Heartfelt greetings on our 77th Republic Day!

[Manish Modi]

धम्म-भूइ-गाहा
धर्म-भूमि-गाथाः

Gāthās on the Land of Dharma

जयदु धम्म-भूइ एसा,
अहिसा-गंध-वहंती सया।
रयणत्तय-जोतिअ दीवा,
सम्म-दंसण-पहासया॥

जिण-वयण-पवणो वइइ,
णाणस्स उग्गमो इह होइ।
चरित्त-विसुद्धि-सरओ,
कम्म-पंकु णसेइ सोइ॥

जीवा अणंता संति,
बंधे दुःख-संसारए।
दया-भाव-परणामेण,
च्छिज्जइ पाव-कम्मए॥

अणेगंत-दंसण-दीवो,
सिय-वायो तत्त-दस्सओ।
अप्पा जो णिच्चं भाए,
सो लहइ मोक्ख-पहओ॥

तित्थंकर-पद-रेणूहि,
पवित्ता एसा मही सया।
णमउ धम्म-भूइं णिच्चं,
मोक्खस्स कारण-भूया॥

Victory to this land of Dharma,
Ever fragrant with non-violence.
Here the lamps of the Three Jewels shine,
Radiant with samyak darśana.

Here blows the breeze of the Jina’s teaching;
Here true knowledge arises.
As the lake of right conduct grows ever purer,
The dust of karma is washed away.

Infinite souls dwell here,
Bound in the sorrow of saṃsāra.
Through the cultivation of compassion,
Sinful karmas are shed.

The lamp of anekānta shines brightly,
Syādvāda reveals reality.
One who constantly contemplates the Self
Finds the path of liberation.

By the dust of the Tīrthaṅkaras’ feet,
This earth is forever sanctified.
I bow always to this sacred land,
A place that guides souls toward liberation.

Vocabulary

Three Jewels (Ratnatraya)
The three foundations of the Jain path are enlightened perception, enlightened knowledge, and enlightened conduct.

Samyak darśana
Enlightened perception, the right way of seeing reality, free from doubt and delusion.

Saṃsāra
Worldly existence; the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth through which the soul wanders.

Anekānta
The doctrine of non-one-sidedness. Understanding that reality has many aspects and cannot be fully described from a single viewpoint.

Syādvāda
The Jain doctrine of conditional or relative predication, which understands that truth is expressed from particular standpoints rather than in absolute terms.

Tīrthaṅkaras
“Ford-makers” or enlightened teachers who show the path across the river of saṃsāra to liberation, having crossed it themselves. 

Mokṣa
Liberation, the state of perfect freedom, infinite awareness, and unending bliss, beyond the clutches of the cycle of rebirth.

🙏🏻🇮🇳

Manish Modi
26 January, 2026