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THE
PARMATMA-PRAKASH
OF
SRI YOGINDRA ACHARYA.
परमात्म-प्रकाशः
1. Obeisance to that Siddha Parmâtman who having by the fire of meditation burnt up his Karmas, has freed himself from the impurities of karmic alloy, attained the purity of consciousness, and become Everlasting.
2. I bow to all those Great Souls, infinite in number, who will in the future become perfect, unmatched Intelligence with the aid of true meditation, which is free from love and hatred.
3. I also bow to the Siddhas (perfect souls) who having burnt up the fuel of Karmas are now obtaining Nirvana from the Videha Kshetra.
NOTE.-According to Jainism, there is no change in the cycles of time in the Videha Kshetra; the Chaturtha Kala (fourth period of the cycle) is ever present in that part of the universe. From there souls are, even now, attaining Nirvana, though from our own part of the universe it cannot be attained during the fifth and the sixth cycles. Accordingly, the Acharya, in this Gâthâ, bows to those Great Souls who are now manifesting Divine Nature in that region.
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
Samsâra.
5. I bow to those Siddhas (perfect souls) who live only in the AtmaSwarup (self), and see all the objects of the universe by their Pure Intelligence.
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