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LET SOMEONE CALL ME GOOD OR BAD, LET RICHES COME OR TURN AWAY; WHETHER I LIVE FOR MILLION YEARS, OR I FACE DEATH THIS VERY DAY.
WHETHER SOME ONE DOES FRIGHTEN ME, OR EVEN TEMPT ME IN SOME WAY;
MAY MY STEPS NEVER FALTER
FROM PROVEN GOOD AND RIGHTEOUS WAY.
NEITHER MAY I BE TOO JOYOUS,
NOR MAY I BE NERVOUS IN PAIN;
I MAY NOT DREAD STORMY RIVER, A JUNGLE, GHOST OR ROUGH MOUNTAIN.
FIRM, UNSHAKEN AND WELL-BALANCED, MY MIND MAY EVER GROW AND GROW; IN BELOVED'S PASSING, EVIL'S FACE, ENDURANCE MAY I EVER SHOW.
MAY WORLDLY CREATURES BE BLISSFUL, UNEASINESS MAY NO ONE FEEL; FORGETTING ILL WILL, PRIDE AND GUILT, NEW SONGS OF JOY MAY SING WITH ZEAL.
ENGLISH ADAPTATION BY DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN, REPRINTED FROM "ESSENTIALS OF JAINISM." PUBLISHED BY JAIN CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON.
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MAY TRUTH BE TALK OF EVERY HOME, THERE BE NO SIGN OF EVIL ACT; ENLIGHTENED PEOPLE MAY IMPROVE, FRUITS OF THIS LIFE MAY GET. IN FACT.
MISFORTUNE, DREAD MAY NEVER COME; BEAUTIFUL RAINS COME WELL IN TIME. MAY RULERS ALWAYS BE RIGHTEOUS, MAY JUSTIC BE EVEN, SUBLIME.
DISEASE AND FAMINE MAY NOT BE; MAY PEOPLE HAVE PLENTY AND PEACE; NONVIOLECE BE THIS RULE OF WORLD; MAY WORLD BE FULL OF JOY AND EASE.
MAY MUTUAL LOVE PERVADE THE WORLD, AND DARK DELUSIONS FADE AWAY; UNTRUE, UNKIND, INTRIGUING, HARSH, SUCH WORDS, NO ONE MAY EVER SAY.
MAY ALL BECOME YUGVEER AT HEART; WELFARE AND PEACE MAY ALL ATTAIN: FACING ALL SORROWS WITH PATIENCE, NATURE OF TRUTH MAY PEOPLE GAIN.
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