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ARADHANA TO BECOME LEARNED AND INTELLIGENT
This aradhana is based on the 14th verse of Bhaktamara. The rddhi and mantra are to be recited together. The yantra is to be worn on the head or arms or can be worn as a necklace.
The aspirant must be clean and wear a white garment. He must recite all the three sloka, mantra and rddhi at a time and three times a day viz., two twilight zones and mid-day counting with a rosary of white beads. After dhupa (incense showing) and deepa (showing harati) havan must be done. Guggulu, musk, saffron, camphor(menthol) sandal, aloe and silaras (Rose malloes, Liquidambar orientalis) are to be mixed with ghee and the mixture is to be made into small pills. 108 of these pills are to be offered in fire daily. The icon of Sarasvati is to be worshipped with fragrant materials all the three times. By this type of worship even a fool may become a scholar and he may become wealthy and an affable person too.
How long the fire-offerings is to be continued is not clear. It appears from the context that the fire offering of 108 times is to be continued till the one hundred thousand recitation is completed. For eg, he can recite 1008 times a day and can complete the total number of recitation in hundred days and complete the worship. Afterwards in case of need he can recite 108 times. He can wear the vantra as an amulet and can reap the benefits by reciting 27 to 108 times.
The practice of the tantra too will be profitable for the aspirant. The tantra attached to the worship looks like a medicine. Taking the following herbs, (1) Vidya (Vidyachi pan, Betal, Piper betle, Nagavalli (Skt); (2) Brahmi Manduka parni (Skt) Khulakudi (Hindi) Hydrocotyle asiatica; (3) Sankhavali; (4) Agadom (Aghata, Apamarga (Skt) Chirchira (Hindi) Achyranthes aspera; (5) Javantri Jatiphalam (Skt) nutmeg, jaepatri (Hindi) Myristica fragrans; (6) Kerasi; (7) Malakankani (vanhiruchi, katumbi (Skt) Celastrus paniculata; (8) Citraka (Raktacitraka, Lalcitrals (Hindi), Rose leadwort, Plumbago rosea; (9) Akalagara (Pokarmne (Hindi) Spilanthes oleracea and sugar in equal measure and mixing with 14 masa of ginger juice the worshipper must drink for fourteen days. The dry ginger extract too can be used in the place of ginger juice.
SRI HARIBHADRA'S METHOD
The methodology and mantras narrated by Sri Haribhadra Suri too have been included along with the set of rules of aradhana laid down earlier. The yantras printed individually are not that of Sri Haribhadra Suri. They have been included as appendix.
The yantra propounded by Sri Haribhadra Suri must be written on birch bark (Betula bhojapatra) with some auspicious material. It must be put into a silver amulet and it be cleaned by pancamrta and worn on the neck. This amulet helps one's development of knowledge and intelligence.
The rules are clear here. The yogas (the particular combination of star, tithi, and daywhich can be known from Indian Almanacs), days and tithis which have been narrated as auspicious in Bhaktamara initiation hold good here too.
The astagandhas must be mixed and made use of for writing on the birch bark. The astagandhas (eight frank incenses) are (1) Candana (Srigandha, Sandal, Santalum Album); (2) Agaru (agaru (skt) aloe (Eng.) Dysoxylum Malabaricum; (3) Devadaru (Deodar (Hindi) Cedrus Deodara; (4) Kolingan; (5) Kusuma; (6) Sailaja; (7) Jatamamsi (Tapasvini (skt) Musk root (English) Nardostachys Jatamansi; (8) Gorocana (orpiment). The sharp twigs of pomegranate tree can be used as a quill, (pen). But it is better to sit with people who are proficient in drawing such yantras. People must be careful to seal the amulet tightly after placing the birch inside of it. Otherwise he pancamrta may seep into it when it is cleaned. Silver also is prescribed as a metal for yantra but the procedure of drawing with astagandha must be continued for six months. They must complete the recitations before that time. If they can make an idea of definite number of recitations to be done in a day it will be all the more better.
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