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[3] These Are Not Lord Mahavir’s Pratikramans
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made the effort. It should take him two hours to do both, right?
Therefore, one earns a quarter for his effort. A quarter for one
samayik and so would he not get two quarters for two? And
our mahatmas do up to hundred pratikraman a day for which
they earn a hundred thousand dollars. (Note: The concept of
money and the amount is used only as an analogy for
understanding).
Lifeless Pratikraman
What should it really be like? What was pratikraman like
five hundred years ago? One would ask the maharaj, ‘How
should I do ‘shoot-on-sight’ pratikraman? In my business, I
give them less betel nut for their money. When they come to buy
pure salt, I give them impure salt. When they come to buy oil,
I give them adulterated oil. I cheat when I weigh things. How
should I do pratikraman?’ So the maharaj tells him to do
devshi pratikraman. Recall the entire day’s mistakes and do
pratikraman. Do pratikraman for giving less betel nut to Lallu.
I gave bad salt to such and such, so I am doing pratikraman
for that. I gave contaminated oil to this person, for that I am
doing pratikraman. I am doing pratikraman for all the conflict
I caused in the shop. So the maharaj tells him to do it at night
as devshi pratikraman. The debt is still pending in the karmic
book. In doing rayshi and devshi pratikraman, the Kutchhis
turned them into people’s names. Rayshi, Karamshi, Devshi….!
Rayshi means doing pratikraman for mistakes made in
the night. In doing so, people turned it into names of people, so
then what is left? Five hundred years ago, this pratikraman was
somewhat alive. In the current times, they are worshipping this
pratikraman after it has died. Let go of it, you fool! Let go of
the dead pratikraman! But then one would say, ‘No, this is
how we have to worship it! This verily is pratikraman. Everyone
is welcome to come there.’ You fool, why are you worshipping
dead pratikraman?