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ASHAPURA KI ARTI, DHYAN DHARUN MAN EK,
DHOOP, DEEP, JAP EK THI, CHARAN KAMAL ABHISHEK.
[While offering prayer with sacred lamp (I)
concentrate attentively,
Sprinkle lotus-feet with insance paste, lamp and
spelling muttering (your name)]
Actually there offering prayer with lamps of
Ashapura: one at dawn at 5:00 a.m. known as Mangala
Arti, another insance paste Arti at 9:00 a.m. and
another third one at dusk which is known as Sandhya
(evening) Arti are carried out and carried on every
day.
JAY
ASHAPURA MATA KI, HAM ARTI UTAREN,
ARTI UTAREN NAYNA TUMKO HI NIHARE JAY ASHAPURA
ANGAN TORE DOOR DOOR SE, BALAK TORE AVEN,
DARSHAN TORE PAKAR ASHA! MAN MAGAN HO JAVEN,
MAN MAGAN HO JAVEN AKHIYAN AANSOO HI BAHAVEN,
JAY ASHAPURA.
[(We) salute Ashapura, while offering prayer with
saved lamp,
while offering prayer with saved lamp,
our eyes are cost upon you (we) Ashapura.!
Children (devotees) come to you are your doorway
from a long way
Mind becomes pleased with devotional viewing of
yours (Asha).
On having mind pleased with, tears start rolling
down from eyes
(We) saluted Ashapura!]
On devotional viewing of the offering prayer with
sacred lamp at dusk, known as Sandhya Arti, the
devotees really feel themselves grateful and
contended out of pleasing excitement they exclaim
Bravo! Bravo! And utter salutary voice: “Ashapura
Maa Ki Jay”
TANUJA TERI AYI HAI, HE MAIYA! TAV DWAR
ARTANAD SUN AMBIKE, BETI KARTI PUKAR.
[Oh! Mother! Daughter has come to your door,
Oh! Mother! Listen auto voice, as the daughter
calls.]
Innumerable daughter having bowed down before
worldly mother (Jagdamba’s) feet and having mutely
expressed their physical, mundane, mental
unhappiness, pains and agonies, with concentration,
right from their minds prayer ardently to shower all
kinds of happiness.
JO
MANGE SO DIJIYE AUR KAHAN VAHJAY
JOLI BHAR BHAR DIJIYE ASHAPURA TAN KAHAY
You give whatever they demand otherwise where will
they (daughters) go?
Oh! Ashapura give them filling up their bags.
Daughters generally demand much and much.
BETA AISA DIJIYE KUL KA TARANHAR
BETI AISI DIJIYE DO KUL UJJAVAL KARNAR
[Oh! Mother! Give such as on as he can be a saviour
of descent,
where as give such a daughter as she can be a
saviour of two descents]
The first prelate was Mahatma Devidas and thereafter
his disciple Harisinh subsequent Kapadi – prelates
are not traceable on record. But later, right from
Dhanji Raja to Raja Shri Yogendrasinhji Maharaj,
there have been in all 20 prelate noted and as for
the maintenance and administration of the Mataji’s
temple, 27 generations right from Mansangji to Bhuva
Tilayat, of Bhuva Chavhans have been found noted. |