Sakhi

Author(s): Sushil
Publisher: Stree Sukh Darpan Shravika Office
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/005677/1

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sakhI prakAzaka, zrIsukha 67-zrAvikA. " oNphIsa. bhAvanagara.

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bhAvanagara--dhI AnaMda prInTIMga presamAM "zrAvikA"nA taMtrI zeTha devacaMda dAmajI ku lAkare chApyuM.

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A upodaghAta. ASSIP ( = = je ke sAhityanA kSetramAM ApaNe pazcima karatAM haju ghaNuM pAchaLa chIe tepaNa dinapratidina vAMcana premane dhIme dhIme vikAsa thatuM jAya che. kema temaja jAtihita arthe avanavAM mAsike-patro dezamAM janma letAM jAya che. A bhaviSyanuM eka zubha cihna che. che navuM-ghaDAeluM vAMcana, viSayane saraLa temaja AkarSaka karanArAM viSayane lagatAM citra, temaja mane- huM hara kA vigerethI AvAM nIkaLatAM mAsika-patrane su che sajajIta karavAM e jema prakAzakanI khaMta, kuzAgra buddhi ane lokamatane sAthe maLI keLavavAnI AvaData upara che AdhAra rAkhe che tema te mATe ghaTato bhega ApavAne vAcaka-prajAgaNane utsAha-Adara ane avalaMbana che. paNa sAhitya khIlavaNI mATe teTaleja javAbadAra che. A chatAM durbhAgye haju ApaNA dezamAM AvI ubhayapakSI javAbadArI svIkAravAmAM AvI nathI. tethI ja prakA

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zakane utsAha, tana mana ane dhanane yathAzakti bhega ApavA pachI paNa maMda paDI jAya che. ane te rIte ghaNuM ucharatAM mAsike-pa samAdhistha thaI javAnA A prasaMge paNa ApaNane kheda sAthe nIhALavA paDe che. ATaluM chatAM sacitra mAsikanI praNAlI hiMda mATe, baMgALamAMthI zarU thaI dakSiNa mAge chelAM traNa cAra varSathI gujarAtamAM pravezI che, ane tenA pagale te cAlavAne amAre A namra prayatna che. jaNAvavuM joIe ke sacitra mAsiko mATe che tevAM citra pAchaLa baheLe kharca thatuM hovAthI sa| sitra mAsike, bheTanI buka ApavAnuM baMdha rAkhe che ane ame paNa teja rIte bheTa ApavAnuM sAhasa uThAvI zakyA nathI. paraMtu smaraNa tarIke lahANuM karavAnA prasaMganuM anukaraNa karI, amArAM mAtuzrI ke jemanA jIvanamAM strI jAtinI unnati mATe uMDI lAgaNI hatI, ane A mAsikane sakhta moMghavArImAM janma ApavAnuM sAhasa karavAmAM temanI chupI preraNA hatI, tethI amArA ane amArA vAcakomAM mahuMmanA nitya smaraNa arthe kaMI ApavAne ame nizcaya karyo hato. temanA jIvanamAM prahavyavasthA-zuddhi-niyami. . tapaNuM-daDhatA-Apta jane pratye samAna-vizuddha

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prema ane bALakane ucheravAnI samajabharI kALajInA 8 pariNAme mArUM gRharAjya je AbAdI bhegavavA bhAche. gyazALI thayuM tenA mATe game teTalI sevA ke zrama pachI paNa trANumukta thavuM azakya che. koI paNa mANasanI kiMmata tenI gerahAjarImAM ja AMkI zakAya che. tema mArA mAtuzrInA svargavAsa pachI hAAM bahena ajavALIne putra bhAI bacu ke je temanI haiyAtimAM rUpuSTa taMdurastI bhegavate hatuM te, temaja mAre eka putra, ekAeka TuMka jIMdagImAM svargavAsa pAmavAthI vRddha vaDIlonI gerahAjarInuM duHkhada pariNAma huM turtaja joI zakyo chuM. AvA kaDavA anubhavathI huM temaja Itara varga bacI zake te mATe ApaNuM strIsamAjanuM sthAna-kartavyadharma-ane che zikSaNa praNAlinI kaMIka rUpa rekhA zedhavAne prayatna karatAM rA. suzIlanA hAthe lakhAela "sakhI" graMtha che mArA vicAre ane bhAvanAne cheka anukuLa je te bahAra pADavA ane amArA vAcakone bheTa ApI tene bahoLo phelAvo karavA A taka lIdhI che. | mArI aMtima bhAvanA eja che ke A graMtha thare ghare strI-samAjamAM vaMcAya ane strI jIvanamAM kaMIka sudhAraNA-ane samajadArI-javAbadAra sattAnuM baLa khIlavA pAme to mArA zramanI sArthakatA thayelI

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lekhIza ane mArAM saddagata mAtuzrI kasturabA temaja mahArAM benanA putra (bhANeja) bhAI bacunA smaraNanI bhAvanA saphaLa thayelI gaNIza. * chevaTe graMthanI yojanA tathA te mATe ghaTatI vyavasthA karavAmAM mhArA murabbI ane A mAsikanA taMtrI zeTha devacaMda dAmajI kuMDalAkare dareka anukuLatA karI ApIne temaNe mane upakAranA vadhu bejA nIce mukyA che, tenA mATe eka bALaka tarIke huM kyA ! zabda lakhI zakuM? gulAbaNada lallubhAI zAha. vyavasathApaka. lI.

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nimitta. hArAM eka dharmabhagini-bahena zrI caMdramaNa mAtra 25 varSanI vaya, anAyAse prApta thayelAM sarva | sAMsArika sukhono tyAga karI che eka mAsa upara svargavAsa pAmyAM tyAre mane lAgyuM ke paramAtmA nyAyI, dayALu ane kalyANakAra hoya ema have mArAthI paNa te nahIM svIkArI. zakAya. je paramAtmA tyAga-sevA ane sahRdayatAnI mUrti jevI eka ucharatI bahenane | kutuhaLanI khAta2 ke pitAnuM prabhupaNuM darzAvavAnI che | khAtara saMsAra mAMthI kheMcI le tene huM parama dayALu ke kRpALu kema, kahI zakuM? alabatta, zaktimAna kahI zaku. paraMtu zakti kaMI bhaktine AkarSI na zake. 5 che bahena no neha zuM te huM prathama jANa nahate. che A bahena zrI caMdramanA nirmaLa ane vizuddha sneha mane tenuM kaMIka bhAna karAvyuM hatuM. huM temane "raNavagaDAmAM visAme mADItArI jhuMpaDI !" jevA ja | bhAvathI nIhALato. temanA Akasmika avasAnathI huM bahu kheda pAme. AvAM eka nArIratnane harI javAmAM che ane nirdhana saMsArane adhika kaMgALa banAvavAmAM paramAtmAe potAnI zaktizAmATe khacI nAMkhI haze? evA vicAra AvatAM huM ghaDIbhara nAstika banya. 1. paNa e nAstikatA vadhuvAra na TakI. huM jema je ma ApaNA samAjanA vartamAna saMge ane | saMskArane vicAra karate gaye, tema tema mane khAtrI che

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thatI gaI ke je hene athavA zAtAone mATe nira tara sahana karavAnuM ja nirmAyeluM DAya, jemane paramA mAnI AvI suMdara rASTimAM paNa cheka paravaza ane pachAta paDayA rahevAnuM sarjAela hAya, ane jemane bahu bahu tA " nArI narkanuM dvAra" ke 'vi mayu' nA nakkI thaI gayelAM-vajAlepa samAM zAstravAyA uparAMta bhAgyeja khIjA udAra upadeo sAMbhaLavAne maLatAM DAya, temane svayaM prabhu paNa dIrghAyu tathA khIjI AMtar-saMpattie kema ApI zake ? A vicAra vakhata jatAM vadhAre spaSTa AkAra pAmatA gayA. prasaMga maLatA meM te vicAreA, A pustakamAM, sakhI sAthenA patravyavahAra rUpe lipibaddha karyo che. mane kAi kAi sthaLethI ema paNa kahevAmAM AvyuM che ke "strI-svA pInatAnI tamArI hImAyata jarA vadhAre paDtI che. " huM tenA uttara ApavA icchatA nathI. mAtra eTalu ja hIza ke mhArI asaMkhya vhenA ane mAtAonI zArIrika temaja naitika niLatAe ja mane A himAyata karavAne preryAM che. mArI draSTi AgaLa temanA saMkucita ane rUDhIbaddha jIvanA taryAM kare che. gAvI sthitimAM huM temane AtmakhaLa khIlavavAnIhimAyata sivAya khIjA patibhakti jevA pracalita ane svArthasUcaka sa MdezA mAkalI, kSaNika kIrti meLavavAnuM sAhasa kema karI zakuM ? suzIla.

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jananI janmabhUmizca svargAdapi garIyasi / jaMganA zabdakoSamAM mAtAnA nAma jevA khIje eke. madhura-mehaka ane AkarSaka zabda nathI. mAtAnA upakArAnuM varNana karavuM e upakAranIja laghutA batAvavA jevuM thatuM hAya ema lAge che. eTalA mATe e mAtAne uddezI bhaktipUrNa hRdaye mAnapUrvaka Aje mastiSka namAvavAmAMja saMteSa mAnI lauM chuM. gulAbacaMda

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*sakhI.ka AtmabhAna. (1) sakhI! mane kAMI upadeza ApavAnA adhikAra che ke nahIM te huM jANatI nathI. huM tamArA karatAM vayamAM mhoTI chuM. paraMtu vAvRddha hovAnA kAraNeja huM tamane kAMi upadeza na ApI zakuM. mhArA sakhAdhana uparathI ja tame joI zakyAM haze ke meM tamane "putrI" ke "kuLalakSmI"nA vizeSaNathI samAdhavAne badale 'sakhI' zabdathI ja saMbadhana karyuM che. Anu kAraNa phakata eTalu ja ke huM tamArA karatAM vayamAM mhATI chuM, tamArA karatAM vizeSa viduSI chuM, tamArA karatAM vizeSa anubhavI chu' evA khATA abhimAnathI A patrA lakhuM chu e khyAla tamArA magajamAMthI nIkaLI jAya. eka sakhI jevI rIte peAtAnI anya sakhIne peAtAnA mananI gUDha vAta, koI paNa prakAranA daMbha ke abhimAna vinAspaSTa rIte--svAbhAvikapaNe kahI saMbhaLAve che tevIja rIte huM paNa mArA aMtaranI keTalIka vAte tamArI pAse raju karI kRtArtha thavA mAguM chuM. tamArA hitanI ====

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khAtara nahi, tamArA sukhanI khAtara nahi paNa tamArA hitamAM mArUM hita, tamArA sukhamAM mArU sukha saMpUrNa paNe samAyeluM che evI draDha mAnyatA pUrvakaja A pravRtti zarU karU chuM. AzA rAkhuM chuM ke mArA A TukA prastAva, mArA vicArI samajavAmAM tamane kicit upayeAgI thaI paDaze. * mhenI, akhaLA jAtI kevI rIte sukhI ane ane prajAnA uddhAramAM kevI rIte sahAyaka thAya evA praznanA Aje yugA thayAM pUchAtA AvyA che ane tenA uttarAnA paNa kAMI TuTA nathI. chatAM, abaLAonI sthitimAM kAMi phera paDyo nathI e zu' Azcarya jevu nathI ? mane A khAmata upara saMpUrNa vicAra calAvavAnI taka maLI che ane chevaTe huM evA nirNaya upara AvI chuM ke jyAMsudhI strIe peAte potAnuM AtmasamAna na samaje, pAte peAtAne mATe unnatInA dhArI mArgo taiyAra na kare tyAMsudhI vhAranA sekaDA upAyA ane upacArAthI kalyANa thavAnu nathI. e peAte peAtAnI sthiti ane sayeAgA vicArI yathAzakti jJAna nIti ane dharmamAM AgaLa vadhavAnA prayatna karavA joie. strIoe peAte peAtAnu mahatva kharAara samajI te pramANe vana calAvavuM joie. je prANI pAte pAtAnI jAtane madada karI zakatuM nathI, je prANI pAte peAtAnA sAmarthyamAM vizvAsa dharAvI

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zakatu nathI tene khuda paramAtmA paNu sahAya karI zakatA nathI. tenI prArthanAo ane kAkaludIonu talamAtra paNa mahatva aMkAtu nathI. purUSaSa ke svanA devatAo AvI ApaNaeN kalyANu karI jAya evI AzA rAkhavI nakAmI che. ApaNAmAM jo ApaNApaNuM na heAya teA khIjuM kAI ApaNe mATe zu karI zakavAnuM hatuM ? tame pelI eka TAzIvALI vArtA te sAMbhaLIja haze. ema kahevAya che ke eka DeAzI AMkheDa AMdhaLI--daridra ane ghaNI kaMgAla hatI. parantu teNIe ekaja vAkayamAM paramAtmA pAsethI evuM varadAna laI, lIdhu ke tenI saghaLI AvazyakatAe, AzAo ane manArathA ekaja mAgaNImAM purAM thaI gayAM hatAM. teNe kahyuM hatuM ke " prabhu ? jo tame mArA upara kharekhara ja prasanna thayA hA te mArA mAtra ekaja manAtha saphaLa karA. A manAratha te khIjo kAMija nahIM, paNa huM mArA dIkarAnA dIkarAnI vahune sAnAnI gALImAM ratna jaDita valeNAvatI sAta mALanI havelImAM chAza karatI joI zatru, evA prasaMga upasthita karI Ape! " vRddha DA zImAe kevI cAlAkIthI ekaja vAkayamAM saMtAnasukha, samRddhi, putravadhu ane dirghAyu Addhi mAgI lIdhAM tenA vicAra karatAM ApaNune ghaNIvAra ajAyabI lAge che. hu paNa eja DeAzImAnI mAphaka srIonI unnati ane sudhAraNA mATe mAtra ekaja vAkaya dvArA paramAtmAne

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evI prArthanA karuM chuM ke "prabhu! amane bIju I kAMIja nathI joItuM, ame amAruM AtmabaLa Atma chegairava, AtmasaMmAna ane kartavya samajI zakIe ane te prApta karI zakIe, evI taka Apa." ekaja auSadhI jema aneka regene haNe che, tevI ja rIte je ApaNI A prArthanA saphaLa thAya te mane khAtrI che che ke ApaNuM abaLAjAtImAM dAkhala thayelAM seMkaDo Adhi-vyAdhi ane upAdhio teja kSaNe dUra thayA vinA rahe nahIM. paraMtu huM uparaja kahI cukI chuM ke para mAtmA pote ApaNuM prArthanAo sAMbhaLI ApaNane uMce laI jAya ema mAnavuM e kAyaratAja che. bhaga vAnane ApaNI zI paDI hoya? bhagavAna paNa sAdhanA, tapasyA ane bhaktithIja prasanna thAya che. ApaNe bhagavAnanuM purUM svarUpa paNa nathI jANatAM te pachI tenI bhakti ane upAsanA dvArA ApaNe ISTasiddhi meLavIja kema zakIe! ApaNe pote ApaNA Ache tmAnI sAdhanA ane upAsanA karavI joIe. zAstramAM kahyuM che ke "nAyAsmA vahana :" arthA t nirbaLa mANase pitAnA AtmAne pAmI zakatA nathI. jyAM sudhI manuSya pote potAnA AtmAnA sAmarthyane na samaje, manuSya pote ja AtmA upara zraddhA rAkhate na thAya, tyAM sudhI bahAranI anaMta sAnukULatA e paNa tene sukha ApavAne badale ulaTI duHkhadAyaka

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ja thaI paDe che. purANamAM eka evI kathA che ke eka che mahAna kApInI jhuMpaDI pAse eka uMdaraDI rahetI hatI. # A uMdaraDI upara aSIrAja keTalAMka kAraNone lIdhe ! ghaNu prasanna thayA ane kahyuM ke "tuM mAga te huM AvuM!" , | uMdaraDIe bahu bahu vicAra karI, chevaTe evI mAgaNI | karI ke "je Apa mArA upara prasanna thayA che te - mane uMdaraDInA svarUpamAMthI ugArI laI bIlADIne tuM deha Ape, jethI huM bIlADIonA nityanA julamamAMthI sadAne mATe mukata rahI AnaMda ane svAtaMtryamAM dIvase gujArI zakuM." RSirAje kahyuM-"tathAstu !" uMdaraDI hatI te bIlADI banI gaI. thoDA divaso vyatIta thayA eTale pAchI te bIlADI RSi pAse AvI kahevA lAgI ke -" Ape mane bIlADI te banAvI, paNa kutarAo mane sukhe jaMpavA detA nathI. mATe je jarA kRpA karIne mane kutarAne deha Apo te pachI pharIthI tamArI pAse AvI tamane nakAmI tasdI na ApuM. game tema karIne mArI A prArthanA maMjura kare." RSie kahyuM--"jA, tathAstu!" bIlADI hatI te mahAtmAnI kRpAthI kutarI banI gaI. paraMtu kutarAo upara manuSya ke trAsa vartAve che tene kaDave anubhava thatAM, thoDA divasa che pachI puna: te mahAtmA pAse AvI ane kahevA lAgI che ke mane mANaso bahu herAna kare che, lAkaDInA pra- che.

