Anandakanda 1.22

Āk, 1, 22
<Procedure for Parasitic Plants>
Parasitic plant is taught to be of two kinds according to the distinction of male and female. / The male has leaves like palm leaves and bestows all accomplishments.

The one named female has lesser qualities, round leaves, and is potent. / Parasitic plant, tree-creeper, mountain-top plant, tree-climber,

tree-devourer, beautiful woman, tree-sickness, and tree-binder [are its synonyms]. / The parasitic plant is bitter and astringent, and alleviates kapha humor, pitta humor, and fatigue.

It grants accomplishments such as subjugation, is aphrodisiac, destroys poison, and is a rejuvenation therapy. / <Procedure for Gathering Parasitic Plants>
Having fasted, bathed well, wearing red garlands and unguents,

with loose hair and garments, at night with a restrained mind, / having circumambulated the tree, with perfumes, flowers, unbroken rice grains, and other [offerings],

having worshipped with articles of worship, one should scatter an oblation of curd and rice. / Having recited the wish-fulfilling jewel [formula] and the Nṛsiṃha mantra one hundred and eight times,

having severed it with a sword, he should gather the parasitic plant according to rule. / This rite is proclaimed for all parasitic plants.

Under [the asterism of] Aśvinī, a pure person should drink parasitic plant of aśvattha gathered according to rule, / ground and stirred into milk; he becomes endowed with the strength of a horse.

In the same manner, during an eclipse of the sun or moon, / reciting the Nṛsiṃha mantra, he should sever and gather parasitic plant of aśvattha with a sword.

Having ground it with water, smeared his forearm, and combined it with gorocanā, / having made a forehead mark, whomever he beholds surely becomes completely subjugated to him.

One should gather the parasitic plant of a banyan under Aśvinī according to rule; / he should tie it to his hand with a thread, and indeed the man becomes invisible.

Everyone becomes subjugated; ground with milk and taken as a drink, he overcomes diseases. / Under Aśvinī, he should gather the parasitic plant of śirīṣa according to rule;

he should tie it to his hand with a thread, and surely retention of semen occurs. / Under Aśvinī, the wise man should gather the parasite of a palāśa;

having tied it on his hand, whatever woman he touches comes under his control. / Having tied the parasite of ankoṭha onto his hand under Aśvinī, he becomes beloved of the world.

Having taken the parasite of kuśā under Bharaṇī under an auspicious conjunction, / one should tie it on his right hand, by which the man becomes invisible.

Under Bharaṇī, he should place the parasite of phalgu in a grain heap; / by that indeed an increase of grain will occur; no doubt should be entertained here.

Under Bharaṇī, he should gather the parasite of jujube trees according to rule; / he should tie it on his right hand, and he will obtain his desired fruit.

Under Kṛttikā, he should gather the parasite of kataka according to rule; / he should place it inside a wick, and having gathered collyrium with it,

By mere application of collyrium to women, a husband certainly becomes subjugated. / Having become pure during the Kṛttikā asterism, one should gather mistletoe growing on a jambu tree.

Drinking its paste ground with milk, one is freed from diseases. / During Rohiṇī, one should ritually harvest mistletoe of the tamarind tree.

Having tied it to one's hand, whomever a person touches becomes entirely subservient. / Clarified butter [processed with it], through application as collyrium, is praised for intractable cataracts and the like;

Ground with honey, it makes a collyrium beneficial for the eyes. / Having taken mistletoe from a cluster fig tree under Rohiṇī, one should make a ring; / sweetmeats kept in a vessel placed upon that ring never diminish.

One should gather the mistletoe of an aśvattha tree under [the asterism] Rohiṇī according to rule.

When that mistletoe remains in the house, constant prosperity is produced. / One should gather the mistletoe of a kataka tree under Rohiṇī according to rule;

applied as collyrium to both eyes, one surely sees hidden treasure; / if tied to the hand, everyone will certainly become subjugated.

One should gather the mistletoe of an udumbara tree under Rohiṇī according to rule; / tied to the hand, O beloved, it quickly destroys quartan fever.

Under Rohiṇī, one should collect the mistletoe of a citron tree; / worn on the right ear, it is supreme in subjugating the world.

Tying the mistletoe of a bilva tree [gathered] under Rohiṇī to the hand, one becomes dear to the world. / The mistletoe of a śirīṣa tree properly gathered under Mṛgaśīrṣa,

tied to the hand, if one touches a woman or a man, one will surely subjugate them. / The mistletoe growing on a tamarind tree under Mṛgaśīrṣa,

ground with milk and drunk, makes a man invisible. / Whoever drinks it with yogurt in the morning becomes a remover of all diseases.

Having smeared all one's limbs with it ground with buffalo buttermilk, / one who enters fire is not burned by fire.

He in whose house the mistletoe of a tamarind tree is established / has no fear of thieves, and on his hand it brings victory in gambling.

One should collect the mistletoe of an udumbara tree under Mṛgaśīrṣa; / tied to the hand, if one touches a woman, that woman becomes obedient.

One should tie it on the hand of women or cast it amidst grain, / and an increase of grain occurs; there is no doubt to be entertained in this matter.

One should collect the mistletoe of a nyagrodha tree under Mṛgaśīrṣa; / if one ties it on the right hand, people will surely be subjugated.

Taking the mistletoe stated to be of māṭarūṣa, / tied to the hand, playing with people, one will be undefeated in dice games.

Under Ārdrā, the mistletoe of tumburu should be taken; one should gather it according to rule. / Whoever drinks it with milk, for him there is the shattering of iron.

Under Ārdrā falling on a Sunday or Puṣya falling on a Sunday, one should gather the mistletoe of tumburu; / if one ties it on the right hand, the stopping of arrows occurs.

Bamboo mistletoe gathered under Punarvasu, ground with milk / and drunk by a sterile woman and man, causes them to give birth to many sons.

One should also gather the mistletoe of naktamāla under Punarvasu; / ground with milk and drunk, it destroys all diseases.

Merely by a dose of its powder, malignant planetary spirits and rākṣasas perish. / Having taken the mistletoe of bandhūka under Puṣya, one should deposit it

in the middle of an enemy's field, and the destruction of the crops occurs there. / The mistletoe of karṇikāra properly gathered under Āśleṣā,

tied firmly to the hand, touches and brings [the other] under control by its power. / One should collect the mistletoe of madhūka under Āśleṣā

and tie it to the right hand; it destroys fear of tigers and the like. / The mistletoe of mucukunda gathered according to rule under Maghā,

deposited in the midst of grain, causes that grain to become inexhaustible. / The mistletoe of vibhītaka gathered under Pūrvaphalgunī,

placed in the midst of grain, instantly makes it inexhaustible. / Under the other Phalgunī [Uttaraphalgunī] or under Hasta, this very rule is taught.

One should gather the mistletoe of the teak tree under Maghā according to rule; / placing it at the door of the granary causes an increase of grain.

One should gather the mistletoe of the mauñjī tree on a Sunday with Maghā according to rule; / one should wear it constantly on the head; fortune will come under his sway.

One should gather the mistletoe of palāśa under the asterism Hasta according to rule; / one should bind it on the hand or on the head; it removes [fear of] tigers, seizing spirits, and the like.

Likewise, the mistletoe of tinduka gathered under Citrā, / tied to the hand, brings immediate downfall to all enemies.

One should gather the mistletoe of kuṭaja under Citrā according to rule; / one should bind it on the right hand, and one will obtain what is rare and desired.

Having taken the mistletoe of likuca under Svātī, in whatever object / one places it, all of that becomes inexhaustible; there is no doubt here.

Binding the mistletoe of babbūla under Svātī, or of badarī under Anurādhā, / one wears it on the hand; a woman touched by it becomes compliant.

Having collected the mistletoe of dhātrī under Viśākhā according to rule, / one should place it in the dwelling of an antagonistic maker of fermented liquor;

all the liquor will become undrinkable; when it is removed, relief occurs. / The mistletoe of aindrī gathered under Anurādhā according to rule,

cast in the midst of grain, renders the grain inexhaustible. / Having gathered the mistletoe of mango under Jyeṣṭhā, one should bury it in the house of a courtesan;

she will truly become unfortunate; when it is dug up, release is stated. / Having taken the mistletoe of khadira under Mūla according to prescribed rites,

tied to the hand, an unfortunate man quickly becomes fortunate; / that very [substance] ground with milk and drunk destroys cutaneous diseases and the like.

One should gather the mistletoe of goṭṭikā on a Sunday with Mūla according to rule; / one should bind it on the right hand: the subjugation of women certainly occurs.

