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SAT-PRARŪPAŅA SŪTRA OF ACARYA PUSPADANTA English Translation of the Hindi Text Edited by Pandit Kailash Chandra Shastri
English Rendition By Dr. N. L. Jain, Rewa, India
Acārya Puspadanta begins the text Sat-Prarūpaṇa Sūtra with the benedictory prologue of Pentadic Bowings:
णमो अरिहंताणं, णमो सिद्धाणं णमो आइरियाणं । णमो उवज्झायाणं, ! णमो लोए सव्व साहूणं ॥ १ ॥
Namo Arihantāṇam, Ņamo Siddhāṇaṁ, Ņamo Āiriyāṇaṁ. Namo Uvajjhāyāṇam, Namo Loe Savva-sāhuṇaṁ. Namah Arihantebhyah, Namah Siddhebhyah, Namah Acāryebhyah. Namah Upadhyayebhyah, Namah Loke Sarva-sādhubhyah.
Bowings to the Arihantas the Enlightened Venerables, the Siddhās Liberated ones, the Acāryās Mendicant Leader, the Upadhyāyās - Preceptors, all the Sadhus - Mendicants in the world.
Q. Who is called Arihantas?
A. He who conquers Ari ( of inner passion enemy) and hanta (destroys) it.
Q. Who are the enemies?
A. The cause of sufferings and the celestial
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of the hellish, the sub-human, the human
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is moha, the delusion. It is moha which is the
enemy.
Q. If only moha is considered as the enemy, do other karmas have any bearing in the worldly sufferings?
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A. The other karmas are incapable of performing their functions without the karma of delusion; they are dependent on the karma of delusion, and therefore the basic enemy is moha.
Q. Though moha karma is destroyed there remains other karmas, and hence, is it proper to assume other karmas to be dependent on delusion? A. When the delusion karma is destroyed, other karmas become devoid of their capacity to produce worldly sufferings of the cycle of birth and
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