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' hAra sivAya, me' je ucca sukhanI AzA rAkhI hatI temAMnA tA aMza sarakhA paNu maLI zakatA nathI. mATe mane jo ekavAra vizeSa kRpA karI mAsa anAvA te pachI huM kAi vAra ApanI pAse AvI Apane vidmabhUta na thauM. " vArtA jarA lAMbI che. RSirAje peAtAnA sAmarthyathI krame krame uMdaraDIne eka devatAnI padavIe caDAvI. chatAM temAM paNa tene sukha-zAMti na maLI te aMta sudhI na ja maLI. Akhare uMdaraDInI uparAuparI mAgaNIothI kaMTALI jha Sie kahyuM ke--'"punarmuSio mava !" arthAt "jA, pAchI, hatI tevI ne tevI ja uMdaraDI banI jA !" A vAta uparathI samajavAnuM e che ke mIjAnI kRpAthI eka prANI game teTalI uMcI sthitie caDe, paNa jyAM sudhI tene peAtAnA AtmabaLa ane sAmarthyanA sapUjuM vizvAsa na Ave tyAM sudhI te du:khI ne du:khI ja rahevAnu ! devatAnI sthitie caDavA chatAM je peAtAnA AtmAne uMdaraDI jevA ja mAne tenA nasImamAM sukha-zAMtI keAi kALe hAI zake kharI ? evI ja rIte jyAM sudhI ApaNe ApaNI jAtane cheka ni La-parAdhIna ane AzIALI mAnI laIe, ApaNe paNa A sasAramAM janma dharI gRharAjya calAvavAnuM che, ApaNe zIre sakhaLa prajAnA vArasA mukI javAnI javAbadArI che, kIrtinI suvAsa phelAvavAnA

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jansahakka che, ema aMta:karaNapUrvaka mAnatA na thaIe tyAM sudhI purUSenA TharAva, pArlAmeMTanA kAyadAo ke dharmopadezakonA hajAre upadeze zuM karI zakavAnA hatA ? mAre pharI pharIthI tArA dila upara je eka vAta ThasAvavAnI che te mAtra eTalI ja che ke sakhI! ApaNe pote ApaNuM kartavyanI sImA nakkI karavI joIe, ApaNe pote ApaNI sukha ane unnatinI [ pAkI saDaka taiyAra karavI joIe. bIjA upara AdhAra rAkhI besavuM e nakAmuM che. kharUM pUche to bIjae ApaNuM kalyANa karavA 5 jatAM ulaTuM akalyANa ja kare che ema kahuM te akadaLAI jaIza nahIM. huM tArI pAse mArA hRdayanI gUDha vAte ja khullI karuM chuM. mane A dIrghajIvanamAM vAM| cana-manana ane anubhavathI je kAMI prApta thayuM che ! tene saheja bhAga tArI pAse nI:saMkecapaNe raju karavA mAguM chuM. huM kadAca bhUlatI paNa haIza paraMtu | prathamathI ja ema mAnI laI mane anyAya na ApIza. mArA patro upara saMpUrNa vicAra calAvaje ane pachI che temAMnI je koI vAta tane vAjabI lAge tene ama lamAM mukI ujajavaLa draSTAMta purUM pADaje. jIvananI - sArthakatA ane saphaLatA paNa eja che. hA, paNa huM te zuM kahetI hatI ? huM ema kahevA mAguM chuM ke svAlaMbana sivAya bIjuM badhuM nakAmuM che. bIjA A che * - -- - -ke

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che paNa hitaiSIo ApaNane svataMtra ane suzIkSita ! [ banAvavA jatAM ulaTA keTalIkavAra vizeSa 5 rAdhIna ane alpajJa banAvI de che. huM eka draSTAMta dvArA A vAta siddha karIza. strIkeLavaNInI jyAre jyAre vAte ane carcAo thAya che tyAre tyAre kahevAmAM Ave che ke strIone uMcI keLavaNI ApavAnI jarUra nathI. temane te mAtra gRhakArya ane che saMtAnapAlana AdinuM zikSaNa maLe eTaluM ja basa che. temane kayAM nekarI karavA javuM che? A matathI huM tadma virUddha nathI. graha eja krIonuM mahAna rAjya che, ema huM poteja AgaLa jatAM puravAra karavAnI chuM; A ApaNane nekarIe javAnI kenAcanA meLAvaDAomAM javAnI kazI AvazyakatA nathI e te huM paNa mAnuM ! chuM; paraMtu ApaNe keLavaNInI jeo ATalI TUMkI hada AMke che teo ApaNane kevI sthitimAM rAkhavA mAge che tenI kalpanA karavAne paNa zuM ApaNane adhikAra na hoI zake? ApaNe rasoInuM, sIvaNanuM ane chokarAo ucheravAnuM kAma karI zakIe emAMja ApaNA jJAna-kartavya ane dharmanuM sarvasva zuM samAI javuM joIe? ane ApaNane rAMdhaNakaLA sIvaNakaLA Adi viSayamAM pravINa banAvavAne je te 3 prayatna thAya che te zuM kevaLa paropakAra draSTie ja? emAM purUSajAtIne kAMIja svArtha nathI? vastuta: A che

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paNane keLavI purUSo ApaNI pAsethI vadhAre sArA kAryanI AzA rAkhe che ema kema na kahI zakAya ? joke badhAja purUSA svAthI ane matalakhI hoya che ema huM kahetI nathI. mArI kahevAnI matalama te eTalIja che ke ApaNe pote ApaNuM hita vicArI nakkI karavu' joie. nahIM teA atyAre aMgreja amaladArA jema kahe che ke-" tamAre hindIone ucca keLavaNI laI zuM karavuM che? tamAre rAjanItinI carcA karavAnI ke astra-zastra Adinu zikSaNa levAnI jarUraja zuM che? ame beThA chIe ke nahIM ? tame te vAMcatAM-lakhatAM ane nAmuM rAkhatAM zIkhA eTale khasa che ! " tevIja rIte purUSA paNa ApaNane kahevAnA ke--" tamAre sAhityanA kaThina viSaye samajavAnI zuM jarUra che ? tamane dharma-ItihAsa ane arthazAstramAM nakAmuM mAthuM mAravAnI AvazyakatA ja zu che ? tame te sArI rIte rAMdhatA, bharata-zivajI karatAM ane bahu mahu tA gharanA rAjanA kharce meLa rAkhatAM zIkhA te paNu ghaNu' che. ame beThA chIe ne? tamAre kayAM neAkarI karavA javu che ? " eka kheDutanA chekarAne keI kahe ke " tane vAMcatAM lakhatAM zikhavAnI jarUraja zu che ? tuM tAre tArI khetIvADImAM saMpUrNa lakSa ApI upajamAM vadhArA karatAM zIkha eTaluja khasa che.." enA artha mAtra eTaleAja ke *

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eka kheDUtane sAre kheDuta banAva, eka majurane sAre majura banAvavo, eka mecIne sAro mecI banAvavo e sivAya keLavaNIne bIje kAMI ucca hetu have saMbhava nathI. paraMtu ema kahevuM te gera vyAjabI che. keLavaNIthI je strIo svachaMdI thaI jatI hoya, keLavaNIthI ja je strIo durAcArI banI jatI hoya te huM kahuM chuM ke te keLavaNuM ja nathI. je dIpaka prakAza na phelAvatAM ulaTe aMdhakAra phelAve tene kaye buddhimAna dIpaka kahI zake? je dIpaka mAtra purU-che nA amuka bhAgane ja prakAza ApI zake te vastutaH prakAzaja nathI. keLavaNIthI strIonuM cAritrya bagaDI jAya che, ema kahevuM te ghera mithyA apavAda che. je satya amuka sImAnI aMdaraja "satya" rUpe rahI zake te kharuM jotAM satya ja nathI. strIone ucca keLavaNInI zuM jarUra che tene eka ja javAba che, ane te eja che ke nadIo ane naherethI AsapAsanA kSetrane phaLadrupa banAvI zakAya, paraMtu samagra pRthvIne phaLadrupa banAvavI hoya te nadIo-naherethI na cAlI zake. tene mATe te mUzaLadhAra vRSTi ja paDavI joIe. A vRSTimAM paNa nadI-naheranuM to jIvana samAyeluM ja che e bhUlavAnuM nathI. strIonI sarvAgIna keLavaNImAM paNa gRha-saMsAra ane saMtAnapAlananI keLavaNI rahelI ja che ema kahevAnI jarUra nathI. Ge

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I sakhI! eka AkhI jAtine parAdhIna ane parAvailaMbI rAkhavAthI aMte keTalo pazcAttApa kara paDe che, te ApaNe yuropanA mahAyuddhanA prasaMge jaI zakayA [chIe. jeo hiMdIone ema kahetA hatA ke-"tamane sainika vidyAnI tAlIma levAnI AvazyakatA ja zuM che? tamane zarIrabaLa keLavavAnI mAthAkuTamAM u. taravuM ja zAmATe joIe?" teo pote ja aNInA prasaMge kahevA lAgyA ke-"taiyAra thAo ! hiMdIo! lazkara ubhAM karo! sainika vidyAnI tAlIma lyo ! tamArA dezanuM rakSaNa kare!" Aga lAge tyAre kUvA ! davA nIkaLavuM te AnuM nAma! jeo yuddha pahelAM yuropIyana strIonI avagaNanA karatA hatA, ane jeo strInI svAbhAvika gyatA mATe upahAsya kakaratA hatA, teo laDAI vakhate strIoe bajAvelAM kartavye joi zaramAI gayA che, have teo strIonI upayogitA ane zaktinI pIchAna karavA lAgyA che. huM ekavAra kahI cUkI chuM ke atyAre to ApaNe mAtra 1 grahakArya ja saMbhALavAnuM che, paraMtu bIjAo AvIne ApaNane ema kahe ke-"basa, tamAre mATe eTaluM ja basa che-ghaNuM che. te te asahyA che. ApaNuM keTalIka bahenane kamanasIbe nirAdhAra avasthAmAM pUratI keLavaNInA abhAve keTalI muzkelIo veThavI paDe che te ! je temanA svargastha patio ane pitAo juve te 11

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temane paNa emaja lAge ke strIkeLavaNIne saMkucita banAvI devAmAM ApaNe pote ja ApaNuM ahita karyuM che. eka nirAdhAra banelI bahena bharata-guMthaNa ane evI bIjI kaLAonA pratApe kadAca potAnA pari. vAranuM sArI rIte bharaNa-poSaNa karI zake. paraMtu che saMtAnamAM ucca saMskAra pavAnuM, prasaMga paDaye che vyAvahArika muzkelIomAMthI mArga karavAnuM kevI rIte samajI zake? A viSaya mAtra yuktio ane dalIlene ja nathI. vyavahAramAM-saMsAranA vikaTa vyavahAramAM kSaNe kSaNe AvI paDatI aNadhArI muzkelIenI sAme zI rIte thavuM paDe che, tene khyAla anuvIo sivAya anyane naja AvI zake. mahAyuddhane prasaMge upasthita thayA pahelAM jevI rIte aMgreja amaladAre hiMdIe sarvAgIna keLavaNanI vAtane huM mitahAsya pUrvaka uDAvI detA hatA tevI ja rIte prasaMga paDayA vinA AvI strIkeLavaNunI ane nArImaryAdAnI vAtane uDAvI devAmAM Ave e tadana banavAjoga che. paraMtu eTalAthI nirAza thaI besI rahevAnuM nathI. pUrvakALanI ApaNuM ja bahene jJAnakarma-dharma-satI-zUrava ane AtmabheganAM je ujavaLa dekhAte sAhitya ane ItihAsamAM muktI gaI che, tenA prakAzathI ApaNe paNa ApaNA jIvanane mArga prakAzita banAvavuM joIe. ApaNane yurepanA 12

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uchInA prakAzanI jarUra nathI. gAgI -maitreyI ane rAjapUta vIrAMganAonA cAritryabaLanA prakAza jhIlI zakIe tA paNa khasa che. gRharAjya. (2) sakhI ! meM A patramAM gRharAjya viSe AlavAnuM gayA patramAM vacana Apyu hatu. te vakhate me je kAMi kahevAnA vicAra karI rAkhyA hatA te huM huMve kharAkhara rIte kahI zakIza ke nahIM tenI zakA che; kAraNa ke ApaNI zakti ane sattA saMbadhI vicAre te vakhate mArI draSTi AgaLa sInemeTAgrAphanI DrIma mAka evA tA uparAuparI pasAra thai rahyA hatA ke A badhA vicArA huM mArI sakhIne kevI rIte samajAvI zakIza tenIja bhAMjagaDa karyo ' karatI hatI. eTalAmAM sakhI saraLAnI eka javALAe akasmAta mArUM dhyAna kheMcyuM ane mane lAgyuM ke huM mArA je vicArI eka AkhA graMthamAM na batAvI zakata te A mAtra dasa-panara lIMTInI aMdara kevA suMdara bhAvathI rajI thai zakayA che! tane te vicAre jANavAnI svAbhAvika rIteja utkaMThA thai haze, vadhAre vilaMba nahIM karatAM teja rahasyamaya paMktio huM tArI pAse raju karIza. prasiddha viduSI sakhI saraLA 13

