Shantikamalakara 2.10.4

2.10.4

bring welfare to our two-footed and four-footed creatures. / O Vāstoṣpati, with an agreeable, delightful, golden company, rich in cattle, / may we remain; preserve our wellbeing and prosperity! Do you ever protect us with blessings! / O driver away of disease, O Vāstoṣpati, entering into all forms, be a kindly, gracious friend unto us.' / In a golden figurine: 'Obeisance to Vāstoṣpati;' I invoke Carakī. In the south-east: 'Obeisance to Vidārī; I invoke Vidārī.' In the south-west: 'Obeisance to Pūtanā; I invoke Pūtanā.' In the north-west: 'Obeisance to Pāparākṣasī; I invoke Pāparākṣasī.' In the directions of the maṇḍala, beginning with the east: there, in the east: 'Obeisance to Skanda; I invoke Skanda.' In the south: 'Obeisance to Aryaman; I invoke Aryaman.' In the west: 'Obeisance to Jṛmbhaka; I invoke Jṛmbhaka.' In the north: 'Obeisance to Pilipiñcha; I invoke Pilipiñcha.' Having consecrated them with the mantras 'tatastu mitrā...', 'gṛhā vai...': 'Oṃ, the homesteads are established; that hymn should be recited with the most firmly established voice. If one obtains cattle even far off, they wish to return to the homesteads alone; for homesteads are indeed the firm foundation of cattle. Establishment! May there be a firm establishment! May there be an auspicious muhūrta!'