________________ Introduetion : 11 alone can become the worshipper of the Siddachakra, while a man who is possessed of opposite qualities becomes its insultor or Viradhaka as he is called. Hence he who wants to be a true worshipper of the Siddhachakra, whether a monk or & householder, should make his mind totally free from passions and should obserye pure celibacy and character, because he who worships it with an impure mind, though its propitiator, instead of bringing to himself his desired object and happiness, undoubtedly brings him misfortune. But if a person propitiates it with a pure mind and if any wicked person thinks of doing anything wrong to him, that wicked person, instead of doing so, brings wrony to himself. Hence a person wishing to do good to himself should worship the Siddhnchakra with a pure and delightful mind, keeping pure celibacy together with practising the penance of Ayambila fasts and observing proper religious rites. If he will do so with a pure mental condition, he will get all the prosperities even of gods and excellent human beings. Even formidable diseases such as indigestion, consumption, fever, fistula, gout, will never come to him and if they have come to him before he propitiated the Siddhachakra, they