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eka sthaLe kahe che ke--" gRha, samAja, jAti ane samagra mAnavasamAjamAM nArInA adhikAra eka sarakhI rIte vyApta thai rahyA che. nArIja gRhane svarga athavA navuM rUpa ApI zake che. strIoja vastuta: lakSmIsvarUpa che, strIoja gRhanI adhiSThAtrI devIe che. lakSmInA be svarUpa kalpavAmAM AvyAM che. (1) zrI ane (2) kalyANu. temAM eka suMdara ane khIjuM" sat-arthAt daihika ane naitika unnati. gRhane suMdara, svaccha ane vyavasthita manAvavAnuM kAma nArIjAtinu ja che. samAjamAM nArInA adhikAra sa zaktimAna rUpe sarvatra phelAyele joi zakIe chIe. gRha ane samAjamAM eka strI jeTaluM ane jevuM kArya karI zake, tevuM ane teTalu purUSothI kadApi naja thaI zake. kahevuM paDaze ke nArInA kartavyanuM mApa kahADavuM azakaya che. manuSyeAnA samuhathI eka jAti taiyAra thAya che, ane manuSyeAnI mAtA paNa nArIja che ema kahevAmAM harakata nathI. mAtAnA zikSaNanI chApaja samaSTinA aMtaramAM sadAne mATe jaLavAi rahe che. TukAmAM, samAjane utpanna karanAra ane pASaNa ApanAra jo kAi hAya tA te strIeja che, purUSA nahIM. samagra mAnavasamAjamAM strIe sneha, dayA, Atithya ane paropakAranA amRta pravAha vahevaDAvI zake che. manuSyeAnI kAmaLa vRttio upara temanAja 14

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eka mAtra saMpUrNa adhikAra che. nArIjAtinI zaktinuM ATalu' sakSipta vivaraNa saphAInI khAtarI karAvI Apaze ke strIonu kanyakSetra ane temanI javAbadArI kAMi jevAM tevAM nathI. "" tame ane huM gRharAjyanI rAjarANI chIe. jo ke A vAta mIjI kAI paradezI khAI sAMbhaLe ane e kathanane ApaNA nityanA jIvananI sAthe sarakhAve te ApaNI mazkarI ja kare. parantu A patrAvalImAM e vAta lakhavAmAM kAMI harakata nathI. A rAja-rANIenI-gRhanI adhiSThAtrI devIenI-jagatmAtAonI Aje zI sthiti che, tenI tulanA karavAnI ApaNI keTalI snAne icchA sarakhI paNa thatI haze ? gRhanI rAjarANIe Aje dAsIe jevI ja zuM nathI manI gaI ? samAjanI adhiSThAtrI devIe Aje zuM samAjanA ja kurIvAjo ane kurItinA julama nIce nathI cagadAI gaI ? ATaluM chatAM ApaNane ApaNI atyAranI sthiti leza paNu kaMTALAbharI lAgatI nathI. kAraNake ApaNe emaja mAnI beThA chIe ke ApaNune je rAjarANI ke adhiSThAtrInI padavIe ApavAmAM AvI che te mAtra vANI dvArA ApaNuM mana rajana karavA mATe ja che. Ama manAya e AtmavismRtinu eka anivAryuM pariNAma che. kharUM pUche teA strIonI sattA gRhurAjyamAM akhAdhita-aparimita che, pachI 15

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( tene sadupayoga karatAM na AvaDe che te jUdI vAta che che, paraMtu strIone kudaratI rIte ja e sattA prApta che enI te nA nahIM ja kahI zakAya. nhAnA nhAnAM gRhe maLIne samAja racAya che. je gRhiNI mAtra grahane sudhAravAnuM-samunnata banAvavAnuM manamAM le te samAjanA kurIvAje ghaDInA chaThThA bhAgamAM adazya thaI jAya ane samAjanAM strI-purUSa pratyakSa svarga jeTaluM sukha bhegavavA bhAgyazALI thaI zake. purUSe kiMvA samAjasudhArake ghaNIvAra kahe che ke samAjanA ghaNA anartho ane anAcAranuM mULa strIonI ajJAnatA ane heme ja hoya che. temane A AkSepa tadana aIrahita nathI. kadAca peTe hoya te paNa e AkSepa grahanI rANIone zire keTalI javAbadArIo rahelI che tenuM bahu phuTa rIte sUcana te kare che ja. rAjya calAvavAM e kAMI sahelAM nathI. temAM paNa gRharAjya calAvavAM e te ethIe durlabha che, e te bhukatabhegIe ja samajI zake ema che. rAjAne jevI rIte ? duSTanuM damana, zITenuM sanmAna, zAMtinuM saMrakSaNa tathA Avaka-kharcanI dekharekha rAkhavAnI hoya che tevI ja rIte strIone paNa gRhamAM durAcAranuM damana, sadAcAranuM saMmAna, zAMtinuM saMrakSaNa tathA kharcanI vyavasthA rAkhavAnI hoya che. ApaNuM rAjya snehanuM rAjya che, prItinuM

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che. rAjya che, sevAnuM rAjya che, sattAnuM ke AjJA calA- - vavAnuM nathI. sattAnA ane AjJAnA seMkaDo mahA| rAjya Aje evAM te jamInadosta thaI gayAM che ke || bIcArA zodhakane te sattAdhArIo ane AjJAkArIonAM purAM nAma-nizAna paNa Aje maLI zakatAM nathI. sneha ane prItinAM rAjyamAM kedanI dakhalagIrI cAlI zakatI nathI. sevA-bhakita ane ha- A dayanI vizuddhi khuda paramAtmAne paNa vazIbhUta karI che de che, ajJAna ane krUra pazuone paNa potAnA kuTuMba bIo jevA banAvI de che, te pachI manuSyane mATe te kahevuM ja zuM? tuM have samajI zakI haze ke huM je Atmagaurava-AtmasaMmAnanI vAta karatI hatI te che eka sajIsTa tarIke nahIM paraMtu eka yathArtha -zuddha A nArI tarIke ja karatI hatI. keTalAka strI-svAdhInatAnA himAyatI strIomAM paNa purUSatva khIlavavAnA tanatoDa prayatna karI rahyA che e vAta meM che pazcimanA sAhityamAM vAMcI che. paNa mane temAM zraddhA che nathI. strI game tema tepaNu purUSa te na ja banI zake. temAM paNa Arya strIo ke je sneha, prIti, dayA, sevAsuzruSA ane sahanazIlatAnA daivI vAtAvaraNamAM - charelI che, jenI nase-nase AtmatyAga ane audArya ne raktapravAha vahI rahyo che, jeo vilAsa-vaibhavamAM na seMkaDo varSa paryata sukhathI vasavAne badale sevA-bhakita !

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karatAM eka nhAnI sarakhI jhuMpaDImAM maravAnuM vadhAre te pasaMda kare che, teo purUSa banavAne svapnamAM e khyAla sarakho kevI rIte karI zake? strIonA svAbhAvika che guNene jyAM anAdara thAya che, jyAM strIo pite pitAnI svAbhAvika mahattA samajatI nathI tyAM ja che. AvA athaDAmaNanA prasaMge ubhA thAya che. yuropa Aje e athaDAmaNanuM mukhya nAhyAlaya banI gayuM che. sabhAge ApaNane vArasAmAM maLelA saddaguNe [ ApaNe, ATalA yugAMtaranI madhyamAM thaIne pasAra thavA chatAM bhUlI gayAM nathI. je ApaNe kemaLa vRttiene cheka gumAvI beThAM hota te Aje ApaNane paNa sattA ane sukhanI khAtara purUSa pAse hAtha lAMbo karI bhIkSA yAcavAnI pharaja paData. gRharAjyanI lagAma hAthamAM levA chatAM ApaNI keTalI bahene graharAjyanI javAbadArIo barAbara samajI zakatI haze? rAjA jyAre vyasanI ane mUrkha je heAya che tyAre rAjayamAM sarvatra aMdhAdhuMdhI cA| lavA lAge che. pradhAna temaja bIjA nekare svacchedI banI, aMte potAnI tathA rAjyanI pAyamAlIne mArga taiyAra kare che. ApaNAM gRharAjyamAM paNa prAya: tevuM e ja banyuM che ane bane che. ghaNI strIone, bahena! meM che pitAnA patinA vartana viSe pharIyAde karatI sAMbhaLI che, anekAneka bahenane vazIkaraNone maMtra japatI 18

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che meM joI che, saMkhyAbaMdha strIone sAsu-sasarA ja tathA pati saMbaMdhI kaDavI pharIyAde karatI meM anu bhavI che. kharUM pUche te A badhuM pariNAma kevaLa Ache paNa pitAnI ja ajJAnatA-alpajJatA ane durbaLa tAnuM ja che. eka rAjA jyAre evI pharyAda kare ke che prajAjane mhArI AjJA mAnatA nathI, pradhAna pote ja | mane dAda ApatuM nathI tyAre tene artha mAtra eTale che ja ke te pote ja asamartha ane nAlAyaka banI ga celo have joIe. huM upara ja kahI cukI chuM ke | ApaNuM rAjya premanuM-snehanuM-bhaktinuM-ane sevA || - suzruSAnuM che. ApaNe je ApaNA strIcita sa- che guNathI ApaNI AsapAsanA kuTuMbIone vazIbhUta che dha na karI zakIe ane tene deSa bIjA upara mukIe te ( te ApaNI nirbaLatAne spaSTa purAve che. guNane bIje artha saMskRta sAhityamAM "raju" athavA derI e karavAmAM Avyo che. sthala rajajuo karatAM sUkSma rajajuomAM anaMtagaNuM adhika sAmarthya hoya che, te tuM kadAca nahIM jANatI hoya. mane te | sUma baLomAM eTalI badhI zraddhA che ke huM game te sthaLe, game tevA saMgemAM e baLane ja AdhAra le- 1 A vAnuM ucita mAnuM chuM. mArI kahevAnI matalaba eja [ che ke ApaNe saddaguNanA baLathI saMsArane jItI le | huM joIe. ApaNuM cAritrya baLathIja ApaNu pati 19

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ane sAsu-sasarA rUpI pUjya deva-devIone vazIbhUta karI levA joIe. bhakti ane sevAthI svayaM bhagavAna paNa je AjJA uThAvavA taiyAra thaI jAya, te pachI manuSya upara tenI keTalI asara thAya te saheje samajI zakAya ema che. "nArI ja grahane narka athavA svarganuM rUpa ApI zake che." e kathana che bevakuphane bakavAda mAtraja nathI. nArIne ucita evA sadaguNe je grahamAM jhaLahaLI rahe che, tyAM svarganA jevoja apUrva ane devI prakAza vistarI rahe che. grahadevIo ja nibaLa banelA purUmAM vIratvane agni pradipta karI zake che, grahadevIo ja durAcArI ane vipathagAmI sUtradhArene sadAcArI banAvI yathArtha mArga batAvI zake che, grahadevIo ja neha-mamatAne amRta pravAha vahevaDAvI saMsAramAM svarga racI zake che. ethI ulaTuM paNa strIothI ja thaI zake che. eka sthULa draSTAMta ApIza te A vAta vizeSa spaSTa thaI zakaze. vAta che. jo ke kAlpanika che te paNa strInA adhikAra ane kartava nuM bahu sArI rIte sUcana kare che, eTaluM huM prAraMbha mAM ja kahI dauM chuM. che. eka prasaMge eka kuTuMbamAM pati-patnI vacce takarAra ubhI thaI. purUSa kahe ke "A gharamAM huM ja hoTe, hArAthI ja gharanI badhI zebhA ane mahattA sacavAI rahI che, mhArI kIrti ane melAthI ja A 20

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S ' - ghara ujaLu che." strI kahe ke " e vAta amuka aMze alakhatta satya che; paraMtu gharanI lAja-kIrti ane mAlAnA gadheA AdhAra kevaLa tamArA upara che ema na kahI zakAya. strIonA paNa temAM cAkkasa bhAga tA hoya cheja. gRhane zaiAbhA--sauMdarya vALu anAvavu ke kutsita banAvavuM enA keTaleAka AdhAra strIonI upara paNa hAya che." purUSe peAtAnI patnInI A dalIle tiraskArI kahADI ane jaNAvyu ke " jyAMsudhI e khAkhata kharAkhara puravAra na thAya tyAMsudhI huM te nahIM mAnu..." strIe javAba ApyA. bhale, Apa gusse na thAo tA kAI vakhate tAvI ApIza. " eka divase patideva peAtAnA snehIo ane mitrAnI sAthe AnaMda-vinAda karatA peAtAnA dIvAnakhAnAmAM eThA hatA. gRhane ceAgya rIte evuM zRMgAravAmAM Avyu hatu ke mahArathI AvelA leAkeAne gRha svAmInA vaibhavanuM sheje jJAna thai zake. patnIe vicAryuM ke patinA garva utAravAnA A samaya bahuja ucita che, ema dhArI teNe peAtAnA eka sAta-ATha varSa nA bALakane pAtAnI pAse AlAnce. bALakanA zarIra upara je su Mdara vastrAlaMkArA hatAM te saghaLAM utArI lai tene badale melAM-kATalAM--tUTalAM kapaDAM paherAvI-- cIMthare hAla jevA banAvI, hAthamAM eka sUkA rATalAnA TukaDA ApI kahyuM ke-" jA, tArA bApane kahe PARLAME 21

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ke bhaDakuM taiyAra thaI gayuM che, Aja to zAka paNa nathI, khAvA kayAre Avaze?" kare te potAnI mAtAnI AjJAne mAna ApI, jyAM potAnA pitAnA mitro-sanehIo ane dosto beThA hatA tyAM doDI gaye. bALakane jotAMnI sAthe ja ane tenA uddagAre sAMbhaLatAnI sAthe ja sarve mahemAnonI khAtarI thaI gaI ke A gRhasvAmIne bahArathI dekhAte vaibhava e kevaLa kheTa ADaMbaraja che! chekare paNa ke vAgharI jevo che. tene purAM kapaDAM paNa paheravAne kyAM maLe che! vaLI, bicAre bhaDakuM khAIne jIvate hoya ema meM jaNAya che! je ema na hoya to A chokarA pAMca mANasAnI vacce bedhaDakapaNe evI vArtA belIja kema zake?" Avela mahemAna-parANAnA mukha uparane bhAva jevAthI pele zeTha paNa temanA mananA vicAre kaLI gaye. te potAnI strInA AvA vartana mATe manamAM ghaNe zaramAya, paNa zuM kare? pite gusse na thavAnuM potAnI strIne prathamathI ja teNe vacana ApI dIdhuM hatuM eTale lAcAra! yogya samaye mahemAne rajA laI pota potAnAM gRhe gayA, eTale gRhasvAmIe pitAnI patnI pAse AvI, jANe pitAne vAMka kabula karato hoya tema jaNAvyuM ke strIeja grahane narka banAvI zake che, e huM mArA kaDavA anubhava uparathI temaja hArI apa

