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________________ ' saMsmaraNeA 'nI samAlAcanA [ 33 ] prastuta pustaka ' sa'smaraNo ' gujarAta vidyAsabhAe prasiddha karyuM che. enA lekhaka che vahAlasoyuM ' dAdAsAheba ' upanAma dhAraNa karanAra zrI. gaNeza vAsudeva mAvaLa kara. madhyavartI lokasabhAnA spIkara tarIke dAdAsAhebanuM nAma eTaluM badhuM jANItuM ane sAthe sAthe lokapriya che ke temane vize karA vadhAre ullekha karavAnI jarUra rahetI nathI. < dAdAsAhebe mAnavatAnAM jharaNAM', * My Life at the Bar ' kAMhI pAle' vagere gujarAtI, aMgrejI, marAThImAM judA judA prasaMgo laI putakarUpe smRtio lakhelI che. prastuta pustaka, enA nAma pramANe, viziSTa smRtionu saMkalana che. e smRtie gAMdhIjI sAthe paricayamAM AvyA pachI temanI gharavaNI pramANe ke temanI sAthe kAma karatAM upasthita thayelA prasaMgeAnI eka anubhavayAtrA che. gAMdhIjI sAthenA A jIvana-prasage paNa lekhita AdhAra pUratA maryAdita che. tethI ja zrI. naraharibhAI prastAvanAmAM ThIka ja kahe che ke, huM A pustakanI gUMthaNI gAMdhIjInA emanA upara AvelA patrAtI AsapAsa karI che. e patrA ApatAM pahelAM kaI paristhitimAM gAMdhIjIe temane amuka patra lakhyA ane e patranI emanA zrvata upara zI asara thaI e temaNe jhINavaTathI vigatavAra varNanyuM che." gAMdhIyugamAM gAMdhIjInA dezamAM janmavuM e prathama dhanyatA. temanA paricayamAM AvavuM e bIjI caDiyAtI dhanyatA. paricayamAM AvyA pachI paNa temanI dRSTinI samajaNa ane te pramANe jIvana jIvavAnI AvaData ane tAlAvelI e trIjI paNa vadhAre uttama dhanyatA. A badhI dhanyatAthI vadhAre caDiyAtI ane vadhAre mUlyavatI dhanyatA to temanI sAthe eka yA bIjI rIte kAmamAM sahabhAgI banavuM te. A mAruM' anubhUta ane mULagata maMtavya che. e matavyanI kasoTIe joIe te dAdAsAhebanAM prastuta smaraNa e badhI dhanyatAonA paripAkarUpe che. A vastunI pratIti harakAI samajadAra vAcakane * saMsmaraNlRA ' vAMcyA pachI thaya! vinA nahi rahe ema huM samaju chu'.
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________________ " sa'smaraNA "nI samAaAcanA [1 dAdAsAhebanA vananAM aneka pAsAM cheH adhyayana, gAsthya vanamAM praveza, vakIlAta, gujarAta sabhA, myunisipAliTI ane gujarAta vidyAsabhA jevI mAtabara saMsthAemAM pramukhapada sudhInA javAbadArIvALA kArya bhAra, moTA saMkaTaprasaMge rAhatakAya mAM pratyakSa bhAga levA, rASTrIya svAtaMtryanI laDAImAM eka viziSTa sainika tarIke jha MpalAvavuM, keLavaNInAM vividha kSetrAmAM ekasarakhe rasa levA uparAMta tene lagatAM aneka svapnAne sAkAra karavAM, adhikArInA anyAya ke johukamI sAme laDatA taruNavargane paDakhe UbhA rahI namUnArUpa kahI zakAya evI doravaNI dvArA laDatane vijayI banAvavI, keLavaNInA kAma age tema ja lokahitanAM mojA aneka kAmeA aMge kALA ekaThA karavA, oNMgresa ane khIjI aneka saMsthAnAM nANAMne prAmANika tema ja kuzaLa vahIvaTa karavA, kastUra rASTrIya smAraka ane gAMdhIsmAraka jevAM aneka dezavyApI