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THE FRUIT OF WORSHIP : उपसर्गाः क्षयं यान्ति छिद्यन्ते विनवल्लय: ।
मन: प्रसन्नतामेति पूज्यमाने जिनेश्वरे ॥ By the worship of jineshwar, all hardships caused to us by others, are annihilated, all hindrances are removed and our mind experiences cheerfulness.
The Ten Triks (Trik= groups of threes) to be observed while worshipping (Adopted from Dev vandan Bhasya). 'Trik, means doing a thing thrice.
(1) Nisihi trik (2) Pradaxina (3) Pranam trik (4) Puja trik (5) Avastha trik (6) Disha trik (7) Bhumi trik (8) Alamban trik (9) Mudra trik (10) Pranidhan trik.
(1) Nisihi trik : We should utter words 'nisihi' give up thrice first time while entering the main door of the temple. It denotes a resolve to refain from worldly activities or thinking or speaking about them. The second time 'Nisihi' is to be uttered before entering the inner temple (Gabharo) as a token of abandoning the activities in connection with the temple, like sweeping the floor, rubbing the sandalwood (for a paste etc). The third time 'nisihi' is to be uttered after worshipping the idol in eight ways as shown before. This is to be done as a token of refraining from any kind of physical acts of worship (Dravya puja) before taking up 'Chaitya Vandan' in Bhav puja.
(2) Pradaxina Trik : After Chaitya vandan, we should have three circumlocutions (pradaxinas) of the Idol, starting froin the right going to the left of it. It is symbolic for acquiring virtues of knowledge, faith and character and for getting rid of the cycle of birth and death. We should desire cultivation of virtues and freedom from bondage, while doing pradaxina.
(3) Pranama Trik : (a) Obeisance with folded hands : we should utter U14 GUTTO, joining together all the 10 fingers of both the hands in pranama on seeing the idol. (b) Ardhavanat Pranam : We should bow down bending the upper part of our body half way before the idol and do pranama with folded hands. (c) Panchanga Pranam : Bowing down, bringing the five limbs of the body together (viz, two arms, two knees and the head) on the floor.
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