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Viśvēśvarõpi Janapālaka ! Durgatastvam | Kim Vākşaraprakrtirapyalipistvamisa Il Ajñānavatyapi Sadaiva Kathañcidēva | Jñānam Tvayi Sphurati Viśva Vikāsa Hētuh || 30 ||
O Lord ! O Protector of the three worlds. Although you are the lord of the three worlds, you are a pauper. How to reconcile these two ideas ? Where the word 'Durgata' must be taken to mean - 'One who is known with great difficulty.' Again, O Lord, you who are named by letters such as Sāntinātha, Pārsvanātha, etc. and yet you are without a script ! How to reconcile these apposite ideas ? Here we must take the word 'Alipih' to mean 'one who is free from the influence of the Karmas.' Besides, O supreme Soul ! You are devoid of knowledge and yet the knowledge which causes the menifestation of the Universe, surely, shines forth in you somehow or other. How is this possible ? Here, we must take the expression Ajnanavati as "Ajnan Avati' which means - 'one who protects the ignorant beings.' Thus knowledge does shine forth in him. 113011
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Eight Invocation-189
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