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Saat Lakh Sutra | सात लाख सूत्र
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Saat Lakh Sutra Sanskrit Lyrics
सात लाख पृथ्वीकाय, सात लाख अप्काय, सात लाख तेउकाय, सात लाख वाउकाय, दश लाख प्रत्येक वनस्पतिकाय, चौद लाख साधारण वनस्पतिकाय, बे लाख बेइन्द्रिय, बे लाख तेइन्द्रिय, बे लाख चउरिन्द्रिय, चार लाख देवता, चार लाख नारकी, चार लाख तिर्यंच-पंचेन्द्रिय, चौद लाख मनुष्य, एवंकारे चोराशी लाख जीवयोनिमांहे, माहरे जीवे जे कोई जीव हण्यो होय, हणाव्यो होय, हणतां प्रत्ये अनुमोद्यो होय, ते सवि हु मन-वचन-कायाए करी मिच्छा मि दुक्कडं ॥
Transliteration
Saat Lakh Sutra English Lyrics
sāta lākha pṛthvīkāya, sāta lākha apkāya, sāta lākha teukāya, sāta lākha vāukāya, daśa lākha pratyeka vanaspatikāya, cauda lākha sādhāraṇa vanaspatikāya, be lākha beindriya, be lākha teindriya, be lākha caürindriya, cāra lākha devatā, cāra lākha nārakī, cāra lākha tiryaṃca-paṃcendriya, cauda lākha manuṣya, evaṃkāre corāśī lākha jīvayonimāṃhe, māhare jīve je koī jīva haṇyo hoya, haṇāvyo hoya, haṇatāṃ pratye anumodyo hoya, te savi hu mana-vacana-kāyāe karī micchā mi dukkaḍaṃ ||
Meaning
Saat Lakh Sutra English Meaning
Seven lakh kinds of earth-bodied beings, seven lakh water-bodied, seven lakh fire-bodied, seven lakh air-bodied; ten lakh plants with individual bodies, fourteen lakh plants with shared bodies; two lakh two-sensed beings, two lakh three-sensed, two lakh four-sensed; four lakh gods, four lakh hell-beings, four lakh five-sensed animals, and fourteen lakh humans — among all these eighty-four lakh birth-places of living beings, whatever being my soul has killed, caused to be killed, or approved of others killing: for all of it, in mind, speech and body, micchami dukkadam — may that wrong be undone.
अर्थ
Saat Lakh Sutra Hindi Meaning
सात लाख पृथ्वीकाय, सात लाख अप्काय (जल के जीव), सात लाख तेउकाय (अग्नि के जीव), सात लाख वाउकाय (वायु के जीव), दस लाख प्रत्येक वनस्पतिकाय, चौदह लाख साधारण वनस्पतिकाय, दो लाख दो इन्द्रिय वाले, दो लाख तीन इन्द्रिय वाले, दो लाख चार इन्द्रिय वाले जीव, चार लाख देव, चार लाख नारकी, चार लाख तिर्यंच पंचेन्द्रिय (पशु-पक्षी) और चौदह लाख मनुष्य — इस प्रकार चौरासी लाख जीव-योनियों में मेरे जीव ने जिस किसी जीव की हिंसा की हो, करवाई हो, या करने वाले का अनुमोदन किया हो, उन सबका मन, वचन और काया से मिच्छा मि दुक्कडं — मेरा वह दुष्कृत मिथ्या हो।
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Significance
Saat Lakh Sutra Significance
The Saat Lakh sutra, in old Gujarati, is the confession recited in the Shvetambara Murtipujak Pratikraman for harm done to living beings. It counts the eighty-four lakh birth-places (yonis) of beings — earth, water, fire, air and plant bodies, beings with two, three and four senses, gods, hell-beings, animals and humans — and asks forgiveness, micchami dukkadam, for every life one has taken, had taken, or approved of taking, in mind, word and body. It is recited in the morning and evening Pratikraman, together with the confession of the eighteen sins.
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