[Er.sandeep jain]

I make obeisance to Śrī Vardhamāna Svāmi, the Ford-maker (Tīrthańkara) and the expounder of the own-nature (svabhāva) or ‘dharma’, who is worshipped by the lords of the heavenly devas (kalpavāsī devas), other devas (bhavanavāsī, vyantara and jyotiÈka devas) and humans, and has washed off the dirt of inimical (ghātī) karmas. 

Also, I make obeisance to the remaining (twenty-three) Tīrthańkara (the Arhat), all the Liberated Souls (the Siddha) who are established in their utterly pure nature, and the Saints
(śramaõa) – the Chief Preceptor (ācārya), the Preceptor (upādhyāya), the Ascetic (sādhu) – who practise five-fold observances in regard to faith (darśanācāra), knowledge
(jñānācāra), power (vīryācāra), conduct (cāritrācāra) and austerities (tapācāra).