSya kSaNe kSaNe krodhanI javALAmAM bhasmIbhUta thayA kare che, manuSya jema jema uttama vicArene sevyA kare che, Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ ane uttama kartavyomAM mana parove che tema tema tenuM jIvana adhika adhika AnaMdamaya banatuM jAya che. sarvanI sevA karavAmAM je kaMI pitAnuM yathArtha gairava samaje e ja sAco guNa manuSya che, ane sarvanI sevA karavAnI bhAvanA rAkhavI eja sAce mahatvane guNa che. nAnAM bALakathI laI mitre tathA saMbaMdhIonA je kAmo tamAre karavAnA hoya te premathI karo, ane temane sukha prApta thAya tevI sadA bhAvanA rAkhe. prAta:kALe vahelA uThI ArAdhya devanuM nirmaLa citta smaraNa karaje, ane tenI sAthe Aje AkhA divasamAM keInI sAthe kaleza ke kaMkAsa na thAya, eTaluM ja nahIM paNa keIne apriya vacane na kahevAya tenI draDha pratijJA karaje. je tame AvI draDha pratijJA nitya prAta:kALe karatA raheze te mane AzA che ke dhIme dhIme tamArA hAthathI evA satkarmo thavA lAgaze ke jethI janasamAjane sukha ane saMtoSa thayA vagara raheze nahIM. bIjAne sukha maLe te tamane potAne ja che, ema samajI niraMtara anyanA sukha mATe yathAzakti prayatnazIla raheje. manuSyajAtinA-prANImAtranA sevakarUpe rahI, sarvane sukha upajAvI, sarvanI sAthe premasUtrathI joDAI ApaNuM jIvana vyatIta karavuM, eja yathArtha manuSyatva che. AnA pariNAme jaganA sarva manuSya paNa tamane cAhavA lAgaze, ane tamArUM tathA AsapAsanA manuSyanuM jIvana eka sarakhI rIte prasannatAmAM pasAra thaze. Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 30 patra dazame. - -- --- - GE. priya putra, bane teTalI karakasara karavAnI Teva pADaje. saMsA. - pU ranI keTalIka pratikULatAo mAtra dravyathI ja dUra thaI zake pari che, mATe dravyano durUpayoga karatAM aTakaLe, e mArI taSI che ane khAsa salAha che. dravya prApta karavA mATe manuSyane keTalI hADamArIo veThavI paDe che ? keTalAM badhAM manuSya dravya upArjana karavA mATe potAnA sagAM-saMbaMdhIenA nehapAzane toDI deza-videzamAM bhame che? tene khyAla karaje. karakasara karIne je DuM ghaNuM dravya bacAvyuM hoya che te ja saMsAranA lebhI-lAlacu manuSya ApaNane lekhAmAM gaNe che, ane nahIMtara ApaNuM game tevI muzkelI vakhate keI kAma AvatuM nathI. jhoTe bhAge saMsAramAM sai ke dhananA ja sagA hoya che. A uparathI huM ema nathI kahevA mAMgato ke game te prakAre-arthAt luccAIthI ke kUDakapaTathI kevaLa mAtra dravyano ja saMgraha kare ! paraMtu mAre kahevAno Azaya eTalo ja che ke nyAyathI jeTaluM dravya ApaNane prApta thayuM hoya tene kaI paNa prakAre durUpayoga thavA devo nahIM. karakasara e drapArjanane eka uttama mArga che. kaI paNa prakAranuM kaSTa sahyA vinA ke vilAsa mANavAnI ayogya IcchAone aMkuzamAM rAkhyA vinA dravyane saMcaya thaI zakato nathI. dravyahIna manuSyane koI bhAva paNa pUchatuM nathI. mitro paNa te vakhate dUra cAlyA jAya che, ane aMdhArI rAtrIe dIvA sivAya ApaNuM sukhaduHkhamAM bhAga lenAra keI rahetuM nathI. nirdhana mANasane keI A Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 31 dara karatu nathI. te game tevI mahatvanI vAta kahe tA paNu kAI sAMbhaLavA ubhuM rahetu nathI. dravyanI sAthe je jJAnanA cAga hAya che tA te manuSya AkhA samAjane ke jAtIne sanmArge lai jaI zake che. saMsAramAM jeTalI jJAnanI jarUra che teTalI ja dhananA prabhAvanI paNa jarUra che. eka pAi paNa nakAmI khacI nAMkhaze! nahIM. AjakAla vilAsa ane vaibhavanA sAdhanA dinapratidina vRddhi pAmatA jAya che, ane anubhavavagaranA uCkhala yuvakA, dIvAmAM pataMgIyA paDe tema, temAM hAmAya che. AvA ayegya meAjazAkhathI hajAra gAu dUra rahejo. vilAsI manuSya pRthvIne bhArabhUta che. kAraNake te peAtAnA svArtha sivAya khIjuM kazuM joi zakatA nathI. vilAsa ane vaibhavamAM mazagUla anelA aneka rAjA-mahArAjAe tathA AkhI prajAe vinAzane pAmI gaI che, tenA draSTAMtA itihAsamAM hajI paNa sacavAI rahyA che. tame hajI vidyAbhyAsa karatA heAvAthI amane tame kAMIka TUnyApArjana karI Ape!, evI ame khIlakula AzA rAkhatA nathI. 5raMtu jo tame karakasarathI ane sAvacetI pUrvaka vazeA, te eka rIte tame amane sahAya Ape che, emaja ame te! mAnIzuM. tamArA jevA navayuvAne mATe adha:patananA mArgo sadA khullAja hAya che. paraMtu bhUle cUke paNu e tarapha dRSTi karaze! nahIM. uDAu mitrAnA sahavAsa karaze! nahIM. dravyanI kIMmata samajo. nyu kharcathI cetatA rahejo, eja eka vAta mAre tamane Aje kahevAnI hatI, ane AzA rAkhuM chuM ke tame tene hRdayamAM utArI dIdhI haze. Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 32 patra agIyArame. pacs mahI rA vhAlA putra, meM hajI hamaNAM ja "vartamAna = patramAM eka chokarAnuM vRttAMta vAMcyuM che. e vRttAMta nI bahu zikSaNIya tathA anukaraNIya azathI bharapUra Sii hovAthI Aje huM te tarapha tamAruM lakSa kheMcavA mAMguM chuM. mane AzA che ke te bALakanA jIvanamAMthI tamane kAMIka zikSaNa maLyA vinA raheze nahIM. A vRttAMta nIce pramANe che- lagabhaga 400 varSa upara IglAMDamAM henarI cethAnA rAjyamAM eka bALaka rahetuM hatuM. tenA mAbApa nAnI vayamAM tene mukIne marI gayA hevAthI, te pitAnA kAkAne tyAM eka nAnA gAmaDAmAM rahetA hatuM. te bALakanuM nAma rIcarDa velIMgTana hatuM. tene kAke paNa bahu garIba hate. nirdhanatAne lIdhe te bALakane pUruM khAvAnuM tathA pUrA vastra paNa paheravAne maLatAM nahotAM. bhaNavAnI ke abhyAsa karavAnI sagavaDa to hoya ja kayAMthI? bhaNavAne mATe je pustake ke kAgaLa patre joIe te tenI pAse bIlakula nahetuM. paraMtu te bALaka bAlyAvasthAmAMthI ja bahu suzIla hatA, ane gharamAM rahIne potAnI meLe jeTaluM bhaNI zakAya teTaluM bhaNavAno prayatna karatA. bhaNavA ane vAMcavA sivAya tene bIjuM kaI jAtanuM vyasana ke zokha nahe. ramatIyALa chokarAo pratye tene mULathI ja tiraskAra hatuM, tethI te ekalo gharanA khUNAmAM besI niraMtara bhaNyA karate. dhIme dhIme te pustako vAMcavA jeTalI unnatie pahoMce. jyAre te 15 varSane thayo tyAre tene vicAra AvyuM ke " have ahIMA paDyA rahevuM, Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ e ThIka nathI, mATe game tema karIne laMDana pahoMcI jauM te kAMIka rasto maLI Ave. laMDana jevA moTA zaheramAM koI sthaLe nekarI maLI jaze te kAkAne huM je bhArabhUta thaI paDe chuM te paNa dUra thaze; ane IzvarakRpAe je koI sArI nokarI maLI jaze te dhIme dhIme hoTe zrImaMta paNa banI jaI zakIza." A draDha nizcaya karI, potAnA kapaDAnI piTalI pITha upara uMcakI, te pagaraste laMDana bhaNI cAlavA lAgyuM. aneka divase mAMDa mAMDa laMDananI pAse pahoM e, ane ATalA divasanI musApharIthI kaMTALelo hovAthI eka saDakanI dhAra upara beThe. zaheranA daravAjA pAse eka devaLa hatuM, temAM prArthanAno ghaMTa vAgavA mAMDe. A ghaMTane ivani sAMbhaLatAM ja tene manamAM ema thavA lAgyuM ke -"A ghaMTavani mane kevuM madhura AmaMtraNa Ape che? jANe A ghaMTane avAja mane Adara pUrvaka belAve che, ane kahe che ke, padhAre, mI. rIcarDa ! A ane laMDanamAM eka amIra bane." manuSya potAnA hRdayamAM jevA vicArone seve che, tevAja pratidhvanio te sarvatra sAMbhaLe che. je tame jJAnaprAptinA vicAramAM mazagula rahyA karazo te jagane pratyeka padArtha tamane te jJAnaprAptinA pratidhvani rUpe ja pratIta thaze. kavio tathA rasavettAo pakSIonA kalarava, tathA upavananI 2aa yatAne anubhava karI prema ane rasathI dravavA lAge che, tenuM kAraNa temanuM aMta:karaNa ja hoya che. te nirmaLa aMtaHkaraNa sarvatra nirmaLatA-ramaNIyatA tathA suMdaratAne ja anubhave che. jagatnI zudra ghaTanAo temane kAMI navuM ja zIkSaNa ane na ja rasa Ape che. mI. rIcaDa je veLA bhAvInA madhura svane anubhavato hato te ja vakhate tene pitAnI nirdhanatAnuM smaraNa thaI AvyuM. te Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ vicAravA lAgyuM ke-"ahIMA nathI ke mAre mitra ke nathI keI mAre sagA-saMbaMdhI. huM A vizALa nagaramAM kayAM jaIne ubhe rahIza. ane kenI pAse jaIne nekarIne mATe prArthanA karIza?" AvA vicAra AvatAM tenI AMkhamAM sahasA athu ubharAI nIkaLyAM. te punaH vicAravA lAgyo ke-"ahIMthI pAchA kAmane tyAM jauM to kema ? jo ke kAkAne tyAM mane jevuM joIe tevuM cena paDatuM nathI, paraMtu tyAM je vakhate dIla gabharAya che. te vakhate mArA mAtA-pitAnI kabare pAse jatAM ane besatAM keTale AnaMda ane utsAha maLe che? A vizALa nagarImAM mArA pUjya mAtapitAnI kabare kayAMthI joI zakIza? mAta-pitAnA smaraNa cinho jevAthI ane sparzavAthI mane je AnaMda ane Aveza prakaTe che te ahIMA kevI rIte anu. bhavIza?"eTalAmAM pAchA te devaLanA ghaMTAnA dhvanie mI. rIcarDanA karNagocara thayA. punaH te pratidhvanio mI. rIcane sabadhIne kahevA lAgyA ke "mI. rIcarDa ! zA mATe gabharAya che ? cAla amArI nagarImAM Ave ane tArA svabaLathI laMDanane amIra thA !" mI. rIcarDa chevaTe TaTTAra thaye, ane jANe navuM caitanya prApta karyuM hoya tema pUrNa AzA-utsAha ane AzvAsana pUrvaka nagarImAM dAkhala thaye. AgaLa cAlatAM eka vyApArInI dukAna tenI najare paDI. mI. rIcarDa dukAnamAM sIdhI rIte dAkhala thaye ane je sthaLe dukAnane mAlIka beThe have te sthaLe jaI ati vinaya pUrvaka praNAma karIne ubhe rahyo. dukAnadAra zeThe tenI sAme mamatAbharI najara pheravI, eTale mI. rIcaDe potAnI karUNApUrNa kahANuM saMbhaLAvavAnI zarUAta karI. teNe jaNAvyuM ke huM