INTRODUCTION
HYMN IN PRAISE OF LORD PARSHVANATH
|| चउक्कसाय सूत्र ||
चउक्कसाय-पडिमल्लुल्लूरणु,
दुज्जय-मयण-बाण-मुसुमूरणु
सरस-पियंगु-वन्नु गय-गामिउ,
जयउ पासु भुवण-त्तय-सामिउ 1
जसु तणु-कंति-कडप्प-सिणिद्धउ,
सोहइ फणि-मणि-किरणा-लिद्धउ
नं नव-जल-हर-तडिल्लय-लंछिउ,
सो जिणु पासु पयच्छउ वंछिउ 2
|| CHAUKASAYA SUTRA STUTI||
CAUKKASAYA-PADIMALLULLURANU,
DUJJAYA-MAYANA-BANA-MUSUMURANU
SARASA-PIYANGU-VANNU GAYA-GAMIU,
JAYAU PASU BHUVANA-TTAYA-SAMIU 1
JASU TANU-KANTI-KADAPPA-SINIDDHAU,
SOHAI PHANI-MANI-KIRANA-LIDDHAU
NAM NAVA-JALA-HARA-TADILLAYA-LANCHIU,
SO JINU PASU PAYACCHAU VANCHIU 2
MEANING :
LORD PARSHVANATHA, THE MASTER OF ALL THREE WORLDS, ENDOWED WITH GOLDEN COMPLEXION AND WITH A GAIT LIKE AN ELEPHANT, DESTROYER OF ALL FOUR PASSIONS AND ONE WHO HAS CUT APART THE CUPID’S ARROW, MAY YOU BE EVER VICTORIOUS — [1]
O LORD PARSHVANATHA, YOUR GRACEFUL BODY SHINES WITH RAYS EMITTED BY THE JEWEL ON THE HOOD OF THE COBRA COVERING YOUR HEAD AND BY LIGHTENING ACCOMPANYING THE TORRENTIAL RAIN; GRANT ME THAT WHAT I DESIRE — [2]
EXPLANATION:
THIS HYMN, IN PRAISE (CHAITYA VANDANA) OF LORD PARSHVANATHA, IS RECITED WHILE PERFORMING SAMAYIKA AND PRATIKRAMANA.
