Agam 35 Chhed 02 Bruhatkalpa Sutra

Author(s): K C Lalwani
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas

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Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira
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अयम् एयारूवे अज्झथ्थिये (अब्भथ्थिये) चितिए पथ्थिए मणोगये संकप्पे 91fUTERT!!
[obeisance by Sakra]. "Obeisance to the arhats and bhagavats; obeisance to the ādikaras, the tirtharkaras and the selfenlightened ones; obeisance to the best among men, the lions among men, the best lotus among men, the elephants of the gandhana species among men; obeisance to the best in the world, the guides of the world, the benefactors of the world, the beacon-lights of the world, the enlighteners of the world; obeisance to the liberators from fear, the givers of vision, the givers of the path, the givers of refuge, the givers of life and the givers of enlightenment; obeisance to the givers of law, the preachers of law, the masters of law, the leaders of law and the world-monarchs of law, who are the best in all the four directions; obeisance to those who are liberated from (the bondage of) wrong knowledge, who are the holders of unrestricted and best knowledge and faith, who (in this world) are the light, the liberators, the refuge, the movers and the givers of rest; obeisance to those who are the victors and the givers of victory, the saviours and the saved, the givers of enlightenment and the enlightened, the givers of liberation and the liberated; obeisance to the all-knowing, all-seeing Jinas, who have conquered fear, and who have attained the happy, stable, formless, infinite, imperishable, unobstructed and never-to-yield perfection, status and existence; obeisance to the śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, the ādikara, the last tirthařkara, whose advent was determined by the preceding tirthařkaras. From this station, do I pay homage and obeisance to the Lord who is there, and may the Revered Lord from there cast his gracious glances at me here.” So saying, he (again) paid homage and obeisance to the Šramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira, and sat on his excellent throne