Shrimad Chitralekha Article

Author(s): Devanshu Desai
Publisher: Chitralekha Magazine
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/249541/1

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kivara sTorI | devAMzu desAI (agAsa-dharamapura-paralI-kobA-sAyalA) tasavIra : maulika koTaka gAMdhIjInA AdhyAtmika mArgadarzaka zrImad rAjacaMdrano deza BIvitra zrAvaNa mahino pUro thayo ane hamaNAM jainonAM pavitra paryuSaNa paNa samApta thayAM. hiMdu hoya ke jaina, A samayagALA daramiyAna muMbaI-amadAvAda ke navasArI-valasADa jevAM nAnAM-moTAM zaherothI laIne gAmaDAgAmamAM sauthI vadhu dhArmika vyAkhyAna, pravacano thAya che. dharma zuM che? satya zuM? upavAsa kevI rIte karavA? nirjaLA upavAsamAM zuM pI zakAya ane zuM nahIM? zaMkaranAM darzana kevI rIte karavAM? sUryAsta pahelAM bhojana zA mATe karavuM, vagere vagere jijJAsAnA javAba bhakto-mumukSuo zodhatA rahe che ane zraddhALuo jIvanabhara A paMtha, pelA paMtha vacce bhaTakatA rahe che. bahu ochAne sAco paMtha-sAcA guru maLe che, chatAM ekavIsamI sadImAM vadhu ne vadhu loko dharma-gurune zaraNe jaI rahyA che e hakIkata che. citralekhAmAM atyAra sudhI tame svAminArAyaNanA paMtha, ozo, brahmAkumArIthI laIne vividha paMtha-dharma-saMpradAya vize vAMcyuM haze. Aje ahIM zrImad rAjacaMdranI vAta karavI che. Amaloko mATe to zrImadda eTale gAMdhIjInA AdhyAtmika mArgadarzaka. bApune jyAre AdhyAtmika prazno mUMjhavatA tyAre e zrImadane patra lakhIne salAha letA. gAMdhIjIe lakhyuM che ke mArA para traNa vyaktino prabhAva-kavi rAyacaMdabhAI, raskina ane TolasTaoNya. A traNemAM kavi rAyacaMdabhAIno vizeSa prabhAva. A rAyacaMdabhAI e ja zrImad rAjacaMdra... zrImad mATe kahevAya che ke AyuSyanA sAtamA varSe ja emane jAtismaraNa jJAna thayuM hatuM. pariNAme emane pAchalA navaso bhavanuM jJAna thayuM, je mujaba paccIsaso varSa pahelAM e bhagavAna mahAvIranA aMtima ziSya hatA. janme vaiSNava evA zrImada bhagavAna mahAvIranA vicArone AgaLa dhapAvyA. bAhyakriyA karatAM e AtmAnA kalyANa mATe AMtarika kriyA para vadhu bhAra mUkatA ane ahIM e jainAcAryo karatAM alaga paDatA hatA. zrImad mAnatA ke dharma eTale AtmAnI oLakha-AtmAnI sevA. mAtra savAra-sAMja be-be kalAka prabhusevA karavI ke samAjasevA evuM nahIM. tamArA AtmAne oLakho to ApoApa vicAro sudharaze. Izvara bahAra nathI, tamArI aMdara che. enI oLakha thaze pachI bahAra kyAMya khoTAM phAMphAM mAravAM nahIM paDe. basa, ATalI saraLa vAta zrImad emanA TUMkA AyuSyamAM samajAvI gayA. mANasa pote ja potAnuM kalyANa kare to ApoApa samAjanuM kalyANa thAya. emanA vicAromAM adhyAtmanI sAthe vijJAna paNa hatuM. jovAnI khUbI e che ke gRhastha zrImadanI hayAtImAM emano potAno koI paMtha ke Azrama nahotA. emanA mRtyunAM cheka paMdara varSa pachI nAnakaDo Azrama banyo. tyAra bAda 86 varSa vahI gayAM. emAMya chellAM paMdara varSamAM deza-videzamAM zrImadanA vicArone AgaLa dhapAvatI Azare 56 alaga alaga saMsthA zarU thaI che. darekanI maMjila eka che, paNa rastA alaga che. saMsthAo vacce vivAda nathI. zrImad rAjacaMdrano A ekamAtra evo paMtha che, jemAM koI eka pITha-gAdI nathI. hA, A badhAmAM sauthI jUnA Azrama agAsanI mahattA-mahattva badhA karatAM kAva, - namo - mA i + vizeSa che. zrImad vize vAta karatI vakhate tamAma bhakto emane parama kRpALu dezuM saMbodhana kare che. kRpALu devane ja e loko bhagavAna mAne. jalArAmabApA ke ziraDInA sAMIbAbAnI jema zrImad rAyacaMda paNa avatArI puruSa re mA che ane zuM che ke mama ji -3 che ke che. ja che ulane kA , nAka ke ane e * * ma ma ra aa * . * Azare 106 varSa jUno zrImadano orijinala phoTo ane hastalikhita lakhANe emanA eka vaMzaja pAse che. zrImad rA gaNAtA to AvA AjathI 140 varSa pahelAM janmelA zrImadajInuM kevuM hatuM jIvana? zrImadano janma saurASTranA vavANiyA gAme 1867nI sAlamAM thayo hato. zrImadanA pitA ravajIbhAI vaiSNava hatA, jyAre mAtA devabAI jaina hatAM eTale zrImadamAM banne saMskAronuM siMcana thayuM hatuM, paNa jaina saMskAranI asara emanA para vadhu. - zrImadanI smaraNazakti eTalI sateja hatI ke zALAmAM * * * ? zikSaka pATha vAMce e daramiyAna AkheAkhA pATha emane w w 1* meM kaMThastha thaI jatA. AThamA varSe emaNe kavitA lakhavAnI fine na Dha. phaLa zarUAta karI. prathama varSe pAMca hajAra kaDI racI hatI. TUMkamAM, > A medhAvI, jJAnI puruSa sAta-ATha varasanA hatA tyAre ja emanA vize AgAhI thavA mAMDI hatI ke A chokaro AgaLa jatAM mahApratApI thaze. bArame varSe ghaDiyALa para tattvasahita traNaso kaDI emaNe eka ja divasamAM racI hatI. rI, a " , ke >> vi . * w jAna A maka, ke. . mano, paE 38 citralekhA 11 sapTembara, 2006

