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Offering obeisance to the specific deity desired, seeking the fruit of the completion of the scriptures without obstacles, etc., in the Ratnakaranḍaka Śrāvakācāra, one says: —
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'Namaha' let there be obeisance. To whom? 'Śrīvardhamānāya' to the last Tīrthankara or to the assembly of Tīrthankaras. How? 'Ava-samantādṛddhaṁ paramātiśaya-prāptaṁ mānaṁ kevalajñānaṁ yasya asau vardhamānaḥ'. 'Avāpyorallopaḥ' by the rule of the elision of the 'ava' sound. 'Śrīyā bahirangayā'ntarangayā ca samavaśaraṇānantyacatuṣṭayalakṣaṇayopa-lakṣito vardhamānaḥ śrīvardhamāna iti vyutpatteḥ tasmai kathāmbhūtāya? 'Nirdhūtakalilātmane' nirdhūtaṁ sphōṭitaṁ kalilaṁ jñānāvaraṇādirūpaṁ pāpaṁ ātmana ātmānāṁ ca abhavyajīvānāṁ yenāsau nirdhūtakalilātma tasmai. Yasyā vidyā kevala-jñānalakṣaṇā kiṁ karoti? 'Darpaṇāyate' acts like a mirror. Of whom? 'Trilokānāṁ' of the three worlds. How? 'Sālokānāṁ' of those who are in the same world, including the sky. This is the meaning: just as a mirror is the illuminator of the face, etc., which is within the range of its own senses, so is this knowledge the illuminator of those who are in the same world, the three worlds. Here, the first half indicates the omniscience of the Lord, and the second half indicates the omniscience spoken of. ॥ 1 ॥
Then, after offering obeisance, what should one do? One says: I will explain the appropriate Dharma, the destruction of karma. From the suffering of the world, it leads one to the highest happiness. ॥ 2 ॥
'Deśayāmi' I will explain. What? 'Dharma'. How? 'Samīcīnaṁ' unobstructed, beneficial to those who practice it in this world and the next. How do you know that it is so? One says 'Karma-nibarhaṇaṁ' because Dharma is the destroyer of karma, which is the cause of the suffering of the world.
1 Upayakarma ga. 2 Pratipādayāmi kha.
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