cheka anAtha ane nirdhana chuM. A nagarImAM mAruM keI saguM holuM ke mitra paNa nathI, ke jene tyAM jaIne ubhe Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 35 rahI zakuM. nikarI maLe te kaI zeTha sAhukAranI karI karI gujarAna calAvavuM evA IrAdAthI Aje pahela vahelo A zaheramAM dAkhala thayo chuM." mI. rIcarDanI A vAta, ke je vAta uparathI ja tenI suzIlatA, sabhyatA tathA nirdhanatA prakaTa thatI hatI te vAta pelA zeThe lakSa pUrvaka sAMbhaLI, ane chevaTe jaNAvyuM ke "bhale huM tamane AjathIja mArI nekarImAM dAkhala karuM chuM. havethI tamane khAvAne tathA paheravAne cagya sAmagrI ApavAmAM Avaze. tenA badalAmAM jo tame parizrama ane pramANiktA pUrvaka amAruM kAma karaze te vakhata jatAM tamane masika pagAra ApavAne paNa baMbasta karIzuM. "mI. rIcarDa A javAba sAMbhaLI bahu prasanna thaye ane pratyuttaramAM kahyuM ke - bhale, Apa mAruM kAma jue ane pachI Apane vyAjabI lAge te baMdobasta karaje" teja vakhatathI mI. rIcaDe pelA vyApArInI dukAnamAM rahyo. nokarImAM dAkhala thatAM ja teNe traNa bAbatane draDha nizcaya karI lIdho. prathama eke "dareka kAma barAbara pramANikatA pUrvaka karIza." bIje nizcaya teNe e karyo ke jema banaze tema dareka kAma mahenata pUrvaka karIza, koI paNa kAma karavAmAM ALasa ke pramAda nahIM karUM." ane chelle nirNaya teNe potAnA mananI sAthe karyo te e ke mArA zeThanI ane zeThanA kuTuMbIonI sevA tana, mana, dhana pUrvaka karavAmAM kaI divasa pAchuM pagaluM nahIM bharUM." A traNa nizcayanuM teNe barAbara pAlana karyuM. te je kAMI kAma karo temAM tenI pramANikatA tathA mahenata spaSTa rIte jaNAI AvavA lAgI. tene saraLa svabhAva tathA satyapriyatA paNa keIthI chupI rahI zakI nahIM. AthI karIne tene zeTha tene atyaMta prema pUrvaka cAhavA lAgyA. vastutaH pramANikatA ane parizrama kene vazIbhUta na kare? tenA zeThane eke Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 36 putra nahAtA. mAtra eka putrI, putrInI mAtA ane pAte zeTha e traNa sivAya temanA kuTuMbamAM kAi nahAtu: zeThanI strI paNa rIcarDanI mahenata, pramANikatA, tathA tenu saraLa vartana joi huM mugdha thai, ane tene hRdayathI putravat mAnavA lAgI. vakhata jatAM zeThane ane zeThANIne saMpUrNa khAtrI thai gai ke A chekarAnA jevA satyapriya tathA parizramI chekarA maLavA da bha che. eTaluM ja nahIM paNa tenA aMta:karaNamAM ApaNA pratyenI zubhAkAMkSAe paNa prakhaLapaNe varte che. mATe A chekarAne jo ApaNe ApaNI kanyA ApI, tene jamAI tarIke rAkhIe te ApaNu temaja tenu ubhayanu hita thAya. chevaTe mI. rIcarDanI sAthe te zeThe peAtAnI putrInA vivAha karI ApyA. have teA rIcaOMnI dazA cheka palaTAi ja gai. tehave nAkarane badale dukAnanA vyavasthA paka tathA mAleka jevA ja anI gayA. te ATalI uMcI padavIe pahoMcyA te paNa vilAsa ke meAjazeAkhamAM nahIM paDatAM teNe vicAra karyAM ke" atyAra sudhI te huM eka nAkara hatA, eTale zeThanI dhana-saMpattinuM rakSaNa karavuM, ane temane lAbha thAya tevA prayatna karavA e sivAya mAre bIjuM kAMi kavya karavAnuM nahAtuM. paNa have adhi kAranI unnati sAthe mArI javAbadArI paNa vadhI gai che. tethI have mArU e katta bya che ke pahelAMnA karatAM paNa adhika pramANamAM zeThanuM bhaluM thAya tevA dareka prayatna mAre karavA joie. zeTha ane zeThanA patnI mArA upara ja vizvAsa ane prema rAkhe che, te vizvAsa ane premane mATe huM ceAgya ja chuM, ema mAre mArA kattavyathI matAvI devu joie. huM jema jema adhika parizrama ane kALajIthI kAma karIza tema tema A kadaradAna 4'patI mArA upara adhika prema rAkhavA lAgaze, emAM zaka nathI. A pramANe vicAra karI mI. rIcarDa peAtAnA zvazura-zeTha pAse jaine savinaya kahyuM ke-" pitAjI, 19 Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 37 have Ape dukAnanA saMbaMdhamAM bahu takalIpha levAnI jarUra nathI, have Apa vRddha thayA che. Apane vizrAMti ApI ApanuM kAma mAre upADI levuM e mArI pharaja che. mATe Apa nizcitapaNe AzAesa tye, ane dukAnanuM sarva jokhamabharyuM kAma karavAnI mane AjJA pharamA. mArI vinaMtI che ke huM kadAcit kayAMI bhUla karI besuM te te mATe mane salAha ke sUcanA ApI egya mArge vALaze. e sivAya vizeSa kAMI kArya Apane karavAnuM rahetuM nathI. paramAtmAnI kRpA haze te huM ApanI pUrvanI paddhattie dukAnanuM tamAma kAmakAja phattehamaMda rIte calAge jaIza," zeThe rIcarDanI A vinaMtI svIkAra karyo ane tyArabAda rIcarDa dukAnanA mAlIkanI mAphaka ja vyavahAra karavA lAgyA. dukAnane tamAma bAje mAthe uThAvI levAmAM bhAre mahenata tathA khaMtanI jarUra hatI, tethI mI. rIcaDe banI zake teTalA utsAhathI ane mahenatathI kAma karavAno