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"MAHAVIRA DARSHAN"
BY PROF PRATAPKUMAR J. TOLIYA - English version by:
Late Kum. PARUL P. TOLIYA, M.A. Gold medalist, 7 awards-winner and writer of 7 books
• जे एवं जगह से सव्वं जागह
"JE EGAM JANAI, SE SAVVAM JANAI"
HE WHO KNOWS THE SELF, THE SOUL, KNOWS ALL. THE ENTIRE WORLD.
“कल्याण पादपारामम्, श्रुतगंगा हिमाचलम् । विश्वाम्भोज रविं देवं वन्दे श्री ज्ञातनन्दनम् ॥” ॐ नमो अरिहंताणं नमो सिध्याणं नमो आयरियाणं नमो उवज्झायाणं नमो लोए सव्व साहूणं ।
एसो पंच नमुकारी, सब्ब पावप्पणासणी, मंगलाणं च सव्वेसिं, पढमं हवइ मंगलम् ॥
(Shloka-mantra) KALYAN PADAPARAMAM... NAVKAR MANTRA Aum NAMO ARIHANTANAM,
NAMO SIDDHANAM. NAMO AYARIYANAM, NAMO UVJJHAYANAM, NAMO LOE SAVVA SAHUNAM, ESO PANCH NAMUKKARO. SAVVA PAVAPPANASANO MANGALANAM CHA SAVVESIM PADHAMAM HAVAI MANGALAM
The Namaskar Mahamantra, known to us from time immemorial, worships not individuals, but divine qualities inherent in them. This mantra prays for the well-being of the whole universe..
..... Based on this mantra, one great soul undertook penance and applied it to his life and to the pursuit of right vision, right knowledge and right conduct over a long span of 27 lifetimes.
A long penance later, 2,600 years ago in the year 598 B.C..... In the mortal land of Jambudweep's Bharatakshetra and in the prosperous city of Vaishali in Bihar and its portion of Kshatriyakundagram, this divine soul prepares for its descent from devaloka, the land of Gods...
" पच्चीस सौ बरसों पहले..."
(Song) "PACHISASO BARSON PAHLE..."
Queen Mother Trishaladevi, wife of king Siddhartha of the Licchvi Vamsha, is soon to give birth to this great soul. Earlier she had witnessed 14 or 16 great and symbolic dreams.
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This divine, compassionate soul, endowed with the Mati, Shruta and Avadhi Jnanas, cares for its mother's well-being even when in the womb. On the completion of 9 months and 7% days on the 13th day of the Chaitra month, even as the moon sheds its soothing light on the mortal land, this soul takes human form, with the aim of immersing itself in Shukla Dhyana, meditation of the soul and the Self.
The celebration of Princo Vardhaman's birth is spread far and wide - on Mount Meru the Gods and on the earth King Siddhartha and his subjects.........
" घर घर में आनन्द है छावा...."
(Song) "GHAR GHAR MEIN ANAND HAI CHHAYA"
This great event has added to the well-being of all. Happiness descends everywhere but the greatest joy is that of mother Trishala in caring for her son.........
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'बार करे करती प्यार दुलार माँ...."
(Song) "BAL KO KARTI PYAR-DULAR MAA"
After Vardhaman's birth, the royal family soos a tremendous increase in its wealth. He soon enters school and gets the name "Mahavir due to his superhuman feats of courage -
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'ओ मैया तेरे कुंदर की करनी क्या बात ? रूप पिशाच का लेकर देवता, वीर को पीठ बिठाई दिये....।"
(Song) "O MAIYA! TERE KUNWAR KI...." *ROOP PISHACH KA..."
Thus childhood passed into adolescence and soon comes the youth. Mahavir's soul is above worldly attachments, but a few karmas, duties still remain to be fulfilled these include his religious duty towards his parents and marriage to Yashoda......
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.....And prince Vardhaman Mahavir wods Yashoda. Though according to another version, he remains unmarried. But even as a Prosperous householder, Vardhaman remains detached, much in accordance with life's ideal. Just as the lotus
