Book Title: Bhaktamara Darshan
Author(s): Rajyashsuri
Publisher: Jain Dharm Fund Pedhi Bharuch

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________________ When Gosalak suffered from tejolesya Lord Mahavira cured him by practising sitalesya. Such are live examples of labdhi and mantra influence from the life of Lord himself. The names of a few other great Acaryas, who practised mantras and performed miracles and wonders we invoke with respect. Acarya Padalipta Suriji, Khaputacarya, Yashobhadracarya, Nagarjunacarya, Rohitacarya, Acarya Bhadrabahu Suriji, Acarya Siddhasenadivakara Suriji, Acarya Sthulabhadra Suriji, Acarya Vajrasvamiji, Acarya Manadeva Suriji and many many others. Every acarya practises mantras and by the power of mantras they try to inculcate and spread the message of non-violence, abstinence and penance. They try to mitigate the sufferings of their disciples and lead them in the path of moksa. They help their disciples overcome the difficulties in their march to salvation. It is not possible to enlist all the miraculous acts of our great acaryas due to the power of self, labdhi-vidya and mantra. But let us remind ourselves of great and important acts of the acaryas of yore. The astrologer Varahamihira used to give troubles to Jaina Sangha. To remove those obstacles Sri Bhadrabahu Suri composed Uvasaggahara Stotra and protected Jaina Sangha. Acarya Vajrasvami practised the vidya of moving in the sky sourced in Acaranga Sutra and influenced a Buddhist king by making a rain of flowers. Manadevasuri wrote Laghusantistava to stop the mariroga. Acarya Ratnaprabhasuri, made pratistha in two different villages in the same muhurat. Padaliptasuri used to go by sky to five tirthas daily. Bappabhatti Suri even controlled Sarasvati and forced her to come down. Sri Siddhasena Divakara with his Kalyanamandira Stotra saw to it that the idol of Parsvanatha came out of a Sivalinga. Sri Devendra Suri by his mantras was said to have got a Parsvanatha idol from Kanchi in Tamilnadu to Serisa in Gujarat. How many stanzas does Bhaktamara contain ? There are different opinions on the total number of verses of The Bhakamara Stotra. Hence your question must be reframed as following: (i) Did Sri Manatunga compose this work in forty-four verses ? and (ii) if he had composed forty-four verses only then how is that some of the extant editions contain forty-eight verses? Some of the doubts regularly raised in this regard are given here and we try to clear them. The answer for the first question is, "Sri Manatunga Suri composed this work in fortyfour verses only". • THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SLOKA - NUMBER The verses numbered 32,33,34 and 35 were not composed by Acarya Sri Manatunga Suri. (The verse numbers refer to editions with forty-eight slokas.) These verses are called "interpolated Verses". Thank you. You specified the numbers of the interpolated verses. Otherwise we would have taken the last four verses as interpolated. Well. Why do you consider these four as interpolated? The efficacy of Bhaktamara has been explained in a number of Sanskrit commentaries. The earliest of them is by Acarya Gunakara Suri, composed around AD 1469, (some 528 years ago). We find explanations of forty-four slokas only in it and no where in it do we find any reference to these four verses. Can we not say that Gunakara Suri for some reason had not commented on these four verses, instead of assuming these four to be interpolated? 334 Rahasya Darshan Jain Education International 2010_04 For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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