134 Pratikraman
This Gnan is such that one does not have to ask even a word of question; all the solutions are given.
Short Pratikraman
Questioner: What if I don’ t know how to do a lengthy pratikraman? I cannot do pratikraman very fast, but if I make a mistake and feel that I should not have talked the way I did, is that considered pratikraman?( 124)
Dadashri: Yes, that is pratikraman. That is all it needs to be. Your current opinion is this and so you can wash it off in this manner.
Now that is not the exact pratikraman, but you removed yourself away from that old opinion, did you not?
Questioner: Then what is correct? Can I do it in short like that?
Dadashri: There is nothing wrong with that. If you do not do it as shown, it is fine because in that situation that is pratikraman all the same. But if‘ we’ give this answer to every situation, then people will do it haphazardly. There is no problem if that occurs under certain circumstances; it will do. That is pratikraman all the same. To have the opinion of,‘ This should not be so,’ is pratikraman for sure, because you changed your opinion, did you not? One way or another, your opinion has to be changed.
Do Not Oppose Pratikraman
Pratikraman is to be done in order to get rid of that opinion of yours. It is to be done to show that you no longer endorse that opinion and that now you are opposing it. Pratikraman is to be done to show your opposition towards any aggression. Do you understand?
Questioner: Do we have to do pratikraman to show that we oppose the atikraman that occurred?