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-videzamAM vadhato vyApa zrImadanI hayAtImAM emano potAno koI Azrama 'nahoto. mRtyunAM paMdara varasa pachI nAnakaDo Azrama banyo. vacce 86 varasa vahI gayAM. chellAM thoDAM varasamAM deza-videzamAM pa6 saMsthA zarU thaI che. 'darekanI maMjila eka che, paNa rastA alaga che, kevo che zrImadano paMtha ane kevI che enI philosophI? prajJeza vyAsa jacaMdra Azrama, amAsa zrImadanuM bALapaNanuM nAma lakSmInaMdana. vIsa varSanI uMmare hIrAno vepAra | traNa jaNa sAthe copATa rame, e ja samaye bAjumAM beThelI anya traNa vyakti karavA muMbaI AvyA tyAre badhA emane rAyacaMda tarIke oLakhatA. jo ke | sAthe gaMjIpho rame, sAtamI vyakti sAthe zataraMja rame, vacce jhAlaranA TakorA 13-14mA varSe vividha sAmayikamAM e rAjacaMdra nAmathI kavitA lakhatA eTale | gaNatA jAya... AvAM bAvana kAma emaNe ekasAthe karyAM hatAM. e ja pramANe vidvAnomAM zrImad rAjacaMdra nAmathI prasiddha thayA. 16 varSa ane pAMca mahinAnI muMbaImAM zatAvadhAna (so avadhAna)no prayoga pharAmajI kAvasajI InsTiTayUTamAM uMmara hatI tyAre zrImade traNa divasanI aMdara ja mokSamALA nAmano graMtha ekaso | DaoN. pITarasananA adhyakSapade hajAro darzaka samakSa karyo hato, jenI noMdha e samaye ATha pATha rUpe lakhI pragaTa karyo, jemAM jaina dharmanA siddhAMtone saraLa bhASAmAM | muMbaI samAcAra, TAImsa oNpha InDiyA, jAme jamazeda akhabAroe lIdhI hatI. samajAvavAno prayatna thayo che. eTaluM ja nahIM, emane suvarNacaMdraka ApI sAkSAt sarasvatInuM biruda ApavAmAM e ja pramANe 29 varSanI uMmare mAtra doDha kalAkamAM Atmasiddhi zAstranI racanA | AvyuM hatuM. alabatta, AvuM avadhAna paNa AtmonnatimAM bAdhaka jaNAtAM zrImade karI hatI. zrImadanA bhakto mATe mokSamALA ane Atmasiddhi zAstranuM adakeruM mahattva | eno tyAga karyo hato. che. mAtra sAta varSanI uMmare vavANiyAmAM smazAnamAM saLagatI citA joyA bAda | zrImadanA zatAvadhAna prayogathI muMbaImAM ghaNA zrImaMto emanA paricayamAM zrImadane jAtismaraNa thayuM-pAchalA navaso bhavanuM smaraNa thayuM hatuM. AvyA hatA, jemAM jamazedajI TATA paNa hatA. jamazedajI TATAe potAnA bhavya zrImad vize aneka lokavAyakA che, paNa traNeka ghaTanA evI che, jenI noMdha | baMgalAmAM emane AmaMtraNa ApI bolAvyA hatA. baMgalo, rAcaracIluM joyA muMbaInAM tamAma akhabAramAM levAmAM AvI hatI. zrImade hajAro mANasonI | bAda zrImade kahyuM hatuM ke Ane koNa bhogavaze? vacce ATha, bAra, bAvana ane zatAvadhAna karyA hatAM. eka samaye ghaNAM badhAM kAma | zrImadajInI A vAta AgaLa jatAM samagra TATA sAmrAjya mATe sAcI paDI. karavAM ene avadhAna kahe che. boTAdamAM bAvana avadhAna karyA tyAre eka tarapha e | gAMdhIjI berisTara thaIne laMDanathI muMbaI AvyA tyAre muMbaImAM hIrAno vepAra 11 sapTembara, 2006 citralekhA 39

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/ kavara sTorI | karanArA zrImad sAthe prathama vAra paricaya thayo. bApue ahiMsAnuM sIdhuM pAna ane bhAna A zrImad thakI karyuM hatuM. gAMdhIjI jyAre paNa koI praznathI mUMjhAya tyAre zrImadano patra dvArA saMparka karatA ane javAba meLavatA eTale ja gAMdhIjIe zrImadane potAnA AdhyAtmika mArgadarzaka kahyA. zrImad gAMdhI karatAM uMmaramAM mAtra be varSa moTA hatA. caheremahore zrImad ane gAMdhImAM ghaNuM sAmya hatuM. zrImad vize kahevAya che ke emanA paricayamAM AvelA lokonA mananI vAta, emanA hetu, prazra vagara bolye ja ne jANI jatA. zrotA prazna pache e pahelAM temane javAba ApI detA. AvA camatkAra bAbate zrImade jaNAvyuM hatuM ke AtmAnI anaMta zaktio dvArA e bhaviSya ane pUrvajanmanI vAto jANatA. zrImade potAnA jIvanakALa AAsanA zrImad rAjacaMdra AzramamAM vahelI savAre, bapore, sAMje, rAtre mAtra ane mAtra bhakti thAya che. vaDodarAnA jipinAlAI rakhane patnI mudrA ! je zAMti maLe che nuM sukha jamA jinAlaya, vizALa lAIbrerI, vyAna haoNla, nAnA baMgalA sahita traNaso rUma che. ahIMnI svacchatA ane zistabaddhatA AMkhe UDIne vaLage che. bhAratabharamAM agAsa ekamAtra evuM dhArmika sthaLa haze, jyAM vahelI savArathI moDI rAta sudhI niraMtara mAtra bhakti-bhajano thAya che. A bhakti daramiyAna koI prakAranAM vAjiMtrano upayoga karavAmAM Avato nathI. | AzramamAM rahenArAoe paNa cokkasa niyama pALavA paDe. AzramamAM kyAMya reDiyo, TIvI, phrija jevAM upakaraNa ke manoraMjananAM sAdhana rAkhI zakAya nahIM. dareka baMgalA