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યઃ સંસ્તુતઃ સકલ વાડ્મયતત્ત્વબોધા - દુર્ભૂતબુદ્ધિ પટુભિઃ સુરલોકાનાથૈઃ સ્તોત્રૈર્જગત્ત્રિતય ચિત્તહરૈરુદારે: સ્તોગ્યે કિલાહમપિ તં પ્રથમં જિનેન્દ્રમ્.
Yah sanstutah sakal
vaangamayatattvabodhaa
Dudbhootbuddhi patubhih suralokanaathaih. Stotrairajagattritaya chittharairudaaraih
Stoshye kilahamapi tam prathamam jinendram.
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દર્શનં દેવદેવસ્ય, દર્શનં પાપનાશનમ્, દર્શનં સ્વર્ગસોપાનં, દર્શનં મોક્ષસાધનમ્; દર્શનાદ્ દુરીતષ્વસિ, વંદનાદ્ વાંચ્છિતપ્રદઃ પૂજનાત્ પૂરકઃ શ્રીણાં, જિનઃ સાક્ષાત સુરદ્ગમ:.
Darshanam devdevasya,
darshanam paapnaashanam,
Darshanam svargsopaanam, darshanam mokshasaadhanam;
Darshanaad duritdhvansi, vandanaad vaanchchhitpradah Poojanaat poorakah shreenan, Jinah saakshaat suradrumah.
Praatahakaalnee Stuti | 55
The Lord whose wisdom embraces the essence of all scriptures,
The celestial beings are in awe
of him, because of this wisdom He has won the hearts of souls in
all three worlds.
All twenty-four Tirthankaras have been praised in pure hymns, I revere the first of them Shree Rushabhdev. (11)
To be blessed by their perspective and vision, we first need to worship them with devout eyes.
Vision of the Lord of the Lords is the true vision, and (worship of) that vision destroys sins; That vision is akin to a ladder to heaven and progressively that vision leads to Moksha; That vision (self-realisation) eliminates the most difficult of karmas, Devotion to that vision fulfils all desires,
Proper (True) worship of the Jina bestows Moksha, so that the Jina is a wish-fulfilling tree (Kalpavriksha). (12)