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Shäntim shänti-nishäntam, shäntam shäntä-sivam namaskrtya.
Stotuh shänti-nimittam, mantra-padaih shäntaye staumi. ........1.
Omiti nischita-vachase, namo namo bhagavaterhate pujäm.
Shänti-jinäya jayavate, yasasvine svämine daminäm. .............2.
Sakalätisesaka-mahä-sampatti-samanvitäya sasyäya.
Trailokya-pujitäya cha, namo namah shänti-deväya. ...............3.
Sarvämara-susamuha-svämika-sampujitäya na jitäya.
Bhuvana-jana-pälanodyata-tamäya satatam namas-tasmai. ...4.
Sarva-duritaugha-näsana-karäya sarväsiva-prasamanäya.
Dusta graha-bhuta-pisächa-säkininäm pramathanäya.............5.
Yasyeti näma-mantra-pradhäna-väkyopayoga-krta-tosä.
Vijayä kurute jana-hita-miti cha nutä namata tam shäntim.......6.
Bhavatu namaste bhagavati!, vijaye! Sujaye! Parä-parairajite!.
Aparäjite! Jagatyäm, jayatiti jayävahe! Bhavati. .......................7.
Sarvasyäpi cha sanghasya, bhadra-kalyäna-mangala-pradade!.
Sädhunäm cha sadä siva-sutusti-pusti-prade! Jiyäh. ...............8.
Bhavyänäm krta-siddhe!, nirvrti-nirväna-janani! Sattvänäm.
Abhaya-pradäna-nirate!, namostu svasti-prade! Tubhyam. .....9.
Bhaktänäm jantunäm, subhävahe! Nitya-mudyate! Devi!.
Samyag-drstinäm dhrti-rati-mati-buddhi-pradänäya. ................10.
Jina-säsana-niratänäm, shänti-natänäm cha jagati janatänäm.
Sri-sampat-kirti-yaso-varddhani!, jaya devi! Vijayasva. ............11.
Salilä-nala-visa-visadhara-dusta-graha-räja-roga-rana-bhayatah.
Räksasa-ripu-gana-märi-chaureti-sväpadä-dibhyah. ...............12.
Atha raksa raksa susivam, kuru kuru shäntim cha kuru kuru sadeti.
Tustim kuru kuru pustim, kuru kuru svastim cha kuru kuru tvam............................13.
Bhagavati! Gunavati! Siva-shäntiTusti-pusti-svastiha kuru kuru janänäm.
Omiti namo namo
Hrää hriä hruä hrah, yah ksah hriä phat phat svähä. ...............14.
Evam-yannämäksara-purassaram, sanstutä jayä-devi.
Kurute shäntim namatäm, namo namah shäntaye tasmai. ......15.
Iti purva-suri-darsita-mantra-pada-vidarbhitah stavah shänteh.
Salilädi-bhaya-vinäsi, shäntyädi-karascha bhaktimatäm..........16.
Yaschainam pathati sadä, srnoti bhävayati vä yathä-yogam.
Sa hi shänti-padam yäyät, surih sri-mäna-devascha................17.
Upasargäh ksayam yänti, chhidyante vighna-vallayah.
Manah prasannatämeti, pujyamäne jinesvare. .........................18|
Sarva-mangala-mängalyam, sarva-kalyäna-käranam.
Mokshartham sarva jivänäm, jainam jayati säsanam ..................19.

Meaning:

Lord shantinatha, the storehouse of peace, passionless, whose calamities have all been
Destroyed, and who bestows peace on the worshipers, i pay respect to you by reciting
This hymn of praise in the form of couplet……1
Lord shantinatha, like the letter om, your words are truth. You are divine (aishwarya),
Worshipful, conqueror of attachments and dislikes, victorious, in control of senses and
Master of ascetics; i salute you again and again….. .2
Lord shantinatha, you who possess 34 special qualities (atishaya), are praiseworthy and
Worshiped by living beings of all three worlds, i salute you. ……..3
I salute you forever, o lord shantinatha, who is always ready to protect living beings of
All three worlds, is worshiped and undefeated by an entire assembly of celestial beings
And their rulers, the 64 indras. ……………4
My salutations to you forever, lord shantinatha, who destroys all the evils and contains
All calamities, including those created by evil planetary gods (graha), ghosts, evil spirits
(pishacha) and witches (shakini)………… 5
I salute you lord shantinatha; listening to your spell bound name repeatedly has
Brought immense pleasure to goddess of victory (vijaya devi), the benefactor of those
Who adore her………… 6
I salute you o divine (bhagavati)! Vijaya, sujya, ajita and aparajita, all four goddesses who
Are undefeatable, always victorious (jayavaha) and helpful (bhavati devi), as strength of
Your mystic formulae/spells (mantra shastra) mysteriously brings triumph on this
World………… 7
(bhagavati means divine, vijaya means victorious in a special way, sujya means victorious in
An auspicious way, ajita means unconquerable, aparajita means undefeatable and bhavati means helpful).
The next eight (8 to 15) verses are in praise of vijaya devi (goddess of victory).
I salute you, o goddess! Who is beneficial and auspicious to entire fourfold jaina Congregation, and gives mental peace (sutushti) and brings prosperity (pushti) to Revered monks……8
I salute you o goddess! Who fulfils the goals of devotees (bhavya jivas), by always
Looking after their wellbeing, protecting them, bringing them eternal peace and their Ultimate release. …9
Oh goddess! Benefactor to devotees, you bestow love, patience, understanding and
Knowledge to the people with right faith, and the followers of jain religious order. You,
Who are dedicated to jaina religious order and pays obeisance to lord shantinatha,
Please expand their wealth, increase their glory and accomplishments, and make them
Triumphant and victorious…………… 10, 11
O goddess! Protect us from fear of water, fire, poison, snakes, evil planetary gods,
Kings, wars, monsters (rakshasha), plagues, robbers, wild hunting animals, ghosts, evil
Spirits and witches; give us eternal peace, full satisfaction, strength and prosperity. 12, 13
Oh divine! Virtuous! Goddess jaya! Be our benefactor, protector and bestow peace,
Strength and satisfaction on us. You, who are praised with “om, namo, namo, hram, hrim,
Hrum, rah yah kshah hrim, phut-phut swaha”, the mystic-spell made of letters of lord
Shantinatha’s name, i pay my obeisance to him……... 14, 15
This way, as shown by our spiritual teachers of the past, the hymn of praise of lord
Shantinatha, composed with mystical spells, is the destroyer of all fears and brings Peace to the devotees…… 16
Any person, who recites, listens and contemplates on this hymn everyday may very
Quickly achieve eternal peace. May the composer of this hymn, acharya shri manadev suri,
Also achieve eternal peace. ……17
Worship of lord shantinatha destroys all calamities, creepers of obstacles are
Exterminated and the mind becomes pure and clear……… 18
The holiest among all, the prosperous among all; the supreme among all the religions, is The scriptures of jina. ……19