merUparvat kyAn Avyo? tenA upar shun chhe?
merUparvat pAnch chhe. ek jambudvIpamAn, be dhAtakIkhanDadvIpamAn tathA be puShkaradvIpamAn;
pa0, 000 pachAsahajAr yojan dUr chhe. (1 yojan=lagabhag pa000 mAIl) te meru–parvat
ek lAkh jojan Uncho chhe. darek meru upar 16–16 jinamandiro chhe, darek mandiramAn 108
ratnamay jinapratimAo chhe. nandanavan paN A merUparvatomAn ja chhe. meruparvatanI–shobhAno ne
tenA vaibhavano koI pAr nathI. shAstromAn to enun ghaNun varNan chhe. nandIshvaranI pUjAnA
pustakamAn panchamerunI paN pUjA chhe te vAnchasho athavA Adi purANamAn vAnchasho to visheSh ghaNun
jANavAnun maLashe. merUparvat upar tIrthankar bhagavantono janmAbhiShek thAy chhe–tethI mahAnatIrtha
tarIke jagatamAn teno mahimA prasiddha chhe. meruparvatanI dakShiNe ApaNun A bharatakShetra chhe, sAmI
bAjue (uttar taraph) ApaNA jevun airAvatakShetra chhe; merunI pUrva ane pashchim banne bAju
videhakShetra chhe. pUrva taraphanA videhamAn sImandhar ane yugamandhar tIrthankaro atyAre birAje chhe;
pashchim taraphanA videhamAn bAhu tathA subAhu tIrthankaro birAje chhe. A rIte ApaNA jambudvIpamAn
atyAre 4 tIrthankarabhagavanto vicharI rahyA chhe; bIjA dvIpamAn 8 tathA trIjA dvIpamAn 8 em kul
20 tIrthankar bhagavanto hAl birAjamAn chhe. temane tathA panchameru tIrthane namaskAr ho.
pAmyA–te vAnchIne bahu ja Anand thayo. tem ApaNe paN dharma karavo joIe. munirAjanA
pravachanamAn sinh–vAndaro–noLiyo ne bhUnDane jevo ras paDyo tevo ras ApaNane paDavo
joIe.”
“A AtmadharmamAn (RuShabhadev charitramAn) digambar sAdhunA saras chitro joIne mane