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SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA From 1897, he had more free time for spiritual progress.
In late 1896, he composed "Dhanya Re Divas". He knew he was not far from the ultimate goal. The lyrics are stirringly beautiful and hauntingly spiritual. He is considered to be a "Kavi Chakra-Chudamani" or supreme poet according to connoiseurs of classical Gujarati literature.
Early one morning, he sat on the edge of his mother's cot and composed "Apoorva Avasar"* a poem with 21 stanzas.
Later in the year, he went to Vavania.
Beside mentioning fourteen stages of spiritual development, he describes his own existing status and his intense longing for attaining the final goal. Gandhiji said of Apoorva Avasar. "The extreme vairagya which underlines every stanza, that I have experienced in every moment of my intimate association with Rajchandra." Shrimad Rajchandra also composed Vis Dohra, Yama Niyama, Bina Nayan and other spiritual poems. He translated "Panchastikaya" by Shri Kundakundacharya and gave us an exhaustive commentary on Shri Anandaghanji's poems. Most of his writings were published posthumously.** | * Apoorva Avasar is included in Gandhiji's Ashram Bhajanavali.
** This publication is available from Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram, Agas. Jain Education intentational
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