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kIrti uparathI joi zakayA chuM. huM mhArA garvane mATe aMtaHkaraNathI dIlagIra chuM; parantu hajI tAre eka kAma karavAnuM che. gRhane jema te atyAre narka jevuM citarI atAvyuM ane leAkeAnA mana upara ThaMsAvI dIdhuM tema have ApaNA gRhane svarga jevuM batAvI zake tA mArA manane sateSa thAya. " strIe kahyuM. e paNa amAre mana tA eka ramata vAta che-amArA ja hAthanA khela mAtra che." thADA divaseA pasAra thayA. punaH keTalAka mahemAnA ane dAstAne Ama travAmAM AvyA. - A vakhate gRhadevIe evI kuzaLatAthI sarva sAmagrI taiyAra karI, evI khukhIthI chekarAone zaNagAryA, evA snehathI cheAkarAone viveka-vinaya AdimAM nipUrNa banAvI dIdhAM ke jyAre mahemAnAe e mALakAnA paheraveza-temanI mAlIcAlI ane temanA vinaya-viveka joyA, tyAre temane manamAM emaja thai AvyuM ke saMsAramAM jo kharUM svarga kAMi hAya tA te ahIMAja che ! dhanya che A zeThane ! jemane AvI sughaDa ane suzIkSita sannArI pUrvanA puNya prabhAve maLI hoya temane kharekhara dhanya che ! saiA mitrA zeTha zeThANInI prazaMsA karatA yathA samaye vidAya thayA. sakhI! kahevAnuM tAtparya eTaluja che ke gRhanI racanAnA-zRMkhalAnA-vyavasthAnA sarva AdhAra ApaNI upara ja rahelA che. A te eka sthaLa draSTAMta 23

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mAtra che. paNa te uparathI eTaluM samajI zakAze ke jo gRhadevI pAteja AreAgya-svaccha ane kUzaLa hoya te tenI AsapAsa ArAgyatA-svacchatA ane kUzaLa tAnuM vAtAvaraNa jAmyA vinA rahe nahIM. jo gRhadevI peAteja suzIkSita, snehALa ane vivekI hAya tA tenA samAgamamAM AvanArAM srI-purUSa ane bALaka upara paNa jJAna-sneha ane vivekanI chApa paDayA vinA rahe nahIM. jo gRhadevI pAteja saccaritra-sahRdaya ane sevApriya hAya tA tenA sparzI mAtrathI lADhuM paNa suvarNa anyA vinA rahe nahIM. eka mAtA so zikSaka karatAM paNa prabhAvamAM vadhe che ema je kahevAyu che tenA paNa eja hetu che. sakhI saralA paNu eTalA ja mATe kahe che ke samAjamAM nArInA adhikAra sarvazaktimAna rUpe sarvatra phelAyelA che. samagra mAnavasamAjamAM zrI sneha, dayA, Atithya ane pApakAranA amRtapravAha vahevaDAvI zake che. manuSyAnI kAmaLa vRttio upara strIonA ja ekamAtra saMpUrNa adhikAra che. " ApaNAM gRharAjgyAnI sImA ane sattAnuM spaSTIkaraNa karavAne have AthI adhikavistAra ke vivecananI jarUra hoya ema mane lAgatu nathI. 24

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cAritra ane saidarya. bahenI ! paheluM sukha te jAte naryA, rAmA ravahu dharmasAdhana-zarIra sAruM hoya te ja dharma-karma vigere ThIka ThIka thaI zake. evAM aneka sUtre te a- che che tyAre Agamaca sAMbhaLyA haze. vastutaH Arogya bahu che che upayogI che ane tene sarva sukhamAM agrasthAna A 5vAmAM kAMI atizayokti nathI. tathApi Aje lAMbe che | vakhate huM e viSaya hArI sanmukha raju karuM . A che tenuM eka khAsa kAraNa che. huM Arogya karatAM paNa A | mana ane AtmAnI vizuddhi upara uMDI zraddhA dharAvuM che huM chuM. ema mAnuM chuM ke je ApaNuM mane baLa barA bara khIlavA pAme, ApaNuM cAritrya madhyAhnakALanA chesUrya jevuM prakAzamAna ane te tenI aMdara nhAnAM heTAM aneka dharmo-kartavya ane vidhAnane svayaM samAveza thaI jAya. eTalA mATe ja meM atyAra sudhI AtmabhAna ane gauravane viSaya tArI pAse raju karI tAre amUlya samaya lIdho che. AtmAnA baLa pAse Arogyane huM eka anucaranI ja upamA ApuM chuM. sabaLa mana ane vizuddha AtmA dehanA baLa ane sAMdaryane brahmAMDanA khuNAmAMthI ghasaDI lAve che. mana ane zarIrane ghaNe nIkaTane saMbaMdha che. mana jyAre kedha-bhaya-meha AdithI vikAragrasta thAya che

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che tyAre tenI asara zarIra upara thayA vinA rahetI nathI. A che ghaNuM strIo saMdaryanI pAchaLa marI paDe che. saMdarya | che kAM jANe bajAramAM vecAtI koI eka sthala vastu na ! | heya tema tene prApta karavA ghelI jevI thaI jAya che. te AkhuM curepa saMdarya pAchaLa lagabhaga gAMDu banI gayuM ! ja che ema kahuM te temAM leza mAtra paNa atizayokti nathI. tyAM saMdaryanI abhivRddhi karavA mATe nitya che nitya navI navI davAo, navA navA pAuDara, navA navA malame zodhAya che, saMdaryanI khAtara khAsa mA| sika patra temaja pustako paNa prakaTa thAya che ! chatAM che. mRgajaLanI jema seMdarya te dUra ne dUra ja rahe che ! | je vastu sUkSma che, jenI vyAkhyA paNa saMpUrNa prakAre A thaI zakatI nathI, e vastu vecANathI maLI zake evI | AzA rAkhavI e eka prakAranI ghelachA nahIM te bIjuM zuM ? ApaNA dezamAM paNa kRtrima saMdaryanI abhivRddhine cepI roga kaMIka phelAte heAya evA dazyo najare paDe che. kharuM jotAM saMdarya e AreA gyanuM eka bAhya lakSaNa che, kudaratI jIvananI eka javalaMta nIzAnI che, zuddha cAritryane eka mUrtimaMta I purAve che. jenuM Arogya saMpUrNa vikAsane prApta tha- | A celuM hoya, jene AhAra-vihAra kudaratanA niyamone R sarvathA anusarato hoya tenA mukha ane dehamAM lAvaya che ane sidaryanI pavitra tI jhaLahaLI rahe che. ' 26

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che jenuM mana niraMtara dha-zoka ane ciMtAthI saLagyA che che karatuM hoya, jenA AhAra-vihAranuM kAMI ThekANuM na hoya evA manuSya potAnuM Arogya barAbara sAcavI zakatA nathI ane tene pariNAme temanuM svAbhAvika sAMdarya tathA mane hAritva paNa adazya thaI jAya che. te mana ane AtmAnI asara jema zarIranA Arogya ane saMdarya upara thAya che tevI ja rIte zarIranA ArogyanI asara mana upara thayA vinA rahetI nathI. A huM AgaLathI kahI cUkI chuM ke e baMne eka bIjAnI sAthe e najIkane saMbaMdha che ke ekanI asara bIjA upara thayA vinA naja rahe. Arogya jyAre bagaDavA che lAge che tyAre mana paNa vikRta ane zithila banI jAya che. mAMde mANasa vAta vAtamAM cIDAI jAya che e te te anubhavyuM haze. game te dhIra purUSa paNa amuka vakhata sudhInI mAMdagI bhagavyA pachI kiMcit che. cIDIo ane krodhI banI jAya che. kAraNa ke tenuM mana saheja nabaLuM paDI gayuM hoya che. eTalA mATeja zAstramAM zarIranuM svAthya sAcavavA mATe ATalobadhe Agraha karavAmAM Avelo hovo joIe, zarIranI svasthatAne dharmasAdhanAmAM eka nimittabhUta mAnavAmAM AvI che tenuM paNa eja kAraNa hovuM joIe. - Aje ApaNuM jIvana eka kRtrima banI gayuM che che. ApaNe kudaratathI eTalAbadhA dUra paDI gayA chIe ! 27

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ke kudarata mAtAnA zItala sparza keTalA AhalAdaka ane kalyANakara hoya che te paNa vicArI zakatAM nathI. ApaNA khAna-pAna-AhAra-vihAra tathA AnaMdapramAda vigeremAM svAbhAvikatAnA naisargikatAnA aMze kavacit ja jovAmAM Ave che. khAsa karIne ApaNAmAM kaMika rasavRtti vizeSa hoya che ane ene laine ApaNe ApaNA AhAra-vihArAmAM paNa evI kRtrima rasavRtti dAkhala karI dIdhI che ke e kRtrimatAnuM prAyazrita ApaNane pagale pagale karavu paDe che. kharI bhUkha kevI hAya, kharI tRSA kevI hAya, kharI ArAgyatA kevI hAya enA te svapne paNa ApaNane khyAla AvatA nathI. nhAnAM gAmaDAomAM tA hajIe kaika kudaratI jIvana jovAmAM Avaze parantu zaheramAM vasanArAM ane temAMye zrImatAinA ADaMkharAthI gherAelAM kuTu AmAM teA ArAgya ane svAbhAvika AhAra vihArane nAme mADhu mIMDuja samajI levuM. AreAgya e kAM jANe vaidya ane DAkaTarA pAsethI kharIDhI levAnI vastu hAya temaja have teA aneka sthaLe manAvA lAgyuM che. tIkhA-tamatamatA-khArA mIThA padArtho hAjarImAM bharI peAtAnA ArAgyanA mULamAM pAte ja kuhADa mAravA ane pachI DaoNkTarAnI dayA ane davAthI nIrAgI manavAnA prayatna karavA e A jamAnAnI ghelachA lagabhaga sarvavyApI banI gaI che. sAdAM ane na 28 -

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kudaratI khAnapAna e ApaNA AryonI eka mahatva che I TAmAM maheTI kIti ane sabhyatAnI parisImA ga NAtI. yuropanA sudhArAnA pravAhamAM te sAdAI Aje taNuI gaI che. kudaratI niyamane mAna nahIM ApavAthI ja ApaNuM duHkha Aje vadhI paDyAM che. !! nisargavIe havA-prakAza, nirmaLa jaLa ane vividha AhArya dravyane ke akhaTa bhaMDAra khule mukI ? dIdhuM che? AvI mAyALu mAtAnA sAmrAjyamAM vasa nAra manubene vividha AdhI-vyAdhIone sparza sarakhe paNa kema thavo joIe? chatAM aphasanI ! ( vAta e che ke Aje ApaNe ApaNuM peTA vahemethI tathA anucita khAnapAnethI ApaNA pitAnAM jIva | none duHkhadAyI banAvavAnI sAthe ApaNe AsapA sanA kuTuMbIjanene paNa upAdhirUpa thaI paDIe ? chIe. DaoN. jasTanAmane eka kudaratapriya vaidya kahe che ke"From sheer anxity for the health and welfare of her beloved ones, she works in. cessantly in her untiring love to dig their early graves." arthAt khAnapAna ane bIjI bA| batamAM udhI dizAmAM hada uparAMta kALajI batAvI ke strIo pote ja potAnA hAlAMone jamapurI tarapha mekalI de che. ApaNI bahenene mATe A viSaya kAMI che ! thoDe AkSepa nathI. ApaNe keTalIka bahena pi- 1 29

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* * * * * * : ' - * * * * : AtAnAM bALakane adhika sukomaLa ane vaibhavI dekhADavAnI khAtara temane kRtrima khAna-pAna ane vastrAlaMkArethI evI rIte dAbI de che ke pachI te bALake kudaratI jIvananuM saMpUrNa mAhAsya samajavAne paNa azakta thaI jAya che. paraMtu e viSe huM have pachI vistArathI bAlIza. hAla turata te ArogyanI sAthe je mukhya niyamane lAge vaLage che te viSe ja che. zabda kahI laIza. A saMyama, vRtti-saMkSepa athavA mane nigraha e Arogya saMrakSaNane eka mahAna-durbhedya durga che ema vinA saMke kahI zakAya. jyAM saMyama hoya che tyAM vilAsitA ke svacchaMdatA jevA mAnavakuLanA ripuo dAkhala thaI zakatA nathI. ApaNA zAstrakAroe saMyama prati lekenuM dhyAna kheMcavAmAM pitAthI banatuM karyuM che. ApaNA dezamAM sAdhu-munio tathA sAdhvIjIo parama pUjya ane AdaraNIya gaNAya che, temanI caraNarajathI ApaNuM AvAsa-sthAne pavitra thAya che. e badhA pratApa temanI saMyamazIlatAneja che. jemAM vadhAre saMyamI ane ochI AvazyaktAvALAo hoya che temanA caraNamAM moTA cakravartio paNa pitAnuM zira jhukAve che. matalaba ke saMyama e ApaNe Aryone eka RuvaLa Adarza che. kamabhAgye e saMyama ApaNumAM [ adazya thaI gayo che. sthaLe sthaLe vilAsa-vaibhava ane - -

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vividha AvazyakatAonI mAhinI mUrtio samA janA maheTA bhAgane mUrzita karI rahI che. saMyamanA abhAve ApaNuM grahomAM aneka jAtanI zArIrika temaja mAnasika Adhi-vyAdhi upAdhio dAkhala thaI gaI che. tenA paMjAmAMthI chuTavAnA vyartha prayatna thaI rahyA che, paraMtu jyAM sudhI rege ane kanTenAM mULa (svarUpa mejamajAha ane svacchaMdatAne aMkuzamAM rAkhavAmAM na Ave tyAM sudhI e upAya jevA joIe tevA asarakAraka na thaI zake e khulluM che. ApaNane sAmAnyataH devIo, sahadharmiNIe, temaja aganAonA sumadhura nAmathI saMbodhavAmAM Ave che. parantu kharI rIte te ApaNe kevaLa "ramaNI" " jyA ke kAminI" nA nAmanI ja sArthakatA karavA kema jamyA na hoIe e bhAsa AvyA vinA rahete nathI. ramaNa eTale ramaNanI-kriDAnI eka putaLI, ane te purUSanI ja, ema kahevAnI AvazyakatA nathI. bhijyA ane kAminIne paNa eja artha thaI zake. tyAre zuM ApaNA janmane ane jIvanane uddeza mAtra pazuvRtti poSavAne ja che? ApaNuM sArthakatA zuM kevaLa bhega-vilAsanI agnimAM IdhaNa nAkhavAmAM ja samApta thavI joIe? lagnanA yathArtha Azayane je tuM zAMta citte vicAra karaze te tane jaNAze ke strIpurUSanA lagna saMbaMdhamAM pAzavatAne sthAna sarakhuM paNa Like

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na maLavuM joIe. je strI potAnA purUSane ane je purUSa potAnI strIne temanA dharmamAM draDha na rAkhI zake te purUSa ke strI pati ke patnInA nAmane egya nathI. na dharmanuM rakSaNuM karavuM, saMyamazIlatAne niSkalaMka rAkhavI, e sivAya lagnane bIje hetu Arya zAstrakAre prabaLe nathI. prasiddha navalakathAkAra sva. baMkimacaMdra nArIjAtinA AdarzonI potAnA upanyAsamAM bahu suMdara rIte pratiSThA karI che. teo pitAnA eka upanyAsamAM eka strI-pAtra dvArA, kAmathI vihaLa banelA patine eTale sudhI kahevaDAve che ke -"khabaradAra! mane sparza karavAne tamane adhikAra nathI. alabatta tame mArA pati che, vaMdanIya che, paraMtu eTalA ja khAtara huM sarvadA tamArI vAsanAone sarvathA anu. saruM e azakya che. yAda rAkhaje ke huM ane tame lagnanI pavitra gAMThathI joDAyelA chIe. pazuomAM lagna hetA nathI. jyAM lagna nathI tyAM svachaMdatAne-uchuM khalatAne sthAna hoI zake. paraMtu lagnamAM te AdithI laI aMta paryata vizuddhinuM ane dharmanuM ja rakSaNa thavuM joIe ane je ema thAya teja lagnasaMbaMdha sArthaka che. huM jouM chuM ke tame viSa cenA dAsa banI gayA che. viSayanI paritRpti mATe 1 ja paramAtmAe amArI jAti pedA karI che ema | che mAnatA he te have e mAnyatA dUra karajo. tame

