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We recall the story of a repentent Illiterate thief-Anjan who mastered his fears Through faith reposed unflinchingly In the utterance of the Mantra By the Seth-Sudarshan The sound of the end-syllables Reverberated in his brain, tilt of the Soul's Song
Tanam Tanam Tanam Seth's utterance is Pramanam My article of Faith
To decode the metaphor is to explain that the Mantra worked as 'Anjan' (eye-drop) To cure the thief of his blind greed So he could have the perception, of all that is spiritually beautiful, 'Sudarshan'
How do I recite the Mantra ? NAMO ARIHANTANAM But Why not Namo Siddhanam? Logic questions, the instinct replies-- Though, the Siddha The First and in the forefront The most supreme and really liberated A formless, weightless, effulgence Far far from us Reposed in upruffled bliss Self-reflecting knowledge Unalloyed prowess Pure and prestine perception
Deserves precedence, yet Spiritually Self-seeking as we are, We prefer to remember first The Arihant, the Tirthankar The Ford-builder, the benevolent helmsman of our Age
His preachings and precepts Accessible to us through, GanadbarThe upholder and interpreter of the Lord's doctrines For the good of the Ganas--the people
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