________________ Translation "Though there are many kinds of props (or supports propounded for curbing the mind ) 'in the scriptures, yet the meditation on the 'Navapada' (or The Circle of the Nine Dignities) is the best; so declare the prophets of the world (i. e. the Jinas). (22) "The Arbats ( or The Destroyers of internal enemies such as Love and Hate), The Siddhus (or the Enancipated Ones), The Achary 18 (or the Religious Heads), The Upadhyayas (or the Religious Teachers', The Monks, The Right Faith, The (Right) Knowledge, The (Right) Character, and The (Right) Penance-these nine should be known to be the Navapada' (or The Nine Dignities). (23) "There (in the Navapada') you should always contemplate upon the Arhats (i. e. the Tirthankaras) who are free from "The Eighteen Faults,' who are possessed of pure knowledge, and who have propounded "The Truth' (consisting of the nine fundamental categories of Jainism), and who are bowed down by the lords of gods (i. e. Indras). (24) "You should, with an exclusively devoted mind, constantly meditate upon the Siddhas for the Emancipated Ones) who are of fifteen kinds (lit. who are well-known by their fifteen
