Samayik And Chaityavandan Vidhi

Author(s): Manu Doshi
Publisher: Manu Doshi

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Maggadayanam: Magga means path. Maggadayanam therefore denotes path finders. The worldly soul has been groping in the dark and does not know where to go. The path laid down by the Lords is the right path that eventually leads to the termination of soul's wandering. As such the Lords are the pathfinders.
Sarandayanam: Saran means refuge. The term therefore stands for endowers of the refuge. During the seemingly unending itinerary from birth to birth, the worldly soul has been mostly experiencing misery and unhappiness. He has not come across any place where he can escape from such misery. The refuge from the continuing misery and unhappiness lies in treading the path laid down by the Lords. As such they are the endowers of the refuge.
Bohidayanam: Bohi means right teaching. The term therefore stands for conferors of the right perception or Samyagdarshan. The teaching of the Lords removes ignorance and the wrong perception. As such, Lords are conferors of the right perception.
Dhammadayanam, Dhammadesayanam, Dhammanäyagänam, Dhammasärahinam, Dhammavarchäurant-Chakkavattinam;
Meaning: you are endowers of religion, instructors of religion, religious leaders, charioteers of religion and bearers of supreme religious wheel that leads to the termination of four states of the worldly existence.
Dhammadayanam denotes that the Lords lay down the religion that prevents the worldly beings from falling in the glen of unhappiness. Dhammadesayanam indicates that their teaching is highly effective. It penetrates the hearts of the listeners. Dhammanäyagänam conveys that they can lead all the deserving beings towards the truth. Dhammasärahinam suggests that innumerable souls reach the ultimate destination under their guidance and protection. Dhammavarchäurant-Chakkavattinam conveys that they bring to the end four states of heavenly, human, animal and infernal existence. In that sense they are compared here with the sovereigns or Chakravartis. The conquest of a Chakravarti is attributed to the sovereign wheel at his command. The Lords also are embedded with the spiritual wheel, with which they overcome those four states and attain the state of liberation.
Appadihayavarnän-dansandharänam, Viyatta-chhaumanam;
Meaning: you are the holders of infallible supreme knowledge and conviction; overcomers of imperfection;
Appadihayavarnän-dansandharänam: Appadihay means infallible or unimpaired, Var means supreme, Nän means knowledge, Dansan means conviction and Dharänam means holders. As such the term stands for those who infallibly hold the supreme knowledge and conviction. Knowledge and conviction are of course the known attributes of the Lords. If,