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## Introduction to the Text
There is no commentary on this text, which is incomprehensible and illogical. However, this commentary is good and useful. Samantabhadra, in the first verse of the text, has indicated the purpose of his composition as "to conquer sins" through the phrase "Agasaam Jaye". The commentator has also described this praise as "GhanakathinGhatikamDhanadhanSamartha". From this, readers can experience the spiritual significance of this text.
## Ratnakaranḍaka: A Study of the Practices of the Devotee
This is also known as "Ratnakaranḍaśrāvakācāra". Among the available texts, this is the most important, ancient, excellent, and well-known text on the subject of Śrāvakācāra. Śrīvādirājasūri has called it "Akshayasukhāvah" and Prabhācandra has called it "the pure sun that illuminates the entire ocean path". A detailed account of its special introduction, examination of its verses, and other related topics is given in the introduction to this text.
## Notes
1. The epithet given in the verse of "Pārśvanāthacarita" has already been quoted in "Gunādiparyacaya".
2. See the last verse of the Ratnakaranḍaka commentary, which is as follows:
> "Yena jñānatamo vināśya nikhilaṁ bhavyātmacetogatam | Samyagjñānamāhānśubhiḥ prakaṭitaḥ sāgāramārgo'khilḥ | Sa śrīratnakaraṇḍakāmalaraviḥ saṁsṛtsaricchoṣako | Jīyād eṣa samanta bhadramuniḥ śrīmān prabhendur jinaḥ ||"
3. This detailed introduction contains the following topics: