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འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.13

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (3) 3.13

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3.13

nightmares, and misleaders; and the harms from all evil spirits and vetālas will cease.

“These are the herbs and medicines through which the wise can cleanse themselves:

“Sweet flag, cow bezoar, and fenugreek,
Canafistula, acacia, and shami,²⁰²
Orris root and musk,²⁰³
Crepe ginger, cinnamon, and agarwood;

“Chir pine rosin and dammar gum,
Bdellium and frankincense,
Valerian and black stone flower,
Sandalwood and realgar;

“Bezoar²⁰⁴ 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 | sukṛte²⁰⁵ kṛtaka­malanīlajina­karate²⁰⁶ haṃkarāte²⁰⁷ indrajali²⁰⁸ śakaddre vaśaddre²⁰⁹ avarta­kasike²¹⁰ nakutra kukavilakavimalamati śīlamati²¹¹ sandhi­dhudhuma­mavati śiśiri satyasthite²¹² svāhā | ²¹³

“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.²¹⁴
Adorn the goddess with
Banners, parasols, and flags.

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

syād yathedaṃ²¹⁵ arake nayane hile mile gile khikhile svāhā | ²¹⁶

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

tadyathā | sugaṭe vigaṭe vigatāvati svāhā | ²¹⁷

“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,

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