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## Explanation of the Iriya Vahiya Text
**Yoga Shastra, Third Light, Verse 123 Explanation:**
One should enter the temple of the Lord with proper procedure and perform three circumambulations to Shri Jinendra Bhagwan. The entry procedure for the Shri Jin Mandir is as follows:
- Discard all objects with consciousness (satchitt) like flowers, betel nut, etc., and objects without consciousness (achitt) like knives, sandals, weapons, etc.
- Wear a single upper garment (uttarasang) and enter the temple.
- Upon seeing the Lord, join your palms in anjali mudra, place them on your forehead, focus your mind, and enter the temple while chanting "Nisihi Nisihi" five times.
This is also mentioned elsewhere:
- Discard objects with consciousness, keep objects without consciousness, wear a single, unbroken garment (uttarasang), and upon seeing the Lord with your eyes, join your palms on your forehead, focus your mind, and enter the temple. (Bhagavati 2)
If one is a king, they should discard their royal insignia upon entering the temple. (Vichar Saar, Verse 665)
Therefore, it is said:
- "Discard the five royal insignia - sword, umbrella, footwear (padtraan), crown, and fly whisk - upon entering the temple."
Here, "flowers" (pushpa) represents the middle term. Therefore, by the middle term, the beginning and end are also included.
By this logic, one should perform special worship with bathing (snatra) on daily and festival days.
During bathing, first apply fragrant sandalwood tilak to the Jin pratima, then apply musk, camphor, and sandalwood-mixed fragrant incense. (Arha Abhishek 3/77)
After placing the incense, put all medicinal herbs and other substances into a water-filled pot. Then, offer a flower offering (kusumaanjali) and bathe the Lord with water mixed with all medicinal herbs, camphor, saffron, sandalwood, agarwood, etc., and with ghee, milk, etc.
After that, grind sandalwood and apply it to the Lord. Then, worship the Lord with garlands of fragrant champa, satapatra, lotus, mogra, rose, etc.
After that, adorn the Lord with clothes, etc., decorated with jewels, gold, and pearls.
Then, draw the eight auspicious symbols (ashtamangal) in front of the Lord with mustard seeds, rice, and paddy.
Place offerings (naivedya), auspicious lamps (mangaldeep), yogurt, ghee, etc., in front of the Lord.
Apply a tilak of goorachan on the Lord's forehead. Then, perform the aarti.
Therefore, it is also said:
- "Worship the Lord with fragrant incense, water mixed with all medicinal herbs, fragrant sandalwood paste, excellent flower garlands, offerings, lamps, mustard seeds (siddharthak), yogurt, akshat, goorachan, etc., and with excellent substances like gold, pearl, and jewel necklaces."
Because worship performed with excellent materials manifests excellent emotions. Without this, Lakshmi cannot be used properly.
In this way, one should worship Shri Jinendra Bhagwan with devotion, perform the Iriya Vahiya Pratikraman, and chant the Shakrastava (Namutthunan) and other sutras.
One should praise the Lord's qualities with hymns composed by excellent poets.
The characteristics of an excellent hymn are:
- It describes the Lord's body, actions, and qualities.
- It is solemn.
- It is woven with various colors.
- It produces pure intentions.
- It increases devotion.
- It is pure and focused on confessing one's sins.
- It focuses the mind.
- It has amazing meaning.
- It is flawless.
Such hymns, composed by great wise poets, should be used to praise the Lord. (Shodashak 9/67)
However, hymns with the following flaws should not be recited:
- "One eye is closed due to deep meditation, and the other eye is fixed on Parvati's large buttocks due to the weight of the erotic sentiment. The third eye is burning with the fire of anger directed at Kamadeva, like a stretched bow from afar. In this way, may Shankar's three eyes protect you, experiencing different sentiments during meditation."
- Parvati asked Shankar, "Who is sitting on your head, fortunate one?" Shankar hid the truth and replied, "The moon." Parvati asked, "What is his name?" Shankar said, "His name is the same." Parvati said again, "Even after knowing so much, why did you forget his name? I am asking the name of a woman, not the moon!" Shankar said, "If you don't believe me, ask your friend Vijaya who is sitting on my head." In this way, Shankar deceitfully tried to hide the name of Ganga. May his deceit protect you.
- Bow down to Rudra, who, while being worshipped, takes on eleven forms - ten reflected in the mirror-like form of Parvati's feet, and himself.
- Kartikeya asked Parvati, "What is on my father's head?" She replied, "A piece of the moon." "And what is on his forehead?" "The third eye." "What is in his hand?" "A serpent."