Answer

On Bestu Varas in your shop, you can begin the new year with simple Jain devotional practices focused on purity, gratitude, forgiveness, and right conduct.

You may do:

• Navkar Mantra jaap
• Chaityavandan if you know it
• Dev-Guru-Dharma vandan
• Forgiveness prayer for any mistakes in business
• Take a sankalp to run the shop with honesty and ahimsa
• Donate food, medicine, or money according to your capacity

Simple Pooja You Can Do in the Shop

• Clean the shop properly before opening.
• Keep a clean place for worship.
• Place a picture or idol of Arihant Bhagwan / Tirthankar Bhagwan respectfully.
• Light a lamp if suitable and safe.
• Offer flowers, rice, or sandalwood respectfully if this is your family tradition.
• Recite Navkar Mantra 9, 27, or 108 times.
• Do mangal path or Chaityavandan if you know it.
• Bow with devotion and pray for right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct.

Important Jain Understanding

In Jain Dharma, the purpose of pooja is not simply to ask for profit. The highest prayer is for:

• Samyak Darshan — right faith
• Samyak Gnan — right knowledge
• Samyak Charitra — right conduct
• Honesty in business
• Non-violence and compassion
• Freedom from greed, anger, ego, and deceit

You may pray:

“May my business be conducted with honesty, fairness, non-violence, and purity. May I never cheat, harm, or exploit anyone. May my earnings be pure and used for good purposes.”

Spiritual Understanding

Bestu Varas is a good day to start fresh. For a Jain, the real new beginning is not only opening new account books or praying for success, but also improving one’s conduct.

In the shop, try to follow:

• No cheating in weight, price, quality, or promises
• No harsh speech with customers or workers
• No unnecessary harm to living beings
• Fair treatment of employees
• Charity from honest earnings

Takeaway

On Bestu Varas, do Navkar Mantra, Chaityavandan, Dev-Guru-Dharma vandan, forgiveness prayer, and charity. Most importantly, take a firm vow to run your shop with truth, honesty, ahimsa, and purity.