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9) The incense must be offered continuously. This aspect also must be looked into. The
incense offering is a compulsory accessory in the worship of goddesses. 10) If a person can prepare rice not broken in the edges well before the worship, it will be so
good. 11) Betal nut also has a special place in worships. It alone must be placed on swastika. And
wherever a specific object is referred to, the aspirant must do his utmost to get the
same thing and he cannot replace it by something else. 12) The silver coin dropped in the pot also has got similar significance. The students of science
know well that metals conduct electricity easily. If the icons of Rsabhadeva and Cakresvari can be made in silver, that will be the best way of performing the worship. The idol can be of 11", 9", 7" or 5" size.
Beautiful icons of Adisvara with four pratiharyas, one in silver and another one in pancadhatu, have been sculpted. The photos of these idols find a place in this book elsewhere. Under the guidance of our Rev. teacher the Chari Palati Sangh fortunately has obtained an idol of Adisvara, similar to the one available in the sacred centres. The power
of this idol has been witnessed many a time in the running of pilgrimages of the sangha. 13) The aspirant also will do well to collect the flowers of five colours. Garland of flowers with
five colours is spoken of in "sattarabhedi" worship too. Flowers are the best medium to convey one's feelings. The flowers bloom and get nourished by the rays of the sun and remain in blossom as long as sun shines. Thus the feelings at the time of Bhaktamara recitation get elevated by the fragrant flowers if done with them, and are capable of travelling crores and crores of miles. (sattarabhedi puja is worship with seventeen upacaras)
14) A comparative study of these two Kalpas make it incumbent upon the worshipper to
instal the idols of both Rsabhadeva and Cakresvari. It appears to be a proper course. If it is not convenient, the aspirant must atleast try to install the idol of Cakresvari. All the Kalpakaras opine that Cakresvari is the attendant deity of this great Stotra and we also
have been told that Cakresvari revealed her powers to protect the devotees of Bhaktamara. 15) The following fragrant things are considered astamangala - eight auspicious things. They
are sandal, aloe, deodar, colinjan, kusuma, sailaja, jatamamsi and orpiment. The worshipper
should remember not only to do puja with these but also to do astaprakari puja. 16) If the materials mentioned are not available then the worshipper can do the worship with
fruits, other offerings and flowers. 17) The lokapalas too are considered to be five in number. It does not matter even if they are
considered four only. But they too are to be offered fruits, nivedana etc. 18&19) The plank of mango-wood intended for yantra must be prepared without using any
steel or metallic kheel (wood-joints). Yantras can be prepared in the bark of birch tree too. It appears that the yantra written with eight fragrant things on silver plate may not last long. Hence it is better to prepare it on a mango-plank but it should be prepared on Sunday
under pusya star. 20) The idea is very much clear. 21) By the offerings and arati, the worshipper gets the feeling that yantra is invested with
life. 22) The forehead mark must be made with the mixture of eight-fragrants and he must make
conscious effort to awaken the esoteric centre in the midst of eye-brows. 23) The yellow garland can be made from cotton threads too. Even then, the rosary with
yellow amber is considered the best. But it is difficult to get new ones now-a-days. People
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