AraMbha karyo. mahenata karavAne to tene mULathI ja abhyAsa paDI gayA hatA. tethI tene kapriya thatAM kAMI vakhata lAge nahIM. pitAnA nekarenI sAthe te prema ane namratAthI vartavA lAge. dukAnanI Avaka-jAvakane hisAba pitAnA hAthamAM rAkhI, mAlane kevI rIte surakSita rAkhave, tathA bajAranA vyApArIo sAthe kevI rIte pramANiktAthI vartavuM tevI badhI vyavasthA pate jAte ja karavA lAgyuM. AthI AkhA zaheramAM tenI kIrti jotajotAmAM prasarI gaI. tenI bhalamanasAInI tathA kartavyaparAyaNatAnI gheraghera prazaMsA thavA lAgI. ane TuMka vakhatamAM tenI dukAnanI khyAtI eTalI badhI vistarI gaI ke tenI dukAne grAhake ubharAvA lAgyA. AthI mI. rIcaDe dukAnane heTA pAyA upara mUkI ane dareka zAkhAmAM nipuNa nekaranI nimaNuMka karI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 38 dIdhI. mI. rIcarDanI satyaniSThA tathA pramANikatA viSe zaheramAM eTalI badhI carcA thavA lAgI ke tenI kIrti chevaTe bAdazAhanI rAjasabhA paryata pahoMcI vaLI. AdazAha A vAta sAMbhaLI bahu prasanna thaye, ane mI. rIcarDa lorDa meyara oNpha laMDana (Lord mayor of London) nA ucca pratiSThita pada upara nImavAne TharAva jAhera karyo. A sanmAna rIcane mATe kAMI ochuM gaNI zakAya nahIM. eka nirdhana manuSya mahenata, satyaniSThA tathA pramANitAne lIdhe keTalI unnati karI zake che, tenuM A daSTAMta khAsa karIne hRdayamAM aMkita karI rAkhavuM joIe. priya putra, tame paNa mI. rIcarDanuM anukaraNa kare, ane tenA jevA ja tame paNa satyavaktA, satyaniSTha, satsAhasI, tathA parizramazIla bane, eja mArI aMtaHkaraNanI AziSa ane AkAMkSA che. patra terame. hoI pri ya putra, mane Aje manuSya-jIvana saMbaMdhe, temAM paNa 5 khAsa karIne bALa-jIvana saMbaMdhe je vicAre kurI AvyA ga che, te A patramAM huM tamArI pAse spaSTa karavAnI IcchA ( rAkhuM chuM. mane AzA che ke temAMthI koIpaNa sAra grahavA gya vAta tamane maLyA vinA raheze nahIM. je vakhate bALaka sAta varSanI vayanuM thAya che te vakhate tenI keTalIka grahaNazaktio khIlavA lAge che, ane tethI te ja vakhate tene keLavaNI ApavAnI zarUAta karI devI joIe. sai prathama Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 39 kakko tathA khArAkSarInu jJAna .tene evI rIte AvuM joIe ke tenAthI khaLakane kaMTALA na upajatAM,.ulaTA Ana Mda Ave. khALakane jyAMsudhI majA Ave tyAMsudhI ja tene zikSaNu ApavAnI paddhati rAkhI hoya te bahu zreya:sAdhaka thAya. traNa-cAra kalAka sudhI avichinnapaNe keLavaNI ApavAne badale kakaDe kakare zikSaNa Apavu joie. arthAt je vakhate bALaka Ana MdamAM hAya, ane te gammatanI sAthe jJAna prApta karI zake tevI avasthAmAM hoya te ja vakhate tenI smaraNa zaktine kAMika khArAka ApavA joie, ke jethI te kharAkhara pAcana karI zake. mALAne ApaNI sAme TaTTAra besArI rAkhIne, ane temanA upara dAma besArIne jakharajastIthI bhaNavA besAravA e rIti ThIka nathI, paraMtu te sUtA hAya, ramatA hoya, ALATatA hoya te vakhate paNa sArA zikSakA zikSaNa ApI zake che. evI rIte jJAna ApavAthI khALakone kaMTALA upajatA nathI, ane ApaNe je kahIe chIe te teo turata ja AnaMda pUrvaka grahaNa karI le che. hada uparAMta eja nAMkhavAthI khALakAne keLavaNI athavA bhaNatara upara ja evA kaMTALe Ave che ke temane AkhI jIMdagI sudhI e kusaMskArI herAna kare che. bALakAne keTalAeka zarUAtathIja videzI bhASAnu zIkSaNa Ape che, te pasaMda karavA ceAgya nathI. mArA mata pramANe te temane mAtRbhASAnuM ja zikSaNu prathama maLatu joIe; ane tyArabAda temanu jIvana sadAcAramaya ane te mATe u ttama graMthakArInA pustako temanA hAthamAM mUkavA joIe. khALakonI buddhimAM khaLa Ave ane temanuM naitika maLa khIle te mATe temanA hiteSIoe banI zake teTalI kALajI rAkhavI joie, dhArmika pustakAnA adhyayanathI temanA manamAM evA saMskAro dAkhala thavA jo Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Ie ke teone koInI sAthe vera virodha ke kaleza kaMkAsa karavAne svapnamAM paNa vicAra na Ave. jagatano manuSya pratye premabhAva Ave tathA sarvanI sAthe haLI maLIne cAlavuM evuM zikSaNa kevaLa graMthonA vAMcanathI ja maLatuM nathI. paNa saMsAramAM vicaratA sAdhupura rU tathA udAracaritravALA mahAtmAonA darzana tathA samAgamathI paNa prApta thaI zake che. ApaNA zAstramAM satsaMga viSe bahu bhAra mUkIne upadeza karavAmAM Ave che, tenuM eka kAraNa che ke mahAtmA purUSinA pavitra jIvananI asara, temanA paricayamAM AvanArA jIjJAsuo upara evI te sajajaDa rIte thAya che ke te koI kALe bhuMsAI jatI nathI. bAlyAvasthAmAM je ayogya saMskAre citta upara ceTI jAya che, te te AkhI ummara sudhI duHkhI karyA vinA rahetA nathI. tamAre paNuM avakAzanA