Dighanikaya 1.26_2

1.26_2

Jivhānibandhananti mantena jivhāya bandhakaraṇaṃ. Hanusaṃhanananti mukhabandhamantena yathā hanukaṃ cāletuṃ na sakkonti, evaṃ bandhakaraṇaṃ. Hatthābhijappananti hatthānaṃ parivattanatthaṃ mantajappanaṃ. Tasmiṃ kira mante sattapadantare ṭhatvā jappite itaro hatthe parivattetvā khipati. Kaṇṇajappananti kaṇṇehi saddaṃ assavanatthāya vijjāya jappanaṃ. Taṃ kira jappitvā vinicchayaṭṭhāne yaṃ icchati, taṃ bhaṇati, paccatthiko taṃ na suṇāti, tato paṭivacanaṃ sampādetuṃ na sakkoti. Ādāsapañhanti ādāse devataṃ otāretvā pañhapucchanaṃ. Kumārikapañhanti kumārikāya sarīre devataṃ otāretvā pañhapucchanaṃ. Devapañhanti dāsiyā sarīre devataṃ otāretvā pañhapucchanaṃ. Ādiccupaṭṭhānanti jīvikatthāya ādiccapāricariyā. Mahatupaṭṭhānanti tatheva mahābrahmapāricariyā. Abbhujjalananti mantena mukhato aggijālānīharaṇaṃ. Sirivhāyananti ‘‘ehi siri, mayhaṃ sire patiṭṭhāhī’’ti evaṃ sirena siriyā avhāyanaṃ.

“Binding the tongue” means binding the tongue by a mantra. “Paralyzing the jaws” means binding by a mouth-binding mantra so that they cannot move the jaw. “Spell on the hands” means chanting a mantra to twist the hands. When that mantra is chanted while standing within seven paces, it is said, the other twists his hands and flings them about. “Spell on the ears” means chanting a spell so that sound is not heard by the ears. Having chanted it, it is said, one says whatever one wishes in the place of judgment; the adversary does not hear it, and consequently cannot produce a counter-argument. “Mirror-questioning” means descending a deity into a mirror and asking questions. “Maiden-questioning” means descending a deity into the body of a young girl and asking questions. “Deity-questioning” means descending a deity into the body of a slave woman and asking questions. “Worshiping the sun” means serving the sun for the sake of a livelihood. “Worshiping the Great One” means serving Mahābrahmā in the same way. “Spewing fire” means bringing forth flames of fire from the mouth by a mantra. “Invoking Siri” means invoking Siri on one’s head, saying: “Come, Siri, rest upon my head.”