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273 Dharma propagated by the Kévalins is the shelter in the highest degree. 256
Jina-dharma (the religion propagated by the Jinésvaras ) is my mother; the religious preceptor is my father; also the Ssdhus are my brothers, and co-religionists are my familymembers. Everything else is indeed like a snare. 257
37 I bow down low before all Tirthankaras-Rigabhadéve and others Also, I bow down low before Arhats of Bharata-kşetra, Airvat, and Videha kşetras. 258
38. Namaskāra ( obeleance) to Tirthankaras results in cutting down of worldly existences of embodied beings. Any one doing it, acquires enlightenment in the highest degree. 259
39. I do obeisance to Siddha Bhagavāns by whom Karmóndha (the Karmas as wood ) generated in thousands of worldly existences) was burnt by the fire of dhyāna (relegious meditation). 260
40. Obeisance to the acāryas practising the flyefold acāra (Jnănicara, Darsanācara, Căritrācāra, Tapācāra, Viryācāra) by whom is assiduously preserved the pravacana (sacred scriptures) for the cutting down of worldly existences. 261
41. Obeløance in the highest degree, to the noble-souled Uplidhyāyas who hold the entire Sacred Knowledge, and who explain it to students. 262
42. Obeisance, to the sädhus, endowed with the vow of perfect celebacy, who dispel the sin accumulated during hundred-thousand worldly existences 263.
I abandon in past, present, and future, slnful combination of external as well as internal fraud, so long as I am alive, mentally, vocally, and bodily. 264
44. I leave off food of four kinds as long as I live, and I abandon even the body with the last breath. 265
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