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## षडावश्यकाधिकार ७। २३५
**624.** Yasyārthaḥ pratikramate tam punaḥ arthaḥ na sādhayeti || 624 ||
**Meaning:** A virtuous person who does not have disgust for the faults, even though he performs pratikramna to remove them, cannot achieve the purpose of pratikramna.
**625.** Bhāvena samprajutto yadarthayogo ya jalpati sūtram | Sa karmaṇijarāyāṁ vipulāyāṁ vartate sādhūḥ || 625 ||
**Meaning:** A virtuous person who performs pratikramna with devotion and speaks the sutras for the purpose of pratikramna, is engaged in the vast destruction of karma.
**626.** Sapradikkamaṇo dhammo purimasya ca paścimasyā ca jinasya | Aparādhe pratikramaṇam madhyamānām jinavarāṇām || 626 ||
**Meaning:** The dharma with pratikramna was prevalent during the time of the first Tirthankara, Rishabhadeva, and the last Tirthankara, Mahavira. During the time of the middle Tirthankaras, like Ajitanatha, pratikramna was performed for offenses, because there were not many offenses.
**627.** Yasin ātmno vā anyatarasya vā bhavedatīcāraḥ | Tasin pratikramaṇam madhyamānām jinavarāṇām || 627 ||
**Meaning:** If there is an offense towards oneself or another, then pratikramna is performed by the middle Tirthankaras.