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42nd Chapter
72. The Rupantaras (transformations) are fifteen in number, and the Rupantaras (transformations) at the beginning are sixteen. The Rupantaras are the inner forms, and the Mauktavali (garland of pearls) is indeed the foremost of jewels.
73. The Upavasa (fasts) to be counted here are two hundred and eighty-four, and the Bhukti (meals) are sixty-nine. The fruit is the attainment of the essence of the Ratnatraya (Three Jewels).
The Sardulавीडितम (tiger-sport) meter has one, two, and nine triplets, and then sixteen starting from one. These are calculated by the wise as thirty-four triplets. The Ratnamauktavali (garland of pearls) method is as follows: one should create a pattern where the numbers from one to fifteen are written with the difference of one between each, and then the numbers from sixteen to one are written with the difference of one decreasing each time.
In this vrata (observance), the total of all the numbers adds up to two hundred and eighty-four Upavasa (fasts) and sixty-nine Parana (breaking of the fast). The duration of this Upavasa is three hundred and forty-three days. The fruit of this is the attainment of the Ratnatraya (Three Jewels).
The Kanakaavali (garland of gold) method is as follows: one should write the number one, then the number two, then nine times the number three, then the numbers from one to sixteen, then thirty-four times the number three, then the numbers from sixteen to one, then nine times the number three, and finally the numbers one and two. This amounts to four hundred and thirty-four Upavasa (fasts) and eighty-eight Parana (breaking of the fast). The fruit of this vrata is the attainment of the position of the Lokaantika (celestial) deities or the final liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
The Ratnamauktaavali Yantra (diagram) and the Kanakaavali Yantra (diagram) are provided.