འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 266

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one should wash it with warm water incanted one hundred and eight times; one will become well again.

“These rites¹⁶⁶³ should not target
Beings that are afflicted by suffering,
Those without a protector, the morally fallen, the weak,¹⁶⁶⁴
Or those who observe vows in this tradition.

“Rites of this kind should not target
Those who have faith in the Three Jewels.
They should not target women,
The young, the old, or those who are sick.

“Likewise, they should not target
The destitute, the suffering,
The insignificant, or those of inferior birth.
They should target beings of stature,¹⁶⁶⁵

“Such as warriors, the impetuous,¹⁶⁶⁶ the greedy,
Those with a large following or much wealth,
The haughty, or the violent.
It is them that such rites should target.

“Also, those who hate the teachings;
The cruel; those who steal others’ property,
Who have no trust in any mantras,
Remedies, or yogins;¹⁶⁶⁷

“And also impudent ones with wicked minds,
Or kings despised by the subjects—
It is them that the rites should target,
Not those who are righteous.

“The following rite is said to be forbidden
By the buddhas¹⁶⁶⁸ [to target the righteous].
If the reciter casts the ashes,¹⁶⁶⁹
With an angry mind, in a particular direction,

“Any cruel enemies who are there
Will perish along with their king.
All the people there will inevitably
Suffer from a long-term exhaustion,

“And terrible, deadly plagues
Will be seen in that place.
However, one should not perform [such] rites,
Lest one also falls into distress.

“After three weeks all the people
And kings there will perish.
Once the rite takes full effect,
One should terminate it within fourteen days.¹⁶⁷⁰

“In the first [week, the target] will become mentally disturbed;
In the second, they will become exhausted;
And in the third, they will die—that is why
One should avoid [continuing the rite beyond the second week].

“In the first week, they will flee,
In the second, they wander throughout the country,
In the third, they perish—