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"" jyAre mana-vacana-kAyAthI pavitra manI mArI pAse AvA tyAreja tamane mArI najIka besavAnA adhi kAra maLI zake, chatAM jo bhayathI ke dabANathI mane vazIbhUta karavAnA tamArA taraphathI prayatna thaze te huM Aja kSaNe viSapAna karI saMsAranA tyAga karI jaIza. AjanA jamAnAmAM koi strI ke purUSa pAtAnA pati ke patnIne AvA dharmanA upadeza ApI zakaze ? hiMdanA evAja eka bIjo nATayakAra, rAjA zAMtanu-ke je viSaya-vilAsamAM cheka aMdha banI gayA hatA tene uddezIne matsyagaMdhA athatrA satyavatI pAse je asarakAraka zabdo kahevaDAve che te paNu smaraNamAM rAkhavA jevA che. mahAbhAratamAM AvatuM bhiSmapitAmahanuM nAma te teM sAMbhaLyu haze. bhiSmanA pitA rAjA zAMtanu eka macchImAranI kanyA upara kAmavAsanAthI mAhita thaI gayA hatA ane eTalA khAtara bhiSmapitAmahune jIvana pa``ta brahmacarya pALavuM paDayuM hatuM; A vAta te atyAra pUrve anekavAra sAMbhaLI haze. zAMtanu rAjA jyAre vIsa-vIsa varSa sudhI viSayarUpI jheranuM pAna karavA chatAM tRpta nathI thatA tyAre temanI rANI-matsyaga MdhA temane kevA ugra zabdothI sAvaceta banAve che tenA kaMika khyAla nIcenA vArtAlApa uparathI AvI zakaze:-- kara

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zAMtanu--Aje kharAkhara vIsa varSathI satat viSaya bhAga karI rahyA chuM, chatAM zAMti nathI vaLatI. Aje vIsa vIsa varSa thaI gayAM, te mArA tRSAtUra netrAne juvAnInuM amRtapAna karAvyuM. chatAM hajI pAtra te adhurUM ne adhurUMja rahI gayu hAya ema lAgyA kare che. satyavatI--mRtyunA mukhamAM praveza karavA chatAM, mahArAja ! tamArI tRSA hajI nathI maTI? pIo! khuzIthI pIe! mRtyunI chellI ghaDI sudhI, jene tame amRtarasa mAnI beThA che te amRtarasanuM pAna karyo karA! jIvA tyAM sudhI pAna karA, piyu ? zAMtanu--huM kayAM sudhI jIvatA rahI zakavAnA hatA ? jIvana rUpI nisaraNI uparathI rAja nIcene nIceja gamaDatA jauM chuM. mArA mRtyunA samaya cheka najIka AvI pahoMcyA che ema huM pAte samajI cukayA chuM. tathApi viSayanI Aga nathI zrRjhAtI. zuM karU? kAMi mArga paNa nathI sUjhatA, satyavatI--jyAM sudhI jIvatA raheA, tyAM sudhI rasapAna karyo karA-sukhathI AnaMdathI pAna karyo karI. zAMtanu--sukhathI ? AnaMdathI ? nahIM, priye! tArA sauMdarya mAM amRta karatAM viSa vadhAre jaNAya che. 34

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H tArUM saMdarya tivra madirAnI mAphaka mane uzkerI che muke che. satyavatI-je kharekhara ja ene madirA athavA viSa che samajatA he te pachI zA mATe pAtra bharI bha- | rIne aMtaramAM reDyA kare che? zAMtanu-ena kevaLa eka ja uttara che ane te eja che ke-"abhyAsaSa." leke madirA zA mATe pItA haze? madirAnA burA pariNAmone kaheve | anubhava meLavavA chatAM zA mATe tenI pAchaLa khuvAra thatA haze? kAraNa ekaja che ane te abhyAsadoSa" tane huM atyAre je "priyatame" | nA nAmathI saMbodhI rahyo chuM te paNa eka pra kArane abhyAsaSa ja che! satya-tamArA premasaMbodhanenI kone garaja che? zAMtanu-jANuM chuM. priye, e vAta bahu sArI rIte jANuM chuM. paraMtu zuM karuM? abhyAsaSa e kharAba che ke IcchavA chatAM tene tyAga pAmara jIthI nathI thaI zakato. A suMdara rUpa, A che anaMta vana, A vizvavihaka lAvaNya e badhuM vastutaH viSarUpa ja che. eTaluM chatAM tenuM pAna karyA vinA rahI zakAtuM nathI. jhera jANavA | chatAM pAna karyA karuM chuM. huM sArI rIte samajI

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: zakyo chuM ke A tAruM zarIra mAruM thayuM nathI ? ane kadI thavAnuM paNa nathI. eTaluM chatAM hRdaya hIMna-pattharanI mUrti jevA tArA zarIrane " maMgathI bheTuM chuM, gaLe lagAvuM chuM-bhuja baMdha nemAM pakaDI rAkhavAne vyartha prayatna karyA karuM chuM satyavatI-mahArAja ! mArI, niMdA nahIM kare. ta mArI purUSajAti keTalo kaThera ane mamatAhIna hoya che te spaSTa zabdomAM balI batAvavAnI mane pharaja na pADe. tame-purUSe, kaI eka suM dara strIne jotAMnI sAthe ja kAmAMdha banI tenI pAchaLa doDavA lAgI jAo che! pataMgIyAnI mAphaka rUpa-agnImAM bhasmIbhUta banI jAe che. tame koI eka navIna suMdara kanyAne tenA mAta-pitAnA kheALAmAMthI jhuMTavIne laI Ave che ke turata ja tamArA upara saMpUrNa prema - khavAnI ane tamArI viSaya-lAlasAone tAbe) thavAnI AjJA pharamAvI de che! te kanyA to mane cAhe che ke nahIM, te kanyA tamArI dAsI thavA Icche che ke nahIM tene viveka karavA jeTale paNa tamane avakAza maLato nathI. jANe ke strI jAtine hRdaya, icchA ke dharmabhAvanA jevuM kAMI havuM ja na joIe ema tame loke mAnI beThA che. + + + + eTaluM cokkasa mAnaje ke

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strIo janma-janmAMtarane mATe purUSanI dAsI che banI rahe e paramAtmAne saMketa kadApi na ja hoI zake. purUSonI zayyA-sahacarI rUpeja nA- | rIe potAnuM jIvana pUrNa kare e anyAyI Adeza to vidhAtA paNa na daI zake. tame zAstranuM pramANa kadAca raju karaze. huM kahuM chuM ke zAstro ! koNe banAvyAM che? parantu e vAtane atyAre javA ghe. A kharIdAyelA zarIrathI je saMtuSTa che rahetA ho te bhale, zarIra tamAruM che, paNa zarI- che ranI sAthe mAruM hRdaya te tamane nahIM maLe. A sakhI? zAMtanu ane satyavatInA saMvAdo mAtra thoDAja bhAga tArI pAse raju karyo che. e uparathI ja tuM joI zakaze ke pUrvanA jamAnAnI strI jAtI keTalI satyapriya-satyavaktA tathA satyaniSTha hatI. tane ! satyavatInA bhASaNamAM kavacit kaThoratA ane ti- che vratA jevuM lAgaze. paraMtu mAtra zabda upara ja draSTi che nahiM rAkhatAM e zabdanI pAchaLa-satyavatInA manamAM ugra nArItvane je prabaLa vega vahI rahyo hate teja che ApaNe te lakSamAM levAnuM che. strI-jAti mAtra ? ramaNuM, kAminI ane jyAonI ja banelI nathI ! e satya, sarala rIte tArA aMtaramAM utAravA mATe meM , upara TakelA utArAone Azraya lIdhe che. mAtRtva prApta karavuM arthAt saMtAnanI mAtA hovuM e eka

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1 prakAranuM saddabhAgya che, paraMtu saMkhyAbaMdha kaMgALa saMtAnanI mAtA banavA karatAM eka vIraputranI mAtA na banavAmAM zuM vadhAre saddabhAgya nathI? prathamanI vIra ramaNIo jevI rIte potAnA kAryara patione prasaMche nepAta kahetI ke-" huM tamArA jevA bIkaNa ane ne pAmara purUSanI patnI tarIke jIvavA karatAM eka vAra ( purUSanI vidhavA tarIke jIvavAmAM adhika sabhAgya che ane mAna samajuM chuM, tevI ja rIte ApaNA putrane vIratvavALA-cAritryavALA banAvI mAtRpada ane che patnI padanI mahattA vadhAravI joIe. paraMtu te saghaLuM | cAritryabaLa vinA asaMbhavita che. mAtA banavAne che lobha saMyamamAM rAkhavuM joIe. AhAra-vihAra ane vilAsa Adi vyavahAra upara yathAzakti aMkuza muka joIe. ApaNe bahene parama cAritryavatI, che. saddaguNuM, baLavatI bane ane tenI asara nIce AkhuM che kuTuMba e divyatAnA tejathI prakAzamAna thAya eja 1 eka mAtra mArI paramAtmA pratye prArthanA che. e che prArthanAne saphaLa banAvavA tuM kAMI sahAya ApI zakaze, hAlI sakhI? za7

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* Aregya. priya sakhI! AtmabhAna, gRharAjya ane saMyama AdinI carcA vAMcI tane kadAca kaMTALo A haze. Aje kaMika vyavahArU sUcanAo ApavAnI taka levI, ema dhArIne A patra lakhavAnI zarUAta karI che. che huM ekavAra kahI gaI chuM ke ApaNe kudaratI che jIvanathI ghaNA pachAta rahI gayA chIe. matalaba ke kudaratanA rAjyamAM vasavA chatAM kudaratanA niyama pALavAnuM ApaNe bIlakula lakSa rAkhyuM nathI. kudarate che. ApaNane saune jeTalI joIe te karatAM paNa adhika havA mata ApelI che, chatAM ApaNe evA makAnamAM paDayA rahevAnuM pasaMda karIe chIe ke jyAM kudaratanI upara dAratA ApaNA mATe lagabhaga nirarthaka jevI ja banI jAya che. havAnI bAbatamAM kudarata jema udAra che tema che prakAzanI bAbatamAM paNa teTalI ja udAra che. A be mahatvanI-jIvanadAyaka vastuo anAyAse prApta thaI che zake evI che. chatAM ApaNe ApaNuM ajJAnatAne lIdhe tene parata lAbha laI zakatAM nathI e ApaNuM mahaTAmAM moTuM durbhAgya che. ApaNe jyAre ApaNI ke eka bahenane khulI havA ane prakAzanA guNe che varNavI batAvIe chIe tyAre te ApaNI vAtane ghaNuM karIne hasI kahADe che. keTalIka bahene te beTI leka 39

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lAjane lIdhe havA-ajavALAnA puratA lAbhathI be- 1 nasIba rahe che. pariNAma e Ave che ke evI bedarakArIne lIdhe anekAneka bahenene duHkha-dardanA ane Adhi-vyAdhionA paMjAmAM sapaDAI rIbAI--rIbA. I Ine akALe jIvanalIlA saMkelI levI paDe che. priya bahenI ! A bAbata evI mahatvanI che ke te viSe che khAsa pustaka ane vyAkhyAna ApI zakAya. paraMtu mAre Aje A patramAM evI ghaNuMeka agatyanI che bAbate hAtha dharavAnI hevAthI vadhAre laMbANa karatI nathI. ApaNuM taMdurastI bagaDavAnuM kAraNa khAnapAna saMbaMdhInI bedarakArI che. ApaNe khAvA-pIvAnI bAbatamAM hada uparAMta deze karIe chIe e vAta kabula karyA vinA cAlatuM nathI. ApaNane nitya navA navA svAde levAnuM mana thAya che, paNa agya mArgo vahI jatAM manane rokI rAkhavA jeTaluM saMyamabaLa nahIM hovAthI, temaja prakRti ane vaidaka saMbaMdhI viSayethI cheka anabhijJa hevAthI ApaNuM rasavRtti-ApaNI jI heMdriyanI lolupatA ApaNane prANaghAtaka thaI paDe che. amuka cIja khAvAthI amuka avasthAmAM ApaNA zarIramAM tenI zI asara thaze e bAbatanI ApaNe darakAra karatA nathI. dAkhalA tarIke udharasa thaI hoya te chatAM kAcAM karamadAM ke pAkelA bora vigere khA

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ke vAne zokha ApaNAthI mukI zakAtuM nathI. tAva AvyuM hoya te paNa dahIM-chAza ke AmalIne svAda mukI zakAtuM nathI. jhADA thaye hoya chatAM lADavA-lApazI ke zIre khAvAne lobha kAbumAM rahetA nathI. A uparAMta svAdane khAtara zAkabhAjIAM-kaLAM- rAItAM ane athANumAM masAlA vAparavAnI bAbatamAM paNa ApaNe hada uparAMtanI udAratA ane a- R jJAnatA batAvIe chIe. badhI jAtanA masAlA bahu ! tIvra asara karanArA hoya che e vAta ApaNu mahenoe khAsa lakSamAM rAkhavAnI che. masAlAo jaladIthI pacI zakatA nathI. vaLI jyAM be AnI bhAra jeTalA masAlAnI jarUra hoya che tyAM ApaNu bahene che be rUpIyAbhAra masAlAne vyaya karavAmAM potAnuM DahApaNa mAne che. AvI rItanA khAna-pAna saMbaMdhI re goTALAone lIdhe ApaNane ghaNuM jAtanI pAyamAlIo veThavI paDe che. ApaNI lobhavRtti paNa A bAbatamAM keTalIka vAra vinAzaka bane che. ApaNe to ema mAnIe chIe ke khAvAnuM gharamAM vadhyuM hoya te te nAkhI kema devAya? Ama samajIne khI1 caDI, bhAta, kaDhI, dALa, zAka vagere je kAMI khAvAnuM ! AgalA divasanuM paDayuM hoya te badhuM khAI jaIe chIe, chokarAMne paNa khavADI daIe chIe. paraMtu A AvA vAsI-bagaDI gayelA khAna-pAnathI ApaNuM ! 41

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ane khALakAnAM zarIra upara zuM asara thaze tenA vi cAra karatAM nathI. ApaNI bImArI ane duLatAnu A bIjuM kAraNa che. ApaNA zarIreAmAM roga thavAnuM trIjuM kAraNu iMdvicAnAM sukhA bhAgavavAmAM ApaNI nira'kuza svachadratA che. iMdriyA jeTaluM kAma ApI zake te karatAM vadhAre kAma tenI pAsethI levuM e eka prakAranA zu anyAya nathI ? iMdriyA micArI AvA saceAgAmAM kayAM sudhI vaphAdAra ane kAryakSama rahI zake ? niraMkuza svacchaMdratAne lIdhe indriyA aMdhI thAkI jAya che ane pachI peAtAnu kArya karavAmAM prAya: udAsIna athavA susta anI jAya che. dAkhalA tarIke AMkhamAM jovAnI zakti rahelI che. paNa e zakti sImAmaE hAya che, tenA upayoga amuka sImA paryaMta amuka niyamene anusarIneja thavA joie. parantu ApaNe e sImA ane niyame prati durlakSa ja karIe chIe. tenu pariNAma e Ave che ke AMkhanI zakti peAtAnu kAma yathAprakAre karI zakatI nathI. je cIjo jovAnI ApaNane jarUra na haiAya tevI cIjo ApaNe joyA karIe chIe, je khAkhatA sAMbhaLavAnI ApaNane AvazyakatA na heAya evI khAmatA pariNAmane vicAra karyA vinA sAMbhaLyA karIe chIe, je cIjo sudhavAnI agatyu na heAya te cIjo meAjanI khAtara 42

