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“MAHAVIRA DARSHAN”
BY
PROF. PRATAPKUMAR J. TOLIYA
: English version by :Late Kum. PARUL P. TOLIYA, M.A. Gold medalist, 7 awards-winner and writer of 7 books
" BLUE, HO RIULS"
JE EGAM JANAI, SE SAVVAM JANAI" HE WHO KNOWS THE SELF, THE SOUL, KNOWS ALL, THE ENTIRE WORLD.
"कल्याण पादपारामम्, श्रुतगंगा हिमाचलम् । विश्वाम्भोज रविं देवं, वन्दे श्री ज्ञातनन्दनम् ।।" ॐ नमो अरिहंताणं नमो सिध्धाणं नमो आयरियाणं नमो उवज्झायाणं नमो लोए सव्व साहूर्ण।
एसो पंच नमुक्कारो, सव्व पावप्पणासणो, मंगलाणं च सव्वेसिं, पढम हवइ मंगलम्।। (Shloka-mantra) KALYAN PADAPARAMAM... NAVKAR MANTRA
Aum NAMO ARIHANTANAM,
NAMO SIDDHANAM, NAMO AYARIYANAM,
NAMO UVJJHAYANAM, NAMO LOE SAVVA SAHUNAM, ESO PANCH NAMUKKARO,
SAVVA PAVAPPANASANO MANGALANAM CHA SAVVESIM
PADHAMAM HAVAI MANGALAM The Namaskar Mahamantra, known to us from time immemorial, worships not individuals, but divine qualities inherent in them. This mantra prays for the well-being of the whole universe..
..... Based on this mantra, one great soul undertook penance and applied it to his life and to the pursuit of right vision, right knowledge and right conduct over a long span of 27 lifetimes.
A long penance later, 2,600 years ago in the year 598 B.C..... In the mortal land of Jambudweep's Bharatakshetra and in the prosperous city of Vaishali in Bihar and its portion of Kshatriyakundagram, this divine soul prepares for its descent from devaloka, the land of Gods...