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VI. Fol. 4: Bower manuscript
r1 me maitrī maitrī bahupadeṣu ca / mā me apādakā hiṃsi mā me hiṃsi dvipādakāḥ // 13 // mā me catuṣpadā hiṃsyur mā
2 ca me bahupādakaḥ / sarvanāgeṣu me maitrī ye nāgā jalaniśritāḥ // 14 // sarvabhūteṣu me maitrī ye kecit pṛthivīsthitāḥ /
3 sarvasatveṣu me maitrī ye satvā trāsasthāvarāḥ jaṃgamā // 15 // sarve satvāḥ sukho bhontu sarve bhontu anāmayā / sarve
4 bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścit pāpam āchare // 16 // maitracittaṃ samādāya karomi viṣadūṣaṇaṃ / rakṣāṃ parigrahaṃ caiva
5 tathaiva paripālanaṃ // 17 // namo buddhāya : namo 'stu bodhaye namo vimuktāya namo vimuktaye namo 'stu śāntāya namo
6 'stu śāntaye namo 'stu muktāya : namo vimuktaye ye brāhmaṇā vāhitapāpā dharmās teṣāṃ namas te ca yaśamitrasya
v1 pāraṃ pālayantu svāhā sarvabhayebhyaḥ sarvopadravebhyaḥ sarvopasargopāyābhyaḥ sarvajvarebhyaḥ
2 sarvavyādhibhyaḥ sarvagrahebhyaḥ sarvaviṣebhyaḥ rakṣantu : //

VI. Fol. 4: Bower manuscript
my friendliness, and friendliness toward many-footed ones! / May the footless not harm me, may the two-footed not harm me; // 13
may the four-footed not harm me, and may the many-footed not [harm] me! / My friendliness is toward all serpents, the serpents that abide in water; // 14
my friendliness is toward all beings, whatever dwell upon the earth; / my friendliness is toward all creatures, creatures that tremble, immobile, mobile! // 15
May all creatures be happy, may all be free from illness! / May all see auspicious things, may no one commit evil! // 16
Taking up a friendly mind, I perform the counteracting of poison, / protection, shelter, and safeguarding likewise. // 17
Homage to the Buddha! Homage be to enlightenment! Homage to the liberated one! Homage to liberation! Homage be to the tranquil one! Homage
be to tranquility! Homage be to the released one! Homage to release! Those brāhmaṇas whose evil qualities have been cast away, homage to them! And may they protect the other shore of Yaśamitra, svāhā! From all fears, from all calamities, from all afflictions and misfortunes, from all fevers,
from all diseases, from all planetary seizures, from all poisons, may they protect!