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अष्टपत्रेम्बुजे ध्यायेदात्मानं दीप्ततेजसम् । प्रणवाद्यस्य मन्त्रस्य वर्णान् पत्रेषु च क्रमात् ॥६६॥ पूर्वाशाऽभिमुखं पूर्वमधिकृत्याऽऽदिभण्डलम् । एकादशशतान्यऽष्टाक्षरमन्त्र जपेत्ततः ॥६७॥
Meaning : One should imagine one's own luminous soul residing in the eight petal lotus. Then on the petal pointing to the east the first letter Om of the mystical mantra 'Om Namo Arihantanam' should be placed, the second letter 'Na' on the petal between east and south, so on and so forth till the last letter 'Nam' is on the eighth petal that is between north and east. Then this eight lettered Mantra should be meditated upon for one thousand and onehundred times.
पूर्वाशानुक्रमादेवमूहिश्याऽन्यदलान्यपि । अष्ट रात्रं जपेद्यागी सर्वप्रत्यूहशान्तये ॥६८॥ अष्ट रात्रे व्यतिकान्ते कमलस्यान्तर्वतिनः । निरूपयत्ति पत्रेषु वर्णानेताननुक्रमम् ॥६९॥ भीषणाः सिंहमातङ्गरक्षःप्रभृतयः क्षणात् ।
शाम्यन्ति व्यन्तराश्चाऽन्ये ध्यानप्रत्यूहहेतवः ॥७०।।
Meaning : The meditating person should meditate in this nanner for eight days this eight lettered mysiical mantra to remove all the odds and obstacles.
In the aforesaid manner, when eight days have passed, the meditator will be able to actually see the eight letters of the mystical spell “Om Namo Arihantanam" placed on each of the eight petals.
Eighth Chapter
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