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Exposition of Pratikramana Stotras
Explanation: In this sutra the respect is paid to the places of pilgrimages and the images of the Tirthankaras, which are mobile and not permanent.
14. Namu tthu nam
Sakra-stava Sutra
Object: Praising Lord Tirthankara through his attributes. It is also known as the Sakra-stava, because in the legends Indra usually recites it when a Tirthankara is either conceived in the womb or takes birth.
Sutra and Meaning: નમુત્યુર્ણ અરિહંતાણ ભગતાણ. ૧ namutthunam, arihantänam, bhagavantänam. 1 Praise to the Arhats, the blessed ones. 1 આઈગરાણ, તિત્યયરાણ, સયંસંબુદ્ધાણં. ૨ äi-garänam, tittha-yaränam, sayamsambuddhänam. 2 Who are the cause of the sacred doctrine, who show the path across, who have of themselves attained enlightenment. 2 પુરિસુત્તમાર્ગ, પુરિસસીહાણ, પુરિસવરપુંડરિઆણં, પુરિસ વગંધહન્દીર્ણ. ૩ purisuttamänam, purisa-sihänam, purisa-vara-pundariänam, purisa-vara-gandha-hatthinam. 3 The best among men, the lions among men, the best (Pundarika) lotus among men, the perfumed elephants (gandha-hastins) among men. 3 લોગુત્તમાણે, લોગનાહાણ, લોગહિઆણં, લોગપઈવાણ, લોગપજજોગરાણ. ૪ loguttamänam, loga-nähänam, loga-hiänam, loga-paivänam, logapajjoagaränam. 4 The best in the Universe, the lords of the Universe, the benefactors of the Universe, the lights of the Universe, the illuminators of the Universe. 4
