Verse ७
त्वत्-संस्तवेन भव-सन्तति-सन्निबद्धं
पापं क्षणात् क्षयमुपैति शरीर-भाजाम्।
आक्रान्त-लोकमलि-नील-मशेषमाशु
सूर्यांशु-भिन्नमिव शार्वरमन्धकारम्॥७॥
tvat-saṁstavena bhava-santati-sannibaddhaṁ
pāpaṁ kṣaṇāt kṣayam-upaiti śarīra-bhājām
ākrānta-lokam-ali-nīla-maśeṣam-āśu
sūryāṁśu-bhinnam-iva śārvaram-andhakāram
Simple Meaning · सरल अर्थ
जैसे रात भर का अंधकार — चाहे कितना भी गहरा हो, चाहे पूरे लोक में फैला हो — सूरज की किरणों से एक क्षण में नष्ट हो जाता है, उसी प्रकार आपकी स्तुति से जीवों के अनेक जन्मों का संचित पाप क्षण भर में नष्ट हो जाता है।
Just as the deep darkness of the whole night — however thick, however widespread — is destroyed in a moment by the rays of the sun, so the sin accumulated across many births is dispelled in a moment by Your praise.
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Sources
- 1. — On samvara (stoppage of new karma) and nirjara (shedding of accumulated karma) as the mechanisms of liberation. The verse refers obliquely to nirjara through the act of contemplation.
- 2. — Acharya Kundakunda — on the soul attaining its own pure nature through internal recognition; the Tirthankara as catalyst of recognition, not external agent of change.
Working draft. Citations point to primary Jain texts; the modern English framing and verse numbering are project work. If anything here is wrong, please flag it.