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Study of Civakacintāmaņi Caranan praises the lord Jina and his superior qualities in the following verse first before explaining the right faith.
ilanku cem pon eyin münr um eri pon muttak kuțai mūnrum valan kont alar tūuy ațiy éttum vaiya mūnrum patui münrum kalankat uyarntay aticayankan mūnrun kamar nūn mūnrum
nalan ko țimpår kunak kalalum uțaiyar uanmaiy utai yaral
(He who possesses the three golden bands of light, glistening gold triple umbrellas, the three worlds which worship his feet with flowers, the three weapons, the three high unshakeable wondrous glories, the three books, and the good milklike ocean of virtue, is the one who possesses us.)
Here the three bands of light are Udayatara, Prititara and Kalyanatara and these together are called Prabhāvalaya 2 The three umbrellas are Candrāditya, Nityavinoda and Sakalabhāṣaṇa, and these indicate the suzerainity of the three worlds. The three worlds are Nāga-loka, Bhū-loka and Svarga-loka.3 The three spiritual weapons are, right faith, right knowledge and right conduct. The three wondrous glories are Sahajātisaya (wonderful qualities born with him), Karmakṣayātiśaya (wonderful qualities which come as a result of the destruction of karmas), Daiyikātisaya (the wonderful qualities which are created by Devendra). These four qualities are connected with the four infinite qualities which are referred to as "kuņakkatal”. The three āgamas are, Angagama, Purvāgama, and Bahusrutyāgama. After explaining the qualities of the Lord Jina the Carañan also says that the knowledge of five astikāyas, 6 şaddravyas,' and navapadārthas 8 are achieved when one worsbips at the feet of Jina.
.. tiruvar ațiy attit teļiyum poruļkaļ oraintum anriy är um onpānum akum enpar atarorzo
(......... the learned say that by worshipping the feet of Jina, one can get the knowledge about the five things, six things and nine things [astikāyas, şaddravyas and navapadārthas ] ).
Following this explanation, Cāraṇan teaches the nature of the people who realised the knowledge in the sacred scriptures.
periyav inpati intiranum petta ceykaic ciru kurankum uriya ceykai vinai p payattaiy unnum enavay unarntavanai ariyar enna maki atum eļiyar enrav ikalātum
irucār vinaiyun teļintärēy iraiva nūlun teļintāra.1 1 Cc. v. 2813 2 A. Cakravarti, "Jivaka Cintamani", "The Jaina Antiquary', Vol. XXI, No. 11, p. 28. 3 Ibid, p. 28 4 Ibid, p. 28 5 Supra, p. 129 6 Supra, 128 7 Supra, p. 128 8 Supra, p. 126 9 Cc. v. 2814 10 lbid, v. 2815
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