[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Propitiatory rites](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi) › [Shantikamalakara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara) › 6.p28 # Shantikamalakara 6.p28 Śāntikamalākara 6.p28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6.p28) maṃtrastu .. namo yama mahabhīma soma sūrya vimardana . homatārā pradānena mama śāṃti pradobhava .. vidhuṃtu danamastubhyaṃ siṃhikānaṃdanācyuta . dānenānena nāgasya rakṣamāṃ vedhaḍādbhayāditi .. viśeṣastu matkṛta nirṇaya siṃdhau jñeyaḥ .. jyotiṣe .. janmāṃtya paṃca caturaṣṭa navadvisapta rāhu grahoyadi tucāravaśena gaccet . āloḍanaṃ nṛpabhayaṃ bhaya mardhanāśaṃ roga pravāsa maraṇāgni bhayaṃ karoti .. avarvaṇi grahaṇetvadbhuta sāgare mayūracitre . aparvaṇi śaśāṃkā rkautviṣṭonāma mahāgrahaḥ .. āvṛṇoti tamaḥ śyāmaḥ sarvaloka vipattaye . jāduṃbara sahasrāṇi aṣṭauca tāhuyādbudhaḥ .. madhvaktānica tānyatra jātavedasa ityṛcā . viprāya dakṣiṇāṃ dadyāddhenuṃca vṛṣabhaṃ tadhā .. iti hahu śāṃtiḥ .. > The mantra is: > “Homage to you, very terrifying, crusher of the moon and sun; by this offering of fire oblation and asterism, become bestower of peace to me. / Homage to you, O Vidhuṃtuda, unfallen delight of Siṃhikā; by this gift of a serpent, protect me from the fear of \[celestial\] penetration.” > Further details should be known from my Nirṇayasindhu. > In an astrological treatise: > “If the planet Rāhu, by the power of its transit, moves through the natal, twelfth, fifth, fourth, eighth, ninth, second, or seventh \[house\], / it causes agitation, fear from the king, dread, loss of wealth, disease, exile, death, and fear of fire.” > On an eclipse occurring outside the normal moon-phase, Mayūracitra in the Adbhutasāgara says: > “Outside the normal moon-phase, the great planet named Tviṣṭa, dark as darkness, / covers the moon and sun, to the peril of the whole world. / A wise man should offer eight thousand pieces of udumbara wood, / smeared with honey, with the verse ‘jātavedase…’; / one should give a dakṣiṇā to a brāhmaṇa, along with a cow and a bull.” > Thus concludes the propitiatory rite for Rāhu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6.p27) - [Next: 6.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6.p29) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.6.p28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6.p28) · Pramāṇa