Introduction
HYMN OF PRAISE FOR TIRTHANKARS AFTER COMPLETING SIX ESSENTIAL DUTIES IN MORNING PENITENTIAL RETREAT (RAI PRATIKRAMANA).
|| विशाल-लोचन स्तुति || विशाल-लोचन-दलं, प्रोद्यद्-दन्तांशु-केसरम् प्रातर्वीर-जिनेन्द्रस्य, मुख-पद्मं पुनातु वः 1 येषामभिषेक-कर्म कृत्वा, मत्ता हर्ष-भरात् सुखं सुरेन्द्राः तृणमपि गणयन्ति नैव नाकं, प्रातः सन्तु शिवाय ते जिनेन्द्राः 2 कलंक-निर्मुक्त-ममुक्त-पूर्णतं, कुतर्क-राहु-ग्रसनं सदोदयम् अपूर्व-चन्द्रं जिन-चन्द्र-भाषितं, दिना-गमे नौमि बुधैर्नमस्कृतम् 3. ||VISHALA LOCANA STUTI||
VISALA-LOCANA-DALAM,
PRODYAD-DANTANSU-KESARAM
PRATAR-VIRA-JINENDRASYA,
MUKHA-PADMAM PUNATU VAH 1
YESAMABHISEKA-KARMA KRTVA,
MATTA HARSA-BHARAT SUKHAM SURENDRAH
TRNAMAPI GANAYANTI NAIVA NAKAM,
PRATAH SANTU SIVAYA TE JINENDRAH 2
KALANKA-NIRMUKTA-MAMUKTA-PURNATAM,
KUTARKA-RAHU-GRASANAM SADODAYAM
APURVA-CANDRAM JINA-CANDRA-BHASITAM,
DINA-GAME NAUMI BUDHAIR-NAMASKRTAM 3
MEANING
LET LORD MAHAVIRA BE AUSPICIOUS TO ALL OF US, WHOSE FACE IN THE MORNING RESEMBLES AN OPEN LOTUS FLOWER, WIDE OVAL EYES RESEMBLING PETAL OF LOTUS AND THE SHINY WHITE TEETH LIKE THE FARINA (MILLED CEREAL GRAIN) — [1]
LET ALL TIRTHANKARS BE AUSPICIOUS TO US IN THE MORNING, WHOSE BATHING CEREMONY (ABLUTION) PERFORMED BY KING OF HEAVENLY GODS BRING THEM INCOMPARABLE JOY THAN LIFE IN HEAVEN — [2]
I PAY MY RESPECT IN THE MORNING TO THE SCRIPTURES THAT ARE UNTAINTED, EVER PERFECT, FULLY MANIFESTED LIKE A FULL MOON AND WHOSE BRIGHTNESS CANNOT EVER BE OBSCURED BY ANY LIVING BEING………3
EXPLANATION
THIS COMPOSITION IS MADE UP OF THREE VERSES FIRST VERSE PRAISES LORD MAHAVIRA; THE SECOND VERSE PRAISES ALL THE TIRTHANKARS, AND THE THIRD VERSE IS IN THE PRAISE OF HOLY SCRIPTURES.