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-- sthA karIe chIe, ane jevI durgadhamAM na rahevuM je1Ie tevI durgadhamAM savyAkarIe chIe.vadhAre aphasosanI bInA te eja che ke A badhI bAbatene ApaNe bhUla samajatAM nathI paNa sukhaja samajyA karIe chIe. tethI evI bAbatamAM indriyane rakhaDavA daIe chIe che ane tenI pAse hada uparAMta kAma karAvI thakavI nAkhI e chIe. AthI ghaNI jAtanA rogo thAya che. indriya sukhanI pAchaLa deyA karavuM e mRgajaLanI pAchaLa deDavAnI barAbara che ema zAstrakAro kahI gayA che. A Ajane jamAne e upadeza bhUlI gaye che-ApaNuM hene paNa temAM ghaNe aMze javAbadAra banI che e ke kharekhara kheda upajAvanArI bInA che. hajI paNa e | bAbatamAM sAvaceta banAya te ghaNe lAbha thAya tema che. keTalIka jAtanA ge vaMzaparaMparAnI asa : rene lIdhe paNa thAya che. jema ke keTalIka jAtanA roga che ApaNuM mAbApane agara dAdA paradAdAone vaLa gelA hoya che tenI asara paNa ApaNane bhegavavI [ paDe che. chatAM AvI bAbate tarapha ApaNe lakSa A patAM nathI, ane ApaNe bhayaMkara rogathI pIDAtAM hoIe chatAM lagna dvArA prajotpatti karI ApaNA saM- tAnone vinA kAraNe ragane vAre ApI jaIe ! chIe. priya henI, tuM vicAra kara ke AnA karatAM che -- - - - - E T 43

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vadhAre kharAkhI mIjI kai hAi zake? pAtAnA vhAlAM mALakone kAI jAtanI Rddhi-siddhi na ApI zakIe tA te saMbaMdhe bahu zaramAvAnu nathI, saddaguNunA vArasA na ApI zakIe teA paNa te kadAca kSatavya gaNuAca, paraMtu ulaTA rAganA vArasA ApI javA ane paramAtmAnI A suMdara sRSTimAM thoDAMka rAgI tathA mAyakAMgalAM mANasAnA vadhArA karI javA e zu kAi rIte mApha thai zake tema che ? yAda rAkhaje, vhena ! ke peAtAnA rAgonA ke nirmaLatAonA vArasA AkarAM Ane ApI javA e kudaratanA eka mhoTAmAM mhoTA aparAdha che. e aparAdhanI zIkSA kudarata, vhelI ke heDI karyA vinA rahetI nathI. Aje dezamAM cAlatA asaMkhya prakAranA vyAdhIe, tathA upasargI vastuta: e aparAdhAnI ja gemI sajA che ema huM nI:sakAcapaNe kahI zakuM chuM. mArI prathama salAha tA eja che ke je strI-purUSA, nahi maTI zake tevA dardothI pIDAtAM hAya temaNe peAtAnuM lagna karavAnA vicAra mAMDI vALavA joie. kadAca lagna thaI gayu hAya tA temaNe prajotpatti upara sakhtamAM sakhta aMku za rAkhavA joie. dunIyAmAM rAgI ane kaMgAla mANusA umeratA javAnI tamane ke mane kAine paramAmAe sattA ApI nathI. A niyamanuM ullaMdhana thavAthI Aje ApaNA deza keTalI jAtanA duHkha-dardI 44

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ane upasagAthI dabAI gayA che tenu vistRta va na ApI tArA dIlane huM dubhavavA mAgatI nathI. lagnamAMja kharUM sukha che ane lagna vinA teA naja cAlI zake evI samajane dezavaTo maLavA joIe. temAM paNa rAgI ane khADa-khAMpaNavALA srIpurUSAne mATe teA A niyama khAsa karIne amalamAM mukAvA joie. me keTalIkavAra joyu che ke eka rAgI ke duLa mANusane kAI kanyA na maLatI hoya te game tema karIne, lAgavaga vAparIne, paisAnA ya karIne paNa eka kanyAnI kharIDhI kare che tyAreja tene nirAMta vaLe che. rAgI purUSAne kanyA arpaNa karanArA svAthI mAkhApAne kevA sakhta zaDhDhAmAM ThapakA ApavA te huM jANatI nathI. mane kharekhara evA mAkhApe mATe kavacit krodha ane dayA paNu Ave che. paraMtu e viSe A patramAM ullekha karavA lagabhaga nakAmA che. mArI kahevAnuM tAtparya eTalu ja che ke rAgI satAnAnI pedAza upara kAbu mukavA joie. temAM mukhyatve karIne cAritrakhaLa kivA manAmaLanI sAthI adhika AvazyakatA che e huM jANuM chuM. ApaNI aenA jo Avu maneAmaLa dAkhave teA A vIrajananI bhAratavaSa puna: peAtAnuM mukha ujvaLa karI sasArane muktine mAge dorI jAya. k AjakAla agaNita prakAranA cepI rAge a 5

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stitvamAM AvyA che. dareka roganA cAkkasa prakAranA jaM tuo hAya che e vAta ApaNe pAzcAtya vidyAnA prabhAvathI kaMIka kaMIka samajavA lAgyA chIe. cepI rAgeAnA saMbaMdhamAM mane eTaluM te ceAsa lAge che ke jo vijAtIya paramANuo tathA rAganA jaMtue jIratravAnI ApaNA dehamAM saMpurNa zakti hAya, jIvanI zakita ApaNA aMgamAM rUverve vyApI rahI hAya tA te jaM tuo tathA paramANu ApaNI upara bahu asara karI zakatAM nathI. jemanA zarIramAM rAganA jaMtu jIravavAnI tAkAta nathI hotI temane evA rAgA jota jotAmAM lAgu paDI jAya che. A mAkhata bahu spaSTa rIte samajAvavA mATe mAre tane jaNAvavu joie ke ApaNA zarIramAM, kudaratI rIteja, kAi paNa jAtanA rAganI sAme thai zake evA karADA paramANuo rahelAM heAya che. jyAre koI paNa jAtanA rAga ApaNA upara humalA kare che tyAre athavA ahArathI zarIranI aMdara rahelAM rAga nAzaka paramA chuA pelA rAganA paramANu sAme yuddha sagrAma zarU kare che tyAre pariNAme je jAtanAM paramANu e vadhAre khaLavAna hoya che te phAvI jAya che. A uparathI samajavAnu ke je mANusanuM zarIra ahu taMdurasta hAya, jenAmAM brahmacaryanuM khaLa hoya ane jenuM cAritraaLa prakhara hoya tevA mANusanuM zarIra rAganA para 46

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mANunI sAme sahelAIthI Takkara jhIlI zake che. matalakha ke temane kAipaNa jAtanA rAgeA sahelAithI lAgu paDI zakatA nathI. ethI ulaTI rIte joie tA je mANasanuM zarIra ahu nabaLuM hAya, jenu mana mahu nirAza ane nirmaLa banI gayu hoya ane jeNe phAgaDhanI ciMtA ane hAya-vALA karI potAnI zakti gumAvI dIdhI hAya temaja atizaya viSaye bhagavI bhAgavIne jeNe peAtAnuM zarIra sAva jINu` karI nAkhyu` hAya te mANusanA zarIramAM rAgane jIrave evAM jantuonu khaLa hetu nathI. tethI kAi paNa jAtanA roga evA nirmaLa mANasanI upara ahu jaladIthI humalA karI zake che. ane ema ane e sarvathA svAbhAvika ja che. DAravIna kahI gayA che ke durgaMLa mANasane A jagatamAM jIvavAnA adhikAra ja nathI. sakhaLa mANasa ja A vizvamAM jIvavAne lAyaka che. kudarata e kaMDhAra niyamanuM prati pade pAlana karI rahI che. have, tu samajI zakI haze ke ApaNAM zarIrA niLa thayelAM che tethI ja rAganA paramANu athavA jaMtue bahu sahelAithI peAtAnA prabhAva jamAvI zake che. rAgothI bacavAnI kharI cAvI mane pUche te huM gheADA zabdomAM mAtra eTalu ja kahIza ke roganA paramANuo sAme TakI zake evAM ApaNAM zarIra majabUta banAvavA joie, ane evI maja G

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bUtI prApta karavA mATe kudaratanA niyamane anusarI che | jIvana ghaDavuM joIe. plega-kelerA tathA melerIyA jevA keTalAMka dardI vAtAvaraNamAM mahaTe pheraphAra karI de che. ApaNuM AsapAsanuM vAtAvaraNa haMmezA svaccha ane Aravyamaya rahe te ApaNe prayatna karavAnuM che. sArA zaheranI myunIsIpAlITIo jevI rIte zaheranI svacchatA ane regacALA mATe thoDe ghaNe aMze ja. vAbadAra rahe che tevI ja rIte ApaNuM bahene paNa gRhanI svacchatA ane ArogyamayatA mATe javAbadAra che. je dareka gRhiNuM pitAnA gRhanI ane A che sapAsanA vAtAvaraNanI barAbara kALajI rAkhe te che hega-kolerA ane melerIyA jevA dardo AMkhanA 5lakArAmAM adazya thaI jAya. keTalIkavAra, ApaNe je che kuvAmAMthI pIvAnuM pANI kADhatA hoIe chIe te ku| vAmAM kelerAnA jaMtu dAkhala thaI jAya che ane te ja tuo dhIme dhIme AkhA gAmamAM trAsa vartAvI de che. ApaNe evA upadrane kaI deva-devI mAtAne E dha samajI aneka prakAranI mAnatAo ane bAK dhAe rAkhIe chIe. paraMtu tethI jevuM joIe tevuM saMtoSakAraka phaLa phaLatuM nathI. Ave vakhate to pANI ane khAdya sAmagrInI bArIkAIthI tapAsa karI jema na bane tema kelerAnA jaMtuothI dura rahevAno prayatna che 48

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* karavo joIe. keTalAka gAmomAM bavALAnA seMkaDe che # dadIo jovAmAM Ave che. AnuM kAraNa e hoya che che ke te leke je kuvA vigerenuM pANI vAparatA hoya che te dUSita hoya che. maccharanuM jyAM bahu jora hoya che tyAM melerIyAnI dhAstI rAkhavAmAM Ave che. pleganA che vakhata pleganA jaMtuo uMdara ane macharAnI dvArA phelAya che ema atyAranuM vijJAna kahe che. AvA saMgamAM kevaLa bAdhA AkhaDI ke vaheme pAchaLa A samaya ane zaktine vyaya nahIM karatAM mULa deze dUra karI ApaNA saMtAne ane kuTuMbIyAnA jAnamAlanuM rakSaNa karavuM joIe. ke mananI nabaLAI e paNa keTalIkavAra regone | kheMcI lAve che. atyAre ApaNe kare bahenanI sthiti evI kharAba che ke teo jarA paNa mananI che ke majabUtI rAkhI zakatI nathI, ane ene lIdhe aneka ] prakAranA roganA paMjAmAM sapaDAI jAya che. mana ane zarIrane parasparamAM ke ghATe saMbaMdha che e vAta huM AgaLa eka patramAM jaNAvI gaI chuM. nabaLAM - navALAM manuSyane ghaNuM dhakkAo lAge ane e dhakAo vinAzakAraka pariNAma upajAve e taddana banavAjoga che. nirbaLa manavALA mANaso sAmAnya AghAtane paNa gaMbhIra AghAta mAnI laI kalpita ke trAsathI potAnI jAtane savizeSa durbaLa banAvI de 49 .

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che. mana jo DhIluM paDI gayu hAya che te te DhIluM mana aneka rAgAne kheMcI lAve che. eTalA mATe jo rAgAthI khacavuM hAya, lAMbu AyuSya bhAgavavu hoya, tA huM tane punaH puna: kahuM chuM ke manane game tevA Apatti ane bhayanA samayamAM paNa DhIlu paDavA daiza mAM, tuM ane tArI paricita mhenapaNI DhaMDha manAmaLavAnI thAya eja mArI aMtaranI eka mAtra prAthanA che. roga thavAnAM kAraNeA ja jyAre huM tArI pAse gaNAvavA beThI chuM, tyAre sAmatane paNa mAre bhUlI javI na joIe. sAmata paNa jIvana upara mahu sthAyI asara nIpajAve che. ApaNA dezamAM ghaNA mAgusAne ane temAM paNa ApaNI vheneAne te ghaNI halakI sekhatamAM rahI dIvaseA nimavA paDe che. uMcI prakRtivALAM strI-purUSAnA sahavAsa ane paricayanA lAbha tA kavacita ja temane maLI zake che. mAkI tA halakI jAtanA nAkarA ane nakAmI kuthalI karavAmAM nipuNa evI pADazaNAnI sAthe ja temanA ghaNAkhara vakhata ni MdAo ane vikathAomAM pasAra thaI jAya che. AvA sacAgAmAM ucca saMskAra ke pavitra bhAvanAonI AzA kyAMthI rAkhI zakAya ? sArI sAmata vinA pustakAnu zikSaNa ke e ghaDInA upadeza temanA aMta:karaNamAM zI asara karI zake ? ApaNI mhe

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che nene maheTe bhAga halakA nekarA ane vahemane pere evA dhuraMdharmaagIonA paricayamAM vizeSe karIne Ave che. enuM pariNAma zuM Ave e kahevA karatAM kalpI levuM vadhAre sarala thaI paDaze. te sivAya ane tizaya avakAzane laIne maMdavAda ane duHkha-dardanI ! kathAonA atizaktivALA varNano ApaNuM kAne AvyA kare che, AthI nabaLA manavALI ApaNuM hene ke upara tenI bahu mAThI asara thavA pAme che. jo ke tane mArI vAtamAM kiMcit atizayekti jevuM lAgaze, paNa vicAra ane vAtAvaraNanI manuSyanA mana upara thatI [ asarane je tuM abhyAsa karaze te tane jaNAze ke te mArI A vAtamAM kRtrimatAne aMza sarakho paNa nathI. bALalagna ane vilAsapriyatAne lIdhe rega- 1 ne vRddhi pAmavAnuM kevuM sAruM kSetra maLI gayuM che che e viSe ahIM huM vistAra nahIM karI zakuM. A deza che | satI sItA, dvipadI ane sAvitrIne che ane tenI ja che ApaNe putrIo chIe e vAta jyAM bhUlAI jAya tyAM aghaTita lagna ane vilAsitAne sthAna maLe emAM kAMI Azcarya nathI. bALalagnathI ApaNuM zArIrika ane mAnasika baMdhAraNene keTalo AghAta lAgyuM che te sahu koI jANe che. chatAM e rAkSasI U rIvAjonI mohajALamAMthI ApaNe chuTI zakatA nathI. ! cheApaNe joIe chIe ke bALalagnanA pariNAme a- ".

