[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Jain Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina) › [Post-canonical works (philosophy, yoga, karma theory, narrative, poetry, history)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post) › [Hymns and devotional formulas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.stotra) › [Bappabhaṭṭi's Hymns to the 24 Jinas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.stotra.bappabhatti) › 11.2-2 # Bappabhaṭṭi's Hymns to the 24 Jinas 11.2-2 Caturviṃśatikā (Bappabhaṭṭi) 11.2-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.stotra.bappabhatti.11.2-2) ”–āryā aparedyuḥ prabhuḥ śrīāmena pṛṣṭaḥ-bhagavan ! yūyaṃ vidyayā tapasā ca loke labdhaparamalekhāḥ, kimanyo'pi ko'pi kvāpyāste yo bhavatastulāleśamavāpnoti ? | bappabhaṭṭirabhāṇīt-avanipate ! mama gurubāndhavau govindācāryanannasūrī sarvairguṇairmadadhikau gurjaradharāyāṃ, (śrutvā rājā tatra sūripārśve gataḥ pracchannaḥ, sūriśca prasaṃgāgatān) kāmāktān rāgavādān pallavayannāsīt | rājñā śrutaṃ tat sarvaṃ, arucirutpannā | aho ! vayaṃ kāmino'pi naitān bhāvān vidmaḥ, ayaṃ tu vetti samyak, tasmādavaśyaṃ nityaṃ yoṣitsaṅgī, kimasya praṇāmena ? akṛtanatireva utthāya rājā gopagirimagāt | cirād dṛṣṭaḥ kṣmāpa iti raṇaraṇakākrāntasvāntā guravo vandāpayitumaiyuḥ | rājā nirādaro na vandate tathā | evaṃ katipayāni dināni gatāni | ekadā gurubhiḥ papracche-rājan ! yathā purā'bhūstvaṃ tathedānīṃ bhakto nāsi, kimasmākaṃ doṣaḥ ko'pi ?| rājā smāha-sūrivara ! bhavādṛśā api kupātraślāghāṃ kurvate, kimucyate ? | sūrirūce-katham ? āmaḥ prāha-yau bhavadbhiḥ svau gurubāndhavau stutau tatra gatvā eko nannasūrināmā dṛṣṭaḥ śṛṅgārakathāvyākhyānalampaṭastapohīno lohataraṇḍatulyo majjayati ca bhavābdhau, tasmānna kiñcidetat | sūrayo maṣīmalinavadanāḥ svāṃ vasatimaguḥ tatropaviśya dvau sādhū moḍhera(ka)puraṃ prahitau tatpārśve, tatra kathāpitam-āmaḥ akṛtapraṇāmo bhavatpārśvodāgataḥ, evamevaṃ yuvāṃ nindati, tat kartavyaṃ yenāsau bhavatsvanveṣvapi śravaṇeṣkvavajñāvānna jāyeta | sarvaṃ tatratyaṃ jñātvā tau dvāvapi guṭikayā varṇasvaraparāvartaṃ kṛtvā veṣadharau gopagirimīyatuḥ | śrīkṛṣṇadhvajaprabandhananāṭakaṃ navaṃ babandhatuḥ | naṭān śikṣayāmāsatuḥ | āmarājaṃ avasaraṃ yayācatuḥ | rājñā avasaro dattaḥ | militāḥ sāmājikāḥ tatra tadrasabhārequestjñāḥ | tābhyāṃ tannāṭakaṃ darśayitumārebhe | bharatabāhubalisamarāvasaro'bhidhīyate, tadā vyūharacanāśastraḍa(jha?)lakāravīravarṇanābhaṭṭakolāhalāśvotthāpanajhallarijhaṇajhaṇatkārādi tābhyāṃ varṇitumārabdhaṃ dhārārūḍhaśca raso'vātārītaṃ, atrāntare nannasūrigovindācāryau svarūpamudre prakāśya āhatuḥ—rājan ! bhaṭṭā bhaṭṭāḥ ! śṛṇuta kathāyuddhamidaṃ, na tu sākṣāt, alaṃ sambhrameṇa, ityuktvā lajjitā vismitāśca te rājādyāḥ saṃvṛtyākāramasthuḥ tadā govindācāryanannasūribhyāṃ bhūyo'pyabhāṇi-kila śṛṅgārānubhavino vayaṃ iti taṃ samyak vyākhyātuṃ vidmaḥ, kiṃ samarājiramapi bhavadvat praviṣṭāḥ smaḥ ? kuraṅgā iva śakhe dṛṣṭe'pi vibhimaḥ, āvālyād gṛhītavratāḥ pare bhīravaḥ smaḥ, paraṃ bhāratīprabhāvavacanaśastyā rasān sarvān jīvadva(pā) niva darśayāmaḥ | moḍherake ye te vātsyāyanabhāvavyākhyātā(ra)ḥ te vayaṃ nannasūrayaḥ, ime ca govindācāryāḥ, bhavatāṃ tadā mṛṣā vikalpaḥ samajani| rājā sadyo lalajje, tau sūrī kṣamayāmāsa, ānarca bappabhaṭṭiṃ ca | tau katicid dināni uparājaṃ sthitvā bappabhaṭṭyanujñayā punarmoḍherakapuramagātām | gataḥ samayaḥ kiyānapi anyadā gāthakavṛndamāgataṃ tanmadhye vālikaikā satālaṃ nīlotpalalocanā mṛgāṅkamukhī kinnarasvarā viduṣī gāyati | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā madanaśarajarja(raḥ sma)rotkaṭajvaro galitaviveko gataprāyaśaucadharmābhiniveśaḥ kānyakubjeśaḥ padyadvayaṃ prabhupratyakṣamapāṭhīt"vaktraṃ pūrṇaśaśī sudhā'dharalatā dantā maṇiśreṇayaḥ kāntiḥ śrīrgamanaṃ gajaḥ parimalaste pārijātadrumāḥ vāṇī kāmadughā kaṭākṣalaharī sā kālakūṭacchaṭā tat kiṃ candramukhi ! tvadarthamamarairamanthi dugdhāmbudhiḥ ? ||1||-śārdūla0 janmasthānaṃ na khalu vimalaṃ varṇanīyo na varṇo dūre śobhā vapuṣi nihitā paṅkaśaṅkāṃ tanoti viśvaprārthyaḥ sakalasurabhidravyagarvāpahārī no jānīmaḥ parimalaguṇo yaistukastūrikāyāḥ - [Previous: 11.1-11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.stotra.bappabhatti.11.1-11) - [Next: 11.1-12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.stotra.bappabhatti.11.1-12) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.stotra.bappabhatti.11) ## Linked texts (3) - [Pūrvadhāricaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.prabandha.prabandha.purvadharicaritra.13.519) — Sanskrit - [Prabandhakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.7.50) — Rājaśekhara Sūri, Sanskrit - [Bappabhaṭṭicaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.prabandha.prabandha.bappabhatticaritra.2.50) — Rājaśēkharasūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.stotra.bappabhatti.11.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.stotra.bappabhatti.11.2-2) · Pramāṇa