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Exposition of Pratikramana Stotras
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All of these above listed chaste women bearer of immaculate disposition and conduct, whose fame is spread over three worlds even today, may they all be triumphant. 13
Explanation: In this hymn there are names of 53 virtuous men and 47 chaste women who in their lives have shown extra ordinary virtues and have tremendously influenced the law of Jina in a positive way. Reciting the names of such great men and women will bring tranquility to our soul.
49. Sakala tirtha Vandanä Sutra
Object: To pay obeisance to all the mobile (ashäsvata) and stationary (shäsvata) temples, images of lord Jineshwaras, and to prominent heavenly gods and seers.
Sutra and Meanings: સકલ તીર્થ વદુ કર જોડ, જિનવર નામે મંગલ ક્રોડ, પહેલે સ્વર્ગે લાખ બત્રીશ, જિનવર ચૈત્ય નમું નિશદીશ. ૧ sakala tirtha vandun kara joda, jinvara näme mangala kroda; pahele svarge läkha batrisha, jinvara chaitya namu nisha disha.
With the hands clasped, I worship all the places of pilgrimage, because millions of beneficial things happen on reciting the name of Lord Jinwara. In the first heaven there are 32 hundred thousand Jina-Temples, I pay my respect daily to all the Jina images sitting in them. 1 બીજે લાખ અઠાવીશ કહ્યાં, ત્રીજે બાર લાખ સદહ્યાં, ચોથે સ્વર્ગ અડલખ ધાર, પાંચમે વંદું લાખ જ ચાર. ૨ bije läkha atthävisha kahyäna, trije bär läkha saddahyä; chothe svarge adalakha dhära, pänchame vandun läkha ja chära. 2 In the second heaven there are 28 hundred thousand, in the third 12 hundred thousand, in the fourth 8 hundred thousand and 4 hundred
