CHAUKASAYA SUTRA

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

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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.