कुसले पुण नो बद्धे, नो मुत्ते
Wise man is neither bonded nor free
Neither bonded, nor free
Here, wise man has been described in an ornamental language. One who is in bondage cannot be free, and one who is free cannot be in bondage. Man can either be in bondage or free. He cannot be in both the conditions, simultaneously. Continue reading “Neither bonded, nor free” »
Dharma jinēsara gā’uṁ raṅgaśuṁ
Śrī Dharmanātha Jina Stavana
Dharma jinēsara gā’uṁ raṅgaśuṁ,
bhaṅga na paḍaśō hō prīta jinēśvara;
Dujō mana mandira āṇuṁ nahīṁ,
ē ama kuḷavaṭa rīta.
…Ji. Dha..1
Quantity of food intake
माइ असणपाणस्स
Know the quantity of food intake
Speak not laughingly
न हासमाणो वि गिरं वएज्जा
One should nor speak laughingly
Attachment
इत्थ मोहे पुणो पुणो सा,
नो हव्वाए नो पाराए
नो हव्वाए नो पाराए
Attached person neither lives here, nor there
High and low caste
से असइं उच्चागोए, असइं नीआगोए,
नो हीणे नो इहरित्ते
नो हीणे नो इहरित्ते
Many a time, man has taken birth in high caste and low caste; but this does not make him great or low
Division of time and description of the Golden Age
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” »
