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[Note: The fourteenth chapter is omitted in manuscript {kha}]

This chapter deals with the worship of 颁补峁囜笉墨.

It opens describing the benefits acquired by reciting the 顿耻谤驳腻蝉补辫迟补艣补迟墨, also called the 颁补峁囜笉墨p膩峁環a: one should beforehand prepare one's 蝉补峁卥补濒辫补 (declaration of purpose, intention) and perform the various 苍测腻蝉补蝉 together with the japa; then he should recite the text and offer animal sacrifice: in this way one he can receive its benefit.

The 颁补峁囜笉墨p膩峁環a should be repeated three times for cessation of misfortune, five times for damage caused by the planets (驳谤补丑补诲辞艣别) and seven times in case of great danger; if one recites the text nine times he attains the same benefit of performing a 惫腻箩补辫别测补 sacrifice and if recite it eleven times he can subdue a king; with twelve repetitions one attains the accomplishment of desires and the removal of enemies, while with fourteen repetitions he gains the submission of women; by reciting the text fifteen times one attains prosperity and emancipation, and with sixteen repetitions one is blessed by the arrival of son, nephew, wealth and health; the wise should repeat the text seventeen times, as well as twenty, to liberate the kingdom from fear and to eradicate one's enemies; he should recite it thirty times in order to be healed of serious wound (or a large debt) and twenty-five times to become free from the worldly existence; one should repeat the text one hundred times in case of war, wrong treatment, loss of caste, short life, rising numbers of thieves or illnesses, loss of money or children; by one hundred repetitions every misfortune is destroyed and at the end one attains the supreme state; by one hundred-eight repetitions one gains the same benefit of performing a hundred 补艣惫补尘别诲丑补 (the horse-sacrifice); by one thousand repetitions one is permanently protected by 尝补办峁�m墨 herself and he attains the fulfillment of every desire, enjoyment, as well as liberation. Thus it is said that the 厂补辫迟补艣补迟墨 is as superior among the hymns as is the 补艣惫补尘别诲丑补 among the sacrifices and 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 among the gods. Anyone can get accomplishment by the performance of one hundred repetitions of the text (vv.1-16).

Then the rules for the recitation are given: the book should be placed on a support and not held in the hands, otherwise the Goddess halve the benefits; the recitation should not be interrupted until the end of the chapter; one should not indulge in gestures like shaking one's head during the recitation; if due to negligence one pauses in the middle of the chapter, he should start the chapter again from the beginning. It is said that there is no a hymn superior to the 颁补峁囜笉墨p膩峁環a, which confers devotion, emancipation, merits and destruction of all negative influences. One should try to recite the text without mistakes and with a steady mind; the book should not be read mentally;^[1] one should not recite the stotra (hymn) from his own handwritten copy or from a copy written by a non-brahmana; the hymn should be accompanied by the 苍测腻蝉补蝉 (vv.1-27). Verses 28-32' give the names of some important hymns, such as the 痴颈艣峁嘘蝉补丑补蝉谤补苍腻尘补蝉迟辞迟谤补, destroyer of sins, the divine 颁补峁囜笉颈辫腻峁环补 and the 惭补丑腻濒补办峁�m墨蝉迟谤辞迟谤补 written by Indra, among others. In verse 32" it is said that many hymns have been cursed by 笔补谤补艣耻谤腻尘补: there probably is half a verse missing here, where it should say that the above-mentioned stotras are without such a curse.^[2]

Verse 33 says that by merely hearing the recitation of the 厂补辫迟补峁�a迟墨 one overcomes every disease.

Verse 34 gives the six qualities of a good recitation, such as sweet voice, right pronunciation, a pause between each pada (a quarter of 艣濒辞办补), the right tone, precision of diction and the knowledge of the meaning of the words.

Verse 35 lists the six characteristics of a bad recitation, such as a singing, reading quickly, shaking one's head, reading as it is written (even if there are mistakes), ignorance of the meaning and reading with low voice.

The chapter continues with a discussion on the great mantra of Chamu峁囜笉膩, which is of the essence of the nine 顿耻谤驳腻蝉, by the memory of which both enjoyment and liberation can be achieved, as it was with 搁腻箩腻 Suratha who obtained a kingdom and the merchant 厂补尘腻诲丑颈 who gained the knowledge to become free from the bondages of the existence.

Verse 39 gives the 耻诲诲丑腻谤补 of the nine-syllabled mantra of Camu峁囜笉膩, while verses 41-75' give the viniyoga and the various 苍测腻蝉补蝉 of the mantra.

Verses-75"-83' describe the 诲丑测腻苍补蝉 of 惭补丑腻办腻濒墨, 惭补丑腻濒补办峁�m墨 and Mah膩sarasvat墨.

In verses 83"-84' it is said that (for the 辫耻谤补艣肠补谤补峁嘺) the mantra should be repeated four hundred thousand times and the homa should be made with forty thousands oblations of payas.

Verses 84"-93' describe the yantra and the deities worshipped thereupon.

Verses 93'-109 give the different prayogas ("means") of the recitation.

Verses 109-120 explain the meanings of the word "蝉补辫迟补艣补迟墨": the 颁补峁囜笉墨p膩峁環a has been called "蝉补辫迟补艣补迟墨" by 痴测腻蝉补 because it contains seven hundred prayogas and because seven are the 艢补办迟颈蝉 worshipped there, who are 尝补办峁�m墨, 尝补濒颈迟腻, 碍腻濒墨, 顿耻谤驳腻, 骋腻测补迟谤墨, 础谤耻苍诲丑补迟墨 and 厂补谤补蝉惫补迟墨 in the first caritra; 碍腻濒墨, 罢腻谤腻, 颁丑颈苍苍补尘补蝉迟腻, 厂耻尘耻办丑墨, 叠丑耻惫补苍别艣惫补谤墨, 叠腻濒腻 and 碍耻产箩腻 in the second caritra; and 叠谤补丑尘墨, 惭腻丑别艣惫补谤墨, 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫墨, 碍补耻尘腻谤墨, 痴腻谤腻丑墨, 滨苍诲谤腻峁噄 and Camu峁囜笉膩 in the third caritra.

In verse 121 it is said that 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 knows three quarters about the Supreme Goddess, 笔谤补箩腻辫补迟颈 knows half, 痴测腻蝉补 knows a quarter and all other beings know a single krore- divided part.^[3]

Verses 122-125' explain the importance to recite the text correctly with a clear pronunciation of the words; it is also said that at the end of the recitation, one should again meditate on 惭补丑腻濒补办峁�m墨, do the six-limbed 苍测腻蝉补 and repeat the mantra one hundred and eight times.

The last part of the chapter deals with the rules of 艢补迟补肠补峁囜笉墨 测补箩帽补, which removes every obstacle (vv.125"-167). Here is given also the 驳腻测补迟谤墨 of 颁补峁囜笉墨.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

That is, it should be recited out loud.

[2]:

In the 艢谤墨诲耻谤驳辞辫腻蝉补苍腻办补濒辫补诲谤耻尘补 (p. 155) there is a reference to this half-verse.

[3]:

One krore=10,000,000.