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Shri
Panch Parmeshti Namaskar Mantra
Mulmantra
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Namo
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Arihantanam
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1
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Namo
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Siddhanam
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2
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Namo
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Ayariyanam
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3
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Namo
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Uvajjhayanam
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4
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Namo
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Loe
Savva sahoonam
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5
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{ Pada - 5, guru -3,
laghu - 32, total alphabets - 35 }
Choolika
Aeso
Pancha Namukkaro, Savva Pavappanasano. l
Manglalanam cha Savvesim,
Padhamam Havai Mangalam. II9II
{ Pada – 4, guru –
4, laghu – 29, total letters 33 }
Meaning
: 1. I bow to the Arihantas (with body), the omniscient (knowing
everything).
2.
I bow to the Siddhas, the bodiless liberated souls.
3.
I bow to the Acharyas, the heads of the four – fold order.
4.
I bow to the Upadhyays who are next to the head.
5.
I bow to all the Saints in the universe.
The
above five worships are destroyer of all sins and this is the first
beneficent among all benefactions.
We
call the above as the Namaskar Mantra because all Jains bow to all
the padas mentioned above with mind, body and speech and honor it
highly. The Mantra has two Lords: - Arihantas and Siddhas, three
Gurus: - Acharya, Upadhyaya and sadhu. These five collectively known
as the five excellent Souls make up of five padas.
Paying
heartiest obeisance to these five great Souls helps the devotee
annihilates all his sins and is highly benevolent to the Soul. It
bestows physical and spiritual gains. It is an initial auspicious
eulogy. ‘Navkar Mantra is relevant not only to the Jains but to
each and everyone who wants to get rid of the wheel of worldly
existence and attain liberation as the ultimate aim of every Soul is
‘Moksha”.
(pad – 9, sampada - 8,
guru- 7, laghu – 61, total letters – 68)
PADAKSHAR FORM OF SHREE NAVKAR MAHAMANTRA One
of the secrets of any mantra science is that it should be learnt from
a well versed Guru. Traditionally, the Mantra and its
essential elements are very well understood from a Guru. Any curious
person should follow this principle. The Guru is the one who has
harnessed the power of sound. When he gives the disciple a mantra,
this sound is alive. It is the same thing as eating. Before we eat,
we and the food are separate .But after we chew, digest and
assimilate the food; it becomes a part of us. We do not call it food
anymore, because it has become a part of our blood, body and life
force. It is no longer separate. So, when the guru gives a mantra,
the disciple at first is separate from the mantra .But after he/she
has spent some time repeating it with love and faith, following the
proper techniques, the disciple will completely absorb the mantra. It
will be a part of the life force and will work positively for
him/her. It is the duty of the disciple to practice faithfully and
follow the guidance of the guru.
To understand the internal and external
form of Navkar Mantra an essential thing is to learn and chant the
mantra correctly. The external form denotes that A B
C of the body of the mantra should be properly preserved.
Mantra means the shortest—as short as possible. All seeds are very
small but have great capacity to grow into trees; a mantra contains a
few words but has a deep meaning like a tiny ocean in a glass.
To obtain perfect fruit
of any rite one has to pray systemic worship of the rite. To obtain
the fruits in the form of corn a farmer has to do complete procedure
of farming and to till the soil. The ritual incantation of this Maha
Mantra liberates tremendous energy which can unravel the karma
bondage of the soul and make it shine in all its glory.
There are 9 Pada
(designations), 8 Sampada and 68 letters in Shree navkar Mantra. In
these sixty eight letters there are 7 guru-jodakshar (measuring two
matrass /conjunct consonant) and 61 laghu (small letters).
COUNTING OF NINE PADAS
Namo Arihantanam
This is the first pada.
Namo Siddhanam
This is the second pada.
Namo Ayariyanam
This is the third pada.
Namo Uvajjhayanam
This is the fourth pada.
Namo Loe Savva
Sahunam This is the fifth pada.
Eso Pancha
Namukkaro This is the sixth pada.
Savvapavappaanasano This
is the seventh pada
Mangalanam Cha
Savvesim This is the eighth pada.
Padhamam Havai
Mangalam This is the nineth pada.
EIGHT SAMPADA
Sampada means a full
stop of a meaning. Its definition as per scripture (Shastra) is done
as follows:-
“SANGTYEN
PADYATE-PARICHCHHIDYATEARTHO YABHIRITI SAMPADAH”. Sampada is one
with which the compatible meaning is ascertained. There are eight
such sampada in Navkar. First seven padas have seven and eighth-
ninth these two padas have one aggregating to eight sampada.
GURU LAGHU LETTERS:
Jodakshar is considered
as one letter in counting the letters and not one and half. Thus
Navkar Mantra has 68 letters.
There are seven letters
in the first Pad ‘Namo Arihantanam’ and all seven are Laghu.
In the second pada
‘Namo Siddhanam’ there are five letters out of which four are
laghu and one is Guru. The letter ‘ddha’ is guru.
In the third pada ‘Namo
Ayariyanam’ there ar e seven letters and all 7 are Laghu.
