History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.219

v7.c92.219

Rāghavabhaṭṭa further quotes a passage¹⁸⁰⁶ to the effect that if the sādhaka satisfies his guru who is a form of the deity worshipped, he would secure perfection of mantra even without puraścaraṇa, that puraścaraṇa is the main seed (cause) of (the perfection of) mantras, that where the number of times a mantra is to be recited is not expressly stated, it should be repeated 8000 times. Rāghavabhaṭṭa quotes a verse saying that just as a man in the grip of diseases is incapable of performing all actions a mantra devoid of puraścaraṇa is declared to be in a similar condition