ke rUmamAM spIkaranI vyavasthA che. mukhya satsaMga haoNlamAM vahelI savAre cAra vAge bhakti zarU thaI jAya. bImAra ke azakta vyakti haoNla sudhI jaI na zake to e spIkara para bhakti sAMbhaLIne dharama-dhyAna kare. AzramamAM bhojanAlaya che, jyAM savAra-sAMja bhojana tema ja cA-nAsto khUba ja rAhata dare ApavAmAM Ave che. mAtra doDha hajAra rUpiyAmAM mANasa Akho mahino ahIM rahI zake. daramiyAna bhagavAna mahAvIranA jJAnano pracAra ane paraMparA ja AgaLa dhapAvI. jaina dharmamAM bAhyakriyA para vadhu bhAra mUkavAmAM Ave, jyAre zrImad AMtarika kriyA para vizeSa bhAra mUkatA. vaLI, zrImad paraNelA hatA. dIkSA lIdhI nahotI chatAM vidvAno emane guru mAnatA eTale e samaye keTalAka jaina sAdhu-AcAryo zrImadano virodha karatA hatA. lallujI muni nAmanA jaina munie jyAre saMsArI evA zrImadane guru mAnyA tyAre moTo virodha thayo, paNa bannemAMthI koI DagyuM nahotuM. lallujI muni uparAMta bhAgabhAI, DAbhAI ane aMbAlAlabhAI nAmanA mumukSuo zrImadanA khUba nikaTanA paricayamAM hatA. bhaktomAM parama kRpALu devathI oLakhAtA zrImadanuM mAtra 33 varSanI uMmare rAjakoTamAM avasAna thayuM hatuM. zrImadanuM avasAna thayuM tyAre emaNe be graMtha sivAya koI lakhANa chapAvyuM nahotuM. emano koI vidhisara Azrama ke dharmasthAna nahotuM, paraMtu Aje so varSa bAda muMbaI, gujarAta uparAMta paradeza sahita zrImadano pracAra-prasAra karanI chana jeTalI saMsthA cAle che, dareka saMsthAno svataMtrapaNe vahIvaTa cAle che, alabatta, A badhAmAM sauthI pavitra sthaLa eTale ANaMdathI paMdara kilomITara dUra AveluM agasa. ahIM sad rAjacaMdra mAM pravezo naiTale niSphaLa zAMti anubhavAya. koI alaga ja prakAranA taraMga AzramamAM pravezatAM anubhavavA maLe che. lagabhaga sittera ekaramAM phelAyelA agAsa AzramamAM satsaMga haoNla uparAMta | 40 citralekhA / 11 sapTembara, 2006 jo ke ahIM mAtra bhakti ane bhakti karanArane ja praveza maLe che. AdhyAtmika nivRttimAM uttama sthAna evA A AzramamAM rahevAnuM ane AvavAnuM prayojana eka mAtra svakalyANa hovuM joIe ane e mATe dainika kAryakramomAM svaicchika rIte saMpUrNa zastatAthI hAjarI ApavI jarUrI che. A AzramamAM sAta prakAranAM vyasana uparAMta vaDanA TeTA, pIpaLanA TeTA, uMbara phaLa, aMjIra, madha ane mAkhaNanA vaparAza para pratibaMdha che. AzramamAM vartamAnapatro lAvI-vAMcI zakAya nahIM. TUMkamAM, AzramamAM AvanArI vyakti potAnA AtmAnA kalyANa mATe satata bhakti karI zake evI ahIM vyavasthA che. ahIM tamAma dharmanA lokone AvakAra maLe che. paTela, vaiSNava uparAMta bhUtakALamAM eka muslima bhakta paNa hato. paryuSaNa ane divALInA divasomAM ahIM mumukSuonA parivArajana Ave tyAre AzramanA bhojanAlayamAM ekasAthe cAra-pAMca hajAra mANasa savAra-sAMja jamI zake e mATenI tamAma vyavasthA ahIM che. AvA AzramamAM yuvAno karatAM vRo vadhu najare paDe e svAbhAvika che. AzramamAM amane maLI gayelA bipinabhAI zAhanI vaDodarAmAM kemikala phekTarI che, paNa eka vAra AzramamAM AvyA bAda emaNe kAyama mATe dhaMdhAne tilAMjali ApI dIdhI. bipinabhAI kahe che ke chellAM ATha varSathI meM koI sahI karI nathI. mArI pAse paisA hatA. dIkarA-dIkarIne bhaNAvIne paraNAvyAM, paNa manamAM mUMjhAro thato. kyAMya zAMti maLatI nahotI, paNa eka vAra agAsa pharavA Avyo pachI vAraMvAra Avyo. mAre khAsa kahevuM che ke amuka uMmara pachI saMsAra choDI ja devo. ahIM dararoja savAre cAra vAge ame bhakti mATe bhegA thaIe ane tyAre je zAMti maLe enI tulanA koI sukha sAthe thaI zake nahIM. AzramamAM AvyA pachI ekajhATake mArI varSo jUnI guTakAnI nAdana jatI rahI. eNrakanDizana vinA sUI zakto nahoto, Aje mArI rUmamAMthI paMkhA kaDhAvI nAkhyA che. AkhI jiMdagI lokonI-parivAranI sevA karI. ahIM mArA AtmAnI sevA karavA Avyo chuM. agAsamAM kAyamI nivAsI evA pAMcaso jaNAnA mukhe AvI ja vAta sAMbhaLavA maLe. dIpakabhAI bhImANI nAmanA IlekTrika enjiniyara 30 varSanI uMmare amerikA javAnI taiyArImAM hatA e vakhate agAsa AvyA pachI kAyama mATe badhuM choDIne chellAM paMdara varSathI agAsamAM vasI gayA che. pArasamala jaina nAmanA mumukSu to mAtra trIsa varSanI uMmare suratamAM dhIkato dhaMdho choDIne chellAM 37 varSathI patnI sAthe agAsamAM rahe che, jemane mAtra AtmAnA kalyANanI bhakti karavI che emanA mATe agAsa jevuM Adarza sthaLa kyAMya nahIM maLe. agAsanuM mahatva eTalA mATe ke atyAre ahIM koI vArI guru ja nathI, chatAM ahIM AThasothI hajAra mumukSu varSothI saMpa-saraLatAthI rahe ane eka sainikanI jema saMpUrNa zista sAthe dainika jIvana jIve che. niyama pALe che.

