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Svayambhūstotra
Just as the powerful roar of a lion is able to subjugate elephants brimming with pride apparent in their moist cheek-temples, the lion-roar of his divine teachings had vanquished the pride of those who considered their doctrines to be unassailable.
यः सर्वलोके परमेष्ठितायाः पदं बभूवाद्भुतकर्मतेजाः । अनन्तधामाक्षरविश्वचक्षुः समन्तदुःखक्षयशासनश्च ॥
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सामान्यार्थ - जो सर्व लोक में उत्कृष्ट अरिहन्त परमेष्ठी पद के धारी हुए थे, जो सर्व प्राणियों को एक साथ अपनी-अपनी भाषा में समझाने के लिए आश्चर्यकारी कर्म-तेज के धारक थे, जो अनन्त ज्योति स्वरूप अविनाशी विश्व को एक साथ देखने में समर्थ ऐसे केवलज्ञान के स्वामी थे, तथा जिनका शासन समस्त दुःखों का क्षय करने वाला है अर्थात् परम सुखमई मोक्ष को देने वाला है।
He had attained the status of the Arhat, the Omniscient Supreme Being; divine attributes had manifested in him on the destruction of the inimical karmas; he had infinite knowledge to see simultaneously all substances in the whole of the universe; and his doctrine had the power to rid the people of all their sufferings.
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