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1. णमो अरिहंताणं। णमो सिद्धाणं। णमो आइरियाणं।
णमो उवज्झायाणं। णमो लोए सव्वसाहूणं॥ Obeisance to Arihantas (embodied spiritually perfect personalities). Obeisance to Siddhas (disembodied spiritually perfect souls). Obeisance to Ācāryas (propagators of eithico-spiritual values). Obeisance to Upadhyayas (teachers of ethico-spiritual values). Obeisance to all the Sadhus (pious personalities) in
the world. 2. झायहि पंच वि गुरवे, मंगलचउसरणलोयपरियरिए।
णर - सुर - खेयर - महिए, आराहणणायगे वीरे।। Meditate on the five holy teachers (spiritual pillars) who are permeated with spiritual energy, who are auspicious, who are the shelters in the four grades of existence, who have adorned the world, who are the supreme objects of devotion, and who have been adored by the human and celestial beings along with the Vidyādharas (human beings moving in the sky by
means of supernormal powers). 3. घणघाइकम्ममहणा, तिहुवणवरभव्व-कमलमत्तंडा।
अरिहा अणंतणाणी, अणुवमसोक्खा जयंतु जए॥ May the Arahantas who are the annihilators of the dense obscuring Karmas (psycho-physical impurities), who are like the sun for the lotus of releasable souls existent in the three worlds, who possess infinite knowledge and also experience unique bliss, be
victorious in the world. 4. अट्ठविहकम्मवियला, णिट्ठियकज्जा पणट्ठसंसारा।
दिट्ठसयलत्थसारा, सिद्धा सिद्धिं मम दिसंतु॥ May the Siddhas who are devoid of eight Karmas . (psycho-physical impurities), by whom all the purposes
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