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4. I also bow to those Siddhas who now live in Nirvana. As Tirthankaras, they preached Dharma to us, and are our teachers, though not now in Samsara.
5. I bow to those Siddhas (perfect souls) who live only in the Atma-Swarup (self), and see all the objects of the universe by their Pure Intelligence.
6. I bow with reverence to Sri Jinendra Deva who is the enjoyer of Kevala Darshan (perfect perception), Kevala Jnana (perfect knowledge), and Kevala Sukha (pure happiness), and who has shown the Swarup (nature) of things.
7. I bow to those Munis of the three grades, the Acharyas, the Upadhyayas, and the Sadhus (saints) who having established themselves in perfect meditation, which brings about supreme happiness, have acquired the Param Pada (highest position)
8 Prabhakara Bhatta (a disciple) having purified his mind and having bowed to the Panch Parmeshthi prays to Sri Yogindra Acharya.
9. O Master! Infinite time has passed away and I have been roaming about (transmigrating) in Samsara; but I have got no happiness; I have always been in dire misery.
10. O Master! Pray tell me about him, who having destroyed the pains of the four Gatis (four stages or planes of life), has attained the Param Pada (the highest status).
11. O Prabhakara! (The Acharya says) Hear thou with belief, I shall, after bowing to and keeping respectfully in mind the five Preceptors, tell you all about the three kinds of Atman (soul).
12. Having known Atman as of three kinds, first eliminate the Bahira-Atman (the outer soul), and having become the Antara-Atman (inner soul) meditate upon the Paramatman.
13. Atman is of three kinds: the Bahira-Atman (outer soul), the Antara-Atman (inner soul), and the Paramatman (perfect soul). One who knows his body as his soul, is the ignorant
