Book Title: Tirthankar Mahavir
Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Jaybhikkhu Sahitya Trust

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsun Gyanmandir O Venerable Vira ! I Salute You I respectfully salute you, who are worthy of adoration who are possessor of spiritual qualities, who are selfenlightened, who are the supreme support of living beings who are the supreme soul, who are the pioneer of religion and who are the founder of the Path of Religion. I offer my salutations to you, who are superior to, master of, and benevolent to all living beings, and who are like a lamp to them and hence enlighten them. I bow down before you, who are the bestower of happiness, who are the supreme of all men just as a lion is the supreme of all animals and a 'scent elephant' is the supreme of all elephants. I pay obeisance to you, who are the donor of fearlessness, inner eyes (true vision), the Path, Shelter, right faith and Religion, who are the preacher and propounder of Religion, and who are the religious leader. I respectfully salute you, who are the universal ruler of the supreme Religion, who are the destroyer of the state of non-omniscience, and who are endowed with right vision and spiritual faith. I devotionally bow down before you, who have conquered passions and help others conquer them, who have crossed the ocean of transitory existence and help others cross it, who have destroyed karmas and help others destroy them, and who are enlightened and help others gain enlightenment I offer my salutations to you, who have unobstructed infinite knowledge and vision, who possess all the excellences, and who have destroyed all the eight karmas. I salute you, who are the unique field where grow spiritual qualities to their fullne are worthy of adoration, who is the Ford for those who desire to cross the ocean of existence, who are the supreme soul, who speak non-absolutist speech, w attachment, and who are a true ascetic. I pay obeisance to you, who are worshipped by the venerable, who are great who are the supreme spiritual leader, and who are superior to all elders. I salute you , who are savior of all living beings, who being the supreme of all yogis, who being perfectly pure help others purify themselves, and who ben soul are the highest spiritual ideal for others. preme yogi are the protector hemselves, and who being the supreme 216 For Private And Personal Use Only

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