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are in the Alphabetical order. There are 44 stanzas while a Bavani should contain 52 stanzas. The name of the author is not mentioned but from the language of the work, it appears to have been composed in the 16th Century. It touches several subjects but it is mainly on ethics. Some of the verses are as follows
aar aag कहतु किउ भावे, मकहु कहे कछु सोभर पावे ।
जै कहु हु छोडि करि रहिए, तो कम्म काटि केवलु सुखु लहियो ||१|
aat किउ मधुकर दुखु पाया, ससि विकाश सकुच नहि माया ।
सूर उदोत कवलु विगसावं, नि. छुटै भवरु बहुरि कत भावे ||२||
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हा हा हलहर चक्क हर, हय गय रहहि रणत्थि । इ नहि कोई ग थिरु रह्या, हंसु भकेलउ पित्थि ||४२ || हा हा हउ किसकउ नही, मेरा है नहि कोइ 1 जो अजरामरु वभु परु सो अप्पारणउ जोइ अनादि निधने द्रव्ये, हेयोपादेय वस्तुनः 1 अक्षर मध्यातु किं ज्ञेय कथित ब्रह्म वेदमि ॥ ४४ ॥ || इति बावनी समाप्त ॥
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35 NEMINĀTHA GITA:--
The Gita was written by Brahma Yasodhara in praise of Lord Neminatha, the 22nd Tirthankara. Brahma Yasodhara was pupil of Vijay Kirti who remained on Bhattāraka Gādi from the year 1525 to 1560 A. D. From the date of VijayKirti it may be said that this work belongs to the 16th Century.
It is a short work, having 69 stanzas written in Raga Gaudi The language of the work is Rajasthani In the end of the work, the author mentions his name and also that of Yasah Kiru under whose patronage the Gita was composed. The work has deen discovered in the Grantha Bhandar of Nainvä. The last two stanzas of the work are as under.
श्री यमकीरति सु पसाउनि ब्रह्म यसोधर मणिसार ।
चलरण न छीडउ स्वामी, तह्य तरणा भवचा दुःख निवार ||६८ ।।
भर जे नर सांमलि रे, घन धन ते नव निधि तस घर उपजि, ते तरसि
अवतार ।
ससार
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