Samayik And Chaityavandan Vidhi

Author(s): Manu Doshi
Publisher: Manu Doshi

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(20) KALLÄNKANDAM STUTI.
Kallänkandam Padhamam Jinindam, Santim Tao Nemijinam Munindam; Päsam Payasam Sugunnika-Thanam, Bhattie Vande Sirivaddhamänam. (1)
Meanings: Kallän=well being, Kandam=source, Padham=first, Jinindam-omniscient Lord, Santim=Shantinath, Tao=as well as, Nemijinam=Lord Neminath, Munindam= supreme monk; Pasam-Parshwanath, Payasam=illumination, Sugunnika Thanam=abode of virtues, Bhattie=with devotion, Vande=I bow, Sirivaddhamänam=Lord Vardhaman.
Translation: I devotedly bow to the first Lord, who is the source of well being, to Lord Shäntinäth, to the supreme monk Lord Neminäth, to the illuminating Lord Parshwanäth, who is the abode of all virtues and to Lord Vardhamänswämi.
Apär Sansär Samuddapäram, Pattä Sivam Dintu Suikkasäram; Savve Jinindä Survindvandä, Kallän Vallin Visälkandä. (2)
Meanings: Apär-unfathomable, Sansär-worldly life, Samudda=sea, Päram=end, Pattä=attained, Sivam=bliss, Dintu-endow, Suikka=only one, Säram=objective, Savve=all, Jinindä=great omniscient Lords, Survind=all heavenly beings, Vandä= worshipped, Kallän Vallin=creeper of well being, Visälkandä=having long roots.
Translation: All the Lords, who have reached the end of unfathomable sea of worldly life, who have attained the bliss, who are worshipped by all the heavenly beings, who are like creepers of well being with long roots, may endow me with liberation, which is the only objective of the sacred books.
Nivvänmagge Varajänkappam, Panasiäses Kuväidappam; Mayam Jinänam Saranam Buhänam, Namämi Nichcham Tijagappahänam. (3)
Meanings: Nivvänmagge=on the path of liberation, Varjänkappam=like the best vehicle, Panasiä=defeated, Ses=all other, Kuväidappam=vanity of wrong view points, Mayam=view point, Jinänam=of omniscient, Saranam=refuge, Buhänam=enlightened, Namämi=I bow, Nichcham=always, Tijagat=three worlds, Pahänam=topmost.
Translation: Let me seek the refuge of the omniscient Lords' view point, which is the supreme vehicle on the path of liberation and which has overcome the vanity of all the wrong view points; I always bow to that view, which is the topmost in the three worlds.