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The question arise now do we likewise be so engrossed rejoicing in the worship of Jina ? In Shripal Ras it is stated :
तद्गत चित्त, समय विधान, भावनी वृद्धि, भवभय अति घणोजी,
विस्मय, पुलक, प्रमोदप्रधान, ए छे लक्षण अमृतक्रिया तणोजी, Six factors are found present in worship that lifts up the mind and produces immediate results. They are as follows :
(a) Attention (b) the proper time (c) ever increasing sense of devotion (d) wonder (e) gladness (Pulak) and (f) great Joy.
It shows how stages of rising devotion causes respective mental states of experience from wonder to a boundless joy. This phenomenon cannot be expressed fully in words but only experienced. Such a devotion was performed by Lord Parshwanath in his previous birth. It is said that the soul of Lord Parswanath worshipped hundred Tirthankars celebrating 500 Kalyanakas auspicious life events, of 100 Tirthankars in his previous birth (See "Panchkalyanak Puja" of Shri Virvijayji). Consequently his "Adeyanamkarma" (power that is evoked by the recital of his name in devotion) was greater than that witnessed in other Tirthankars. Though all Tirthankars are equal in giory, it is Punyodaya-great efficey of the abundance of merits earned previously by Him that made the difference in his case. How did such a phenomenon come about is worth knowing. The soul of Parshwanath was a king named Kanakbahu in the third previous birth. He became a monk and observed the Vissthanak Tap(penance) worshipping in penance 20 dignities.
Thus, was his Jin-bandha-Karma confirmed. He was reborn as a god in the tenth Pranata Dev-Lok enjoying a very long life span of twenty Sagaropamas, which also concided with the life spans of ten Tirthankars from Lord Vimalnath to lord Neminath. Five kalyanka 5 of each one of them will make fifty kalyankas in Bharat Ksetra. There are ten regions of ksetras consisting of 5 Bharats and five Araivatas in which Tirthankars are born. Thus we arrive at 50 x 10 = 500 kalyankas. All auspicious life events of Tirthankars were celebrated by His soul with other gods, during His dev-bhava. So great was his devotion that he also led others to worship eternal Jin Idols in the
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