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When one wants to pray to Parmatma, wants to sing hymns for Parmatma, then one has to first fall deeply in love with Parmatma. When one falls in love, one starts liking everything about the beloved. Then one, enjoys singing eulogies and hymns in the praise of one's beloved. When an individual performs activities that he likes and also performs them for the person he likes, then the intentions, the love, the devotion for the beloved is unique in nature. There is more of ecstatic experience and less of action.
Can you imagine the heartwarming dedication and intensity with which compassionate Acharya Bhadrabahu Swami would have prayed, requested and appealed to Parshvanath Parmatma, to relieve people, suffering from the mayhem caused due to an epidemic (Marki) which was actually created by lower level celestial beings(Vyantar dev). Can one evaluate the intensity of his request because of which a dev(Parshwayaksha dev) under the direct command of Parshvanath Parmatma himself came to his service...?
When can one appeal to Parmatma? When can one feel passionate from the heart?
When, intense love resides in the heart.
Devotion is equivalent to Love. Love is similar as devotion!
Highly effective Shri Uvasaggahar Stotra is the most
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