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• STORY 6 - SIGNIFICANCE OF CONCENTRATION. The story pertains to the 12th verse. Subuddhi was the minister of Karna, King of Angas. Subuddhi was very much interested in Jainism and used to recite Bhaktamara regularly. God will certainly give darsan to a highly devoted aspirant if time were to be in his favour. Cakresvari helped him by punishing the sorceress.
At the end, it is stated that people started respecting the Stotra as devata svarupa itself. Since it is pregnant with so many mantras, discipline, respect and faith are required in the practice of its verses. At the end of the story, it has been stated that the siddhi of any mantra will be according to one's faith and belief.
• STORY 7 - SIGNIFICANCE OF DEVOTION TO JINAS. Dahiben of Patan got married and went to her in-law's house in Broach, Gujarat. She was a devotee of Sri Hemacandracarya. Cakresvari appeared before her gave her a necklace to remove poison, a divine garland and the paduka of Sri Hemacandra. This verse by itself has poison removing effect and Cakresvari too gave her a gem of that quality. A consistency can be seen here. She also gave her a necklace with the figure of Parsvanatha. Dahiben had taken a vow to bow down to Parsvanatha at Patan. But she could not do it at Bharuch. She was told that obeisance to Sri Munisuvrat Svami would also help her fulfil her vow. The necklace was offered by her to Sri Munisuvrat, the 20h Tirthankara. This story also impresses on us that all Jinas are equal. This story finds a place in the history of Bharuch-Tirtha.
Acarya Gunakara Suri has connected verse 14 with visapaharini vidya and tribhuvanasvamini vidya. It is difficult to understand how these verses are connected with different vidyas, but it must be borne in mind that the word 'tribhuvana' appears in the second pada of verse 20.
• STORY 8 - SIGNIFICANCE OF CARANODAKA • This story narrates the greatness of the water used to wash the feet of sadhu Sri Mallarsi. The first verse too speaks of the lotus feet of the Lord. With the water used in the washing the feet of the sage, Sajjan, the King of Kosala, removed the sufferings inflicted by a bad yogin.
When Sri Gunasenasuri was reciting the 15th verse a goddess revealed the greatness of Sri Mallarsi to him. Sri Mallarsi was the recepient of the blessings of Cakresvari and other goddesses.
Cakresvari is not only the the attendant deity of Bhaktamara, but of every sadhu doing penance. Thus she serves the command of Jinas. In this verse the two vidyas bandhamoksani and svapna are spoken of.
• STORY 9 - SIGNIFICANCE OF AWAKENING 16th and 17th verses deal with srisampadini and para-vidya-ucchedini vidyas respectively. The story given is that of the son of one Satyasangara. Satyasangara was a great devotee of Jinas, but his son was a non-believer. Acarya made all sorts of efforts to educate him but to no avail. Finally he practised these two verses and invoked the presence of Cakresvari and requested her to give the prince a glimpse of the horrors of hell. Finally the boy turned a believer for ever. This story also narrates the efforts taken by Jain acaryas in helping their devotees realise the truth.
STORY 10 - SIGNIFICANCE OF BHARUCH-TIRTHA RENOVATION • This story deals with Ambad, the minister of great Jain King Kumarapala. The minister besides looking after the duties of government was doing Bhaktamara-worship too in the prescribed way. As he had the rare privilege of knowing The Bhaktamara Stotra and the significance of 18th verse directly from Kalikala Sarvajna Sri Hemacandracarya, he would have got more esoteric things and methods. The recitation of 18th verse led him finally to repair and restore the Sakunikavihar a temple that was in disrepair at the command of his mother. This story is available in other Jain works too. The point of significance is that Cakresvari got him an idol of Sri Candraprabhu Svami. When there was truble for Jain pilgrims which included his mother, the entire pilgrims including the minister recited the 18th verse and the god appeared before them to save them. But the name of the deity is not mentioned. It could be Gomukha Yaksa attendant
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