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## Gatha 360-368
## Janma Manga/455
I have dispelled the darkness up to twelve yojanas, which are filled with sixty-four auspicious marks like the swastika, ankusha, etc., whose auspicious formation is the square formation and auspicious consolidation is the vajra-vrshabha-naraacha consolidation. They have filled the universe with fragrant smells, are free from defects like red eyes, shooting arrows with a glance, sweat, dust, etc., and their nails and hair are properly situated. They are as white as the waves of the ocean of milk, adorned with sixty-four chowris made of gold, and their color is auspicious. Following the form of the bodies of these twenty-four Tirthankaras, their praise is dravya-stava. Following the qualities of these twenty-four Jinas, like infinite knowledge, infinite vision, infinite power, infinite happiness, kshayika samyak-tva, anyabaddha, and viraagata, is bhava-stava.
"Salutation to one Tirthankara is vandana."
**Doubt:** Salutation to one Jina and one Jinalaya cannot destroy karma, because it leads to the neglect of other Jinas and Jinalayas. Therefore, it is the cause of the bondage of the inauspicious karma arising from that neglect. And one who salutes one Jina or Jinalaya cannot attain moksha or Jainism, because he is tainted by partiality. Therefore, he cannot have samyak-darshan in his knowledge and character. So, is it not right to salute one Jina or Jinalaya?
**Solution:** Saluting one Jina or Jinalaya does not lead to partiality, because there is no rule found in the form of a vow for the one saluting that "I will only salute one Jina or Jinalaya, not others." And it cannot be said that the one saluting has not saluted other Jinas and Jinalayas according to the rules, because all the infinite Jinas have attained oneness through infinite knowledge, infinite vision, infinite power, and infinite happiness, i.e., all of them have the same infinite knowledge, etc., qualities. Therefore, there is no difference between them in terms of these qualities. So, saluting one Jina or Jinalaya means saluting all Jinas and Jinalayas. Although this is the case, vandana is not included in the Chavimshati-stava, because there is a contradiction in accepting the oneness of dravya-athicanaya and paryayathicanaya, i.e., non-duality. And there is no rule that all partiality is the cause of inauspicious karma bondage, because partiality towards Jina Bhagwan, whose delusion has been destroyed, does not lead to the bondage of inauspicious karma, i.e., accepting the side of Jina Bhagwan does not lead to the bondage of inauspicious karma. If someone insists that the fruit of saluting one Jina is the same as the fruit of saluting other Jinas, then saluting other Jinas is not successful. Therefore, one should only salute one Jina because there is no greater fruit in saluting other Jinas. Or, one cannot have a special inclination towards the use of one Jina out of infinite Jinas at the same time, therefore, one should salute one Jina. One should not make such a one-sided insistence. Because, deciding on complete one-sidedness is wrong. In this way, one should resolve the dispute in the way described here and salute one Jina in the vandana-stava.
1. Jayaghaval. 1 p. 110/85. 2. Jayaghaval. 1 p. 111/86-87.