Śrī Munisuvrat Svāmī Jina Stavana
Munisuvrat jinarāya,
ēka muja vinatī nisuṇōza
Ātamatattva kyuṁ jāṇuṁ jagadguru,
ēha vicāra muja kahīyō;
Ātamatattva jāṇyā viṇa niramala,
cittasamādhi navi lahiyō.
Śrī Munisuvrat Svāmī Jina Stavana
Munisuvrat jinarāya,
ēka muja vinatī nisuṇōza
Ātamatattva kyuṁ jāṇuṁ jagadguru,
ēha vicāra muja kahīyō;
Ātamatattva jāṇyā viṇa niramala,
cittasamādhi navi lahiyō.
One should nor speak laughingly
Śrī Dharmanātha Jina Stavana
Dharma jinēsara gā’uṁ raṅgaśuṁ,
bhaṅga na paḍaśō hō prīta jinēśvara;
Dujō mana mandira āṇuṁ nahīṁ,
ē ama kuḷavaṭa rīta.
Wise man is neither bonded nor free
Attached person neither lives here, nor there
Know the quantity of food intake
Many a time, man has taken birth in high caste and low caste; but this does not make him great or low

Then Sagara and Priyadarsana were born in the form of twins in the southern part of Bharataksetra in Jambudvipa, in the middle part of the space between the Gangas and Sindhu, in the third period in avasarpini, when there was the eighth part of a palya remaining. In the five Bharata- and Airavata-zones the twelve-spoked wheel of time is the basis of the law of time. Time is two-fold from the division into avasarpini and utsarprni. There are six spokes in avasarpini, beginning with Ekantasusama (Pure Bliss). Continue reading “Division of time and description of the Golden Age” »