TrasTeAnA TrasTI thavuM, tene vahIvaTa karavA ane TharAvela uddeza anusAra cAlatAM kAmeAne jAtadekharekhathI vega ApavA, spIkara tarIkenI mahattama javAbadArIone yazasvIpaNuM paheAMcI vaLavuM, vagere vagere. emanA jIvananAM keTalAM badhAM pAsAM che ne pratyeka pAsAmAM keTalA adhA anubhava sa MbhAra bharelA che te badhuM A maryAdita smaraNAmAM paNa sIdhI ke ADakatarI rIte jovA maLe che. jema eka ja madhubindumAM aneka mesamenAM, aneka jAtanAM, aneka AkAranAM ane vividha raMgasvAda tathA gadhanAM phUlonuM sattva ekarasa thayeluM heAya che tema prastuta saMsmaraNa vize kahI zakAya. neTanA koi eka ja haiAya che, paNa jyAre dAdA ene lagatA anubhavanuM smRtacitra kheMce che tyAre akhaMDa vanamAM velAM ane jivAtAM aneka pAsAM te citramAM sAkAra thayA vinA nathI rahetAM, satyanI cAhanA, sAhajika tejasvitA ane UMDI dhArmikatA, spaSTa samajaNa ane vividha kSetre kAma karavAnI dhagaza tema ja tene yazasvI rIte pAra pADavAnI kalA--e prastuta saMsmaraNAnA prANa tema ja tenI bhUmikA che. satyaniSThAnA purAvA TTA ane bAvanamA sasmaraNamAM spaSTa che. Azrama TrasTanA lAMkhA kAyadesara dastAveja mahenata karI dAdAsAhebe lakyo, paNa jyAre gAMdhIjIe dastAveja TUMkA karavAnI dRSTi sUcavI tyAredAdA jarAya AnAkAnI vinA e dRSTinuM satya svIkArI le che ane peAtAne eka nava dRSTi lAdhyAna satASa pragaTa kare che. A eka vAta. tethI UlaTuM, jyAre prAdezika vidyApITha paratve potAnA vicAra gAMdhIjI karatAM judo paDavA chatAM potAne te satyapUta
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________________ 982] darzana ane ciMtana lAgyo tyAre, gAMdhIjI pratye ananya mAna dharAvavA chatAM, pitAnI vicArasaraNane makkamapaNe rajU karatAM gAMdhIjI sAthe thayela vAtacItane musaddo dAdAsAhebe gAMdhIjIne meka ane tethI gAMdhIjI kAMIka vaLyA ane khuza paNa thayA. jenAmAM satyaniSThA hoya che te jema bIjA harakoI pAsethI satya svIkAratAM khamacA nathI tema te potAne spaSTa pratIta thatA satyane makkamapaNe chatAM vinamrapaNe vaLagI rahe che ane jene zirasAvadha lekhate heya tenI sAme paNa te satya mUkatAM jarAya pAcho paDatuM nathI. tejavitA ane rASTrIya svamAnane purA saMsmaraNa naM. 8 thI 14 sudhImAM e maLe che ke temAM dAdAnuM hIra tarI Ave che. temaNe je rIte vidyArthIonI laData ane haDatAlanuM saMcAlana karyuM, je sAvadhAnIthI lekamatane pitAne pakSe vALe ane je hiMmata tema ja bahAdurIthI te vakhatanA keLavaNapradhAnanI sAna ThekANe ANI e badhuM vAcanArane ema jarUra thaI AvavAnuM ke pararAjya ke svarAjyamAM koI paNa anyAya ke joratalabI sAme satyAgrahamUlaka laData laDavAnI hoya to tenI AgevAnI levAnuM khamIra dAdAsAhebamAM avazya che. - dAdAmAM tejasvitanI jema dhArmikatA paNa UMDI che. AnI jIvanta pratIti paMDharapuranuM zrIviThThalamaMdira harijanane mATe khulluM karAvavA zrI. sAne gurujInI jahemata, maMdiranA pagathiyA pAsethI ja pote kareluM darzana, divasarAta cAlelI maMtraNAo