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sakhya mALAo cAvanamAM paga mukatAM ja mAtRpadma dhAraNa karI potAnA deDane agaNita rAganu nivAsasthAna banAvI de che. mAnasika satApeAthI deha ane aMtarane khALI bhasmIbhUta karatI ane uSNu nIzvA sathI vAtAvaraNane saMtapta karatI seMkaDA amaLA cirazAMti prApta karavAnI AzAthI A saMsAranA tyAga karI sadAne mATe cAlI nIkaLe che. ApaNe jANIe chIe ke kAcAM phaLA akALe teADI levAthI temaja parANe pakavavAthI tenu pariNAma sArUM AvatuM nathI. kAraNa ke tema karavuM e kudaratI niyamane anukULa nathI. chatAM ApaNAM kAmaLa ane ucharatAM ALakA ane mALikAne akALe mAtRpa Apa vAthI kevuM pariNAma Avaze tenA sauMpUrNa khyAla karI zakatA nathI. khyAla karI zakatA hAie tA paNa te rUDhIthI mukta thavAnuM sAmarthya dAkhavI zakatAM nathI. ApaNA Arya saMsAranuM A eka mhATu deva che. e viSe jo lakhavA besuM teA pAnAnAM pAnAM bharAya; parantu e dekhItA durAcAra bhaNI AMgaLI karavA sivAya vizeSa huM kAMi karatI nathI. tenuM kAraNa e che ke tu jyAre mArI sakhI hovAnA dAvA dharAve che tA pachI A rAkSasI rUDhInI duSTatA tu na jANe ema huM' mAnI zakatI nathI. A e DhASA, prabhu jANe, A paNA saMsAramAMthI yAre dura thaze ? para

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mananI nakhaLAI eja sa pApAnuM mULa hAya che ema vidvAnA kaheche. nakhaLuM mana avakAza maLatAM aneka prakAranA gheADA gAMThyA kare che, vicitra jAtanA tara'gA ane ciMtA karI nakAmI hAyaveAya karyA kare che. ApaNI jAti, svabhAvathI ja abaLA gaNAya che, ApaNane atizaya ciMtA ane vikA karavAnI je TevA che te ghaNu karIne mananI A nakhaLAinA ja phaLarUpa haze. ApaNe saiA vinA kAraNe je atizaya mAnasika ciMtA bhAgavyA karIe chIe tene lIdhe paNa aneka jAtanA vyAdhIe janma pAme che. ApaNe je vAtanI IkarakaravAnI khIlakula jarUrana hAya evI vAtAnI paNa fIkera karyA karIe chIe; je vAta ApaNI sattAnI bahAranI hAya, jenI sAthe ApaNe ahu sabadha dharAvatA na hAIe tevI khAkhatAne paNa magajamAM bharI rAkhI khAlI leAhInu pANI karIe chIe. Anu pariNAma e Ave che ke ApaNA magaja upara ghaNI jAtanA nakAmA kheAjo paDe che ane e jo ApaNA hRdayane dAkhI de che. manuSyanu mana ciMtAethI sarvathA te mukta na ja rahI zake ane ciMtA vinAnuM mAnavI eka prakAre pazuvat ja hoya che e huM sArI peThe jANuM chuM. huM ahIM nirarthaka ciMtAo viSe ja tArUM lakSa kheMcavA mAguM " leAkeA zuM kaheze ? " " amuka bhAi ke amuka 53

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na hanane zuM lAgaze?" "amukanuM zuM pariNAma A. I vaze?" evI evI aneka prakAre ApaNA khAlI mane maMdiramAM bhUtanI mAphaka dhasI Ave che. DokaTare kahe che ke pIkaranA jaMtuo ghaNuMkharUM kSayanA jaMtuche ene ja maLatA hoya che. A jaMtuo kALajuM kerI che khAya che, bhUkhane maMda banAvI de che, lehIne sekI le che, buddhine buThThI banAvI de che, Idriyazaktine zithila - banAvI de che ane vRddhAvasthAne kheMcI lAve che. bahu kirane lIdhe prathama magaja tapI jAya che, tethI mAthuM khe che, jJAnataMtuone vadhAre kAma karavuM paDatuM havAthI dhIme dhIme te nabaLAM paDatAM jAya che. temAMthI chevaTe hIsTIrIyA jevA roge utpanna thAya che. mArI kahevAnI matalaba eTalI ja che ke nakAmI ciMtAo ane hAyAne lIdhe regene zarIramAM dAkhala thavAne raste khulluM thaI jAya che ane tyAM pachI anukULa kSetra maLavAthI e rogo vRddhi pAmI ApaNA Ihaleka ane paralokane vyartha banAvI de che. je ApaNuM asaMkhya henene vividha vyAdhIomAMthI bacAvavI hoya, te sau prathama temane potAnA vitarko ane ciMtAo upara kAbu meLavatAM zIkhavavuM joIe. jyAM sudhI ApaNI bahene ucca vicAra ane abhyAsAdikamAM saMpurNa rasa letI na thAya tyAM sudhI I e citAo rUpI bhUtethI mukta rahI zake e asaM. 54

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bhavita che. mArI te tane e ja salAha che ke jyAre jyAre tArUM mana nirarthaka ciMtAo karavA lAge tyAre tyAre uraca keTInA pustakonA vAMcana ke mananamAM mane nane rokI rAkhavAno prayatna karo. AthI pelI cItA B [ samAna ciMtA tArAM-deha manane prajALI zakaze nahIM. ! - AjakAla dharmanuM baLa bahuja ochuM thaI gayuM che [ che. dharma ane Arogyane ke nikaTane saMbaMdha che che te huM AgaLanA eka patramAM jaNAvI cukI che. jenAM che hadayamAM dharmanuM baLa hoya che, jene AtmA che zraddhAthI daDha ane acaLa banyA hoya che teone ema ja lAge che ke amAre AtmA amara che, amAro saMbaMdha A kSaNabhaMgura-jaDa jagat sAthe nahIM paNa anaMtatAnI sAthe che. AvA AtmA ne jaganI kaI paNa ghaTanA herAna karI zakatI che nathI. teo saMsAranA mahA bhayaMkara tephAnenI mane dhyamAM paNa sthira ane nizcita ja rahe che. kAraNa ke teo jANatA hoya che ke A zarIra karatAM AtmA jude che. zarIra te mAtra tene thoDA vakhata vIsAme levAnI eka dharmazALA che. A pramANe dharmanA baLathI I jene AtmAnuM rUpa oLakhAI jAya, te mANasa kAMI ! dehanAM du:khamAM pIDA mAne nahIM. pArabdha evA che ene kAMI duHkha thayuM hoya te paNa e duHkhathI teo che | hiMmata hArI jAya nahIM. AtmazraddhA rAkhavAthI ghaNI !

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* je 1 jAtanA ge ane zeke potAnI meLe ochA thaI che ( jAya che. jeo duHkha viSe vadhAre vadhAre vicAro karyA che che kare che temanI upara duHkhanuM dabANa paNa haMmeza vadhamA tuM ja jAya che ema ApaNe ghaNIvAra vyavahAramAM joyuM che che. AthI ulaTuM jeo AtmAnA baLa ane vaibhava saMbadhIja vicAra karyA kare che temane saMsAranA dukha-zoka ke ciMtAo bahu asara karI zakatAM nathI. hena ! eTaluM yAda rAkhaje ke jyAM dharmanuM baLa hoya che che tyAM re bahu phAvI jaI zakatA nathI. rogathI bacavuM hoya te dharma ane AtmAnuM zaraNa levuM e mArI tane mukhya bhalAmaNa che. te uparAMta rAgone aTakAvavAnI yuktio paNa ApaNe jANI levI joI e. ApaNAM roganA kAraNe tathA te saMbaMdhI upAyenuM ApaNe poteja yathArtha jJAna prApta karI levuM joIe. nAnI nAnI bAbate mATe ghaDIe ghaDIe ! bIjAne pUchavA javuM enA karatAM pote jarUra jeTaluM jANI levuM e vadhAre sArI vAta che. Aja kAla ApaNu gujarAtI sAhityamAM strIpagI aneka pustako prakaTa thAya che temAMnA egya graMtho meLavI, tene abhyAsa karI ApaNuM henane dukha:mukta kara- | vAnuM ApaNe lakSamAM rAkhavuM joIe. jo ema karIe teja ApaNuM jJAna sva-parane upayogI thaI zake. huM A patramAM e viSe vadhu kAMI na lakhatAM mAtra che 56

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Arogya viSayaka upayegI pustakanA vAMcana tarapha ja tAruM lakSa kheMcI virAma lauM chuM. saMtAnazikSA. (5) priya sakhI! ArogyanA saMbaMdhamAM huM sAmAnya sUcanAo AgalA patramAM ApI cUkI chuM, te che uparAMta vaidyaka sAhityanA abhyAsanI AvazyaktA | paNa darzAvI cukI chuM. A patramAM huM saMtAnazikSA tathA saMtAnacAritra viSe be zabdo kahevA mAMguM chuM. uccapadanI abhilASA te se koIne heya, 5che raMtu e padanI javAbadArI ane jokhamadArIne khyAla che sahu koIne na hoI zake. mApada e jagatamAM sAthI mahAna pada . tenI sAthe tenI jokhamadArI paNa mahAna che e mahatvanI vAta yAda rAkhavAnI che. jo ke A patrane viSaya kadAca tane kaMTALAbharyo lAgaze te paNa saMtAnanA kalyANArthe ApaNe kaMTALAnA kaDavA ghuMTaDA paNa gaLe utArI javA joIe. graha eja manuSyanuM mukhya vidyAlaya che, mAtA ! e vidyAlayanI mukhya zikSikA che. mAnava hRdayanA che saghaLA guNa tathA denA bIje A ja vidyAlayamAM ropAyuM che. eka vidvAna kahe che ke eka suzikSita che pa7

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mAtA se zikSake karatAM paNa vadhAre che. vastutaH zALAmAM je kArya so zikSakathI na thaI zake te kArya eka gRhamAM mAtA ghaNI sahelAIthI karI zake che. ItihAsa tarapha draSTi karavAthI jaNAze ke jagavikhyAta mahApurUSenI mahattA mahoTe bhAge temanI mAtAonA zikSaNa, upadeza ane cAritrane ja AbhArI hatI. temanI sanehamayI mAtAoe je sadaguNe temane stanapAnanI sAthe AtmAmAM utArI dIdhA hatA teja saddaguNonA pratApe teo jagatamAM amara kIrti che. prApta karI gayA che. , kharekhara, mAtAnuM pada bahu ja geravavALuM che. ! { je jAti mAtRpadanI mahattA samajI tenI sArthakatA karavA kaTibaddha thAya che te jAti aneka dhIra-vIrache jJAnI ane saccaritra purUSane janma ApI saMsA rane svargatulya banAvI zake che. tethI ulaTuM mAtAnA deSane lIdhe saMtAnanuM jyAM aniSTa thatuM hoya, pari. A vAranA doSane lIdhe saMtAnenuM jIvana jyAM kalaMkita thatuM hoya ane sAmAjIka dene lIdhe saMtAnanuM jyAM adha:patana thatuM hoya tyAM saMsAra narkanuM svarUpa dhAraNa kare emAM kAMI Azcarya nathI. jevI rIte mAtAnA garbhamAM saMtAnanuM rakSaNa thAya che ane mAtA U nA dUdhathI piSaNa thAya che. tevIja rIte mAche tAnA dAMtathI saMtAnanuM cAritra paNa saMgaThita thAya 58

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che. mAtA ja bALakanI mukhya zikSikA che ema je che. kahevAyuM che temAM mane te lezamAtra paNa atiza- | che. ceti nathI lAgatI. eka divase eka mAtAe potAnA dharmagurUne prazna karyo ke -"gurUdeva! mAre mArA A priya bALakane zikSaNa ApavAnI zarUAta kayAre karavI, te kRpA karIne mane jaNAvaze?" uttaramAM gurUe saheja nirAzA sAthe jaNAvyuM ke-"bhadde! je atyAra sudhImAM tame tamArA putrane zikSaNa ApavAne kAMIja prayatna na karyo hoya te mAre dIlagIrI sAthe kahevuM paDaze ke A bALakanA ati mulyavAna cAra varSa tame vyartha ja gumAvI dIdhAM che. e deSane mATe tamAre pazcAtApa kara joIe. bALaka jyAre pathArImAM paDayuM paDayuM mAtAnA mukha tarapha nIhALI hasavAnuM ane ramavAnuM zarU kare te ja vakhate mAtAe ati re neha pUrvaka zikSaNa ApavAnuM kartavya saMbhALI levuM joIe. zikSaNane kharekhare samaya eja che." zikSaNa praNAlI mukhyatve be prakAranI che. eka ( draSTAMtavALI ane bIjI upadezavALI. A be praNAkSi- | - emAM mane te prathamanI praNAlIja vizeSa upakArI che ane upayogI jaNAya che. manuSya mAtra janmatAnI che sAthe eja praNAlIthI zikSaNa levAne AraMbha kare che, 1 che te ghaNIvAra joyuM haze ke bALake svAbhAvikapaNe che 59

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{ ApaNuM anukaraNa karavA lAgI jAya che. teo Apa NA vyavahAra joI banatAM sudhI teja pramANe vartavA A prayatna kare che. bALakanuM mana je dizAmAM vALavA dhArIe te dizAmAM vaLI zake evuM kemaLa heya che che, temanA manamAM je nizcaya karI jAya che te che kALAMtare paNa nAza pAmate nathI. 1 parivAramAM rahIne bALaka, mAtAnA anukaraNa A uparAMta pitA tathA bhAI-bahenenuM anukaraNa karavAne te paNa lalacAya che. paraMtu mAtAnA vyavahAra ane deSa | guNanI jevI chApa tenA aMtarAtmA upara paDe che che tevI chApa anya koinI paDatI nathI. vidvAne tathA vijJAnazAstrIo paNa A vAta kabula kare che. ema zuM kahevAya che ke eka kArakhAnAne mAlIka potAnA kA# rakhAnAmAM bALaka tathA bAlikAone nokarI upara che lagADatAM pahelAM temanI mAtAonA vartana tathA cAritranI tapAsa karatA ane je tene ema jaNAya ke amuka umedavAranI mAtA bahu ugI ane sAhasika che te sai prathama te mAtAnA bALakane kArakhAche nAmAM nokarI Apate. atyArasudhImAM je je mahAna purUSanA jI. vanacaritre vAMcyA che temAM vhoTe bhAge mane mAtAche ene ja mukhya pratApa anubhavAya che. mahApurUSa A pate paNa ghaNIvAra e vAta nirabhimAnapaNe kabula

