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Kriya Yoga and Idol-Worship
Having worshipped Me in his own body pervaded by that subtle essence which is contemplated as Atman and being full of that presence, he should invoke My presence in the image and perform Nyasa (location of the deities in its different parts) and worship Me.
Let him construct mentally a seat for Me with Dharma and other deities for its various parts attended by the Saktis and on the seat a lotus of eight petals with effulgent pericarp and filaments, and according to the rules both of the Tantra and the Veda, offer Padya, Achamana, fruits, flowers and the like (fanning etc.) for the attainment of prosperity and the final beatitude.
He should next worship My weapons - the Chakra, the disc Sudarsana, the conch Panchajanya, the club Gada, the sword, the bow and arrows, the plough and the pestle, and also the ornaments, the jewel Kaustubha, the garland (Vanamala) and the mark Srivatsa on the chest.
Nanda, Sunanda, Garuda, Prachanda, Chanda, Mahabala, Bala, Kumuda, Vishvaksena, the preceptors and the gods - these attendants and others also he should worship with sprinkling of water and other processes in their respective places, facing Me.
If there be sufficient wealth, images should be daily bathed with water made fragrant with sandal, Useera, camphor, saffron, Aguru, Agallochum with such Mantras as the Svarna-gharma hymn (Rig Veda passages), the stanza called Mahapurusha Vidya, Purusha Sukta and the Samans called Neerayana and so on.
With clothes, sacred thread, ornaments, garlands of leaves, garland of flowers, scent, unguents, sandal figments, My devotee should adorn Me with propriety and intense love.
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