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| | kavara sTorI |. dharamapura AzramanA 'sAhebazrI rAkezabhAI jhaverI yuvAvarganA zrImad rAjacaMdra Azrama, dharamapura AtmArSita yupanAM ziSyo AdhyAtmika hIro che. zrImadanA avasAnanAM paMdara varSa bAda ANaMda-agAsa bAjunA paTela-vaiSNavo | khaMDiyera banI gayelo mahela kharIdI ene pharI sajAvIne zrImad rAjacaMdra Azrama zarU khAsa Agraha karIne zrImadanA cAra priya ziSyamAM laghurAjasvAmI urphe lAlajI | karanArA rAkezabhAI jhaverI AjanI tArIkhe sauthI vadhu carcAmAM che. jema eka jamAnAmAM munine laI AvyA ane nAnakaDo Azrama zarU karAvyo. laghurAjasvAmI emanA | muMbaImAM rajanIzanAM pravacana ane jaina muni (pAchaLathI saMsArI banI gayelA) bAda govardhanabhAI brahmacArIjIne adhiSThAtA banAvI gayA, paNa brahmacArI munie | | citrabhAnu mahArAjane sAMbhaLavA no paDApaDI karatA evo ja jAdu atyAre rAkezabhAI emanA avasAna pahelAM koIne adhiSThAtA nImyA nahIM. ema chatAM varSothI | jhaverIno che. emanA mumukSuo emane sAhebazrI ane bApAjI kahIne bolAve che. pratyakSa guru vinA agAsanA Azramano vahIvaTa khUba saraLatAthI cAle che. zrImad | anuyAyIomAM jaina-gujarAtI ane Itara komanAM yuvaka-yuvatIo sauthI vadhu pramANamAM vizenAM pustako chapAvavAnuM kAma paNa agAsa dvArA ja thAya che. aDhIso rUpiyAnuM ! che. emanAM pravacanamAMnAM sacoTa dRSTAMta ane tarkabaddha dalIlo lokone AkarSe che. pustaka mAtra pacAsa rUpiyAnA dare maLI rahe evI jogavAI karavAmAM AvI che. | rajanIzanI jema emanAM pravacanamAM mullA nasIruddInano vAraMvAra ullekha Ave che. gAMdhIjI ane zrIma vaccenA savAla-javAbanI nAnakaDI pustikA mAtra be rUpiyAmAM | vAlakezvara khAte mAtA-pitA ane bhAI-bhAbhInA parivAra sAthe rahetA rAkezabhAI maLe che. zrImadajImAM rasa dharAvanArAe aMgrejI-gujarAtI bhASAmAM pragaTa thayelI | apariNIta che. mahinAnA dara bIjA ravivAre muMbaI-dAdaranA yogI sabhAgRhamAM A pustikA khAsa vAMcI javI joIe. emanuM pravacana sAMbhaLavA pAMca hajAra loko UmaTe che. puruSo sapheda kaphanI-pAyajAmo A pustako agAsa uparAMta lagabhaga pa6 jeTalI zrImad rAjacaMdranI vividha ane mahilA-yuvatIo sapheda raMganI sADI ke Dresa paherIne Ave che. bhagavAna khuda saMsthAnA mumukSuo sudhI pahoMce che. A pa6 saMsthAmAM cAreka saMsthAno vyApa deza | Adeza ApatA hoya ema emanA anuyAyIo rAkezabhAInI AjJA mAthe caDhAve che. uparAMta paradezamAM vadhI rahyo che. A saMsthAnI bhaktinI rIta agAsa jevI che, paNa | emanA eka avAja para mumukSo karoDono kArobAra choDI de ane koI bhaktane bhakti paddhati kadAca thoDI alaga che. bhaktinI sAthe tyAM samAjasevAnAM kArya paNa thAya che. | choDIne vepAra-dhaMdhAmAM joDAI javAno Adeza maLe to e pAcho bijhanesa paNa zarU agAsa jevuM kaDaka zistapAlana ahIM hotuM nathI eTale keTalAka custa agAsavAsI | karI de che. rAkezabhAInA anuyAyIomAM karoDapati vepArIo uparAMta DaoNkTara, ke zrImad mumukSuone bIjA AzramanI pravRtti kadAca khaTake che, paNa hakIkata e che ke enjiniyaro, kayuTara niSNAtothI laIne prophesaro che. A anya saMsthAo thakI chellAM thoDAM varSamAM zrImadano pracAra jabbara vadhyo che. pAMtrIsa jeTalAM yuvaka-yuvatI brahmacaryanuM vrata laIne kAyama mATe rAkezabhAInI zrImadanI eka saMsthA amadAvAdathI vIsa kilomITara dUra kobA khAte, bIjI | sAthe ne sAthe rahe che. A jUtha Atmarpita tarIke oLakhAya che. mAtAnA garbhamAM surendranagaranA sAyalAmAM, trIjI saMsthA dharamapura ane cothI muMbaIthI so | bALaka hoya tyAMthI laIne 70-80 varasanA vRddho mATe garbhArSita, samarpita, kilomITara dUra paralImAM che. nAsika najIka devalAlImAM paNa varSothI zrImadano Azrama | jIvanArpita, hRdayArSita, sarvArSita, zaraNArpita, premArpita ane caraNArpita nAmanAM che. A uparAMta, pacAseka jeTalI nAnI saMsthA kAryarata che. A tamAma saMsthA | grupa che. dareka uMmaranA lokonI alagathI pravRtti cAle