Jain's Ten Days Festivals Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Ten days festival Jain celebrates;
Self purification is the agenda.
Rededication to dharma is the goal.
Human is the incarnation of Atman.

The resolution made in the first day
Is to shun pride, which leads to immodesty.
The resolution in the second day
Is to observe honesty and righteousness.

The third day observed resolution
Is to be truthful to fellow beings.
The fourth day observed resolution
Is to obtain freedom from defilement.

On the fifth day the observation
Is to practice abstinence everyday.
On the sixth day, the observation
Is to do penance to grow a hermit.

The adoption made in the seventh day
Is to relinquish by way of charity.
The adoption made in the eighth day
Is to have limit on worldly possession.

Maintaining chaste and moral behavior
And forgiving and seeking forgiveness
Fall as ninth and tenth day deliberations.
Atman thus prepares to reach Nirvana.

(1. Mardawa,2. Arjawa,3. Satya,4. Shauch,
5. Sanyama,6. Tapa,7. Tyaga,8. Aparigraha,
9., Brahmacharya and 10. Paryushana are the names of ten days festival)
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