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________________ Error! No text of specified style in document. भक्तामरस्तोत्रBhaktamarStotra Introduction The Seventhrecitation theBhaktamara Stotrahasauniqueplacein Jainstotraliterature. Thishasbeenconsideredadevotionalpoemparexcellence.Wehavese enthatthefirstsmaranaNamaskaramantraisveryimportantforeveryJainandthatiswhyeveryJainknowsorrecite stheNamaskaraMantrawithutmostdevotion. TheBhaktamara Stotraissomewhatdifferentandwecannotcompa rethetwo. TheNamaskaraMantraisasmallsmaranaconsistingofonlynineshortsentenceswhereastheBhaktam ara Stotraisalongpoemcomposedin Sanskrit, whichisquite difficultformanyJains. TheNamaskaraMantraisasim plecompositionofdevotionandobeisance. However, theimportanceoftheBhaktamara Stotrainthe Jainliteraryfie Idcannotbeignoredoroverlooked. TherearepeoplebothinIndiaandoutsidewhocanrecitethisstotrawitheaseand precisionofpronunciation.Infact, therearesmallchildren, evenoutsidelndia,whosemothertongueisnotGujarati, Hindior Sanskrit, buttheyhaverememberedtheBhaktamara Stotrabyheartandcanrecitealltheversesofthisstotr afaultlesslywithouthesitation. Therearepeoplewhowouldrecitethisdayandnight. Therearepeoplewhothinkthat theBhaktamara Stotrahasimmensepowersandcanfreemanfromallsortsofworriesanddifficulties. Thisistheonlyrecitationonwhichthemaximumnumbersofbooks;audiocassettesandvideocassettesaretobefou nd. Thishasbeentranslatedintomorethanadozenlanguages. Variouswriters whoeitherexplainorinterpretthesto traindifferentwayshavecomposeddozensorperhapshundredsofpoems. Thestotra'simportance alsoliesinthef actthatthereareatleastthreebeautifultemplesinindiatotallydevotedtothisstotra.Ineachtemplealltheversesofthi sstotrawiththeiryantrashavebeencarvedinmarble,andthestatuesofthefirst TirthankaraRishabhadeva,andthe poetofthisstotrahavebeenerectedinthesetemples. Thereisnodoubtthatanyonewholovesgoodpoetrywillbetouchedbythebeautyofthecomposition. Anyonewhoha snofaithbutwantstoexamineorevaluatethepoemfromaliteraryanglewillnodoubtpraiseitsbeautifulmasterlyco mposition. Thereforeitishardlysurprisingthatthosewhohaveanunwaveringfaithinthe Tirthankarasregardthisas algemofdevotionalliterature capableofmakingadevoteeimmortal'. Thepoeticwordselectioninthisstotra, theactofcomparisonofattributesofthe Tirthankaratothatofthesunormoon orthedeepestoceanisjustspellbinding. Onegoesonreadingthestotraandslowlygetsimmersedintheatmospher ethatitcreates. Peoplenotonlyrecitethisathomesorintemples,someworshipitbywayofrecitingmantrasassociatedwithitandso meevenworshiptheyantradiagrams. Thereisaproperritualofworshipspeciallydevisedwherelaypeoplejoininth eceremonyandpaytheirrespectstoeveryverseofthisstotra.ltisworth notingthattheimportanceofthisstotrahasin creasedwiththepassageoftime. Thisstotrawillnowbeexploredinmuchmoredepth. Thisrecitation hasbeencomposedinpraiseofthefirstTirthanka rawhosenameis Rishabhadeva.HeisalsoknownasAdinathabecausehewasthefirstandhappenedto'begin'ors howeveryartandcrafttomankind. Thewordadimeansthefirstorthebeginningoftime. 3/1.10 Original Sutra, Transliteration and Meaning HIGH-GUTA-AA-AJUT-YHTUTT, मुद्योतकं दलित-पाप-तमो-वितानम्; सम्यक् प्रणम्य जिन-पाद-युगं युगादा, -वालम्बनं भव-जले पततां जनानाम् bhaktamara-pranata-mauli-mani-prabhana, ShrimadRajyash Soori in Bhaktamar Darshan . Shri JainDharmaPedhi,Bharuch. Page 1 of 19
| SR No. | 300600 |
| Book Title | 58 Bhaktamar Stotra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Purvacharya |
| Publisher | ZZZ Unknown |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 1 |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Classification | Audio_File, Ritual_text, & Sutra_Svetambar |
| File Size | 27 MB |