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7: VĪRASTAVA PRAKĪRŅAKA
(O' Lord!) you have defeated even the death by following the path of renunciation and attaining the supreme knowledge (omniscience) and, thereby, you have realised the true Self. Therefore, you are Arahanta - the venerable.
(O' Lord!) you are neither attached to pleasurable sounds nor averse to the painful ones; your mind, speech and body remain continuously engaged in the contemplation of the fundamental principles. Therefore you are Arahanta - the venerable.
(O' Lord!) you are the venerable Arahanta because you are worshipped and venerated by the kings of gods and the gods of the ultimate heavens and because you are capable of transcending even the ultimate heavens (to reach the abode of the perfected souls - Moksa or Siddhaśila).
4. DEVA
(O' Lord!) you are Deva (divine) because you play with the lady-liberty (Siddhi-vadhu), you have conquered the class of enemies that the mundane attachment is and because you have gained the merit of eternal bliss.
5. JINA
O' Lord! you are Jina, the Spiritual conqueror, because you have expelled the enemy called mundane attachment through renunciation and equanimity.
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