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Fourth Study: Pratikramana]
I renounce the impure, I adopt the pure. I renounce the non-spiritual, I adopt the spiritual. I renounce ignorance, I adopt knowledge. I renounce non-activity, I adopt activity. I renounce wrong belief, I adopt right belief. I renounce non-enlightenment, I adopt enlightenment. I renounce the wrong path, I adopt the right path. What I have accumulated, and what I have not accumulated. What I have renounced, and what I have not renounced.
I repent for all these to the omniscient Arihant. I, the ascetic, have renounced sinful activities, I am free from delusion, right-visioned, devoid of deceit and falsehood.
I bow down with my head, mind and speech to all the Tirthankaras, from Bhagavan Rishabhadeva to Bhagavan Mahavira, who are present in the fifteen continents and oceans, some of whom are adorned with the garland of jewels, some who observe the five great vows, and some who observe the eighteen virtuous practices, and who have attained the state of Akshayakaracharitra (the conduct that is imperishable).
Meaning - I pay obeisance to the twenty-four Tirthankaras, from Bhagavan Rishabhadeva to Bhagavan Mahavira.
This Jain doctrine preached by the Tirthankaras is the ultimate truth, unparalleled, expounded by the Kevali-Kevalins (omniscient beings), complete with the qualities leading to liberation, unobstructed by logic, reasoning and arguments, completely pure i.e. absolutely flawless, destroys the afflictions like delusion, is the means to attain the path of liberation and freedom from karmic bondage, is the path to liberation from the cycle of birth and death, is the path to attain complete peace i.e. Nirvana, is devoid of false beliefs, is eternal and without beginning or end, and is the path to completely eliminate all sufferings.
The aspirants who abide by and practice this Jain doctrine become enlightened, attain omniscience, become liberated, attain complete peace of the soul, and eternally end all their sufferings.
I have faith, belief, interest, experience, and observe this Jain doctrine with utmost dedication.
I, while having faith, belief, interest and experience in this Jain doctrine, engage in its practice.