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Second Chapter: CHATURVINSHTI-STAVA
Introduction
The second phase of Avashyak Sutra is hymn in praise of 24 Tirthankars. In the first Avashyak there is permission about samayik for stabilising in the state of equanimity. It is essential to take a good assistance. The Chatur-vinshati Stav is itself the most important Shelter.
In Chatur-vinshati Stav, the benediction towards Rishabh dev the first Tirthankar upto Vardheman Mahavir the last tirthankar is done The twenty four omniscients are the most honoured one of the Avasarparni time cycle. Their life had fully blossomed with all the good qualities of human existence. In the context of location and the period, the twenty four Tirthankars had been in different periods and at different places but their knowledge, perception and conduct had been identical. Their appreciation uttered with true heart rightly affects the life of the worshipper. The perception of the worshipped becomes the perception of the worshipper.
In para 10 of chapter 29 of Uttaradhyayan Sutra, in reply to a query from Gautam, Mahavir had replied that by reciting this hymn in praise of 24 Tirthankars, the perception of the worshipped becomes principled, He then can see everything in proper perspective.
This hymn destroys the darkness of wrong perception. One gets the capability of having right perception. The soul moves from darkness to light, from falsehood to truth and from worldly path to the path leading to Salvation.
The pupil with great devotion recites the second essential (Avashyak) in praise of 24 Tirthankars. He has an inward reflection that the miracle of spirituality that appeared in 24 omniscient may develop in his soul also.
द्वितीय अध्ययन : चतुर्विंशति - स्तव
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Avashyak Sutra