che. dAdara ane dharamapuramAM svataMtrapaNe vahIvaTa kare che. zrImad rAjacaMdranA nAme cAlatI saMsthAnA adhiSThAtAne | emanI dara mahine zibira thAya che. sAdhanA bhaThThI nAmanI zibiramAM cAraso emanA mumukSuo guru mAne che. agAsanI jema ahIM niraMtara bhakti nathI, paNa dareka | jeTalA kaoNlejiyanothI laIne vRddho saLaMga botera kalAkanI mauna sAdhanA kare che. AzramanI potapotAnI zista ane laMDananAM jijJAsA mahetA tathA keneDAnA prakAzabhAI modI dharamapura AzramamAM thatI AvI eka svacchatA noMdhanIya che. parivAra sAthe: sApanA bhaThThImAM bhAre levA lAMbo pravAsa kheDaDyo. zibiramAM ame hAjara rahyA hatA. zrImad rAjacaMdranAM Aje amerikA, tamArA anuyAyIomAM sauthI vadhu IlaeNnDa, AphrikA, malayeziyA, Istambula juvAniyA jovA maLe che enuM zuM kAraNa? sahita paMdareka dezamAM senTara zarU thayAM che, A praznanA javAbamAM rAkezabhAI jenuM zreya dharamapura AzramanA adhiSThAtA citralekhAne kahe che ke huM koIne baMdhanamAM rAkezabhAI jhaverI tathA sAyalAnA bhAIzrI rAkhato nathI. A karo, ATaluM ja karo evuM nalinabhAIne ApavuM joIe. kaMI nahIM. koI yuvAna mArI pAse Ave. pAMca varSa pUrve dharamapuranA rAjAno sigAreTa pIto hoya ene huM sIdhI nA 42 citralekhA 11 sapTembara, 2006

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pADato nathI. ene kahyuM, tAre pIvI hoya eTalI sigAreTa pI, paNa sAhebazrI jeTalI saraLatAthI samajaNa Ape evI samajaNasAthe bhakti kara. thoDA ja divasamAM bhakti raMga lAve. enAmAM zAMti bIje kyAMya maLatI nathI. sAhebazrI amArA levala para ApoApa samajaNa Ave ane sigAreTa to zuM, bhalabhalAM vyasana AvIne samajAve. laMDanathI AvelI hetala zAha ane keneDAthI e ApoApa choDI de. AvelAM hetalanAM mAtA-pitA prakAzabhAI modI ane emanAM agAsa Azrama karatAM rAkezabhAI ahIM judA paDe che. koIne patnI praphullAbahena kahe che ke ame varSothI parama kRpALu devanA baMdhanamAM rAkhatA nathI. dharamapura AzramamAM amane kiraNabahena bhakto chIe, paNa rAkezabhAI saraLa bhASA, udAharaNo thakI khokhANI nAmanA mahilA maLyAM. bahena 23 varSanAM hatAM pravacana Ape tyAre ghaNA praznonA javAba maLI rahe che. keneDAmAM tyArathI rAkezabhAInAM bhakta che. e samaye rAkezabhAInI uMmara ame dara aThavADiye meDiTezana ane dhArmika pustakanA vAMcana mATe mAtra agiyAra varSanI hatI. ghaNA bhakto rAkezabhAIne avatArI bhegAM thaIe. emAM tamAma dharmanAM pustaka vAMcavAnI sAheba salAha puruSa gaNe che. jo ke rAkezabhAI kahe che ke amArA guru to Ape. amuka ja kriyA karavI ke amuka ja vAMcavuM evAM koI baMdhana parama kRpALu deva. hotAM nathI. tame vyaktipUjAmAM mAno cho? laghurAjasvAmInA lIdhe rAkezabhAInI A sTAIla navI peDhIne AkarSe che. dAdaramAM javAbamAM rAkezabhAI kahe che ke vyaktipUjA eTale zuM? |mAna zrImad rAjacaMdra paMthano dara paMdara divase thatA bhASaNanI nAnakaDI pustikA ane kaeNseTa guru pratye Adara hovo jarUrI che. tamane koI vyakti DrAIviMga prasAra za capocapa vecAya che. dara paMdara divase thatA bhASaNane sAMbhaLIne zikhavADe ke gaNita zikhavADe to enI aMdara zraddhA hoya ja che. tame sacIna | je mumukSuo Icche emane paccIsa mArkanuM pepara ApavAmAM Ave. gherabeThAM pepara teDulakarane ArAdhya deva gaNo, paNa sacIna tamane krikeTa zikhavADato nathI, paraMtu | lakhIne senTara para mokalavAmAM Ave. yuvAna AtmArpita apUrva koThArI kahe che ke je koca zikhavADe ene sacIna karatAM paNa vadhu Adara Apo cho evuM adhyAtma | A parIkSAno hetu eTalo ja ke bhaktone potAne khayAla Ave ke adhyAtmanI mArganuM che. gurunI AMdhaLI vyaktipUjA nahIM karo, paNa saMpUrNa Adara, saMpUrNa | dizAmAM pote keTalA AgaLa vadhyA ane keTalA pAchaLa che. dharamapurano mahela samarpaNa jarUrI che. guru vinA jJAna nahIM, nahIM ane nahIM ja maLe. | jevo Azrama, tyAMnI bhojana vyavasthA, AtmArSithI samarpita grupanI pravRtti dharamapuranI sAdhanA bhaThThI