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MANAV DHARMA / 67
Note: These four names are famous in the Jain tradition in connection with the four kinds of Daan, Ahardaan, Aushaddaan, Shastradaan and Abhaydaan known also as four vaiyavritya. Their biographies may be studied in Puranas.
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देवाधिदेव चरणे परिचरणं सर्वदुःख - निर्हरणम् । कामदुहि काम - दाहिनी परिचिनुया- दादृतो नित्यम् ॥ ११९॥
Explanation :
The worshipping of the feet of Deva or Devas (Holy Tirthankara), the bestower of desired good and the consumer of cupid's shafts, is the remover of all kinds of pain; for this reason, it should be performed reverently every day.
Description :
Five senses have been given the name of Deva and those devas, who do not bear these five senses are called as Devadhideva (i.e. Holy Tirthankaras). Those, who bear the unsensual Hoiy knowledge (Divyagyana), who have the power to know all the forms of all the worldly objects i.e. omniperception, association with omniscience, whose feet are so powerful to crush the cupid's shafts (4) and are bestower of desired good to the devotee. Hence, keeping in view such virtuous qualities, the learned and wise devotee should worship HIM reverently every day. Because their regular worship will destroy all our evil karmas and remove all kinds of pains and sufferings of the devotee.
We should keep in mind here that God himself is perceived as helpless but still HE the Almighty is all powerful to bestow the desirable blessings to His devotees. Just as a cow does not allow to fetch her milk willingly, still the milkman tries to fetch the milk from her with his own hands. In the same way the Almighty God does not give anything willingly to the worldly people but the devotees do get all their desirables from the Almighty through their selfless devotion. The Gods - the Almighty or 'Bhagwan' has already renounced all the worldly possessions and attachments and HE has nothing to distribute to his devotees. To have such a doubt is also not desirable. The God-Jinendra Bhagwan is omniscient. He himself has no motive. But the knowledge is omniscience. never ending, never destructible. and all the worldly objects shine in the looking glass of GYAN and the true devotees with their respectful devotion do get all those desirables which they need. Now those four personages, who became famous in donating these four kinds of charities are being signified in following verse :