samayamAM uttama graMthakArenA pustakanuM manana karavuM, ane temAM je bhAga upagI jaNAya tenI nIce lAla pensIlathI nIzAnI karI punaH puna: manana karavAne abhyAsa pADe, eTaluM ja nahIM paNa satparUSanA samAgamamAM AvavAnuM banI jAya te te amUlya prasaMgane paNa niSphaLa javA de nahIM. saMsAramAM be viSayenI upayogItA mAruM savizeSa dhyAna kheMce che. (1) ItihAsa ane (2) nItizAstra. ItihAsanA vAMcanathI manuSyane utsAha vadhe che. saMsAranA mahApurUSenI avasthAnuM darzana thAya che, pairya ane sAhasanI vRddhi thAya che, ane pariNAme manuSya ucca jIvanane adhikArI thaI AkhI ummara sudhI sukhI thAya che. - vidyA prApta karyA pachI, jIvana nirvAha kevI rIte kare e vikaTa prazna dareka vyakti draSTi sanmukha khaDe thAya che. game te rIte AjIvikA calAvavI ane sukhapUrvaka jIvana vyatIta karavuM temAM Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bahu taphAvata che. sukhamaya jIvanane mATe namratA, tathA sadAcAra sivAya bIjuM kaI uttama sAdhana nathI. bane tyAM sudhI svataMtratA pUrvaka AjIvikA calAvAya te bahu sArUM. vyApAra karavAthI nokarI karatAM e che lAbha thAya te paNa nokarI karatAM vyApAra hajAra darajaje uttama che. kAraNa ke vyApAra Adi svataMtra pravRttimAM AgaLa vadhavAnuM kArya ApaNuM potAnA ja hAthamAM hoya che; jyAre nekarImAM je kaI kadara na kare te ApaNuM game teTalI mahenata paNa vyartha jAya che. khetI tathA kArIgarI kiMvA udyoga-hunnaramAM paDayuM hoya to paNa tamArA mATe te bahu lAbhadAyaka che. eTaluM chatAM nekarI karavAne ja vicAra hoya te tamAre aMgrejI bhASAnuM ati uttama jJAna prApta karavuM joIe. pravRttinA pratyeka kSetramAM aMgrejI bhASAne vyavahAra eTalo badho vadhI paDe che ke te sivAya eka pagaluM paNa AgaLa vadhI zakAya nahIM. tamAre game te viSayanuM adhyayana karavuM hoya to aMgrejI bhASAnI sahAyatAthI tame te bahu sahelAIthI karI zakaze. kAraNa ke aMgrejI bhASAnuM sAhitya eTaluM badhuM kheDAyeluM che ke temAM koI viSaya bAkI rahyA nathI. je vidyAthI aMgrejI bhASA upara saMpUrNa kAbu dharAvI zake che, te abhyAsa potAnI meLe karI zake che, evA uttama graMtha aMgrejI bhASAmAM taiyAra che. Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ mA nava-jIvananI traNa avasthA che. (1) khAlyAva sthA (2) yuvAvasthA, (3) vRddhAvasthA. mAlyAvasthA ajJAnatAmaya hAya che, te vakhate bALaka paravaza, parAdhIna tathA nirdhAna hoya che. tene peAtAnI mAnasika unnati karavAnuM ke Atmika pragati sAdhavAnuM khIlakula sUjhatu nathI. A dazAmAM jo kAMI sukha hAya tA te eTaluMja ke te vakhate khALaka tatlRna svataMtra ane ciMtAmukta hAya che. kAle zu thaze, tathA mArA murakhkhIe mane amuka kArya karatA aTakAvaze eve khyAla prAya: temanA manamAM AvatA nathI. khAvuM, pIvu tathA kudavu e sivAya khIjuM kAMI, eTale ke du:kha jevI vastu A jagamAM che tenuM temane te vakhate bhAna hAtu nathI, khAlyAvasthAmAM nizcitatA hAya che, tenu eka kudaratI kAraNa che, ane te eja ke khALakanA zarIranI puSTi mATe te khahu Avazyaka che. jo bALaka janmathI ja ciMtA ane Ikara karavA lAge te tenu zarIra vRddhi pAme nahi, ane TuMka muddatamAM ja akALe maraNu zaraNu thAya. 42 cAdamA cuvAvasthA e mAnava-jIvananI bIjI avasthA che. jIvanamAM jo kAi sarvottama avasthA hAya tA te Aja che. te vakhate zarIranI zakti saMpUrNa rUpe khIlelI hAya che; ane guNA prApta karavAne paNa mana utsuka khanI rahyuM hAya che. manuSya A avasthAmAM je vAta zIkhavA cAhe te bahu sArI rIte zIkhI zake che, ane je sadguNu pAtAnAmAM utAravA icche te sadguNu paNa utArI zake che. parantu keTalIka vAtA evI che ke je yuvAvasthAmAM zIkhI lIdhI hAya teA ja te Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 43 prApta thAya, ane nahIMtara AkhI jIMdagI sudhI prayatna karavA chatAM nirAza ja thavuM paDe. guNA prApta karavA ane tenI sAthe te guNAnA sadupayAga karI jIvanane unnata banAvavu, e khanne kAme A yuvAvasthAmAM ja thavA joie. jo.yuvAvasthA mAtra guNA prApta karavAmAMja vItAvI devAmAM Ave te e sadguNNAnA upayAga kayAre thAya ? kAi ema kahe ke yuvAvasthAmAM je sadguNuA prApta karyAM hAya te saddaguNAnA upayAga vRddhAvasthAmAM ja thavA joie. paNa huM te vAta svIkAratA nathI. kAraNa ke vRddhavayamAM sukhAnubhava zakti prathama karatA ghaNe aMze maMda paDI jAya che. guNNAnA upayogathI je sukha prApta thaI zake tema che te sukhanA anubhava tA yuvAvasthAmAM ja thavA joie. je manuSyeA peAtAnI yuvAvasthA garIbAimAM ane kagALIyatamAM vItAve che, te ne vRddhAvasthAmAM game teTalI sukha-sapatti maLe te paNa temAM temane bahu AnaMda thatA nathI. mArI