zibiramAM bhAga levA cheka laMDanathI jijJAsA mahetA | uparAMta bALakomAM AdhyAtmika saMskAra siMcavA mejika Taca skUlathI laIne paradezanAM enI sAta varSanI putrI riyAne laIne AvI hatI. jijJAsA mahetA citralekhAne kahe | senTara ane tyAMnI pravRtti saMbhALavA rAkezabhAIe AkheAkhuM neTavarka banAvyuM che ke mAro janma laMDanamAM thayo che. ATalAM varSomAM ghaNA paMthamAM jaI AvI, paNa | che. svAminArAyaNa saMpradAyanI jema Azrama ane neTavarkanA vikAsa mATe atyAdhunika ja jo mAhas Glance citralekhA parivAramAM have AvI gayuM che | eka nokhuM-anokhuM bALa sAptAhika Estal mATaE GiARI rAya - mAhas mAha Di vAlI Slas semina sInuM . ATha pAnAMnA A kalaraphula TebloIDa sAptAhikamAM che tamArA saMtAnane mohI le evA avanavA mAhitI lekha, purANakathA, jJAna-vijJAnanI vAta, DroIMga tathA kvijhanI InAmI spardhA ane sAthe ghaNuM badhuM. AvuM ramatIluM-gamatIluM smArTa kiDa zALAnA vidyArthIone maLI zake che. | citralekhA sAthe taddana phrI! - paNa e mATe bharavuM paDaze citralekhAnuM vArSika lavAjama rUpiyA 600/ vadhu viyata mATe saMparka A citralekhA muMbaIH 93222 44392 * amaddAvAddaH 93270 21649 rAjakoTaH 93741 02310 * vaDodarA/surataH 93762 2909 11 sapTembara, 2006 citralekhA 43

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kavara sTorI | TeknolaoNjIno upayoga karavAmAM Avyo che. bhaktinI sAthe Azrama dvArA sAmAjika | kRpALu deva zrImad rAjacaMdra che. mArI manAI chatAM koI anuyAyI guru kahe evI kAryo karavAmAM Ave che. dharamapuramAM zrImad rAjacaMdra hospiTala banAvavAmAM AvI | vyaktine huM maLato ja nathI eTale loko ApoApa guru kahevAnuM baMdha kare. che. muMbaInI prAIveTa haoNspiTalane Takkara mAre eTalAM sAdhanothI sajja haoNspiTalamAM pravINabhAI 1965nI sAlamAM anAyAse devalAlImAM AvelA zrImadanA AzramamAM gAmaDAMnA pezanTo mATe eka divasa rahevA-jamavAno cArja mAtra pacAsa rUpiyA | gayA ane basa, pachI tyArathI zrImadanA bhakta banIne varSo sudhI bijhanesa che. koI garIba AdivAsI daradI pAse paisA na hoya to phrI TrITamenTa ApavAmAM choDIne ekAMtamAM AtmaciMtana karatA rahyA. zarUAtamAM emanA ghera ja satsaMga Ave che. A uparAMta, gurukuLa ane pAMjarApoLa che. cAlato. pachI bhakto vadhatAM muluMDamAM eka bilDiMgamAM senTara zarU karyuM. aMte rAkezabhAInI jema ja muMbaInA zrImaMta vistAra peDara roDa para rahetA pappAjIe 2002nI sAlamAM paralImAM bAvana ekara jamIna kharIdIne Azrama banAvI paNa muMbaIthI 100 kilomITara dUra paralI gAme zrImad rAjacaMdra jJAna Azrama | vividha eNkTiviTI zarU karI. banAvyo che, jenA nejA heThaLa AsapAsanAM gAmaDAMnA loko, bALako mATe rAja tame IzvaramAM mAno cho? ejyukezana, rAja meDikala, rAja vaoNkezanala TreniMga calAvavAmAM Ave che. muMbaImAM | enA javAbamAM pappAjI kahe che ke Izvara tamArI aMdara ja che. Izvara karatAM pappAjInuM heDa kvArTara muluMDamAM che. paralI khAtenA AzramamAM atyAre 26 jeTalA | karma mahAna che. jo koI vyakti sAthe du:khada banAva bane to loko kahe che ke A mumukSu kAyamI nivAsa kare che. A kAyamI nivAsImAM ghATakoparanI somaiyA kolejanA | to karmanA doSa bhogavavA paDe. matalaba, Izvara khuda karmanI letIdetI bhUMsI zakato bhUtapUrva prinsipAla jozIsAheba tathA emanAM patnI paNa che. muluMDamAM rahetA nathI. eno artha e ke Izvara karatAM paNa karma mahAna che. rAkezabhAI jevI cArTarDa ekAunTanTa manamohana siMghavI AzramanA presiDanTa che. camatkRti na hovA chatAM pappAjInA pravacananI rajUAta saraLa tathA sacoTa che. manamohanabhAI kahe che ke ahIM amAro mukhya dhyeya bhakti ja che, paNa sAthe - muMbaI uparAMta kolakAtA, cennaI, beMgalora, jabalapura ane paradezamAM be-traNa ThekANe senTara calAvatA pappAjI jhabhbho-leMgho pahere ane eTalI ja AsAnIthI jInsa ne TI-zarTa paNa pahere che. paralInA Azrama ane muMbaI vacce pappAjI apa-DAuna karatA rahe che. - rAkezabhAI ane pappAjInI jema amadAvAdathI 131 kilomITara dUra AvelA sAyalA AzramanA nalinabhAI zAha paNa zrIrAja sobhAga AzrajJA adhiSThAtA che. kRpALu devanA cAra mumukSumAM eka sobhAgabhAI mULa sAyalAnA hatA eTale AzramanuM nAma rAja sobhAga rAkhyuM che. nalinabhAInA anuyAyIo emane bhAIzrI kahe che. dhIragaMbhIra svabhAvanA nalinabhAI 1978 sudhI zrImadanA nAmane jANatA nahotA, paNa eka divasa emanA sasarA sAyalAsthita AzramanA guru bApujIne nalinabhAInA ghATakoparanA ghera laI AvyA. e divasathI emanuM jIvana ja sAva palaTAI gayuM. 