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Navakar Mantra नवकार महामंत्र
नमो अरिहंताणं ।
NAMO ARIHANTĀŅAM I bow to the Arihantās - the ever perfect spiritual victors
नमो सिद्धाणं ।
NAMO SIDDHĀNAM I bow to the Siddhās - the liberated souls
नमो आयरियाणं ।
NAMO ĀYARIYĀŅAM I bow to the Ācāryās - the leaders of the Jaina order
नमो उवज्झायाणं ।
NAMO UVAJJHĀYANAM I bow to the Upādhyāyas - the learned preceptors
नमो लोए सव्वसाहूणं । NAMO LOĒ SAVVASĀHŪNAM I bow to all the Sādhus (Saints and Sages of the Jaina order) in the human worlds
एसो पंच नमक्कारो । ĒSĪ PANCA NAMUKKĀRÒ These five obeisances
सव्व पावप्पणासणों । SAWA PĀVAPPAŅĀSAŅO
Erase all sins
मंगलाणं च सव्वेसिं MANGALĀŅAM CA SAWĒSIM Amongst all that is auspicious
पढमं हवइ मंगलं । PADHAMAM HAVAI MANGALAM
This is the foremost.
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