Exposition of Pratikramana Sutra

Author(s): Rati Dodhia
Publisher: Rati Dodhia

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Exposition of Pratikramana Stotras
32. Säta Läkha Sutra
Object: To ask for forgiveness for any harm done to any living being.
Sutra and Meaning:
સાત લાખ પૃથ્વીકાય, સાત લાખ અકાય,
säta läkha pruthvikäya, säta läkha apkäya,
7 hundred thousand earth bodies (dirt, stones etc.),
7 hundred thousand water bodies (water, dew; ice etc.),
સાત લાખ તેઉકાય, સાત લાખ વાઉકાય,
säta läkha teukäya, säta läkha vaukäya,
7 hundred thousand fire bodies (light, fire, candle, torch etc.),
7 hundred thousand wind bodies (air, small particles etc.), દેશ લાખ પ્રત્યેક વનસ્પતિકાય, ચૌદ લાખ સાધારણ વનસ્પતિકાય, dash läkha pratyeka vanaspatikäya, chauda läkha sädharana vanaspatikäya,
10 hundred thousand individual (extra ordinary) plant lives (fruits, flowers, seeds, leaves, roots, etc.), 14 hundred thousand collective (ordinary) plant lives (one entity with many lives e.g. figs and fig like fruits etc.),
બે લાખ બેઈન્દ્રિય, બે લાખ તેન્દ્રિય,
be läkha beindriya, be läkha teindriya,
2 hundred thousand lives with 2 senses (sea-shells etc.),
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2 hundred thousand lives with 3 senses (ants, termites etc.),
બે લાખ ચઈરિન્દ્રિય, ચાર લાખ દેવતા,
be läkha chaurindriya, chära läkha devata,
2 hundred thousand lives with 4 senses (mosquitoes, spiders, etc.),
4 hundred thousand celestial lives,
ચાર લાખ નારકી, ચાર લાખ તિર્યંચ પંચેન્દ્રિય, ચૌદ લાખ મનુષ્ય,
chära läkha näraki, chära läkha tiryancha panchendriya, chauda läkha manushya.