The fourth pada is
‘Namo Uvajjhayanam’ in which there are seven letters out of which
six are laghu and one is Guru. The letter ‘jjha’ is guru
The fifth pada is ‘Namo
Loe Savva Sahunam’ in which there are nine letters out of which
eight are Laghu and one is Guru. The letter ‘vva’ is Guru.
Thus there are in
aggregate 35 letters in the above five padas consisting of 32 Laghu
and 3 Guru.
The sixth pada is ‘Eso
Pancha Namukkaro’ and has eight letters, out of which seven are
laghu and one is Guru letters. The letter ‘kka’ is guru.
The seventh pada is
‘Savvapavappaanasano’. There are eight letters in this pada out
of which six are Laghu and two are guru. Here the letters ‘vva’
and ‘ppa’ are Guru.
In the eighth pada
‘Mangalanam Cha Savvesim.’ There are eight letters out of which
seven are laghu and one is Guru. The letter ‘vve’ is guru.
The last and nineth pad
is ‘Padhamam Havai Mangalam’. There are nine letters and all are
Laghu.
In this manner the last
four Padas of Navkar Mantra which is termed as CHULIKA in which there
are 33 letters in aggregate consisting 4 guru and 29 laghu.
In SHREE MAHANISHITH
SUTRA there is a mention that Navkar is of five Adhyayan (study) and
one CHULIKA and the number of letters as mentioned as above being 35
of first five padas and 33 of next four Padas.
Shree Namaskar Mantra,
the incomparable form of power which gives the desired fruit in this
world (Aalok ) and other ( Parlok)(Limitless space beyond the world),
be saluted greeted, whose five padas are stated as Panchatirthi by
Shree Tirthankaradevas. The significant 68 letters of Jinagam are
praized as sixty eight (68) places of pilgrimages (Tirthas) and whose
eight Sampadas are explained as incompatible excellence.
HOW SHREE NAVKAR IS TO
BE RECITED?
Becoming clean, wearing
while clothes,
Sweeping-cleansing of
the comfortable flooring space,
Stretching a seat made
of white wool (Katasanu),
Sitting in front of
either East or North direction,
Taking rosary made of
white yarn,
With a vow of eating
one or two morsels less than our routine appetite regularly (Unodari
Vrat) and keeping the mind engrossing a feeling in our heart that
“May all the world be blessed” . This ‘Unodari’ has immense
benefits to get rid of lethargy,obesity etc.
Fixing the sight to the
upper part of the nose,
We have to mutter
prayers (Jap) by which its each and every letter to be moved
gradually throughout our entire body. The time of Jap should be
certain and the same. The number of rosary should also be certain.
However meritorious soul with a vow bond of five Rosary can do six
Rosary and atleast not less than five.
One should not change
the Rosary meant for prayer (Jap). The body should be still. In other
words it should not be shaken or moved. Sit erect and not to bend
down.
In the MANAS JAP, lips
should be closed and the upper and lower teeth should be untied up.
In Upanshu Jap movements of lips should be regular. In BHASHYA JAP
pronunciations should be rhythmic. After completing commentary (Jap)
we should sit with closed eyes at that place at least minimum for
five minutes.
By doing so there is
a of marvellous union (Yoga) of the touching of purity-virtue borne
from JAP and sometime one finds a moment of deep feeling of
invaluable mediation (Bhav Samadhi).
The apparatus
(Upkarans) for Jap should be kept in clean and pious place with great
honour. Our feelings towards the Upkarans definitely have the like
effect towards our feelings of Shree navkar.
We have to see that
besides our tongue our mind should also learn
to recite Shree Navkar perfectly with rosary and that should be our
aim-ideal or goal. We have to teach Shree Navkar with goodness
to our mind/conscience in the form of our youner brother Just like an
elder brother teaches a poem to his younger brother. When mind joins
in Shree navkar all senses are ompletely engrossed in it.
The soul as entered in Shree Navkar is
definitely felt drenched just like a body does not remain unsocked,.
If this does not happen then we shoud be awared that our soul is
mainly remains outside Shree Navkar.
Outside the purview of Shree Navkar
there is a birth, old age and death (Janma,Jara and Mrutyu). In Shree
Navkar there is an Ocean of eternal happyness. Our real partisan
towards eternal happyness only will lead to salvation.
HOW NAVKAR MANTRA BECOMES
FRUITFULL ?
First to take a pure and
faultless reading of Navkar from Shree Sadguru Bhagavant. Initially
at the time of utterance of reticals, one has to form a habbit that
his soul makes use of knowledge and vision(Upayog) in the letters of
Navkar. Initially the clean and faultless recitals of Navkar Mantra
12 times with the use of knowledge and vision by soul (Upayogpurvak)
daily regularly as per the convenience and time permit. That 12
numbers of Jap is to be gradually increased to 108 as per the
convenience. There after the numer is to be raised to 324 equivalent
to 3 Rosary (3 Bandhi Mala). The Jap is to be done on joints of
fingures (Vedha). At this time be sitted straight unbending. To keep
eyes closed. In the beginning there is no necessity to mind and find
the letters of Navkar or bodily form of Parmeshthi. We have just to
see in the beginning that our mind is more and more engrossed to the
letters of Navkar which we pronounce the same either by verbal or
mental. There are many instances of certain persons whose goals are
accomplshed successfully who have done 324 daily throughout six
months without break. |