Jaina Puja

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Vira Office Bijnor

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Exceeding lustrous, of gold-bright hue, the entire Assemblage enthralled by their Grace !
Fetching pure water from the Kshfra Samudra," in pitchers full, I dance in front of Thee in many ways,
Constantly worshipping the Arlianta, the Scripture of Irath, and the Nirgrantha Saint !
Doha मलिन वस्तु हरलेत सब, जल सुभाव मलछीन ।
जासों पूजं परमपद, देव शास्त्र गुरु तोन ॥१॥ Malina vasti hara leta saha, jala svabhāva roala
chhina: · Jāsaûn půjūņ parama pada Deva, Sastra, Guru, tina;
Tr..All kinds of filth it taketh away: filth-removing is water by nature :
With it I worship the Supremo Ideal, the 'Criad of the Deity, the Scriptore, and the Saint !
Mantram. ॐ ह्री देवशास्त्रगुरुभ्यो जन्म जरा मृत्यु विनाशनाय जलं निर्वपा. मोति स्वाहा। Aum Rhim : Deva, Sastra, Gürubbyc, janma jarā
mrityu vidāsánāya jalam dirvapāmiti, svāhā !
Tr.-Aam Rhim: In the name of the Deity, the Scripture, and the Saint, for the destrnction of birth, old age and death, I offer water :
Accomplished !
INSTRUCTIONS. -The worshipper should place the image or the soulptured Foot.prints of the Deity on a high seat, and shonld place in a tray, ovor the fignre of a sivastika, drawn with soffron or sandalwood pasto, olended rice grains in three beaps, side by side, to represont tite threo Adorably. Objects of his worship If there be no Imngos or Foot-prints, bat there be available some form of written Scripture, lo słonld place it on a high sout, placing the tray in front of it. The ceremony begins with the performance of what is known as parkshala of the Divine Imaga nr the Font-prints, as the case may be. In Their absonen, water is simply poured into a bowl kept for that purpose, by the side of the tray nfore-mer tioned Tho prakshala consists iu the ponring of water over the image or the Foot-prints, and in the wasting thereof with ot. The object is then died with a piece of clean cloil, and the ceremony, piooceds, Tho snbsequont stngos of the ritunl will be described in connection with the employment of the different articles used in Jaina worship, as the cereinony proceeds.