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Bhaktamara Pranata mauli maniprabhana
moddyotakam dalita papa tamo
vitanum
samyak pranamya jinapadayugam yugada
valambanam bhavajale patatam jananam - (1)
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When the gods bow down at the feet of the Bhagavan Rishabdeva the radiance
of the jewels of their crowns is intensified by the divine glow of nails of
his feet. Mere touch of his feet absolves the beings from sins.
He who submits himself at the feet crosses the mundane barriers of
rebirth into the state of liberation. I convey my reverential
salutations at the feet of Bhagvan Rishabdeva, the first Tirthankara , the
propagator of the religion of the era . |
Yah sanstutah sakla vangmaya tatva bodha
dudbhuta buddhi patubhi suraloka nathiah
stotrairjagattriaya chittaharairudaraih
stoshye kilamapi tam prathamam jinendram - (2) |
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celestial lords , having Prudential acquired through the true understanding
of all the canons , have eulogized (heaven, earth and hell). I (Mantungacharya
, an humble man with little wisdom) to shell indeed endeavour to eulogize
that first Tirthankara. |
Buddhya vinapi vibudharchita padapita
stotum samudyata matirviga tatrapoham
balam vihaya jala samsthitamunidabimbum
manya ha ichhati janah sahasa grahitum - (3) |
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Only an ignorant child tries for an impossible took like grabbing the
reflection of the moon in water. Similarly, O Jina! out of impudence alone I
am trying, in spite of my ignorance, to eulogize you , who has been revered
by the gods. |
Vaktum gunan gunasamudra shashankakantam
kaste kshamah suraguru pratimopi buddhya
kalpanta kala pavanoddhat nakra chakra
ko va taritumalam mambunidhim bhujabhyam - (4) |
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O ocean of virtues! Can even Brihaspati , the guru of gods , with the help
of his unlimited wisdom , narrate your virtues pure and blissful as the moon
? (certainly not.) can a man swim across the reptile infested ocean in
fury , lashed by the gales of deluge? (certainly not.) |
Bhaktamar Stotra 1 - 4