Aarti

Aarti

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.