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SĀRĀVALĪ PRAKĪRNAKA : 29 A terminally ill person whom the death is staring in the face and who has exhausted all means of treatment of his ailment, becomes free from the fear of death by just remembering the Pundarika hill.
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A poor person who always remembers the satrunjaya hill attentively, gains wealth in a very short time.
By remembering the Pundarīka hill the unmarried girls get suitable bridegrooms, the son-desiring mothers bear sons and the miserable become happy.
95.
These and many more benefits accrue to those who always remember the Pundarīka hill and those who visit it get all the Siddhis i.e. supernatural spiritual and Yogic powers.
96.
By offering ten flower-garlands at the Satruñjaya hill one gains the benefit of a day's fast, by offering twenty he gains that of two day long fast and that of three days' fast by offering thirty flower garlands.
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By offering forty flower garlands one gains the benefit of a four day long fast and by offering fifty he gains that of a five days' fast, however, by offering charity at the Šatruñjaya hill one gains the benefit of a fortnight long fast.
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By offering fragrant substances such as camphor, Agarū (a fragrant wood), Lobāna and joss and incense at the Šatrunjava hill one gains the benefit of a month long fast. Also, by offering food and necessities to monks there, one gains the benefit of a month long fast.
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