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Samvatsari Pratikramana
vratas). In regard to three spiritual merit vows (guna-vratas), four spiritual disciplinary vows (shiksha-vratas), the layman's twelvefold rule of conduct that I may have broken or opposed, may those bad deeds of mine be forgiven and become fruitless.
Asking for forgiveness for any violations committed against the 12 vows of a householder. This is the desire to confess the violations committed, knowingly or unknowingly, against the 12 fold vows of a layman, by recitation of a short prayer of confession. The twelve vows of a layperson are: 1. Five minor vows (Anu Vratas): These are partial non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity and non-attachment. 2. Three spiritual vows of merit (Guna Vratas): These are vow of limiting area of activity (dig pariman vrata), vow of simplicity (bhogopabhoga pariman) and vow of avoidance of purposeless sin (anarthadanda viraman). And 3. Four spiritual vows of discipline (Shiksha Vratas): These include the practice of quanimity (sāmāyika), the vow of additional confinement of every day activity esavakāshika Vrata), the vow of living an ascetic life for a limited duration (posadhopavasa) and the vow of charity (dāna Vrata).
Saat Lakha
With Folded Arms
Seeking forgiveness for violence caused to any form of life i.e. detailed description of the first sin of 'Violence'
Repentance of Sins to all Living Beings
Sāta lākha pruthvikāya, sāta lākha apkāya,
Sāta läkha teukāya, Sāta lākha vāukāya, Dasa lakha pratyeka vanaspati-kāya, Chauda lakha sadhārana vanaspati-kāya,