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5 kare che. mahAvIra nepolIyana ghaNI vAra kahete kesa satAnanAM bhAvI sukha-du:kha tathA unnati-avanatine ! saghaLo AdhAra kevaLa mAtAnA guNa-doSa upara ja rahe che. mAtAnA zikSaNanA pratApe ja huM ATaluM che chejJAna tathA unnati prApta karavA bhAgyazALI thaI zakayo | I chuM." amerikAne eka samartha rAjadvArI purUSa ka- 2 te hete ke-"je mArI mAtAe mane mArI bAlyAva- A sthAmAM AkAza bhaNI AMgaNuM karI ema kahyA karyuM che na heta ke-"beTA! ApaNe sahune parama kRpALu ane dayALu pitA te tyAM-svargamAM che. te huM ! kharekhara eka heTe nAstika ja banyuM heta." mAtAnI vAta upara bALaka vizvAsa mUkyA vinA rahI zakatuM nathI. ApaNane nAnapaNamAM keTalI keTalI jAtanI bhUta-pretanI vArtAo ApaNe mAtAo taraphathI kahevAmAM AvatI? ApaNe atyAre A navayugamAM paNa e vArtAo bhUlI zakyA nathI, jANavA | chatAM paNa e vAttanI asarathI mukta rahI zakayA che nathI. Aja pramANe bIjI badhI bAbatamAM samajI jA | levAnuM che. upadeza karatAM pitA-mAtAne vyavahAra bALa- kano svabhAva ghaDavAmAM vadhAre upayogI thAya che ema huM pUrve kahI gaI chuM. eTalA mATe bALakanI hAja- ! ke rImAM ApaNAthI koIpaNa prakAranuM kuvAkya ke mukAya

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na thaI jAya enI khAsa sAvacetI rAkhavAnI che. bA- 1 che LakAnA dekhatAM je ApaNe keIne chetaravAne ke a- I che nyAya ApavAno prayatna karIe to te vyavahAra bALakanA kemaLa hRdaya upara evI uDI asara karI jAya ke pachI seMkaDo upadeza ane asaMkhya AjJAe karavA chatAM paNa te asara na bhUMsAya. bALakanuM hRdaya lagache bhaga svaccha arIsAnA jevuM ja hoya che. temAM ApaNe pratyeka vyavahAra pratibiMbita thayA vinA rahetuM nathI. che. ApaNe je ApaNA saMtAnane kSamAzIla, nirabhi( mAnI, ughogI tathA sarala banAvavA mAMgatA hoIe IT te sau prathama ApaNeja krodha, ahaMkAra, ALasa ke A daMbha karavAnuM mAMDI vALavuM joIe. bALakone roja navA navA viSaye jANavAnI A bahu IcchAo thayA kare che ane te svAbhAvika che. ja te koI eka navI vAta sAMbhaLIne athavA joIne uparAuparI ane karavA lAgI jAya che. mAtAe A saghaLA praznanA zAMta citte javAba ApavA joIe. A Ama thavAthI bALakanI jIjJAsAvRttine poSaNa maLe | che ane tethI te navuM navuM jJAna prApta karavA utsAhita thAya che. ethI ulaTuM je bALakanA praznanA te yathAyogya uttara ApavAnI darakAra rAkhavAmAM na Ave che te tenI jIjJAsAvRtti ugatAmAMja dabAI jAya che || ane pariNAme tenI buddhizakti bahera mArI jAya che, to 62.

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eTalA mATe bALaka jyAre koIpaNa viSaya saMbadhe prazna kare tyAre yathAzakti tene egya uttara vALavAne ApaNe prayatna karavA joIe. bALacita nene abhyAsa karI tenA uttare taiyAra rAkhavA e paNa che mAtAonA aneka kartavyamAMnuM eka che. pilIMga nAmane vidvAna kahe che ke-"zuM ? zA mATe? kayAre? kevI rIte? kyAM? ane koNa ? e nAmanA cha sanmitranI madadathI ja huM yatkiMcit | jJAna prApta karavA phattehamaMda thaI zakyo chuM." matalaba e che ke jANavAnI IcchA hevI e jJAnaprAptimAM ; mukhya sAdhanarUpa che, eTalA mATe bALakanI jIjJAchesAvRtti akALe dabAI na jatAM savizeSa jAgRta ane A vikasita bane eja ApaNe prayatna karavo joIe. hena! bhaNavA-gaNavAnI khAtara bALakone dhamakAvavA ethI paNa huM virUddha chuM. pAMca varSanI umara mara thatAM sudhI bALakone ApaNe premathI-nehathI) bhAvathI gRheja keLavavAM joIe. iglAMDanI mAphaka ApaNu dezamAM hajI nhAnAM bALako mATe cagya vighAlaya kholavAmAM AvyAM nathI eTale e kAma te ApaNe poteja saMbhALI levuM joIe. nizALanI. hAlanI paddhatti keTalIkavAra bALakone evA te nirUpa tsAha ane nirbaLa banAvI de che ke zikSakenI kAra sajAo ane vAye teo moTI umare paNa 63

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bhulI zakatA nathI. eka mAtA vArtA ke vAtacItanA che rUpamAM je viSaya potAnA bALakane zikhavI zake che te che viSaya netaranI soTI ke netranA lAla khuNAthI paNa nizALamAM barAbara zIkhavI zakAtuM nathI. pAMca varSa sudhI te bALake mAtAnIja sIdhI dekharekha nIce rahevuM che joIe e aneka anubhavIone abhiprAya che. A ekathI adhika saMtAnanI mAtAne mATe basa che, mAnabhAva" kiMvA sAmyanItinI ghaNI jarUra che. mAtA je pitAnA saMtAnonI aMdara pakSapAtapaNuM batAvavA lAge te tenI asara bALaka upara paNa thAya ane teo paraspara IrSA tathA dveSabhAva dhAraNa karI kalezakaMkAsa karavA lAgI jAya. mAtAe te ekasarakhI draSTithI potAnA saghaLA saMtAna upara vAtsalyabhAvanI vRSTi kara jeivIe. meM ghaNIvAra joyuM che ke putrI karatAM putra tarapha mAtA kaIka vizeSa nehabhAva dharAvatI hoya che, paNa mArA vicAra pramANe te ThIka na gaNAya. ApaNe bahArathI kSudra jaNAte pakSapAta ! vakhata jatAM ApaNA saMtAnonuM mahAna aniSTa kare che. bALaka jyAre raDavA lAge che ane kahyuM sAMbha- | te nathI tyAre ajJAna mAtAe vAgha-siMha ke bhUta-pizAcanA bhaye dekhADI tene zAMta karavAne prayatna kare che, paraMtu evA bhayathI bALakanA zarIramana upara kevI kharAba asara thAya tene teo

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( pure khyAla karatI nathI. nirarthaka bhayapradarzanathI bALakanuM mane saMkucita, nirbaLa ane sAhasarahita banI jAya che. pachI te te saheja aMdhakAramAM jatAM ke maheTe avAja sAMbhaLatAM paNa tharatharI uThe che. rAtre TghaNuM bALaka purI nidrA laI zakatA nathI ane bhayaMkara svapna joI trAsI uThe che. tenuM kAraNa paNa prAya: A mithyA bhayapradarzana ja hoya che. ApaNuM saMtAnonI temaja ApaNI potAnI vartamAna bhIrutAnuM mULa paNa - mArA dhAravA pramANe Aja che. bhayathI bALaka tuM chAnuM rahI jAya e vAta alabatta satya che paraMtu teja | vakhate bhayane lIdhe tenuM hRdaya kevuM trAsI uThatuM haze tene ApaNe ApaNuM potAnA anubhava uparathI ja khyAla karI levuM joIe. mithyA bhaya batAvo e jema anucita che tema mithyA AzAo ApI niraMtara chetarapIMDI cAlu rAkhavI e paNa sarvathA anucita che. mAtA je dhAre te AkAzamAMthI sUrya athavA caMdra paNa utArI zake e bALakanA saraLa hRdayamAM draDha vizvAsa hoya che. mAtA je kaMI kaheze te avazya phaLIbhUta thaze ema te zraddhAthI mAnate hoya che, paraMtu vakhata jatAM mAtAe ApelI AzAo jyAre tene banAvaTI ane mithyA jaNAvA lAge tyAre te mAtAnA zabdo upara vizvAsa mukavAnuM mAMDI vALe che, eTaluM ja nahIM paNa saMsAramAM AvIja banAvaTI-asatya vAtathI 65

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cAlatuM haze ema mAnI levAne prerAya che. mithyA A.. zAo ane lAlaca ApI bALakane zAMta ke tuSTa karavAnI prathA suzIkSita mAtAe pasaMda karatI nathI. bALakanA durAgraha pAse parAjIta thaI athavA kaMTALI na jaI tenI svachaMdatAne piSatA pahelAM paNa mAtAoe pariNAmane vicAra kara joIe. bALaka-AlikAone mAtAoe kevI paddhaA tithI zikSaNa ApavuM joIe e viSaya bahu aga tyane che. paNa tenI carcA A nhAnA patramAM vistArathI A na thaI zake. tene mATe tAre keTalAka upagI graMthonuM | vAMcana rAkhavuM joIe. kuvAmAM hoya teja avADAmAM na Ave, tema ApaNu pAse puratuM jJAna rUpI pANI na che hoya te ApaNe saMtAnanI pipAsA zAMta na karI zakIe. bALakanA kalyANanI khAtara paNa ApaNe te keTaleka abhyAsa kara joIe. temanuM kudaratI valaNa ke vidyAnI kaI vizeSa zAkhA tarapha che te zodhI kahADavuM che joIe. keTalAka bALako svabhAvathI ja zilpa Iti| hAsa, gaNita, tathA evI kaI eka khAsa zAkhA tarapha che adhika pakSapAta dharAvatA hoya che. temane te zAkhAmAM che keLavavAnuM ane tatsaMbaMdhI vyavasthA karI Apaje vAnuM ApaNe lakSamAM rAkhavAnuM hoya che. tuM samajI na zakaze ke je leDasTana jevA eka agAdha buddhivALA purUSane tenA mAtApitAe kaI kArakhAnAmAM ke vepA

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* . a aa pa ka aa na rInI peDhImAM nokarI karavA muka hota te tyAM tenuM rAjadvArIpaNuM zuM kAmamAM Avata? tevIja rIte 8 kalAIva jevAne je lazkarI khAtAmAM nahIM mukatAM kaI ke ophisamAM gumAstA tarIke rAkhavAmAM AvyA hatA te zuM te bicAre pitAnI svAbhAvika zaktione che vikasAvI zakata ? mArI kahevAnI matalaba eTalI ja che che ke ApaNe saMtAnanuM kudaratI valaNa bArIkAIthI tapAsavuM joIe, ane tene lagatuM prAthamika zikSaNa grahamAM ja maLe evI vyavasthA karavI joIe. ! bALakane zikSaNa ApavAnI aneka paddhatio ke pracalita che. paraMtu temAM prazranettara rUpe bALakanI jI* jJAsA tRpta karavAnI paddhati sarvotkRSTa gaNAya che. A { paddhatithI gammata sAthe jJAna ApI zakAya che. vaLI huM temAM zikSaka ke ziSya bemAMthI ekene kaMTALo Avate nathI. amuka vastu raju karI tenA jevI bIjI vake stuo sAthe rUpa-raMga-guNa Adino mukAbalo karI batAvavAthI, vastunuM jJAna bALakanA hRdayamAM daDhapaNe isI jAya che. banatAM sudhI bALakane te pratyakSa thatA di padArtho viSe ja samajutI ApavAne krama rAkhave. { ApaNe bahAra pharavA jaIe ane bALaka jIjJAsAvRttithI mArgamAM prana pUche to te jIjJAsAne dAbI nahIM detAM tene egya zikSaNa ApavAnI taka ApaNe levI joIe. zikSaNa ApavAne A prasaMga sarvathI = udaDana 'jAna'nA

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adhika AvakAradAyaka manAya che. kAraNa ke A vakhate bALakanuM mana svAbhAvika rIte ja evu* AtUra ane prakRtRita thayu hoya che ke te vakhate ApaNuM saheja zikSaNa tenA aMtaramAM ArapAra uttarI jAya che. jona sTuarTa mIla nAmanA eka mahA paMDita purUSa iMglAMDamAM thaI gayA che, tene tenA pitA taraphathI AvI rIte ja zIkSaNa maLyu hatu. te uparAMta gRhamAM evAM pavitra citrA ane mudrAlekhA rahevAM joIe ke je citrA temaja lakhANeA niraMtara bALakanA mana upara ajANI asara karyA kare. ApaNe pote paNa ApaNA vahevArAmAM evA tA niyamita, vyavasthita, svaccha ane nItiparAyaNa rahevuM joie ke jethI ApaNA gRhanuM vAtAvaraNa ja bALakane niyamita ane nItiparAyaNa thavAnI aheniza preraNA karyA kare. sIdhI rIte upadeza ApavA karatAM gRhanA vAtAvaraNanI ma nuSyanA mana upara uMDI asara thAya che. ApaNe jo jJAnanI rUcIvALAM hAie, ApaNe jo satya ane nItinA viSayamAM daDha hAIe te ApaNAM bALakA paNa jJAnacIvALA ane satyaniSTha bane emAM kAMI ja Azcarya nathI. ApaNe saMsAranA pAmara-kSudra jIvA jevuM jIvana gALavuM ane ApaNAM bALakAne parama vidvAna tathA dhArmika banAvavAnI AzA rAkhavI e tA hAthe karIne nirAzAne AmatraNa ApavA jevu tu + da e

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che. eka vidvAna kahe che ke manuSya taiyAra karatAM pahelAM ApaNe pote manuSya banavuM joIe. arthAta ApaNuM , AcAro-vyavahAra ane saMge je pazu jIvanane maLatA hoya te pachI ApaNe tyAM devAMzI manuSya utpanna thAya evI AzA ja kema rAkhI zakIe? zikSaNa karatAM cAritra anaMtagaNuM vadhAre mUlyavAna che. zikSaNa te hajIe zALAmAM maLI zake. paraMtu cAritra prApta karavAnuM sthAna te gRha sivAya anya na ja hoI zake. Aje ApaNumAM evI pharIyAda thAya che ke bALakone puratuM dharma ane cAritranuM zikSaNa maLatuM nathI, tethI bALakonAM jIvana sudharatA nathI. ApaNe zALAnA zikSako pAsethI cAritranI ke dharma saMskAranI AzA na rAkhI zakIe. zikSaka upara alabatta cAritra viSayaka javAbadArI rahelI che, paraMtu te sugya mAtAonA abhAve ja temane horI levI paDI che ema mane kahyA vinA nathI cAlatuM. kharuM kahuM te bALakanA cAritra ane zikSaNanI ghaNIkharI ! javAbadArI ApaNuM upara-mAtAo upara ja che. ha

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jIono sAthI. karatAM karatA paNa (suvAvaDa saMbaMdhI ati upayogI graMtha.) A pustaka mULa eka prasiddha baMgALI vidvAna DaoNkTaranI lekhinIthI lakhAeluM che, baMgALImAM tenI uparA uparI AvRttio nIkaLyA kare che. ane tenuM kAraNa paNa spaSTa ja che. graMthamAM prasUtI (suvAvaDa) nA saMbaMdhamAM evA gharagatu upAya darzAvavAmAM AvyA che ke je A pustakanA viSayanuM ApaNI bahene manana kare te bALamRtyunI saMkhyA ghaTavAnI sAthe rIonA Arogya paNa ghaNuM sahelAIthI sacavAI zake. - A pustaka lakhI mULa graMthakAre hiMdanA sAhitya upara, vizeSa karIne strIvarga upara, bahu bhAre upakAra karyo che. ema vidvAne ekI avAje kabule che. AvA eka graMtharatnano lAbha le ke nahIM tene AdhAra ApaNuM bhAIo ane bahena upara che. graMthanI mAtra gaNI-gAMThI nakaleja sIlakamAM che. dareka patie pitAnI patnIne A pustaka vAMcavAnI athavA vAMcI batAvavAnI taka levI joIe. kIMmata rUA. 1-0-0 lakho - sIsukha darpaNa-zrAvikA ophIsa. bhAvanagara