Jainism by Vividus

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

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36. Oh. Jinendra! Your footsteps are having the brilliance of lotuses of gold in full bloom, appearing more beautiful by their own reflection of light. Wise ones of the world imagine them to be real lotuses
37. Has anyone else had the same profundity of experience as Yourself at the time of sermons delivered by You (in Samosarans i.e, celestial invisible mobile halls specially set up by the Chief of gods viz Indra, a divine ultra human, to enable Tirthankara to deliver the sermon)? Have planets ever the light to destroy darkness like the sun?
38. One who has accepted Your benign protection is never frightened even of the proud and insolent giant elephant with seven trunks who has become wild and mad because of black wasps singing near his ears and strange dirty fluid flowing from his temples.
39. One who falls as a prey to a lion who is the pride of the land of jewels when he becomes both fierce and blood-thirsty jumping or springing over the head of even an elephant shall not perish, if only he would take shelter under the mountain of Your feet.
40. The cool waters of the songs in Your praise shall pacify even the wild conflagration caused and fanned by the fiercest winds emitting such flames of fire which could destroy the world as it comes nearer and nearer.
41. One who would sincerely take Your name will be able to surely walk over, without fear of harm, the approaching proud and angry hooded black-cobra with blue neck and red eyes.
42. The singing of Your praise, like rays of the sun, penetrating and destroying darkness is able to even scatter away and defeat the mighty army of a king in which impatient horses,
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