27 varasanI bhaktimaya sapharamAM nalinabhAI sAyalA AzramanA mumukSuonA bhAIzrI banI gayA che. amadAvAda-rAjakoTa hAI-vene aDIne Avelo 14 ekarano Azrama khUba zrImad rAjacaMdra jJAna Azrama, paralInA ja ramaNIya che. AzramanA kalyANa satsaMga holamAM agAsanI paddhati pramANe adhiSThAtA 'pappAjI' pravINabhAI divasabhara bhakti thatI rahe che. agAsanI sarakhAmaNImAM ahIM bhaktone thoDI mahetA potAnA pravacanamAM vijJAnInI chUTachATa maLe che. jema bhaktinuM jJAna samajAve che. sAyalAnI zibiramAM bhAga levA cheka losa enjalisa ane nyu yorkathI AjubAjunAM pAMca gAmaDAMne dattaka laIne khUba vyavasthita dhoraNe samAjasevAnuM | tejala zAha ane ekatA zAha AvyAM hatAM. kaoNlejiyana yuvatI ekatA amerikana kAma karIe chIe. prauDha bhaNatara ane Arogya mATe dara aThavADiye alaga chAMTavALuM aMgrejI bole che. ekatAnA pitA DenTisTa che. nyU yorkanA emanA alaga gAmamAM mobAIla vena sTApha sAthe jAya che. je AdivAsI strI-puruSo vizALa gharamAM dara aThavADiye thatA satsaMga mATe mumukSuo bhegA thAya che. sAyalAmAM divasa daramiyAna majUrIe jatAM hoya emanI anukULatAe jaIne emane amane amerikAthI AvelAM 105 varSanAM mAjI paNa maLI gayAM. sUrajabA nAmanAM mobAIla-yuniTa zikSaNa Ape che. AdivAsIo dvArA banAvavAmAM AvatI A mAjI kahe che ke huM dara varSe amuka mahinA AzramamAM rahevA AvuM chuM, paNa thelI, toraNa, giTsa ArTikalanuM uDAna brAnDanema heThaLa vecANa karavAmAM Ave have be varSathI ahIM ja rahuM chuM. have kyAMya javuM nathI. che ane e ja pramANe cAkarI brAnDanema heThaLa khAkharA, athANAM, phensI caoNkaleTa, - sAyalA hoya ke agAsa, paralI hoya ke dharamapura ke kobA Azrama... zrIma vagere khAdya padArtha banAvIne vecavAmAM Ave che. rAjacaMdranA tamAma AzramamAM svacchatA ane zista uparAMta bhaktonA caherA para manamohana siMghavI kahe che ke bhaviSyamAM ame ahIM moTA gRhaudyoga sthApIzuM, paNa gajabanI zAMti jovA maLe che. ghara-parivAra, sukhasAhyabI choDIne kAyama jemAMthI AdivAsIo dvArA banAvavAmAM AvelI cIjavastu esporTa karIzuM mATe AzramamAM rahI javuM e pahelI najare dekhAya eTalI saraLa vAta nathI, paNa ane enuM menejamenTa AdivAsIo ja saMbhALe evo projekTa banAvyo che. | amane alaga alaga pAMca AzramamAM aneka loko maLyA. e dareka mumukSuno eka A AzramanA praNetA pappAjInuM sAcuM nAma pravINabhAI mahetA che. 75 | ja javAba hato ke amane ahIM je sukha maLe e saMsAramAM nahIM maLe. ahIM ame varSanA pravINabhAIne pAMca saMtAna che. mumukSuo emane guru kahe e emane jarA | khUba nirAMta ane zAMti anubhavIe chIe. paNa pasaMda nathI. sAyalAmAM paNa Azrama dvArA AMkhanI haoNspiTala ane menTalI riTarDaDa tema ja citralekhA sAthe vAta karatAM pappAjI kahe che ke amArA guru to eka ja parama | joI-sAMbhaLI-bolI nahIM zakatAM bALakonI InTaranaeNzanala sTAnDarDanI skUla che. 44 citralekhA 11 sapTembara, 2006

