Unknown Pilgrims

SR No.: 007014
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N Shanta
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications Delhi
Publication Year: 1997
Total Pages: 820
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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The Unknown Pilgrims
perfect well-being,3 the benefit of true vision,4 concentration supreme! May the siddhas, more pure that the lunar stars, more resplendent than the solar,5 as deep as the vast ocean, accord me Liberation!6
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3 Perfect well-being: ärugga (ārogya), a state of freedom form both bodily and spiritual ills, which is always connected with the destruction of karmic
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4 True vision: bohi (bodhi), awakening, illumination; according to the doctrine, the perfection of this awakened state constitutes omniscience, which is attained through arquisition of the Three Jewels, of which samyakdarśana, true vision, is the first; cf P 270 ff.
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5 This refers to the numerous lunar and solar stars of the middle world which are devas (gods); cf. Sths 90; TS IV, 12-13.
logassujjoyakare dhammatitthayare jine arahamte kittaissaṁ cauvisam pi kevali. (3)
Usabham Ajiyam ca vamde Sambhavaṁ Abhiņaṁdanam ca Sumaiṁ ca Paumappahaṁ Supāsaṁ jiņam ca Camdappahaṁ vamde. (4) Suvihim ca Pupphadamtam Siyala Sejjamsa Vasuppujjaṁ ca Vimalam Anamtam ca jinam Dhammam Samtim ca vaṁdāmi. (5) Kumthum Aram ca Mallim vaṁde Munisuvvayaṁ Nami jiņam ca vaṁdāmi Riṭṭhanemiṁ Pāsaṁ taha Vaddhamanaṁ ca. (6) evam mac abhithuā vihuyaraya-malā pahiņajara-maraṇā cauvisam pi jiņavarā titthayarā me pasiyaṁtu. (7) kittiya vaṁdiya mahiya jee logassa uttama siddhā āruggabohilābham samähivaramuttamam dimtu. (8) camdesu nimmalayarā āiccesu ahiyaṁ payāsayarā sägaravaragambhirā siddhā siddhim mama disaṁtu. (9) AvaS 3-9.
Verses 7-9 are at one and the same time a paean of praise and a prayer. There is no question but that the tirthankaras, now being siddhas, are enjoying the eternal beatitude of nirvāṇa and have not longer any dealings whatever with human beings. These prayers must be understood in the context of the pure devotion of the Jainas; in a poetic transport and inspired by a deep longing to imitate these jinas, heroes of the spiritual battle, the devotec leans for support, as it were, on their outstanding qualities and, carried away by this same longing, not unnaturally begs them to vouchsafe