kahevAnI matalama eTalI ja che ke yuvAvasthAne ja jema bane tema unnata, sukhamaya tathA saccatri manAvA. kAraNa ke mAnava-jIvanamAM eja eka avasthA uttama che. A uparathI tame samajI zakayA haze! ke manuSyeAe ekI sAthe e kAmA karavA joie. pahelu te e ke ApaNe mahenata karI ceAgyatA prApta karavI, ane tyArapachI e ceAgyatAnA lAbha laI jIvanane sukha zAMti pUrvaka vyatIta karavu. mArI...te tamane eja bhalAmaNa che ke tame khAsa karIne aMgrejI bhASAnuM, ane tethI paNa vadhAre tamArI mAtRbhASAnuM saMpUrNa jJAna prApta karA. .khIjI bhalAmaNu e che ke jJAnamAM tame jema jema AgaLa vadhatA jAo tema tema tamArA sadguNNAne paNa keLavatA jAo, ane tamArI AsapAsanu maMDaLa tamArA pratye mAna ane premanI draSTithI jIve tema kare. vAMcavAmAM Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ ane lakhavAmAM ja manuSyanI mahattA samApta thAya che, ema mAnI leze nahIM. sadAcAra ane ziSTatA e ja manuSyane utkRSTatAnI kSe. NamAM mUke che. manuSyamAM vidyA hoya paNa guNa na hoya to te saMsAramAM Adara meLavI zakatA nathI. eka manuSya game teTalA vidyAvAnuM hoya, paNa je tenAmAM avaguNo hoya te tene potAne ja pitAnA jIvanamAM kazo AnaMdAnubhava thato nathI. sukha ekaluM vidyAthI ja prApta thatuM nathI, paNa vidyAnI sAthe je sabhyatA ane saMpatti hoya to ja jIvana sukhamaya banI zake che. eTalA mATe vidvattAnI sAthe sabhyatA Adi saddaguNe paNa prApta kare. A sabhyatA kevI rIte prApta thAya, te je pUchatA ho to, mAre pharIthI e ja eka vAta kahevI paDaze ke uttama graMtha vAMco, ItihAsamAM je jIvana caritre Ave che tenA upara vicAra kare, ane saguNa tathA durgaNuM purUSanA jIvananI caDatI-paDatIne abhyAsa karo. ApaNe ApaNuM karta jANavA ane tyArabAda te kartavyane karavA, e ja jIvanane mukhya uddeza che. sadAcAra saMbaMdhI pustakonA vAMcanathI tamane mAnava-jIvananA kartavyanuM ghaNuM uttama jJAna prApta thaze. sadAcArI purUSonA samAgamamAM rahevAthI paNa ApaNane ApaNA kartavyonuM jJAna thAya che. mATe avakAzanA samayamAM utsAhI, sAhasI, udyoga, anubhavI, susabhya tathA pratiSThita purUSono paricaya karaje, ane temanA jIvana nanA anukaraNIya aMzane anusarajo. mUrkha tathA durguNI chokarAenI saMgata karaze nahIM. kAraNa ke tenAthI tamane kaI lAbha thavAne badale ulaTI hAnI ja thavAno saMbhava che. je tame evA manuSyanA sahavAsamAM rahevAne bhAgyazALI thAo, ke jemanA satsaMgathI lekamAM tamAruM mAna vadhe, tamArA Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ manamAM utsAha ane sAhasa utpanna thAya, vidyA pratyenI tamArI rUcI jAgrata thAya ane saddaguNa banavAnI bhAvanA prabaLa thAya, te ni:saMdeha tamane tethI bahu lAbha thaze. paraMtu AjakAla evA sapurUSe maLavA asaMbhavita che. mATe pustaka mitranuM sthAna ApyA vinA bIjuM kAMI upAya nathI. A jamAnAmAM te pustaka e ja sarvottama mitra have joIe. sadagraMtha sivAya tamAre sAco hitaiSI bhAgye ja bIje kaI hovA gya che. bIjA keIne mitra nahIM banAvatAM pustakane ja tamAre AMtarika mitra samaje. mitratAne yogya e manuSya maLI Ave bahu muzkela che. mane maLavA AvanArAonI saMkhyA ghaNI heTI che. paraMtu temAM mArA mitra tarIke keInuM nAma ApI zakuM evI sthiti mAM huM hajI mukAyuM nathI. alabata sainI sAthe haLImaLIne cAlavuM e ApaNuM mukhya pharaja che, paNa keInI sAthe mitratA bAMdhavAnuM jokhama heravuM nahIM. kAraNa ke ApaNA mitra je durguNI athavA agya hoya che, te tenA durguNene kiMvA agyatAne paTa ApaNane lAgyA vinA rahetuM nathI. aMgrejImAM eka evI kahevata che ke, "amuka mANasa ke che, te jANavuM hoya te tenA mitre kevA che, te jANavAno prayatna kare." arthAta ApaNA mitranI raheNuM kaheNa uparathI leko ApaNuM raheNI kaheNI nuM ja ane numAna kare che. ApaNe game teTalA sadaguNI hAIe, paNa je ApaNA mitre durguNa hoya che ke ApaNane paNa kalaMka ApyA vinA rahetA nathI. mane ATalI lAMbI ummaramAM je kaI mitra nathI maLe te pachI tamane ATalI ucharatI avasthAmAM ke mitra maLI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Ave e banavA yogya nathI mitratAne peTe dAve karI tamane kaI nIca mAge derI na jAya enI sAvacetI rAkhavAnI che. manuSyane mATe traNa kartavya mahAna javAbadArI bharelAM che. prathama to e ke jIvana paryata pitAnI jAtanuM ane potAnA AzritanuM pAlana karavuM. jeo A kartavyamAM niSphaLa thAya che teone jIvanamAM sukha ke zAMtine lezamAtra AsvAda maLato nathI. sai pahelAM AtmahitanuM kartavya kevI rIte siddha thAya tene vicAra kare ane tyArabAda anya jIvonI sAthe arthAta manuSya baMdhuo tathA pazu prANuo sAthe kevI rItane vyavahAra rAkha, tene nirmaLa nirNaya