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THE DEVA, SASTRA AND GURU PUJA 127
Aum ! Salutation to the Eternal Root Mantram !
There are but four auspicious objects: the Arhant is auspicious I the Siddha is auspicious! the Sadhu is auspicious! the Dharma propounded by the Omniscient Arhant is auspicious.
There are but four most excellent objects: the Arhant is the most excellent! the Siddha is the most excellent! the Dharma propounded by the Omniscient Arhant is the most excellent.
There are but four Refuges : the Arhant is the refugo ! the Siddha is the refuge ! the Sadhu is the refuge ! the Dharma propounded by the Omniscient Arhant is the refuge !
Aum ! Salutation to the Arhant ! Svaha !
Whoso reflects on the five-fold obeisance maniram has all his sins destroyed, whether he be clean or unclean, happy or miserable !
Whatever the condition of the body. whether it be pure or impure, whosoever thinks of the Supreme Souls, is pure !
This five-fold obeisance mantram is uncontestably supreme it is the destroyer of all kinds of troubles l amongst auspicious things it is the most auspicious !
This afore-said Obeisance mantram is the destroyer of all sins : in good actions as well as in all other actions it leads to good results !
The word Arhan is expressive of the Supreme Divinity and the seed that will produce Siddhahood; it is the most excellent : I salute the Word !
I salute the Group of Siddhas who have freed Themselves from the eight kinds of karmas, who are the abode of the Goddess of Moksha (Salvation) and who are endowed with Right Faith and the other Divine qualifications !
O Lord of Conquerors ! Thine adoration destroys all kinds of troubles, exorcises gnomes, sprites and all kinds of goblins, and renders harmless even a puison !
With water, sandalwood-paste, rice, flowers, sweets, light, incense and fruits I worship the Lord Jina (Conqueror) in the Temple of the Jina, resounding with thought-purifying meritorious chanting' (of worshippers) ? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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