tema ja harijanapravezane TharAva ane sAne gurujInAM pAraNAM-A cAra prakaraNamAM thAya che. kaddara pUjArIone eka AgevAna sAthe dAdAne thayelI praznottarI prakaraNa 49mAM che te tathA chelA prakaraNa para mAM gAMdhIjIne pAThavela patra vAMcanAra dAdAnI satyani vakIlAtane namane joI zakaze.' " dAdAe je je kAmamAM hAtha nAkhyo che tyAM sarvatra temane kevo jaza maLe che ane gAMdhIjIe temane keTalA sadbhAvathI apanAvyA che e badhuM tamAma saMsmaraNomAM tarI Ave che. dAdA evA vinamra che ke jarUra paDe tyAM vaDIlonI salAha levAnuM cUkatA nathI. tethI ja gAMdhIjInI peThe saradAranI paNa daravaNIne lAbha letAM teo cUktA nathI. A saMsmaraNomAM eka mahattvanI vastu dhyAna kheMce che ane te e ke dAdAsAhebanAM mAtuzrI asAdhAraNa haiyAukalatavALAM ane hiMmatavALAM che. jyAre mUMjhavaNa prasaMge nirNaya levAno hoya tyAre dAdA mAtuzrIne pUche che,
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________________ "smaraNenA samAcanA ne mAtuzrI paNa evAM ke putramehamAM taNAyA sivAya kartavyane anurUpa ja pitAne nirNaya Ape che. dAdAe "saMsmaraNa" lakhavAnuM prajana anubhUta jIvanaprasaMgomAM DokiyuM karI te sAthe tAdAmya sAdhavA dvArA svasa teSarUpe darzAvyuM che. e vAta antarmukha dRSTie taddana sAcI che, paraMtu enI bIjI bAjuye che ane te vAcakonI dRSTi. lekhakanuM mukhya prayajana AtmasatiSa hoya teya vAcakane prayojana te sAthe saMkaLAyeluM che ja. tethI dAdAe dazaoNveluM projana bahirmukha dRSTie vAcakenA pariteSane paNa vyApe che. meM A saMsmaraNe bIjI vAra sAMbhaLyAM teya mane jarAya kaMTALo na Avyo; UlaTuM, vadhAre samajavAnuM prApta thayuM. tethI huM ema kahI zakuM chuM ke prastuta saMsmaraNo dareka samajadAra vAcake vAMcavA jevAM che. tethI ja te zrI. naraharibhAI lakhe che ke zrI. dAdAsAheba mAvaLaMkaranuM A pustaka vAcakavargane bahu upayogI, rasaprada ane bedhaka lAgaze. jANuM chuM ke dAdAsAheba keTalA kAmanA boja nIce satata dabAyelA rahe che, tema chatAM temanAM saMsmaraNenuM rasika ane badhaprada vAcana evI vinaMtI karavA prere che ke dAdAsAheba pitAnA jIvananAM badhAM ja pAsAne sparzatI jIvanakathA vigate satvare lakhe te te atyAranI ane bhAvI peDhIne aneka rIte upakAraka nIvaDaze. saMsmaraNa sAthe je agatyanAM traNa pariziSTa ApyAM che tene lIdhe pustakanI upayogitA sAce ja vadhI jAya che. ane aMte je sUci ApI che te cokasAI ane jhINavaTane eka namUne che. gAMdhInA nAma sAthe ane dAdAnA nAma sAthe sUcimAM badhI ja vigate ane ghaTanAone TUMka nirdeza evI rIte karavAmAM AvyuM che ke mAtra sUci jotAM ja gAMdhIjI ane dAdAsAheba vaccenA saMbaMdha ne jIvanaprasaMgone A citAra rajU thAya. pustakanI chapAmaNI, zuddhi ane goThavaNa e badhuM aghatana heI prakAzaka ane mudrakane zobhA Ape tevuM che. mArI khAtarI che ke je A saMsmaraNe dhyAnathI vAMcaze tene aneka rIte ISTapreraNuM maLaze. * mAnanIya zrI gaNeza vAsudeva mAvalaMkaranI AtmakathA saMsmaraNa'nI samAcinA.