འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 191

191

“Rites of any mantra practitioner
That involve ritual methods
Will be successful when executed carefully,
Which is not the case for other individuals and rites.¹¹⁶⁴

“So, too, the hateful mantras
That oppress other beings
Can, by the same token, interrupt the mantras of others
And succeed against angry beings.

“Wrathful mantras will be successful
In seizing the property of others
Or arresting their life force;
Such activities should not be combined with other mantras.

“A being predisposed to hatred
Can attain dominion over others;
He may be of a black, dark,¹¹⁶⁵
White, or mixed complexion.

“An ordinary human predisposed to anger
Cannot possibly have a golden complexion;
Such a person will have a rough and smoke-colored
Or tawny complexion.

“One born in the sign of Scorpio
Is heroic, cruel, and lustful,¹¹⁶⁶
Being in the house of the planet Mars.
One who is under the influence of Jupiter is predisposed to phlegm.

“Such a person will eat little
And be fond of pungent and sour tastes.
His life will be long
And his memory good.

“Now I will describe the activities and mannerisms
Of a person by nature predisposed to wind.
He has an unhealthy or rough complexion
But, in general, is not too weak.

“He is of feeble intellect and little knowledge,
Unstable, and ungrounded.
With a trembling body, tottering,
He vomits a lot and frequently defecates and urinates.

“He eats a lot and all the time,
And he talks a lot.¹¹⁶⁷
Being hostile to everyone,
He has many enemies.

“He is undisciplined and unhappy
In his life on earth.
Mantras for becoming invisible
Are said to succeed if used by him.

“He delights in foods
That stir up the humor of wind.
A mantra reciter should, however, never eat them,
If he wants his activity to be successful.

“Beings agitated due to the humor of wind
Are predisposed to the arising of ignorance.¹¹⁶⁸
They are described as belonging to the delusion type,
And become accomplished in stupefying mantras.¹¹⁶⁹

“For those who are of the deluded type,
It is always desired to be accomplished in causing stupefaction.
One should ascertain the asterisms of the water signs
To know the true significance of planetary influences.¹¹⁷⁰

“One should not perform peaceful¹¹⁷¹ activities
If one is of the wind type and confused.¹¹⁷²
Likewise, one should not perform the enthralling,