འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 163

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“Bezoar³⁰⁷ and costus root,
Saffron, nut grass, and mustard seed,
Linseed, cardamom, and spikenard,
And ironwood flowers and vetiver:

“Combine equal amounts of each
During the Puṣya lunar house.
Recite these mantra words
A hundred times over the powder:

tadyathā | sute kṛte³⁰⁸ kamatali nalejanakarate³⁰⁹ haṅkarate³¹⁰ indrajalini³¹¹ śaṃkaradri³¹² paśaddre³¹³ avartakaseke³¹⁴ nakutra kukavilakavimalamati śīlamati³¹⁵ sandhidhudhumamavati śiśiri satyasthite³¹⁶ svāhā | ³¹⁷

“Make a circle of cow dung
And scatter flower petals.
Pour sweetened water
Into a gold bowl and a silver bowl.

“You should also place there
Four men dressed in armor,
And place there four maidens
Who are adorned and holding pots.

“Perfume the air with bdellium
And play the five kinds of musical instruments.³¹⁸
Adorn the goddess with
Banners, parasols, and flags.

“In between, place mirrors
And arrange arrows and spears.
Then, after closing the boundary,
Commence what is to be done.

syād yathedaṃ³¹⁹ arake nayane hile mile gile khikhile svāhā | ³²⁰

“Engage in the peaceful activity of cleansing by reciting this mantra while washing the body of the Bhagavat:

tadyathā | sugaṭe vigaṭe vigatāvati svāhā |³²¹

“May the lunar asterisms, wherever they are
In the four directions, protect lives.
May they bring to an end the dreadful terrors
Of the harms from the stars of one’s birth,
The fears that arise from a multitude of actions,
And the disturbances of the elements.

tadyathā |³²² śame viṣame svāhā | sagaṭe vigaṭe svāhā | sukhatinate svāhā |