Book Title: Jaina Heritage in Gujarat
Author(s): Francoise Mallison
Publisher: Z_Nirgrantha_1_022701.pdf and Nirgrantha_2_022702.pdf and Nirgrantha_3_022703.pdf
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Vol. II, 1997-2002
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other in strictly observing ahimsā and severe vegetarian rules. Their aims, however, are different : the Vallabhans try to keep themselves free from any kind of pollution, whereas the Jainas want to annihilate the effects of karma. Yet in Māvo's text on the Vaisnava dharma one finds a complete convergence of views on how to achieve moral perfection and how to determine the norms of human behaviour.
Conclusion The ideal of "Vaisnavajana..." of course does not belong exclusively to Gujarati bhakti. From Kabīra3 to Tulasīdāsas, there is a wealth of definitions in the devotional literature in new Indo-Aryan languages. But what may have been Jaina influence in Gujarat, may have been the work of Buddhist influence in the North. Whereas Buddhism disappeared, Jainism survived and became predominant in Gujarat, and this may explain why Gujarati bhakti kept on a permanent interest in the theme of moral perfection and why non-sectarian forms of Visnuism did not disappear. Dayārāma, who wrote in the 19th century and was a Vallabhan, gave a final description of what a Vaisnava is not". His composition is sung in bhajana sessions at least frequently as “Vaisnavajana to tene kahiye.." :
Vaisnava nathi thayo tur re, harijana nathi thayo tuṁ re, sīda gumānamāṁ ghume. Harijanane joi hayuíň na harakhe, drave na Hari guna gātāń, kāma dāma cațaki nathi phataki, krodhe locana rätar. 1 Vaisnava nathi tur re,... Tuja samge koi vaisnava thaë, to tur vaisnava saco, tārā samgano ranga na läge, taham tur kāco. 2 Vaisnava nathi tur re,... Paradukha dekhi hrdaya na dājhe, paranindā nathi darato, vhälā nathi Vitthala suń sācur, hathe tuṁ huṁ huṁ karato. 3 Vaisnava nathi tuň re,... Paropkāre prīta na tujane, svārtha chutyo che nämhin, kaheni tevi raheni na male, kyāṁ lakhyun ema kaheni. 4 Vaisnava nathi tur re,... Bhajanā rūdha nathi mana niscaya, nathi Harino visvāsa, jagatataņi āşā che jyān lagi, jagata guru turn dāsa. 5 Vaisnava nathi tur re,... Manatano guru mana kariša to, sāci vastu jadase, Dayā duhkha ke sukha māna, pana sācuṁ kahevur padaće. 6 Vaisnava nathi tur re,...
You are not a Vaisnava Hari's devotee you are not.
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