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1552 Saint Mantunga, enlogises Rishabha Deva' in these. sublime : words. This prayera is known as Bhaktamarastotra. Here few verses are quoted. The great poet expresses his devotion thus :
भक्तामर-प्रणत-मौलि-मणि-प्रभाणा-... ... ... .मुद्योतकं दलित-पाप-तमो-वितानम् । सम्यक्प्रणम्य, जिन-पाद-युगं युगादा-.
वालम्बनं भवजले पततो जनानाम् ॥१॥ यः संस्तुतः सकल-बाङ्मय-तत्त्वबोधा
"दुद्भत बुद्धि-पटुभिः सुरलोकनाथः । . स्तोत्रं जगत् त्रितय-चित्तहर-रुदारः।
___ स्तोष्ये किला हमपि तं प्रथम जिनेन्द्रम् ॥२॥ Having duly bowed down to the feet of Jina, which, at the beginning of the yuga,was the support for men drowned in thie ocean of worldliness, and which illumine the lustre of the gems of the prostrated heads of the devoted gods, and, which dispel the vast gloom of sins,
I shall indeed pay homage to that First Fipendra (Rishabha Deva), who with beautiful orisons captivating the minds of all the three world, bas been worshipped by the lords of the gods endowed with profound wisdom bor of all the Shastras. अल्पश्रुतं श्रुतक्तां परिहासपाम.। ....
त्वद्भक्तिरेव मुखरी-कुरुते मसान्माम् । . . यत्कोकिलः किल मधी मधुरं विरोसि । ............. मानवार कलिका लिकरक-हेतुः ॥६॥ .. .
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