विघ्न-निवारण — Bhaktamar
Texts that tradition names for times of obstacle and hindrance.
The context of removing obstacles
The story the tradition tells about the composition of the Bhaktamar is itself a story of release from obstruction. Acharya Manatunga is said to have been imprisoned and bound in chains; he composed this stotra in praise of Adinath, and with each verse a fetter is said to have fallen away. That is why the whole work is associated in the tradition with the loosening of obstacles.
The verses collected here are those in which obstruction, danger and hindrance are named directly — where the praise itself turns on the idea that the path of one who remembers the Lord is cleared.
How these were selected
The basis is the subject matter of the verses themselves, not an external list. Those that speak of bondage, fear, danger or obstruction are gathered here so that a reader in a particular situation need not search the whole stotra.
The division is for convenience of recitation. In the tradition it is the complete stotra that is primary, and reciting it in full is always held appropriate for any occasion.
18 verses
- भक्तामर - प्रणत - मौलिमणि - प्रभाणा-
- यः संस्तुतः सकल-वाङ्मयतत्त्वबोधा-
- बुद्ध्या विनाऽपि विबुधार्चितपादपीठ!
- वक्तुं गुणान् गुणसमुद्र! शशांककांतान्,
- सोऽहं तथापि तव भक्तिवशान्मुनीश!
- अल्पश्रुतं श्रुतवतां परिहासधाम,
- त्वत्संस्तवेन भवसन्तति-सन्निबद्धं,
- मत्वेति नाथ! तव संस्तवनं मयेद-
- आस्तां तव स्तवनमस्तसमस्त-दोषं
- नात्यद्भुतं भुवनभूषण! भूतनाथ!
- दृष्ट्वा भवन्तमनिमेषविलोकनीयं
- यैः शान्तरागरुचिभिः परमाणुभिस्त्वं
- वक्त्रं क्व ते सुरनरोरगनेत्रहारि
- सम्पूर्णमंडल-शशांककलाकलाप-
- चित्रं किमत्र यदि ते त्रिदशांगनाभि-
- निर्धूमवर्तिरपवर्जित-तैलपूरः
- नास्तं कदाचिदुपयासि न राहुगम्यः,
- नित्योदयं दलितमोहमहान्धकारं
How the reading is done
The tradition prescribes recitation in the morning after bathing, on a clean seat, facing east or north. The Namokar Mahamantra is recalled before beginning.
The verses are pronounced clearly and at an even pace, with attention to the meaning — recitation with understanding is held more fruitful than recitation alone. No fixed count is required; regularity is what is emphasised.