It should be worn on the head, and all siddhi surely occurs. / The mistletoe of karavīra procured under Pūrvāṣāḍhā

worn on the head in battle makes one undefeated. / The mistletoe arising on a badarī tree under Pūrvāṣāḍhā,

drunk with milk by a barren woman, allows her to obtain many sons. / The mistletoe of kurava on a Sunday with Pūrvāṣāḍhā,

tied to the right hand, makes a man invisible. / Under the asterism Uttarāṣāḍhā, the mistletoe of mandāra should be taken,

or the mistletoe of palāśa; tied to the hand, it is subjugating. / Under Śravaṇa, mistletoe born on citraka is rarely obtained;

ground with celastrus oil, one should smear a copper sheet; / by the procedure of calcination in a sealed pit, it certainly becomes gold.

One should collect the mistletoe of castor on a Sunday with Śravaṇa; / if one ties it on the right hand, victory in gambling constantly occurs.

The mistletoe of badarī gathered according to rule under Dhaniṣṭhā, / tied to the hand: whomever one touches, he certainly becomes one's servant.

The mistletoe of punnāga gathered according to rule under the Vāruṇa [Śatabhiṣaj asterism], / ground with milk and drunk, gives one the strength of a great elephant.

One should gather the mistletoe of naktamāla on a Sunday with Maghā according to rule; / worn on the arm according to rule, it brings the vision of piśāca spirits.

One should gather the mistletoe of the tamarind tree according to the ritual rule under a male constellation; / [if] one binds it on the right hand, there is always victory in gambling.

Under a male constellation, [with] bamboo mistletoe on the hand, one becomes invisible. / But one should gather the mistletoe of the śirīṣa tree according to the ritual rule under an Uttarā constellation.

One should bind it on the hand [or] on the head; it removes [fear of] seizures, tigers, and the like. / Under Maghā, one should place in the field mistletoe born from a madhuka tree;

a binding of the beaks and mouths of birds and mice occurs. / But one should gather the mistletoe of the palāśa according to the ritual rule under the Hasta constellation.

One should make an anointment of the penis; retention of semen will surely occur. / Having stirred the creeper with milk, having ground it, one should quench honey;

seven times into tin, O goddess; that tin becomes silver. / But one should gather the mistletoe of the palāśa according to the ritual rule under the Hasta constellation.

Whichever man drinks it with milk indeed becomes invisible. / And the mistletoe of the tinduka tree, likewise gathered under Citrā,

having bound it on the hand, he becomes invulnerable to all enemies. / But the mistletoe of the harītakī gathered under Pūrvabhādrapadā,

having drunk it ground to a paste with milk, one may wander equal to Vararuci. / That mistletoe of the arka tree gathered under the Uttarābhādrapadā [constellation],

by means of pastes and the like, completely destroys inanimate and animate poison. / Under Revatī, [a woman] having performed the protective rite with a creeper of the mistletoe of the bodhi tree,

even a barren woman obtains a pregnancy, and having drunk that with cow's milk. / Under Revatī, mistletoe of the banyan tree rubbed with ant-hill honey

is most excellent in eye afflictions, cataracts, obscurations, and the like. / Having taken the mistletoe of the banyan tree under Revatī, one should wear it on the arm;

endowed with the strength of a great elephant, he also becomes a great leader. / Mistletoe of the rājavṛkṣa tree gathered under Viśākhā

kept in the house prevents danger from fire in the home. / Under Rohiṇī, mistletoe of the banyan tree worn at the waist increases semen.

Mistletoe born on an aśvattha tree under Revatī is taught to bestow pregnancy. / If mistletoe grown on a poisonous tree is gathered under Pūrvāṣāḍhā,

applied as an ointment, it causes conversation with bhūtas, piśācas, and the like. / Placed inside a hearth, it produces a continuous supply of food and drink.

In gambling, mistletoe of the jambu tree gathered under Revatī brings victory. / Mistletoe of the kurava kept on the hand provides protection against arrows.

Mistletoe of the madhūka tree kept among grain gives an increase of grain. / Mistletoe of the palāśa tree consumed with milk bestows eloquence of speech.

If mistletoe of the nimba tree is placed inside the house of a courtesan, / it creates wonderous subjugation [of her] until life's death.