Illustrated Namokara Mahamantra

Author(s): Shreechand Surana, Surendra Bothra
Publisher: Diwakar Prakashan

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कल्पवृक्ष
काम कुम्भ
कामधेनु
5. As the kāma-kumbha (the divine pitcher) delivers eatables on demand, 6. As the divine tree delivers desired fruits. 7. As the divine cow gives abundant milk products.
Similar, but more effective is the namokära mantra.
If one meditates over it with pure conscience he gets spiritual capacity and power besides the mundane pleasures and wealth. It is capable of bestowing all pleasures in this life as well as the immortal fruit of liberation in the next life. These lines from the ‘Namaskārafala stotra couplet, 9 are worth mentioning :
Kim es mahārayanam ? kim vā cintamaniva navakāro ? Kim kappaddum sarisā ? nahu nahu tānam pi ahiyayaro.
किं एस महारयणं ? किं वा चिन्तामणिब नवकारो?
किं कप्पद्दुम सरिसा ? नहु नहु ताणं पि अहिययरो ? Is it the wish-fulfilling gem ? Or is it like the wish-fulfilling tree ? No, No, it is even more divinely effectual.
If the namokāra mantra is recited before a new-born it gets grandeur and wealth. If the namokāra mantra is recited before someone on the death-bed he transmigrates to a better next life.
According to the 'Navakārasāra-stavana gathā-3, It is the sudarśana cakra (the disc weapon) that destroys evil enemies.
Acārya Siddhasena has defined it as (aihikāmusmika saukhya kāmadhuk) the divine cow that bestows happiness in this world and the world beyond.