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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति । तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम् ।। २१ ।।
"Whatever form one desires to worship with faith and devotion, I make - I secure him the same for him."- 21
Note: This verse supplies the best evidence of the universality of Indian approach. Accepting without expressing specifically the approach of the Jain docrine of Anekantwad, it tells us that "God" is available to everyone who worships with faith and devotion any form of worship. This does not insits that you can attain Reality only if you offer your worship in particular manner as is asserted by many organ - ized religious systems.
स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते । लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान्हि तान् ||२२||
"When a person with faith worships that other form I see that he does obtain the desired results."-22
अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्यपमेधसाम् । देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि ।। २३ ।।
"However the fruit which these persons of little intelligence obtain is finite because worshippers of other Devas go
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