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1. Eulogy of the Great Mantra
Purportful Scriptural Verses मन्त्रं, संसारसारं, त्रिजगदनुपम, सर्वपापारिमन्त्रं संसारोच्छेदमन्त्रं, विषमविषहरं, कर्मनिर्मूलमन्त्रम् । मन्त्रं सिद्धिप्रदानं, शिवसुखजननं, केवलज्ञानमन्त्रं, मन्त्रं नमस्कार-मन्त्रं, जप जप जपितं, जन्मनिर्वाणमन्त्रम् ॥
[The Mahamantra Navakara holds the very substance of the transitory world. It is incomparable with anything in the three worlds. It annihilates all sins. It uproots mundane life. It destroys worst of poisons. It puts an end to all karmas. It leads to the highest siddhi, causes blessed happiness, leads to perfect knowledge and bliss. O noble souls, always mutter and repeatedly recite this great mantra. This Mahamantra of salutation, when muttered, releases the Jiva from the cycle of births and deaths.]
નમસ્કાર અરિહંતને, વાસિત જેહનું ચિત્ત, ધન્ય તેહ કૃતપુણ્ય તે, જીવિત તાસ પવિત્ત. આર્તધ્યાન તસ નવિ હુએ, નવિ હુએ દુર્ગતિવાસ, ભવક્ષય કરતાં રે સમરતાં, લહીએ સુકત અભ્યાસ.
1. Blessed indeed I am that I acquired this salutation of
the five Parameshthis; it is indeed a unique
Chintamani in this endless ocean of life. 2. Navakara is the very summary of the Jaina order, the
right sublimation of the 14 Purvas. What can this transitory world do to the one, in whose consciousness the Navakara is steady? It can do nothing bad to him.
