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PRATIKRAMAN RITUAL
संपज्जउ मह एअं, तुह नाह! पणाम करणेणं.
Jaya Viyaräya! Sutra:
jaya viyaraya! jaga-guru!, hou mamam tuha ppabhävao bhayavam!.
bhava-nivveo maggänusäriä itthaphala-siddhi. ............................ loga-viruddha-ccão guru-jana-puä parattha-karanam ca. suha-guru-jogo tavvayana-sevanä ä-bhavamakhandä.....2. värijjai jai vi niyäna-bandhanam viyaräya! tuha samaye. taha vi mama hujja sevä, bhave bhave tumha calanänam.
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dukkha-kkhao kamma-kkhao,
samähi-maranam ca bohi-läbho a.
sampajjau maha eam, tuha näha! panäma-karanenam....4.
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Meaning
Oh! Vitaräga (one who is beyond attachment and aversion) Tirthankar, Oh! Spiritual leader of the universe, through your grace and blessings, I can be free from worldly life and follow the path of right conduct in order to attain liberation.
I will lead a life of high morals and ethics, become respectful to and take good care of Guru Mahäräj and elderly people, be of service to others, and find the right spiritual leader and adopt his teachings.
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Oh! Vitaräga Parmätmä (Tirthankar), I am aware of the fact that your teachings advise against serving you, receiving your blessings, and asking anything from you. In spite of this, I am bowing down to you and I wish to be of service to you, for this life and all my future lives.
let my
Oh Vitaräga Parmätmä, by virtue of your grace, unhappiness and Karmas be destroyed. Let me remain equanimous at the time of death and have the right faith in your teachings.
ENGLISH PRATIKRAMAN
