Jaina Method Of Curing

Author(s): Manju Jain
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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5th Shloka for Eye Disease
1.0 Purpose
1.1 Water of well can be made red germless. Eye disease and pain is relieved from the dreadful pain by pouring the water made mystic by chants of Riddhi and mantra syllables.
2.0 Scope
2.1. Though devoid of power yet urged by devotion the devotee is trying hard to pray to God like the deer, not taking into account its own might faces boldly the furious lion due to affection of its young one.
3.0 Method
3.1 Having bathed and clothed in yellow establishing the Yantra, one should worship then having sat on yellow seat he should chant the Riddhi and Mantra syllables 1000 times a day for 7 days with yellow flowers and pure phases incensing with oblibanum every time.
4.0 Resources
Yantra, Mantra, Riddhi, Shloka, Yellow clothes, Yellow Seat, Yellow Flowers, Water.
Shloka - Repeat 9 times
SO'HAM TATHAPI TAVA BHAKTI-VASHAN-MUNISHA KARTUM STAVAM VIGATA-SHAKTI-RAPI PRAVRITTAH, PRITYATMA-VIRYAM-AVICHARYA MṛIGO MRIGENDRAM NĀBHYÉTI KIM NIJA SHISHOH PARIPALA NĀRTHANM
Meaning
But oh Lord! Oh Leader of great sages!
May be that I have no words or ability to sing about your great qualities. Doesn't matter if I am considered a fool, may be, so am I.
In spite of my senselessness, I want to sing you sincere devotee. All of my shortcomings will be pardoned in front of my sincere and craving devotion.
Look at that deer. She has just delivered her cubs. Her children are as dearer as life to her. The lion roared to her, but the mother deer said, "Oh come on lion, I am willing to protect my children. I have accepted your supremacy till now, but today I will fight with all my Will and Valor for my children. I am willing to fight until death!"
Who can challenge the mother's love?
Who can put to test the love of a mother?
Here, ya Mantunga Sorishwarjee compare the critics of poetry with Lions and hails himself and Bhaktamara Stotra with Mother Deer and her cub.