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[I bow to Shrimad Räjchandra, the master of words, the jewel born of the womb of mother Devbai (great divinity), the son of Ravajibhai and bestower of spiritual eyesight]
Ajnän Timirändhänäm, Jnänänjan Shaläkaya; Chakshurunmilitam Yena, Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
(I bow to the graceful Guru, who opened with the anointing stick of enlightenment, my eyes blinded by the darkness of ignorance).