karavo joIe. te pachI paramAtmAnA guNenuM kIrtana karavAne tathA paramAtmAnI pAse pahoMcavAne viveka pUrvaka nirNaya kare egya che. priya putra ! have tamArA jIvanane prAraMbha thaI cUkyuM che. tame saMsAranA vizALa kSetramAM vIratA ane dhIratA pUrvaka praveza kare evI mArI IcchA che. tame tamArA pitAnA bAhubaLa upara AdhAra rAkhI manuSya tarIkenuM gaurava prApta karavA prayatna karajo. tame tamAruM pitAnuM kalyANa sAdhI tenI sAthe tamArA anya mAnava baMdhuo paNa kalyANanA mArga tarapha gati kare enI kALajI rAkhaje. nIca ane tiraskaraNIya jIvanathI sadA aLagA raheje. "mArAthI mArA badhuonuM sagA saMbaMdhIonuM kevI rIte hita thAya evI sadA bhAvanA rAkhaje. TuMkAmAM tame tamArI jAtine tathA dezane kaI paNa rIte upayegI thaI zake te prayatna karaje, eka nItikAvyamAM kahyuM che ke parivartini saMsAre mRtaH ko vA na jAyate sa jAto yena jAtena yAti vaMzaH samunnatim Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ athota-A nitya parivartana pAmatA saMsAramAM keNa janmatuM ane maratuM nathI? paraMtu tene ja janma sArthaka lekhAya che ke jenA vaDe jAtinI ke kuLanI unnati thAya. priya putra! tame tamAre janma saphaLa kare, ane te mATe paramAtmA tamane zaktimAna karo eja mArI AziSa che. patra paMdaramo hAlA vivekI putra, - . ke hAlamAM eka sAhasika vIra purUSanuM jIvana caritra vAMcuM kAkA chuM. tenA jIvana caritra uparathI kharA bahAra manuSya eka kAmanI pAchaLa kevA lAgyA rahe che tene bahu sAro | vAla Ave che. teo je kAma hAthamAM le che tene saMpUrNa - 1 phattehamaMda banAvavA sivAya bIjI kaI vAtane vicAra karavAne paNa temane avakAza maLato nathI. vidyA prApta karavI hoya, koI paNa prakAranI yegyatA meLavavI hoya ke amuka prakArane anubhava meLavavuM hoya te teo te kartavyamAM eTale sudhI tallIna thaI jAya che ke potAnA mitro sAthe be ghaDI besI meja majA karavI ke ezaArAma kare e temane mana marmabhedaka kaSTa samAna jaNAya che. kiMcita paNa samaya je nirarthakapaNe pasAra thaI jAya che te temane te mATe bahu lAgI Ave che. teo arthAt kAryAthI manuSya ema ja mAne che ke saMsAramAM temane mATe kaI paNa kArya asaMbhavita nathI. mAtra vAtamAM ja nahIM paNa kartavya karIne saMsAranA pAmara manu Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 48 cceA khatAvI Ape che ke sAhasa ane udyoganA khaLathI game tevu kiTha* namAM kaThina kArya sahaja sAdhya banI zake che. vastuta: sa MsAramAM evuM kayu kArya che ke je draDha saMkalpa ane pUrNa zramathI siddha na thAya ? sAhasI purUSAnu jIvana evu tA ghAra parizramazIla tathA kaMThAra vratavALu hAya che ke, saMsAramAM jene ApaNe mahAn Apatti ke du:kha gaNIe te Apatti ke duHkhanI asara temanA citta upara kazI thatI ja nathI, ema kahu' teA paNa khATu nathI. purUSAthI ane ka`vyaparAcaNu vIraputrA kAi paNa jAtanA rogathI ke AphatathI gabharAine lamaNe hAtha mukI, nirAza banI besI rahetA nathI. game tevI priya ane iSTa vastunA viraha paNa temanA aMta:karaNane nirmaLa banAvI zakatA nathI. te emaja mAne che ke saMsAranI vividha anukULa ke pratimULa ghaTanAe eka ramata sivAya bIjuM kAMi ja nathI. nAnAM chekarAMe ramatA hoya ane temanu ekAda pUtaLuM bhAMgI jAya te te vakhate sura manuSyA mahu khedya karatA nathI. kAraNa ke teo jANatA hAya che ke e pUtaLu kAMi yathArtha manuSya nathI. alabatta khALammuddhinA cheAkarAo te vakhate kaleza kare che, paNa te ajJAnatA che. tevI ja rIte kanyaparAyaNa manuSyAne saMsAranA zeka-prasage ke AnaMdaprasa MgeA calAyamAna karatA nathI. je kavyathI bhaviSyamAM petAne tathA peAtAnA andhuone lAbha pahoMce te ja kartavya te avyAkuLapaNe karyo kare che. teo potAnA satkartavyanuM bhAvI phaLa potAnI dRSTi sanmukha joi temAMja Anadamagna rahe che. AvI vIratA, ka vyaparAyaNatA tathA draDhatA tamArA jIvanamAM Ave tevA prayatna karajo. jagatane AvA manuSyAnI ja jarUra che. jo tamArAmAM ukta saddaguNA khIlaze teA samasta saMsAra tamane aMta:karaNapUrvaka Ava ja Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ kAra Apaze, ane tamAruM kuLa tathA tamArI mAtRbhUmi tamArA geravathI geravAnvita thaze. patra seLa. sAramAM pratiSThA prApta karavAnA traNa mArgo che. prathama che . te e ke pratyeka manuSya, chevaTe pitAne bharaNapoSa" Nane bhAra pite ja upADI le, ane pitAnA ja vadhu bAhubaLathI dravyAdi prApta karI pitAnI AjIvikA calAvavI, eTaluM ja nahIM paNa je avasthA prApta thAya te avasthAne anukULa kharca kare, ke jethI bIjAnI pAse hAtha lAMbe karavAnI jarUra na paDe. bIje mArga e che ke potAno bhAra te pote upADI ja le, ane tyArabAda pitAnA mitra tathA