Jainism by Vividus

Author(s): Ramnik V Shah
Publisher: Ramnik V Shah Canada

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as a drop of water by contact on the lotus-leaf assuming brilliance of a pearl becomes fascinating to the mind of any
one.
May this song, free from all errors and faults, telling Your story, burn out sins and bloom souls, just as the light and brilliance of the sun, though far off, enable lotuses to bloom in lakes,
10. It is no surprise, Oh, Jewel of the universe! the Lord among beings! that one who sings Your praise finally becomes equal to you. Do not the rich make their poor dependents finally equal to them?
11. If anyone
without a wink of the eye sees God and is satisfied, his eyes will never look anywhere else. After tasting sweet waters from the oceans of the moon, who will taste saline waters of the earth-oceans?
12. You are the essence of all that is bliss, love and peace and therefore You are the jewel that adorns the three worlds. There is nothing else that equals You either in form or shape.
13. You are the One who has capitivated not only eyes and hearts of all but also has conquered all that exists in the three worlds. Compared to You, what is the appearance of the black-spotted moon which even fades and becomes pale during the day?
14. Like the full lustre of the moon, Your virtues pervade throughout the three worlds. Oh, Lord of the three worlds! Who can prevent the one in Your shelter from moving about at will wherever one wishes to move?
15. There is no wonder that any damsel, fairy, or divine ultrafemale cannot create feelings of attachment in Your mind. Even if all mountains shake or swing due to the most devastating winds, will the peak of mount Meru (a legendary mountain) ever shake or swing?
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