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INTRODUCTION TO THE PICTURES
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1. The Picture of the minor (Jaghanya) Propitiation of Navkar
Martra by observing nine Ekasanas (Semi-fasts). 2. The picture of the middle-type Propitation of Navkar Mantra
with Twenty Ekasanas using only (One item) khir and worshipping God with 5000 Flowers. The picture of the best propitiation of Navkar Mantra with penance. full fast and Nivi, alternately for 19 days. (Nivi is a special type of full dish dinner to be taken only once during
the day). 4. The picture of Shrimati taking out, on the word of her
father-in-law, by the prowess of Navkar Martra, a garland of
flowers from a pot containing a serpant. 5. The picture of a monkey improving his next birth seeing the
Navkar Mantra carved on slabs of stone. 6. The picture of Rajkumari, Sudarshana, whowas a Samadi in
her previous life, becoming (in the next birth) a princess after hearing the Navkar Mantra.
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