saMbaMdhIone paNa sahAyatA karavI. trIjo mArga ke je sarvottama mArga gaNAya che, te e che ke te pitAne nivAha kare, ane potAnA mitre tathA saMbaMdhIone madada karavI, te uparAMta anAtha vidhavAo tathA asahAya purUSane paNa Azraya kiMvA AdhAra Apa. TuMkAmAM ApaNAthI bane teTale jagat upara upakAra kare e ApaNuM prathama pavitra kartavya che. pratiSThA prApta karavAnA traNa mArgo che, tevI ja rIte janasamAja taraphathI tiraskAra ane anAdara prApta karI hoya te tene mATe paNa traNa mArgo che. prathama te eja ke manuSya potAne bhAra bIjA kaI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ manuSya upara nAMkhave, athavA bIjA zabdomAM kahuM te AjIvikA calAvAne mATe je zakita ApaNane prApta thaI che, tene naSTa karI devI. bIje mArga e che ke je saMbaMdhIone athavA mitrone ApaNe sahAyatA karavI joIe temanA taraphathI ApaNe svArtha sadhAya evI AzA rAkhavI. trIjo mArga ke je saiAthI atyaMta tiraskArane pAtra che te e che ke manuSya potAnA jJAti baMdhuo kiMvA dezabaMdhue pratye agya madadanI mATe yAcanA karavI. priya putra! saMsAramAM je tamAre satkIrti prApta karavI hoya te tamAre be kAmo avazya karavA. prathama e ke potAnI buddhi ane yegyatA ke je vaDe ApaNI AjIvikA cAle che, tene nitya vRddhigata karatA rahevuM, ane bIjuM e ke je avasthAmAM tamAre rahevAnuM hoya arthAt jeTalI AvakamAM tamAre tamAruM gujarAna calAvavuM hoya teTalI Avaka karatAM eka pAI paNa vadhu kharacavI nahIM. ApaNane jeTalo pagAra maLatuM hoya teTalAmAM ja jIvanananI sarva AvazyakatAo pUrI paDe evI vyavasthA karavI. keTalAeka manuSya potAnI sthitine, Avaka karatAM anekagaNuM mahAna samajI le che ane sthitine nIbhAvavA AMkha mIMcIne kharca kare che. paNa te temanI moTAmAM moTI bhUla che, ema kahevAnI jarUra nathI. pratyeka manuSya potAnI sthiti ane Avakane anusarIne ja kharca rAkhavuM joIe. potAne jeTale mAsika pagAra maLa hoya tenA karatAM vadhAre kharca karavAthI pitAne mahattA prApta thaze, ema mAnanArAo bahu ThagAya che. kAraNake ke te temanI kharI avasthA ane Avaka jANatA hoya che, tethI temanuM hada uparAMtanuM kharca joI, temanA pratye upahAsya ja kare che. nakAmuM Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 51 vyayane kharca karavAthI pratiSThA vadhavAne badale ulaTI ghaTe che. sA keAi dhikkAre che, mAna athavA apamAna e kharcane AdhIna nathI, paNa manuSyAnI buddhi tathA sadAcAra upara ja AdhAra rAkhe che. anubhava vagaranA ane uDAu navayuvakeA je kharcane bahu jarUrI samaje che te kharcIne sujJa manuSyeA hApaNabharyuM. lekhatA nathI. AvakanA pramANamAM kharca karavAnuM meM kahyuM che tenA artha evA nathI ke jeTalI Avaka hAya teTalI khadhI kharacI ja nAMkhavI. pazu mAsika AvakamAMthI amuka bhAga khacAvIne rAkhI mUkavA joie ke jethI kApa acAnaka vakhate te kAma lAgI zake. uDAu mANasA jyAre taMgImAM AvI paDe che, athavA tA mAMdagInA vakhate ke khIjA kAI evA Akasmika prasa Mge temane dravyanI jarUra paDe che, tyAre temane bahu muMjhAvu paDe che, uDAu mANasA prati vizvAsa ke zraddhAnI najarathI jotuM nathI. kadApi kAInI pAsethI udhAra levA mATe hAtha lAMkhA na karavA paDe te mATe dara mahine AvakamAMthI kAMika kAMika macAvatAM rahevu, e saiAthI sarasa upAya che. jyAre tamane kAinI pAsethI udhAra levAnI jarUra paDe.tyAre samajavuM ke tamArA hAthathI kAipaNu jAtanuM anAvazyaka kharca thai gayu che. khATA kharcathI sArA sArA rAjA-mahArAjAonI tIjorIo paNa khAlI thai che. mATe evA kharcAthI sadA sAvaceta rahejo. bajAramAM ApaNuM nAma na hAya tA ApaNI kIrtti na vadhe evA khyAlane tamArA magajamAM paNu AvavA dezA nahIM. kabja karatI vakhate tamAre zaramAvuM joIe. kAraNu ke AkhA mIMcIne karaja karavAthI aneka manuSyane kATa caDavu paDayu che, tathA peAtAnuM sarvasva gumAvavu paDayu che. AjakAla jIvananI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only Page #54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ para jarUrIyAta dIvase dIvase vadhatI jAya che, e vAta huM sArI peThe jANuM chuM. paNa kharI mahattA jIvananI jarUrIyAtAnA vadhAravAmAM nathI, paNa jema ane tema AchI jarUrIyAtA rAkhavI eja kharI mahattA che. eka vidvAne kahyu` che ke jenI pAse adhika lakSmI hAya ane tenI sAthe te hada uparAMta jarUrIyAtA rAkhatA hAya tA te yathArtha sukhanA anubhava lai zakatA nathI. paNa eka garIkhamAM garIma mANasa jo peAtAnA jIvananI jarUrIyAtAne aMkuzamAM rAkhI zake te te dhanavAna vyakti karatAM paNa adhikasukha-zAMti anubhavI zake che. Jain Educationa International ityalam. 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