aaloyna sutra for shwetambar jain
Here is the Shwetambar “Alochana” (Aloyana) Sutra used in Pratikraman (Devasi/Evening):
Prakrit (original) Icchā-kāreṇa sandisaha Bhagavan! Devasiam alou? Iccham, aloemi. Jo me devasio aiyaro kao, kaio, vao, mānasio, ussutto, ummaggō, akappō, akaraṇijjō, dujjhāō, duvviccintio, aṇāyāro, aṇicchiavvō, asāvaga-pauggō, ṇāṇe, daṁsaṇe, caritta-caritte, sue, samāie, tiṇhaṁ guttīṇaṁ, cauṇhaṁ kasāyāṇaṁ, pañcaṇṇa-manuvvayāṇaṁ, tiṇhaṁ guṇa-vvayāṇaṁ, cauṇhaṁ sikkhā-vayāṇaṁ, bārasa-vihassa sāvaga-dhammassa, jaṁ khaṇḍiaṁ jaṁ virāhiaṁ, tassa micchā mi dukkadaṁ.
Simple meaning (arth)
- With your permission, O Bhagwan, I perform the evening alochanā (confession).
- Whatever faults I have committed this evening by body, speech, or mind; whether due to carelessness, wrong path, impropriety, or wrong thinking; whether contrary to discipline or undertaken without consent; whether connected with:
- whatever I have broken or neglected among these, for all that I confess and accept it as my fault (micchā mi dukkadaṁ) and seek forgiveness.
How it is used (Shwetambar)
- Recited during Devasi (evening) Pratikraman as the formal confession of any transgressions against the 12 vows and basic disciplines.
- There is a corresponding morning version (Raisiṁ Alochana) used in Rai/Prātaḥ Pratikraman.
Note on traditions
- Wordings and sequence can vary slightly among Shwetambar sub-traditions, but the essence—humble confession of lapses against gupti, kashāy, and the 12 vows—remains the same.
- Digambar Pratikraman uses different texts and order, though the spirit of alochanā (self-confession) is common. This version above is Shwetambar.
For a clean copy of the text as used in Shwetambar practice, see: