Laghustavacarcastavau 5_641

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he bhagavatītyāmantraṇamanuṣañjanīyam . siddhalakṣmyādayo bahavo
vibhūtirūpāḥ santi . atra tu lakṣmīśabdena rājyalakṣmīreva grāhyā
rājakuletiprakaraṇāt . tena rājakule rājabhavanapraveśanādau tvāṃ rājyalakṣmīṃ
smṛtvā tannāmādinā dhyātvā vipadastaranti rājaprasādāsāditadhanādisampattau
dāridryānmucyante . atha ca tatra pīḍyamānāstadduḥkhānmuktā bhavanti .
dhyānasya tu vidyājapasāhityapuraḥsaramuktatvāttadvidyoddhāro yathā kādimate
(34 paṭale)

The address "O Bhagavatī" is to be supplied. There are many forms of manifestation, such as Siddhalakṣmī and others. Here, however, by the word 'Lakṣmī', Rājyalakṣmī alone is to be understood, because of the context "in the royal court." By that, in the royal court, upon entering a royal palace and the like, remembering you as Rājyalakṣmī and meditating on her by her name and the like, they cross over misfortunes: upon attaining wealth and prosperity acquired through royal favor, they are freed from poverty; moreover, if afflicted there, they are freed from that suffering. But since meditation is stated to be preceded by the accompaniment of the repetition of the Vidyā, the extraction of its Vidyā is as in the Kādīmata (chapter 34):