Tassa uttari karnenam
“Tassa uttari karṇeṇam” actually is the first part of a full Jain Prakrit sūtra, usually recited in Samayik / Pratikraman:
Original sutra (Śvetāmbara tradition) तस्स उत्तरी‑करणेणं, पायच्छित्त‑करणेणं, विसोही‑करणेणं, विसल्ली‑करणेणं, पावाणं कम्माणं निग्घायणट्ठाए, ठामि काउस्सग्गं ॥१॥
Simple meaning (arth): For the sake of:
- removing (उत्तरी‑करणेणं) my faults,
- doing prāyaścitta (पायच्छित्त‑करणेणं – atonement/repentance),
- purifying (विसोही‑करणेणं) my soul,
- removing all śalya / inner thorns (विसल्ली‑करणेणं – like attachment, aversion etc.),
- destroying (निग्घायणट्ठाए) my pāpa‑karma (पावाणं कम्माणं),
I now remain in kāyotsarga (ठामि काउस्सग्गं) – that is, I stay motionless and aware, as a form of meditation and atonement.
In very easy language: “I want to clean all my sins, repent for them, purify myself, remove inner obstacles, and destroy bad karma. For that purpose, I now stand/sit in a still posture (kāyotsarga) for meditation.”
- This sutra is especially used in Śvetāmbara avashyaka / pratikraman as a vow for kāyotsarga.
- Digambar tradition also practices kāyotsarga and prāyaścitta, but the exact wording/sūtra text may differ according to their paddhati (ritual manuals).