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The yogis who have acquired spiritual wealth through proper practice of this Maha Mantra are revered by the people of the three worlds.
Even the animals who committ thousands of sins and kill hundreds of living beings have achieved heavenly existence by right practice of this Maha Mantra.
A mystic formula evolved out of these sixteen letters (Namah, Arihanta, Siddha, Ayariya, Uvajjhaya and Sahu) entitles one to the merit earned by one full fast, if repeated two hundred times.
The yogi, who recites three hundred times the six-lettered mystical formula (Arihant Siddha), five hundred times the five-lettered mystical formula (Asiusa), and four hundred times the four-lettered mystical formula (Arihant), acquires the merit earned through one fast.
प्रवृत्तिहेतुरेवैतदमीषां कथितं फलम् । फलं स्वर्गापवर्गों तु वदन्ति परमार्थतः ॥ ४० ॥
Meaning : The fruit of the recitation of this mystical formula which has been described as one fast, is with the view to inspire the novices or the unlettered; but the wise say that it is capable of entitling one to heavenly existence or even absolu
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Eighth Chapter
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