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Exposition of Pratikramana Stotras
state that which is called ultimate release (siddha-gati) from which there is no return, and which is bliss and undisturbed; praise to the Jinas who have overcome fear. 9
જે અ અઈઆ સિદ્ધા, જે અ ભવિસંતિણાગએ કાલે, સંપઈ અ વટ્ટમાણા, સવ્વ તિવિહેણ વંદામિ. ૧૦
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je a aiyä siddhä, je a bhavissanti nägae käle; sampai a vattamänä, savve tivihena vandämi. 10
In the threefold way (by mind, speech and body) I worship all the Siddhas, those who have been, and those who are, and those who will be in future. 10
Explanation: Arhats are worthy of salutation (vandanä) and worship (pujä). They are the destroyers of inner enemies (attachment and aversion) and in whom seeds of karma no longer grow (ruhati). They are the possessors of knowledge (jnäna), glory (mahätmya), fame (yasha), asceticism (vairägya), final release (moksha), beauty (rupa), courage (virya), energy (prayatna), longing (ichhä), law (dharma), wealth (shri) (here represents the acquisition of inner qualities of the soul), and divinity (ayshwarya). The Tirthankaras are compared to lions because of their courage in combating the enemies which are karmas, to lotuses because they have made flower of holy law (dharma) to blossom in mire of the worldly existence and to the gandha-hastins because all the calamities are driven away by the presence of the Tirthankara just as lesser elephants are driven away by the legendary perfumed elephants (gandha-hastin is familiar creature of legend, regarded as the noblest of the beast). Pundarika is a variety of lotus, which is white in color and considered to be the best variety of lotus.
