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INTRODUCTION
achieve everything, its importance is always to be kept in view. The Thought-Force of an ordinary Sādhaka combined with the soundforce of the Mantra attracts the deity of the Mantra towards him and makes him carry out his desires. Beyond requisitioning the presence and the aid of the deity of the Mantra, the thought-force of such a Sadhaka is not potent enough to achieve much. When his thought force is not working in unison with the sound--force of Mantra, it becomes powerless even to invoke the deity of the Mantra. The writer had the opportunity of consulting some persons versed in occult operations who informed him that if they forgot even one word or substituted through inadvertance another word in the original Mantra, the operation would fail or would have only nominal effect. It is suggested that the nominal effect noted to take place was really the result of the Mantrika's thought force. His Thought Force, however, not being assisted by the Sound-force of the Mantra (through the omission or substitution of a word of the Mantra) failed to invoke the presence of the Mantra deity and the operation therefore failed.
The usual plan in Mantravāda is to rouse the latent and dormant powers of the Sadhaka. He has to perform Sādhanā with the Mantra given to him by his preceptor and when that is done his powers are roused to a certain extent. To favour sometimes pupils incapable of performing sādhanā a preceptor prescribes a Pathasiddha Mantra (a Mantra whose inherent force is realized immediately on reading it) where no Sādhanā needs be performed. In this case it is the sound-force alone which invokes the presence of the Mantra deity. There are such cases noted in Jain scriptures. See the following verse in Vis'eşāvas'yaka Bhāşya of s'rī Jinabhadragani and its commentary given there: -
विजाहर रायगिहे उप्पयपडणं च हीणदोसेण ।
कहोसरणागमणं पयाणुसारिस्स दाणं च ॥८६४॥ पृ. ४११ It is narrated there that a Vidyādhara flying through the aid of a Vidyā came down and was unable to fly up straight again, he
| SR No. | 006540 |
| Book Title | Comparative and Critical Study of Mantrashastra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Mohanlal Bhagwandas Jhaveri, K V Abhayankar |
| Publisher | Sarabhai Manilal Nawab |
| Publication Year | 1944 |
| Total Pages | 635 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English & Culture |
| File Size | 18 MB |