Navkar (Namokar) mantra tirthankar diksha lete samay bahut hi mukhya hota hai. Diksha ke samay is mantra se shraddha-poorna samarpan, sadhana ki shuruaat aur gurudharma ki samman vyakt ki jati hai.

What it means (arth) in short:

• Arihant: jo keval jnana aur kevalvivek se jit jaata hai, use yaad kiya jata hai.
• Siddha: jinke karm poore ho kar moksh mil gaya, wo kiye jaate hain.
• Acharya: dharm ke guru, anuyayi ko sahi marg dikhate hain.
• Upadhyaya: dharmik shikshan dene wale mahan guru.
• Muni (and some traditions include additional reverences to sanahar/other sampradaya figures): sadhu-sanjivani aur dharm ki aagamani ke liye.

Kyun kiya jata hai:

• Diksha ki pavitra prakriya meNavkar ke jaise mantron ki jap se shraddha, bhakti aur samarpan ki bhavna jagti hai.
• Ye mantra tirthankar-diksha ki shuddhata, dharma-paln aur samordhan ko darshata hai.

Digambar aur Shwetambar ke beech kuch logon ke liye Navkar ki bhavna aur uchcharan thode bahut alag nazar aate hain, par in dono mein diksha ke samay Navkar ki mahimta aur aradhna aam taur par sahi samajh aur shraddha ke sath ki jati hai.

Agar aap chahen, to main abhi is mantra ki exact line-by-line form (text) aur uska authentic arth Digambar aur Shwetambar dono paramparaon ke hisaab se alag-alag roop me de sakta hoon. Bas batayein ki aap kis parampara ke hisaab se janna chahte hain.