Jain Journal 1984 01

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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goddess (Laksmi) of happiness for the people of the world blessed with sons and prosperity, and for those fortunate (or learned) men bending low with humiliation like the decorated ground of Braja for Laksmi, the spouse of Visnu, to sport upon.
The fourth verse recounts the glorious achievements of Neminātha, the twenty-second apostle : nāsāśvāsena yena prabalabalabhrtā pūritah pāñcajanyah.... varadalamali (-ni pāda) padmāgradesaih. hastāngusthena śārngam dhanuratulabalam krstamāropya viş no rangulyādolitoyam hala bhrdavanatim tasya nemestanomi. Here it is said that he blew the Pancajanya conch of Lord Krsna by means of the breath of his nose, pulled his bow Sarnga with his thumb and shook Kalabhrta with his finger. “This", writes kaviraj Shyamal Das, “is an allusion to Neminatha's having gone to Dvaraka where Krsna lived, and blowing his conch and stringing and whirling his bow-each of which was unwieldy for anyone else but Visnu himself.”4
The fifth verse makes a vivid description of the lecture-ground of Parsvanatha which, it is said, is gazed upon by the curious spectators, the fore-part of the lofty rampart of which is closely crowded with the leading gods, and which is surrounded on all sides with streamers, brilliant with the sun-gem and rendered vocal with jingles of bells. : prānsuprākārakāntā tridaśaparivrdhavyūha (ru) ddhāvakāśām vācālam ketukoti(kva)-nadananumanīkinkinībhih samantāt. yasya vyākhyānabhūmimahaha kimidamityākulāh kautuken preksante prāṇabhājah (sa) (bhu) (vi) vijayatām tirthakrtapārsvanāthah.
The sixth verse bestows well-wishes on Vardhamana Mahavira : varddhatām varddhamānasya vardhamāna mahodayah. varddhatām varddhamānasya vardhamana (mah-) odayah. The author here makes a display of his poetical talent. He repeats the same line twice which admits of a double meaning.
In verse seventh is adored the goodess of speech under two of her appellations, Sarada and Bharati.?
4 Shyamal Das, 'The Antiquity, Authenticity and Genuineness of the Epic called the
Prithviraj Raso as commonly ascribed to Cand Bardai', Appendix, Inscription
No. 1, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. LV, Pt. 1, p. 28. 6 Cf. Varddhamana i e. Mahavira. . Cf. The town of Varddhamana with which is associated the birth of Mahavira. 7 Cf. saradam saradam staumi saradanavisaradam
bharatim bharatim bhaktabhuktimukti visaradam