Nav Smarana

Author(s): Vinod Kapashi
Publisher: Vinod Kapashi

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(1) capable of freeing everybody from the clouds of karma. (2) capable of freeing everybody from intense karma. (3) capable of freeing everybody from the danger of the anvil of karma.
Interpretation of the second line. Vishhar vishninnäsam, mangal-kallän ävasam Here there are two more adjectives used for Pärshvanätha. One is that He is Vishhar vish-ninnäsam and the other adjective suggests that He is mangal-kallän ävasam Vishhar vish-ninnasam would mean that he can destroy (ninnäs) the poison (vish) of the venomous (vish-har =cobra)
The other adjective mangal-kallän ävasam suggests that Pärshvanätha is the abode (ävas) of all that is auspicious (mangal, kallän)'.
The meaning therefore of the first verse is: I worship Pärshvanatha who has a yaksha called Pärshva with the capacity of removing all obstacles and misery, who (Pärshvanatha) can destroy all intense karma, can destroy the venom of the most venomous and who is the abode of all that is auspicious.
Second verse:
Vishhar fullingamantam kanthe dhärei jo sayä manuo Tassa gaha rog märi duttha jarä janti uvasämma
Again this verse like the first can be interpreted in different ways. This verse suggests a hidden mantra, which is only mentioned here by its name.
Let us see the first line of this second verse: Vishhar fullingamantam kanthe dhärei jo sayä manuo
If we breakdown and write meanings of each word here it would be like this: Vish-har (the venomous, meaning cobra) Fullinga manta (a mantra in the name of fullinga). If we take both words together it would mean a mantra in the name of 'Vishara Fullinga' mantra.
Kanthe means 'on the kantha'. In Sanskrit the word 'kanth' is used both for neck or the upper part of the throat. i.e. The same word is used for the part inside (throat) and the one visible part outside (neck).
Dhärei means holding, jo means whoever, saya means always and manuo means humans.
Here we must consider the second line of the second verse in order to interpret the meaning in full. The second line is Tassa gaha rog märi duttha jarä janti uvasämma and it means that bad omens, diseases, plague, fevers - everything will be subdued (will disappear).
Kim vishishtam Parshvam ? Mangal kallan avasam, mangalani apadrupshamrupani, kalyani cha, sampad utkarsha rupani, tesham avas iva avasm - Kridasthanam (ref as above)
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