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letter 'iva' of the Navakara. The rest of the letters also yield benefit later on with purity of infinite Gunas.
(110-111) Just in this manner, every letter of the Navakara is acquired by extreme annihilation of Karma; this Navakara yields the desired reward to one and all. (112)
Therefore, o noble worshipper! Know that the Navakara is the source of happiness in both the worlds; continue ever to recite it. The salutation to the five Parameshthis gets the Jiva free from thousands of births; it leads to bodhilabha when resorted to in the correct spirit.
(113–114) This salutation leads the blessed man to the end of all births; it prevents one from proceeding from the wrong path.
(115) In this manner the Pancha Namaskara is highly potent and meaningful. It is therefore recited repeatedly and constantly at the time of death.
(116) The salutation has seven, five, seven and nine letters to every line. Do ever and constantly engross your mind on this uniquely sacred Shri Navakara Mantra. (117)
This is how the bee at the lotus feet of Shri Jineshvarasuri, Shri Jinachandrasuri, describes the fruit of the Navakara that washes out the filthiness of sins.
