Jainism by Vividus

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

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16. Without smoke, wick or oil, You are the Light that shines
over all the three worlds. Wind that can shake or swing a mountain cannot even blow near You, Oh, Lord! You are the unparalleled Light of the universe.
17. You, who will never set but brighten all the three worlds
for all eternity, cannot be surrounded by Rahu (there is a legend in India that Rahu and Ketu, the two demons in mythology, surround and swallow sun and moon, causing their temporary eclipses. As these Rahu and Ketu however have only heads and no bodies, both sun and moon after being swallowed by them become free once they come down the throats). Oh, Chief among saints ! You cannot be hidden by clouds. Your brillance is infinitely more than that of the billion suns.
18. Oh, the One ever shining 1 The Destroyer of the darkness of
attachment! The One neither to be swallowed by Rahu nor to be hidden by clouds! Your lotus-face appears magnificent with its unequalled shape like the brilliant inimitable moon in the universe.
19, After Your moon-face destroys darkness during night and the
sun shines brilliant during day, when everything necessary has burst forth out of mother earth, who wants rain clouds in the sky?
20. The light of knowledge that adorns You is never found in
lesser gods, just as the light which affords brilliance to jewels will never be found in pieces of glass brightened even by the rays of the sun.
21. I consider it my good fortune even when I see the lesser
gods but my mind gets restfully fixed only when I see You. After experiencing the illumination caused by Your sight, at no time, anything else will ever captivate the mind.
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