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JANUARY, 1984
105
The verses eighth and ninth sum up the whole account in the following words :
nihpratyūhamupāsmahe jinapatinanyānapi svāminah śrinābheyapurassaran parakrpāpiyūşapāthonidhin. ye jyotihparabhāgabhājanatayā muktātmanāmā(śri) tāh śrimanmuktinitambinistanatehäraśriyambhibhrati.
bhavyānām hrdyābhirāmavasatih saddharma.. sthatih karmonmulanasangatih subhatarih nirbbädha-bodhodhstih jiyanāmaupakārakāranaratiḥ śreyah śriyām samsști deyānime bhavasambhștih siva (ma) tim jaine caturvviñśatih.
The whole description thus ends on an invocatory note : 'O twenty-four Tirthankaras....ye guide us aright into good action.'
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