Samayik And Chaityavandan Vidhi

Author(s): Manu Doshi
Publisher: Manu Doshi

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Chant the name of Lord Vardhamän; thereby your misdirected undertaking would be rectified. Therefore bow to him in the morning and the evening.
Siddhärath Trishaläke Nandä, Todo Ham Bhav-Bhavkä Fanda; Tumbin Koi Na Sharan Hamärä, Darisan Do Jinräj Äj ------------- Japo
Lord, the son of Siddhartha and Trishalä, please break our shackles of birth and death; There is no other refuge except yours; therefore please let me have the glimpse of yours.
Jo Hove Ko Charan Pujäri, Nä Hove Jagmen Dukhiyare; Bas Ja Tu Ab Charan Thäm, Naman Karun Mein Subah Shäm-------Japo
If one worships his feet, he would not experience unhappiness in the world; therefore sit steadily at his feet, and bow to him in the morning and the evening.
Terä Merä Nyätä Aisä, Päras Aur Lohekä Jaisa; Samkit Do Jinräj Äj, Naman Karun Mein Subah Shäm ----
--Japo
The relation of yours and mine is like that of miraculous Päras jewel and the iron; Lord, grant me the right perception, I bow to you in the morning and the evening.
Japo Vardhamän Jinavarkä Näm, Tere Bigade Hue Sudharenge Käm Naman Karun Mein Subah Shäm -----
-------- Japo
Chant the name of Lord Vardhamän; thereby your misdirected undertaking would be rectified. Therefore bow to him in the morning and the evening.
Then the aspirant recites the Jay Viyaräy Sutra with folded hands holding in front of the middle of the eyebrows. He continues that posture till Äbhavamakhanda and recites the rest of the Sutra by bringing hands down.
When one wants to make a sincere prayer, it is customary to fold the hands and to hold them in front of the tip of the nose. It is, however, stipulated here that while starting the recital of Jay Viyaräy Sutra, one needs to hold the hands up to the forehead and continue that posture till Äbhavamakhnadä. Then he is required to lower the hands and recite the remaining part of the Sutra. The people undertaking the Chaitya Vandan, therefore, mechanically raise their hands while starting this Sutra and bring them down while uttering Äbhavamakhnadä.
But this is not supposed to be a mechanical gesture. There is a specific purpose behind it. The portion from Jay Viyräy to Abhavamakhnada constitutes the main part of the prayer, which is more like a solemn pledge. That part therefore needs to be recited with the hands