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गुरुः।
Just as a stone-mason, an adept in his art, chisels a rough piece of stone, rolling about here and there, into the image of a god, which is thenceforth reverently worshipped, so too I devoid of knowledge who previously wandered about aimlessly, have been transformed into a person worthy of reverence, by my spiritual preceptor, the receptacle of true knowledge.
सुर-नर-सुहाई सयलाई तेणं दिण्णाई निव्वुइ-सुहं च । परमत्थ-बंधवेणं दिण्णो जेणेस जिण-धम्मो॥ १६४॥ सुरनरसुखानि सकलानि तेन दत्तानि निर्वृतिसुखं च । परमार्थवान्धवेन दत्तो येनैष जिनधर्मः ॥ १६४॥
The person, versed in spiritual kpowledge who has taught the religion of (i. e. preached by) the Jinas, has at same time given all the happiness of the gods and men as well as that of salvation.
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