Please translate word by word ekasana pachhkan
“Ekasana Pachhkan” (also written Ekasana / Ekashan Pachchakkhan) is a short phrase with two parts:
- Eka = one
- āsana (asana) = sitting / seat (here, one sitting for a meal)
So “Ekasana” = “one sitting” – in Jain practice it means one meal in one sitting in a day, during daylight.
- Pachhkan (Pachkhan / Pachchakkhan) = formal vow / resolve / pratyākhyān taken in front of Dev–Guru–Dharma (or mentally), to observe a certain restraint.
So, word by word:
- Ekasana = “one (eka) sitting/meal (āsana)”
- Pachhkan = “vow / formal resolve (pratyākhyān)”
Together: “Ekasana Pachhkan” = the vow to take only one meal in one sitting in a day.
You can see more explanation of Ekasana and its pachkhan here and specific Ekasana Pachkhan text here