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kvara sTorI | ahIMnI malTipala DisaebiliTI ane kobA AzramanI sthApanA karI. zALAmAM bhaNatAM bALako mATe alaga kobAmAM paNa satsaMga agAsanI paddhatie ja prakAranuM jigneziyama gujarAta to ThIka, ja karAvavAmAM Ave che. muMbaImAMya jovA na maLe. Azare sAta ekaramAM phelAyelA tame potAne guru mAno cho? AzramamAM gurukuLa che, jemAM dUranAM citralekhAnA savAlano javAba gAmaDAMnAM paMcAvana bALaka rahe che. e ApatAM nalinabhAI kahe che ke huM uparAMta, divyadhvanimAsika sahita 45 bApujIno AdhyAtmika vArasadAra chuM, jeTalAM nAnAM-moTAM prakAzana prakAzita paNa hA, adhyAtmano mArga aTapaTo che. thAya che. kobAmAM paNa AjanI tArIkhe emAM guru joIe ja. guru vinA jJAna pAMtrIsa jeTalA sAdhaka kAyamI dhoraNe nahIM maLe e amastuM kahyuM nathI. nivAsa kare che. kobAmAM paNa mumukSu dila amadAvAdathI vIsa kilomITara dUra daIne saMsthAne dAna kare che. gAMdhInagara roDa para kobA khAte paNa zrImad kobAmAM amane maLI gayelA rAjacaMdra AdhyAtmika sAdhanA kendra AveluM kobAnA zrImada rAjacaMdra praphullabhAI lAkhANI bhojanazALAmAM sAyalAnA zrImad rAja sobhAra che. kobAnA adhiSThAtA AtmAnaMdajI che. dALa-zAka pIrasatA hatA. 36 varSa pahelAM AdayAtmika sAdhanA kendranA AzramanA 'bhAIzrI' IMglenDamAM ephaArasIesa thanArA amerikA jaIne saoNphTavera kaMpanI zarU AtmAnaMdajIe 1968mAM gaMbhIra AtmAnaMdajI. nalinabhAI karanArA praphullabhAInI rilAyebala grupa bImArI pachI DaoNkTarI vyavasAyamAMthI kAmacalAu nivRtti levI paDI. e samaye dhArmika | nAmanI phekTarImAM be hajAra mANasa kAma kare che, paNa thoDAM varSa pahelAM e tamAma pustakonA vAMcana daramiyAna emanI kariyare yu-Tarna lIdho. patnI zarmiSThAbahena | saMpatti banne putrane nAme karIne patnI sudhAbahena sAthe AzramamAM vasI gayA. DaoNkTaranA vyavasAyamAM hatAM. DaoN. mukuMda sonejI eTale ke AtmAnaMdajIe adhyAtmakSetre | AzramamAM karoDo rUpiyAnuM dAna karatA praphullabhAI citralekhAne kahe che ke AjanI javAnuM pasaMda karyuM. 1984mAM vidhisara rIte saMsArI jIvana choDIne e sAdhu banyA | tArIkhe mArA ke patnInA nAme baeNnka baeNlensamAM eka rUpiyo ke proparTI nathI. jarUra paDye dIkarAo sAmethI mokalAve. bAkI, parama kRpALu deva para pUrato vizvAsa che. kobAmAM dara somavAre tamAma bhakta mauna pALe che, jyAre bhojanazALAmAM jamatI vakhate dareke mauna pALavuM paDe. je mauna toDe enuM nAma bahAra borDa para lakhavAmAM Ave che. jJAna prApta karavA guru keTalI hade jarUrI che? evA amArA savAlanA javAbamAM AtmAnaMdajI kahe che ke tamAre pIeca.DI. thavuM hoya, saMgIta zIkhavuM hoya ke kapyuTara zIkhavuM hoya... je te kSetranA niSNAta pAse javuM ja paDe evuM adhyAtmanuM che. | svAminArAyaNa saMpradAyamAM pAchalA thoDA dAyakAmAM aneka phAMTA thayA. jainomAM 'amerikAmAM karoDo DaoNlarano bijhanesa choDIne patnI sAthe | paNa aneka phAMTA thayA evI rIte zrImad rAjacaMdra saMpradAyano prabhAva zarUAtamAM kobAmAM hetA praphullabhAI lAkhANI. nahIMvat hato, paNa alaga alaga phAMTA thatAM prabhAva jhaDapathI vadhI rahyo che. dharamapura, kobA, sAyalA ke paralI AzramanA adhiSThAtA cokkasa prasaMge ekabIjAne tyAM Ava-jA karatA rahe che. tame badhA sAthe kema thaI jatA nathI? alaga alaga kema cho? enA javAbamAM kobAnA AtmAnaMdajI kahe che ke A to kaLiyugano prabhAva che. dareka saMpradAyamAM AgaLa jatAM phAMTA paDe e svAbhAvika che. bIjI tarapha, rAkezabhAI jhaverI kahe che ke sAheba, amArI pAMca AMgaLI alaga che, paNa hAtha eka ja che ane jamatI vakhate pAMca AMgaLI bhegI thaI ja jatI hoya che. varSamAM eka vAra ame tamAma adhiSThAtA ane agAsanA padAdhikArIo rAjakoTamAM bhegA thaIe chIe! zrImadanA janmasthAna vavANiyAmAM dAyakAothI nAnakaDuM smAraka hatuM, je Aje zrImadanI cothI peDhInA vArasadAro saMbhALe che. kacchanA bhUkaMpa vakhate jUnuM smAraka tUTI paDyuM hatuM. have vavANiyAmAM paNa bhavya smAraka maMdira, dhyAna haoNla, sAyalA AzramamAM rahetAM ekatA zApha: sAyalA baMdhAI rahyAM che. zrImadanA muMbaIsthita eka vArasadAra pAse zrImadano orijinala 101 varasanAM sUrajabA: AzramamAM AvyA bAda phoTo, orijinala lakhANa ane cAMdInI caraNapAdukA che, paNa A vArasadAro have amerikA nathI javuM. | nyu yorka yAda AvatuM nathI. kyAMya potAnuM nAma pragaTa thAya evuM IcchatA nathI... 46 citralekhA 11 sapTembara, 2006